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1. The Blind Man's Garden

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Author:
Aslam, Nadeem
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Remote Storage - Adult Fiction
ASLAM
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Secretly entering Afghanistan to help care for wounded civilians, Jeo and Makal, foster brothers from a small Pakistani town, find that their good intentions cannot keep them out of harm's way.

2. The nine lives of Pakistan: dispatches from a precarious state

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Author:
Walsh, Declan
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Cary Regional - Adult Non-Fiction
954.91 WALSH
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954.91 WALSH
Holly Springs Community - Adult Non-Fiction
954.91 WALSH
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"The former New York Times Pakistan bureau chief paints an arresting up-close portrait of a fractured country. Declan Walsh's electrifying portrait of Pakistan after 9/11 captures the sweep of this "strange, wondrous and benighted country" through the dramatic lives of nine fascinating individuals. On assignment for the New York Times and other outlets, Walsh traveled from the raucous port of Karachi to the salons of Lahore, and from Baluchistan to...

3. Three cups of tea: one man's mission to promote peace -- one school at a time

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Author:
Mortenson, Greg
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Traces how the author, having been rescued and resuscitated by Himalayan villagers after a failed attempt to climb K2, worked to build schools that would benefit the young girls who were forbidden an education by Taliban restrictions.