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Total Pages : 528 pages
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Download or read book Pearls from Many Seas written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : James Baird McClure
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Total Pages : 648 pages
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Download or read book Pearls from Many Seas written by James Baird McClure and published by . This book was released on 1898 with total page 648 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 528 pages
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Download or read book Pearls from Many Seas written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 528 pages
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Download or read book Pearls from Many Seas written by and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Pearls from Many Seas written by and published by . This book was released on 1900 with total page 528 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : B. McClure
Publisher : Literary Licensing, LLC
ISBN 13 : 9781494182175
Total Pages : 630 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (821 download)
Download or read book Pearls from Many Seas written by B. McClure and published by Literary Licensing, LLC. This book was released on 2014-03 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This Is A New Release Of The Original 1899 Edition.
Author : Nona Davis
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Total Pages : 38 pages
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Download or read book Pearls from Many Seas written by Nona Davis and published by . This book was released on 1943 with total page 38 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Pearls from Many Seas written by and published by . This book was released on 1800 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 1404 pages
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Download or read book The Epworth Herald written by and published by . This book was released on 1902 with total page 1404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Tori Murden McClure
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061718866
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (617 download)
Download or read book A Pearl in the Storm written by Tori Murden McClure and published by Harper Collins. This book was released on 2009-04-07 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In the end," writes Tori McClure, "I know I rowed across the Atlantic to find my heart, but in the beginning, I wasn't aware that it was missing." During June 1998, Tori McClure set out to row across the Atlantic Ocean by herself in a twenty-three-foot plywood boat with no motor or sail. Within days she lost all communication with shore, but nevertheless she decided to keep going. Not only did she lose the sound of a friendly voice, she lost updates on the location of the Gulf Stream and on the weather. Unfortunately for Tori, 1998 is still on record as the worst hurricane season in the North Atlantic. In deep solitude and perilous conditions, she was nonetheless determined to prove what one person with a mission can do. When she was finally brought to her knees by a series of violent storms that nearly killed her, she had to signal for help and go home in what felt like complete disgrace. Back in Kentucky, however, Tori's life began to change in unexpected ways. She fell in love. At the age of thirty-five, she embarked on a serious relationship for the first time, making her feel even more vulnerable than sitting alone in a tiny boat in the middle of the Atlantic. She went to work for Muhammad Ali, who told her that she did not want to be known as the woman who "almost" rowed across the Atlantic Ocean. And she knew that he was right. In this thrilling story of high adventure and romantic quest, Tori McClure discovers through her favorite way—the hard way—that the most important thing in life is not to prove you are superhuman but to fully to embrace your own humanity. With a wry sense of humor and a strong voice, she gives us a true memoir of an explorer who maps her world with rare emotional honesty.
Author : William John Dakin
Publisher : Theclassics.Us
ISBN 13 : 9781230320304
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (23 download)
Download or read book Pearls written by William John Dakin and published by Theclassics.Us. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 edition. Excerpt: ... CHAPTER I THE HISTORY OF PEARLS The use of pearls as jewels and their recognition as objects of value date back into the far beyond when the histories of ancient peoples were transcribed upon papyrus. It is very likely that pearls were amongst the earliest gems known to man, and this is not surprising when one considers that the earliest dwellers by the sea probably fed upon the shellfish which produce such objects. The modern recognition of the pearl dates back to about 300 B.c. and was due, no doubt, to the mad desire of the Romans for luxury and treasure; but although pearls seem to have played a less conspicuous part in Ancient Greece and Egypt, they were known to yet older peoples, and especially to those of the East. The Old Testament only refers to pearls once, in the book of Job (chap, xxviii), where it is written, "No mention shall be made of coral, or of pearls; for the price of wisdom is above rubies." None of the terms, however, refer with any certainty to the objects now known by such names. The names of gems in the scriptures have probably arisen during the many translations and rewritings of the books. In the New Testament, on the other hand, constant reference is made to pearls. There are, however, traditions which refer to the ancient Hebrews having knowledge of the true value of the gem. In the Indian Seas pearls were known many centuries before Christ Perhaps first collected as mere curiosities or as objects of some superstitious regard, they gradually became articles of greater and greater value, and the proud possessions of the Princes of the East. References occur in the literature of India which are of considerable antiquity. Pearls are mentioned in the books of the Brahmans (about 500 B.c.) and are associated in...
Author : Thomas John Bach
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Total Pages : 104 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (51 download)
Download or read book Pearls from Many Seas written by Thomas John Bach and published by . This book was released on 1951 with total page 104 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Robert A. Carter
Publisher : Arabian Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780957106000
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (6 download)
Download or read book Sea of Pearls written by Robert A. Carter and published by Arabian Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since Antiquity the natural pearls of the Gulf have been famed as the finest, most lustrous and most plentiful that the world can offer. From the beginnings of trade until the 1930s, these pearls were a major product of the Gulf's coastal peoples. Latterly, from the 17th to the early 20th centuries, rising international demand turned pearling into their economic mainstay. By this time pearls were fished in their millions, and pearling became the pillar of the regional economy, dominating the lives, health and expectations of entire shaikhdoms. The influx of people and wealth to the coast permanently transformed the Gulf, providing the manpower and capital to germinate and nurture the city-states - notably Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Sharjah and Ras al-Khaimah - which endure there today. Despite its formative role, there has until now been no book taking the entire history of pearling as its subject. Dr Carter's ground-breaking work traces its evolution on both the Arabian and the Persian sides of the Gulf, and explores the role it played in shaping the political, social and urban configuration that we see in the region today. It shows the extent to which the Gulf economy became dependent on a single commodity, and how, in that respect, pearling resembled the oil industry that would replace it. Lavishly illustrated, this book covers in unprecedented detail the history, development, conduct, florescence and catastrophic collapse of the industry in the early 20th century. It will fascinate not only those wishing to understand the growth and conduct of the pearl fishery, but also those interested in the history of the region and the origins of the Gulf states, and in the colourful story of the global taste for one of mankind's most highly prized precious stones.
Author : Victor Arnold Barradale
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Total Pages : 202 pages
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Download or read book Pearls of the Pacific written by Victor Arnold Barradale and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 202 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Thomas T. Allsen
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812251172
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)
Download or read book The Steppe and the Sea written by Thomas T. Allsen and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2019-05-03 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1221, in what we now call Turkmenistan, a captive held by Mongol soldiers confessed that she had swallowed her pearls in order to safeguard them. She was immediately executed and eviscerated. On finding several pearls, Chinggis Qan (Genghis Khan) ordered that they cut open every slain person on the battlefield. Pearls, valued for aesthetic, economic, religious, and political reasons, were the ultimate luxury good of the Middle Ages, and the Chingissid imperium, the largest contiguous land empire in history, was their unmatched collector, promoter, and conveyor. Thomas T. Allsen examines the importance of pearls, as luxury good and political investment, in the Mongolian empire—from its origin in 1206, through its unprecedented expansion, to its division and decline in 1370—in order to track the varied cultural and commercial interactions between the northern steppes and the southern seas. Focusing first on the acquisition, display, redistribution, and political significance of pearls, Allsen shows how the very act of forming such a vast nomadic empire required the massive accumulation, management, and movement of prestige goods, and how this process brought into being new regimes of consumption on a continental scale. He argues that overland and seaborne trade flourished simultaneously, forming a dynamic exchange system that moved commodities from east to west and north to south, including an enormous quantity of pearls. Tracking the circulation of pearls across time, he highlights the importance of different modes of exchange—booty-taking, tributary relations, market mechanisms, and reciprocal gift-giving. He also sheds light on the ways in which Mongols' marketing strategies made use of not only myth and folklore but also maritime communications networks created by Indian-Buddhist and Muslim merchants skilled in cross-cultural commerce. In Allsen's analysis, pearls illuminate Mongolian exceptionalism in steppe history, the interconnections between overland and seaborne trade, recurrent patterns in the employment of luxury goods in the political cultures of empires, and the consequences of such goods for local and regional economies.
Author : Herb Romero
Publisher : Infinity Pub
ISBN 13 : 9780741458902
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (589 download)
Download or read book Pearls from Many Seas written by Herb Romero and published by Infinity Pub. This book was released on 2010-04 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traveling in Europe, Rudi Hausman and his military family provide rich, cultural detail of these countries. One example of his war experiences as a C-130 pilot in Southeast Asia is vividly described during his last combat mission in the dangerous A Shau Valley of Vietnam. Besides the airplane, he and part of the crew are disabled as a result of ground fire and a forced landing following a resupply mission to a Special Forces base camp. Now reclassified to non-flying duty with NSA's top secret Project Krait Joy, he gets a shocking revelation from cold war spying operations. Rudi loses his wife to cancer and later meets Angel, his future life partner.
Author : Stephen G. Bloom
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 1429923636
Total Pages : 401 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)
Download or read book Tears of Mermaids written by Stephen G. Bloom and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2011-05-10 with total page 401 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A round, luminescent pearl is the simplest and most perfect gem. Columbus sought—and found—this precious jewel coveted by his Spanish sovereigns, sparking popularity throughout Europe. Fashion icons Jacqueline Kennedy, Princess Grace, and Michelle Obama cherished them, making them iconic. And designer Coco Chanel raised them to new heights, bringing pearls— fake and real—to women everywhere. In Tears of Mermaids, Stephen G. Bloom travels 30,000 miles in an effort to trace a single pearl—from the moment a diver off the coast of Australia scoops an oyster containing a single luminescent pearl from the ocean floor to the instant a woman fastens the clasp of a strand containing the same orb. Bloom chronicles the never-before-told saga of the global pearl trade by gaining access to clandestine outposts in China, the Philippines, French Polynesia and Australia. He infiltrates high-tech pearl farms guarded by gun-toting sentries, farms for pearls in rural China, and even goes backstage at Christie's for a fast and furious auction of the most expensive pearl ever sold. Teeming with rogue humor and uncanny intelligence, Tears of Mermaids weaves a nonstop detective story whose main character is the world's most enduring jewel.
