The Glass Pearls (Faber Editions)

Author: Emeric Pressburger
Publisher: Faber & Faber
ISBN: 0571371051
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 257

Book Description
For fans of The Passenger, this thrilling tale of an ex-Nazi surgeon hiding in plain sight in 1960s London by the celebrated filmmaker is a lost noir gem, introduced by Anthony Quinn and narrated on audio by Mark Gatiss. 'Stunning: incredibly good, thought-provoking and tense.' Ian Rankin 'This extraordinary novel had me hooked from start to finish.' Sarah Waters 'An outstanding novel: gripping, tense and darkly unsettling.' Jonathan Freedland 'A wonderfully compelling noir thriller and audacious and challenging act of imagination.' William Boyd 'One of the best London novels of the 20th century.' Benjamin Myers Nothing is more inviting to disclose your secrets than to be told by others of their own ... London, June 1965. Karl Braun arrives as a lodger in Pimlico: hatless, with a bow-tie, greying hair, slight in build. His new neighbours are intrigued by this cultured German gentleman who works as a piano tuner; many are fellow émigrés, who assume that he, like them, came to England to flee Hitler. That summer, Braun courts a woman, attends classical concerts, dances the twist. But as the newspapers fill with reports of the hunt for Nazi war criminals, his nightmares become increasingly worse . 'A haunting, remarkable novel, as startlingly original as any of Pressburger's films.' Nicola Upson 'A dark and harrowing window on the past: the ending will haunt your dreams.' Janice Hallett

Indra's Pearls

Author: David Mumford
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521352536
Category : Computers
Languages : en
Pages : 422

Book Description
Felix Klein, one of the great nineteenth-century geometers, rediscovered in mathematics an idea from Eastern philosophy: the heaven of Indra contained a net of pearls, each of which was reflected in its neighbour, so that the whole Universe was mirrored in each pearl. Klein studied infinitely repeated reflections and was led to forms with multiple co-existing symmetries. For a century these ideas barely existed outside the imagination of mathematicians. However in the 1980s the authors embarked on the first computer exploration of Klein's vision, and in doing so found many further extraordinary images. Join the authors on the path from basic mathematical ideas to the simple algorithms that create the delicate fractal filigrees, most of which have never appeared in print before. Beginners can follow the step-by-step instructions for writing programs that generate the images. Others can see how the images relate to ideas at the forefront of research.

Tiffany Pearls

Author: John Loring
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 320

Book Description
Summary: In Tiffany Pearls, Tiffany's longtime design director traces the dazzling history of pearl jewelry at Tiffany, from the mid-19th century to the present, including fascinating accounts of many of the world's most famous pearls since the Renaissance. Tiffany Pearls is lavishly illustrated with archival photographs, portraits of illustrious pearl lovers through the centuries (including Queen Elizabeth I; Catherine de Medici; Mary, Queen of Scots; and Mary Todd Lincoln), sketches and drawings of Tiffany's signature designs, and photographs of their spectacular antique and contemporary pearl pieces. In addition, celebrities from Audrey Hepburn to Elizabeth Taylor, Christy Turlington, Naomi Watts, and Sarah Jessica Parker, are pictured decked out in lavish Tiffany pearls.--From publisher description.

Beginning Pearls

Author: Stephan Pastis
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 1449423035
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226

Book Description
A collection of the comic strip Pearls before swine, specially chosen for young readers.

City of Pearls

Author: Sham-e-Ali Nayeem
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781937357894
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
"City of Pearls is one continuous gift-giver. Sham-e-Ali Nayeem lusciously, unselfishly and most certainly, unapologetically shares with us the magic and glory of story. Stories made from lived lives...full with words and images that speak of...place, purpose, father, family, fragility, strength, beauty, suffering, celebration. Stories to hold us tight...and inspire us to continue dreaming through it all." --Ursula Rucker, author of Supa Sista "I was brought back to the landscapes of my childhood by these sensitive poems. So quietly but firmly do they evoke not only the shattered rocks of Hyderabad but also the ways in which some of us live perpetually between, belong neither to one place nor the other, always in transit, always hoping for news from 'home.'" --Kazim Ali, author of Inquisition "This book is a hamlet, a jewel box, a compass. Sham-e-Ali Nayeem strings the tender odds and ends of memory into a dazzling odyssey across the continents of daughterhood and motherhood. We are born from places as much as people, these poems remind us. City of Pearls soars with the dignity mined from a life lit with leavings." --Yolanda Wisher, author of Monk Eats an Afro "There is nothing more important to love than memory, and Sham-e-Ali's stunning debut collection is full of love. Awash in the fragrance of mourning and yearning, these poems stretch out, split into tributaries, condense into coral clouds - above all, they nourish. Both affectionate and merciless, this book is a "place where it all worked out." It is a gift to breathe with it."--Bao Phi, author of Thousand Star Hotel

My Mother's Pearls

Author: Catherine Myler Fruisen
Publisher: Star Bright Books
ISBN: 9781595720054
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 42

Book Description
A beautiful pearl necklace has passed from mother to daughter for seven generations on each daughter's wedding day.

The String of Pearls

Author: George Payne Rainsford James
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 232

Book Description

Da Crockydile Book O' Frendsheep

Author: Stephan Pastis
Publisher: Andrews McMeel Publishing
ISBN: 0740776274
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 89

Book Description
As the first gift book based on the "Pearls Before Swine" comic strip, this "book of frendsheep" conveys the unusual brand of camaraderie shared by the not-really-so-cold-blooded crocs. Illustrations.

Book Crush

Author: Nancy Pearl
Publisher: Sasquatch Books
ISBN: 1570616566
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 274

Book Description
Do you remember your first book crush? You know, the first time a book completely captured your imagination, transported you to a magical place, or introduced you to a lifelong friend you will never forget? In Book Crush, popular librarian and reading enthusiast Nancy Pearl reminds us why we fell for reading in the first place—how completely consuming and life-changing a good book can be. Pearl offers more than 1,000 crush-worthy books organized into over 100 recommended reading lists aimed at youngest, middle-grade, and teen readers. From picture books to chapter books, YA fiction and nonfiction, Pearl has developed more smart and interesting thematic lists of books to enjoy. Parents, teachers, and librarians are often puzzled by the unending choices for reading material for young people. It starts when the kids are toddler and doesn’t end until high-school graduation. What’s good, what’s not, and what’s going to hold their interest? Popular librarian Nancy Pearl points the way in Book Crush.

Revealing Eden

Author: Victoria Foyt
Publisher: Sand Dollar Press Incorporated
ISBN: 9780983650324
Category : Bildungsromans
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
A modern day Beauty and the Beast tale about a white skinned pearl in a world of dark skinned coals.