Antona, Rick
Summary: Discover the perfect diamond at the right price for you! It is never easy finding the perfect diamond. Every diamond is a one-of-a-kind treasure. In The Perfect Diamond Buying Guide, you will discover important insights and tips to guarantee you are purchasing the highest quality diamond at the best possible value. The Perfect Diamond Buying Guide is a straightforward book that will walk you...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Uptown Diamond 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 640.73 ANTHart, Matthew
Summary: "When "The Russian Pink"--a stunningly large rose-hued diamond--makes a surprise appearance around the neck of Honey Li, the wife of surging presidential candidate Harry Nash, Alex Turner, an investigator for the Treasury Department's diamond division and former C.I.A. agent, finds himself spiraling down a seemingly endless rabbit hole. A diamond like that always carries secrets, but the web of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pegasus Crime 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARNewman, Renée
Summary: "The beauty and sparkle and mystique of diamonds is unmatched by that of any other gem in the world. Since early times, diamonds have been treasured as good luck charms, remarkable tools and status symbols and have been worn, collected and presented as lavish gifts. Today, diamonds remain among the most sought-after gemstones and continue to hold their value through good times and bad. In...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Firefly Books Ltd 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 553.8 NEWNewman, Renée
Summary: This updated and revised Diamond Ring Buying Guide: 8th Edition provides concise yet detailed information on diamond quality evaluation, lab-grown diamonds, fakes, gem treatments, cutting styles, gold, platinum, palladium, silver, alternative metals, settings, ring selection, diamond grading reports, gem care and buying tips. It s a visual guide that helps you select the best diamonds and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: International Jewelry Publications 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 736 NEWZombie, Zack
Summary: Have you ever wondered what life is like for a Minecraft Zombie? Zombie and his friends are up to their old tricks, giving each other outrageous dares. To prove that he snuck into the Witch's house to finish his dare, Zombie grabs an old Diamond off a back shelf. But when he emerges, his friends can no longer see him... and they are not playing a prank. Zombie is invisible! Will anyone ever be...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Koala Books 2020
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Summary: "The Koh-i-noor is the world's most famous diamond, but it has always had a fog of mystery around it. Now, using previously untranslated Sanskrit, Persian and Urdu sources, and the discoveries of modern gemmologists to reconstruct its original form, William Dalrymple and Anita Ananad blow away the legends to reveal its true history--stranger, and more violent, than any fiction."--From dust jacket.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloomsbury 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 553 DALBergstein, Rachelle
Summary: "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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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 553 BERSummary: A routine raid led by Emer Berry, a detective in the Irish Criminal Assets Bureau, reveals that a small time drug dealer has been receiving substantial funding from a seemingly untraceable source not in cash, but in rough diamonds. When these diamonds are linked to a series of bombings in Belgium, Emer is forced to work with Police Commissioner Christian De Jong. Eventually, reluctantly banding...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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2 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV HIDPhilbrick, W. R. (W. Rodman)
Summary: Arthur Bash is the school thug-for-hire (paid in candy bars), mostly because he just looks the part, so when orphan Darius Drake offers him three candy bars to accompany him to the run-down Stompanado Housing Complex, and just look menacing, he agrees--and soon finds himself deep in a mystery involving Darius' estranged grandfather, the lost Dunbar Diamonds, and the villainous Jasper Jones.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Blue Sky Press, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC PHISummary: When a star soccer coach is murdered and his priceless Pink Panther diamond stolen, France is in an uproar. Fortunately, Inspector Jacques Clouseau is on the case. He doesn't have a clue, but for Clouseau that is just a minor detail. With his partner, Gilbert Ponton, he goes from one misadventure to the next, leaving mayhem in his wake, from the boulevards of Paris to the streets of New York....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2006
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD PINOsman, Richard
Summary: "Elizabeth, Joyce, Ron, and Ibrahim - the Thursday Murder Club - are still riding high off their recent real-life murder case and are looking forward to a bit of peace and quiet at Cooper's Chase, their posh retirement village. But they are out of luck. An unexpected visitor - an old pal of Elizabeth's (or perhaps more than just a pal?) - arrives, desperate for her help. He has been accused of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pamela Dorman Books, Viking 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M OSMKelkar, Supriya.
Summary: The story of the world's most famous diamonds -- stolen from South Asia during colonization and now among the crown jewels in London -- is a call to action for readers to decolonize and hold their heads high.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2024
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1 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE KELSummary: Marianne is the wife of a famous diamond jeweler. When he suddenly commits suicide, she learns that the business is in shambles and she is drawn back into the jewel dealing world. Forced to sell a cache of stolen gems her husband hid in their home, she finds herself confronted by plenty of would-be suitors, including the Russian mafia and the De Beers diamond cartel.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Fox Lorber Films 2002
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN PLADobbyn, John F
Summary: What do Boston, Dublin, and Sierra Leone have in common? The movement of blood diamonds at enormous profit but grave human expense: mafia killings in Boston and Ireland and child enslavement and murder in Sierra Leone. And who is ensnared in the middle of all of this Michael Knight and Lex Devlin. Can they stop the enormously profitable trade of these tainted jewels? They must come between the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Oceanview Publishing 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DOBHart, Matthew
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Publisher / Publication Date: Walker 2001
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 553.82 HARRoberts, Nora.
Summary: It should have been a piece of cake. All he had to do was pick up some pretty little bail-jumper who wasn't even bothering to hide. But cynical bounty hunter Jack Dakota soon discovered there was nothing easy about spitfire M. J. O'Learyor about this case. Someone had set them both up. Now they were handcuffed together and on the run from a pair of hired killers. And M. J. wasn't talkingnot...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Silhouette Books 1997
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ROBSmith, Roland
Summary: "Thirteen-year-old Dan Cahill and his older sister, Amy, have committed a string of thefts that lands them on Interpol's Most Wanted list. But the crimes are not Amy and Dan's fault. A shadowy organization known as the Vespers has kidnapped seven members of the Cahill family. If Amy and Dan don't deliver a series of bizarre ransoms, it's lights out for the hostages. Until now, Amy and Dan have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction Series, Call number: J FIC THISummary: Rachel Verinder finds herself inheriting a large Indian diamond on her eighteenth birthday as a legacy from her uncle, a corrupt British army officer who served in India. The diamond, associated with the Hindu moon god, is of great religious significance as well as being extremely valuable, and there are whispers of a curse placed upon it. Sure enough, the stone is stolen from Rachel's bedroom...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BBC 2018
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1 available in British Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD BRITISH TV MOOMorgan, Winter
Summary: After discovering that zombies have destroyed his Minecraft village, Steve embarks on a mission to mine forty diamonds in order to make a diamond sword that he can use against the walking dead menace.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sky Pony Press 2014
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J FICTION MOROsman, Richard
Summary: It's the following Thursday. Elizabeth has received a letter from an old colleague, a man with whom she has a long history. He's made a big mistake and he needs her help. His story involves stolen diamonds, a violent mobster and a very real threat to his life. As bodies start piling up, Elizabeth enlists Joyce, Ibrahim and Ron in the hunt for a ruthless murderer. And if they find the diamonds...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2021
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Place a hold to request this item.Sullivan, J. Courtney.
Summary: "The story of four couples linked over sevearal decades by one diamond ring, and the woman who launched the most famous diamond campaign in the world"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2013
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Place a hold to request this item.Lobdell, Scott.
Summary: Frank and Joe are assigned to back up Miss Teen Stunt America contestant Lindsay Rider, who is also an A.T.A.C. agent, as they attempt to discover which of the other three contestants is fencing stolen diamonds.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Papercutz 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Graphic Novels, Call number: J 741.5 LOBMeyerson, Amy
Summary: "The Millers are far from perfect. Estranged siblings Beck, Ashley and Jake find themselves under one roof for the first time in years, forced to confront old resentments and betrayals, when their mysterious, eccentric matriarch, Helen, passes away. But their lives are about to change when they find a secret inheritance hidden among her possessions--the Florentine Diamond, a 137-carat yellow...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Park Row Books 2020
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MEYRoberts, Nora.
Summary: It should have been a piece of cake. All he had to do was pick up some pretty little bail-jumper who wasn't even bothering to hide. But cynical bounty hunter Jack Dakota soon discovered there was nothing easy about spitfire M. J. O'Learyor about this case. Someone had set them both up. Now they were handcuffed together and on the run from a pair of hired killers. And M. J. wasn't talkingnot...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wheeler Pub. 2008