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| a diamond in the desert: A Diamond in the Desert Jo Tatchell, 2010-10-05 Get a closer look at this glittering, oil-rich city in a “revealing travelogue through the capital of the United Arab Emirates” (Publishers Weekly). Jo Tatchell first arrived in the city of Abu Dhabi as a child in 1974, when the discovery of oil was quickly turning a small fishing town into a growing international community. Decades later, this Middle Eastern capital is a dizzying metropolis of ten-lane highways and overlapping languages, and its riches and emphasis on cultural development have thrust it into the international spotlight. Here, Tatchell returns to Abu Dhabi and explores the city and its contradictions: It is a tolerant melting-pot of cultures and faiths, but only a tiny percentage of its native residents are deemed eligible to vote by the ruling class, and the nation’s president holds absolute veto power over his advisory boards and councils. The Emirates boast one of the world’s highest GDP per capita, but the wealth inequality in its cities is staggering. Abu Dhabi’s royal family, worth an estimated $500 billion, lives off the sweat of the city’s migrant workers, who subject themselves to danger and poverty under barely observed labor laws. But now, the city is making an international splash with a showy investment in tourism, arts, and culture—perhaps signaling a change to a more open, tolerant state. As this sparkling city surges into the future, it devotes just as much energy to concealing its past. Tatchell looks not only at history and social issues—the ancient system of tribal organization, the condition of the city’s million foreign workers, the emergence of women in Emirati society, but also her own experiences as both a child and adult in this fascinating city that has radically changed—and in other ways, stayed the same. |
| a diamond in the desert: The Desert of Souls Howard Andrew Jones, 2011-02-15 The glittering tradition of sword-and-sorcery sweeps into the sands of ancient Arabia with the heart-stopping speed of a whirling dervish in this thrilling debut novel from new talent Howard Andrew Jones In 8th century Baghdad, a stranger pleads with the vizier to safeguard the bejeweled tablet he carries, but he is murdered before he can explain. Charged with solving the puzzle, the scholar Dabir soon realizes that the tablet may unlock secrets hidden within the lost city of Ubar, the Atlantis of the sands. When the tablet is stolen from his care, Dabir and Captain Asim are sent after it, and into a life and death chase through the ancient Middle East. Stopping the thieves—a cunning Greek spy and a fire wizard of the Magi—requires a desperate journey into the desert, but first Dabir and Asim must find the lost ruins of Ubar and contend with a mythic, sorcerous being that has traded wisdom for the souls of men since the dawn of time. But against all these hazards there is one more that may be too great even for Dabir to overcome... Advance Praise for THE DESERT OF SOULS: The Desert of Souls is filled with adventure, magic, compelling characters and twists that are twisty. This is seriously cool stuff. -- Steven Brust, New York Times bestselling author of the Vlad Taltos series A grand and wonderful adventure filled with exotic magic and colorful places — like a cross between Sinbad and Indiana Jones. -- Kevin J. Anderson, New York Times bestselling author of The Map of All Things Like the genie of the lamp, Howard Jones has granted this reader's wish for a fresh, exciting take on the venerable genre of sword-and-sorcery! -- Richard A. Knaak, New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of Legends of the Dragonrealm Howard Andrew Jones spins an exciting and suspenseful tale in his historical fantasy debut. A rich, detailed tapestry -- part Arthur Conan Doyle, part Robert E. Howard, and part Omar Khayyam, woven in the magical thread of One Thousand And One Nights. -- E.E. Knight, Author of the bestselling Vampire Earth An entertaining and enjoyable journey into a world of djinns and magic far darker than expected, yet one that ends with hope, both for the characters... and that there will be yet another book. -- L. E. Modesitt, Jr, author of the Recluse Saga, the Imager Portfolio, and the Corean Chronicles A modern iteration of old school storytelling. Highly recommended to anyone in search of a fun run through strange lands and times. -- Glen Cook, author of The Black Company Series Howard Jones wields magic like a subtle blade and action like a mighty cleaver in his scimitars and sorcery tale, weaving together Arabian myth, history, and some honest-to-gosh surprises to create a unique story that you'll not soon forget. -- Monte Cook, author of The Dungeon Masters Guide, 3rd Edition A rousing tale of swords against sorcery. Howard Jones writes with wit and flair. His world is involving, authentic and skilfully evoked. The best fantasy novel I have read all year. -- William King, Author of the Space Wolf trilogy and creator of Gotrek and Felix A whirlwind tale of deserts, djinn and doors to other worlds, told in a voice perfectly pitched for the style and setting. -- Nathan Long, author of Bloodborn and Shamanslayer An Arabian Nights adventure as written by Robert E Howard. It is exciting, inventive, and most of all fun. -- Dave Drake, author of The Legion of Fire |
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| a diamond in the desert: Diamond in the Desert Myles Schrag, Gary Cook Mahan, 2000 Diamond in the Desert by Myles Schrag chronicles 35 years of Connie Mack World Series excitement in Farmington, New Mexico. It is the first extensive look at baseball's profound impact on this unique region of America. Diamond in the Desert is a must-read for true fans and anyone interested in the limitless possibilities of the civic spirit. |
| a diamond in the desert: Journeys on the Silk Road Joyce Morgan, Conrad Walters, 2012-08-22 When a Chinese monk broke into a hidden cave in 1900, he uncovered one of the world’s great literary secrets: a time capsule from the ancient Silk Road. Inside, scrolls were piled from floor to ceiling, undisturbed for a thousand years. The gem within was the Diamond Sutra of AD 868. This key Buddhist teaching, made 500 years before Gutenberg inked his press, is the world’s oldest printed book. The Silk Road once linked China with the Mediterranean. It conveyed merchants, pilgrims and ideas. But its cultures and oases were swallowed by shifting sands. Central to the Silk Road’s rediscovery was a man named Aurel Stein, a Hungarian-born scholar and archaeologist employed by the British service. Undaunted by the vast Gobi Desert, Stein crossed thousands of desolate miles with his fox terrier Dash. Stein met the Chinese monk and secured the Diamond Sutra and much more. The scroll’s journey—by camel through arid desert, by boat to London’s curious scholars, by train to evade the bombs of World War II—merges an explorer’s adventures, political intrigue, and continued controversy. The Diamond Sutra has inspired Jack Kerouac and the Dalai Lama. Its journey has coincided with the growing appeal of Buddhism in the West. As the Gutenberg Age cedes to the Google Age, the survival of the Silk Road’s greatest treasure is testament to the endurance of the written word. |
| a diamond in the desert: Through the Kalahari Desert G. Antonio Farini, 1886 |
| a diamond in the desert: The Desert Michael Welland, 2014-09-15 From endless sand dunes and prickly cacti to shimmering mirages and green oases, deserts evoke contradictory images in us. They are lands of desolation, but also of romance, of blistering Mojave heat and biting Gobi cold. Covering a quarter of the earth’s land mass and providing a home to half a billion people, they are both a physical reality and landscapes of the mind. The idea of the desert has long captured Western imagination, put on display in films and literature, but these portrayals often fail to capture the true scope and diversity of the people living there. Bridging the scientific and cultural gaps between perception and reality, The Desert celebrates our fascination with these arid lands and their inhabitants, as well as their importance both throughout history and in the world today. Covering an immense geographical range, Michael Welland wanders from the Sahara to the Atacama, depicting the often bizarre adaptations of plants and animals to these hostile environments. He also looks at these seemingly infertile landscapes in the context of their place in history—as the birthplaces not only of critical evolutionary adaptations, civilizations, and social progress, but also of ideologies. Telling the stories of the diverse peoples who call the desert home, he describes how people have survived there, their contributions to agricultural development, and their emphasis on water and its scarcity. He also delves into the allure of deserts and how they have been used in literature and film and their influence on fashion, art, and architecture. As Welland reveals, deserts may be difficult to define, but they play an active role in the evolution of our global climate and society at large, and their future is of the utmost importance. Entertaining, informative, and surprising, The Desert is an intriguing new look at these seemingly harsh and inhospitable landscapes. |
| a diamond in the desert: Dragon in the Desert Michael Dahl, 2009 Teenage friends Kong and Shen hike through the Gobi Desert in search of the Hills of the Seven Dragons, but something or someone is following them across Mongolia. |
| a diamond in the desert: A Death on Diamond Mountain Scott Carney, 2015-03-17 An investigative reporter explores an infamous case where an obsessive and unorthodox search for enlightenment went terribly wrong. When thirty-eight-year-old Ian Thorson died from dehydration and dysentery on a remote Arizona mountaintop in 2012, The New York Times reported the story under the headline: Mysterious Buddhist Retreat in the Desert Ends in a Grisly Death. Scott Carney, a journalist and anthropologist who lived in India for six years, was struck by how Thorson’s death echoed other incidents that reflected the little-talked-about connection between intensive meditation and mental instability. Using these tragedies as a springboard, Carney explores how those who go to extremes to achieve divine revelations—and undertake it in illusory ways—can tangle with madness. He also delves into the unorthodox interpretation of Tibetan Buddhism that attracted Thorson and the bizarre teachings of its chief evangelists: Thorson’s wife, Lama Christie McNally, and her previous husband, Geshe Michael Roach, the supreme spiritual leader of Diamond Mountain University, where Thorson died. Carney unravels how the cultlike practices of McNally and Roach and the questionable circumstances surrounding Thorson’s death illuminate a uniquely American tendency to mix and match eastern religious traditions like LEGO pieces in a quest to reach an enlightened, perfected state, no matter the cost. Aided by Thorson’s private papers, along with cutting-edge neurological research that reveals the profound impact of intensive meditation on the brain and stories of miracles and black magic, sexualized rituals, and tantric rites from former Diamond Mountain acolytes, A Death on Diamond Mountain is a gripping work of investigative journalism that reveals how the path to enlightenment can be riddled with danger. |
| a diamond in the desert: The Diamond Hunters Wilbur Smith, 2018-01-01 An action-packed thriller of family, business and betrayal - perfect for fans of Succession - by global sensation Wilbur Smith. 'A master storyteller' - Sunday Times 'Wilbur Smith is one of those benchmarks against whom others are compared' - The Times 'No one does adventure quite like Smith' - Daily Mirror Some people will never have enough . . . Johnny Lance was taken in by the Van Der Byls when he was an orphaned boy, and his life has been dedicated to making his adoptive father proud. But his efforts have been in vain, his father loathes him and, in his dying breath, makes one final demand of his biological son, the jealous and vengeful Benedict: to destroy his half-brother. When Johnny is tricked by Benedict into losing his entire fortune to the Van Der Byls company, he becomes a laughingstock. Benedict's sister, the smart and beautiful Tracey, loves Johnny and buys him a concession in the diamond rich seabeds of the South-West African Coast. But the obsessive Benedict has been shaped at his father's hand and will do anything to finish what he started. Even if it means destroying everything . . . |
| a diamond in the desert: Diamond in the Rough Kamika Graham, 2017-07-18 As a victim of domestic violence and a single mom, Kamika Graham is no stranger to betrayal, hurt, and pain. In this memoir she is reliving the trauma from her ex-husband (husband number two) and kids' father. ... the book is the process that God took Kamika through with her ex-husband to make her stronger so that she could help other women in similar situatoins or those who have been through domestice violence. from the back cover. |
| a diamond in the desert: Revolt in the Desert Thomas Edward Lawrence, 1927 Abridqement of the author's Seven pillars of wisdom. Illustrated lining-papers. Includes index. |
| a diamond in the desert: A Diamond in the Desert Kathryn Fitzmaurice, 2012-02-16 Twelve-year-old Tetsu eats, sleeps and breathes baseball. It’s all he ever thinks about. But after the bombing of Pearl Harbor, Tetsu and his family are forced from their home into an internment camp in the Arizona desert with other Japanese Americans, and baseball becomes the last thing on his mind. The camp isn’t technically a prison, but it sure feels like one when there’s nothing to do and no place to go. So when a man starts up a boys’ baseball team, Tetsu is only too eager to play again. But with his sister suddenly falling ill, and his father taken away for questioning, Tetsu is forced to choose between his family and his love of the game. |
| a diamond in the desert: Flawless: Inside the Largest Diamond Heist in History Scott Andrew Selby, Greg Campbell, 2010 Tells the story with the gripping pace of a true-crime 'Ocean's Eleven.' The New York Post • Like a diamond, this true-life caper is clear, colorful, and brilliant. Publishers Weekly ★Starred Review★ The Antwerp Diamond Center was one of the most secure buildings in the world. With hundreds of millions of dollars' worth of diamonds stored in its subterranean vault, it had to be. Located in the heart of Belgium's ultra-secure Antwerp Diamond District, it benefited from two police stations, armed patrols, extensive video surveillance, and vehicle barriers securing an area where 80 percent of the world's diamonds traded hands. But on February 15, 2003, a band of skilled Italian thieves — fronted by the charming Leonardo Notarbartolo, who spent over two years clandestinely casing the building — subverted every one of the Diamond Center's defenses and made off with a record amount of loot. Experts estimate they got away with nearly half a billion dollars in diamonds, cash and other valuables. They'd pulled off the biggest heist in history--everybody loves diamonds and they now had more than any thief before them. The robbers did it with stealth and smarts; no one was hurt or even threatened during what was quickly labeled the largest diamond heist in history. The bandits — members of a group of professional thieves known as The School of Turin — used cunning in lieu of violence, successfully evading security cameras, thwarting an array of electronic sensors, and penetrating a vault protected by a double-locked foot-thick steel door. Even when the police zeroed in on who committed the crime, how it was done remained a mystery, like something out of a heist movie or TV show. Flawless is a fast-paced global scavenger hunt uncovering the truth behind the daring Valentine's Day weekend heist. Tracking clues, sources, and documents throughout Europe — from seedy cafés in Turin, Italy to sleek diamond offices in Antwerp, Belgium — authors Scott Selby and Greg Campbell retrace Notarbartolo's careful discovery of the building's security flaws. They recreate the heist and its aftermath — detailing how the thieves brilliantly neutralized each element of the security protecting the Diamond Center's vault while inviting the readers into the secretive world of diamonds and diamond dealing. The result is a thrilling ride through the better-than-fiction heist of the century. Fans of caper books and movies will be in seventh heaven. Booklist ★Starred Review★ |
| a diamond in the desert: The Diamond Sutra Frances Wood, Mark Barnard, 2010 Describes the book produced in AD 868 and found in 1907; describes the physical object and recent conservation work; places the sutra in the history of Chinese printing and paper making. |
| a diamond in the desert: Tricks Ellen Hopkins, 2009-08-25 Five troubled teenagers fall into prostitution as they search for freedom, safety, community, family, and love in this #1 New York Times bestselling novel from Ellen Hopkins. When all choice is taken from you, life becomes a game of survival. Five teenagers from different parts of the country. Three girls. Two guys. Four straight. One gay. Some rich. Some poor. Some from great families. Some with no one at all. All living their lives as best they can, but all searching…for freedom, safety, community, family, love. What they don’t expect, though, is all that can happen when those powerful little words “I love you” are said for all the wrong reasons. Five moving stories remain separate at first, then interweave to tell a larger, powerful story—a story about making choices, taking leaps of faith, falling down, and growing up. A story about kids figuring out what sex and love are all about, at all costs, while asking themselves, “Can I ever feel okay about myself?” A brilliant achievement from New York Times bestselling author Ellen Hopkins—who has been called “the bestselling living poet in the country” by Mediabistro.com—Tricks is a book that turns you on and repels you at the same time. Just like so much of life. |
| a diamond in the desert: The Desert King's Housekeeper Bride Carol Marinelli, 2023-02-01 Housekeeper Effie, a practical yet slightly frumpy virgin, has been summoned to the desert to serve the sheikh! Ruthless Sheikh King Zakari had gone to seek solitude in the sands, but nights alone are not something this ruler is used to. However, with his housekeeper at his service, there's no need to allow his bed to grow cold... After hot hours of passion, Effie's heart is near to bursting. But what she doesn't realise is that something has compelled Zakari to take her, a lowly servant, as his royal bride! |
| a diamond in the desert: A Christmas Bride for the King Abby Green, 2017-12-01 When a reluctant king meets a beautiful but innocent diplomat, their passionate alliance makes for a scorching hot holiday season. As King of Tabat, Sheikh Salim Al-Noury would rather abdicate than taint his realm with his dark secrets. Until one exquisitely beautiful diplomat is hired to persuade him to reconsider the throne . . . Christmas means heartbreak to Charlotte McQuillan, so working abroad over the festive season is the perfect getaway. But Salim proves to be her most challenging client yet as his rugged masculinity awakens untouched Charlotte to unimaginable pleasures! Soon Salim accepts that he alone can bear the weight of the crown. And his first proclamation will be to make Charlotte his Christmas queen! |
| a diamond in the desert: The Year the Swallows Came Early Kathryn Fitzmaurice, 2009-02-03 Eleanor Groovy Robinson loves cooking and plans to go to culinary school just as soon as she's old enough. But even Groovy's thoughtfully—planned menus won't fix the things that start to go wrong the year she turns eleven—suddenly, her father is in jail, her best friend's long-absent mother reappears, and the swallows that make their annual migration to her hometown arrive surprisingly early. As Groovy begins to expect the unexpected, she learns about the importance of forgiveness, understands the complex stories of the people around her, and realizes that even an earthquake can't get in the way of a family that needs to come together. Kathryn Fitzmaurice's lovely debut novel is distinctively Californian in its flavor. Her rich characters and strong sense of place feel both familiar and fresh at first meeting—and worth revisiting, again and again. |
| a diamond in the desert: The World Until Yesterday Jared Diamond, 2012-12-31 The bestselling author of Collapse and Guns, Germs and Steel surveys the history of human societies to answer the question: What can we learn from traditional societies that can make the world a better place for all of us? “As he did in his Pulitzer Prize-winning Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond continues to make us think with his mesmerizing and absorbing new book. Bookpage Most of us take for granted the features of our modern society, from air travel and telecommunications to literacy and obesity. Yet for nearly all of its six million years of existence, human society had none of these things. While the gulf that divides us from our primitive ancestors may seem unbridgeably wide, we can glimpse much of our former lifestyle in those largely traditional societies still or recently in existence. Societies like those of the New Guinea Highlanders remind us that it was only yesterday—in evolutionary time—when everything changed and that we moderns still possess bodies and social practices often better adapted to traditional than to modern conditions.The World Until Yesterday provides a mesmerizing firsthand picture of the human past as it had been for millions of years—a past that has mostly vanished—and considers what the differences between that past and our present mean for our lives today. This is Jared Diamond’s most personal book to date, as he draws extensively from his decades of field work in the Pacific islands, as well as evidence from Inuit, Amazonian Indians, Kalahari San people, and others. Diamond doesn’t romanticize traditional societies—after all, we are shocked by some of their practices—but he finds that their solutions to universal human problems such as child rearing, elder care, dispute resolution, risk, and physical fitness have much to teach us. Provocative, enlightening, and entertaining, The World Until Yesterday is an essential and fascinating read. |
| a diamond in the desert: Diamonds in the Desert Olga Levinson, 1983 This well written anecdotal account of the early days of diamond production in Namibia focuses on the settler pioneer August Stauch, who has also become a legend among the settler community today. The author gives a vivid description of the major diamond discoveries and the rush for claims in 1908, followed by the struggle for control and monopoly which eventually led to the takeover by De Beers. It also deals with the political career of August Stauch as a member of the old Landesrat and of the Legislative Assembly established in 1926, and describes the fall of his business empire in Germany and Namibia in the interwar period. The biography glorifies a time which, in the overall history of diamond mining in Namibia, is relatively unimportant, and tends to reinforce dearly held colonial myths (the men who made South West). It is lavishly illustrated with photos, drawings and facsimile prints of documents. (Eriksen/Moorsom 1989). |
| a diamond in the desert: With Rommel in the Desert Heinz Werner Schmidt, 1998 Originally published in 1973 by White Lion. A first-hand account offering a perspective on Rommel's African campaign. Schmidt was close to Rommel throughout the two years of the campaign and provides details of the military action alongside personal perspectives of fellow-officers. |
| a diamond in the desert: Those We Throw Away Are Diamonds Mondiant Dogon, 2022-10-11 A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice • Named a Best Nonfiction Book of 2021 by Kirkus • A New York Times Book Review Paperback Row Selection • Shortlisted for the Moore Prize for Human Rights Writing A stunning and heartbreaking lens on the global refugee crisis, from a man who faced the very worst of humanity and survived to advocate for displaced people around the world One day when Mondiant Dogon, a Bagogwe Tutsi born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, was only three years old, his father’s lifelong friend, a Hutu man, came to their home with a machete in his hand and warned the family they were to be killed within hours. Dogon’s family fled into the forest, initiating a long and dangerous journey into Rwanda. They made their way to the first of several UN tent cities in which they would spend decades. But their search for a safe haven had just begun. Hideous violence stalked them in the camps. Even though Rwanda famously has a former refugee for a president in Paul Kagame, refugees in that country face enormous prejudice and acute want. For much of his life, Dogon and his family ate barely enough to keep themselves from starving. He fled back to Congo in search of the better life that had been lost, but there he was imprisoned and left without any option but to become a child soldier. For most refugees, the camp starts as an oasis but soon becomes quicksand, impossible to leave. Yet Dogon managed to be one of the few refugees he knew to go to college. Though he hid his status from his fellow students out of shame, eventually he would emerge as an advocate for his people. Rarely do refugees get to tell their own stories. We see them only for a moment, if at all, in flight: Syrians winding through the desert; children searching a Greek shore for their parents; families gathered at the southern border of the United States. But through his writing, Dogon took control of his own narrative and spoke up for forever refugees everywhere. As Dogon once wrote in a poem, “Those we throw away are diamonds.” |
| a diamond in the desert: Community Ecology Jared M. Diamond, Ted J. Case, 1986 A pluralistic approach to community ecology. |
| a diamond in the desert: Starless Jacqueline Carey, 2018-06-12 Destined from birth to serve as protector of the princess Zariya, Khai is trained in the arts of killing and stealth by a warrior sect in the deep desert; yet there is one profound truth that has been withheld from him--Book jacket. |
| a diamond in the desert: Katie of the Sonoran Desert Kate Jackson, 2009-05 A pictorial tour of the exhibits and displays at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum. |
| a diamond in the desert: The Man of the Desert Grace Livingston Hill, 1914 |
| a diamond in the desert: Like a Diamond in the Sky Shazia Omar, 2013-07-22 At twenty-one, Deen is dismayed by the poverty around him and trapped in negativity. Alienated from family and society, heroin is his drug of choice. Deen and his partner in crime, AJ, ride high on acid and amphetamines, philosophize in the university canteen, party in a politician’s posh pad and contemplate God at a roadside tea stall. From Maria, a chemically imbalanced diva, to a rickshaw-walla who reflects on the importance of positive energy, to a group of fakirs who sing about love, and a detective who has his own take on addiction, the characters in Shazia Omar’s debut novel crackle with life. They represent the despair, hopes and aspirations of a generation struggling to survive in the harsh realities of life in modern Dhaka. Hard-hitting and intensely moving, this is an extraordinary novel, and one that is destined to launch Omar as a major contemporary voice from South Asia. Published by Zubaan. |
| a diamond in the desert: Ice Angel Matthew Hart, 2021-09-07 In this explosive sequel to The Russian Pink, Alex and Lily are thrust into a murderous cat-and-mouse across the Arctic diamond fields, dodging Chinese assassins while at the same time struggling with the personal betrayals that torment their passionate affair. Alex Turner and his treacherous lover, the Russian diamond thief Slav Lily, are back on the hunt. An American prospector is murdered in the great diamond field of northern Canada—a magical landscape of pristine lakes and granite ridges and scarlet vegetation. The U.S. government fears that the Chinese billionaire twins who suddenly control the dead prospector’s company are seeking a toehold for their government in this vital northern region. As we race across the globe with Alex and Lily, Hart keeps a heart-bounding pace with lethal plane chases across the diamond-rich Barrens and a battle between the scheming twins and Mitzi Angel, the murdered prospector’s daughter. All the while, The Ice Angel delves into the dark realpolitik of America’s strategy while untangling the Byzantine motives that drive the diamond trade. In this explosive sequel to the breakout The Russian Pink, Alex and Lily must struggle with the rivalry, and sometimes the deceit, that wraps their love in its coils. |
| a diamond in the desert: Desert Notebooks Ben Ehrenreich, 2020-07-07 Layering climate science, mythologies, nature writing, and personal experiences, this New York Times Notable Book presents a stunning reckoning with our current moment and with the literal and figurative end of time. Desert Notebooks examines how the unprecedented pace of destruction to our environment and an increasingly unstable geopolitical landscape have led us to the brink of a calamity greater than any humankind has confronted before. As inhabitants of the Anthropocene, what might some of our own histories tell us about how to confront apocalypse? And how might the geologies and ecologies of desert spaces inform how we see and act toward time—the pasts we have erased and paved over, this anxious present, the future we have no choice but to build? Ehrenreich draws on the stark grandeur of the desert to ask how we might reckon with the uncertainty that surrounds us and fight off the crises that have already begun. In the canyons and oases of the Mojave and in Las Vegas’s neon apocalypse, Ehrenreich finds beauty, and even hope, surging up in the most unlikely places, from the most barren rocks, and the apparent emptiness of the sky. Desert Notebooks is a vital and necessary chronicle of our past and our present—unflinching, urgent—yet timeless and profound. |
| a diamond in the desert: The River of Diamonds Geoffrey Jenkins, 2009-10 The wind struck another hammer-blow. The whaler wheeled away stern-on, and then came up with a sickening thump forrard. 'One anchor cable gone!' Minnaar shouted about the roar of the wind. 'The other...' he never finished. the whaler sprang free as the second cable parted. She had been secured facing south-west and now she plunged back into the maelstrom. The water poured ankle deep on the bridge... 'Killer deserts, grizzled prospectors, mass suicides, savage nomads... and a vanishing U-boat patrol. I enjoyed it more than any other novel for ages. -Daily Telegraph 'Top-class, fascinating, scientifically plausible... a brilliant example of how to mix the mundane and the fantastic.' -Observer |
| a diamond in the desert: Flight of the Diamond Smugglers: A Tale of Pigeons, Obsession, and Greed Along Coastal South Africa Matthew Gavin Frank, 2021-02-23 “Unforgettable. . . . An outstanding adventure in its lyrical, utterly compelling, and heartbreaking investigations of the world of diamond smuggling.” —Aimee Nezhukumatathil For nearly eighty years, a huge portion of coastal South Africa was closed off to the public. With many of its pits now deemed “overmined” and abandoned, American journalist Matthew Gavin Frank sets out across the infamous Diamond Coast to investigate an illicit trade that supplies a global market. Immediately, he became intrigued by the ingenious methods used in facilitating smuggling particularly, the illegal act of sneaking carrier pigeons onto mine property, affixing diamonds to their feet, and sending them into the air. Entering Die Sperrgebiet (“The Forbidden Zone”) is like entering an eerie ghost town, but Frank is surprised by the number of people willing—even eager—to talk with him. Soon he meets Msizi, a young diamond digger, and his pigeon, Bartholomew, who helps him steal diamonds. It’s a deadly game: pigeons are shot on sight by mine security, and Msizi knows of smugglers who have disappeared because of their crimes. For this, Msizi blames “Mr. Lester,” an evil tall-tale figure of mythic proportions. From the mining towns of Alexander Bay and Port Nolloth, through the “halfway” desert, to Kleinzee’s shores littered with shipwrecks, Frank investigates a long overlooked story. Weaving interviews with local diamond miners who raise pigeons in secret with harrowing anecdotes from former heads of security, environmental managers, and vigilante pigeon hunters, Frank reveals how these feathered bandits became outlaws in every mining town. Interwoven throughout this obsessive quest are epic legends in which pigeons and diamonds intersect, such as that of Krishna’s famed diamond Koh-i-Noor, the Mountain of Light, and that of the Cherokee serpent Uktena. In these strange connections, where truth forever tangles with the lore of centuries past, Frank is able to contextualize the personal grief that sent him, with his wife Louisa in the passenger seat, on this enlightening journey across parched lands. Blending elements of reportage, memoir, and incantation, Flight of the Diamond Smugglers is a rare and remarkable portrait of exploitation and greed in one of the most dangerous areas of coastal South Africa. With his sovereign prose and insatiable curiosity, Matthew Gavin Frank “reminds us that the world is a place of wonder if only we look” (Toby Muse). |
| a diamond in the desert: The Diamond Hunter Fiona McIntosh, 2021-10-14 During the 1870s diamond rush in southern Africa, Clementine is left to be raised by her destitute father following the death of her mother. Her care falls largely to their companion, Joseph, and the two form an unbreakable bond. When the two men uncover a large, flawless diamond, a dark bargain is struck to ensure Clementine's return to a respectable life in northern England. Her father believes he has finally secured their future, but the discovery of the gem comes at a considerable cost. Years later, Clementine must confront long-buried memories of her childhood to solve the mystery of what happened to her loved ones all those years ago. Can she find the justice she seeks? |
| a diamond in the desert: River and Desert Plants of the Grand Canyon Kristin Huisinga, Lori Makarick, Kate Watters, 2006 The Grand Canyon's isolation, great elevational range, and position at the convergence of three North American deserts--the Mojave, Sonoran, and Great Basin--have created unique habitats for an unusual assemblage of plants. Some grow only at seeps and springs, others emerge from cracks in the bedrock, and some live only in the Grand Canyon--for example, Roaring Springs prickly poppy and Grand Canyon flaveria. River and Desert Plants of the Grand Canyon, the first comprehensive field guide devoted to plants that live below the canyon rims, is bursting with beautiful color photographs and detailed line drawings of more than 250 ferns, grasses, forbs, shrubs, and trees. Narratives organized by life form and common family name describe each plant and its natural history, and thumbnail photographs arranged by flower color and shape offer a key for easy identification. Essays by contributing experts explore such topics as Grand Canyon ecology, desert-plant adaptations, biological soil crusts, plant pollination, invasive species, and domesticated plants of the canyon's indigenous people. |
| a diamond in the desert: The Desert Places Amber Sparks, Robert Kloss, Matt Kish, 2013 This hybrid text explores the evolution of evil in worlds both seen and unseen. |
| a diamond in the desert: A Diamond For The Sheikh's Mistress (Rulers of the Desert, Book 0) (Mills & Boon Modern) Abby Green, 2017-11-01 Scandalous mistress...or desert queen? |
| a diamond in the desert: The Skavanga Diamonds Susan Stephens, Cathy Williams, 2014-07-18 HIS FORBIDDEN DIAMOND The only woman he can't have... is the only woman he wants! Ex-soldier and diamond dynasty heir Tyr Skavanga returns to the north haunted by the terrors of war. But has one person finally managed to defy his impenetrable defences? Innocent Princess Jasmina of Kareshi is strictly off-limits. Like Tyr, she has a reputation to protect - but denying their electrifying connection could be the toughest challenge they've ever faced... THE ARGENTINIAN'S DEMAND What the most powerful man in business wants... He gets! When billionaire Leandro Perez's indispensable assistant Emily Edison resigns, telling him exactly what she thinks of him, he won't let her off easily. Trapped in paradise at Leandro's beck and call, Emily's plan to marry for her family's security is threatened. And as attraction gives way to an undeniable craving she'll have to make the ultimate choice - duty... or desire? |
| a diamond in the desert: Reptiles and Amphibians of the Mojave Desert Joshua Parker, Simone Brito, 2022-05-17 Focusing on the 66 species of reptiles and amphibians found in the Mojave Desert, this concise field guide uses hundreds of intimate color photographs, gorgeous range maps, and concise, at-a-glace information to make identification easy while providing useful and interesting details about the animals, their habitat, and the desert they call home. New to this second edition are over 80 new and exciting photographs and updated taxonomy since this is an area in the field of biology that is constantly changing as we learn more about the ancestral relationships between all of the species. As before, the definitive text is tailored to some of the Southwest's most beautiful places, such as Joshua Tree, Death Valley, and the Mojave National Preserve, and is written to be appreciated by field biologists and curious visitors alike. If you enjoy the Mojave and these fascinating animals, this field guide is the go-to source for reliable identification and reputable information. |
| a diamond in the desert: The Star of the Desert Gordon Wallis, 2020 For millions of years, a bounty of unimaginable riches lay hidden deep within the scorched wastelands of the Namib desert. Diamonds. Some men cracked the earth to own them. Some men died. For ex-soldier Jason Green, the job was unexpected but the brief was simple. At the most remote diamond mine in the world, something was wrong. Badly wrong. The insurance firm was deeply concerned. The running costs were enormous, the claims, suspicious. What were the dark secrets that had been so carefully concealed? Secrets buried as deep as the glittering stones themselves. Jason Green uncovers the truth but his astonishing discovery sets off a chain of events that result in hideous violence and cold-blooded murder. The architect of this horror must be stopped, but for Green, there are personal scores to settle. The action builds to a frenzy in this ferociously fast-paced thriller, and the heart-stopping climax will be embedded in your mind for a long time. A very long time. |
| a diamond in the desert: Friendship Francis Mandewah, 2016-03-30 Young Francis Mandewah dreamed of a better future, but saw no way out of his impoverished situation, until one day when he met a man who changed his life.An African boy from an area made famous by the film Blood Diamond is befriended by an American pilot. That friendship brings great opportunities and blessings that affirm the boy's faith in God and test his courage, strength and endurance. |
A Diamond In The Desert Full PDF - netsec.csuci.edu
1. Defining "a diamond in the desert" in different contexts. 2. Examples of "diamonds in the desert" in various fields (business, nature, personal development). 3. Identifying the …
Food Deserts and the Causes of Nutritional Inequality - Stanford …
In this paper, we study one additional correlate of socioeconomic status|what we eat and drink|and quantify the economic mechanisms that drive nutritional inequality.
IN AFRICA: PART I - GIA
Part II will look at eastern and western Africa, as well as the history of diamond prospecting, n~ining, and production on the African continent. 2,000 years, with the earliest discoveries in …
Conflict-What do you think was Tetsu's most important conflict?
A Diamond in the Desert by Kathryn Fitzmaurice. Author # of pages Main Characters Setting-Describe the setting for this story. Point of View -Who is telling the story, and how is this …
Carl Hayden and the Modern Origins - JSTOR
His recent book is Vision in the Desert: Carl Hayden and Hydropolitics. in the American Southiuest (Texas Christian University Press). hard-won share of Colorado River water to the …
Death at Diamond Mountain - JSTOR
9 Apr 2018 · Diamond Mountain, a community of Western converts to Tibetan Buddhism under the leadership of Geshe Michael Roach and Lama Christie McNally. The answers found by …
TEACHING CASE STUDY DIAMOND OF THE DESERT: THE CASE OF …
qatar: the diamond of the desert Located on the northeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula, Qatar is a small country with less than 12,000 km 2 and a population of 2.7 million people, mostly …
By John J. Gurney, Alfred A. Levinson, and 11. Stuart Smith - GIA
Raised marine deposits now on land have yielded almost 100 million carats of predominantly gem diamonds; similar marine deposits and feeder channels are now known to exist off- shore. …
The Chihuahuan Desert in Texas - The Nature Conservancy
† The 4,099-acre Diamond Y Spring Preserve protects one of the largest and last remaining desert springs and its associated marshland systems in West Texas. This preserve provides …
A Diamond In The Desert Kathryn Fitzmaurice (2024)
A Diamond In The Desert Kathryn Fitzmaurice: Barbed Wire Baseball Marissa Moss,2016-03-08 As a boy Kenichi Zeni Zenimura dreams of playing professional baseball but everyone tells …
NEW PICTLAND GIBBERING FIELDS ORCUST DIAMOND DESERT …
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Environmentalism and Eurocentrism - JSTOR
Rather persistently neglecting the fact that much of this zone is inhospitable desert and high mountains, Diamond describes this east-west-trending midlatitude zone of Eurasia as the …
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The J.v.G. technology GmbH Diamond Desert foil as well as the DESERT backsheet have excellent durability properties under UV exposure. In the Sun Belt regions, the high irradiation …
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Desert Diamond Arena Parking 2022 Arena parking lots open 2 hours prior to event start time. Pre-Purchase parking permit to guarantee parking until 30 minutes after event start time.
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J.v.G. Diamond DESERT Foils provide significantly im-proved electrical performance. High volume resistivity and low leakage current improve electrical insulation and enable „PID Zero“ …
2021/2022 Annual Report - NAMDIA
To advise the Namibian Government and the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) on the diamond industry in general and ensure that Government’s decision-making on upstream and …
DESERT DIAMOND ARENA ANNOUNCES RECORD BREAKING
Desert Diamond Arena, an ASM Global managed venue, is a state-of-the-art, multi-purpose sports and entertainment facility situated on 13.5 acres in the City of Glendale, Arizona. The …
Diamond Cholla - Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Diamond Cholla is native to Joshua Tree woodlands of the Mohave Desert and creosote bush scrub in the Sonoran Desert. It is found on dry slopes, mesas and washes at elevations to …
DIAMOND POND, HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON - JSTOR
Diamond Pond (SW1/4, Sec. 30, T28S, R32E, Diamond Swamp Quadrangle, Ore-gon) is a 2-m-deep, 46-m-wide perennial pond (Figs. 2, 3). It fills 92-m-wide Malheur Maar, an explosion …
A Diamond In The Desert Full PDF - netsec.csuci.edu
1. Defining "a diamond in the desert" in different contexts. 2. Examples of "diamonds in the desert" in various fields (business, nature, personal development). 3. Identifying the characteristics of …
Food Deserts and the Causes of Nutritional Inequality - Stanford …
In this paper, we study one additional correlate of socioeconomic status|what we eat and drink|and quantify the economic mechanisms that drive nutritional inequality.
IN AFRICA: PART I - GIA
Part II will look at eastern and western Africa, as well as the history of diamond prospecting, n~ining, and production on the African continent. 2,000 years, with the earliest discoveries in …
Conflict-What do you think was Tetsu's most important conflict?
A Diamond in the Desert by Kathryn Fitzmaurice. Author # of pages Main Characters Setting-Describe the setting for this story. Point of View -Who is telling the story, and how is this …
Carl Hayden and the Modern Origins - JSTOR
His recent book is Vision in the Desert: Carl Hayden and Hydropolitics. in the American Southiuest (Texas Christian University Press). hard-won share of Colorado River water to the …
Death at Diamond Mountain - JSTOR
9 Apr 2018 · Diamond Mountain, a community of Western converts to Tibetan Buddhism under the leadership of Geshe Michael Roach and Lama Christie McNally. The answers found by …
TEACHING CASE STUDY DIAMOND OF THE DESERT: THE …
qatar: the diamond of the desert Located on the northeast coast of the Arabian Peninsula, Qatar is a small country with less than 12,000 km 2 and a population of 2.7 million people, mostly …
By John J. Gurney, Alfred A. Levinson, and 11. Stuart Smith - GIA
Raised marine deposits now on land have yielded almost 100 million carats of predominantly gem diamonds; similar marine deposits and feeder channels are now known to exist off- shore. …
The Chihuahuan Desert in Texas - The Nature Conservancy
† The 4,099-acre Diamond Y Spring Preserve protects one of the largest and last remaining desert springs and its associated marshland systems in West Texas. This preserve provides …
A Diamond In The Desert Kathryn Fitzmaurice (2024)
A Diamond In The Desert Kathryn Fitzmaurice: Barbed Wire Baseball Marissa Moss,2016-03-08 As a boy Kenichi Zeni Zenimura dreams of playing professional baseball but everyone tells …
NEW PICTLAND GIBBERING FIELDS ORCUST DIAMOND DESERT …
diamond desert narath and tarath cape calencia islands of the ape-men go esquimaux bay zakath desert plateau bay eriks plain of leng krimmea yithorium red desert gal hills ard fields of vol kor …
Environmentalism and Eurocentrism - JSTOR
Rather persistently neglecting the fact that much of this zone is inhospitable desert and high mountains, Diamond describes this east-west-trending midlatitude zone of Eurasia as the …
TOP SPONSORS
Arizona sports fans love the competition happening in March and Desert Diamond Casinos is getting in the game with our own DDC Tournament. It all starts with our Kickoff Party featuring …
DESERT Modules: TROPIC Modules - J.v.G technology is turn …
The J.v.G. technology GmbH Diamond Desert foil as well as the DESERT backsheet have excellent durability properties under UV exposure. In the Sun Belt regions, the high irradiation …
LOT J Lot - desertdiamondarena.com
Desert Diamond Arena Parking 2022 Arena parking lots open 2 hours prior to event start time. Pre-Purchase parking permit to guarantee parking until 30 minutes after event start time.
Diamond-Desert-Foil_v03-Einzelseiten.indd - DESERT Technology
J.v.G. Diamond DESERT Foils provide significantly im-proved electrical performance. High volume resistivity and low leakage current improve electrical insulation and enable „PID Zero“ …
2021/2022 Annual Report - NAMDIA
To advise the Namibian Government and the Ministry of Mines and Energy (MME) on the diamond industry in general and ensure that Government’s decision-making on upstream and …
DESERT DIAMOND ARENA ANNOUNCES RECORD BREAKING
Desert Diamond Arena, an ASM Global managed venue, is a state-of-the-art, multi-purpose sports and entertainment facility situated on 13.5 acres in the City of Glendale, Arizona. The …
Diamond Cholla - Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum
Diamond Cholla is native to Joshua Tree woodlands of the Mohave Desert and creosote bush scrub in the Sonoran Desert. It is found on dry slopes, mesas and washes at elevations to …
DIAMOND POND, HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON - JSTOR
Diamond Pond (SW1/4, Sec. 30, T28S, R32E, Diamond Swamp Quadrangle, Ore-gon) is a 2-m-deep, 46-m-wide perennial pond (Figs. 2, 3). It fills 92-m-wide Malheur Maar, an explosion …
