Further reading

Books

• And thou shalt honor: the caregiver’s companion
• 362.1 And
• by Beth Witrogen McLeod, c2002
• Beat the nursing home trap : a consumer’s guide to assisted living and long-term care
• 362.16 Mat
• by Joseph L Matthews, 1999
• Caring for yourself while caring for your aging parents: how to help, how to survive
• 362.6 Bur
• by Claire Berman, 1996
• The encyclopedia of elder care
• 362.6 Enc
• ed. by Mathy D. Mezey, 2004
• A family caregiver speaks up: “It doesn’t have to be this hard”
• 649.8 Min
• by Suzann Mintz, c2007
• Health care on less than you think: the New York Times guide to getting affordable coverage
• 362.1068 Bro
• by Fred Brock, 2006
• IRAs, 401(k)s, & other retirement plans: taking your money out
• 332.024 Ste
• by Twila Slesnick, 2007
• Living well in a nursing home: everything you and your folks need to know
• 362.16 Dic
• by Lynn Dickinson, M.A., c2006
• Retire on less than you think: the New York Times guide to planning your financial future
• 332.024 Bro
• by Fred Brock, c2004
• Start where you are: retirement planning in a changing world
• 646.79 Hay
• by Ruth L Hayden, 2003
• You and your aging parents: the American Bar Association guide to legal, financial, and health care issues
• 646.79 You
• by the American Bar Association, c2009

Audiobooks

• It pays to talk: how to have the essential conversations with your family about money and investing
• CD 332.024 Sch
• by Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz, c2002

DVDs

• & thou shalt honor
• DVD 362.1 And
• 2002
• Caring for your parents
• DVD 649.8 Car
• 2008

updated 14 September 2010

Did you come to our showing of The Kite Runner? For more information about Afghanistan, check out these books from the Platteville Public Library. Visit our catalog to see if these items are available

Non-fiction

My forbidden face: growing up under the Taliban: a young woman’s story
by Latifa; with the collaboration of Sheekeba Hachemi ; translated by Linda Coverdale
305.4 Lat

Kabul Beauty School: an American woman goes behind the veil
by Deborah Rodriguez; with Kristin Ohlson
305.486 Rod

From every end of this earth: 13 families and the new lives they made in America
by Steven V Roberts
325.73 Rob

Three cups of tea: one man’s mission to promote peace — one school at a time
by Greg Mortenson and David Oliver Relin
371.82 Mor

Stones into schools: promoting peace with books, not bombs, in Afghanistan and Pakistan
by Greg Mortenson
371.823 Mor

World and its peoples Middle East, western Asia and northern Africa
910 Wor

The place in between
by Rory Stewart
915.81 Ste

Descent into chaos: the US and the failure of nation building in Pakistan, Afghanistan, and Central Asia
by Ahmed Rashid
954.053 Ras

Afghanistan
by Laurel Corona
958.1 Cor

War
by Sebastian Junger
958.104 Jun

Ghost wars: the secret history of the CIA, Afghanistan, and bin Laden, from the Soviet invasion to September 10, 2001
by Steve Coll
958.1045 Col

Charlie Wilson’s war: the extraordinary story of the largest covert operation in history
by George Crile
958.1045 Cri

The photographer
by Emmanuel Guibert, Didier Lefèvre, Frédéric Lemercier; translated by Alexis Siegel
958.1045 Gui

Life under the Taliban
by Gail B Stewart
958.1046 Ste

Biographies

The bookseller of Kabul
by Åsne Seierstad; translated by Ingrid Christopher
B Khan Family

The unforgiving minute: a soldier’s education
by Craig M Mullaney
B Mullaney, Craig

Movies

Afghan star
DVD 781.63

Charlie Wilson’s war
DVD Cha

The kite runner
DVD Kit

Osama
DVD Osa

Fiction

A thousand splendid suns
by Khaled Hosseini
Hos

The kite runner
by Khaled Hosseini
Hos

Websites from the presentation

www.warkidsrelief.org
www.childrenscultureconnection.com
www.peacebypiece.org