Solider, politician, miner, pioneer, scion of the President, William Stephen Hamilton led a prolific life.Rough Diamond: The Life of Colonel William Stephen Hamilton examines the tumultuous early Republic period of American history through the life of Alexander Hamilton's son. Born in New York in 1797, the fifth son of President Alexander Hamilton, he was only six when his father was infamously killed in a duel with Vice President Aaron Burr. After resigning from West Point, Hamilton moved to frontier Illinois in 1817. The famous name of Hamilton that may have acquired him rank and prestige at one time was meaningless in a Midwestern frontier society driven by the Jacksonians. Yet, despite being hurled into a clash of economic, political, and cultural cultures, Hamilton determined to live his life by his own rules. A veteran of the Winnebago and Black Hawk Wars, Hamilton was elected to the Illinois House of Representatives before moving to the Wisconsin territory, where he founded the mining town of Hamilton's Diggings (Wiota, WI). When gold was discovered in California in 1948, he traveled west, where he would die in Sacramento in 1850. In Rough Diamond: The Life of Colonel William Stephen Hamilton, author A. K. Fielding expands the story of the Hamilton family. Hamilton's life offers a first-hand account of the formation of the Midwestern states, the realities of life on the frontier, and mass migration caused by the California Gold Rush.

Diamonds in Nature: A Guide to Rough Diamonds illustrates the range of crystal shapes, colours, surface textures, and mineral inclusions of rough, uncut, naturally forming diamonds. Each chapter contains photographs that show the unique physical characteristics of the diamonds, and the accompanying text describes the processes that led to their formation. This book is an invaluable reference manual for professional geoscientists—including gemmologists and exploration geologists.

This memoir is the most expected in years and Madleen Kane does't hold back "Raw"Writing by a Diva like never before At early age of 14 she become an International model alover the world and by18 years old, she record her first incredible sucessful album and become The a Disco Music Queen of the world. She had an extraordinary life, Is a must read book!

In life, you will most likely regret that you didn't do more of what you love. You will likely feel as though you spent your professional life getting up, going to the office and living the same day over and over, week after week, year after year, decade after decade. Ironically, it's the same people who wind up regretting not doing more who spend their careers resisting change and shutting down creative ideas. I know because I spent nearly two decades as a change agent in a large advertising agency. If you found your way to this book, it's because you have a fire in your belly, a hunger for change, and a belief in the transformative power of disruption. If you found this book, it's probably because you know it's time to shake things up but you're not quite sure how. This book puts you on notice. You have it within your power to do more and be more, and I'm going to give you the tools to start. This is your opportunity to change your destiny, so you are the statistical anomaly - the Rough Diamond - who shines bright, even if unpolished, and savours each day for the opportunity it presents to innovate, connect and disrupt the status quo.

The treatment of personality disorders has advanced enormously in recent decades. These disorders have gone from being considered as untreatable problems to an active area of interest in psychology and psychiatry. Recent new developments geared specifically toward people with personality disorders offer promising perspectives. This book by Dolores Mosquera, already a classic in the area of personality disorders in Spain, has contributed to this changing perspective. Its title poses a revolutionary metaphor for patients and therapists. The mental image of the problems of those dealing with borderline personality might look like a maze or a mess in which they feel stuck, or like something dark and thick from which they have trouble escaping. Readers of this book find a new image of a diamond in the rough, with the understanding that a bright and extremely solid crystal with unique features, is hiding inside. The text of Rough Diamonds, helps people with BPD understand their problem, be aware of the origins, and understand the possible routes to finding a different way of functioning. This is not a simple compilation of theories, but a new way to understand how BPD patterns are generated and maintained. The text also outlines the path of recovery and the different possibilities of treatment.

I'm stepping off a nine hour flight when it happens. A white van. A dark hood. Every woman's worst nightmare. "Diamond in the Rough is masterfully written, sinfully sexy, and utterly addictive! Skye Warren proves why she is the queen of dark and delicious romance." - Giana Darling, USA Today bestselling author Now I'm trapped in an abandoned church. The man who took me says I won't be hurt. The man in the cell next to me says that's a lie. I'll fight with every ounce of strength, but there are secrets in these walls. I'll need every single one of them to survive. "Five glowing stars! Diamond in the Rough is the dark and dangerous world that I love from Skye Warren. You will be completely caught up in Elijah and Holly's story from the first page to the last." - New York Times bestselling author Aleatha Romig DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH is a new dark romance from New York Times bestselling author Skye Warren. Finding yourself has never been so dangerous...