The Diamond in the Window
Title | The Diamond in the Window PDF eBook |
Author | Jane Langton |
Publisher | Harper Collins |
Pages | 274 |
Release | 1973-10-31 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780064400428 |
Eddy and Eleanor discover a secret attic room in their extraordinary house.
The Diamond in the Window
Title | The Diamond in the Window PDF eBook |
Author | Jane Langton |
Publisher | Turtleback Books |
Pages | 0 |
Release | 1973-10 |
Genre | Concord (Mass.) |
ISBN | 9780881037470 |
Eddy and Eleanor discover a secret attic room in their extraordinary house.
Diamond Willow
Title | Diamond Willow PDF eBook |
Author | Helen Frost |
Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR) |
Pages | 148 |
Release | 2016-09-06 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1466896345 |
There's more to me than most people see. Twelve-year-old Willow would rather blend in than stick out. But she still wants to be seen for who she is. She wants her parents to notice that she is growing up. She wants her best friend to like her better than she likes a certain boy. She wants, more than anything, to mush the dogs out to her grandparents' house, by herself, with Roxy in the lead. But sometimes when it's just you, one mistake can have frightening consequences . . . And when Willow stumbles, it takes a surprising group of friends to help her make things right again. Using diamond-shaped poems inspired by forms found in polished diamond willow sticks, Helen Frost tells the moving story of Willow and her family. Hidden messages within each diamond carry the reader further, into feelings Willow doesn't reveal even to herself. Diamond Willow is a 2009 Bank Street - Best Children's Book of the Year.
Precious Objects
Title | Precious Objects PDF eBook |
Author | Alicia Oltuski |
Publisher | Simon and Schuster |
Pages | 370 |
Release | 2011-07-19 |
Genre | Social Science |
ISBN | 143917170X |
In the middle of New York City lies a neighborhood where all secrets are valuable, all assets are liquid, and all deals are sealed with a blessing rather than a contract. Welcome to the diamond district. Ninety percent of all diamonds that enter America pass through these few blocks, but the inner workings of this mysterious world are known only to the people who inhabit it. In Precious Objects, twenty-six-year-old journalist Alicia Oltuski, the daughter and granddaughter of diamond dealers, seamlessly blends family narrative with literary reportage to reveal the fascinating secrets of the diamond industry and its madcap characters: an Elvis-impersonating dealer, a duo of diamond-detective brothers, and her own eccentric father. With insight and drama, Oltuski limns her family’s diamond-paved move from communist Siberia to a displaced persons camp in post–World War II Germany to New York’s diamond district, exploring the connections among Jews and the industry, the gem and its lore, and the exotic citizens of this secluded world. Entertaining and illuminating, Precious Objects offers an insider’s look at the history, business, and society behind one of the world’s most coveted natural resources, providing an unforgettable backstage pass to an extraordinary and timeless show.
Windows at Tiffany & Co.
Title | Windows at Tiffany & Co. PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | Assouline Publishing |
Pages | 6 |
Release | 2018-11-01 |
Genre | Travel |
ISBN | 1614286930 |
They are astonishing, wonderful, and always, invariably modern: the windows at Tiffany’s Fifth Avenue flagship are the stuff dreams are made of. Their appeal is universal, inviting passersby, old and young, to vanish through the looking glass and into a spellbinding world of robin’s egg blue where even the most elusive of fantasies may come true. This hand-bound oversize Ultimate Collection edition presents a well-curated tour of the intricately crafted displays that continue to serve as references of the zeitgeist, from the legendary designer Gene Moore’s Christmas and Valentine’s displays to the neon creations of the current Tiffany & Co. creative team. Along with never-before-seen concept sketches, historical manuscripts, behind the scenes imagery and insights by cultural influencers and devotees of the world’s global arbiter of design and style, Windows at Tiffany’s revisits the whimsy and spirit of one of the world’s most recognized brands, and elicits nostalgia for each reader’s first blue box moment.
Three of Diamonds
Title | Three of Diamonds PDF eBook |
Author | Anthony Horowitz |
Publisher | Penguin |
Pages | 200 |
Release | 2005-05-05 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 1101664053 |
What would Tim Diamond, the world's worst private detective, dowithout his quick-thinking brother Nick? The bumbling detective and his kid brother are at it again in these three hilarious, fast-paced mysteries. Whether it's finding out who flattened a philanthropist with a steamroller in The Blurred Man, outsmarting Parisian drug smugglers on a vacation gone miserably wrong in The French Confection, or catching the murderer behind a deadly class reunion in I Know What You Did Last Wednesday, there's never a dull moment with this crimesolving duo around. Find out if Nick can get to the bottom of these mysteries before Tim messes everything up, or worse, gets them both killed.
The Swing in the Summerhouse
Title | The Swing in the Summerhouse PDF eBook |
Author | Jane Langton |
Publisher | HarperCollins |
Pages | 208 |
Release | 1981-10-07 |
Genre | Juvenile Fiction |
ISBN | 9780064401241 |
The swing in the summer house sweeps four children and two adults into frightening and mystifying journeys that help them all towards their hearts' desires.