Welcome to our book review site go-pdf.online!
You may have to Search all our reviewed books and magazines, click the sign up button below to create a free account.
The Diamond Mines of South Africa
First published in 1902, this work describes the discovery and development of diamond mines in South Africa.
Refracted Economies
Refracted Economies examines the gendered impact of the diamond industry in the Canadian Northwest Territories.
Diamond Mines
The essays comprising this text aim to shed new light on the interaction of labour, management and government in contemporary major league baseball.
Flight of the Diamond Smugglers
'Ghost towns, corporate cruelty, the centuries-old relationship between humans and a species almost magical in its abilities ... fabulous.' The New York Times 'A beautifully written book on diamond smuggling, the universe, life and much of what lies in between.' Toby Muse, author of Kilo: Life and Death Inside the Secret World of the Cocaine Cartels For nearly 80 years, a huge portion of coastal South Africa was closed off to the public. With many of its pits now deemed "overmined" and abandoned, journalist and author Matthew Gavin Frank set out across the infamous Diamond Coast to investigate an illicit trade – the smuggling of diamonds by carrier pigeon – that supplies a global market....
Capital and Labour on the Kimberley Diamond Fields, 1871-1890
Based on new documentary sources, this history of diamond mining in Kimberley is a major study of South Africa's mineral revolution and the formation of De Beers Consolidated Mines, one of the most successful African mining companies.
Diamond Mine
None
Acres of Diamonds
Discover the treasures that lie within your reach in Russell H. Conwell's inspiring work, Acres Of Diamonds. This motivational book teaches that opportunities for success and wealth are often found right in our own backyards. What if the key to your success is not somewhere out there but right where you are? Conwell’s captivating stories illustrate how individuals transformed their lives by recognizing and seizing the opportunities available to them. His insights encourage readers to look beyond conventional paths and embrace the potential in their own circumstances. Could it be that your greatest achievements are waiting for you to discover them? Don’t let your dreams remain unfulfilled. Purchase Acres Of Diamonds now, and start unlocking the hidden wealth and opportunities in your life!
Glitter & Greed
Rare, romantic, and forever: The diamond industry depends on these myths to reap billions of dollars of profit. This sensational investigation explodes such fallacies and reveals how multimillion-dollar advertising campaigns create the impression of rarity and romance. It reveals a very secret and unromantic world, one that is dominated and controlled by a handful of mighty corporations. With Leonardo DiCaprio’s movie The Blood Diamond making more people than ever aware of the seamy side of the diamond trade, Janine Roberts’ explosive exposé, taking us through seven decades of intrigue and manipulation, is the right book at the right time.
Barren Lands
First published in 2001, Barren Lands is the classic true story of the men who sought—and found—a great diamond mine on the last frontier of the far north. From a bloody 18th-century trek across the Canadian tundra to the daunting natural forces facing protagonists Chuck Fipke and Stewart Blusson as they struggle against the mighty DeBeers cartel, this is the definitive account of one of the world’s great mineral discoveries. Combining geology, science history, raw nature, and high intrigue, it is also a tale of supreme adventure, taking the reader into a magical—and now fast-vanishing—wild landscape. Now in a newly revised and updated edition.
Men of Men
BOOK 2 IN THE BALLANTYNE SERIES, BY INTERNATIONAL SENSATION WILBUR SMITH 'Best historical novelist' - Stephen King '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 A RUTHLESS MAN. AN UNFORGIVING DESTINY. Zouga Ballantyne has in his blood a fanatical need to find diamonds, and it is in the diamond mines of Kimberley that he finally realises his fate. But the price of success in one of the most punishing places in the world is high, and Zouga loses his beloved wife to one of the many sicknesses that haunt the diamond mine camp. Zouga and his sons are left to find ...
