The splendor and sparkle of the diamond is unmatched by that of any other gem in the world. As status symbols or emblems of endless love, diamonds have been worn, collected, and presented as lavish gi
Whether buying for personal pleasure or for investment, in today's market of Internet auctions, new diamond cuts, new colours, new treatments and new frauds buyers need a source of guidance. This guid
ATAC BRIEFING FOR AGENTS FRANK AND JOE HARDY MISSION: Attend fashion show and keep valuable selections of diamonds in sight at all times. LOCATION: Bayport. POTENTIAL VICTIMS: Jewelry model Naom
Diamonds are a multi-billion dollar business involving some of the world’s largest mining companies, a million and a half artisanal diggers, more than a million cutters and polishers and a huge retail
Diamonds are a multi-billion dollar business involving some of the world's largest mining companies, a million and a half artisanal diggers, more than a million cutters and polishers and a huge retail
High-temperature and high-pressure treatment of diamond is becoming an important technology to elaborate diamonds. This is the first book providing a comprehensive review of the properties of HPHT-tre
You thought The Cartel was over, but Diamonds are forever. . . .The Diamond family has survived murder, deceit, and betrayal. Through it all, they're still standing tall, and a new era has begun. Afte
Bringing the deadly brutality of Sierra Leone to the streets of BostonWhat do Boston, Dublin, and Sierra Leone have in common? The movement of blood diamonds at enormous profit but grave human expense
Amy Ephron weaves together the most insightful, profound, and just plain funny stories of her life to form a tapestry of a woman's experiences from childhood through young adulthood, marriage, divorce
At thirty-five, Bella might be an expert on diamonds?but she's still missing a big fat one on the third finger of her left hand. However, at least she has her successful jewelry business?with very int
Diamonds in Nature: A Guide to Rough Diamonds illustrates the range of crystal shapes, colours, surface textures, and mineral inclusions of rough, uncut, naturally forming diamonds. Each chapter conta
At Long Islands’s private Bennington School, the Diamonds rule supreme. They’re the girls all the boys want to date and all the girls want to be. And fortunately for Marni, she’s right in the middle o
Norris Church Mailer triumphantly returns to the page with this breezy, hilarious novel of discovery and destiny. Set against the backdrop of 1970s New York City, Cheap Diamonds follows a sweet young
Catherine Bailey's Black Diamonds is an extraordinary tale of family feuds, forbidden love, civil unrest and the downfall of a mining dynasty. Wentworth in Yorkshire was surrounded by 70 collieries em
本書是劍橋語言學習中的其中一本，這個故事如果讀者之前有看《Blood Diamonds》或許可以瞭解大概內容，不過這個故事不同於電影的版本，這是針對讀者英文學習的改編版本，故事地點發生在長期內亂的非洲內陸，各國無不想盡方法找到走私鑽石的管道，而當地掌權的民兵更全面的封鎖了所有鑽石的輸出與買賣，本書主角Harley Kirkpatrick與Annie Shepherd是倫敦時報的記者，他們想要深入這塊險惡之境，試圖找出真相，並且讓世人知道鑽石從發現到出現在豪華名店的過程中充滿了... Modern, original fiction for learners of English. Diamonds smuggled from the bloody civil-war zones of Africa and traded illegally for weapons are known as 'blood diamonds'. London journalists Harley Kirkpatrick and Annie Shepherd sense the scoop of a lifetime when they try to trap a deal in the diamonds. But who is trapping who and are the people involved what they seem?
Falling prey to a fae sleeper cell, the Black Diamonds, after being sent to the prestigious St. Columbia's school, half-human, half-fey Lily is chosen to support the fae's efforts to destroy the human
The third in Trollope's six-volume Palliser series, The Eustace Diamonds boasts an extraordinary heroine in Lizzie Eustace, a lying schemer in the mould of Thackeray's Becky Sharp. A pompous Under-Sec
The third novel in Trollope’s Palliser series, The Eustace Diamonds bears all the hallmarks of his later works, blending dark cynicism with humor and a keen perception of human nature. Following the d
Whether ornamenting royal scepters or equipping modern medical technology, this book will show readers how gemstones have an established place in our world, covering where diamonds and gemstones are f
Considered by many to be one of the finest speeches ever written, Acres of Diamonds offers a multitude of lessons about the rewards of work, education, and finding the riches of life in one's own bac
Originally published in Poland in 1948, and acclaimed as one of the finest postwar Polish novels, Ashes and Diamonds takes place in the spring of 1945, as the nation is in the throes of its transforma
(Book Jacket Status: Not Jacketed)Anthony Trollope's celebrated Parliamentary novels, of which The Eustace Diamonds (1873) is the third and most famous, are at once unfailingly amusing social comedies
She's been dirt poor; she's been filthy rich. Rich was more fun. She married three times, divorced twice, found her true love, and lost him to cancer. At twenty-one, she was told she would soon die.
Diribani has come to the village well to get water for her family's scant meal of curry and rice. She never expected to meet a goddess there. Yet she is granted a remarkable gift: Flowers and precious
