The Carpet Makers

Author : Andreas Eschbach
Publisher : Macmillan + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1466850221
Total Pages : 286 pages
Book Rating : 4.24/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Carpet Makers written by Andreas Eschbach and published by Macmillan + ORM. This book was released on 2013-07-30 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the time of pre-history, carpetmakers tie intricate knots to form carpets for the court of the Emperor. These carpets are made from the hairs of wives and daughters; they are so detailed and fragile that each carpetmaker finishes only one single carpet in his entire lifetime. This art descends from father to son, since the beginning of time itself. But one day the empire of the God Emperor vanishes, and strangers begin to arrive from the stars to follow the trace of the hair carpets. What these strangers discover is beyond all belief, more than anything they could have ever imagined... Brought to the attention of Tor Books by Orson Scott Card, this edition of The Carpet Makers contains a special introduction by Orson Scott Card. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Author : Chris Aslan
Publisher : Icon Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1848312717
Total Pages : 333 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Carpet Ride to Khiva written by Chris Aslan and published by Icon Books Ltd. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 333 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Silk Road conjures images of the exotic and the unknown. Most travellers simply pass along it. Brit Chris Alexander chose to live there. Ostensibly writing a guidebook, Alexander found life at the heart of the glittering madrassahs, mosques and minarets of the walled city of Khiva - a remote desert oasis in Uzbekistan - immensely alluring, and stayed. Immersing himself in the language and rich cultural traditions Alexander discovers a world torn between Marx and Mohammed - a place where veils and vodka, pork and polygamy freely mingle - against a backdrop of forgotten carpet designs, crumbling but magnificent Islamic architecture and scenes drawn straight from "The Arabian Nights". Accompanied by a large green parrot, a ginger cat and his adoptive Uzbek family, Alexander recounts his efforts to rediscover the lost art of traditional weaving and dyeing, and the process establishing a self-sufficient carpet workshop, employing local women and disabled people to train as apprentices. A Carpet Ride to Khiva sees Alexander being stripped naked at a former Soviet youth camp, crawling through silkworm droppings in an attempt to record their life-cycle, holed up in the British Museum discovering carpet designs dormant for half a millennia, tackling a carpet-thieving mayor, distinguishing natural dyes from sacks of opium in Northern Afghanistan, bluffing his way through an impromptu version of "My Heart Will Go On" for national Uzbek TV and seeking sanctuary as an anti-Western riot consumed the Kabul carpet bazaar. It is an unforgettable true travel story of a journey to the heart of the unknown and the unexpected friendship one man found there.

Author : Robin Mahle
Publisher : Harp House Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9780996683050
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.54/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Pretty Ones written by Robin Mahle and published by Harp House Publishing. This book was released on 2017-01-02 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: It's no secret Los Angeles is known for beautiful people, and when victims begin to turn up on the streets of South L.A., beauty seems to be the sole motivation of a vicious killer. With prompting from long-time friend and reporter, Marc Aguilar, Special Agent Kate Reid soon finds herself assisting the LAPD and Detective Ray Sharpe, a veteran homicide cop hesitant to relinquish control. As the death toll rises and public outcry reaches a fever pitch, the rest of the BAU team arrive to help. With tensions already high, Kate and Agent Nick Scarborough's precarious friendship begins to get in the way, neither eager to address the strains of the past few months. A breakthrough in the investigation soon arrives in the form of a reluctant witness, but no one is prepared for the unfathomable explanation behind the horrific murders. The lives taken and the reasons why shatter any remaining illusions Kate has about the world in which she lives. But will this mark the end of her world, or will it be a catalyst for change?

Author : Najaf Mazari, Robert Hillman
Publisher : Wild Dingo Press
ISBN 13 : 0980757037
Total Pages : 265 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rugmaker of Mazar-e-Sharif written by Najaf Mazari, Robert Hillman and published by Wild Dingo Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 265 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This moving and poignant work gives the reader a rare insight into the contented ‘milk and honey’ life of a simple Afghan family before the civil war ripped their country apart. The lives and centuries-old livelihood of farmers, craftsmen and small business owners were destroyed in just weeks and months. As a member of the Hazara tribe, hated and targeted by the Taliban, Najaf was forced to flee the brutal attacks on his people when the Northern Alliance fell to the advancing Taliban insurgents. His flight to Pakistan, from there to Indonesia, then by boat to Australia, ends with incarceration in Woomera, where the story begins. From the compelling opening sentence to the beautiful final chapter, Najaf’s integrity, his extraordinary optimism and his generosity of spirit will win the hearts and minds of all readers.

Author : Amelia Lau Carling
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 40 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sawdust Carpets written by Amelia Lau Carling and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 40 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Chinese girl learns about Holy Week customs in Guatemala. She and some other children make a sawdust carpet in the path of the religious procession.

Author : Kathryn Gauci
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780648123545
Total Pages : 254 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Carpet Weaver of Usak written by Kathryn Gauci and published by . This book was released on 2018-09-02 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set amidst the timeless landscape and remote villages of Anatolia, The Carpet Weaver of Uşak is the haunting and unforgettable story of a deep friendship between two women, one Greek Orthodox, the other a Muslim Turk: a friendship that transcends an atmosphere of mistrust, fear and ultimate collapse, long after the wars have ended.

Author : Nemat Sadat
Publisher : Penguin Random House India Private Limited
ISBN 13 : 9353055636
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.39/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Carpet Weaver written by Nemat Sadat and published by Penguin Random House India Private Limited. This book was released on 2019-06-25 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Afghanistan, 1977. Kanishka Nurzada, the son of a leading carpet seller, falls in love with his friend Maihan, with whom he shares his first kiss at the age of sixteen. Their romance must be kept secret in a nation where the death penalty is meted out to those deemed to be kuni, a derogatory term for gay men. And when war comes to Afghanistan, it brings even greater challenges-and danger-for the two lovers. From the cultural melting pot of Kabul to the horrors of an internment camp in Pakistan, Kanishka's arduous journey finally takes him to the USA in the desperate search for a place to call home-and the fervent hope of reuniting with his beloved Maihan. But destiny seems to have different plans in store for him. Intimate and powerful, The Carpet Weaver is a sweeping tale of a young gay man's struggle to come of age and find love in the face of brutal persecution.

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781599620336
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.32/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Red Carpet written by and published by . This book was released on 2007 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Relive 25 years of red carpet glamour in this unprecedented collection of photographs by a veteran celebrity photographer, who has had a front row seat to nearly every major star-studded Hollywood event for the past three decades. Featuring more than 1,000 full-color photographs, this jam-packed, flamboyant volume is the ultimate treat for fashion fans and celebrity stargazers.

Author : Andreas Eschbach
Publisher : Amazon Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781477849811
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.15/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lord of All Things written by Andreas Eschbach and published by Amazon Publishing. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Winner of the 2012 Kurd-Laßwitz-Preis They are just children when they first meet: Charlotte, daughter of the French ambassador, and Hiroshi, a laundress's son. One day on the playground, Hiroshi declares that he has an idea that will change the world. An idea that will sweep away all differences between rich and poor. When Hiroshi runs into Charlotte several years later, he is trying to build a brighter future through robotics. Determined to win Charlotte's love, he resurrects his childhood dream, convinced that he can eradicate world poverty by pushing the limits of technology beyond imagination. But as Hiroshi circles ever closer to realizing his vision, he discovers that his utopian dream may contain the seeds of a nightmare--one that could obliterate life as we know it. Crisscrossing the globe, from Tokyo to the hallowed halls of MIT to desolate Arctic islands and Buenos Aires and beyond--far beyond--Lord of All Things explores not only technology's dizzying potential, but also its formidable dangers.

Author : A.F. Stoddard and Company
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Carpet Makers written by A.F. Stoddard and Company and published by . This book was released on 1962 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: