Taliban. The Power of Militant Islam in Afghanistan and Beyond, Paperback - Ahmed Rashid

This is a new, revised edition of the universally acclaimed and best-selling account of the Islamic fundamentalist Taliban movement - the most radi...

Explores the volatile and dangerous region in the world. In this story of squandered opportunities, misguided alliances and double-dealing, the aut...

What does the future hold for the world's most unstable region? This title examines the changing casts of characters in this story, the future of t...

Reducere. After September 11th, Ahmed Rashid's crucial book Taliban introduced American readers to that now notorious regime. In this new work, he returns to...

Reducere. Debunking conventional narratives of Afghanistan as a perennial war zone or marginal frontier, Faiz Ahmed presents a vibrant account of the first M...

Publisher: DRA PublishingAuthor(s): David ReynoldsIllustration(s): 300 illustrationsNumber of pages: 256Publication date: 2016Dimensions: 213 x 306...

Publisher: Verlag Barbara BudrichAuthor(s): Haqmal DaudzaiNumber of pages: 330Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 148 x 210 x 21Cover type: Paperback...

Reducere. The Taliban made piety a business of the state, and thereby intervened in the daily lives and social interactions of Afghan women. Pious Peripherie...

Reducere. For over 2, 500 years, the forbidding territory of Afghanistan has served as a vital crossroads for armies and has witnessed history-shaping clashe...

Reducere. DescriptionIn the summer of 2006, a Canadian army patrol travelling through Afghanistan's Panjwayi region surprised an unexpectedly large force of ...

Contributor(s): Author: Shahab AhmedWhat is Islam? How do we grasp a human and historical phenomenon characterized by such variety and contradictio...

Publisher: Transworld Publishers LtdAuthor(s): Dr Waheed ArianNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 197 x 128 x 39Cover type: Paper...

In the summer of 2006, a Canadian army patrol travelling through Afghanistan's Panjwayi region surprised an unexpectedly large force of Taliban fig...

DescriptionA bold new conceptualization of Islam that reflects its contradictions and rich diversityWhat is Islam? How do we grasp a human and hist...

A classic, pioneering account of the lives of women in Islamic history, republished for a new generation This pioneering study of the social and po...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

DescriptionBEYOND AFGHANISTAN €" The Struggle of the Refugees is a photojournalistic essay about the unaccompanied young refugees who came from Afg...

This book explains why and how the U.S. and NATO military gains have not produced the expected political victory, and calls for rethinking U.S. pol...

Publisher: Marvel ComicsAuthor(s): Samira AhmedIllustration(s): 120 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 120Publication date: 2022Dimensions:...

So-called Islamic State began to appear in what it calls Khorasan (Afghanistan, Pakistan, Central Asia, Iran and India) in 2014. Reports of its pre...

Reducere. "America had a secret weapon, " writes Steve Call of the period immediately following September 11, 2001, as planners contemplated the invasion of ...

Reducere. As a young man, the author unfolds his profound and vibrant reflections of his luminous, candid, and intensely personal account of living in rural ...

Analyses how Islamic State hopes to establish a new bulwark in Central Asia and Pakistan, supplanting Al-Qaeda in AfghanistanPublisher: C Hurst & C...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Brigadier (retired) Ben, OBE (Senior Fellow Land Warfare) BarryIllustration(s): 64pp colour plate se...

This Element draws together two bodies of work: Islamic social movements and political Islam in Indonesia and Malaysia and explains the transformat...

An inside look at what it means to be pro-regime in Iran, and the debates around the future of the Islamic Republic. More than half of Iran's citiz...

Examining different forms of resistance among Shi'i women in the Middle East and Europe, this book studies the performance of sectarian and gender ...

Reducere. Winner of the 2018 National Book Critics Circle Award for Nonfiction Longlisted for the 2018 National Book Award for Nonfiction From the Pulitzer P...

Reducere. As you step into business, if you assume you must cover up or restrain your most deeply held beliefs - your Soul level - you are cutting off your g...

DescriptionEvery human is born with multifarious potential. Why, then, do parents, schools and employers insist that we restrict our many talents a...

On July 29, 2009, Air National Guard major Mary Jennings 'MJ' Hegar was shot down while on a Medevac mission on her third tour in Afghanistan. Desp...

Reducere. Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. A revealing guide to understanding the principles of IslamWith more than 1.8 billion followers worldwide, Islam is one of the world's largest relig...

Tapping into The Total Power of The Universe describes in a step by step fashion how a craft and its crew members can immediately enter any place o...

Publisher: UCL PressIllustration(s): 19 Illustrations, colorCollection: FringePublication date: 2022Dimensions: 233 x 155 x 27Cover type: Paperback...

An award-winning military journalist tells the amazing stories of twenty-five soldiers who've won the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military...

Exploring the US experience of war in the twenty-first century, this book argues that wherever and whenever there is war, there will be imaginative...

Publisher: Panini Publishing LtdAuthor(s): Samira AhmedIllustration(s): 116 Illustrations, unspecifiedNumber of pages: 116Publication date: 2022Dim...

Based on extensive original research at the local level, this book explores the relationship between Russian Orthodoxy and politics in contemporary...

He argues that "religionis a construction of European modernity, a construction that authorizes-for Westerners and non-Westerners alike-particular ...

A Few Bad Men is the incredible true story of an elite team of U.S. Marines set up to take the fall for Afghanistan war crimes they did not commit-...

This book is based on long term ethnographic research with hijras, the emblematic figure of South Asian sexual and gender difference in Dhaka, Bang...

Target exam success with My Revision Notes. Our updated approach to revision will help students learn, practise and apply their skills and understa...

Reducere. The Choice Islam and Christianity Volume One Volume One Volume Two All 3 Volumes of Ahmed Deedat in 1 book.

This textbook offers a brand new approach to the study of Islam which has been developed in close consultation with teachers and religious organisa...

Publisher: The Islamic Texts SocietyAuthor(s): HRH Prince Ghazi bin MuhammadNumber of pages: 48Publication date: 2014Dimensions: 196 x 122 x 4Cover...

The story of NATO's disastrous occupation of Afghanistan, and how it repeated the mistakes of the Soviet occupation which preceded itPublisher: Ver...