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The Bookseller of Kabul

September 7, 2010
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The Bookseller of Kabul

The Bookseller of Kabul Two weeks after September 11th, award-winning journalist Asne Seierstad went to Afghanistan to report on the conflict there. In the following spring she returned to live with an Afghan family for several months. For more than 20 years Sultan Khan defied the authorities – be they Communist or Taliban –...
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Tags: Afghanistan, Authorities, books, Bookseller, Bookseller Of Kabul, Communists, Conflict, Journalist, Kabul, People, Piles, Sultan Khan, Taliban, Taliban Soldiers
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The Places In Between

August 30, 2010
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The Places In Between

The Places In Between In January 2002 Rory Stewart walked across Afghanistan-surviving by his wits, his knowledge of Persian dialects and Muslim customs, and the kindness of strangers. By day he passed through mountains covered in nine feet of snow, hamlets burned and emptied by the Taliban, and communities thriving amid the remains of...
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Tags: Between, Customs, Dialects, Dynamic Regions, Handful, Journey Through Time, Kindness Of Strangers, Medieval Civilizations, Million Books, Narrative, One Million, Oracle Bones, Ordinary People, Outsiders, Peter Hessler, Places, Positive Feedback, Price 1, Rory Stewart, Taliban, Time In China, Wits
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