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Beyond Diamond Rings

Author : Kusum Choppra
Publisher : Pustak Mahal
ISBN 13 : 8122310893
Total Pages : 151 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (223 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Diamond Rings written by Kusum Choppra and published by Pustak Mahal. This book was released on 2009 with total page 151 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond Diamond Rings is a book that spans five generations. Yet it is not a story of generations that encapsulates a family history. Instead the book touches upon the lives of a women-centric Sindhi family of the Bhaibund community. The story revolves around the family's post-partition rehabilitation experiences and presents a panorama of relationships between the women. The book follows them from pre-partition times to ours. The Bhaibunds were the Merchant Princes of Sindh, who celebrated their success with fabulous homes and flamboyant weddings, Sindhi roots streaked with the colours of the world. Post-partition's major sociological development was a break with the ancient tradition of Bhaibund men leaving their families at home to live and work abroad, very often fathering a brood there. Genetically programmed almost to live with minimal male interference in their day-to-day functioning, the womenfolk blossomed on their own, taking hold of their lives. Living together with their men made for gender discomforts, in sharp contrast to the flair for living displayed by those lone women whose best was brought out by absent husbands or widowhood. This book is about the women of those Merchant Princes, how they coped with the trauma and the freedom of this lifestyle, individually and collectively in locales as varied as Pune, Jakarta, Singapore, Dubai, the West Indies and Canary Islands.

Beyond Fabergé

Author : Marie Betteley
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780764360435
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Fabergé written by Marie Betteley and published by . This book was released on 2020-10-28 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A rare look at the exquisite world of Russian treasures that lies beyond Fabergé. Imperial Russia evokes images of a vanished courts unparalleled splendor: magnificent tiaras, gem-encrusted necklaces, snuff boxes and other diamond-studded baubles of the tsars and tsarinas. During that time, jewelry symbolized power and wealth, and no one knew this better than the Romanovs. The era marked the high point of the Russian jewelers' art. Beginning with Catherine I's reign in 1725, in the century when women ruled Russia, until the Russian Revolution of 1917, the imperial capital's goldsmiths perfected their craft, and soon the quality of Russias jewelry equaled, if not surpassed, the best that Europes capitals could offer. Who created these jewels that helped make the Russian Court the richest in Europe? Hint: it wasn't Carl Fabergé. This is the first systematic survey in any language of all the leading jewelers and silver masters of Imperial Russia. The authors skillfully unfold for us the lives, histories, creations, and makers marks of the artisans whose jewels and silver masterworks bedazzled the tsars. The previously unheralded names include Pauzié, Bolin, Hahn, Koechli, Seftigen, Marshak, Morozov, Nicholls & Plincke, Grachev, Sazikov, and many others. The market for these exquisite masterworks is also explored, from its beginnings to today's auction world and collector demand. More than 600 stunning photos reacquaint the world with the master artisans and their creations.

The Cartiers

Author : Francesca Cartier Brickell
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0525621636
Total Pages : 673 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (256 download)

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Download or read book The Cartiers written by Francesca Cartier Brickell and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2021-06-08 with total page 673 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “A dynamic group biography studded with design history and high-society dash . . . [This] elegantly wrought narrative bears the Cartier hallmark.”—The Economist The “astounding” (André Leon Talley) story of the family behind the Cartier empire and the three brothers who turned their grandfather’s humble Parisian jewelry store into a global luxury icon—as told by a great-granddaughter with exclusive access to long-lost family archives “Ms. Cartier Brickell has done her grandfather proud.”—The Wall Street Journal The Cartiers is the revealing tale of a jewelry dynasty—four generations, from revolutionary France to the 1970s. At its heart are the three Cartier brothers whose motto was “Never copy, only create” and who made their family firm internationally famous in the early days of the twentieth century, thanks to their unique and complementary talents: Louis, the visionary designer who created the first men’s wristwatch to help an aviator friend tell the time without taking his hands off the controls of his flying machine; Pierre, the master dealmaker who bought the New York headquarters on Fifth Avenue for a double-stranded natural pearl necklace; and Jacques, the globe-trotting gemstone expert whose travels to India gave Cartier access to the world’s best rubies, emeralds, and sapphires, inspiring the celebrated Tutti Frutti jewelry. Francesca Cartier Brickell, whose great-grandfather was the youngest of the brothers, has traveled the world researching her family’s history, tracking down those connected with her ancestors and discovering long-lost pieces of the puzzle along the way. Now she reveals never-before-told dramas, romances, intrigues, betrayals, and more. The Cartiers also offers a behind-the-scenes look at the firm’s most iconic jewelry—the notoriously cursed Hope Diamond, the Romanov emeralds, the classic panther pieces—and the long line of stars from the worlds of fashion, film, and royalty who wore them, from Indian maharajas and Russian grand duchesses to Wallis Simpson, Coco Chanel, and Elizabeth Taylor. Published in the two-hundredth anniversary year of the birth of the dynasty’s founder, Louis-François Cartier, this book is a magnificent, definitive, epic social history shown through the deeply personal lens of one legendary family.

Beyond Diamonds

Author : Thomas McCavour
Publisher : FriesenPress
ISBN 13 : 146027525X
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Diamonds written by Thomas McCavour and published by FriesenPress. This book was released on 2015-12-02 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Will the lives of a Canadian Inuit woman and a South African man come together again? Can their love be reignited, or will they go their separate way in Canada and Africa? Beyond Diamonds continues the adult life story of Sarah Akana and Sam Kambo. It traces Sarah’s continuing involvement with the development of the Canadian North and her role in the construction of Arctic Highways and in Federal Politics. Sam Kambo becomes the head of a large mining company with properties around the world. McCavour examines the current and future development of natural resources in Canada and Africa including the effects of global warming and issues of global food, energy and water supply. He offers a glimpse into the future and provides his opinion about the state of the world in 2028.

Beyond Extravagance

Author : Vivienne Becker
Publisher : Editions Assouline
ISBN 13 : 9781614281290
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (812 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Extravagance written by Vivienne Becker and published by Editions Assouline. This book was released on 2013 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This spectacular volume reveals for the first time an exceptional private collection of the most beautiful royal Indian jewels from the Mughal Empire to the British Raj to today. Written by renowned jewelry experts and featuring magnificent original photography by Laziz Hamani, Beyond Extravagance explores the centuries-long tradition of fine jewelry and art objects in India, to contemporary interpretations that continue to evolve today.

Dynamic Full Ring Poker

Author : James Splitsuit Sweeney
Publisher : Daily Variance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0982402295
Total Pages : 365 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (824 download)

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Download or read book Dynamic Full Ring Poker written by James Splitsuit Sweeney and published by Daily Variance Publishing. This book was released on 2010-12-20 with total page 365 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: James 'SplitSuit' Sweeney is a highly respected poker coach in the online poker community and have coached hundreds of students. His brain child, Dynamic Full Ring Poker, is very well-received in the community and is universally lauded as the go-to poker book for ground-breaking strategies. YOU WILL LEARN: - How to correctly run monster bluffs ... SECRETS REVEALED on page 277! - How to hand read better by following CardRunners coach James "SplitSuit" Sweeney's hand reading tactics ... See page 110 - How to estimate your opponents' hand ranges in a few seconds ... Go to page 107 - How to exploit your opponents and their likely holdings ... SECRETS REVEALED on page 179 - How to profitably c-bet, lead, raise, float, double-barrel, check-raise ... Read page 125 - How to profile your opponent in a few seconds ... Go to page 22 - How to 3-bet and 4-bet like a huge winner ... SECRETS REVEALED on page 57! - How to interpret board textures ... See page 315 - How to use pot geometry and stack-to-pot ratios (SPR) to CRUSH your opponents' strategies and bankrolls ... SECRETS REVEALED on page 109! And that's just the tip of the iceberg. There are more than 100 advanced tactics covered, all proven to work under the Las Vegas bright lights, the New York underground games, the internet, the college dorms, the kitchen home games, and much more. You don't need advanced math or a high IQ to crush poker. You need the right strategies and that's exactly what Dynamic Full Ring Poker delivers. Order today. Our winning circle awaits you!

Beyond Goffman

Author : Stephen H. Riggins
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110847299
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Goffman written by Stephen H. Riggins and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-04-20 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beyond Goffman: Studies on Communication, Institution, and Social Interaction (Approaches to Semiotics).

A Practical Wedding

Author : Meg Keene
Publisher : Hachette UK
ISBN 13 : 0738215457
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (382 download)

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Download or read book A Practical Wedding written by Meg Keene and published by Hachette UK. This book was released on 2011-12-27 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Insanity-Free Wedding: It Can Happen! Getting engaged is exhilarating...until it sets in that a wedding costs three times what you thought, and takes five to ten times the effort it reasonably should. And then there are the expectations: from calligraphy invitations to satin chair-covers, all those things that Must Be Done or everyone will be Horribly Offended. Or will they? A Practical Wedding helps you create the wedding you want-without going broke or crazy in the process. After all, what really matters on your wedding day, what you'll remember 'til you're old and gray, is not so much how it looked as how it felt. In this refreshing guide, expert Meg Keene shares her secrets to planning a beautiful celebration that reflects your taste and your relationship. You'll discover: The real purpose of engagement (hint: it's not just about the planning) How to pinpoint what matters most to you and your partner DIY-ing your wedding: brilliant or crazy? Affording a wedding without having to cut your guest list How to communicate decisions with your family Why that color-coded spreadsheet is actually worth it Wedding Zen can be yours. Meg walks you through everything from choosing a venue to writing vows, complete with stories and advice from women who have been in the trenches, the Team Practical brides. So here's to the joyful wedding, the sensible wedding, the unbelievably fun wedding! A Practical Wedding is your complete guide to getting married with grace.

Diamonds and Scoundrels

Author : Adrienne Rubin
Publisher : She Writes Press
ISBN 13 : 163152514X
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (315 download)

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Download or read book Diamonds and Scoundrels written by Adrienne Rubin and published by She Writes Press. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Adrienne Rubin enters into the jewelry business in 1970s Los Angeles, she is a maverick in a world dominated by men. She soon meets a young hotshot salesman who doesn’t seem to struggle at all, and when he asks her to be his partner, she is excited to join him. She doesn’t know him well, but she does know his father, and she believes he is as trustworthy as the day is long . . . Diamonds and Scoundrels shows us how a woman in a man’s world, with tenacity and sheer determination, can earn respect and obtain a true sense of accomplishment. Following Rubin’s experiences in the jewelry industry through the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s—with the ups and downs, good guys and bad—this is a tale of personal growth, of how to overcome challenges with courage and resilience. It’s a story for the woman today who, in addition to a rich family life, seeks a self-realized, fulfilling path toward a life well lived.

Bejeweled

Author : Kyle Roderick
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 0847865886
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (478 download)

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Download or read book Bejeweled written by Kyle Roderick and published by Rizzoli Publications. This book was released on 2019-09-10 with total page 226 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jewelry, long associated with luxury, is also becoming a medium for social responsibility and ethical values. Kyle Roderick, an authority on ethical jewelry, profiles fifteen designers who are at the forefront of refashioning the medium for today's consumers. In the wake of Charles Leavitt's insightful 2006 movie Blood Diamond, which told how conflict diamonds fund civil wars, the buying and wearing of ethically sourced and sustainably mined jewelry has become a priority in today's luxury market. Bejeweled is the first book to cover this timely subject. Profiling leading international designers who are at the forefront of the ethical jewelry movement, this beautifully photographed publication examines how an ancient art is powering a green revolution in chic jewelry for everyone. Included are renowned designers such as Pippa Small, an early user of fair-mined gold, who employs local artisans to fabricate her one-of-a-kind pieces; Dewey Nelson, a Native American Hopi who incorporates 1,000-year-old tribal motifs in his reclaimed-silver pieces; and Loren Nicole, whose jewelry features intricate hand-carved gemstones and 22-karat gold alloyed in the same formula used by ancient Roman goldsmiths. Illustrated with exquisite photographs of individual pieces, featured both alone and on celebrities, who are turning the red carpet "green" by wearing ethically sourced jewelry, Bejeweled is for all gemstone and design fans.

Modern Wedding

Author : Kelsey McKinnon
Publisher : Artisan Books
ISBN 13 : 1579657753
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (796 download)

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Download or read book Modern Wedding written by Kelsey McKinnon and published by Artisan Books. This book was released on 2018-12-11 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The secret to planning a deeply personal and meaningful wedding has nothing to do with budget. It’s about creating a celebration that reflects a couple’s core values. Translating those values is the work of Modern Wedding, an information-filled guide with hundreds of creative ideas and beautiful, inspiring photographs for readers to look at and say, “This feels like us.” The book unpacks every element of a wedding—stationery, attire, seating plans, flowers and tablescapes, food and drink, gifts—with examples that will appeal to couples who care about how things are made but are not overly influenced by trends. The emphasis is on natural surroundings, seasonal flowers and food, modern dresses, minimalist ceremony structures, and naked cakes. Photographs of real weddings—“case studies” like a destination fete in Tuscany, a house party in Brooklyn, and a New Agey revel in Kauai—show how all the pieces can come together into a unique and expressive whole. Extensive practical information and resources give readers access to all the help they need for their own unique celebration.

Beyond The Frontier

Author : Vidya Subramaniam
Publisher : Pustaka Digital Media
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (658 download)

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Download or read book Beyond The Frontier written by Vidya Subramaniam and published by Pustaka Digital Media. This book was released on 2021-08-15 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The short story is considered to be a beautiful form of literature. It can, like a flash of lightning, scan deep inside the human heart within a fraction of a second. It hides in itself deep and intimate feelings like the powerful under - current hidden in a river. It gives me immense pleasure to present these stories which are the written form of various significant experiences and moments of insight in my life. Most of the stories in this collection have received prizes and honours. I would like to record my thanks to the translator, Mrs. Rama Srinivasan, with whom I established an instant rapport at our first meeting. It was a meeting of two minds and I am happy that she has recreated my stories in English, once more with feeling. I am most grateful to Mr. V. Irai Anbu, I.A.S, who in spite of his busy schedule willingly consented to and found the time to write the foreword to this book. Last but definitely not the least, my sincere thanks are due to the Sivasakthi National Book Publication who showed interest in an English translation of my works and brought out this first venture of ours.

Dark Valley ...and Beyond

Author : J. B. Lamann
Publisher : Xulon Press
ISBN 13 : 1600349625
Total Pages : 245 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Dark Valley ...and Beyond written by J. B. Lamann and published by Xulon Press. This book was released on 2007-05 with total page 245 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DARK VALLEY .and Beyond is the story of a journey through traumatic grief. When the great love of her life was taken, deep grief was compounded by the testing of her faith. The very foundations of life seemed to be swept away. Yet the faithful Shepherd, though hidden for a time, held her through the storm, sent help when needed, and "restored her soul." This is a record of God's faithfulness "though I walk through the Valley of the shadow of death..." It is a record of pain and struggle leading to healing, hope and purpose. The author grew up in a small village nestled in a farming community. It was there, as a child, that she met God. After high-school she attended a Bible College where she came to know, respect, then to love a young man who also worshiped the Lord. She taught school for a short time, then they married and together raised four children. The relationship with her earthly love, shared for more than half a century, was recognized both by herself and others as uniquely precious, a gift from the very hand of God. When death tore them apart, grief struck like a tsunami; the storm of dark, excruciating anguish nearly destroyed her. But God, though for a time unseen in those shadows, held her close and brought her through-changed, still acutely aware of deep loss-but trusting the purpose of the Almighty, the deepest Love of her life.

Writing Beyond Pen and Parchment

Author : Ricarda Wagner
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110645440
Total Pages : 348 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Download or read book Writing Beyond Pen and Parchment written by Ricarda Wagner and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-10-21 with total page 348 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What can stories of magical engraved rings or prophetic inscriptions on walls tell us about how writing was perceived before print transformed the world? Writing beyond Pen and Parchment introduces readers to a Middle Ages where writing is not confined to manuscripts but is inscribed in the broader material world, in textiles and tombs, on weapons or human skin. Drawing on the work done at the Collaborative Research Centre “Material Text Cultures,” (SFB 933) this volume presents a comparative overview of how and where text-bearing artefacts appear in medieval German, Old Norse, British, French, Italian and Iberian literary traditions, and also traces the paths inscribed objects chart across multiple linguistic and cultural traditions. The volume’s focus on the raw materials and practices that shaped artefacts both mundane or fantastical in medieval narratives offers a fresh perspective on the medieval world that takes seriously the vibrancy of matter as a vital aspect of textual culture often overlooked.

Love Birds: Beyond Death

Author : Lysious
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1462016685
Total Pages : 133 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (62 download)

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Download or read book Love Birds: Beyond Death written by Lysious and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2011-06-07 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this fast paced, intriguing, suspense-filled and dramatic novel, Lysious tells a story of love, pain, betrayal, and forgiveness as seen in the lives of two friends. Henry and Naomi were two teenage sweethearts who made a vow of chastity at a very young age. But even in the midst of true love, their friendship is seen to be constantly entangled in a web of grief and strife. Characterized by a vicious circle of sorrows, tears, heartaches and troubles, it is not the usual love ride of teenage relationships, as the two love birds are made to face the harsh realities of life while battling to save their relationship. One might even guess the two were not right for each other. Being a pretty young lady who seemed not to attract the attention of Henry alone, Naomi finds herself on two occasions in the arms of other boys at the verge of compromising her part of the vow, and Henry wonders why she would still cheat on him after all these years of being together. But with each test, their love for each other is made stronger, and Henry also discovers that after years of being with her, he really doesnt know Naomi like he thought he did. Love Birds: Beyond Death is a tale of young love that stood the test of time, and continued beyond the realms of mortality.

Public Speaking: Beyond Fear

Author : Stephen Outram
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 0980292719
Total Pages : 134 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (82 download)

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Download or read book Public Speaking: Beyond Fear written by Stephen Outram and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2014 with total page 134 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public Speaking: Beyond Fear is designed for people who experience difficulty with public speaking and performance. It will also benefit people who think they have it all handled. The ideas, concepts and tools contained in this book may catapult you to levels of freedom and ease with public speaking that you've never had before.

Berlin and Beyond

Author : Stephen Black
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 9781469747163
Total Pages : 136 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (471 download)

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Download or read book Berlin and Beyond written by Stephen Black and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-02-03 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IT WAS THE EVENING OF AUGUST 31ST 1939. THE NEW GERMANY, THE THIRD REICH, LED BY CHANCELLOR ADOLPH HITLER, HAS INVADE POLAND IN A SURPRISE ATTACK INVOLVING 52 DIVISIONS OF OVER 1,800,000 SOLDIERS ON THREE FRONTS, EMPLOYING VASTLY SUPERIOR MOBILITY AND AIR POWER. GERMANY WAS ABLE TO STAGE A COMPLTETE VICTORY OVER POLAND. AT THE SAME TIME, THE SPANISH CIVIL WAR HAD ENDED WITH THE DICTATOR, GENERALISSIMO FRANCISCO FRANCO , ASSUMING THE POSITION OF PRESIDENT. CONCURRENTLY A THIRD DICTATORSHIP BECAME A REALITY IN ITALY WITH THE LEADERSHIP OF BENITO MUSSOLINI. AN AMERICAN COUPLE FOUND THEMSELVES TRAPPED IN BERLIN,GERMANY NOT SPEAKING THE LANGUAGE AND HAVING NO CONTACTS IN BERLIN. FRIGHTENED AND ALONE, THEY NEEDED TO FIND A SAFE WAY OUT OF GERMANY AND GET HOME BEFORE THEY WOULD BE APPREHENDED AND ARRESTED BY GERMAN AUTHORITIES.