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41) The Valley
Author
Publisher
Dutton
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
"A former Army Captain's gripping portrait of a fighting division holding a remote outpost in Afghanistan reminiscent of Apocalypse Now, The Yellow Birds, and Matterhorn There were many valleys in the mountains of Afghanistan, and most were hard places where people died hard deaths. But there was only one Valley. Black didn't even know its proper name. But he knew about the Valley. It was the farthest, and the hardest, and the worst. It lay deeper...
42) Neglect: a novel
Author
Publisher
Arcade Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"From bestselling author Kim Wozencraft comes the story of a young mother at war on two fronts: first as a soldier in Afghanistan and then upon her return to rural Granite County, New York, where one terrible mistake threatens her family and her sanity. Erin Hill enlists in the Army Reserve in an act of desperation. She and her husband have both lost their jobs and their marriage is disintegrating. Assured that the odds of deployment are extremely...
43) Sombras quemadas
Author
Series
Publisher
Salamandra
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Español
Description
"Sombras quemadas" ha marcado un punto de inflexión en el conjunto de su obra. Tanto críticos como escritores han elogiado su prosa viva y su formidable visión de los acontecimientos históricos. A lo largo de seis décadas -desde Japón en los últimos días de la Segunda Guerra Mundial y la India al borde de la partición, hasta Pakistán en la década de los ochenta, Nueva York tras el 11-S y Afganistán durante los bombardeos subsiguientes...
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"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...
Author
Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"For fans of A Thousand Splendid Suns comes a stirring novel set in Afghanistan & about two women--an American aid worker and her local interpreter--who form an unexpected friendship despite their utterly different life experiences and the ever-increasing violence that surrounds them in Kabul. In 2001, Kabul is suddenly a place of possibility as people fling off years of repressive Taliban rule. This hopeful chaos brings together American aid worker...
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