Afghan Dreams

Author : Tony O'Brien
Publisher : Bloomsbury USA Childrens
ISBN 13 : 9781599902876
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Afghan Dreams written by Tony O'Brien and published by Bloomsbury USA Childrens. This book was released on 2008-10-01 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tony O'Brien is a photo journalist who has been to Afghanistan many times in his work for major publications such as Time and Life. Here, he and his brother-in-law, Mike Sullivan, interview children of all ages about their lives, their fears and their dreams. The children's voices and their images are haunting, illuminating and make for compulsive and compulsory reading.

Author : Don Nardo
Publisher : Mitchell Lane
ISBN 13 : 1545751196
Total Pages : 93 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Understanding Afghanistan Today written by Don Nardo and published by Mitchell Lane. This book was released on 2020-05-11 with total page 93 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Afghanistan has long been one of the world s most war-torn countries. Beginning in ancient times, one invader after another tried to conquer it, but only a few succeeded. And even those who did seize the country did so with tremendous difficulty. In part, this is because the Afghans are tough, independent-minded folk who do not like being told what to do by foreign intruders. Indeed, they are proud of their traditional customs, including their main religion Islam and their native literature and music. Yet, while they often fight to maintain their time-honored way of life, many of them are willing to try some new ideas. After US forces helped them expel the brutal Taliban in 2002, for example, the Afghans installed a democratic government. It still struggles to control all of the country s far flung tribes. But a majority of Afghans hope that it will eventually bring their ancient land unity, peace, and prosperity.

Author : Jennifer Heath
Publisher : University of Texas Press
ISBN 13 : 0292759312
Total Pages : 389 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Children of Afghanistan written by Jennifer Heath and published by University of Texas Press. This book was released on 2014-11-15 with total page 389 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The first comprehensive look at youth in a country attempting to rebuild itself after three decades of civil conflict, Children of Afghanistan relies on the research and fieldwork of twenty-one experts to cover an incredible range of topics. Focusing on the full scope of childhood, from birth through young adulthood, this edited volume examines a myriad of issues...Children of Afghanistan is the first volume that not only attempts to analyze the range of challenges facing Afghan children across class, gender, and region but also offers solutions to the problems they face. With nearly half of the population under the age of fifteen, the future of the country no double lies with its children. Those who seek peace for the region must find solutions to the host of crises that have led the United Nations to call Afghanistan 'the worst place on earth to be born.' The authors of Children of Afghanistan provide child-centered solutions to rebuilding the country's cultural, social, and economic institutions." -- Back cover.

Author : Mines Bureau
Publisher : Minerals Yearbook: Volume 3: A
ISBN 13 : 9781411341722
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Minerals Yearbook written by Mines Bureau and published by Minerals Yearbook: Volume 3: A. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - Minerals Yearbook, 2014, V. 3: Area Reports: International: Asia and the Pacific. Volume III, Area Reports: International, is published as four separate reports. These regional reports contain the latest available minerals data on more than 180 foreign countries and discuss the importance of minerals to the economies of these nations and the United States. Each report begins with an overview of the region's mineral industries during the year. It continues with individual country chapters that examine the mining, refining, processing, and use of minerals in each country of the region and how each country's mineral industry relates to U.S. industry. Most chapters include production tables and industry structure tables, information about Government policies and programs that affect the country's mineral industry, and an outlook section.

Author : Mines Bureau
Publisher : Government Printing Office
ISBN 13 : 9781411341722
Total Pages : 280 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Minerals Yearbook written by Mines Bureau and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2018-04-19 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: - Minerals Yearbook, 2014, V. 3: Area Reports: International: Asia and the Pacific. Volume III, Area Reports: International, is published as four separate reports. These regional reports contain the latest available minerals data on more than 180 foreign countries and discuss the importance of minerals to the economies of these nations and the United States. Each report begins with an overview of the region's mineral industries during the year. It continues with individual country chapters that examine the mining, refining, processing, and use of minerals in each country of the region and how each country's mineral industry relates to U.S. industry. Most chapters include production tables and industry structure tables, information about Government policies and programs that affect the country's mineral industry, and an outlook section.

Author : U. S. Government Printing Office
Publisher : Government Printing Office
ISBN 13 : 9781411340688
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Minerals Yearbook, 2013, Area Reports: International, Asia and the Pacific written by U. S. Government Printing Office and published by Government Printing Office. This book was released on 2017-02-15 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This edition of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Minerals Yearbook discusses the performance of the worldwide minerals and materials industries during year 2013 and provides background information to assist in interpreting that performance. These annual reviews are designed to provide timely statistical data on mineral commodities in various countries. This volume covers data from Asia and the Pacific. Each report includes sections on government policies and programs, environmental issues, trade and production data, industry structure and ownership, commodity sector developments, infrastructure, and a summary outlook. Audience: Government employees and contractors, as well as businesses and employees, all working in mineral-related trades, especially with interests in statistics about mineral commodities overseas, will find this resource invaluable. Check out our Minerals & Metals publications here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/science-technology/minerals-metals Other print volumes in the Minerals Yearbook series are available here: https://bookstore.gpo.gov/catalog/science-technology/minerals-metals/minerals-yearbook

Author : Barbara Sheen
Publisher : Greenhaven Publishing LLC
ISBN 13 : 0737754206
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Foods of Afghanistan written by Barbara Sheen and published by Greenhaven Publishing LLC. This book was released on 2011-03-18 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the Afghan table, food is communal and shared by everyone. Serve your readers with a delectable blend of geography, history, health, daily life, celebrations, and customs of Afghanistan. While executing authentic kid-friendly recipes, readers will learn about Afghanistan by way of its foods, cooking traditions, customs, eating habits, and food sources. The chapter on tea and snacks will intrigue readers.

Author : Vladislav Tamarov
Publisher : Ten Speed Press
ISBN 13 : 1580084168
Total Pages : 194 pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Afghanistan written by Vladislav Tamarov and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2001-10-30 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1984 Tamarov, then 19, was drafted into the Soviet Army and posted to Afghanistan where he spent 20 months in a minesweeper outfit. Despite heavy operational responsibilities and danger, he managed to take artful photographs which capture the stark landscape, friendly and unfriendly Afghans and the men of his platoon in action and in repose. Photographs depicting the haunted faces of both soldiers and civilians, the country's rugged yet beautiful mountain terrain, and the banality of daily life between missions are interspersed with Tamarov's unsentimental but passionate prose, in which he reveals his growing disorientation and takes to task his government for a campaign that has been widely dubbed "the Soviet Vietnam". Returning home uninjured in 1986, the author subsequently traveled to the United States, met with Vietnam vets and paid his respects at the Wall on the Mall in Washington, D.C., sharing with his new acquaintances "something which others cannot understand." More than a photographic essay, Afghanistan offerns an stunningly personal view of combat that is rarely seen by most.

Author : Linda Pavonetti
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 0810881063
Total Pages : 535 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Bridges to Understanding written by Linda Pavonetti and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2011-10-16 with total page 535 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the fourth volume sponsored by the United States Board on Books for Young People, following Children's Books from Other Countries (1998), The World Through Children's Books (2002), and Crossing Boundaries (2006). This latest volume, edited by Linda M. Pavonetti, includes books published between 2005 and 2009. This annotated bibliography, organized geographically by world region and country, with descriptions of nearly 700 books representing more than 70 countries, is a valuableresource for librarians, teachers, and anyone else seeking to promote international understanding through children's literature. Like its predecessors, it will be an important tool for providing stories that will help children understand our differences while simultaneously demonstrating our common humanity.

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ISBN 13 : 9781942084020
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.21/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dread and Dreams written by and published by . This book was released on 2015 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dread and Dreams presents the stark reality of Afghan refugees and their hope and dreams.