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- Silk : a world history / by Prasad, Aarathi,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In a gorgeous history that spans continents and millennia, Aarathi Prasad weaves together the complex story of the queen of fabrics. Through the scientists who have studied silk, and the biology of the animals from which it has been drawn, Prasad explores the global, natural, and cultural history (and future) of a unique material that has fascinated the world for thousands of years"--- Subjects: Bombyx mori.; Lepidopterology; Sericulture; Silk; Silkworms.; Silkworms;
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- Templar silks / by Chadwick, Elizabeth,1957-author.;
England, 1219. Lying on his deathbed, William Marshal, England's greatest knight, sends a trusted servant to bring to him the silk Templar burial shrouds that returned with him from the Holy Land thirty years ago. It is time to fulfil his vow to the Templars and become a monk of their order for eternity. As he waits for the shrouds' return, he looks back upon his long-ago pilgrimage with his brother Ancel, and the sacred mission entrusted to them to bear the cloak of their dead young lord to Jerusalem and lay it on Christ's tomb in the church of the Holy Sepulchre. Jerusalem, 1183. In the holiest of all cities, the brothers become embroiled in the deadly politics, devious scheming and lusts of the powerful men and women who rule the kingdom. Entangled with the dangerous, mercurial Paschia de Riveri, concubine of the highest churchman in the land, William sets on a path so perilous that there seems no way back for him, or for his brother. Both will pay a terrible price and their only chance to see home again will be dependent on the Templar shrouds.- Subjects: Historical fiction.; Templars; Pilgrims and pilgrimages;
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- The prince who was just himself / by Schnee, Silke.; Sistig, Heike.; Albertz, Erna,1979-;
Lacking the athletic and reading skills of his older brothers, Prince Noah uses love and compassion to save the kingdom from the Black Knight.LSC- Subjects: Princes; Down syndrome; People with mental disabilities; Individuality;
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- Seduction in silk / by Beverley, Jo.;
When he is named his wealthy uncle's heir on the condition that he marry a woman he has never met, Peregrine Perriam begrudgingly proposes to the headstrong Claris Mallow, whose refusal at gunpoint poses an irresistible challenge.- Subjects: Love stories.; Regency fiction.; Nobility; Inheritance and succession; Marriage;
- © c2013., Signet,
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- Heiress in red silk / by Hunter, Madeline.;
In one life-changing windfall, Rosamund Jameson goes from struggling shopkeeper to heiress--and co-owner of a new business. Not only will her sudden fortune allow her to move her millinery shop to fashionable London, but Rosamund will be able to provide her younger sister with a proper entry into society. The only hitch for resourceful Rosamund is her arrogant, infuriatingly handsome business partner...Kevin Radnor is shocked that his late uncle, the Duke of Hollinburgh, bequeathed half his company to a total stranger--worse, a beguiling beauty who can only hinder his enterprise. But Rosamund insists on an active, equal partnership, so Kevin embarks on a plan: a seduction that will lead to a marriage of convenience, giving Rosamund the social status she needs, and guaranteeing him the silent partner he desires. Yet as this charismatic gentleman sets his flirtation in motion, he begins to wonder who is seducing whom--and if he can learn to share himself body and mind, without losing his heart . . .- Subjects: Romance fiction.; Historical fiction.; Nobility; Man-woman relationships; Inheritance and succession;
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- The Silk Roads : a new history of the world / by Frankopan, Peter.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Our world was made on and by the Silk Roads. For millennia it was here that East and West encountered each other through trade and conquest, leading to the spread of ideas and cultures, the birth of the world's great religions, the appetites for foreign goods that drove economies and the growth of nations. From the first cities in Mesopotamia to the growth of Greece and Rome to the depredations by the Mongols and the Black Death to the Great Game and the fall of Communism, the fate of the West has always been inextricably linked to the East. The Silk Roads vividly captures the importance of the networks that crisscrossed the spine of Asia and linked the Atlantic with the Pacific, the Mediterranean with India, America with the Persian Gulf. By way of events as disparate as the American Revolution and the horrific world wars of the twentieth century, Peter Frankopan realigns the world, orientating us eastwards, and illuminating how even the rise of the West 500 years ago resulted from its efforts to gain access to and control these Eurasian trading networks. In an increasingly globalized planet, where current events in Asia and the Middle East dominate the world's attention, this magnificent work of history is very much a work of our times"--Provided by publisher.LSC- Subjects: World history.; Trade routes; East and West; Imperialism; Culture conflict; Acculturation;
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- The house of silk : a Sherlock Holmes novel / by Horowitz, Anthony,1955-;
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- Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.; Mystery fiction.; Holmes, Sherlock (Fictitious character); Private investigators; Watson, John H. (Fictitious character);
- © c2011., Mulholland Books,
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The New Silk Road Review
Mode of access: Internet.- Subjects: News;
- © , China International Book Trade
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- The digital Silk Road : China's quest to wire the world and win the future / by Hillman, Jonathan E.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."An expert on China's global infrastructure expansion provides an urgent look at the battle to connect and control tomorrow's networks"--- Subjects: Information services industry; International economic integration; Silk Road;
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- The new silk roads : the present and future of the world / by Frankopan, Peter,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A revelatory vision of the world today, as it is seen by the rising powers of the East. "All roads used to lead to Rome. Now they lead to Beijing." So argues Peter Frankopan in this timely and visionary new book about the present and future of a world that is changing dramatically before our very eyes. In this age of Brexit and Trump, the West is buffeted by the tides of isolation and fragmentation. Yet to the East, this is a moment of optimism as a new network of relationships takes shape along the routes of the ancient trade routes. In The New Silk Roads, Peter Frankopan takes us on an eye-opening journey through the region, from China's breathtaking infrastructure investments to the flood of trade deals among Central Asian republics to the growing rapprochement between Turkey and Russia. This important book asks us to put aside our preconceptions and see the world from a new -- and ultimately hopeful -- perspective"--- Subjects: Asian cooperation.; East and West.;
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