Tamim Ansary

Tamim Ansary

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Destiny Disrupted
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Destiny Disrupted
  • By: Tamim Ansary
  • Narrator: Tamim Ansary
  • Length: 17 hours 28 minutes
  • Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
  • Publish date: January 01, 2009
  • Language: English
  • (1658 ratings)
(1658 ratings)
With storytelling brio and evenhanded sympathy to all sides of the story, Ansary clarifies how the Muslim world views the history of the world and what they therefore make of our own version of events. Until about 1800, the West and the Islamic... Read more
Games without Rules
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Games without Rules
  • By: Tamim Ansary
  • Narrator: Tamim Ansary
  • Length: 14 hours 40 minutes
  • Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
  • Publish date: January 01, 2012
  • Language: English
  • (1129 ratings)
(1129 ratings)
Today, most Westerners still see the war in Afghanistan as a contest between democracy and Islamist fanaticism. That war is real, but it sits atop an older struggle between Kabul and the countryside, between order and chaos, between a modernist... Read more
The Invention of Yesterday
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The Invention of Yesterday
  • By: Tamim Ansary
  • Narrator: Tamim Ansary
  • Length: 17 hours 4 minutes
  • Publisher: Hachette Audio
  • Publish date: October 01, 2019
  • Language: English
  • (557 ratings)
(557 ratings)
From language to culture to cultural collision: the story of how humans invented history, from the Stone Age to the Virtual AgeTraveling across millennia, weaving the experiences and world views of cultures both extinct and extant, The Invention of... Read more
West of Kabul, East of New York
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West of Kabul, East of New York
  • By: Tamim Ansary
  • Narrator: Tamim Ansary
  • Length: 8 hours 1 minutes
  • Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
  • Publish date: January 01, 2006
  • Language: English
  • (1403 ratings)
(1403 ratings)
The day after the World Trade Center was destroyed, Tamim Ansary sent an anguished e-mail to twenty friends discussing the attack from his perspective as an Afghan American. The message reached millions. Born to an Afghan father and American mother,... Read more

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Never Have I Evan Never Have I Ev . . . Wait, what was the question again?!What happens when an ill-advised party game makes it obvious I’ve still got my V-card? Embarrassment. A lot of embarrassment.Especially when the sexy, older guy at the party who witnessed the whole thing turns out to be someone I have to see every week. Not to mention my best friend’s cousin. He’s not only straight, but way out of my ... Read Book
Ark Angel Author Anthony Horowitz’s multimillion-selling Alex Rider series reaches thrilling new heights with Ark Angel, which is full of the blistering action and slick gadgets young readers love. When MI6 Agent Alex Rider wakes up in a hospital, he is thrilled to be alive. Left for dead by his dreaded nemesis Scorpia, Alex has survived to fight another day. Almost immediately, he locks horns with a ... Read Book
Andy Warhol In his bravura account of Warhol’s life and work, scholar and culture critic Wayne Koestenbaum gets past the contradictions and reveals the man behind the blond wig and dark glasses. Nimbly weaving brilliant and witty analysis into an absorbing narrative, Koestenbaum makes a convincing case for Warhol as a serious artist, one whose importance goes beyond the sixties. Focusing on Warhol’s ... Read Book
The Wolves of Willoughby Chase Wicked wolves and a grim governess threaten Bonnie and her cousin Sylvia when Bonnie’s parents leave Willoughby Chase for a sea voyage. Left in the care of the cruel Miss Slighcarp, the girls can hardly believe what is happening to their once happy home. The servants are dismissed, the furniture is sold, and Bonnie and Sylvia are sent to a prison-like orphan school. It seems as if the endless ... Read Book
The Winter Room This story of two Norwegian-American farm boys who discover the remarkable magic of storytelling is vintage Gary Paulsen-earthy, gritty, and ultimately poignant. Following the turn of the seasons, eleven year old Eldon traces the daily routines of his life on a farm and his relationship with his older brother Wayne. During the winter, with little work to be done on the farm, Eldon and Wayne spend ... Read Book
Religion in Human Evolution Religion in Human Evolution is a work of extraordinary ambition-a wide-ranging, nuanced probing of our biological past to discover the kinds of lives that human beings have most often imagined were worth living. It offers what is frequently seen as a forbidden theory of the origin of religion that goes deep into evolution, especially but not exclusively cultural evolution. Read Book
About a Dog Mackenzie Mac Harris fled her hometown of Bluff Point, Maine after being left at the altar and seeking solace in the arms of her best-friend’s off-limits brother, Gavin. Seven years later, she’s back to attend her best-friend’s wedding, and she figures she’s safe now from the mistakes of her youth. But Gavin, the town’s veterinarian, has never forgotten the woman who has always held his ... Read Book
The Praying the Names of God Names have power–and knowing God’s name is to enjoy a kind of privileged access to him. Join bestselling author Ann Spangler as she invites you to experience God’s love and power by exploring the Hebrew names of God. Names in the ancient world did more than simply distinguish one person from another. In fact, they often conveyed the essential nature and character of a person. This is ... Read Book
And the Waters Turned to Blood In this account, Rodney Barker tells the full and terrifying story of a microorganism popping up along the Eastern seaboard—far closer to home than the Ebola virus and equally frightening. In the coastal waters of North Carolina—and now extending as far north as the Chesapeake Bay area—a mysterious and deadly aquatic organism named Pfiesteria piscicida threatens to unleash an ... Read Book
No Country for Old Men Llewelyn Moss, hunting antelope near the Rio Grande, instead finds men shot dead, a load of heroin, and more than $2 million in cash. Packing the money out, he knows, will change everything. But only after two more men are murdered does a victim’s burning car lead Sheriff Bell to the carnage out in the desert, and he soon realizes how desperately Moss and his young wife need protection. One ... Read Book
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