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100 Ways I Almost Died

100 Ways I Almost Died

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'Relentless, raw and just impossible to fake. Bram Connolly has survived more in one lifetime than most of us could ever imagine - and takes us right there, with a...
Descent Into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation

Descent Into Chaos: The United States and the Failure of Nation

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The #1 "New York Times" bestselling author provides a shocking analysis of the crisis in Pakistan and the renewed radicalism threatening Afghanistan and the West. Ahmed Rashid is Pakistan s...
Death of a Soldier: A Mother's Story

Death of a Soldier: A Mother's Story

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On 12 May 2009 Margaret Evison's son Lieutenant Mark Evison of 1st Battalion Welsh Guards, died of wounds sustained whilst leading a patrol in Helmand Province. Hailed a hero, Mark's...
The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan

The Taliban Shuffle: Strange Days in Afghanistan and Pakistan

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In this darkly comic and unsparing memoir that "tells us more about the Afghan debacle than any foreign policy briefing" ( The Seattle Times), the famed investigative journalist uses her...
Boy Giant

Boy Giant

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A stunning story of hope, humanity, friendship and high-seas adventure, inspired by Gulliver's Travels 'A sparkling adventure . . . deeply vital for our times' LoveReading4Kids Having fled war-torn Afghanistan...
Little America: The War within the War for Afghanistan

Little America: The War within the War for Afghanistan

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The US Government invested millions in Helmand in the 1950s and '60s to transform the barren desert into a veritable oasis - known locally as 'Little America' - and then...
Escape from Kabul: The Inside Story

Escape from Kabul: The Inside Story

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Afghanistan, August 2021. As the clock ticks down to a total Allied withdrawal and the Taliban go door to door to execute 'collaborators', a small, semi-official force of allied Paratroopers...
The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People's History of Afghanistan

The Finest Hotel in Kabul: A People's History of Afghanistan

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The story of a hotel. The story of a nation. When the Inter-Continental Kabul opened in 1969, Afghanistan's first luxury hotel symbolised a dream of a modernising country connected to...
Joint Force Harrier

Joint Force Harrier

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Harrier Book
Ground Truth: 3 Para Return to Afghanistan

Ground Truth: 3 Para Return to Afghanistan

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Afghanistan, 2008. After their eighteen-month epic tour of Helmand Province, the troops of 3 Para are back. This time, the weight of experience weighs heavily on their shoulders. In April...
KANDAK: Fighting with Afghans

KANDAK: Fighting with Afghans

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From the author of the top ten bestseller The Junior Officers' Reading Club. When Patrick Hennessey returned home from Afghanistan, battle-worn, exhilarated, unsure if he'd see anything like it in...
Boy Giant: Son of Gulliver

Boy Giant: Son of Gulliver

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A stunning new story of hope, humanity and high-seas adventure for children and adults everywhere from Sir Michael Morpurgo, the nation's favourite storyteller and multi-million copy bestselling author of WAR...
Cables from Kabul: The Inside Story of the West's Afghanistan Campaign

Cables from Kabul: The Inside Story of the West's Afghanistan Campaign

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A frank and honest memoir by Britain's former ambassador to Kabul which provides a unique, high-level insight into Western policy in Afghanistan. For three years, from 2007 until 2010, Sherard...
The Rescue: The True Story of the SAS Mission to Save Hostages from the Taliban

The Rescue: The True Story of the SAS Mission to Save Hostages from the Taliban

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The thrilling retelling of a real-life hostage rescue mission, by SAS hero and million-selling author, Andy McNab. It is 2012 and in Northern Afghanistan, an international crisis has erupted. A...
The Rescue: The True Story of the SAS Mission to Save Hostages from the Taliban

The Rescue: The True Story of the SAS Mission to Save Hostages from

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The thrilling retelling of a real-life hostage rescue mission, by SAS hero and million-selling author, Andy McNab.It is 2012 and in Northern Afghanistan, an international crisis has erupted.A group of...
In the Sea There Are Crocodiles

In the Sea There Are Crocodiles

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A beautiful, heartbreaking novel based on the true story of an Afghan boy's journey in search of a place to call home. I read somewhere that the decision to emigrate...
The Rescue: The True Story of the SAS Mission to Save Hostages from the Taliban

The Rescue: The True Story of the SAS Mission to Save Hostages from

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The thrilling retelling of a real-life hostage rescue mission, by SAS hero and million-selling author, Andy McNab.It is 2012 and in Northern Afghanistan, an international crisis has erupted.A group of...