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Pearls : a natural history / by Landman, Neil H.(CARDINAL)331450; American Museum of Natural History.(CARDINAL)138269; Field Museum of Natural History.(CARDINAL)143061;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-222).Foreword -- Introduction -- Columbus's pearls -- Natural beginnings : pearl mollusks -- The mechanism of luster : physical, chemical, and optical properties of pearls -- Pearls in human history : the European tradition -- Pearls in human history : the non-European tradition -- Getting pearls : the history of harvesting natural pearls -- Making pearls : the methods of perliculture -- Saving pearls : the ecology of pearl-producing mollusks."Pearls are unique among gemstones. Complete as they are found, they require no faceting or shaping to bring out their beauty and luster. Perhaps because of their origin and radiance, pearls have fascinated people from the time they were first found in artifacts in Mesopotamia (c. 2300 B.C.E.), until the present. Rich with new color photography and archival images, Pearls: A Natural History chronicles this enduring obsession. Based on an exhibition mounted by the American Museum of Natural History in New York and The Field Museum in Chicago, Pearls combines science, history, and beautiful objects both natural and crafted. The authors draw on their varied disciplines to explore all aspects of pearls - biology, gemology, anthropology, mineralogy, ecology, and the decorative arts."--Jacket.
Subjects: Pearl oysters.; Mollusks.; Pearls.; Pearl fisheries.; Pearl oyster culture.;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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The rising sun / by Time-Life Books.(CARDINAL)137698;
Bibliography: page 204.Countdown for war--The surprise attack--Outposts overwhelmed--The strike to the South--Under the conqueror's rule--Midway: the turning point--Picture essay: A doomed way of life; Gearing for battle; Target: Pearl Harbor; In the wake of the raid; Tragedy in the Philippines; The Doolittle raid; Nippon's adaptable army; The first carrier clash; a new order in Asia; THe patriotic art of war; Japan's audacious gambler; An all-out thrust at home.Picture essay of war in the Pacific.
Subjects: Illustrated works.; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 9
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Learn to draw birds & butterflies : step-by-step instructions for more than 25 winged creatures / by Cuddy, Robbin,illustrator.(CARDINAL)384183;
Bird basics -- Butterfly basics -- Northern cardinal -- Flamingo -- Peacock -- Blue jay -- Toucan -- Baltimore oriole -- Cedar waxwing -- American goldfinch -- Gouldian goldfinch -- Scarlet macaw -- Kingfisher -- Ruby-throated hummingbird -- Ladder-backed woodpecker -- Pearl-spotted owlet -- Grey crowned crane -- Green-spotted triangle butterfly -- Purple-spotted swallowtail -- Adonis blue -- Red-banded hairstreak -- Red admiral -- Peacock -- Monarch -- Redspot sawtooth -- Large orange tip -- Mottled butterfly -- Common blue -- Black-veined white -- Common birdwing -- Mini quiz answers.Perfect for young artists-in-training, Learn to Draw Birds & Butterflies offers a comprehensive drawing experience that includes step-by-step lessons, as well as full-color photographs, fun facts, trivia, quizzes, and much more.970L
Subjects: Birds in art; Butterflies in art; Drawing;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 8
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Some assembly required : collage culture in post-war America / by Piché, Thomas.(CARDINAL)195853; Durant, Mark Alice.(CARDINAL)226750; Friedling, Melissa Pearl.(CARDINAL)264570; Everson Museum of Art.(CARDINAL)146283;
Subjects: Collage, American;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The church and the fine arts : an anthology of pictures, poetry, music, and stories portraying the growth and development of the church through the centuries / by Maus, Cynthia Pearl,1878-1970.(CARDINAL)272719;
Subjects: Poetry.; Church history.; Christian art and symbolism.; Religious poetry, English.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Paul Laurence Dunbar : black poet laureate / by Schultz, Pearle Henriksen.(CARDINAL)738008; Hutchinson, William,1916-1997.(CARDINAL)318436;
Biography of a black American poet whose early dialectic works were superseded by works exposing the problems of his race.
Subjects: Biographies.; Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906.; Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906; African Americans; African Americans; Poets, American.; Poets, American;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Pokémon adventures : Diamond and pearl platinum [manga] / by Kusaka, Hidenori.(CARDINAL)357281; Schilling, Katherine.(CARDINAL)483373; Yamamoto, Satoshi(Illustrator)(CARDINAL)350882;
Pokémon trainers Pearl and Diamond have a lifelong dream to star in a Pokémon comedy act, but somehow end up as bodyguards to a pampered rich girl on a quest to reach the peak of Mount Coronet.Rated A for all ages.
Subjects: Fantasy comics.; Action and adventure fiction.; Graphic novels.; Comics (Graphic works); Pokémon (Fictitious characters); Pokémon (Fictitious characters); Good and evil;
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 13
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Pokémon [manga] : Diamond and pearl by Ihara, Shigekatsu,author.(CARDINAL)593430;
Hareta, raised in the wild by Pokémon, decides to become a Pokémon trainer and sets out to find the legendary Pokémon Dialga, but time is of the essence as he must find it before the evil Team Galactic does.
Subjects: Action and adventure fiction.; Graphic novels.; Comics (Graphic works); Fiction.; Pokémon (Fictitious characters); Feral children; Adventure stories; Caricatures and cartoons; Pokémon (Fictitious characters); Feral children; Comic books, strips, etc.;
Available copies: 9 / Total copies: 28
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The world's great Madonnas; an anthology of pictures, poetry, music, and stories centering in the life of the Madonna and her Son. by Maus, Cynthia Pearl,1878-1970.(CARDINAL)272719;
Subjects: Biographies.; Art.; Songs.; Music.; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint; Old State Library Collection.;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Di van Niekerk's roses in silk and organza ribbon / by Van Niekerk, Di.;
Getting started -- Techniques. Making rose petals ; The rose centres -- Stitch gallery and stitch techniques -- The chapters. The borders ; Rose gaujard, Golden lace and Elina rose ; Wisteria and Blue tit ; Dapple dawn and Fig tree blue ; Brandy roses and spent rose ; Smoky roses and blue bow ; Autumn sunset ; Blanche Lafitte, Wisteria and Pearl spotted emperor ; Remember me ; Rose hips and Pearl spotted emperor ; Königin von Dänemark and Golden breasted bunting ; Spider web, Dusky maiden and Purple emperors ; Sunny roses, bird's nest and Willow warbler ; Belle Époque ; Peace rose and Wisteria branch ; Michaelangelo, blue bow and Purple emperors ; Madam Gregoire Staechelin and Pearl spotted emperor."This book teaches more than 60 brand new techniques on a specially designed rose sampler. ... Techniques include 16 different roses blooming amongst the latticework of rosebuds, leaves and stems. Learn how to make rose petals and rose hips, sepals, stems and leaves, spent roses and stamens, birds, a bird's nest, butterflies, bows and wisteria"--P. [4] of cover.
Subjects: Silk ribbon embroidery.; Roses in art.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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