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Pearls are beautiful flukes of nature. The only gemstones formed inside living creatures, these lustrous gems have fascinated mankind for centuries. Readers will be enchanted by this thorough study of pearls, how they're formed, how they're collected, and their historic uses. Meeting Next Generation Science Standards with a unique spin on curricular subject matter, this book is a guaranteed jaw-dropper for young scientists.

Diving For Pearls: Jazz Interpretations Of The Colin Steele - LP 4015698010510

Kathleen B. Jones brings a scholar's insights and a lyrical voice to this philosophical memoir about her thirty-year fascination with Hannah Arendt, one of the 20th century's most controversial thinkers. With Arendt as her guide, Jones recounts stories from her own life interwoven with Arendt's life and work, demonstrating Arendt's enduring relevance to thinking about the dilemmas of modern life.

In her newest work, Nan Goldin merges her deep admiration for the artworks of the past with a lifelong dedication to her most immediate circle of friends. Invited by the Louvre, she photographed artworks of her choice at the museum and, guided by aesthetic and associative considerations, connected them to earlier photographs of her friends and lovers. In this way she not only draws inspiration from the rich sources of art history but revisits her own oeuvre of the last 40 years. The striking similarities between the two different pictorial worlds exert an intense dynamic on the viewer. The series, which yielded over 400 photographs, was shown for the first time in its full scope at the Kestnergesellschaft in Hannover, Germany. For this occasion, Diving for Pearls was conceived as an independent artist book which, alongside Goldin’s newest work "Saints," contains a selection of photographs that have never been published before. Nan Goldin was born in Washington, DC, in 1953 and is one of the most eminent female photographers of our times. She studied at the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston. Since 1982 she has visited and worked in Berlin on a regular basis. She received a Hasselblad Photography Award in 2007. Goldin lives in Berlin, New York and Paris.

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Bill High spent more than 365 days of his working career underwater in 4 undersea laboratories, 5 deep submersibles and as both a commercial and sport diver. Bill was a hospital and field medic, sport and commercial fisherman, sky diver, hunter and witness to the Japanese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. He rode the back of a wild killer whale and swam with more than 1,000 dolphins. For more than 50 years he sought adventure above and below the ocean.

Australia's untold history of diving....From pearl divers to police divers-now Australia's untold history comes to the surface.

Kuwaiti Architecture is a style of architecture unique to Kuwait, a country founded in the early 18th century. Kuwait was a relatively poor country with an economy reliant on declining trade and pearl diving. The economy was transformed by the discovery of oil, enabling unprecedented economic growth. Little has survived of old Kuwaiti architecture due to the high speed of development. Kuwait's traditional building materials were rubble stone covered with thick mud plaster, mud brick and sometimes Cora stone. Wood was rare, though mangrove poles imported from East Africa were used for roofs, as were some other few select woods from India. Early Kuwaiti architecture was relatively simple and describes as being based on common sense. Houses had a simple and basic exterior designs, and most artistic touches were found on main doors and windows (more on this very soon). These houses having to accommodate the communal and tight nit nature of Kuwaiti society were divided into separate quarters accommodating different members of one family, usually the male children of the owner and their wives. It is common to find central courts, as is the case in other Arab countries, that served as a gathering place for the families. Later, during the 18th century typical Kuwait merchant house was built in the Ottoman style that reached the city from Basra. Ottoman features included projecting wooden balconies enclosed with wooden screens or mashrabiya and covered wooden doorways which sometimes included European motifs. The extreme heat of the city made wind catchers and ventilation a necessity for most houses.

Abby: South Seas Adventures is a fun, new series that is a surefire hit for 8- to 12-year-old girls. Lots of excitement will keep kids coming back for each new Abby title. In books 7 & 8, Abby, her family, and her best friend Luke have many adventures. Pearl diving, shark and eel attacks, a flight in a balloon, and a mysterious fire are sure to delight readers. Through it all Abby learns that God is faithful, he always keeps his promises, and is always watching over her. In #7 Trouble in Tahiti, will Abby uncover the plot to kill the Tahitian queen—before it's too late?

Abby: South Seas Adventures is a fun, new series that is a surefire hit for 8- to 12-year-old girls. Lots of excitement will keep kids coming back for each new Abby title. In books 7 & 8, Abby, her family, and her best friend Luke have many adventures. Pearl diving, shark and eel attacks, a flight in a balloon, and a mysterious fire are sure to delight readers. Through it all Abby learns that God is faithful, he always keeps his promises, and is always watching over her. In #8 Maui Mystery, Abby and Luke must unravel the mystery behind the church arson on the island of Maui.

Like "Snow Falling on Cedars," a beautifully written and deeply moving love story set against the racial tensions of a small Australian pearl-diving town on the eve of World War II.On the eve of WWII, suspicion runs rampant in Hartley Penrose's small town. Even though they've done nothing wrong, the town is turning against its native Japanese residents - including Mitsy Sennosuke, the girl Hart loves despite himself. The result is a wrenching, unforgettable story of romance, betrayal, and the turmoils that rock both the world and the heart.

Paperback. Mark Dodd arrived in Broome in 1978 as a 20-year-old looking for adventure, after working his way across northern Australia. There he fell in with the crew of the fabled DMcD, one of the last of the old wooden pearling luggers that still worked the Kimberley coast diving for pearl shell. He came aboard as a deckhand before graduating to become one of the pearl shell divers. He dived for four seasons, living a life on the luggers and in the pubs and exotic alleys of Broome that would have been recognisable to pearl divers for 100 years before, but has now sadly disappeared forever.This story encompasses it all: the cramped camaraderie of life on a small wooden lugger, what it is like to be 40 metres down to the sea floor at the end of precarious length of air hose, as you search for shell whilst keeping one eye out for tiger sharks.His book is both an adventure and a wonderfully nostalgic account of an industry and a way of life that has gone forever. Mark Dodd arrived in Broome in 1978 as a 20-year-old looking for adventure, after working his way across northern Australia. There he fell in with the crew of the fabled DMcD, one of the last of the old wooden pearling luggers that still worked the Kimberley coast diving for pearl shell. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.