Torture, mutilation, civil war, and slavery. For many African nations, diamonds are not a luxury item but a harbinger of violence and death.
For years rebel groups have maintained a harsh grip over many of Africa’s diamond deposits, forcing local residents to toil all day in the mines. Proceeds from these “blood diamonds” or “conflict diamonds” are used to buy weapons and fund deadly insurgencies and campaigns of terror.
Take a trip to the fields of Sierra Leone, where diamond smuggling is big business even after the end of a ten-year war, and join officials as they struggle to keep illegal stones from making their way onto the global market.

Diamonds in Nature: A Guide to Rough Diamonds illustrates the range of crystal shapes, colours, surface textures, and mineral inclusions of rough, uncut, naturally forming diamonds. Each chapter contains photographs that show the unique physical characteristics of the diamonds, and the accompanying text describes the processes that led to their formation. This book is an invaluable reference manual for professional geoscientists—including gemmologists and exploration geologists.

Where do dogs in all their amazing diversity come from? Tradition says that thousands of years ago someone tamed a wolf pup, thus creating the first of our best friends. But many scientists disagree. On "Dogs and More Dogs," NOVA goes to the dogs—and to leading researchers—to find out the truth.

Two years after his best-selling When Elephants Weep (LJ 5/15/95), controversial psychoanalyst Masson provides us with another blockbuster about the emotional lives of animals. Using "evidence" that he admits is decidedly anecdotal and speculative, Masson offers a thoroughly engaging discussion of what it means to think and feel as dogs do. Masson looks at the foundation of the human-dog bond, love, loyalty, heroism, submission, dominance, gratitude, fear, loneliness, dignity, humiliation, disappointment, sadness, and aggression. He also provides insightful chapters on dogs at work and at play, dog dreams, and dogs vs. cats. Whether or not you agree with Masson's conclusions, he is a skilled philosopher and accomplished writer. An extensive chapter-by-chapter bibliography is included, as well as the promise of a thorough index.

Rare oriental percussion Construction Kits & Single Instrument loops - Real percussive diamonds played by native top musicians Natik & Xeyam, Nistemann Sansar, Celal Sansar, Emrah Sansar, Oezkan & Efkan Durmaz !!!

The Hit Sound presents 'RnB Diamonds'. This product brings you over 410MB of Royalty-Free RnB jewels for your library, influenced by the likes of Alicia Keys, Rhianna, Trey Songz, and many more. The sounds in this product are diamond cut for RnB perfection.

Acres of Diamonds originated as a speech which Russell H. Conwell delivered over 6,000 times around the world and is essential reading for the entrepreneur's toolkit or anyone struggling to escape the rat race. The central idea of the work is that one need not look elsewhere for opportunity, achievement, or fortune—the resources to achieve all good things are present in one’s own community.