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The Carpet Wars: A Journey Across the Islamic Heartlands
by Christopher Kremmer
- Used
- Paperback
- Condition
- See description
- ISBN 10
- 0732268567
- ISBN 13
- 9780732268565
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About This Item
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
- Samwise Books
(NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 11111122656
- Title
- The Carpet Wars: A Journey Across the Islamic Heartlands
- Author
- Christopher Kremmer
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0732268567
- ISBN 13
- 9780732268565
- Publisher
- Flamingo
- Place of Publication
- Sydney
- This edition first published
- 2002
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