 | The Sewing Circles of Herat: A Personal Voyage Through Afghanistan by Christina Lamb
Buy new: $11.92 / Used from: $1.39 Excellent journalistic account of Afghanistan, Chistina Lamb is a true master of Afghan history, geography, culture, and people.
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 | The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Buy new: $16.47 / Used from: $0.67 A real page-turner, highly recommended, story of two boys from different backgrounds growing up in Kabul.
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 | The Mulberry Empire by Philip Hensher
Buy used from: $0.04 Historical literature of Britain's quest to expand their empire into Afghanistan.
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 | The Swallows of Kabul: A Novel by Yasmina Khadra
Buy used from: $0.05 A short but effective story of life under Taliban rule.
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 | The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $0.96 A great journalistic narrative of one man who is determined to sell books in Kabul.
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 | West of Kabul, East of New York: An Afghan American Story by Tamim Ansary
Buy new: $10.08 / Used from: $1.45 A fantastic memoir of one Afghani-American man post 9/11.
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 | Winter in Kandahar by Steven E. Wilson
Buy new: $10.17 / Used from: $2.62 Another literary account of life in this land of contrasts.
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 | Storyteller's Daughter by Saira Shah
Buy used from: $0.01 I really want to read this one, a stunning memoir of a English-born Afghani woman who travels to Afghanistan.
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 | Kabul by M. E. Hirsh
Buy new: $12.23 / Used from: $7.95 I'm anxiously waiting for this book to arrive from amazon.
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 | An Unexpected Light: Travels in Afghanistan by Jason Elliot
Buy new: $12.24 / Used from: $0.01 A travel narrative of Afghanistan pre-9/11.
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 | Afghanistan: A Military History From Alexander The Great To The Fall Of The Taliban by Stephen Tanner
Buy used from: $5.99 Military history of Afghanistan, what a complex history!
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 | Taliban: Militant Islam, Oil and Fundamentalism in Central Asia by Ahmed Rashid
Buy new: $11.56 / Used from: $4.37 Want to know more about the Taliban? Read this.
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 | My Forbidden Face: Growing Up Under the Taliban: A Young Woman's Story by Latifa
Buy used from: $0.01 One young woman's account of life behind the burqua.
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 | The Women of Afghanistan Under the Taliban by Rosemarie Skaine
Buy new: $29.75 / Used from: $0.66 The plight of women in Afghanistan is unsettling at best.
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 | Afghanistan: A Short History of Its People and Politics by Martin Ewans
Buy used from: $5.88 A comprehensive history, its important to realize that the Taliban is but only one chapter in Afghani history.
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 | Osama
Buy used from: $1.99 Okay, it's not a book but this movie is very good and tragic. It haunted me long after I left the movie theater.
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