<p>I hate Kuwait…</p> <p> I can swear this place is one of Dante’s floors of Hell that the living has to pass through before we get to the cradle of life, the fallen Eden-Iraq (which isn’t very nice either). I suppose the thought may just be a romantic notion, but I also felt like Kuwait may be on the outskirts of Gods’ canvas, the edges of this painting called Earth. When first getting off of the plane and stepping out into the desert air of the waste land the first thought is shit. Because this is what you smell, a gust of shitty night air blowing into your face. Not really gag inducing, but just bad enough to leave you feeling like you want to pass through this place as quickly as possible, but that’s the joke really, for Kuwait never lets you pass through fast enough, and the smell of defecation always lingers in your nostrils.</p> <p> On the bus ride from the barren ghost town airport to the military post there are shadows seen in the moonlight, rising out from the desert. Large chunks of medal, stone, road kill and lots of garblack leather bage sticking out of the sand to the left and right of the street our cramped full bus drives down. I don’t believe the occasional road kill I saw was killed by any vehicle at all because the carcasses didn’t have any severe damage. You see this is not the kind of road kill you may be accustomed to seeing in America. These are not cats, raccoons, skunks, dear, or even dogs you see laying dead on the side of the road. In Kuwait you see only dead horses, to the left and right you’ll see dead horses, large rotting carcasses. I probably saw more than seven dead horses during the forty minute bus ride to the military post in Kuwait. It was as if they were not allowed to go beyond the borders, and when they tried they died, now casting their own shadows as a warning for anyone who would ever dare wander into the vast desert.</p> <p> What was most impressive though, almost like an unexpected gust of refreshing cool air on a scorching hot day, was the sight of the rising sun on the horizon of this apocalyptic looking desert. I have taken pictures of the rising sun but when I look at the images the feeling is not the same. There was this feeling of gratitude followed by sadness when I first saw the sun emerge. Never could I imagine a time when I would be able to look at the sun without having to turn away, and I was truly in awe of the blood red orb that I could stare at without blinking. She spoke and she said, “I still see you Eden, I see what you were and I remember, so in your memory I will bring beauty back to you for these morning moments.” And later I learned that when she left she shined her beauty kindly when she wished the dead land a restful night. The sunset and the sunrise is the only beauty on this floor of Hell we call Kuwait, and the sight is not the same anywhere else. The hours in between the sunrise and sunset our so horrific that during those hours you’ll forget her rising and setting beauty, and you’ll remember all too well the Hell you’re in. </p> <p> As I said earlier Kuwait does not let you leave as quickly as you will, she makes you suffer some, almost to the point where you can take no more. In the day she beats down on you, and the (at first glance) glorious sun turns into a monster just when you were foolish enough to reach out your hand towards her beauty. She changes as soon as she fully emerges from the horizon; she is possessed, becoming something else, the tone changes from a peace like a bubbling brook to an ear piercing shriek. She snaps out at you and you try to pull back, but it’s too late.</p> <p> You are told that you will only be in her land for a few hours, and then you will catch a flight to Iraq, but she changes her mind and keeps you for a day. When the morning comes you feel that peace again from the rising sun, causing you to once again fall for her seduction, and you know that you will be heading out that day, for surely plans won’t change again. But as soon as the sun fully emerges you somehow know that you will not be leaving yet, you have not suffered enough.</p> <p> Somehow your black leather bags are loaded on a plane that you cannot yet board. Your clothes, your hygiene black leather bag and even your book-to read and escape in some way from the Hell you are in, are all packed on a plane that seems to be going nowhere soon.</p> <p> The heat is so horrible that your mind feels dull, your senses weak. You feel helpless to defend yourself, and to even reach some water or food seems like a chore as you walk towards your sustenance. You feel grimy, so damp with funk, and you realize that you are contributing to that rancid smell you first noticed when you stepped off of the plane.&

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Books are a common feature in today’s fast moving world. It is quite difficult to find someone who has not seen, touched, and read at least one book in his or her lifetime. Today, authors write books on nearly every subject be it arts, science, commerce, history, literature, poetry, and other contemporary subjects.

Publishing and printing of books has become easier and more widespread since the invention of the printing press. Earlier, books were copied and written by hand, making books expensive and rare. Let us travel a little back in time to discover the journey that books have taken since first known to humankind.

History:

The word ‘book’ comes from an Old English word called ‘bo-c”. According to the popular site thefreedictionary.com, a book in modern terms is “A set of written, printed, or blank pages fastened along one side and encased between protective covers.”

The early Mesopotamians wrote books on clay tablets. The ancient Egyptians wrote on papyrus rolls in Egypt as early as 3000 B.C. In China, bamboo strips tied together with chords served as books. These dated back to around 1300 B.C. In ancient India, seers and sages wrote ancient religious texts on palm leaves – nature’s paper. These early writers would preserver these books for posterity and hand them down from one generation to another for preservation and dissemination of knowledge.

By the 19th century, printers could no longer meet the demand for books by hand printing. The printing press and the moveable type press, attributed to Johannes Gutenberg, changed the scenario, thus bringing the cost of books down to a considerable level. Johannes Gutenberg is also credited with printing the first real book – the Gutenberg Bible, using the movable type printing press.

Large presses followed this invention, thus making it possible for larger books to be printed. Further advances were made during the mid 1800s. For example, the invention of the papermaking machine, binding machinery, the cylinder press and the linotype machine made it possible for books to be printed in large numbers. In modern times, books are printed using a number of sophisticated processes, which require special attention out of scope of this article.

Classification of Books:

Books are classified into various types according to their content. A popular segregation is fiction and non-fiction books. Fiction books contain largely fictitious material, such as novels, which are the most common form of fictional books. Typically, novels consist of a plot, setting, themes, and character.

Non-fictional books usually provide useful information as opposed to fiction books. A common type of non-fiction book usually found in libraries is the reference book. Other books can include handbooks, almanacs, encyclopaedias, atlases, instruction manuals, and others. School and college textbooks are come under the non-fictional category. Other non-functional books can take the form of directories, address books, phone books, appointment books, logbooks and diaries.

Another popular method of classifying books is by the type of covers they are provided with. Accordingly, they can be classified as hard cover and paper back books. While hard cover books have a stiff binding, paperback books have paper binding which are less robust and last lesser compared to their hardbound counterparts.