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Sea of Pearls

Author : Robert A. Carter
Publisher : Arabian Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780957106000
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (6 download)

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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.

The Steppe and the Sea

Author : Thomas T. Allsen
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812251172
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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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 2019-06-07 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.

A Pearl in the Storm

Author : Tori Murden McClure
Publisher : Harper Collins
ISBN 13 : 0061718866
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (617 download)

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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.

A Single Pearl

Author : Donna Jo Napoli
Publisher : Disney-Hyperion
ISBN 13 : 9781423145578
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (455 download)

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Download or read book A Single Pearl written by Donna Jo Napoli and published by Disney-Hyperion. This book was released on 2013-06-18 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a vast ocean, a single grain of sand seems hopelessly small and unimportant. But over time, the sand begins to change. Layer by layer, it grows and transforms. Its beauty starts to shine. Exquisitely crafted by an award-winning author-illustrator team, this luminous, uplifting story reminds us of the amazing capacity for change within us all.

Pearls, People, and Power

Author : Pedro Machado
Publisher : Ohio University Press
ISBN 13 : 0821446932
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Pearls, People, and Power written by Pedro Machado and published by Ohio University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-27 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pearls, People, and Power is the first book to examine the trade, distribution, production, and consumption of pearls and mother-of-pearl in the global Indian Ocean over more than five centuries. While scholars have long recognized the importance of pearling to the social, cultural, and economic practices of both coastal and inland areas, the overwhelming majority have confined themselves to highly localized or at best regional studies of the pearl trade. By contrast, this book stresses how pearling and the exchange in pearl shell were interconnected processes that brought the ports, islands, and coasts into close relation with one another, creating dense networks of connectivity that were not necessarily circumscribed by local, regional, or indeed national frames. Essays from a variety of disciplines address the role of slaves and indentured workers in maritime labor arrangements, systems of bondage and transoceanic migration, the impact of European imperialism on regional and local communities, commodity flows and networks of exchange, and patterns of marine resource exploitation between the Industrial Revolution and Great Depression. By encompassing the geographical, cultural, and thematic diversity of Indian Ocean pearling, Pearls, People, and Power deepens our appreciation of the underlying historical dynamics of the many worlds of the Indian Ocean. Contributors: Robert Carter, William G. Clarence-Smith, Joseph Christensen, Matthew S. Hopper, Pedro Machado, Julia T. Martínez, Michael McCarthy, Jonathan Miran, Steve Mullins, Karl Neuenfeldt, Samuel M. Ostroff, and James Francis Warren.

Pearls, Arms and Hashish

Author : Henri de Monfreid
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
ISBN 13 : 178912123X
Total Pages : 482 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (891 download)

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Download or read book Pearls, Arms and Hashish written by Henri de Monfreid and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 482 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 1930, this is the personal adventure narrative of Henri de Monfreid—nobleman, writer, adventurer and inspiration for the swashbuckling gun runner in the Adventures of Tintin. “Henri de Monfried satisfies the most exacting reader. One is never for a moment suspicious that his amanuensis is crediting him with words he could not use or thoughts he would not entertain. The impression conveyed by Ida Treat's really superb rendering of the French searover's story is that M. de Monfried could write very well indeed if he thought it worthwhile, but that he expresses himself as a rule in other ways. “Briefly, Henri de Monfried is the son of a Bostonian artist of French descent who lived in the south of France and married a French peasant girl. The boy grew up and tried various callings, but finally yielded to a Wanderlust which took him to French Somaliland, at the southern end of the Red Sea. He became a Moslem and engaged in pearling, gunrunning, slaving, and the smuggling of hashish into Egypt. He has a family. He is fifty years old. The Arabs call him Abd el Hai. This book is what he calls the first half of his life. He is too interested in life itself to take consolation in memoirs as yet. The British navy calls him the Sea Wolf. He makes a hobby of raising the French flag on islands inconveniently near to British coaling stations. “There are [...] sketches of sea-boards and seamen in this book which recall the master's hand and mind. And there is never a word too much. A touch light as a feather; an ironical glance as his adversary departs defeated, or an equally ironical bow as the British Lion mauls him and lets him go—to try again.”—Saturday Review

The String of Pearls

Author : George Payne Rainsford James
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 232 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The String of Pearls written by George Payne Rainsford James and published by . This book was released on 1849 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Diving for Pearls

Author : Rachael Morlock
Publisher : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1508164428
Total Pages : 26 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (81 download)

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Download or read book Diving for Pearls written by Rachael Morlock and published by The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc. This book was released on 2017-12-15 with total page 26 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pearls are beautiful flukes of nature. The only gemstones formed inside living creatures, these lustrous gems have fascinated mankind for centuries. Readers will be enchanted by this thorough study of pearls, how they're formed, how they're collected, and their historic uses. Meeting Next Generation Science Standards with a unique spin on curricular subject matter, this book is a guaranteed jaw-dropper for young scientists.

Jewels from the Sea

Author : Frances Gillespie
Publisher : Medina Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781909339293
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (392 download)

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Download or read book Jewels from the Sea written by Frances Gillespie and published by Medina Publishing. This book was released on 2016-08-19 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this new title, Frances Gillespie tells the fascinating story of pearl fishing in the Arabian Gulf.

Strand of Pearls

Author : Deborah Livingston
Publisher : BalboaPress
ISBN 13 : 1452544379
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (525 download)

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Download or read book Strand of Pearls written by Deborah Livingston and published by BalboaPress. This book was released on 2012-01-24 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In her memoir, Strand of Pearls, author Deborah Livingston recounts her journey from childhood abuse, frequent tragedy, and adult addiction to a spiritual transformation that brought her an inner peace and joy available to us all. Deborah was the first of three children born to a Canadian father and a New England motherparents who were worlds apart in their own upbringings and views of the world. From two to sixteen, when she was finally able to break free, Deborah suffered abuse at the hands of her father. Her freedom from that abuse took her to abuse at the hands of others and to a tragic accident that cost the life of a friend. Her misfortunes early in life and her inability to see them as the pearls they actually were led to serious addiction in her early forties. And yet this addiction saved her life, preparing her for the inner transformation she would experience. In Strand of Pearls, Livingston invites the reader into the most painful, raw moments of her past so that the light of the present might shine brighteras an invitation to others to embrace hope, faith, and gratitude in their lives.

Pearl's Ocean Magic (Dolphin School #1)

Author : Catherine Hapka
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545940818
Total Pages : 66 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (459 download)

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Download or read book Pearl's Ocean Magic (Dolphin School #1) written by Catherine Hapka and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2016-06-28 with total page 66 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Going to dolphin school under the sea is a magical experience for Pearl and her friends! Pearl is a magical dolphin of the Salty Sea, and today is her first day of school. Her classmates Echo and Splash make great new friends! Together they start learning dolphin skills like magic, music, and jumping.But another student, Flip, just won't stop bragging. And when he accepts a dare from an older student, he ends up in terrible danger from a shark! Can Pearl and her friends save him? It's an exciting first day at Dolphin School!

Midnight Pearls

Author : Debbie Viguié
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1439104514
Total Pages : 199 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (391 download)

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Download or read book Midnight Pearls written by Debbie Viguié and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2008-06-17 with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Once upon a time in the Kingdom of Aster a strange thing happened. They say the prince married a girl who was not what she appeared and that another girl who saved the kingdom vanished without a trace. Some said it was witchcraft. Some said it was only a legend. For those who knew the truth, it was magic.... Rescued from the sea at an early age, Pearl grew up within sight of the water...and the castle. With her pale skin and silvery hair, she was an outcast in the village. Her only friend was a boy she met on the beach -- a young prince named James, who understood Pearl's desire just to be like everyone else. Their friendship is viewed from afar by many: a disdainful king, Pearl's worried foster parents, a jealous young mermaid, a lovestruck merman, and the powerful sea witch. Now a storm brews in the kingdom, with a tidal force that could keep Pearl and James apart.

Pearls

Author : Huajun Ruan
Publisher : Partridge Publishing Singapore
ISBN 13 : 1543753167
Total Pages : 87 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (437 download)

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Download or read book Pearls written by Huajun Ruan and published by Partridge Publishing Singapore. This book was released on 2020-01-27 with total page 87 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Pearl powder is made from freshwater pearls or saltwater pearls below jewellery grade. These are sterilised in boiling water and then milled into a fine powder using stainless steel grinding discs or by milling with small porcelain balls in moist conditions. The powder is sold as such or mixed into creams. Pearl powder is widely believed to help improve the appearance of the skin, and is used as a cosmetic by royal families in Asia. It is also used as a treatment for acne. Some studies have claimed that pearl powder can stimulate the skin's fibroblasts, help regenerate collagen, and accelerate healing of certain skin conditions, wounds, and burns. This book seeks to introduce the benefits of pearl powders and to highlight the potential of this advanced material.

The Black Pearl

Author : Scott O'Dell
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0547350465
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (473 download)

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Download or read book The Black Pearl written by Scott O'Dell and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 1967-09-09 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Newbery Honor Book From the depths of a cave in the Vermilion Sea, Ramon Salazar has wrested a black pearl so lustrous and captivating that his father, an expert pearl dealer, is certain Ramon has found the legendary Pearl of Heaven. Such a treasure is sure to bring great joy to the villagers of their tiny coastal town, and even greater renown to the Salazar name. No diver, not even the swaggering Gaspar Ruiz, has ever found a pearl like this! But is there a price to pay for a prize so great? When a terrible tragedy strikes the village, old Luzon’s warning about El Diablo returns to haunt Ramon. If El Diablo actually exists, it will take all Ramon’s courage to face the winged creature waiting for him offshore. Like the author's Newbery Medal-winning classic Island of the Blue Dolphins, Scott O'Dell's The Black Pearl is a gripping tale of survival, strength, and courage.

Pearls and Pearling Life

Author : Edwin William Streeter
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 372 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Pearls and Pearling Life written by Edwin William Streeter and published by . This book was released on 1886 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Pearls of Ocean: Musings of a Philosophical Soul

Author : Rakesh Pandey
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 : 9781646785865
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (858 download)

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Download or read book Pearls of Ocean: Musings of a Philosophical Soul written by Rakesh Pandey and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2019-10-24 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A poet is like an ocean (shallow on the surface and limitlessly deep from the heart) and poetry is like pearls of this ocean. This book contains such kind of pearls. These pearls are based on love, relation, motivation, pain, philosophy, humanity, nature, women empowerment, social evils, etc. I believe everyone can relate to these pearls. I hope these pearls will spread timeless beauty for eras.

The Costliest Pearl

Author : Bertil Lintner
Publisher : Hurst & Company
ISBN 13 : 1849049963
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (49 download)

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Download or read book The Costliest Pearl written by Bertil Lintner and published by Hurst & Company. This book was released on 2019 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After being absent for 600 years, China is re-entering the Indian Ocean with its ""Belt and Road"" mega- project. This book shows how China is in the Indian Ocean for the long haul and what that means for regional and international power struggles.