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c2006., G. P. Putnam's sons Call No: Fic For Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: British and American intelligence catch wind of a major Al-Quaeda operation. They try to pass off a westerner, as the former senior commander of the Taliban...
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2009., Forge Call No: Fic Str Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your LibraryContributor biographical information Publisher description Summary Note: What would we do if a nuclear weapon was detonated in Washington, and the US government suddenly disappeared? What would we do if a terrorist organization announced that it had concealed nuclear weapons in ever major western city and then demanded that the entire planet embrace its twisted brand of Muslin fundamentalism? In Critcal Mass, nuclear interdiction expert James Deutsh and his tormented Muslim wife, Nabila, struggle to stop an impending nuclear attack on an American city. Along the way, they delve deep into the hidden world of nuclear terrorism and the experts who strive to contain it, and get a compelling look at the titanic battle within Islam over its own future--fundamentalist and rejecting, or compassionate and life-embracing? Like Whitley Strieber's classics Warday and The Coming Global Superstorm, Critical Mass is torn straight from the dark pages of a very dangerous and very possible future.
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2004., Adult, Nan A. Talese Call No: Fic Kha Edition: 1st ed. in the U.S. Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Set in Kabul, this novel shows the effects of the Taliban's rule on two couples. Mohsen comes from a family of wealthy shopkeepers whom the Taliban have destroyed, while his wife Zunaira can no longer pursue her career as a teacher. Atiq, a prison keeper who has adopted the Taliban ideology, struggles to keep his faith while his wife suffers from an incurable illness.