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1) American girls: one woman's journey into the Islamic state and her sister's fight to bring her home
Author
Pub. Date
2024.
Language
English
Description
"A deeply reported narrative about religious extremism, radicalization and the bonds of family: the story of an American woman who traveled to ISIS-controlled Syria with her two children and extremist husband and the sister back home who worked tirelessly to help her escape"--
Author
Publisher
[CreateSpace Independent Publishing]
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
vi, 377 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
When a series of unusual murders within the Washington, D.C. mafia leads some to suspect something more sinister is taking place, former mobster Franklin Holt is dragged into a world he'd sworn to leave behind forever. Needing to know the truth, he joins forces with an estranged ex-partner and his federal agent ex-wife, which reignites old feelings and familiar pains. They soon uncover a much more dangerous threat simmering beneath the surface, one...
Author
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
330 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A new pair of shoes, a university degree, a husband -- these are the things that a girl dreams of in a Nigerian village. And with a government scholarship right around the corner, everyone can see that these dreams aren't too far out of reach. But the girl's dreams turn to nightmares when her village is attacked by Boko Haram, a terrorist group, in the middle of the night. Kidnapped, she is taken with other girls and women into the forest where she...
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
The Ministry for the Future uses fictional eyewitness accounts to tell the story of how climate change will affect us all. Its setting is not a desolate, postapocalyptic world, but a future that is almost upon us--and in which we might just overcome the extraordinary challenges we face. -- adapted from dust jacket
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