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Prisoners of hope the story of our captivity and freedom in Afghanistan

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York Doubleday c2002Description: viii, 309 p. 25 cmISBN:
  • 0385507836
  • 9780385507837
  • 1578566452
  • 9781578566457
  • 1578566460
  • 9781578566464
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Prisoners of hope.; Prisoners of hope.DDC classification:
  • 266.0092273 21
LOC classification:
  • BR1725.C846 A3 2002
Online resources:
Contents:
pt. 1. Kabul town -- 1. The road to Kabul -- 2. Behind the veil -- 3. Hard questions -- 4. Kabul life -- 5. People we knew -- 6. Life interrupted -- pt. 2. Reform school -- 7. In Taliban hands -- 8. Arrows by day -- 9. Reform school universe -- 10. Love and war in reform school -- 11. The world outside -- 12. On parade -- 13. Terror by night -- pt. 3. War games -- 14. Out of the frying pan -- 15. Proceedings -- 16. Bombs, birds, cats, and mice -- 17. Day sweats, night moves -- pt. 4. Aaazaad -- 18. Kabul gereft -- 19. A world turned upside down -- 20. Miles to go before I sleep -- 21. Arise.
Summary: This is the eagerly anticipated story of the two Christian aid workers from Waco, Tex., who were imprisoned by the Taliban in Afghanistan shortly before the September 11 attacks on America. Because so many Americans followed their plight in the press, the behind-the-scenes details of their 105-day ordeal will inevitably be riveting.
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pt. 1. Kabul town -- 1. The road to Kabul -- 2. Behind the veil -- 3. Hard questions -- 4. Kabul life -- 5. People we knew -- 6. Life interrupted -- pt. 2. Reform school -- 7. In Taliban hands -- 8. Arrows by day -- 9. Reform school universe -- 10. Love and war in reform school -- 11. The world outside -- 12. On parade -- 13. Terror by night -- pt. 3. War games -- 14. Out of the frying pan -- 15. Proceedings -- 16. Bombs, birds, cats, and mice -- 17. Day sweats, night moves -- pt. 4. Aaazaad -- 18. Kabul gereft -- 19. A world turned upside down -- 20. Miles to go before I sleep -- 21. Arise.

This is the eagerly anticipated story of the two Christian aid workers from Waco, Tex., who were imprisoned by the Taliban in Afghanistan shortly before the September 11 attacks on America. Because so many Americans followed their plight in the press, the behind-the-scenes details of their 105-day ordeal will inevitably be riveting.

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