Colour Of Paradise

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Among the magnificent gems and jewels left behind by the great Islamic empires, emeralds stand out for their size and prominence. For the Mughals, Ottomans, and Safavids green was—as it remains for all Muslims—the color of Paradise, reserved for the Prophet Muhammad and his descendants. Tapping a wide range of sources, Kris Lane traces the complex web of global trading networks that funneled emeralds from backland South America to populous Asian capitals between the sixteenth and the eighteenth centuries. Lane reveals the bloody conquest wars and forced labor regimes that accompanied their production. It is a story of trade, but also of transformations—how members of profoundly different societies at opposite ends of the globe assigned value to a few thousand pounds of imperfectly shiny green rocks.

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Genre : History
Author : Kris E. Lane
Publisher : Yale University Press
Release : 2010-03-30
File : 299 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780300164701


Colour In Nature

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Genre : Animals
Author : Marion Isabel Newbigin
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Release : 1898
File : 364 Pages
ISBN-13 : HARVARD:32044106195936


Birds Of Paradise And Bowerbirds

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This authoritative handbook, part of the Helm Identification Guide series, looks in detail at the remarkable and diverse birds of paradise – perhaps the ultimate birders' birds. Renowned for their elaborate and dazzling plumages, the birds of paradise (Paradisaeidae) and bowerbirds (Ptilonohynchidae) exhibit some of the most astonishing behaviours in the avian kingdom. The former is the most iconic group of birds found in New Guinea, while the bowerbirds extend into Australia, and are perhaps best known for the males' construction of avenue bowers, used to tempt females on the forest floor. This comprehensive monograph is dedicated to these two families, combining the product of more than two decades of research and scholarship with original observations by the author and many other knowledgeable contributors. Birds of Paradise and Bowerbirds is the ultimate reference to these two groups. It provides a thorough guide to their identification, taxonomy and ecology, with detailed distribution maps accompanying the text. A series of beautifully illustrated plates by Richard Allen cover all of the 108 recognised taxa in these groups, with these supplemented by more than 200 photographs covering a range of racial and age-related plumage variety. This book is an indispensable addition to the libraries of all birders and ornithologists interested in these sensational birds.

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Genre : Nature
Author : Phil Gregory
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Release : 2020-01-09
File : 418 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781472975843


The World According To Colour

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'Extraordinary. An intellectual feast as well as a visual one' Edmund de Waal, author of The Hare with Amber Eyes The world comes to us in colour. But colour lives as much in our imaginations as it does in our surroundings, as this scintillating book reveals. Each chapter immerses the reader in a single colour, drawing together stories from the histories of art and humanity to illuminate the meanings it has been given over the eras and around the globe. Showing how artists, scientists, writers, philosophers, explorers and inventors have both shaped and been shaped by these wonderfully myriad meanings, James Fox reveals how, through colour, we can better understand their cultures, as well as our own. Each colour offers a fresh perspective on a different epoch, and together they form a vivid, exhilarating history of the world. 'We have projected our hopes, anxieties and obsessions onto colour for thousands of years,' Fox writes. 'The history of colour, therefore, is also a history of humanity.'

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Genre : Art
Author : James Fox
Publisher : Penguin UK
Release : 2021-10-07
File : 281 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780141976662


The Little Book Of Colour

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A SUNDAY TIMES DESIGN BOOK OF THE YEAR _________________________________________ The definitive guide for harnessing the power of colour to improve your happiness, wellbeing and confidence Wouldn't you like to boost your confidence simply by slipping on 'that' yellow jumper? Or when you get home after a stressful day, be instantly soothed by the restful green of your walls? The colours all around us hold an emotional energy. Applied Colour Psychology specialist, Karen Haller, explains the inherent power of colour; for example, looking closely at the colours we love or those we dislike can bring up deeply buried memories and with them powerful feelings. A revolutionary guide to boosting your wellbeing, The Little Book of Colour puts you firmly in the driver's seat and on the road to changing the colours in your world to revamp your mood and motivation. Illuminating the science, psychology and emotional significance of colour, with key assessments for finding your own true colour compatibility, this book will help you to rediscover meaning in everything you do through the joy of colour. Get ready to join the colour revolution, and change your life for the better.

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Genre : Psychology
Author : Karen Haller
Publisher : Penguin UK
Release : 2019-08-29
File : 272 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780241352861


Glimpses Of Paradise

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The history of the Paradise Parrot - from its 'discovery' in the 1800s to its extinction in the 1920s and how claims of sightings have continued to the present day.

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Genre : Nature
Author : Penny Olsen
Publisher : National Library Australia
Release : 2007
File : 284 Pages
ISBN-13 : 0642276528


The Custodian Of Paradise A Novel

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A Book-of-the-Month Club "Best Novel of 2007." In the waning days of World War II, Sheilagh Fielding makes her way to a deserted island off the coast of Newfoundland. But she soon comes to suspect another presence: that of a man known only as her Provider, who has shadowed her for twenty years.Against the backdrop of Newfoundland's history and landscape, Fielding is a compelling figure. Taller than most men and striking in spite of her crippled leg, she is both eloquent and subversively funny. Her newspaper columns exposing the foibles and hypocrisies of her native city, St. John's, have made many powerful enemies for her, chief among them the man who fathered her children—twins—when she was fourteen. Only her Provider, however, knows all of Fielding's secrets. Reading group guide included.

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Genre : Fiction
Author : Wayne Johnston
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Release : 2008-04-17
File : 388 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9780393292541


The First Four Books Of Paradise Lost

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Author : John Milton
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Release : 1855
File : 200 Pages
ISBN-13 : NLS:V000647214


English For The Australian Curriculum Book 1

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English for the Australian Curriculum Book 1 privileges student experience, creative engagement with texts, moments of reflection and deep thinking. Drawing on an inquiry model of learning, it provides opportunities for students to write and create their own texts. Written for the Australian Curriculum, English for the Australian Curriculum Book 1 provides a fully balanced and integrated approach to the study of language, literature and literacy. It actively engages students with texts at a variety of levels: • Develops language skills at word, sentence and text level, with activities in reading, writing, viewing, creating, listening and speaking • Encourages student writing across a variety of contexts, for a variety of purposes and for a variety of audiences • Underlines the importance of visual literacy • Provides opportunities for students to create their own multimodal texts

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Genre : Juvenile Nonfiction
Author : Brenton Doecke
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Release : 2011-04
File : 284 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781107648623


The Prisoner Of Paradise

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When Lucy Gladwellarrives in Mauritiusfrom Englandto live with her aunt and uncle in their grand plantation house, her mind is full of the poems of Keatsand tales of romance . She is nonetheless unprepared for thebeauty, fecundity and otherness of this island paradise between Africa and India, where she is to be waited onhand and foot by servants and free to let her thoughts drift on the sea breeze. If only they did not drift to such problematic subjects as therestrictions of colonial society, or the bigoted outbursts of her uncle, or thedisquieting attractions of Don Lambodar,a young translator from Ceylon, himself entangled in thoughts of iniquity anddesire and facing a decisionwhich could risk his precarious position. Under the surface there is growing unease. For it is 1825: Britain haswrested power from Franceand is shippingconvict labour across the Indian Ocean. Theage of slavery is coming to its messy end. Word is lapping against the shoresof the island - of revolts in Europe and the Americas, and of a charismatic newIndian leader who will shine the light of liberty. For Lucy, for Don, for everyone on the island, a devastating stormis coming... In this bold novel ofintimate passions and colliding destinies, Romesh Gunesekera weaves togetherthe story of two young lovers in search of freedom, and the eloquence of thebonded heart.

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Genre : Fiction
Author : Romesh Gunesekera
Publisher : A&C Black
Release : 2012-02-02
File : 401 Pages
ISBN-13 : 9781408804261