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The militia house : a novel / by Milas, John,author.;
"A spine-tingling and boldly original gothic horror novel. It's 2010, and the recently promoted Corporal Loyette and his unit are finishing up their deployment at a new base in Kajaki, Afghanistan. Their duties here are straightforward-loading and unloading cargo into and out of helicopters-and their days are a mix of boredom and dread. The Brits they're replacing delight in telling them the history of the old barracks just off base, a Soviet-era militia house they claim is haunted, and Loyette and his men don't need much convincing to make a clandestine trip outside the wire to explore it. It's a short, middle-of-the-day adventure, but the men experience a mounting agitation after their visit to the militia house. In the days that follow they try to forget about the strange, unsettling sights and sounds from the house, but things are increasingly ... not right. Loyette becomes determined to ignore his and his marines' growing unease, convinced that it's just the strain of war playing tricks on them. But something about the militia house will not let them go. Meticulously plotted and viscerally immediate in its telling, The Militia House is a gripping and brilliant exploration of the unceasing horrors of war that's no more easily shaken than the militia house itself"--
Subjects: Horror fiction.; War fiction.; Novels.; Afghan War, 2001-2021; Americans; Haunted places; Soldiers;
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The covenant [videorecording] / by Atkinson, Ivan,screenwriter,film producer.; Beecham, Emily,1984-actor.; Berger, Josh,film producer.; Davies, Marn,screenwriter.; Friedberg, John,film producer.; Gyllenhaal, Jake,1980-actor.; Ludwig, Alexander,1992-actor.; Miller, Jonny Lee,actor.; Ritchie, Guy,film director,screenwriter,film producer.; Sagar, Sean,actor.; Salim, Dar,1977-actor.; Schofield, Bobby,1993-actor.; Starr, Antony,1975-actor.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (1992- ),presenter.; STXfilms (Firm),presenter.; Toff Guy Films,production company.; Warner Bros. Entertainment,publisher.;
Director of photography, Ed Wild ; edited by James Herbert ; music by Chris Benstead.Jake Gyllenhaal, Dar Salim, Antony Starr, Alexander Ludwig, Sean Sagar, Bobby Schofield, Emily Beecham, Jonny Lee Miller.Guy Ritchie's The Covenant follows US Army Sergeant John Kinley (Jake Gyllenhaal) and Afghan interpreter Ahmed (Dar Salim). After an ambush, Ahmed goes to Herculean lengths to save Kinley's life. When Kinley learns that Ahmed and his family were not given safe passage to America as promised, he must repay his debt by returning to the war zone to retrieve them before the Taliban hunts them down first.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R; for violence, language throughout and brief drug content.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; War films.; Afghan War, 2001-2021; Male friendship; Soldiers; Translators;
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The secret gate : a true story of courage and sacrifice during the collapse of Aghanistan / by Zuckoff, Mitchell,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."When the U.S. began its withdrawal from Afghanistan and the Afghan Army instantly collapsed, Homeira Qaderi was marked for death at the hands of the Taliban. A celebrated author, academic, and champion for women's liberation, Homeira had achieved celebrity in her home country by winning custody of her son in acontentious divorce, a rarity in Afghanistan's patriarchal society. Homeira tried and failed to escape with her family through the turmoil of the Kabul airport, while evacuation planes departed without Homeira and her eight-year-old son, Siawash. Meanwhile, young foreign service officer from New Jersey named Sam Aronson was enjoying a brief vacation between assignments when chaos descended upon Afghanistan. Sam immediately volunteered his services in the evacuation and got on a plane to Kabul. As he frantically raced to help rescue the more than 100,000 Americans and their Afghan helpers stranded in Kabul, Sam learned that the CIA had established a secret entrance into the Kabul Airport, two miles away from the desperate crowds crushing toward the gates. He started bringing families directly through, personally rescuing as many as fifty-two people in a single day. On the last day of the evacuation, Sam was contacted by Homeira's literary agent, who persuaded him to help her escape. He needed to risk his life to get Homeira and Siawash through the gate in the final hours before it closed forever. He borrowed night-vision goggles and enlisted a Dari-speaking colleague and two heavily armed security contract "shooters." He contacted Homeira with a burner phone, and they used a flashlight code signal borrowed from boyhood summer camp. Homeira broke Sam's rules and withstood his profanities. They braved gunfire by Afghan Army soldiers anxious about the restive crowds outside the airport. Ultimately, they had to leave behind their family and everything young Siawash had ever known"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Qādirī, Ḥumayrā, 1979 or 1980-; Afghan War, 2001-2021; Mothers and sons; Women authors, Afghan;
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Crocheted home : 35 beautiful designs for afghans, pillows, blankets, and more / by Eastwood, Kate(Crocheter),author.;
Decorate your home with classic and colorful hand-crocheted items. Crochet something cozy, stylish or practical to have in your house all year around or to bring out on special occasions. Patterns range from simple baby blankets to detailed decorative items, for you to give or keep.
Subjects: Crocheting; Household linens.;
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200 ripple stitch patterns : exciting patterns to knit and crochet for afghans, blankets and throws / by Eaton, Jan,author.;
Subjects: Knitting; Crocheting; Blankets.;
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The naked don't fear the water : an underground journey with Afghan refugees / by Aikins, Matthieu,author.;
Includes bibliographical references.In this extraordinary book, acclaimed young war reporter Matthieu Aikins chronicles a dangerous journey on the smugglers road to Europe, accompanying his friend, an Afghan refugee, in search of a better future.
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Aikins, Matthieu; Aikins, Matthieu; Immigrants; Refugees; War correspondents;
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Whiskey Tango Foxtrot [videorecording (BLURAY)] / by Abbott, Christopher,1986-; Barker, Kim,1970-Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan.; Fey, Tina,1970-; Ficarra, Glenn.; Freeman, Martin,1971-; Molina, Alfred,1953-; Requa, John.; Robbie, Margot,1953-; Thornton, Billy Bob.; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm);
Tina Fey, Margot Robbie, Martin Freeman, Alfred Molina, Christopher Abbott, Billy Bob Thornton.When reporter Kim Barker's (Tina Fey) life needs something more, she decides to ‘shake it all up' by taking an assignment in a war zone. There, in the midst of chaos, she finds the strength she never knew she had.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.Blu-ray disc (requires Blu-ray player for playback) ; anamorphic widescreen format (2.35:1 aspect ratio) ; DTS:X, DTS Headphone:X, Dolby digital 5.1.
Subjects: Biographical films.; Comedy films.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Barker, Kim, 1970-; Afghan War, 2001-; War correspondents;
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Waging peace. [videorecording (DVD)] / by Bergreen, Brooks.; 3World Media.; FauxPop Media.;
Written by Randall Lobb ; Music by Boy In December ; Edited by Mark Hussey.A film that follows Canadian Richard Fitoussi on a personal quest into the fiercest parts of Afghanistan's war-torn southern frontier to learn why Canadian soldiers are dying in a mission that has sparked more controversy than any other military intervention in Canadian history.E.
Subjects: Afghan War, 2001-; Postwar reconstruction;
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Defiant dreams : the journey of an Afghan girl who risked everything for education / by Mahfouz, Sola,1996-author.; Kapoor, Malaina,author.;
"A searing, deeply personal memoir of a tenacious Afghan girl who educated herself behind closed doors and fought her way to a new life. Sola Mahfouz was born in Kandahar, Afghanistan, in 1996. That same year, the Taliban took over her country for the first time. They banned television and photographs, presided over brutal public executions, and turned the clock backwards on women's rights, practically imprisoning women within their own homes and forcing them to wear cruel, tent-like burqas. At age eleven, Sola was forced to stop attending school after a group of men threatened to throw acid in her face if she continued. After that she was confined to her home, required to cook and clean and prepare for an arranged marriage. She saw the outside world only a handful of times each year. As time passed, Sola began to understand that she was condemned to the same existence as millions of women in Afghanistan. Her future was empty. The rest of her life would be controlled entirely by men, fathers and husbands and sons who would never allow her to study, to earn money, or even to dream. Driven by this devastating realization, Sola began a years-long fight to change the trajectory of her life. She decided that education would be her way out. At age sixteen, without even a basic ability to add or subtract, she began secretly to teach herself math and English. She progressed rapidly, and within just two years she was already studying topics such as philosophy and physics. Faced with obstacles at every turn, Sola still managed to sneak into Pakistan to take the SAT. In 2016, she escaped to the United States, where she is now a quantum computing researcher at Tufts University. An engrossing, dramatic memoir, co-written with young Indian American human rights activist Malaina Kapoor, Defiant Dreams is the story of one girl, but it's also the untold story of a generation of women brimming with potential and longing for freedom"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Mahfouz, Sola, 1996-; Girls; Sex discrimination in education; Women;
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Juiceboxers : a novel / by Hertwig, Benjamin,1985-author.;
Drawn from the authors experiences as a soldier in Afghanistan, 'Juiceboxers' is a powerful debut novel that tenderly traces the story of a young mans journey from basic training, to the battlefields of Kandahar, to the oil fields of Alberta, braiding together questions of masculinity and militarism, friendship and violence, loss and trauma, ideology and innocence.
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Afghan War, 2001-2021; Friendship; Healing; Masculinity; Psychic trauma; Soldiers; Young men;
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