The Swallows of Kabul Fiction_Gift_Guide ’” —Los Angeles Times

’” —Los Angeles Times

Each of the Milanis—even their aloof Persian cat Pari—has something to hide

over 100 native species are described

will Gojo and Geto survive

In part 1 of New Beginnings: Ed and Gordon follow a faint distress signal belonging to a long-lost Union vessel only to end up shot down on an irradiated

The Swallows of Kabul Fiction_Gift_Guide ’” —Los Angeles TimesSet in Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul, this extraordinary novel "puts a human face on the suffering inflicted by the Taliban" (San Francisco Chronicle), taking readers into the seemingly divergent lives of two couplesand depicting with compassion and exquisite details the mentality of Islamic fundamentalists and the complexities of the Muslim world. Mohsen comes from a family of wealthy shopkeepers whom the Taliban has destroyed; Zunaira, his