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Book Synopsis Scuffed Diamonds by : Fernando Albert Salinas
Download or read book Scuffed Diamonds written by Fernando Albert Salinas and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2018-09-12 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: August 17, 2018, Scuffed Diamonds, a curated poetry reading took place at Diamond Realty, located at 460 Santa Clara St. Fillmore, Ca. The reading featured 13 poets from across Ventura County. The event was supported by Diamond Realty, the Ventura County Arts Council, Spit Shine, California Poets in the Schools, Doris Nichols, Vallarta Mexican Restaurant, Starbucks, Fidelity National Title, Stewart Title, First American Title, Lawyers Title, and Nickelodeon.
Download or read book The Diamond written by Julie Baumgold and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2005-11-01 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Diamond is a brilliant, dazzling historical novel about a famous diamond—one of the biggest in the world—that passed from the hands of William Pitt’s grandfather to the French kings and Napoleon, linking many of the most famous personalities of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, and serving as the centerpiece for a novel in every way as fascinating as Susan Sontag's The Volcano Lover or Umberto Eco's The Name of the Rose. Rich with historical detail, characters, and nonstop drama, the story centers on the famous Regent diamond—once the largest and most beautiful diamond in the world—which was discovered in India in the late seventeenth century and bought by the governor of the East India Company, a cunning nabob, trader, and ex-pirate named Thomas Pitt. His son brought it to London, where a Jewish diamond-cutter of genius took two years to fashion it into one of the world's greatest gems. A glittering cast of characters parades through The Diamond: a mesmerizing Napoleon and the devoted Las Cases, stuck on Saint Helena with their memories; Louis XIV and his brother, the dissolute Monsieur; Madame, the German princess who married Monsieur; the Scottish financier John Law and Saint-Simon, who sold Pitt's diamond to Madame's depraved son; the depressed Louis XV; and Madame de Pompadour. Here too are the families, the Pitts in England and the Bonapartes in France; the men of Saint Helena; nobles and thieves; Indian diamond merchants and financiers—nearly everyone of interest and importance from the late seventeenth through the early nineteenth century. Written with enormous verve and ambition, The Diamond is a treat, a plum pudding of a novel filled with one delicious, funny, disgraceful episode after another. It is grand history and even grander fiction—a towering work of imagination, research, and narrative skill.
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Download or read book Gemlore written by Diane Morgan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2008-06-30 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Every culture has developed its own lore of rocks. From the stones of Aaron's breastplate to the foundational rocks of the New Jerusalem, from the creation tales of South America to the blood stones of Burma, gems have taken their place in the mythology and magic of the human race. This book details the lore attached to particular gems. Each chapter covers a particular stone and discusses the gem's geological, historical, mythical, and legendary qualities. A valuable resource for anyone researching symbols, myth, history, or literature, this book also helps science students understand the humanistic context of gemstones and offers social studies students a fascinating view of gems in world cultures. Each chapter covers a particular gemstone, such as diamonds, rubies, sapphires, and emeralds. It also covers organic gems, such as pearl, coral, and amber. The chapters discuss the natural history of the stone, including where the gem is found, its value, and its use; the role the gem has played in history, especially for certain famous stones such as the Hope Diamond; and the myths, powers, and legends that have attached to the stone over the centuries. Science students will appreciate the humanistic context the book offers for gemstones, while social studies students will appreciate its consideration of gems across times and places. Students of literature and the arts will welcome the book's attention to gems as symbols, and general readers will find it a fascinating guide to the lore and legend of precious stones.
Download or read book Ganupas written by George Goosney and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2016-06-17 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Even after the appearance of strange creatures and being summoned by three shamans, Ivan had no idea he would fall into another world. Once there, the creatures and things around him gave him little hope of ever getting back. On a world that threatened to swallow him at every step, he found love, and a purpose that would stagger the imagination of the bravest warriors. Torn between wanting to wake up from a bad dream and holding on to the things he found in it, he had to find a way to serve his awakened need to help a race of people taken long ago from his own world, and keep from joining them on the menu of a powerful race of cruel Volgour. Strange Crun spirits and unusual abilities would become his weapons, and he would come to realize that what he would start, his children would finish.
Download or read book Diamonds written by Ellen Ungaro and published by Benchmark Education Company. This book was released on 2011 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Find out about the qualities, uses, and appeal of diamonds.
Book Synopsis Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes by : Alexander E. Gates
Download or read book Encyclopedia of Earthquakes and Volcanoes written by Alexander E. Gates and published by Infobase Publishing. This book was released on 2006 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Provides information on earthquakes and volcanic eruptions in various regions of the world, major quakes and eruptions throughout history, and geologic and scientific terms.
Download or read book Machinery written by Lester Gray French and published by . This book was released on 1924 with total page 1342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Book Synopsis Essentials of Ophthalmic Lens Finishing E-Book by : Clifford W. Brooks
Download or read book Essentials of Ophthalmic Lens Finishing E-Book written by Clifford W. Brooks and published by Elsevier Health Sciences. This book was released on 2003-07-08 with total page 491 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Highly readable and packed with instructional photos and drawings, this book also features a separate kit for practicing lens edging layout at home. Proficiency tests for self-assessment are included for each chapter and are an excellent review for examinations. - Seven new chapters cover changes in the lens industry, lens insertion, rimless and semi-rimless frames, and lens tinting and engraving - Contains a centration skills booklet for practicing lens edging layout - Proficiency tests for self-assessment included with each chapter - Content has been completely updated, reorganized and expanded to include the most recent industry changes. - Updated photos illustrate the most current types of lenses and enhance comprehension of lens finishing. - Seven new chapters cover rimless and semi rimless frames; environmental and safety concerns; lens insertion and standard alignment; nylon cord and other groove mountings; lens tinting and engraving; progressive addition lenses; and lens impact and resistance testing. - An appendix of specific British Standards allows the book to easily travel to the UK and other countries that fashion their dispensing programs after the UK model. - The Lens Centration Skills Series provides exercises to practice lens finishing and reinforce material from the text.
Download or read book Machinery written by Fred Herbert Colvin and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 1084 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Victorian Jewellery by : Margaret Flower
Download or read book Victorian Jewellery written by Margaret Flower and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-01-04 with total page 272 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive and informative look at Victorian jewellery, split into three eras - 'The Early Victorian, or Romantic Period (1837-60)', 'The Mid-Victorian, or Grand Period (1860-85)' and 'The Late Victorian, or Aesthetic Period (1885-1901)', each accompanied by extensive photographic illustrations. This fascinating work is thoroughly recommended for inclusion on the bookshelf of anyone interested in Victorian jewellery.
Book Synopsis Machinery and Production Engineering by :
Download or read book Machinery and Production Engineering written by and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 938 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Works of Thomas De Quincey, Part II vol 14 by : Grevel Lindop
Download or read book The Works of Thomas De Quincey, Part II vol 14 written by Grevel Lindop and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2024-08-01 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859) is considered one of the most important English prose writers of the early-19th century. This is the second part of a 21-volume set presenting De Quincey's work, also including previously unpublished material.
Book Synopsis Rocks, Ice and Dirty Stones by : Marcia Pointon
Download or read book Rocks, Ice and Dirty Stones written by Marcia Pointon and published by Reaktion Books. This book was released on 2017-03-15 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The king of stones, valued since antiquity for their unrivalled hardness, diamonds today are both desired and deplored. Once faceted and polished they glitter on the fingers of brides-to-be and in the ornaments of the super-rich, but their extraction from some of the world’s poorest countries remains contentious. Immensely valuable for their size, diamonds can be easily hidden and transported, making them perfect contraband. Diamonds have been widely used in industry since the nineteenth century and have long been valued for their pharmaceutical and prophylactic properties. This entertaining and richly illustrated book examines the history of the diamond trade through the centuries from India and Brazil to South Africa and Europe and investigates what happens to diamonds once they reach the cutters and polishers. Marcia Pointon takes the reader on a unique tour of the ways in which the quadrahedron diamond shape has inspired design, architecture, and painting, from the symbolism of medieval manuscripts to modern-day graffiti. She questions the etiquette of engagement rings, and she reminds us why and how lost, stolen, or cursed diamonds create suspense in so many classic novels and films. This compelling and fascinating account of the history of sparklers around the world will appeal to all who covet, as well as all who despise, the unparalleled brilliance and glitter of the diamond.
Book Synopsis Production at the Leading Edge of Technology by : Bernd-Arno Behrens
Download or read book Production at the Leading Edge of Technology written by Bernd-Arno Behrens and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-09-04 with total page 693 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This congress proceedings provides recent research on leading-edge manufacturing processes. The aim of this scientific congress is to work out diverse individual solutions of "production at the leading edge of technology" and transferable methodological approaches. In addition, guest speakers with different backgrounds will give the congress participants food for thoughts, interpretations, views and suggestions. The manufacturing industry is currently undergoing a profound structural change, which on the one hand produces innovative solutions through the use of high-performance communication and information technology, and on the other hand is driven by new requirements for goods, especially in the mobility and energy sector. With the social discourse on how we should live and act primarily according to guidelines of sustainability, structural change is gaining increasing dynamic. It is essential to translate politically specified sustainability goals into socially accepted and marketable technical solutions. Production research is meeting this challenge and will make important contributions and provide innovative solutions from different perspectives.
Book Synopsis Optical Properties of Diamond by : A.M. Zaitsev
Download or read book Optical Properties of Diamond written by A.M. Zaitsev and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 508 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This handbook is the most comprehensive compilation of data on the optical properties of diamond ever written. It presents a multitude of data previously for the first time in English. The author provides quick access to the most comprehensive information on all aspects of the field.
