Hatton Garden is one of the most secret streets in England home for two centuries to a deeply private working community of diamond & jewellery dealers. Intimately connected to the area both personally (her family run a jewellery business there) & professionally (as an artist archivist of London's streets) Rachel Lichtenstein is uniquely placed to explore the extraordinary history of this mysterious quarter with its ancient burial sites diamond workshops underground vaults subterranean rivers monastic dynasties & forgotten palaces. Moving beyond the street itself into parts of Clerkenwell Holborn & Farringdon Rachel follows the ancient perimeter of the original Hatton Garden estate which once bordered the lost River Fleet. Guided on her walks by archaeologists sewer flushers artists goldsmiths geologists & visionaries of the city such as Iain Sinclair she crosses the same territory repeatedly gathering new layers of the story with each journey. The result is a brilliantly immersive & multi-layered portrait; both a documentary & a secret history of a vanishing world. ...

Diamond Street is Rachel Lichtenstein's fascinating account of London's Hatton Garden. Enter Hatton Garden one of London's most mysterious streets. Home to ancient burial sites diamond workshops underground vaults monastic dynasties subterranean rivers & forgotten palaces. Here you'll meet sewer flushers artists goldsmiths geologists & visionaries as Rachel Lichtenstein uncovers the history secrets & stories that bring this vibrant Clerkenwell street & its environs to life. Praise for Diamond Street: Diamond Street is a brilliant & moving book intricate in its form & fabulous in its curiosity. It is poised somewhere between deep history archaeological dig archive-quest & contemporary documentary & it is suffused throughout with Rachel Lichtenstein's fascination with people & place
- a fascination which approaches a moral quality really in its tenderness diligence & cultural openness". (Robert Macfarlane author of The Old Ways). " Fascinating. The great joy of Lichtenstein's books is that she encourages us to look again at the places we take for granted". (Daily Telegraph). " Vivid & amusing containing so many sparkling things elegantly organized. Lichtenstein consulted a whole gang of glorious characters collecting tales history & lore on her way. An overwhelming trove of stories with a multiplicity of facets to intrigue". (Observer). " Engrossing a superb oral historian. Lichtenstein proves to be an indefatigable explorer". (Sunday Times). " Lichtenstein is an artist writer local historian & archivist & her multi-faceted approach makes fascinating reading. She makes us look with a fresh eye at familiar urban spaces". (Independent on Sunday). " Lichtenstein has brought alive something of London.. .how one street can be a kind of Tardis a portal to another world of parallel commerce codes rituals history. A heartfelt book full of curiosity & love". (The Times). "A lively & rewarding addition to the capital's rich history". (Independent). Rachel Lichtenstein is an artist & writer. She is the co-author with Iain Sinclair of Rodinsky's Room & the author most recently of On Brick Lane."
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New cover reissue of Book One of the classic ELENIUM series introducing the Pandion Knight Sparhawk & his horse Faron a sleeping queen & a jewel that can save her! After a long spell of exile Sparhawk Pandion Knight & the Queens champion returns to his native land to find it overrun with evil & intrigue -- & his young Queen grievously ill. Indeed Ehlana lies magically entombed within a block of crystal doomed to die unless a cure can be found within a year. But as Sparhawk & his allies -- who include Sephrenia the ageless sorceress & Flute the strange & powerful girl-child -- seek to save Ehlana & the land they discover that the evil is even greater & more pervasive than they feared! Truly a gem of epic fantasy from the modern master of the genre THE DIAMOND THRONE is a must for Eddings fans -- & an excellent introduction for those who have yet to discover the delights of his work. ...

From the New York Times" bestselling author of the critically acclaimed " Admiral Morgan" series comes a topical provocative military thriller which marks the start of a brand new series starring Navy SEAL Mack Bedford. When Navy SEAL Mack Bedfords fellow officers are brutally killed by Iraqi insurgents using a cruel new anti-tank Diamondhead missile Mack avenges their murders by gunning down the then-unarmed attackers ultimately getting himself court-martialed & kicked out of the Navy in the process. To make matters worse Mack then learns that the Diamondhead missiles were sold illegally by French industrialist & infamous politician Henri Foche. Mack suspects that Foche will succeed in his campaign to become the next French president & fears that his election will promote the spread of international terrorism. In addition Mack has a gravely ill son whose life can only be saved with an experimental & unaffordable foreign medical procedure. So when Mack is asked to help assassinate Henri Foche he finds himself agreeing. His reward: a chance at survival for both his son & the country. But before Mack can reach Foche a jilted mercenary group warns the Frenchman of the threat greatly increasing the difficulty of Macks solo assassination attempt. Can Mack track down & murder the French tyrant as he has been commissioned to do? Does he have the power to restore his reputation as a Navy SEAL? & will he be able to save his waning son before its too late?" ...

Diamonds is the leading guide of its kind to learning about these precious gems & understanding the main factors that determine their value & quality. Whether coming to diamonds for the first time or already knowledgeable in the field every reader will find something of interest & value in its pages. A unique feature of the book is the chapter dedicated to natural colour diamonds with descriptions & illustrations of every colour group. While colour diamonds are an increasingly important part of the diamond trade there is little information about them in the popular literature & their full treatment here has received much praise from readers. The story of diamonds is told from their humble origins in the form of carbon the most basic element of life through their many transformations by the forces of nature & the human hand on their way to becoming beautiful gems. The book is equally informative about the recent history of diamonds & the forces re-shaping the industry today including the global shifts in centres of production & distribution the implementing of international ethical standards within the trade & the emerging roles of China India & Russia as major players in the diamond market. In expanding the books international reach through its translation into six languages the author aims to promote the highest standards of good practice in the diamond industry to a wider audience. Diamonds is designed with equal attention to the text written in clear & jargon-free language & the images which show diamonds in their full range of cuts shapes & colours along with some of the worlds most stunning contemporary & historic diamonds. ...

Join the wonderfully weird Otherhand family & their faithful guardian Edgar the raven & discover the dark secrets of Castle Otherh&. In the sixth of the Raven Mysteries all manner of disaster descends on Castle Otherhand; weirdness abounds the family are on the verge of being thrown out of their own home & theres still no sign of the fabled treasure of the Otherh&. Worse still theres no sign of Edgar either. So will it be diamonds or doom for the Otherhands? ...

What does an It girl do if she loses all her money? Sophie Chesterton is a girl about town
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' The twentieth century looked out at him from the piece of newsprint & bared its teeth in a sneer' From the diamond mines of Sierra Leone to the jewellers of Hatton Garden from race track to casino... Bond must infiltrate & destroy the criminal network of the Spangled Mob in Fleming's fourth 007 adventure. ...

On 6 C Ds: Diamonds are being smuggled on a formidable scale from Africa via Britain to America. 007s assignment is to break the ring. It takes him to the racecourse & mud-baths of Saratoga Springs to the gaming tables of Las Vegas the ghost town of Spectreville & beyond. The Spangled Mob threatens to be too much even for Bond but help is at hand in the shape of co-conspirator Tiffany Case. ...

One of the worlds best-known biographers Andrew Morton is a leading authority on modern celebrity & one of the finest investigative writers of our age. His ground-breaking & controversial biography Diana: Her True Story" changed the publics perception of the British monarchy & became an instant bestseller. The original book was met with torrents of abuse from the British Establishment & the media. No one at that time would believe that in fact Diana had secretly collaborated with Andrew Morton in the writing of the book until 1997 when its re-publication in the wake of her death showed beyond any doubt that she had in fact done so. Working with Morton on the book Diana exposed life inside the royal family & shook the Establishment to its foundations. Sadly however the new life Diana had hoped for was tragically cut short. " Diana: Her True Story
- In Her Own Words" allowed her to give her own account of life as a royal. The Princess memory lives on as does the public & press interest in her. This world bestseller bears testimony to Dianas life finally allowing her to have her say. It is the closest we will ever come to her autobiography."
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