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This is an account of the Afghan War and its tragic aftermath as told by the women who were caught up in it and became its innocent victims. The voices in this oral history will provide personal snapshots to the news reports of the Taliban activities now coming out of Afghanistan. These accounts provide an historical background to the growth of the Taliban, and reveal circumstances of the daily life of the women who must survive in this very closed society. Through the medium of oral history, this book brings to light the stories of the women who have suffered the consequences of the Afghan War and whose lives and whose daughter''s lives have been changed forever. Through the voices of the Soviet women who supported their soldiers on Afghan soil, and the voices of the Afghan women scattered by circumstance around the globe, the last Cold War battle between the superpowers takes on a very personal tone. Policy decisions issued from on high became the rockets that destroyed these women physically, mentally, and emotionally. Children were killed or maimed and homes and families destroyed. Ultimately, these women were forced to flee or become invisible within their homeland. The Taliban militia rose from the dust of this war and by government decree reduced even the most educated and influential of the women to non-person status.

The Breadwinner The first book in Deborah Ellis’s riveting Breadwinner series is an award-winning novel about loyalty, survival, families and friendship under extraordinary circumstances during the Taliban’s rule in Afghanistan in the late 1990s. Parvana’s Journey In 2001, a war is raging in Afghanistan as a coalition of Western forces tries to oust the Taliban by bombing the country. Parvana’s father has died, and her mother, sister and brother have gone to a faraway wedding, not knowing what has happened to the father. Parvana doesn’t know where they are. She just knows she has to find them. Mud City Parvana’s best friend, Shauzia, has escaped the misery of her life in Kabul, only to end up in a refugee camp in Pakistan. But she still dreams of seeing the ocean and eventually making a new life in France. This is the dream that has sustained her through the terrible years in Kabul. It is the dream for which she has forsaken family and friends. My Name Is Parvana Parvana, now fifteen, is found in a bombed-out school and held as a suspected terrorist by American troops in Afghanistan after the fall of the Taliban in 2001. One More Mountain It’s 2021, and the Taliban have retaken power in Afghanistan. Parvana and Shauzia, the brave protagonists of The Breadwinner, must now flee to escape new dangers from an old enemy.

This well-received novel from a cast of acclaimed authors is now available in paperback! A video message from a dead person. A larcenous teenager. A man who can stick his left toe behind his head and in his ear. An epileptic girl seeking answers in a fairy tale. A boy who loses everything in World War II, and his brother who loses even more. And a family with a secret so big that it changes everything. The world''s best beloved authors each contribute a chapter in the life of the mysterious George "Gee" Keane, photographer, soldier, adventurer, and enigma. Under different pens, a startling portrait emerges of a man, his family, and his gloriously complicated tangle of a life.

Finalist for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children''s Book Award Orphaned and plagued with the grief of losing everyone he loves, fifteen - year - old Abdul has made a long, fraught journey from his war - torn home in Baghdad, only to end up in The Jungle - the squalid, makeshift migrant community in Calais. When an altercation at the soup kitchen ends up with him accidentally stabbing a policeman, Abdul has to flee, and in desperation he takes a spot in a small boat heading to England. A sudden skirmish leaves the boat stalled in the middle of the Channel, the pilot dead, and four young people remaining - Abdul, Rosalia, a Romani girl who has escaped from the white slave trade; Cheslav, gone AWOL from a Russian military school; and Jonah, the boat pilot''s ten - year - old nephew. The four of them end up hijacking a yacht and, despite their fear and mistrust, they form a kind of makeshift family. And as the authorities close in on them, they find refuge in an unusual place - a child''s secret cave on the English coast.

Shortlisted for the SYRCA 2013 Diamond Willow Award selected as an American Library Association 2012 Notable Children''s Book Booklist Editor''s Choice There''s not much that upsets young Valli. Even though her days are spent picking coal and fighting with her cousins, life in the coal town of Jharia, India, is the only life she knows. The only sight that fills her with terror are the monsters who live on the other side of the train tracks - the lepers. Valli and the other children throw stones at them. No matter how hard her life is, she tells herself, at least she will never be one of them. Then she discovers that she is not living with family after all, that her ''''aunt'''' was a stranger who was paid money to take Valli off her own family''s hands. She decides to leave Jharia ... and so begins a series of adventures that takes her to Kolkata, the city of the gods. It''s not so bad. Valli finds that she really doesn''t need much to live. She can ''''borrow'''' the things she needs and then pass them on to people who need them more than she does. It helps that though her bare feet become raw wounds as she makes her way around the city, she somehow feels no pain. But when she happens to meet a doctor on the ghats by the river, Valli learns that she has leprosy. Despite being given a chance to receive medical care, she cannot bear the thought that she is one of those monsters she has always feared, and she flees, to an uncertain life on the street.

Payroll Answer Book Payroll Answer Book gives payroll professionals guidance on what steps they need to take to comply with the laws and regulations governing payroll. The Q&A format helps you quickly and easily find answers to all of your employees'' payroll questions. From both a legal and practical standpoint, broad and deep coverage is given to: Payroll implications of the wage and hour law How to handle the federal employment taxation of benefits offered to employees Computing and paying payroll taxes How to handle garnishments and other deductions How to determine whether workers are employees or independent contractors What records must be kept What the benefits and disadvantages of direct deposit of employees'' wages are How to treat sick pay How to handle a merger or acquisition What to ask when employees work abroad In addition to answering the full range of payroll questions, the Payroll Answer Book contains abundant examples that illustrate necessary calculations. The 2019 Edition of Payroll Answer Book has been updated to include: How to complete the 2018 W-2 Form Requirements under the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes (PATH) Act provisions that are in effect for 2016 Forms W-2 A new safe harbor for de minimis errors Revised due dates for forms Budget proposals for 2018 affecting unemployment Additional analysis about the method of acquisition of a predecessor’s property being material And much more! Previous Edition: Payroll Answer Book, 2018 Edition, ISBN: 9781454899822

Payroll Answer Book gives payroll professionals guidance on what steps they need to take to comply with the laws and regulations governing payroll. The Q&A format helps you quickly and easily find answers to all of your employees'' payroll questions. From both a legal and practical standpoint, broad and deep coverage is given to: Payroll implications of the wage and hour law How to handle the federal employment taxation of benefits offered to employees Computing and paying payroll taxes How to handle garnishments and other deductions How to determine whether workers are employees or independent contractors What records must be kept What the benefits and disadvantages of direct deposit of employees'' wages are How to treat sick pay How to handle a merger or acquisition What to ask when employees work abroad In addition to answering the full range of payroll questions, the Payroll Answer Book contains abundant examples that illustrate necessary calculations. The 2015 Edition of Payroll Answer Book has been updated to include: How to complete the 2015 W-2 An option for underbanked employees to receive their pay Explanation of a recent case that illustrates the way successor in interest liability attaches for federal employment taxes when a successor has acquired the assets of a predecessor Why states are no longer consolidating income and unemployment reports Explanation of recent changes to regulations that modified the definition of the acquiring corporation in transactions that include mergers and consolidations The impact of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 on Payroll The trend of employers to move to same-day ACH transactions And more!

Antes, Parvana llevaba una vida normal: iba a la escuela, salía a jugar con sus amigas y vestía como quería. Sin embargo, desde que los talibanes llegaron al poder, las niñas y las mujeres sólo pueden salir de sus casas acompañadas de un hombre. ¿Qué hará Parvana ahora que su padre —el único hombre en el hogar— ha sido capturado por los talibanes y no hay quien mantenga a su familia?

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Nur als Junge verkleidet kann Parvana die Herrschaft der Taliban überleben! Als ihr Vater verhaftet wird, nimmt die elfjährige Parvana seinen Platz auf dem Markt in Kabul ein. Hier hatte er den vielen Analphabeten ihre Post vorgelesen. Wegen der restriktiven Gesetze der Taliban kann sie sich jedoch nur als Junge verkleidet in der Öffentlichkeit zeigen. Und begibt sich so in große Gefahr ... Top-Thematik: Frauen unter dem Taliban-Regime

Immagina di vivere in un Paese in cui donne e ragazze non possono uscire di casa senza essere scortate da un uomo. Immagina di dover indossare abiti che coprono ogni centimetro del tuo corpo, viso compreso. Questa era la vita in Afghanistan sotto il regime dei talebani. Questa è la vita a cui si ribella Parvana, undici anni, che non ha paura di travestirsi da ragazzo per poter uscire di casa e lavorare, per se stessa, per la sua famiglia, per cambiare le cose. La sua è una vita immaginata, ma basata su racconti di vite vere. E tutte le Parvana che vivono in Afghanistan hanno bisogno che si parli di loro.

La protagonista del libro che chiude la trilogia di Deborah Ellis è Shauzia, l''amica di Parvana già incontrata in Sotto il burqa, che con lei vendeva tè al mercato travestita da ragazzo. Parvana non ha mai smesso di pensare a Shauzia e di inviarle lettere immaginarie, per non spezzare il filo dell''amicizia che le lega. Ora Shauzia vive in un campo profughi in Pakistan: miseria, desolazione, fame. Per fortuna ha un sogno: raggiungere il mare e imbarcarsi per la Francia, dove finalmente potrà vedere le immense distese di lavanda che brillano nella sua immaginazione. Un sogno prezioso per riuscire a dimenticare il mare di fango che la circonda e andare avanti, nonostante tutto.

Parvana a onze ans et n''a jamais connu son pays autrement qu''en guerre. Une guerre de cauchemar qui interdit aux femmes de sortir non voilées ou sans l''escorte d''un homme, père ou mari. Assez grande pour être soumise à ces interdits, Parvana doit pourtant trouver une façon de les contourner. Car depuis que les talibans ont emprisonné son père, c''est sur elle seule que repose la survie de la famille...

Parvana, la coraggiosa ragazzina protagonista di Sotto il burqa, è rimasta sola nel deserto dell''Afghanistan. Suo padre è morto. E ora Parvana non sa dove andare: vuole ritrovare a tutti i costi la madre e i fratelli, ma potrebbero essere ovunque. I pericoli sono molti, per una ragazzina sola vestita da maschio: i talebani potrebbero catturarla e scoprirla; il deserto è disseminato di mine; dal cielo cadono bombe. Durante il suo viaggio verso chissà dove, Parvana prende con sé un bambino piccolo, un arrogante ragazzino che ha perso una gamba, una bimbetta temeraria. Tutti soli come lei. Bisogna mangiare; coprirsi; sopravvivere; trovare la forza di andare avanti.

Parvana enterre son père, mort de maladie et d''épuisement. Les taliban contrôlent toujours l''Afghanistan, mais Kaboul est en ruine. Toujours déguisée en garçon, Parvana doit bientôt s''enfuir sous peine d''être livrée aux taliban. Elle quitte donc Kaboul à la recherche de sa mère et de ses sœurs et croise toute une petite bande d''enfants déshérités, auxquels elle va se lier.

Further true-to-life adventures for Diego, a gutsy young Bolivian boy caught between fighting for justice and returning home to his family. A brave, revealing novel from the author of the best-selling ''Parvana'' books. Ages 10-14 years. (SA: Year 6- Year 9)

Nell''Afghanistan finalmente libero dal regime talebano i soldati americani arrestano una ragazzina trovata a vagare tra le macerie di una scuola bombardata, perché sospettata di terrorismo. Interrogata per giorni, la ragazzina si rifiuta di parlare nonostante le minacce e le pressioni estenuanti a cui è sottoposta. Mentre attende di conoscere il suo destino, Parvana, che ormai ha quindici anni, ripercorre gli ultimi avvenimenti, dal momento in cui ha ritrovato sua madre e le sue sorelle, fino all''apertura di una scuola per ragazze: un sogno divenuto realtà. Ma questo è l''Afghanistan di oggi, un Paese in cui la guerra non è mai davvero finita e molti continuano a guardare all''istruzione femminile e alla libertà delle donne con sospetto e paura. Ed è a causa di quei pregiudizi che Parvana e la sua famiglia corrono un grave pericolo

The children of soldiers speak out in this powerful book by the international best-selling author of the Parvana trilogy.

Questo ebook raccoglie i romanzi Sotto il burqa, Il viaggio di Parvana e Città di fango, ambientati nell''Afghanistan dei talebani lacerato da una guerra che ha portato violenza e miseria in un Paese già stremato. La trilogia del burqa racconta il viaggio di Parvana e della sua amica Shauzia per ritrovare le persone che amano, per non perdere la speranza, per continuare a credere nel futuro.

Cisgiordania. Un gatto trova rifugio in una piccola casa palestinese occupata da due soldati israeliani, che ne hanno fatto il loro punto di osservazione della zona circostante. In un primo momento la casa sembra vuota, ma dopo poco il gatto avverte la presenza di un bambino nascosto in un vano sotto le assi del pavimento. Che cosa ci fa lì un bambino tutto solo, dove sono i suoi genitori? Deve fare qualcosa per aiutarlo? In fondo è soltanto un gatto. O no? Un''istantanea del conflitto isreaelopalestinese visto attraverso uno sguardo insolito, imparziale e delicato.

A collection of short stories that explore the lives of teenagers affected directly or indirectly by drugs.

Two boys become unlikely friends during a dangerous and deadly time in France, and look to each other for survival.

Describes life in Afghanistan for women after the Taliban gain control of the government.

Aos 11 anos, a afegã Parvana está em apuros. Com o pai preso e o irmão mais velho morto, quem sustentará a casa se, pelas leis do talibã, as mulheres não podem trabalhar? Só resta a ela se disfarçar de menino...