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Author
Publisher
Smithsonian Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Illustrated with 120 superb pieces, Glass: A Short History brings to life a centuries-old craft that has served many purposes, styles, and cultures. Until the first century BC, glass was made only in Western Asia, Egypt, and the Mediterranean regions; its manufacture then spread to China and other areas. The peoples of the Roman Empire included the most versatile glassmakers in the ancient world, leading to both widely available low-cost glassware...
Series
Ceramic engineering and science proceedings volume 34, no. 1
Publisher
Wiley
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Series
Ceramic engineering and science proceedings volume Volume 36, Issue 1
Publisher
American Ceramic Society
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
10) Oscar & Lucinda
Author
Publisher
Harper & Row
Pub. Date
1989.
Language
English
Description
Oscar is a nervous Anglican minister, whereas Lucinda is an impulsive Australian heiress in possession of a glass factory she has no idea how to run. It's 19th-century Australia, and of course these two are destined to fall in love.
11) The glass virgin
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
Raised by a dissolute father and distant mother, Annabella finds herself cast out at age 17, with a loyal childhood friend as her sole protector.
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
"This book provides an integrated interdisciplinary approach to the study of a complex and fascinating ancient material. A variety of aspects of ancient glass is discussed including principally archaeology, history, chemical analysis, materials science, geology and botany. The aims of the book are to explore these aspects by using a combination of focused studies and case studies in a variety of ancient and historical periods. Each case study, in...
15) The glass virgin
Author
Language
English
Description
Annabella Lagrange had the kind of childhood that most can only dream about. The only child of an aristocratic couple, raised on their magnificent estate in the English countryside, she was loved by her parents and coddled by servants who acquiesced to her every whim.
18) Crossroads
Author
Language
English
Description
A widow and the owner of a New England glassworks company struggles to raise her adopted daughter in the face of unbearable tragedy, but as the girl blossoms into an independent young woman, dissention drives the two apart.
Author
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
One month after the end of WWII, Asher, a former assassin in the Resistance burdened by grief and guilt, arrives at le Château Guerin, where he discovers the redemptive power of art as he helps create glass windows for the bombed cathedrals of France.
Publisher
Mhz Networks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
Deutsch
Description
Guido Brunetti is a police inspector with a keen mind, razor-sharp wit, and a touch of melancholy. He strives to bring criminals to justice, but experience has taught him that things such as human frailty, corruption, and police incompetence will work against that. He takes refuge from the job in the company of his loving wife Paola, a university literature professor, and two teenage children, Raffi and Chiara. Contains the following two episodes:...