 | The Sewing Circles of Herat: My Afghan Years by Christina Lamb
Buy new: £6.99 / Used from: £4.04 This is a terrible account of what war does to destroy a land and of the inhumanity of life under the strict Islam of the Taliban.
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 | A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
Buy new: £11.89 / Used from: £4.00 A great novel of man's inhumanity to woman over the period since the fall of the monarchy.
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 | The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini
Buy new: £3.20 / Used from: £1.79 First novel from a great storyteller. Will the film be half as good?
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 | The Great Game: On Secret Service in High Asia by Peter Hopkirk
Buy new: £5.39 / Used from: £5.31 Learn the history of why Afghanistan has been strategically important for over 200 years. A book for those not ashamed of imperial heroes.
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 | The Bookseller of Kabul by Asne Seierstad
Buy new: £2.84 / Used from: £0.01 Fascinating insight into Afghan character. I have even visited the shop.
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