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(0)Yasmina Khadra
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
1st Anchor Books ed.
Lexile measure
940L
Physical Desc
195 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Set in Kabul under the rule of the Taliban, this novel takes readers into the lives of two couples: Mohsen, who comes from a family of wealthy shopkeepers whom the Taliban has destroyed; Zunaira, his wife, exceedingly beautiful, who was once a brilliant teacher and is now no longer allowed to leave her home without an escort or covering her face. Intersecting their world is Atiq, a prison keeper, a man who has sincerely adopted the Taliban ideology...
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st Anchor Books ed.
Physical Desc
307 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"A young Iraqi student, unable to attend college because of the war, sees American soldiers leave a trail of humiliation and grief in his small village. Bent on revenge, he flees to the chaotic streets of Baghdad where insurgents soon realize they can make use of his anger. Eventually he is groomed for a secret terrorist mission meant to dwarf the attacks of September 11, only to find himself struggling with moral qualms"--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Gallic Books
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
336 pages ; 20 cm
Language
English
Description
"Kurt Krausmann's settled existence as a Frankfurt doctor is torn apart when his wife commits suicide. Unable to make sense of what happened, he agrees to join his friend Hans on a humanitarian mission to the Comoros. But as they sail through the Gulf of Aden their boat is boarded by pirates. The two men are taken hostage and imprisoned in a cave on the East African coast. Their ordeal is just beginning: the hostile kidnappers and environment...
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (118 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
After a troubled youth and eighteen years in prison, William Garnett is being released. With the help of an idealistic parole agent and his newfound Islamic faith, Garnett struggles to rebuild his life and overcome the violent impulses which possess him. However, Bill Agati, the Sheriff of the small New Mexico border county where Garnett is released, has other ideas.