Emeralds Included

Author : Betsy Woodman
Publisher : Henry Holt and Company
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-08
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781627790543

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Emeralds Included by Betsy Woodman Pdf

Feathers fly and cultures clash as the Jolly Grant House prepares to welcome a special delivery from Scotland In the third installment of the Jana Bibi series, Betsy Woodman takes us back to the Jolly Grant house for the arrival of Jana's son, Jack, from Scotland, and his Hungarian bride-to-be, Katarina Esterhazy. The whole gang is excited to welcome their international visitors—and Jana is determined to repair the house to Jack's high standards and those of her grandfather, from whom she inherited the eccentric building. But this puts a strain on Jana, both emotionally and financially, and she risks her most prized and valuable possession—the (surprisingly real!) emeralds she got from the Treasure Emporium—to help her through it. Jana saved the town from a government dam in Jana Bibi's Excellent Fortunes and foiled an international bird-smuggling ring in Love Potion Number 10, but in Emeralds Included, Jana faces her biggest challenges yet: preparing for her son's arrival and planning a wedding in the upside-down town of Hamara Nagar!

Author : Joanna Hardy,Jonathan Self,Franca Sozzani,Hettie Judah
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0500517207

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Emerald by Joanna Hardy,Jonathan Self,Franca Sozzani,Hettie Judah Pdf

An ambitious, lavishly illustrated survey of the most valuable of precious gems

Author : Lawrence A. Babb
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 235 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2013-04-29
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781438445885

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Emerald City by Lawrence A. Babb Pdf

Lawrence A. Babb's Emerald City provides an intriguing portrait of the gemstone cutting industry of the North Indian city of Jaipur. It focuses on the ownership class consisting mainly of Jains and members of northern India's traditional trading communities. Based on oral-historical investigations of family firms, along with ethnographic observations and interviews, the book describes how the industry is organized, when and how it developed its characteristic features, and its evolving relationship with its social context. Babb pays special attention to the impact of culture on the business, with particular emphasis on the role of religion, specifically Jainism. He also offers a systematic comparison between Jaipur's gemstone business and New York City's famed diamond industry. In its application of ethnographic methodology to the study of an indigenous Indian industry, Emerald City delivers a unique perspective on business life in a non-Western setting.

Author : Diane Morgan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2007-03-30
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780313082153

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From Satan's Crown to the Holy Grail by Diane Morgan Pdf

Morgan discusses the origin of the emerald, its peculiar structure, and its strange allure. The story weaves across several continents and thousands of years. It is a tale of conquistadors, treachery, shipwrecks, and alchemy. Along the way, we meet scientists and kings and bear witness as the great emeralds are born, mined, smuggled, cut, and sold. The book also discusses the modern art of making synthetic emeralds. From the fastnesses of Afghanistan to the steamy jungles of Colombia and Zimbabwe, from the sands of Egypt to the bitter Urals, this is the story of a stone whose strange journey reflects the yearnings, greed, passions, and longing for beauty of the human race.

Author : Peter Achinstein
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2001-09-20
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780198032915

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The Book of Evidence by Peter Achinstein Pdf

What is required for something to be evidence for a hypothesis? In this fascinating, elegantly written work, distinguished philosopher of science Peter Achinstein explores this question, rejecting typical philosophical and statistical theories of evidence. He claims these theories are much too weak to give scientists what they want--a good reason to believe--and, in some cases, they furnish concepts that mistakenly make all evidential claims a priori. Achinstein introduces four concepts of evidence, defines three of them by reference to "potential" evidence, and characterizes the latter using a novel epistemic interpretation of probability. The resulting theory is then applied to philosophical and historical issues. Solutions are provided to the "grue," "ravens," "lottery," and "old-evidence" paradoxes, and to a series of questions. These include whether explanations or predictions furnish more evidential weight, whether individual hypotheses or entire theoretical systems can receive evidential support, what counts as a scientific discovery, and what sort of evidence is required for it. The historical questions include whether Jean Perrin had non-circular evidence for the existence of molecules, what type of evidence J. J. Thomson offered for the existence of the electron, and whether, as is usually supposed, he really discovered the electron. Achinstein proposes answers in terms of the concepts of evidence introduced. As the premier book in the fabulous new series Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Science, this volume is essential for philosophers of science and historians of science, as well as for statisticians, scientists with philosophical interests, and anyone curious about scientific reasoning.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Mineral industries
ISBN : MSU:31293032628145

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Minerals Yearbook by Anonim Pdf

Author : Richa Goyal Sikri
Publisher : Austin Macauley Publishers
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2024-05-24
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781035867851

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No Stone Unturned by Richa Goyal Sikri Pdf

Precious stones, high-value trades, death threats, bandits, hidden treasure and mineral splendour: eminent journalist and storyteller Richa Goyal Sikri takes us on a rollercoaster ride across the length and breadth of Africa with 24 short adventure stories based on true events spanning the last 60 years and starring some of the most extraordinary personalities ever to walk the face of our planet.

Author : Fred Ward,Charlotte Ward,Lolly Ward
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Emeralds
ISBN : 1887651152

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Emeralds by Fred Ward,Charlotte Ward,Lolly Ward Pdf

Author : Amy Tector
Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-29
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781684427598

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The Honeybee Emeralds by Amy Tector Pdf

A 2023 Next Generation Indie Book Award Finalist for Best First Novel “Debut novelist Tector captures European life and her characters beautifully as she interweaves the perspectives of four women seeking fulfillment and success in this satisfying adventure. Keep an eye on this author.” —Booklist Alice Ahmadi has never been certain of where she belongs. When she discovers a famed emerald necklace while interning at a struggling Parisian magazine, she is plunged into a glittering world of diamonds and emeralds, courtesans and spies, and the long-buried secrets surrounding the necklace and its glamorous former owners. When Alice realizes the mysterious Honeybee Emeralds could be her chance to save the magazine, she recruits her friends Lily and Daphne to form the “Fellowship of the Necklace.” Together, they set out to uncover the romantic history of the gems. Through diaries, letters, and investigations through the winding streets and iconic historic landmarks of Paris, the trio begins to unravel more than just the secrets of the necklace’s obsolete past. Along the way, Lily and Daphne’s relationships are challenged, tempered, and changed. Lily faces her long-standing attraction to a friend, who has achieved the writing success that eluded her. Daphne confronts her failing relationship with her husband, while also facing simmering problems in her friendship with Lily. And, at last, Alice finds her place in the world―although one mystery still remains: how did the Honeybee Emeralds go from the neck of American singer Josephine Baker during the Roaring Twenties to the basement of a Parisian magazine?

Author : Richard Hellie
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 700 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 1999-06-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0226326497

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The Economy and Material Culture of Russia, 1600-1725 by Richard Hellie Pdf

In this study of the Russian economy from 1600-1725, Richard Hellie offers a glimpse of the material life of the people of Muscovy during that tumultuous period - how they lived, what they ate, how they were taxed, what their wages allowed them to enjoy. The Economy and Material Culture of Russia, 1600-1725 will be an invaluable resource and reference work for all readers interested in economic history and the history of material culture.

Author : Irene Aitkens
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 20 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 1931
Category : Emeralds
ISBN : UOM:39015074127450

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Emeralds by Irene Aitkens Pdf

Author : Michael Clarke
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 2010-07-08
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780199569922

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms by Michael Clarke Pdf

Searchable database of over 1,900 terms used in the wide variety of visual media that makes up the art world.

Author : John Sinkankas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 708 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015018523111

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Emerald and Other Beryls by John Sinkankas Pdf

Author : Kris E. Lane
Publisher : Yale University Press
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2010-03-30
Category : History
ISBN : 9780300164701

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Colour of Paradise by Kris E. Lane Pdf

Among the magnificent gems and jewels left behind by the great Islamic empires, emeralds stand out for their size and prominence. For the Mughals, Ottomans, and Safavids green was—as it remains for all Muslims—the color of Paradise, reserved for the Prophet Muhammad and his descendants. Tapping a wide range of sources, Kris Lane traces the complex web of global trading networks that funneled emeralds from backland South America to populous Asian capitals between the sixteenth and the eighteenth centuries. Lane reveals the bloody conquest wars and forced labor regimes that accompanied their production. It is a story of trade, but also of transformations—how members of profoundly different societies at opposite ends of the globe assigned value to a few thousand pounds of imperfectly shiny green rocks.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 816 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 1930
Category : Clocks and watches
ISBN : UOM:39015079990506

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The Jewelers' Circular by Anonim Pdf