Download or read book Percenters and the Amber Pendant written by P. H. Perrine and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-15 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Information Circular written by and published by . This book was released on 1934 with total page 16 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Please to the Table written by Anya Von Bremzen and published by Workman Publishing. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More than 350 recipes from all fifteen republics of the Soviet Union offer samples of the country's vast diversity--from the robust foods of the Baltic states, to the delicate pilafs of Azerbaijan
Download or read book Washed Up written by Skye Moody and published by Sasquatch Books. This book was released on 2010-08-03 with total page 191 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The ocean gives up many prizes, just setting them on our beaches for us to find. From rubber ducks that started out somewhere in Indonesia to land Venice Beach, to an intact refrigerator makes it way to the Jersey Shore. Chunks of beeswax found on the Oregon coast are the packing remnants of 18th century Spanish gold. Author Skye Moody walks the coast, dons her wet suit, and heads out to sea to understand the excellent debris that accrues along the tideline. There she finds advanced military technology applied to locating buried Rolexes, hardcore competitive beachcombing conventions, and isolated beach communities whose residents are like flotsam congregated at the slightest obstacle on the coastline. This book confirms that the world is a mysterious place and that treasure is out there to be found.
Download or read book Federal Excise Tax Structure written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means and published by . This book was released on 1964 with total page 488 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book New York Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1989-07-24 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
Download or read book New York Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1984-01-23 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
Download or read book Grief Is for People written by Sloane Crosley and published by MCD. This book was released on 2024-02-27 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: One of the Most Anticipated Books of the Year: TIME, The Washington Post, Vogue, Vanity Fair, Publishers Weekly, Paste, The Millions, Kirkus Reviews, Lit Hub, Real Simple, Nylon, BookPage, The Story Exchange, Sunset, and Zibby Mag Disarmingly witty and poignant, Sloane Crosley’s memoir explores multiple kinds of loss following the death of her closest friend. How do we live without the ones we love? Grief Is for People is a deeply moving and suspenseful portrait of friendship, and a book about loss that is profuse with life. Sloane Crosley is one of our most renowned observers of contemporary behavior, and now the pathos that has been ever present in her trademark wit is on full display. After the pain and confusion of losing her closest friend to suicide, Crosley looks for answers in philosophy and art, hoping for a framework more useful than the unavoidable stages of grief. For most of her adult life, Sloane and Russell worked together and played together as they navigated the corridors of office life, the literary world, and the dramatic cultural shifts in New York City. One day, Sloane’s apartment is broken into. Along with her most prized possessions, the thief makes off with her sense of security, leaving a mystery in its place. When Russell dies exactly one month later, his suicide propels Sloane on a wild quest to right the unrightable, to explore what constitutes family and possession as the city itself faces the staggering toll of the pandemic. Sloane Crosley’s search for truth is frank, darkly funny, and gilded with resounding empathy. Upending the “grief memoir,” Grief Is for People is a category-defying story of the struggle to hold on to the past without being consumed by it. A modern elegy, it rises precisely to console and challenge our notions of mourning during these grief-stricken times.
Download or read book The Cream Brick House written by Christine Ellen and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2017-05-08 with total page 654 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is based on the lives of one family, dating from the early 1920s to the twenty-first century. The novel expands the lives of the family and their individual journeys but concentrates mainly on one character and her experiences. Elodea faces challenges, tragedies, and joys in her life as she struggles with all that besets her over her ninety-one years. There are moments of sadness, struggle, and joy. Elodeas life encounters many twists and desperate times, but the temerity and willpower she learned in her early years always fortify her throughout her life.
Download or read book Ancient Carved Ambers in the J Paul Getty Museum written by Faya Causey and published by Getty Publications. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2012, this catalogue presents fifty-six Etruscan, Greek, and Italic carved ambers from the Getty Museum's collection—the second largest body of this material in the United States and one of the most important in the world. The ambers date from about 650 to 300 BC. The catalogue offers full description of the pieces, including typology, style, chronology, condition, and iconography. Each piece is illustrated. The catalogue is preceded by a general introduction to ancient amber (which was also published in 2012 as a stand-alone print volume titled Amber and the Ancient World). Through exquisite visual examples and vivid classical texts, this book examines the myths and legends woven around amber—its employment in magic and medicine, its transport and carving, and its incorporation into jewelry, amulets, and other objects of prestige. This publication highlights a group of remarkable amber carvings at the J. Paul Getty Museum. This catalogue was first published in 2012 at museumcatalogues.getty.edu/amber/. The present online edition of this open-access publication was migrated in 2019 to www.getty.edu/publications/ambers/; it features zoomable, high-resolution photography; free PDF, EPUB, and Kindle/MOBI downloads of the book; and JPG downloads of the catalogue images.
Download or read book Guide to Caribbean Family Vacations written by Candyce H. Stapen and published by National Geographic. This book was released on 2003 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Families seeking the ideal Caribbean vacation will find it in these pages. Whether you're traveling with toddlers, teens, or twenty-somethings, look inside for the best activities to be enjoyed in the islands -- as well as on the Caribbean coasts of Mexico, Belize, Honduras, and Costa Rica. The National Geographic Guide to Caribbean Family Vacations takes you to the beach, but it doesn't strand you there. Family-travel expert Candyce H. Stapen has journeyed throughout the region to present the gamut of family-friendly activities. From snorkeling little-known coral reefs to swimming with dolphins to riding horses along a windswept beach, you'll find it here. Tips accompanying site write-ups guide you to key aspects of a destination, while detailed Travelwise boxes provide lodging, contact, and outfitter information. In-depth features showcase the aspects of Caribbean culture that will appeal most to children -- the region's music, its carnivals, and its food, from conch fritters to soursop ice cream. Book jacket.
Download or read book Rock Gem written by DK and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2023-06-27 with total page 362 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Your compact guide to more than 450 rocks, crystals, gemstones, and fossils Explore the treasures of the Earth—sparkling crystals, vibrant gemstones, and age-old fossils—with this illustrated guide that's sure to captivate every rockhound and budding gemmologist. From primeval origins to their astonishing modern-day uses and appeal, this is the ultimate portrait of Earth's geological riches. Also included is a focused look at other precious materials often prized for their beauty, such as amber, coral, ivory, and fossils. Learn how to identify more than 450 rock and gem specimens through stunning photographs and detailed characteristics. Discover more about rocks and gems through folklore and historical artifacts and find out the fascinating stories behind some of the amazing natural treasures, including the Hope Diamond and the Great Mogul emerald. It also contains information on polishing and displaying your finds to further equip you with all the knowledge needed to delve into the arena of rock and mineral collecting. Rocks & Gems was produced in association with the Smithsonian in Washington, D.C., the world's largest museum complex, ensuring the guide's accuracy.
Download or read book Full Spectrum Economics written by Christian Arnsperger and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-01-08 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a philosophical critique of neoclassical and post-neoclassical economics.
Download or read book Gemstones of the World written by Walter Schumann and published by Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Gemstones of the World" is an essential resource for every hobbyist, jeweler, or jewelry maker. More than 1,500 full-color photos showcase each precious and semiprecious stone in its rough, natural, polished, and cut renditions.
Download or read book Jewels written by Victoria Finlay and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2006-08-15 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout history, precious stones have inspired passions and poetry, quests and curses, sacred writings and unsacred actions. In this scintillating book, journalist Victoria Finlay embarks on her own globe-circling search for the real stories behind some of the gems we prize most. Blending adventure travel, geology, exciting new research, and her own irresistible charm, Finlay has fashioned a treasure hunt for some of the most valuable, glamorous, and mysterious substances on earth. With the same intense curiosity and narrative flair she displayed in her widely-praised book Color, Finlay journeys from the underground opal churches of outback Australia to the once pearl-rich rivers of Scotland; from the peridot mines on an Apache reservation in Arizona to the remote ruby mines in the mountains of northern Burma. She risks confronting scorpions to crawl through Cleopatra’s long-deserted emerald mines, tries her hand at gem cutting in the dusty Sri Lankan city where Marco Polo bartered for sapphires, and investigates a rumor that fifty years ago most of the world’s amber was mined by prisoners in a Soviet gulag. Jewels is a unique and often exhilarating voyage through history, across cultures, deep into the earth’s mantle, and up to the glittering heights of fame, power, and wealth. From the fabled curse of the Hope Diamond, to the disturbing truths about how pearls are cultured, to the peasants who were once executed for carrying amber to the centuries-old quest by magicians and scientists to make a perfect diamond, Jewels tells dazzling stories with a wonderment and brilliance truly worthy of its subjects.
