Download or read book The Diamond Escape written by Sheila Bitts and published by Outskirts Press. This book was released on 2017-03-17 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Self-reliance is what makes America tick for young Frederick Falloy, a private detective working on his first case in Chicago, 2014. It seems nothing but violence surrounds the stolen Cacaw Diamonds, which he must locate. He finds himself building a working relationship with a mentor--a veteran police officer named Phillip Grable, Homicide Division. Pushing his limits, he outsmarts his demons to find a way to win, no matter how the cards fall.
Download or read book The Diamond Triangle written by Leonard and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2012-04-12 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A team of geologists comes to Siberia, 5,000 km east of Moscow, in search of the diamonds, called in Russian, almaz or brilliants. Together with the wealthy patriot-sponsors, they are on the mission to save the economically wracked country from the embezzlement and robbery of valuable resources. And they find itthe Diamond Triangle with 50 carat crystals. At the beginning, the explorers do not suspect that it will be hunted down by other adverse forces. The people in the taiga realize their almost unbearable task in time when it is too late to skip off and run away. They come upon many perilous snares among the snowy terrains and mountains and venture into the wilderness of that remote land, which lies east of the Ural Mountains. They are entrapped all around by all kind of bounty hunters, who viciously compete for the premium prize for their heads, appraised in million dollars. The group of faithful committed people turns into the fugitives in the Siberian taiga because they possess, so rare in the present human world qualitiespatriotism and belief. Then, in a remote corner of Siberia, encircled from all sides by the bounty hunters and very close to a tragic finale, the fugitives hear the battle sounds; help comes from their real friends and brothersthe pomors from the White Sea shores and aboriginal Nenets people, historical owners of the tundra. The sea people pomors, called in the past Ice Vikings, successfully get through that secret century-old route, north of the Arctic Circle, across the Kara Sea and Yamal Peninsula. The route their ancestors once upon a time had traced in deviation of the ruthless tsar guards and Moscows rulers. And now, almost four centuries later, they rediscover the route to freedom and escape from other merciless rulers. Once again, as in the past, the northern people of this enormous country come to help and protect against the dominance of brutal power.
Download or read book The Diamond as Big as the Ritz written by Francis Scott Fitzgerald and published by Wordsworth Editions. This book was released on 1994 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes stories such as: The Diamond as Big as the Ritz, The Cut-Glass Bowl, May Day, The Rich Boy, Crazy Sunday, An Alcoholic Case, The Lees of Happiness, The Lost Decade and Babylon Revisited.
Download or read book Diamond Stories written by Renée Rose Shield and published by Cornell University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sequestered within the heart of a cosmopolitan city is an exotic world--a place where diamonds, astronomically priced, are bought and sold on the strength of a handshake, and business disputes are resolved according to ancient Jewish principles of arbitration. Yet it is also a modern industry facing the same fundamental global changes affecting all businesses today.In Diamond Stories, Renée Rose Shield leads us into the unexamined realm of wholesale diamond traders in New York. Related to several well-respected traders, she had unprecedented access to a society normally closed to outside inquiry. Here she deftly blends her personal relationship and her anthropological training to provide an insightful exploration of this tradition-bound industry, the new challenges it faces, and the ways both industry and individuals adapt to and endure change.Shield begins with a fascinating history of diamond mining, combining the story of the De Beers cartel, the role of Jews in the trade, and the part diamonds have played both in war and liberation. Throughout, she incorporates commentary by current diamond traders. Succeeding chapters explore the evolving nature of both the global trade and the New York diamond district. Shield takes a close look at the increasingly complex ethnic makeup of the district, illuminates the rarely documented work done by women, chronicles the resilient system of arbitration, and reveals the ways in which many traders work well into their eighties and nineties. Their long lives of work, cushioned by the trade's social environment, offer hints for successful aging in general.
Download or read book The Diamond Project Rediscover the Gems Within written by Bill Fournier, Ph.D and published by Christian Faith Publishing, Inc.. This book was released on 2017-01-18 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: You can develop diamonds. If you've ever wondered if there is more to work than just going through the motions, you'll relate to Mason. You see, Mason has struggled for a long time to find satisfaction in his work. Day after day, he goes through the motions, following the "another day, another dollar" mentality. Until one day. The day, he attends Sophie's new project proposal. She nicknames it "The Diamond Project." Mason notices something different in the way Sophie presents the project. He can't put his finger on it. He asks if she'll explain it over lunch. One lunch turns into a series of lunches as Sophie shares how she became a "diamond miner." Join Mason as he follows Sophie's lead. Her simple yet often overlooked suggestions take Mason on a journey of discovery that allow him to develop his own diamonds, as well as the diamonds of those around him. He discovers the same principles are effective at home, in his community, and at work. He begins to realize that there's more to work, and life, than just punching a clock. Mason's journey in The Diamond Project will help you understand the following: • how to develop your diamonds and help other people develop theirs, • how to give yourself permission to be truly successful, • how to ask the right success questions of the right people, • the importance of environment, and • the diamond equation. Join Mason on his journey to becoming a diamond miner because if he can do it, you can too!
Download or read book The Diamond Fairy Book written by Various and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on with total page 77 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Proceedings of the Second International Symposium on Diamond Materials written by A. J. Purdes and published by . This book was released on 1991 with total page 698 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Diamond Key and how the Railway Heroes Won it written by Alvah Milton Kerr and published by . This book was released on 1907 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Handbook of Industrial Diamonds and Diamond Films written by Mark A. Prelas and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-12-19 with total page 1175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Examines both mined and synthetic diamonds and diamond films. The text offers coverage on the use of diamond as an engineering material, integrating original research on the science, technology and applications of diamond. It discusses the use of chemical vapour deposition grown diamonds in electronics, cutting tools, wear resistant coatings, thermal management, optics and acoustics, as well as in new products.
Download or read book Report on the Progress and Condition of the United States National Museum written by United States National Museum and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 878 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Buying a Diamond written by and published by Janelle Wilson. This book was released on 2010 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: BUYING A DIAMOND: YOUR ESSENTIAL GUIDE is for people who would like to learn about diamonds before making a diamond purchase. Designed to give un-biased easy-to-understand information, this e-book also includes useful diagrams and photographs. The author, Janelle Wilson, has worked in the jewellery industry for 15 years and has created this publication in response to questions from clients. By gaining a knowledge and understanding of diamonds, people can enjoy their shopping much more, and can be in control of their purchase. Knowing the right questions to ask, and being aware of what to look for in a diamond, can save the buyer time and money. BUYING A DIAMOND: YOUR ESSENTIAL GUIDE is available from www.essentialdiamondguide.com.
Download or read book Diamond Star Quilts written by Barbara Cline and published by C&T Publishing Inc. This book was released on 2020-09-25 with total page 99 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Majestic star quilts with no inset seams! Let your love of lone star quilts guide you into a surprising world of piece-abilities! Acclaimed quilter and teacher Barbara Cline shares exciting new techniques for constructing eight-pointed star quilts from diamonds. No tricky seams here! You'll be amazed at how easy these quilts are to assemble. Build your skills as you start with basic star shapes and work your way up to radiant starbursts designs. With 12 celestial projects, there's truly something for every quilter. Twelve terrific projects! Piece diamonds and patchwork stars with no inset seams Learn speed construction techniques to sew eight-pointed stars like a pro Grow your skills as you move from beginner patterns to advanced designs
Download or read book Diamond Warriors in Colonial Namibia written by Job Shipululo Amupanda and published by BASLER AFRIKA BIBLIOGRAPHIEN. This book was released on 2022-07-06 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diamond Warriors in Colonial Namibia enters into unchartered scholarly territory of illegal diamond smuggling at the largest diamond mining company in colonial Namibia—De Beers’ Consolidated Diamond Mines of South West Africa (CDM). It details the underground activities of the natives (migrant workers) employed by the CDM and how these illicit activities accounted for rapid development in Owamboland. Beyond this account, the book takes on the deterministic ‘natural resource curse’ theory that equates natural resource endowments to a curse resulting in underdevelopment and sometimes conflict. It is argued and proven herein, from a decolonial standpoint, that such an approach is an oversimplification of the political economy of natural resources in Africa in general and Namibia in particular. The text also provides a contextual account of the contract labour system and details the symbiotic relationship between CDM and the colonial state before highlighting the remaining unanswered questions and areas of further research
Download or read book The Fake Crystal Diamond written by Nonyelu Anyichie and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2015-10-16 with total page 363 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Romance alone cannot exclusively fulfill all of a persons needsin fact, alone it can simply lead someone to fall into unconsciousness. As love is a universal emotion and something that all cultures need and want, cultivating other aspects of a relationshipdevotion, friendship, commitment, trust, reliability, unselfishness, and supportcan make true love truly attainable. The Fake Crystal Diamond involves real lives across continents and cultureslives dedicated to finding and keeping love and intimate relationships through all their joyful moments and disappointments. While there are stories of fake diamonds and fake lovesrelationships that can shock and hurtthere is also the quest for real relationships and marriage based on shared values and beliefs. Although in our narcissistic culture individuals seeking love tend to think the world revolves around their own selfish desires and wants, by turning from mere romance to cultivating the deeper values at the heart of true love, we can discover that even in this modern world there is a hope for an everlasting relationship.
Download or read book Polishing of Diamond Materials written by Yiqing Chen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-02-13 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Diamond has a unique combination of properties, such as the highest hardness and thermal conductivity among any known material, high electrical resistivity, a large optical band gap and a high transmission, good resistance to chemical erosion, low adhesion and friction, and extremely low thermal expansion coefficient. As such, diamond has been a desirable material in a wide range of applications in mechanical, chemical, optical, thermal and electrical engineering. In many of the cases, the surface of a diamond component or element must have a superior finish, often down to a surface roughness of nanometers. Nevertheless, due to its extreme hardness and chemical inertness, the polishing of diamond and its composites has been a sophisticated process. Polishing of Diamond Materials will provide a state-of-the-art analysis, both theoretically and experimentally, of the most commonly used polishing techniques for mono/poly-crystalline diamond and chemical vapour deposition (CVD) diamond films, including mechanical, chemo-mechanical, thermo-chemical, high energy beam, dynamic friction and other polishing techniques. The in-depth discussions will be on the polishing mechanisms, possible modelling, material removal rate and the quality control of these techniques. A comparison of their advantages and drawbacks will be carried out to provide the reader with a useful guideline for the selection and implementation of these polishing techniques. Polishing of Diamond Materials will be of interest to researchers and engineers in hard materials and precision manufacturing, industry diamond suppliers, diamond jewellery suppliers and postgraduate students in the area of precision manufacturing.
Download or read book To the Cape for Diamonds written by Frederick Boyle and published by . This book was released on 1873 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Papers and Notes of the Genesis and Matrix of the Diamond written by Henry Carvill Lewis and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2017-09-06 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This vintage book contains a collection of articles on the creation and composition of diamonds. The contents of this volume originated from a series of lectures delivered by Henry Carvil Lewis, M.A., F.G.S., which were later edited and arranged by Professor T. G. Bonney. "Papers and Notes of the Genesis and Matrix of the Diamond" will appeal to those with an interest in mineralogy and would make for a fantastic addition to collections of allied literature. Contents include: "Paper Read in 1886", "On a Diamond-Bearing Peridotite and on the History of the Diamond", "The Matrix of the Diamond", "Paper Read in 1887", "Kimberlite From the Unites States", and "Note". Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. We are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern edition complete with a specially commissioned new introduction on metal work. First published in 1897.
