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Tamim Ansary

Tamim Ansary

Tamim Ansary

Tamim Ansary is the author of West of Kabul, East of New York: An Afghan American Story as well as numerous books for children. A columnist for Encarta, he lives in San Francisco with his wife and their two children.

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The Other Side of the Sky will be released on September 18, 2012 in eBook
Sep 18, 2012
The Other Side of the Sky is now available in eBook
Sep 18, 2012
News:
The Other Side of the Sky has won an award
Jan 29, 2009
The Story of My Life is now available in eAudio
Nov 10, 2008
The Other Side of the Sky will be released on July 01, 2006 in
Jul 01, 2006
The Other Side of the Sky is now available in
Jul 01, 2006
The Story of My Life will be released on June 20, 2006 in Trade Paperback
Jun 20, 2006
The Story of My Life is now available in Trade Paperback
Jun 20, 2006
The Story of My Life will be released on April 22, 2005 in eBook
Apr 22, 2005
The Story of My Life is now available in eBook
Apr 22, 2005
The Story of My Life will be released on April 22, 2005 in eAudio
Apr 22, 2005
The Story of My Life is now available in eAudio
Apr 22, 2005
The Story of My Life will be released on April 22, 2005 in
Apr 22, 2005
The Story of My Life is now available in
Apr 22, 2005
News:
The Story of My Life has won an award
Prior to Dec 19, 2008
Excerpt:
Prologue from The Story of My Life
Prior to Dec 19, 2008

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San Francisco Chronicle, March 6, 2013
...reading with a couple of their teaching artists and a literary guest: former One City, One Book author Tamim Ansary The event is "to show some of the work that our students are producing and bring a little bit more attention to the work that we do,"...
New Statesman, February 14, 2013
...Games Without Rules: the Often Interrupted History of Afghanistan Tamim Ansary Public Affairs, 416pp, £17.99 Return of a King: the Battle for Afghanistan William Dalrymple Bloomsbury, 608pp, £25 In The March of Folly, her analysis of...
BBC, January 24, 2013
...In This week's Meet the Author the BBC's Nick Higham meets the Afghan-American author, Tamim Ansary. Ansary's new book, Game without Rules. tracks the last 200 years in Afghanistan...
Money Science, January 11, 2013
...Attention conservation notice: I have no taste. Tamim Ansary, Games Without Rules: The Often-Interrupted History of Afghanistan A history of the country from the beginning of the Durrani state in the 1700s to the present day, emphasizing the...
Examiner.com, January 9, 2013
...that I find interesting. And I love a good mystery! 8. Who are your favorite authors? Khaled Hosseini, Tamim Ansary, TC Boyle, and Mary Doria Russell to name a few. 9. What are your other interests? I love exploring with my camera while traveling...
Huffington Post, January 3, 2013
...Tamim Ansary is the wisest man I know. Don't get me wrong, in many ways he's as big an idiot as you or I. For example, he's not...
WRTI 90.1 FM, December 3, 2012
...Writer Tamim Ansary was born in Afghanistan, and his new book, Games Without Rules, traces the country's turbulent history over the past two centuries. The title refers both to the game...
Times Argus, January 18, 2013
...the way of technology and alien culture, including contemporary media, that threatens traditional values. A recent book by Tamim Ansary, an Afghan-American author, traces the present conflict in Afghanistan to tensions, going back to the 19th century...
Money Science, January 11, 2013
...Attention conservation notice: I have no taste. Tamim Ansary, Games Without Rules: The Often-Interrupted History of Afghanistan A history of the country from the beginning of the Durrani state in the 1700s to the present day, emphasizing the...
Petaluma Patch, January 11, 2013
...  Listen to local authors at Aqus’ Speakeasy Literary Salon on Thursday starting 7pm. Tamim Ansary, Amanda McTigue, Waights Taylor Jr., Susanna Solomon and Michelle Wing. Attendees may bring a short piece of writing and enter the drawing for two...
Examiner.com, January 9, 2013
...that I find interesting. And I love a good mystery! 8. Who are your favorite authors? Khaled Hosseini, Tamim Ansary, TC Boyle, and Mary Doria Russell to name a few. 9. What are your other interests? I love exploring with my camera while traveling...
Huffington Post, January 3, 2013
...Tamim Ansary is the wisest man I know. Don't get me wrong, in many ways he's as big an idiot as you or I. For example, he's not...
One News Page, January 3, 2013
...Tamim Ansary is the wisest man I know. Don't get me wrong, in many ways he's as big an idiot as you or I. For example, he's not...
NPR, December 9, 2012
...drawdown in construction spending. A massive reconstruction project in the Afghan capital has snarled traffic and frustrated residents. Tamim Ansary's new book traces the upheavals and invasions of Afghanistan's past two centuries. Please keep your...