The Good Diamond

The Good Diamond
Author: Skye Kathleen Moody
Publisher: Macmillan
Total Pages: 374
Release: 2004-08
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 9780312324155

The Good Diamond A Pacific Northwest Mystery Skye Kathleen Moody United States Fish and Wildlife Agent Venus Diamond tracks a stolen gem across Canada and the United States in this latest installment of Moody's quirky series Reports of two Canadian black bears abandoned in a cage just south of the United States-Canadian border bring Agent Venus Diamond to the scene to discover one bear severely malnourished and the other dead, his stomach slit open. Local authorities quickly deduce that the bears were used as a diversion by drug smugglers, but Venus is skeptical and follows up on lead after lead until all she has to go on is a distinctive diamond ring off a dead informant's hand. The ring leads her to a diamond mine in Northern Canada, where she discovers that a priceless blue diamond had been found and kept secret. Stolen before it could be cut and shown to the world, Venus is now on the trail of a ruth-less smuggler, as one by one he kills those helping him cut, process, and sell the most valuable diamond in the world. The Good Diamond is the seventh winning and suspense-ful entry in Moody's atmospheric environmental mystery series. 'Venus Diamond, the peppy Fish and Wildlife Service agent in Skye Kathleen Moody's energetic mysteries, can be my alter ego.' -Marilyn Stasio, The New York Times Skye Kathleen Moody, writer, photographer, and teacher, lives in Seattle where she was born and raised. Mystery 0-312-32415-4 $24.95 / $34.95 Can. 51/2" x 81/4" / 320 pages Hardcover

The Shapiro Diamond

The Shapiro Diamond
Author: Michael Legat
Publisher: House of Stratus
Total Pages: 266
Release: 2011-06-20
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 0755126769

Reckless and headstrong Jan Shapiro resigned himself never learning the intricate skills of diamond cutting, which was the family business. But his father saw it as his duty. Depressed and frustrated, Jan leaves Amsterdam. But what lay ahead was a story of passion, love, betrayal – and riches beyond measure.

How to Buy a Diamond

How to Buy a Diamond
Author: Fred Cuellar
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Total Pages: 231
Release: 2012-04-01
Genre: Reference
ISBN: 1402267339

"Finally, one of the top diamond experts breaks the silence and demystifies the world of diamonds for regular folks like you and me."—Gregory J.P. Godek, author of 1001 Ways to Be Romantic Get Your Money's Worth on a Great Diamond! Buying a diamond can be one of the most important and intimidating purchases you ever make. Whether you're getting engaged or married, or are buying for an anniversary, investment, or just because, How to Buy a Diamond will take the pressure and uncertainty out of your purchase, and will show you how to get the best diamond for your money. Newly revised and completely updated, How to Buy a Diamond is the only book on the market to include wholesalers' secret pricing charts athat you, the public, never get to see. The charts are broken down by carat, clarity, and color—including the various types of color within each color grade. Important sections include: • Matching your funds with the perfect diamond • The four C's explained: clarity, color, cut and carat size • Ring styles and settings • Insuring and caring for your diamond • Picking the right jeweler • Grade bumping: what it is and how to spot it • Surprising new changes to guild stores • Jewelers' tricks of the trade • Wholesalers' secret pricing charts!

Secrets of Diamonds

Secrets of Diamonds
Author: Herman Neuman
Publisher: Lulu.com
Total Pages: 92
Release: 2016-07-29
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1365293203

Diamond insider HERMAN NEUMAN shares the secret of why Elizabeth Taylor received a million-dollar diamond via a transfer on an international airliner, flying over the Mediterranean. It was a secret known to Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton and Michael Jackson... MR. NEUMAN was crudely warned: "You have the right to remain silent. Anything you say may be used against you!" Law enforcement authorities at Love Field Airport, Dallas, Texas, told this Diamond Connoisseur after they discovered a gun in his bag... But now, in this unique book, Mr. Neuman no longer carries a loaded weapon. It is, however, a cutting-edge literary weapon called Secrets of Diamonds. Now unlocked is the door to the secret world of real and bogus diamond certifications and classifications. In Secrets of Diamonds is everything you wanted to know about diamonds, but didn't know what to ask! How to buy and sell and scrutinize diamonds. Know for the first time the carefully-guarded diamond-industry pitfalls and deceptions...

Gift of Diamonds

Gift of Diamonds
Author: Roberta Seret
Publisher: Wayzgoose Press
Total Pages: 335
Release: 2021-02-23
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

Seventeen-year-old Mica is a determined aspiring actress living with her parents in Romania as Nicolae Ceausescu begins his reign. Her parents are covertly political and influential, which makes them a perfect target for the Secret Police. They’re soon arrested, and Mica flees the country with her father’s rare—and possibly cursed—diamonds. With her parents imprisoned, it’s up to Mica to investigate the terrorism involving Ceausescu and his nuclear business partners.

E-Plan Your Wedding

E-Plan Your Wedding
Author: Crystal Melendez
Publisher: Mediasoft Press
Total Pages: 482
Release: 2007-04
Genre: Wedding etiquette
ISBN: 1933457007

Learn to put today's online planning resources to use. Includes information on traditions, etiquette, budgets, and more.

The Best of Bridge Today Digest

The Best of Bridge Today Digest
Author: Matthew Granovetter
Publisher: Master Point Press
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2001
Genre: Games & Activities
ISBN: 9781894154390

Bridge Today Digest recently celebrated its first anniversary (and 100th issue) as an Internet-based 'bridgezine'. It is renowned for its practical advice, its wonderful bridge stories, and the wry humour and personal touch of its editors. For this collection, they have selected the very best pieces from their first year, and come up with a compendium that every bridge player can read, enjoy, and learn from. It includes short pieces from world-renowned writers, questions and comments from readers (and the editors' responses to them ), and a wealth of fascinating hands, anecdotes and advice from the editors.

Christmas Collection - The Best Holiday Novels, Stories, Carols & Legends

Christmas Collection - The Best Holiday Novels, Stories, Carols & Legends
Author: Selma Lagerlöf
Publisher: DigiCat
Total Pages: 6685
Release: 2022-11-13
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

DigiCat presents to you this unique collection of the greatest Christmas classics: most beloved novels, tales, legends, poetry & carols - to warm up your heart and rekindle your holiday sparkle: The First Christmas Of New England (Harriet Beecher Stowe) The Gift of the Magi (O. Henry) The Holy Night (Selma Lagerlöf) A Merry Christmas & Other Christmas Stories (Louisa May Alcott) A Letter from Santa Claus (Mark Twain) Silent Night The Night After Christmas The Child Born at Bethlehem The Adoration of the Shepherds The Visit of the Wise Men As Joseph Was A-Walking The Tale of Peter Rabbit (Beatrix Potter) Where Love Is, God Is (Leo Tolstoy) The Three Kings (Henry Wadsworth Longfellow) A Christmas Carol (Samuel Taylor Coleridge) Life and Adventures of Santa Claus (L. Frank Baum) Christmas At Sea (Robert Louis Stevenson) The Savior Must Have Been A Docile Gentleman (Emily Dickinson) The Heavenly Christmas Tree (Fyodor Dostoevsky) The Little City of Hope (F. Marion Crawford) Christmas in the Olden Time (Walter Scott) Christmas In India (Rudyard Kipling) A Christmas Carol (Charles Dickens) The Twelve Days of Christmas The Wonderful Wizard of OZ (L. Frank Baum) Ring Out, Wild Bells (Alfred Lord Tennyson) Little Lord Fauntleroy (Frances Hodgson Burnett) Black Beauty (Anna Sewell) The Christmas Child (Hesba Stretton) Granny's Wonderful Chair (Frances Browne) The Romance of a Christmas Card (Kate Douglas Wiggin) Wind in the Willows (Kenneth Grahame) The Wonderful Life - Story of the life and death of our Lord (Hesba Stretton) The Christmas Angel (A. Brown) Christmas at Thompson Hall (Anthony Trollope) Christmas Every Day (William Dean Howells) The Lost Word (Henry van Dyke) The Nutcracker and the Mouse King (E. T. A. Hoffmann) The Little Match Girl The Elves and the Shoemaker Mother Holle The Star Talers Snow-White...