Brilliance and fire
a biography of diamonds
Brilliance and fire
a biography of diamonds
Book - 2016
"Sheds new light on the enticing, often surprising, story of our society's enduring obsession with the hardest gemstone, offering a fascinating history of its origins and revealing its greatest champions and most colorful enthusiasts. 25,000 first printing,"--NoveList.
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| 37413316405176 | متاح | Non-fiction | 553.82 BERGSTE |
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| التنسيق: | كتاب |
| اللغة: | English |
| منشور في: |
New York, NY :
Harper,
[2016]
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| الطبعة: | First edition. |
| الموضوعات: |
MARC
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| 245 | 1 | 0 | |a Brilliance and fire : |b a biography of diamonds / |c Rachelle Bergstein. |
| 250 | |a First edition. | ||
| 264 | 1 | |a New York, NY : |b Harper, |c [2016] | |
| 264 | 4 | |c ©2016 | |
| 300 | |a xvii, 375 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : |b illustrations (some color) ; |c 24 cm | ||
| 336 | |a text |b txt |2 rdacontent | ||
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| 504 | |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 323-352) and index. | ||
| 520 | |a "Sheds new light on the enticing, often surprising, story of our society's enduring obsession with the hardest gemstone, offering a fascinating history of its origins and revealing its greatest champions and most colorful enthusiasts. 25,000 first printing,"--NoveList. | ||
| 505 | 0 | |a The buyers : how the American rich came to love diamonds -- The seekers : how one sickly Englishman took over the diamond industry -- The lovers : how young women came to expect diamond rings (part I) -- The show-offs : how a single stone bewitched its owners, and captivated America -- The optimists : how the industry survived two world wars and the Great Depression -- The sellers : how young women came to expect diamond rings (part II) -- The queens : how Wallis Simpson earned her diamonds -- The stars : how an advertising agency got diamonds ready for their close-up -- The winners : how Elizabeth Taylor learned to speak Italian -- The meddlers : how little stones got big -- The inventors : how to make a diamond (and provoke De Beers) -- The illusionists : how the magicians protected their tricks -- The masters : how the Australians democratized diamonds -- The stunners : how tough guys started wearing diamonds -- The critics : how a global crisis changed the meaning of "forever" -- The innovators : how to sell diamonds in a (more) enlightened world. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Diamonds |x Social aspects. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Diamonds |x History. | |
| 650 | 0 | |a Diamond industry and trade |x History. | |
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