Author : Frederic Brewster Loomis
Publisher :
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 35,91 MB
Release : 1923
Category : Mineralogy
ISBN :
Author : Roger Caillois
Publisher : First Glance Books
Page : 136 pages
File Size : 50,13 MB
Release : 1985
Category : Nature
ISBN :
Author : Pamela Binnings Ewen
Publisher : Blackstone Publishing
Page : 359 pages
File Size : 27,58 MB
Release : 2020-04-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 1982546948
Legendary fashion designer Coco Chanel is revered for her sophisticated style—the iconic little black dress—and famed for her intoxicating perfume Chanel No. 5. Yet behind the public persona is a complicated woman of intrigue, shadowed by mysterious rumors. The Queen of Paris, the new novel from award-winning author Pamela Binnings Ewen, is fiction based on facts, some uncovered only within the past few years, and vividly imagines the hidden life of Chanel during the four years of Nazi occupation in Paris in the midst of WWII. Coco Chanel could be cheerful, lighthearted, and generous; she also could be ruthless, manipulative, even cruel. Against the winds of war, with the Wehrmacht marching down the Champs-Élysées, Chanel finds herself residing alongside the Reich’s High Command in the Hotel Ritz. Surrounded by the enemy, Chanel wages a private war of her own to wrestle full control of her perfume company from the hands of her Jewish business partner, Pierre Wertheimer. With anti-Semitism on the rise, he has escaped to the United States with the confidential formula for Chanel No. 5. Distrustful of his intentions to set up production on the outskirts of New York City, Chanel fights to seize ownership. The House of Chanel shall not fall. While Chanel struggles to keep her livelihood intact, Paris sinks under the iron fist of German rule. Chanel—a woman made of sparkling granite—will do anything to survive. She will even agree to collaborate with the Nazis in order to protect her darkest secrets. When she is covertly recruited by Germany to spy for the Reich, she becomes Agent F-7124, code name: Westminster. But why? And to what lengths will she go to keep her stormy past from haunting her future?
Author : Jon L. Hawker
Publisher :
Page : 348 pages
File Size : 19,97 MB
Release : 1992
Category : Geology
ISBN :
"In this magnificent book, Oliver Schuchard provides more than sixty-five exquisite black-and-white photographs spanning his thirty-eight years of photography. In addition, he explains the aesthetic rationale and techniques he used in order to produce these photographs, emphasizing the profound differences between, yet necessary interdependence of, craft and content. Although Schuchard believes that craft is important, he maintains that the idea behind the photograph and the emotional content of the image are equally vital and are, in fact, functions of one another. The author also shares components of his life experience that he believes helped shape his development as an artist and a teacher. He chose the splendid photographs included in this book from among nearly 5,000 negatives that had been exposed all over the world, from Missouri to Maine, California, Alaska, Colorado, France, Newfoundland, and Hawaii, among many other locations. Approximately 250 negatives survived the initial review, and each of those was printed before a final decision was made on which photographs were to be featured in the book. The final choices are representative of Schuchard's work and serve to substantiate his belief that craft, concept, and self must be fully understood and carefully melded for a good photograph to occur. This amazing work by award-winning photographer Oliver Schuchard will be treasured by professional and amateur photographers alike, as well as by anyone who simply enjoys superb photography."--Publishers website.
Author : Swapan Kumar Haldar
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 22,32 MB
Release : 2020-07-29
Category : Science
ISBN : 0323851363
Introduction to Mineralogy and Petrology, second edition, presents the essentials of both disciplines through an approach accessible to industry professionals, academic researchers, and students alike. This new edition emphasizes the relationship between rocks and minerals, right from the structures created during rock formation through the economics of mineral deposits. While petrology is classified on the lines of geological evolution and rock formation, mineralogy speaks to the physical and chemical properties, uses, and global occurrences for each mineral, emphasizing the need for the growth of human development. The primary goal is for the reader to identify minerals in all respects, including host-rocks, and mineral deposits, with additional knowledge of mineral-exploration, resource, extraction, process, and ultimate use. To help provide a comprehensive analysis across ethical and socio-economic dimensions, a separate chapter describes the hazards associated with minerals, rocks, and mineral industries, and the consequences to humanity along with remedies and case studies. New to the second edition: includes coverage of minerals and petrology in extra-terrestrial environments as well as case studies on the hazards of the mining industry. Addresses the full scope of core concepts of mineralogy and petrology, including crystal structure, formation and grouping of minerals and soils, definition, origin, structure and classification of igneous, sedimentary and metamorphic rocks Features more than 250 figures, illustrations and color photographs to vividly explore the fundamental principles of mineralogy and petrology Offers a holistic approach to both subjects, beginning with the formation of geologic structures that is followed by the hosting of mineral deposits and the exploration and extraction of lucrative, usable products that improve the health of global economies Includes new content on minerals and petrology in extraterrestrial environments and case studies on hazards in the mining industry
Author : Walter Schumann
Publisher : N. A. G. Press
Page : 279 pages
File Size : 39,80 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Precious stones
ISBN : 9780719803017
A comprehensive manual of the world's gemstones and includes more than 1,400 examples. Opposite each illustration, this text provides a description of the particular stone, including details of the properties and chemical composition which makes the stone unique. It also gives information on location of major deposits, and alternative names.
Author : Edwin B. Eckel
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 484 pages
File Size : 22,86 MB
Release : 2015-12-06
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781519732507
This is a summary of the known facts about the minerals that make up the rocks, soils, and ore deposits of Colorado. Compilation and abridgment of the literature from 1858, when gold was discovered, through 1957 (with a few additions for 1958 and 1959) is supplemented by information from unpublished sources. Designed to be of use to both professional and amateur mineralogists, the main part of the report describes the chief occurrences of 445 mineral species,42 of them first found in Colorado, together with many subspecies, varieties, and discredited "type" species. Directions for finding these localities are also given in the text. The bibliography contains more than 800 selected references to the most significant literature on the subject
Author : Gilberto Artioli
Publisher : Emu Notes in Mineralogy
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 23,62 MB
Release : 2019-09-09
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780903056618
The chapters contributed to this book recognize the important and diverse contributions of mineralogy to the valorization, characterization, interpretation and conservation of cultural heritage. The book focuses on examples of materials and methodological issues rather than technical/analytical details.
Author : Composition Notebookers
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 10,47 MB
Release : 2017-10-24
Category :
ISBN : 9781978035355
The friendliest way to inspire your kids to take notes and master their spelling! This "My Personal Spelling Dictionary Logbook: The Notebook for Kids' Collection of Their Hard Words to Spell, for Spelling Practice & Enhancing Word Power!" comes with 220 wide ruled pages for kids to write in the words they found challenging, either in their daily life or classrooms. Each page pair comes with a big alphabet (in dictionary-like format) that signifies the letter with which the words inside the pages start. Due to its size of 6 x 9 inches, kids can carry this personal dictionary logbook along anywhere they want and well keep up with the vocabulary they want to master! In addition to the over two hundred blank dictionary-like pages inside, the very first page of this book is the owner's page where kids can write their own name, making this spelling dictionary truly personal, and also making the book great as gifts for children of any age. Followed by the lists of Top 20 hardest words, and Top 20 most favorite words, (of their own) which will definitely add fun to children's vocabulary learning experience. The last couple pages are intentionally reserved unlined, so children can give illustrations to some words in their own terms, which is a great way to help them deal with those more challenging words! The pages are bound by the book industry standard binding (the same binding as most paperbacks in the library) and the book covers are laminated with matte finish that helps repel liquid and toughens the cover, so that this one-and-only personal dictionary may keep the vocabulary collection with you and your little child longer. Plus, the book cover and the spine is writable, so, once this book is used up, kids can simply write its subject and volume number, then continue on the next "My Personal Spelling Dictionary Logbook" (available on leading on-line and brick-and-mortar bookstores) to continue the compilation they are proud of, without any disruption! Now with this book, your children can be friends with any words they found challenging, and continuously building on their vocabulary effortlessly, through the semester and beyond!
Author : Franck Cochoy
Publisher :
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 33,39 MB
Release : 2016-07-25
Category :
ISBN : 9780995527706
What draws us towards a shop window display? What drives us to grab a special offer, to enter the privileged circle of premium newspaper subscribers, to peruse the pages of an enticing magazine? Without doubt, it is curiosity - that essential force of everyday action which invites us to break from our habits and to become transported beyond our very selves. Curiosity (whether healthy or unhealthy) is one of the favourite tricks of market seduction. Capturing a public - attracting the attention of a reader, seducing a customer, meeting the expectations of a user, persuading a voter ... - often requires the construction of a set of technical devices that can play upon people's inner motivations. Cochoy invites us to take a sociological trip into these cabinets of curiosity, accompanied throughout by Bluebeard, a fairy tale that is both a model of the genre and a pure curiosity machine. At once a work of history and economic anthropology, the book meticulously analyses the devices designed by markets to arouse, excite, and sustain curiosity: a window display, practices of 'teasing', packaging, bus shelters, mobile internet technologies, to name but a few. In the Bettencourt and Strauss-Kahn affairs and the Wikileaks controversy, Cochoy also uncovers the work of investigative journalism and its attention-grabbing 'scoops', revealing the secrets of the revealers of secrets. Available in English for the first time, this major work will arouse readers' curiosity over the course of its unusual and colourful journey. By the end, now better informed and more cautious, they will be able to identify the traps of which they are the target. So long as curiosity is kept at bay, at least!
