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The Carpet Wars: a Journey Across the Islamic Heartlands
by Christopher Kremmer
- Used
- fair
- Paperback
- Condition
- Fair
- ISBN 10
- 0732268567
- ISBN 13
- 9780732268565
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Synopsis
A travel book about the cultural signifigance of carpets in the republics of Afghanistan, Pakistan, Kashmir, Iran, Iraq, and the Central Asian republics. The people are born on carpets, pray on carpets, and carpets are draped over tombs, as well as used as currency throughout history. Christopher Kremmer spent 10 years as a journalist in the region, and his bookis full of fascinating anecdotes and interviews that provide a glimpse into the traditional customs of this tumultuous region of the world.
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- Bookseller
- Book Haven
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 1416374
- Title
- The Carpet Wars: a Journey Across the Islamic Heartlands
- Author
- Christopher Kremmer
- Book Condition
- Used - Fair
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0732268567
- ISBN 13
- 9780732268565
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers (Australia) Pty Ltd 2002 Paperback
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- This edition first published
- 2002
- Pages
- 446
- Keywords
- Non-Fiction, History, Travel
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- is a worn book that has complete text pages (including those with maps or plates) but may lack endpapers, half-title, etc....