{"product_id":"making-friends-among-the-taliban-jonathan-p-larson-9780836196658","title":"Making Friends Among the Taliban: A Peacemaker's Journey in Afghanistan","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe Sharron Valley is as majestic, harsh, and remote as any in Afghanistan. In the summer, snowmelt feeds a silver ribbon of river, and the valley floor is strewn with stones and boulders. On each side, mountain walls rise steeply away to the crests of the Hindu Kush. As far as the eye can see, there is hardly any sign of human settlement. Not by chance is it home to the elusive snow leopard, ibex, and Marco Polo sheep.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOn the silent valley floor, on a summer day in 2010, sits a caravan of three white Land Rovers. Closer examination suggests a desperate story. On small grassy mounds around the vehicles, bodies lie prostrate under a cobalt sky. Others are strewn in and under the vehicles where the victims took cover. All of them taken out execution-style. Ten in all.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe sketchiest outline of what happened there along the river emerges from the testimony of a passing shepherd who witnessed the events from the surrounding hills, and from the sole survivor, a young Afghan driver.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaking Friends Book Trailer\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eMaking Friends among the Taliban\u003c\/i\u003e, childhood friend Jonathan Larson retraces Dan's nearly forty years in Afghanistan and, through interviews and eye witness accounts, relays Dan's incredible way of daily living. Facing famine, poverty, prison, and rifle muzzles--and across three decades of kings, the Red Army, warlords, the Taliban, and the American-led coalition--Dan found improbable friendships across the front lines of conflict and inspired small Afghan communities to find a better way of life. This inspirational narrative of Dan's life and friendships offers a model for living authentically wherever we are.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRead a sample chapter \u003cb\u003ehere\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFree downloadable study guide available here.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJonathan Larson and others share more captivating stories from Dan Terry's life, in the complementary documentary, \u003ci\u003eWeaving Life: The Life and Death of Peacemaker Dan Terry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003cb\u003eavailable here\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jonathan P. Larson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0836196651\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780836196658\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Herald Press (VA)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/19\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.35lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.00w x 0.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/10\/2012\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChristian Century\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/06\/2013 pg. 41","brand":"Jonathan P. Larson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44190581850367,"sku":"9780836196658","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_ad8278cf-f7f4-4b0d-bef8-3b236e8f300e.jpg?v=1690871294","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/making-friends-among-the-taliban-jonathan-p-larson-9780836196658","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}