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stock photo They go by many general names; Persian Rugs, Oriental Carpets, Tapis de Orient, S ajada, Prayer Rugs, Saff.  This of course doesn't even cover the various types of rugs and their names; Caucasian are rugs from the Caucasus region,  Anatolian are rugs from Turkey,  Ghali are large rectangular rugs from Persia, Makatlik are long narrow rugs, Turbehlik is a grave carpet, or that Turkoman are rugs from Turkistan.  Or styles such as Tabriz, Sarouk, Shiraz, Kelim, Bukhara. One thing they all are, however are handmade works of art in a utilitarian form.  Oriental rugs come found Iran (once known as Persia), Turkey, Russia, Afghanistan, Pakistan, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Daghestan, Turkmenistan, Nepal, China, India, Romania; also from Albania, Hungary, Egypt, Greece, and Morocco, though to a lesser extent.  What they never are, are machine made.  It may have an oriental design, but if it's machine made, then it is not real. Works of art in ...

What is garbage to one is gold to another. The juicy new title by Blast Books, Another Science Fiction is proof. Incredibly, most of the images in this book came from discards from several libraries that were rescued by author and space history buff Megan Prelinger for her library in San Fransico, Prelinger Library. Read rest of article HERE >>

So, I'm a reader of teen books.  I'll browse the teeny tiny teen section at our local library and decide on something.  Two years ago, Hallowmere piqued my interest.  I read the three books they had, then had to buy the other three in the series.  I was delightedly anticipating the 7th book, The Marsh Kings Daughter ... but it was never released. Some craziness about the author, Tiffany Trent, not owning the rights to her stories, and the publishing company had decided to focus only on two series of books... which I might add already contain a bazillion books within them.  *sigh* Trent is hoping to regain the rights to her books or that the publishing company will come to it's senses... Here's hoping. Well, my sister was looking for something to read, so I practically forced her into reading what is available of the Hallowmere series.  She fell in love with it as much as I did. Basically the first three books are THE story, which spans the years o...