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Author : Alan O'Connor
Publisher : Big Tomato Press
ISBN 13 : 0979123305
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (791 download)
Download or read book Gold on the Diamond written by Alan O'Connor and published by Big Tomato Press. This book was released on 2008 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Timothy Diamond
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226144798
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (261 download)
Download or read book Making Gray Gold written by Timothy Diamond and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2009-06-12 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This first hand report on the work of nurses and other caregivers in a nursing home is set powerfully in the context of wider political, economic, and cultural forces that shape and constrain the quality of care for America's elderly. Diamond demonstrates in a compelling way the price that business-as-usual policies extract from the elderly as well as those whose work it is to care for them. In a society in which some two million people live in 16,000 nursing homes, with their numbers escalating daily, this thought-provoking work demands immediate and widespread attention. "[An] unnerving portrait of what it's like to work and live in a nursing home. . . . By giving voice to so many unheard residents and workers Diamond has performed an important service for us all."—Diane Cole, New York Newsday "With Making Gray Gold, Timothy Diamond describes the commodification of long-term care in the most vivid representation in a decade of round-the-clock institutional life. . . . A personal addition to the troublingly impersonal national debate over healthcare reform."—Madonna Harrington Meyer, Contemporary Sociology
Author : Martin Meredith
Publisher : Pocket Books
ISBN 13 : 9781416526377
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (263 download)
Download or read book Diamonds, Gold and War written by Martin Meredith and published by Pocket Books. This book was released on 2008 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Social sciences.
Author : Hugh Roberts
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781905686384
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (863 download)
Download or read book The Queen's Diamonds written by Hugh Roberts and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Published on the occasion of the Diamond Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II, this book tells the story of the royal inheritance of diamonds from the time of Queen Adelaide in the 1830s to Elizabeth II.
Author : Michael John Bloomfield
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 0262536005
Total Pages : 271 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (625 download)
Download or read book Dirty Gold written by Michael John Bloomfield and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2018-08-28 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The response from the jewelry industry to a campaign for ethically sourced gold as a case study in the power of business in global environmental politics. Gold mining can be a dirty business. It creates immense amounts of toxic materials that are difficult to dispose of. Mines are often developed without community consent, and working conditions for miners can be poor. Income from gold has funded wars. And consumers buy wedding rings and gold chains not knowing about any of this. In Dirty Gold, Michael Bloomfield shows what happened when Earthworks, a small Washington-based NGO, launched a campaign for ethically sourced gold in the consumer jewelry market, targeting Tiffany and other major firms. The unfolding of the campaign and its effect on the jewelry industry offer a lesson in the growing influence of business in global environmental politics. Earthworks planned a “shame” campaign, aimed at the companies' brands and reputations, betting that firms like Tiffany would not want to be associated with pollution, violence, and exploitation. As it happened, Tiffany contacted Earthworks before they could launch the campaign; the company was already looking for partners in finding ethically sourced gold. Bloomfield examines the responses of three companies to “No Dirty Gold” activism: Tiffany, Wal-Mart, and Brilliant Earth, a small company selling ethical jewelry. He finds they offer a case study in how firms respond to activist pressure and what happens when businesses participate in such private governance schemes as the “Golden Rules” and the “Conflict-Free Gold Standard.” Taking a firm-level view, Bloomfield examines the different opportunities for and constraints on corporate political mobilization within the industry.
Author : Doug Batchelor
Publisher : Amazing Facts
ISBN 13 : 9781580190817
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (98 download)
Download or read book Jewelry: How Much Is Too Much? written by Doug Batchelor and published by Amazing Facts. This book was released on 2008-02-05 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Almost everyone would agree that there's some point where enough jewelry is enough. Well, what is that point? In this book, Doug Batchelor challenges you to find out for yourself what God's Word says on this fascinating subject.
Author : Kyle Roderick
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
ISBN 13 : 0847865886
Total Pages : 226 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (478 download)
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.
Author : Matthew Hart
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1451650116
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (516 download)
Download or read book Gold written by Matthew Hart and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2013-12-03 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the award-winning author of Diamond: A blazing exploration of the human love affair with gold that “combines the engaging style of a travel narrative with sharp-eyed journalistic exposé” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, the price of gold skyrocketed—in three years more than doubling from $800 an ounce to $1900. This massive spike drove an unprecedented global gold-mining and exploration boom, much bigger than the gold rush of the 1800s. In Gold, acclaimed author Matthew Hart takes you on an unforgettable journey around the world and through history to tell the extraordinary story of how gold became the world’s most precious commodity. Beginning with a page-turning report from the crime-ridden inferno of the world’s deepest mine, Hart traveled around the world to the sites of the hottest action in gold today, from the biggest new mine in China, to the highly secretive London gold exchange, and the lair of the world’s most powerful gold trader in Geneva, Switzerland. He profiles the leaders of the gold market today, the nature of the current boom, and the likely prospects for the future. From the earliest civilizations, when gold was an icon of sacred and kingly power, Hart tracks its evolution, through conquest, murder, and international mayhem, into the speculative casino-chip that the metal has become. He ends by telling the story of the massive flows of gold that have occurred in the wake of the financial crisis and what the world’s leading experts are saying about the profound changes underway in the gold market and the prospects for the future. “Compelling, stylish, and impressively researched” (The Boston Globe), Gold is a wonderful historical odyssey with important implications for today’s global economy.
Author : Martin Meredith
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 145871876X
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (587 download)
Download or read book Diamonds, Gold, and War written by Martin Meredith and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2009-09-14 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: SOUTHERN AFRICA was once regarded as a worthless jumble of British colonies, Boer republics, and African chiefdoms, a troublesome region of little interest to the outside world. But then prospectors chanced upon the world's richest deposits of diamonds and gold, setting off a titanic struggle between the British and the Boers for control of the region. It culminated in the costliest, bloodiest, and most humiliating war that Britain had waged in nearly a century, and left the Boer republics devastated. In this gripping history of the turbulent years leading up to the founding of the modern state of South Africa in 1910, Martin Meredith portrays the great wealth and raw power, the deceit, corruption, and racism that lay behind Britain's empire-building in southern Africa. Diamonds, Gold, and War is a tale of high adventure, high fi nance, and high politics that also shows the massive impact of white expansion on indigenous African societies. And it explains the rise of the virulent Afrikaner nationalism that eventually took hold, with repercussions lasting nearly a century.
Author : Diana Scarisbrick
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 0500021503
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 ( download)
Download or read book Diamond Jewelry written by Diana Scarisbrick and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2019-10-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gloriously illustrated social history of diamond jewelry, told through the stories of the European rulers and socialites who commissioned and wore them. Diamonds have long symbolized political power and authority in Europe. This book explores the individuals who commissioned and wore extraordinarily precious diamond ornaments from the mid-fourteenth century to the present day. Exquisite paintings and breathtaking photography highlight the diamonds of figures as enduring as Louis XIV of France and Queen Elizabeth I of Great Britain, as well as screen icons such as Elizabeth Taylor. From Lisbon to London and Stockholm to St. Petersburg, these figures used diamond jewelry to reinforce their power. Like royal dress, diamonds were worn to dazzle and impress—at weddings, coronations, christenings, and state visits—and were presented as gifts, which often proved remarkably successful as instruments of diplomacy. More than three hundred illustrations capture the changing styles of diamond jewelry that mirror the trends of the time: late Gothic naturalism, the culture of the Renaissance, Baroque splendor, Rococo elegance and the imperial grandeur of the First and Second Napoleonic Empires. This book offers a fascinating overview of one of the world’s most iconic gems.
Author : Tieguhong Julius Chupezi
Publisher : CIFOR
ISBN 13 : 6028693146
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (286 download)
Download or read book Impacts of artisanal gold and diamond mining on livelihoods and the environment in the Sangha Tri-National Park landscape written by Tieguhong Julius Chupezi and published by CIFOR. This book was released on 2009 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Valentine Ball
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 152 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)
Download or read book The Diamonds, Coal, and Gold of India written by Valentine Ball and published by . This book was released on 1881 with total page 152 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Renée Newman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780929975542
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (755 download)
Download or read book Diamond Ring Buying Guide written by Renée Newman and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This updated and revised 8th Edition provides concise yet detailed information on diamond quality evaluation, lab-grown diamonds, fakes, gem treatments, cutting styles, gold, platinum, palladium, silver, alternative metals, settings, ring selection, diamond grading reports, gem care and buying tips. Its a visual guide that helps you select the best diamonds and mounting for your budget and needs. Written in clear, everyday English, with lots of colour photos, the book shows you step-by-step how to evaluate diamonds and settings. It has helped thousands of diamond buyers make smart choices and is a useful reference for jewelry salespeople when answering customers questions about diamonds, precious metals and settings. A Gems & Gemology review described the previous edition of the Diamond Ring Buying Guide as An entire course on judging diamonds in 155 pages of well-organised information ... the book serves as a checklist for the purchase, mounting and care of a diamond. The photos are excellent. Brides magazine wrote: "Want to feel truly confident in the jewelry store? Read the Diamond Ring Buying Guide by an industry insider, which will teach you how to judge a quality diamond. What We Love: The seriously savvy shopping tips and the massive colour photos that reveal what diamonds look like under a loupe".
Author : Ali Yusufali
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (96 download)
Download or read book Two Blue And Gold Diamond Earrings written by Ali Yusufali and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2023-07-25 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zafar Khan is born in Kabul, Afghanistan during the invasion of the Soviet Union. He suffers as a misfit between religious and ethnic sects, resulting in the murder of his beloved guardian. Fate takes him to India where he is caught up in an unwanted love triangle, complicated by politicians, gangsters, and events fraught with murder, danger, and comic intrigue. Two stolen blue and gold diamond earrings are his hope for any meaningful future. Ali Yusufali's fourth novel lives up to the expected question after every chapter - What next?
Author : Theodore Reunert
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 322 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Diamonds and Gold in South Africa written by Theodore Reunert and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Ralph Hammond
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 9780001959231
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (592 download)
Download or read book Black Gold on the Double Diamond written by Ralph Hammond and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 1953-01-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : John Mawe
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 414 pages
Book Rating : 4.+/5 (97 download)
Download or read book Travels in the Interior of Brazil, Particularly in the Gold and Diamond District of that Fine Country written by John Mawe and published by . This book was released on 1815 with total page 414 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
