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After the darkness of a dungeon in India, artist Josiah Hastings found that years of imprisonment left his eyesight weak and failing. So when the fiery beauty of Miss Eleanor Beckett appears in his vision amidst the bleak grays of a London winter, he knows he's found his muse and one last chance at a masterpiece...
Symbols of affluence, power and social standing, pearls have been highly prized throughout history for their beauty and purity. Jewellery fashioned from these lustrous gems has adorned some of the world's most elegant women, from Cleopatra to Coco Chanel. This book brings together a fascinating collection of paintings, drawings, prints and photographs of noble women, imperial princesses, society ladies and Hollywood divas wearing their finest pearl tiaras, necklaces, brooches and earrings. Engaging commentaries explain the context in which each image was created and provide glimpses into the life of the artist and his or her model. An insightful introduction charts the history of our fascination with natural and cultured pearls from ancient times to the present day.
Language is a medium of communication, a tool of entertainment, a store of knowledge, a preserve of history, and an indispensable tool of the successful. If language is a plant, then poetry is the blossoming flower of the plant with colors that capture your attention. Passionate Pearls of Wisdom, Poetry and Prose is an inspiring, entertaining, and interwoven expression of the writer´s observations, experiences, and passions about diverse subjects that include the African Village, His Father (The Mystery of Tegum), Love, Passion, Romance, Marriage and Divorce, Christmas, Laughter and a moving piece about Nelson Mandela, a human tower of our time. The wise say "what lies behind us, and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us". The author uses the gift of language and poetry to dial into what lies within us. In this moving piece of work, every chapter ends with inspiring and motivational thoughts and quotes. Some of these quotable quotes are original thoughts of the writer, while others are borrowed from great thinkers such as Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Thomas Jefferson, William Tegum Gana, Dick Cavett, Abraham Maslow, Albeit Einstein, Warren Buffet and many more. Passionate Pearls symbolizes the writer's inability to escape from poetry, his true gift in life. He trusts you will find every poem an entertaining and inspiring read as well as literary fountains that rejuvenate the passions of your soul. Amongst these poems is the "Journey to An African Village", a tantalizing commentary which will capture your attention and present you with an exciting window to experience this subsistent, tropical, and serene lifestyle. The Mystery of Tegum is a moving rendition of the author's father, the Abraham of his life. It is a tribute to a man who was unique in every way, special to all he encountered, treasured through the fruits of his vision and loving memories which stack up to the heavens. Nelson Mandela is a deserving poetic ode to a tower of humanity. This well crafted piece will give you a glimpse of the sacrifices that led to the birth of the present Nation of South Africa. Love, relationships, and their intertwined complexities are addressed in a myriad of poems which range from My Childhood Sweetheart, Genie in the Bottle, The Vengeance of His Past, A Painful Journey from Love through Impatience to Divorce, The Witch Doctor's Loving Curse, Sweet Thoughts of Sarah and many others which will leave you asking for more. The rhythm in the works, the transformation of words into exquisite literary gems of pleasure, and the passion embedded in the poems tells of a well polished and distinguished writer. At the embryonic concept of a thought, the writer goes into a mental trance of creativity and emerges with colorful butterflies of linguistic flare. He blends his own experiences, his keen observations as well as the beauty of his imagination to create masterpieces which will leave you asking for more. The inspiring and motivational thoughts also embody the promise of becoming a daily source of meditation as well as literary pearls that propel us to seek the best in ourselves and in others. These passionate pearls of learned wisdom, flowing poetry and uplifting prose he shares with himself, with the world, and with the history of literary art. With these humble steps, he traverses these lanes, fully conscious of his privilege. It is a journey whose inspiration aspires to challenge minds, titillate nerves and uplift souls. Strap on your seatbelts of desire, and enjoy the ride.
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The preparation of this book has been a joint labor during the spare moments of the two authors, whose time has been occupied with subjects to which pearls are not wholly foreign—one as a gem expert, and the other in the fisheries branch of the American government. For many years the writers have collected data on the subject of pearls, and have accumulated all the obtainable literature, not only the easily procurable books, but likewise manuscripts, copies of rare volumes, original edicts, and legislative enactments, thousands of newspaper clippings, and interesting illustrations, many of them unique, making probably the largest single collection of data in existence on this particular subject. It was deemed advisable to present the results of these studies and observations in one harmonious volume, rather than in two different publications. While the book is a joint work in the sense that each writer has contributed material to all of the chapters and has critically examined and approved the entire work, the senior author has more closely applied himself to the latter half of the text, covering antiquity values, commerce, wearing manipulation, treatment, famous collections, aboriginal use, and the illustrations, while the junior author has attended to the earlier half of the book, with reference to history, origin, sources, fisheries, culture, mystical properties, and the literature of the pearl.