The Resource The Taliban shuffle : strange days in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Kim Barker, (electronic resource)
The Taliban shuffle : strange days in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Kim Barker, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
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- A true-life Catch-22 set in the deeply dysfunctional countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan, by one of the region's longest-serving correspondents. Kim Barker is not your typical, impassive foreign correspondent--she is candid, self-deprecating, laugh-out-loud funny. At first an awkward newbie in Afghanistan, she grows into a wisecracking, seasoned reporter with grave concerns about our ability to win hearts and minds in the region ..
- When Kim Barker first arrived in Kabul as a journalist in 2002, she barely owned a passport, spoke only English and had little idea how to do the “Taliban Shuffle” between Afghanistan and Pakistan. No matter?her stories about Islamic militants and shaky reconstruction were soon overshadowed by the bigger news in Iraq. But as she delved deeper into Pakistan and Afghanistan, her love for the hapless countries grew, along with her fear for their future stability. In this darkly comic and unsparing memoir, Barker uses her wry, incisive voice to expose the absurdities and tragedies of the “forgotten war,” finding humor and humanity amid the rubble and heartbreak.--
- Language
- eng
- Note
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- Downloadable audio file
- Title from: Title details screen
- Unabridged
- Duration: 9:54:01
- Isbn
- 9780307881168
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- Label
- The Taliban shuffle : strange days in Afghanistan and Pakistan
- Title
- The Taliban shuffle
- Title remainder
- strange days in Afghanistan and Pakistan
- Statement of responsibility
- Kim Barker
- Subject
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- Afghan War, 2001- -- Press coverage
- Afghanistan
- Afghanistan -- History -- 2001-
- Afghanistan -- History -- 2001-2021
- Audiobooks
- Audiobooks
- Barker, Kim, 1970-
- Barker, Kim, 1970-
- Biography
- Downloadable audio books
- History
- Pakistan
- Pakistan -- History -- 21st century
- Press coverage
- Since 2000
- United States
- War correspondents
- War correspondents -- Afghanistan -- Biography
- War correspondents -- Pakistan -- Biography
- War correspondents -- United States -- Biography
- Afghan War (2001-)
- Language
- eng
- Summary
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- A true-life Catch-22 set in the deeply dysfunctional countries of Afghanistan and Pakistan, by one of the region's longest-serving correspondents. Kim Barker is not your typical, impassive foreign correspondent--she is candid, self-deprecating, laugh-out-loud funny. At first an awkward newbie in Afghanistan, she grows into a wisecracking, seasoned reporter with grave concerns about our ability to win hearts and minds in the region ..
- When Kim Barker first arrived in Kabul as a journalist in 2002, she barely owned a passport, spoke only English and had little idea how to do the “Taliban Shuffle” between Afghanistan and Pakistan. No matter?her stories about Islamic militants and shaky reconstruction were soon overshadowed by the bigger news in Iraq. But as she delved deeper into Pakistan and Afghanistan, her love for the hapless countries grew, along with her fear for their future stability. In this darkly comic and unsparing memoir, Barker uses her wry, incisive voice to expose the absurdities and tragedies of the “forgotten war,” finding humor and humanity amid the rubble and heartbreak.--
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- technical information on music
- Assigning source
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- Cataloging source
- TEFOD
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1970-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Barker, Kim
- Dewey number
- 958.104/7
- Form of composition
- not applicable
- Format of music
- not applicable
- LC call number
- DS371.4135
- LC item number
- B37 2011ab
- Literary text for sound recordings
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- autobiography
- other
- Music parts
- not applicable
- PerformerNote
- Read by Kirsten Potter
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- Potter, Kirsten
- OverDrive, Inc
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Barker, Kim
- Barker, Kim
- Afghan War (2001-)
- Afghan War, 2001-
- War correspondents
- War correspondents
- War correspondents
- Press coverage
- War correspondents
- Afghanistan
- Pakistan
- Afghanistan
- Pakistan
- United States
- Target audience
- general
- Transposition and arrangement
- not applicable
- Label
- The Taliban shuffle : strange days in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Kim Barker, (electronic resource)
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- Title from: Title details screen
- Unabridged
- Duration: 9:54:01
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Color
- not applicable
- Configuration of playback channels
- stereophonic
- Dimensions
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- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Groove width / pitch
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- Isbn
- 9780307881168
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- The Taliban shuffle : strange days in Afghanistan and Pakistan, Kim Barker, (electronic resource)
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- Note
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- Downloadable audio file
- Title from: Title details screen
- Unabridged
- Duration: 9:54:01
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Color
- not applicable
- Configuration of playback channels
- stereophonic
- Dimensions
-
- not applicable
- unknown
- Form of item
- online
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Isbn
- 9780307881168
- Isbn Type
- (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- ab3ceed3-0a60-4142-8792-0b51afe7fe74
- Sound
- sound
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
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- other
- remote
- Speed
- unknown
- System control number
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- (OCoLC)711774647
- (OCoLC)ocn711774647
- 1223052
- System details
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- Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 142306 KB)
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
Subject
- Afghan War, 2001- -- Press coverage
- Afghanistan
- Afghanistan -- History -- 2001-
- Afghanistan -- History -- 2001-2021
- Audiobooks
- Audiobooks
- Barker, Kim, 1970-
- Barker, Kim, 1970-
- Biography
- Downloadable audio books
- History
- Pakistan
- Pakistan -- History -- 21st century
- Press coverage
- Since 2000
- United States
- War correspondents
- War correspondents -- Afghanistan -- Biography
- War correspondents -- Pakistan -- Biography
- War correspondents -- United States -- Biography
- Afghan War (2001-)
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