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Golden Peak: Travels in Northern Pakistan
Published in Paperback by South Asia Books (01 March, 1993)
Author: Kathleen Jamie
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Insightful book
This is a wonderful book, well written and offering a rare view of how people in the the Gilgit region really live. The author spent some time in Gilgit living with a local family. She also spent time in Baltistan and offers a view of the life of locals that mountaineers often miss entirely. A fine book.


Among Muslims: Everyday Life on the Frontiers of Pakistan
Published in Paperback by Seal Pr Feminist Pub (2003)
Author: Kathleen Jamie
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So boring
This book is so boring, don't waste your time. The author is clearly capitalizing on the West's increased interest in Islam and Muslims post-September 11. If you are looking for a thorough anthropoligical examination of this small subset of Muslims living in Pakistan, this isn't your book.

A Wonderfully Written Book
As a native of Pakistan who has lived in the U.S for over 25 years, I have always been interested in what Western writers are writing about Pakistan and people of Pakistan. I bought 2003 edition of this book last Christmas for a light reading. When I started to read it, I could not put it away. Jamie had visited the Northern Areas in early 1990's. She talks about not just beautiful landscaps but ordinary people. People she met during her travel to Gilgit and Skardu. "Gilgit going"! that's exactly what the locals with little English knowledge would say anywhere in Pakistan. She is not judgemental but paints a beautiful portraits of life in that part of the world. People might not have lots of luxuries but they are contended with what they have and show wonderful hospitality to visitors. She had lots of access to women in that part of world. It is nice to read a story of people beyond the prejudice which exists among the Western media. There are no Mullahs and no Talibans in this story. A young Western woman travels fearlessly in this distant, remote part of Pakistan. I have not seen most of these areas but found myself visiting these areas through this book. What's even more impressive that Jamie revisits the same areas 11 years later and meets many of those women again. Lots has changed since her last visit. Progress in terms of roads, electricity and internet has come in many areas but people are still the same. Kathleen Jamie's book is wonderful and I strongly recommend it to all. It is as if I was there visiting those beautiful areas for few days!


The Autonomous Region: Poems and Photographs from Tibet
Published in Paperback by Bloodaxe Books Ltd (01 January, 1993)
Authors: Kathleen Jamie and Sean Smith
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Black spiders
Published in Unknown Binding by Salamander Press ()
Author: Kathleen Jamie
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A Flame in Your Heart
Published in Paperback by Bloodaxe Books Ltd (1986)
Author: Kathleen Jamie
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Full Strength Angels (New Writing Scotland Series)
Published in Paperback by Association for Scottish Literary Studies ()
Authors: Kathleen Jamie and James McGonigal
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The Glory Signs (New Writing Scotland Series)
Published in Paperback by Association for Scottish Literary Studies (1998)
Authors: Donny O'Rourke and Kathleen Jamie
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Jizzen
Published in Paperback by Pan Books Ltd (1999)
Author: Kathleen Jamie
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Mr. and Mrs. Scotland Are Dead: Poems 1980-1994
Published in Paperback by Bloodaxe Books Ltd (2002)
Authors: Kathleen Jamie and Lilias Fraser
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Naive Semantics for Natural Language Understanding (Kluwer International Series in Engineering and Computer Science, 58)
Published in Hardcover by Kluwer Print on Demand (2002)
Authors: Kathleen Dahlgren and Jamie Carbonell
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