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The Kite Runner
Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead Trade, 2004
Living In Afghanistan
The Kite Runner is a very well written novel that portrays the hardships of life growing up in the floundering world of war-time Afghanistan. Khaled Hosseini uses perfect imagery and truth to show the reader the world of his childhood. He describes everything, even (or ...
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Ghost Wars: The Secret History of the CIA, Afghanistan, and Bin Laden, from the Soviet Invasion to September ...
Steve Coll
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2004
Execellent Book -
Don't let the size of this book scare you - it is accurate and full of great information! I know some people who were close to the information and say it is very accurate -
Enjoy -
Jan Simpson
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Three Cups of Tea: One Man's Mission to Promote Peace . . . One School at a Time
Greg Mortenson, David Oliver Relin
Penguin (Non-Classics), 2007
Three Cups of Tea
A must read book that is truly inspirational about what one man is doing to change the world!
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Shantaram: A Novel
Gregory David Roberts
St. Martin's Griffin, 2005
A great book
I read Shantaram about a year ago and hands down it is the best book I read all year, maybe in the past five years. It is really memorable. The prison scenes, life in Mumbai, the characters, stay alive long after I stopped reading. The book is long, but I never ...
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A Thousand Splendid Suns
Khaled Hosseini
Riverhead, 2007
One of the Few Bestsellers that Deseves the Hype
First off, I must say that this is an important book. There are some reviewers who claim that Khaled Hosseini must have written this with the western reader in mind. This may be true, but in my opinion it is a good thing. He has brought the plight of Afghanistan into ...
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Lone Survivor: The Eyewitness Account of Operation Redwing and the Lost Heroes of SEAL Team 10
Marcus Luttrell
Back Bay Books, 2008
Lone Survivor
Lone Survivor should be a must read for every American. I bought 3 more books for friends to read. The sacrifice, discipline and attitude of the Navy Seal in the book really made me realize how lucky we are to have people like him serving our Country. His first hand ...
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Kill Bin Laden: A Delta Force Commander's Account of the Hunt for the World's Most Wanted Man
Dalton Fury
St. Martin's Press, 2008
Enlightening read that should make you angry.
I thought we'd learned some expensive lessons in Vietnam. Apparently I'm wrong, and the proof of that is the book Kill bin laden (lower case intentional) by Dalton Fury (not the real name) and Col. David Hunt. In Vietnam there was constant interference by Washington ...
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Descent into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation Building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and ...
Ahmed Rashid
Viking Adult, 2008
A deeply troubling book
Ahmed Rashid has long been a leading expert on Afghanistan, Pakistan, and the Muslim states of Central Asia that were once part of the Soviet Union. In 2000, the year before 9/11, he published 'Taliban', a book which politicians rushed to read after the attack on the ...
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The Bin Ladens: An Arabian Family in the American Century
Steve Coll
Penguin Press HC, The, 2008
Amaze your friends on how much you know about the Bin Ladens!
I started reading this book mainly because the author is a pulz prize winner. I started it back in April. Mind you I am a slow reader but this is one that I can't put down. I remember after 9/11 hearing that the Bin Laden family had been flown out the next day or so by ...
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One Bullet Away: The Making of a Marine Officer
Nathaniel C. Fick
Mariner Books, 2006
Outstanding read for warriors and civilians alike
In a time when many people already consider the war in Iraq pure hubris and stretching of muscles by a superpower gone mad, it is refreshing indeed to read true, honest stories from the men who fought the war.
The good intentions, the fears, the disappointments and ...
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The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East
Robert Fisk
Vintage, 2007
well worth the weight
I opened this one Christmas, and thought, here's one that I'll never get to.
That is until I actually opened it and started reading. Like many "journalistic" histories this book does jump around a bit, and there were sections I "blip-read", but this is the first ...
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The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia (Kodansha Globe)
Peter Hopkirk
Kodansha International, 1992
Definitely history come alive...
I won't repeat too much of the praise already heaped upon this book, other than to say it is well deserved. Hopkirk has a very engaging writing style that makes it very difficult to put the book down.
Just a few notes:
- Hopkirk does a good job of staying on ...
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The Places In Between
Rory Stewart
Harvest Books, 2006
Babur's Journey
The Places In Between is an interesting and well written account that provides in-depth views about Afghanistan's ways of life. This is a book westerners should read if they want to further understand the intricacies of this region and the contradictions between ...
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Kabul Beauty School: An American Woman Goes Behind the Veil
Deborah Rodriguez, Kristin Ohlson
Random House Trade Paperbacks, 2007
my view of a good book
Well I really enjoyed this book. The author writes in a way that makes it seem she is talking directly to the reader. She gives many situations that are sad, funny and difficult. She points out how ahrd it is for Afgan women, and all the "rules" they must follow(this ...
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First In: An Insider's Account of How the CIA Spearheaded the War on Terror in Afghanistan
Gary Schroen
Presidio Press, 2007
A very informative view of CIA in Afganistan
After watching an interview with Gary Shroen on FOX TV, I knew this was going to be an interesting read. It is a very good description of the CIA spearhead into the war against Osama Bin Laden. "First In" leaves the reader with an understanding of how the CIA works ...
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