Emerald
Author: Joanna Hardy
Publisher:
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780500517208
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn ambitious, lavishly illustrated survey of the most valuable of precious gems
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Author: Joanna Hardy
Publisher:
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780500517208
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn ambitious, lavishly illustrated survey of the most valuable of precious gems
Author: Elizabeth Krajnik
Publisher: The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc
Published: 2017-12-15
Total Pages: 26
ISBN-13: 1508164436
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReaders will be mesmerized by this fascinating text about glittering, green emeralds. The book unlocks the mystery of how emeralds form, and sheds light on the mining and refining processes, the gem's properties, and its main uses. Dazzling photographs of the gleaming gemstones will enthuse readers. This intriguing take on curricular subject matter is the perfect supplement to elementary life science education.
Author: Amy B. Rogers
Publisher: Greenhaven Publishing LLC
Published: 2017-07-15
Total Pages: 27
ISBN-13: 1534523030
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDue to their striking green color, emeralds are highly prized as a beautiful addition to all kinds of jewelry. They have been used for thousands of years, especially by the ancient Egyptians and Incas. Over time, technology has changed the way these gems are extracted from the earth and shaped into glittering jewels. Through accessible text and enlightening fact boxes, readers discover the process behind the creation of valuable pieces of emerald jewelry. Full-color photographs display the dazzling beauty of emeralds.
Author: Fred Ward
Publisher:
Published: 2010
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781887651158
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John Cressler
Publisher: Milford House Press
Published: 2013
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9781620061978
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"How could we forget? Our world is stained with the blood of religious conflict and fanaticism, yet we managed to forget that for hundreds of years in medieval Spain, Christians, Muslims and Jews lived together in relative peace, sharing languages and customs, whispering words of love across religious boundaries, embracing a level of mutual acceptance and respect unimaginable today. Together, they launched one of the great intellectual and cultural flowerings of history. Our world aches for a future graced with tolerance and peace. Let us join together in reawakening the glory of medieval Muslim Spain, of al-Andalus. Emeralds of the Alhambra is a love story set in the resplendent Alhambra Palace in Granada, Spain, during the Castilian Civil War (1367-1369), a time when Muslims took up their swords to fight alongside Christians. Here is the story of William Chandon, a Christian knight, and the Sufi Muslim princess, Layla al-Khatib. As Chandon's influence at court grows, he becomes trapped between his forbidden love for Layla and his Christian heritage, the demands of chivalry and political expediency. Chandon and Layla must make choices between love and honor, war and peace, life and death, choices which ultimately will seal Granada's fate as the last surviving stronghold of Muslim Spain. Emeralds of the Alhambra is the first book in the series Anthems of al-Andalus" --Back cover.
Author: Peter Guzzardi
Publisher: Harper Collins
Published: 2019-05-28
Total Pages: 135
ISBN-13: 0062348787
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPeter Guzzardi spent decades as an editor working with some of the wisest writers of our time—from Stephen Hawking and Deepak Chopra to Carol Burnett and Douglas Adams—yet he couldn’t shake the sense that everything he’d learned from working with them felt oddly familiar. One day, he had an epiphany: All that wisdom had its roots in a film he’d watched as a child—The Wizard of Oz. In Emeralds of Oz, Guzzardi invites us to join him on a journey through the classic film, unearthing gems of wisdom large and small about longing, joy, compassion, fear, power, and having faith in ourselves. He also creates a practical Oz-based tool that we can apply to obstacles in our own lives. Now, like Dorothy, we can activate the magical power we’ve possessed all along. Written with the grace and insight of All I Really Need to Know I Learned in Kindergarten, Emeralds of Oz is an instant classic, sure to inspire a fresh perspective on this legendary movie—and on our own lives.
Author: Betsy Woodman
Publisher: Henry Holt and Company
Published: 2014-07-08
Total Pages: 288
ISBN-13: 1627790543
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFeathers 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: Michael O'Donoghue
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
Published: 2012-12-06
Total Pages: 395
ISBN-13: 9400911912
DOWNLOAD EBOOKGemstones is the first attempt in English to bring together the geological, mineralogical and gemmological developments that have taken place during the last thirty years. Though there have been many gemstone books published in that time, most have been concerned, understandably and rightly, with the science of gem testing and have covered that area very well. Details of the geological occurrence of many of the classic gemstones, and of nearly all those which have only recently been discovered, have been less adequately dealt with. Coverage has been restricted to a number of papers in a wide variety of geological and mineralogical journals. Gemstones hopes to get the balance right. In the preparation of the book all the journals and monographs in the field have been consulted so that the book should stand for some years as the authority to which gemmologists and others turn in the first instance. Ease of reference and depth of coverage make Gemstones both a reference book and a bench book. Acknow ledgements I am grateful to Brian Jackson of the Department of Geology, Royal Museums of Scotland who read the manuscript and painstakingly indicated places where amendment or alteration was needed. I am also grateful to the publishers of the books on which the line illustrations are based. The colour plates present in the book derive from a number of sources, which I would like to acknowledge as follows. Plates 1, 4-15 and 17 Crown copyright reserved.
Author: Eric Ethan
Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP
Published: 2011-08-01
Total Pages: 26
ISBN-13: 1433947226
DOWNLOAD EBOOKEmeralds are the most expensive gems in the world, but it takes a lot of time and effort for them to get that way. Readers will discover many interesting facts about this beautiful May birthstone that takes millions of years to form. Vibrant photographs capture emeralds at all stages, from the mines to beautiful pieces of jewelry.