A Far Away Home

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910154663903321
• Autore: Faber Howard
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Omaha : , : WriteLife Publishing, , 2012; ©2012
• ISBN: 1-60808-121-4
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (234 p.)
• Collana: Open EPUB eBook
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: COVER PAGE -- TITLE PAGE -- COPYRIGHT PAGE -- TABLE OF CONTENTS -- CHAPTER ONE: A BOY WITH A BENT KNEE -- CHAPTER TWO: DOCTORS COME TO SHARIDURE -- CHAPTER THREE: AN AIRFIELD AND A HOSPITAL -- CHAPTER FOUR: ALI'S KNEE IS STRAIGHTENED -- CHAPTER FIVE: ALI LEARNS TO FLY -- CHAPTER SIX: RUSSIANS IN SHARIDURE -- CHAPTER SEVEN: ALI LEAVES FOR IRAN AND STARTS A FAMILY -- CHAPTER EIGHT: FLYING SUPPLIES TO SHARIDURE -- CHAPTER NINE: GOOD NEWS AND BAD NEWS -- CHAPTER TEN: A SURPRISE LANDING -- CHAPTER ELEVEN: THE TALIBAN ARE COMING -- CHAPTER TWELVE: ESCAPE FROM THE TALIBAN -- CHAPTER THIRTEEN: AMERICANS IN AFGHANISTAN AND ALI BRINGS HIS FAMILY BACK HOME -- CHAPTER FOURTEEN: RAIDING THE TALIBAN -- CHAPTER FIFTEEN: TALIBAN ATTACK SHARIDURE -- CHAPTER SIXTEEN: A TIME TO GROW -- CHARACTERS -- DARI WORDS AND PHRASES -- PLACES AND NAMES -- AUTHOR'S BIO -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
• Sommario/riassunto: This is the story of Ali, growing up in a peaceful Afghanistan, but later having to resist the control of first the Russians and later the Taliban, so he and his family could live at peace in their home. Its the story of many young Afghans, a story of the Afghanistan that was, and a story with hope for a brighter future.