The Kite Runner: Annotated Bibliography

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Works Cited Hosseini, Khaled. The Kite Runner. New York: Riverhead, 2003. Print "Hazaras." Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life. Ed. Timothy L. Gall and Jeneen Hobby. 2nd ed. Vol. 3: Asia & Oceania. Detroit: Gale, 2009. 311-314. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 19 Mar. 2016. "Afghanistan." Worldmark Encyclopedia of the Nations. Ed. Timothy L. Gall and Derek M. Gleason. 13th ed. Vol. 4: Asia & Oceania. Detroit: Gale, 2012. 1-20. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 19 Mar. 2016. "Pashtun." Worldmark Encyclopedia of Cultures and Daily Life. Ed. Timothy L. Gall and Jeneen Hobby. 2nd ed. Vol. 4: Asia & Oceania. Detroit: Gale, 2009. 795-798. Gale Virtual Reference Library. Web. 26 Mar. 2016. "Afghanistan." Europe since 1914: Encyclopedia

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