Taliban: Islam, Oil and The New Great Game in Central Asia by Ahmed Rashid Correspondent Ahmed Rashid brings the shadowy world of the Taliban, the world's most extreme and radical Islamic organization, into sharp focus in this enormously insightful book. He offers the only authoritative account of the Taliban available to English language readers, explaining the Taliban's rise to power, its impact on Afghanistan and the region, its role in oil and gas company decisions, and the effects of changing American attitudes toward the Taliban. He also describes the new face of Islamic fundamentalism and explains why Afghanistan has become the world center for international terrorism. REUPLOAD NEEDED
Jack Higgins's previous novel, Edge of Danger, was "hugely entertaining," said the Los Angeles Times. "The publisher describes it as a powerful thriller, and it's no lie." At its end, the murderous Arab-English Rashid family lies decimated—but not extinct. And that may be Sean Dillon's fatal error.
Added by: Kahena | Karma: 11526.37 | Fiction literature | 9 November 2010
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Midnight Runner
A ruthless killer is seeking revenge -- and she has Sean Dillon in her sights -- in this adrenalin-fuelled adventure from the master of the modern thriller. The murderous Rashid family were forced to pay the ultimate price for their crimes by the British Government's secret enforcer Sean Dillon and his undercover team. Yet one member of that oil-rich dynasty was allowed to live, and that could have been Dillon's fatal mistake. Kate Rashid witnessed her brothers being killed one by one, and now she has sworn vengeance. Sean Dillon, White House operative Blake Johnson, even the US President himself... their time is coming, and only she knows how -- or when.
