"Constance Kent murder), is not a member of the gentry and is unable to break Rachel Verinder's reticence about what Cuff knows to be an inside job. ""The Moonstone"" has also been described as perhaps the earliest police procedural, due to the portrayal of Cuff. The social difference between Collins' two detectives is nicely shown by their relationships with the Verinder family; Sergeant Cuff befriends Gabriel Betteredge, Lady Verinder's steward (chief servant), whereas Franklin Blake eventually marries her daughter Rachel. ""The Moonstone"" represents Collins's only complete reprisal of the popular ""multi-narration"" method that he had previously utilised to great effect"
"map to the Dominion Jewel, a legendary stone that provides untold powers in the hands of Gifted or unGifted rulers. Alanna and Coram decide to go after it. The Woman Who Rides Like a Man The Woman Who Rides Like a Man is a fantasy novel by Tamora Pierce, the third in a series of four books, ""The Song of the Lioness"". It details the knighthood of Alanna of Trebond as she lives in the Bazhir desert after becoming a knight. A newly knighted Alanna leaves the capital to travel among the Bazhir in the desert, eventually becoming adopted by"
"Universe and even ""Jurassic Park"". Many popular authors and illustrators have worked on Little Golden Books and related products, including: In 2010, Ryan Jude Novelline revealed the ""Golden Book Gown"", a ""one-of-a-kind fairytale-inspired gown almost entirely from Golden Books...[featuring] a 22,000-square-inch page-turning skirt and a form-fitting bodice made from the spines"". In an episode of ""Friends"", Chandler tracks down an early edition of ""The Velveteen Rabbit"" for Joey's girlfriend, Kathy, as a birthday gift. He warns Rachel against touching the rabbit due to the oils of human hands. Little Golden Books Little Golden Books is a popular series of children's"
"reported from sixteen nations. Zoellner had to go deeply into debt to do the research for this book, which also told a personal story: the demise of his engagement to a woman in San Francisco and his consequent difficulties in letting go of the diamond ring which had been given back to him. The book was called “a dazzling display of intrepid reporting,” by ""Entertainment Weekly"" magazine, and “an illuminating expose of a mineral and an industry,” by ""The Wall Street Journal'. His follow-up book was ""Uranium: War Energy and the Rock that Shaped the World"" (Viking/Penguin, 2009), which took"
"The book suggests that some practices of traditional societies could be usefully adopted in the modern industrial world today, either by individuals or else by society as a whole. Diamond is married to Marie Cohen, granddaughter of Polish politician Edward Werner. They have twin sons, born in 1987. ""Zaglossus bartoni diamondi"" was named in honor of Jared Diamond. Jared Diamond Jared Mason Diamond (born September 10, 1937) is an American geographer, historian, and author best known for his popular science books ""The Third Chimpanzee"" (1991); ""Guns, Germs, and Steel"" (1997, awarded a Pulitzer Prize); """" (2005); and ""The World Until"
"shown. In 1996, ""The Moonstone"" was made in the United Kingdom, for television by the BBC and Carlton Television in partnership with US station WGBH of Boston, Massachusetts, airing again on ""Masterpiece Theatre"". It starred Greg Wise as Franklin Blake and Keeley Hawes as Rachel Verinder. In 2011 BBC Radio 4 serialised the story in four hour-long episodes in the ""Classic Serial"" slot. In 2016 the BBC adapted the novel for a 5 part afternoon TV series ""The Moonstone"" starting 31 October 2016. The Moonstone The Moonstone (1868) by Wilkie Collins is a 19th-century British epistolary novel. It is generally"
"story incorporates elements of the legendary origins of the Hope Diamond (or perhaps the Orloff Diamond or the Koh-i-Noor diamond). Rachel's eighteenth birthday is celebrated with a large party, at which the guests include her cousin Franklin Blake. She wears the Moonstone on her dress that evening for all to see, including some Indian jugglers who have called at the house. Later that night, the diamond is stolen from Rachel's bedroom, and a period of turmoil, unhappiness, misunderstandings and ill-luck ensues. Told by a series of narratives from some of the main characters, the complex plot traces the subsequent efforts"
"The Diamond of Drury Lane The Diamond of Drury Lane is a children's historical novel by Julia Golding which won the Nestle Children's Book Prize Gold Award and the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize in 2006. The book is set on 1 January 1790. An orphaned 13-year-old girl named Catherine ‘Cat’ Royal lives in the Theatre Royal, after the owner, Mr. Sheridan, who named her after the theatre, found her as a baby. She knows well the Theatre and its surroundings, later 18th century England. One night Cat overhears Mr.Sheridan and his colleague Marchmont, discussing a valuable diamond hidden in the"
"an attack on the property, being told by an escaped Italian language teacher. Percy's father offers a bribe to God, ""the greatest diamond in the world"", but God refuses. John, Kismine, and Jasmine, another sister, escape while Percy and his mother and father choose to blow up the mountain rather than leave it in the hands of others. Penniless, the three survivors are left to ponder their fate. The Diamond as Big as the Ritz The Diamond as Big as the Ritz is a novella by novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald. It was first published in the June 1922 issue of"
"long, black hair and emerald eyes. She can speak to trees and has two pets: a raven named Kree and a small, gray, furry creature called Filli. Their quest is to find the seven gems of the fabled Belt of Deltora: the topaz, the ruby, the opal, the lapis lazuli, the emerald, the amethyst, and the diamond. The gems each have a special power and are hidden in dangerous locations around Deltora. The three friends must face numerous perils to reach them. Once the Belt is complete and the proper descendant of the first King of Deltora, Adin, wears the"
"reaction to it in the present. Thus it was noted that the 2001 exhibition of “Vermeer and the Delft School” at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York “attracted almost twice the number of visitors than the Vermeer exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art in Washington in 1996. For Walter Liedtke, the gallery's curator of European paintings, the success of [the exhibition] was due, at least in part, to Chevalier's novel.” Girl with a Pearl Earring (novel) Girl with a Pearl Earring is a 1999 historical novel written by Tracy Chevalier. Set in 17th century Delft, Holland,"
"a Honey Guide"", April Pulley Sayre (Houghton Mifflin, 1995) was recognized by a 1995 Smithsonian Award for outstanding natural history and ""Don't Fidget a Feather!"", Erica Silverman (Simon & Schuster Children's, 1994) with a 1996–97 California Young Reader Medal. WorldCat reports that ""Catwings"" (1988) ranks fourth among Schindler's books most widely held in participating libraries. The others in his top five, led by ""The Story of Salt"", are much younger books. In chronological order: Catwings Catwings is a series of four American children's picture books written by Ursula K. Le Guin, illustrated by S. D. Schindler, and originally published by"
"you can't teach. People have it or not. She has good timing without really pushing it."" In 2005, Richie wrote a semi-autobiographical novel, ""The Truth About Diamonds"", which was released by Bharell Jackson Publishing. The novel is loosely based on her life, but is mostly fictional. It chronicles the life of Chloe Parker, a singer's adopted daughter who makes her way through all the popular nightclubs and parties in Hollywood while battling a drug addiction. In early January 2006, ""The Truth About Diamonds"" peaked at number No. 32 in Hardcover Fiction on ""The New York Times"" Best-Seller List. Richie's second"
"significant role in helping Urchin escape from King Silverbirch, as well as rebelling against Silverbirch. At the end of the book, Cedar goes to Mistmantle and marries King Crispin. In the remaining books, ""The Heir of Mistmantle"" especially, she is the queen of Mistmantle and useful as a healer. The Mistmantle Chronicles The Mistmantle Chronicles, by M. I. McAllister, is a series of children's novels about anthropomorphic animals which feature the life of a pale, honey-coloured Eurasian red squirrel named Urchin. The first book in the Mistmantle Chronicles, ""Urchin of the Riding Stars"" was published by Bloomsbury Publishing in 2005."
"to the diamond robbery. With the help of her billionaire husband Roarke, and new detective partner Peabody, Eve is on the trail of the last relative of Alex Crew. Trevor Whitter is his grandson, and obsessed with the missing diamonds. Convinced Samantha knows where they are, he will do any thing to get her. Once he finds the diamonds, he will kill her too. The diamonds will make another appearance in ""Memory in Death"", as a Christmas present to Eve, from Roarke. Remember When (novel) Remember When (2003) is a novel by Nora Roberts and J. D. Robb (the author,"
"artist's relationship with her family. The Diamond Mine (short story) ""The Diamond Mine"" is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in ""McClure's"" in October 1916. Aboard a ship, Cressida Garnet, a soprano, meets a cousin of her late first husband's. She tells him of her love affair with Blasius Bouchalka, a Bohemian violinist who was her second husband. After he had an affair with their maid, Ruzenka, she filed for divorce and never saw him again. She is now set to marry Jerome Brown, a financier. Later, we learn that Cressida died on the RMS Titanic."
"of the Rings"" film trilogy. ""The Complete Guide to Middle-earth"" is generally recognised as an excellent reference book on Middle-earth. Christopher Tolkien has commended it himself as an ""admirable work of reference"". However, as it does not include information on post-""Silmarillion"" material (i.e. ""Unfinished Tales"" and the series ""The History of Middle-earth""), the 1978 edition contains some assertions contradicted by later publications. For example, the Star of Elendil jewel (Elendilmir) is identified with the Star of the Dúnedain given to Samwise Gamgee, but Christopher Tolkien refutes this. It also includes speculation on matters later confirmed in subsequent works. For example,"
"seven books. In 1995, Judge Sheindlin published her first book, ""Don't Pee On My Leg and Tell Me It's Raining"", in which she offers her insight into how and why the family court fails in its mission to impact shattered families. ""Beauty Fades, Dumb Is Forever"", her second book, was published in January 1999. A ""New York Times"" best seller, the book challenges women to be the best they can be. Her first children's book entitled, ""Win or Lose By How You Choose"" was published in 2000, followed by ""You Can't Judge A Book By Its Cover"" the next year."
"other preferred a different shortlisted book, ""The Diamond of Drury Lane"". ""Set in Stone"" won the 2006 Costa Book Awards prize for Best Children's Book. The other shortlisted books were David Almond's ""Clay"", Julia Golding's ""The Diamond of Drury Lane"" and Meg Rosoff's ""Just in Case"". Following that win, the book was placed on the shortlist for Book of the Year, but that ultimately went to Stef Penney's ""The Tenderness of Wolves"" which had qualified for the list by winning the First Novel award. The novel was also nominated for the 2007 Carnegie Medal. Set in Stone (novel) Set in"
"Diamonds Are Forever (novel) Diamonds Are Forever is the fourth novel by the English author Ian Fleming to feature his fictional British Secret Service agent James Bond. Fleming wrote the story at his Goldeneye estate in Jamaica, inspired by a ""Sunday Times"" article on diamond smuggling. The book was first published by Jonathan Cape in the United Kingdom on 26 March 1956. The story centres on Bond's investigation of a diamond-smuggling ring originating in the mines of Sierra Leone and ends in Las Vegas. Along the way Bond meets and falls in love with one of the members of the"
"of. Cat feels ashamed for not realizing it earlier, but Mr Sheridan reminds that in actual fact Johnny never was the so-called ""diamond"" and that Cat is the true diamond of the Theatre Royal, and the theatre would be nothing without its ""Cat."" There are five sequels: ""Cat among the Pigeons"", ""Den of Thieves"", ""Cat O'Nine Tails"", ""Black Heart of Jamaica"" and ""Cat's Cradle"" and ""Middle Passage"". The Diamond of Drury Lane The Diamond of Drury Lane is a children's historical novel by Julia Golding which won the Nestle Children's Book Prize Gold Award and the Waterstone's Children's Book Prize"
"The Diamond Mine (short story) ""The Diamond Mine"" is a short story by Willa Cather. It was first published in ""McClure's"" in October 1916. Aboard a ship, Cressida Garnet, a soprano, meets a cousin of her late first husband's. She tells him of her love affair with Blasius Bouchalka, a Bohemian violinist who was her second husband. After he had an affair with their maid, Ruzenka, she filed for divorce and never saw him again. She is now set to marry Jerome Brown, a financier. Later, we learn that Cressida died on the RMS Titanic. Her marriage to Jerome Brown"
"The Stone Key The Stone Key is a 2008 science fiction novel by Isobelle Carmody, set in a post apocalyptic world. It is the fifth book in the Obernewtyn Chronicles. ""The Stone Key"" was first published in Australia on 4 February 2008 by Viking Children's Books in trade paperback format. In the United States it has been separated into two books, entitled ""Wavesong"" and ""The Stone Key"" respectively. ""The Stone Key"" was a short-list nominee for the 2008 Aurealis Award for best young-adult novel but lost to ""Finnikin of the Rock"" by Melina Marchetta. When Elspeth sets out from Obernewtyn"
"way in."" Beginning that year, she saw to it that she would always be wearing one of the collection's necklaces whenever seen in public while not in character for any of her acting performances. In the same year, Seymour also wrote and published the books ""Open Hearts: If Your Heart Is Open, love Will Always Find Its Way In"" and ""Open Hearts Family."" A 2.08-carat cushion-cut fancy vivid blue diamond in an 18-karat rose-gold-plated platinum setting was named The Jane Seymour in her honor by World Of Diamonds Group, who had mined it in Russia, cut and set it. The"
"referencing both ""Peer Gynt"" and ""Divina Commedia"". Half of the novel is related by death himself (or herself), the other is related by ""the other one"", presumably the author. There is also the voice of Kim, through parts of his own manuscript, parts of which never reached the finished edition of ""Beatles"". One presumed his mother edited them out. Further references to ""Peer Gynt"" is given, as Kim himself is a notorious liar and poet, like Peer. His ""Solveig"" is Nina, who dwells in his ""hut"", the flat he grew up in, and keeping a symbolical ""silver button"" (like the"
"a Vesper claiming to be his father, so he texts back a question to confirm this and is shocked that the answer is correct. ""Shatterproof"" is the fourth book in the series. It was written by Roland Smith and published on September 4, 2012. Amy and Dan must steal the Golden Jubilee diamond from Berlin's Pergamon Museum to keep Vesper One from killing a Cahill. The Diamond is too well protected, but they escape from security. Vesper One reveals that they were merely a distraction, and he has what he needs. He tells them to find the ""Apology"", a Roman"
"1997 children's book by Vivian Walsh, which borrows its title from a mondegreen of the line ""all of the other reindeer"" in the song ""Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"". The book was adapted into an animated Christmas special in 1999. A monologue of mondegreens appears in the 1971 film ""Carnal Knowledge"". The camera focuses on actress Candice Bergen laughing as she recounts various phrases that fooled her as a child, including ""Round John Virgin"" (instead of '""Round yon virgin..."") and ""Gladly, the cross-eyed bear"". The enigmatic title of the 2013 film ""Ain't Them Bodies Saints"" is actually a misheard lyric from"
"at Oxford University. She then worked for Oxfam as a lobbyist on conflict issues, campaigning at the United Nations and with governments to lessen the impact of conflict on civilians living in war zones. Golding lives in Oxford and works as a freelance writer. She is married with three children. ""The Diamond of Drury Lane"" is her first novel, the first of the ""Cat Royal"" series. Also Julia Golding has written a series of four novels called ""The Companions Quartet"". In 2007 Waterstones selected her as one of 25 Authors of the Future. Julia Golding is contributing to Mystery &"
"The Woman Who Rides Like a Man The Woman Who Rides Like a Man is a fantasy novel by Tamora Pierce, the third in a series of four books, ""The Song of the Lioness"". It details the knighthood of Alanna of Trebond as she lives in the Bazhir desert after becoming a knight. A newly knighted Alanna leaves the capital to travel among the Bazhir in the desert, eventually becoming adopted by one of the tribes, though clashing with the tribe's shaman who seeks to destroy her name among the rest of the tribe. After fighting to the death with"
"the silver dragons again. ""Dragon Rider"" ranked #21 of the New York Times children's books bestseller list in September 2004. In late 2015, Cornelia Funke divulged details on a sequel to ""Dragon Rider"", titled ""A Griffin's Feather"". The sequel would be set two years following the first book, with Ben living with the Greenblooms at a creature refuge founded in Norway. The book was published in Germany under the title ""Drachenreiter: Die Feder eines Greifs"" on 23 September 2016, with the hopes of releasing it in English the following year in 2017. ""Dragon Rider: The Griffin's Feather"" was published on"
"The Truth About Diamonds The Truth About Diamonds is a 2005 novel written by Nicole Richie. The novel tells the story of Chloe Parker, a woman in her early 20s who had been adopted at the age of seven by a music superstar and his wife, and who now associates with Hollywood celebrities. What had followed was a wild childhood distinguished by parties with movie stars and rock idols, run-ins with the press and the police, and a subsequent stint in rehab. When Chloe shoots to instant fame as a spokesmodel for a national ad campaign, her long-lost birth father"
"Lioness Rampant Lioness Rampant is a fantasy novel by Tamora Pierce, the fourth and last in a series of books, ""The Song of the Lioness"". It details an adventure of the knight Alanna of Trebond, and her final battle between with her archenemy, Duke Roger of Conte. The first chapter of this book finds Alanna, Faithful, and Coram on a quest for the 'Dominion Jewel', which grants immense psychokinetic power to any monarch who owns it. In the town of Berat, Alanna befriends martial-arts champion Liam Ironarm, called the 'Dragon of Shang', who joins the quest. The party thence traverse"
"the contributions given towards the sustainability of land through funds raised by controlled shooting ranges. A book that records in great detail, the venues of the most prestigious shoots around the world as well as the key figures and events that ensure their effective impact. Diamond people, a book on the history and trade of diamonds which covers the start and legacy of the De Beers mining company, as well as other subjects such as the famous jewels of the world and the stories behind their discovery. Wannenburgh wrote Diamond People in consultation with the Oppenheimer family and various other"