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Forbidden Lessons in a Kabul Guesthouse
Hyperion 2011; US$ 24.99Includes a Reading Group Guide and Author Q&A "A moving message." -- Kirkus "[A]n absorbing memoir." -- Booklist "[A] well plotted, fluid narrative." -- Publishers Weekly "For years, Suraya Sadeed has worked tirelessly to help the people of her war-scarred homeland. This terrific memoir is the story... more...
Afghan Frontier
I.B.Tauris 2003; US$ 23.00The most dangerous place in the world' - Barack Obama. The borderlands of Afghanistan and Pakistan have become the arena for a global conflict with consequences that defy prediction. "Afghan Frontier" traces the history of this region as a hotly contested battlefield for millennia. At the crossroads of Central Asia, gateway to India and... more...
Afghanistan
Wilfrid Laurier University Press 2008; US$ 42.95Many have questioned the wisdom of the international intervention in Afghanistan in light of the escalation of violence and instability in the country in the past few years. Particularly uncertain are Canadians, who have been inundated with media coverage of an increasingly dirty war in southern Afghanistan, one in which Canadians are at the frontline... more...
Afghanistan and Canada
Black Rose Books 2009; US$ 19.99Traces Canada's military involvement in Afghanistan in the hope of finding an alternative to continuing war. more...
Understanding Arabs
Nicholas Brealey Publishing 2011; US$ 18.94Comprehensive and objective, Understanding Arabs covers such topics as beliefs and values, religion and society, the role of the family, friends and strangers, relations between men and women, social formalities and communication styles. Updated to reflect the complex events that are playing out on the world stage, this wholly revised fourth edition... more...
The Taliban Shuffle
Scribe Publications 2011; US$ 24.99Kim Barker is not your typical, impassive foreign correspondent ? she is candid, self-deprecating, and funny. At first an awkward newbie in Afghanistan, she grows into a wisecracking, seasoned reporter with grave concerns about the ability of US might to win hearts and minds in the region. As she does the ?Taliban shuffle? between conflict zones, Barker... more...
Is That a Picasso on Your Fridge?
Ulysses Press 2011; US$ 12.95SEPARATING FINGER-PAINTED GENIUS FROM CRAYON-DOODLED CRAP Kids create them. Parents submit them. An art critic reviews them. And don?t think for one second he doesn?t know exactly what he?s talking about! With characteristically overblown, egotistical, WTF critiques, this book hilariously deconstructs works of children?s art as if they were... more...
From Kabul to Baghdad and Back
Naval Institute Press 2012; US$ 42.95From Kabul to Baghdad and Back provides insight into the key strategic decisions of the Afghan and Iraq campaigns as the United States attempted to wage both simultaneously against al-Qaeda and its supporting affiliates. It also evaluates the strategic execution of those military campaigns to identify how well the two operations were conducted in... more...
U.S. Military Information Operations in Afghanistan
RAND Corporation 2012; US$ 9.95Evaluates the effectiveness of the psychological operations element of U.S. military information operations in Afghanistan from 2001 to 2010 based on how well messages and themes are tailored to target audiences. more...
The Future of the Arab Nation (RLE: The Arab Nation)
Taylor and Francis 2012; US$ 165.00What is the place of the Arab states as a new world order emerges? How can the Arab world respond positively to change as the new Europe emerges, political relationships are restructured, and the information revolution transforms the global economy? To what extent are the Arab states in danger of falling prey to increasing disunity and fragmentation?... more...









