Struggling to free himself from his family ties while in self-imposed exile in Madagascar, gem dealer Lonny hopes his luck has changed when he discovers the world's largest sapphire, a find that causes him to be targeted by such adversaries as missionary saviors, a CIA love interest, and tribal women. 25,000 first printing.

The Sapphire Sea

Robinson, John B.

Literature & Fiction

William Morrow

A deadly treasure awaits in the world's worst place ... The Sapphire Sea

Sapphire Sea, The

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Thrillers & Suspense

AVON.

About the Author John B. Robinson graduated from Harvard University in 1991 and then bought a one-way ticket to Africa to pursue writing as he worked as a guide on Mount Kilimanjaro; traded, bought, and sold rare gems; and taught English in strange and exotic locales. He lives in Portland, Maine.

HarTorch

Life in 2030 is a ground-breaking, practical, and, above all, positive vision of life in twenty-first-century Canada. As we move into the next century, the development of sustainable and environmentally benign patterns of resource utilization and socioeconomic development is an essential priority. In this book, John Robinson and his co-authors investigate the possibility and impacts of a sustainable future for Canada.

Life in 2030: Exploring a Sustainable Future for Canada (Sustainability and the Environment)

Business & Money

Economics

UBC Press

Life in 2030 is a ground-breaking, practical, and, above all, positive vision of life in twenty-first-century Canada. As we move into the next century, the development of sustainable and environmentally benign patterns of resource utilization and socioeconomic development is an essential priority. In this book, John Robinson and his co-authors investigate the possibility and impacts of a sustainable future for Canada.

Infidelity Answered by the Father-god and His Family

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History

BiblioLife

As outspoken in his day as Richard Dawkins or Christopher Hitchens are today, American freethinker and author ROBERT GREEN INGERSOLL (1833-1899) was a notorious radical whose uncompromising views on religion and slavery (they were bad, in his opinion), women's suffrage (a good idea, he believed), and other contentious matters of his era made him a wildly popular orator and critic of 19th-century American culture and public life. As a speaker dedicated to expanding intellectual horizons and celebrating the value of skepticism, Ingersoll spoke frequently on such topics as atheism, freedom from the pressures of conformity, and the lives of philosophers who espoused such concepts. This collection of his most famous speeches includes the lectures: [ "The Gods" (1872) [ "Humboldt" (1869) [ "Thomas Paine" (1870) [ "Individuality" (1873) [ "Heretics and Heresies" (1874)

Teeming with perilous, exotic locales and widespread examples of social injustice, this bold adventure follows one man's plight to seek his fortune while commenting on the widespread social and economic effects of the African gem trade. Plagued by a bitter divorce and an overbearing father, gem-expert Lonny Cushman flees to the lawless sapphire fields of Madagascar. Homesick and lonely, he dreams of the perfect stone that will fuel an independent career as a gem dealer back in New York and allow him to see his seven-year-old daughter. Finally unearthing the greatest sapphire discovered in the last hundred years, he finds that the power brokers of Diego Suarez want the stone for themselves, and now Lonny must call on all his ingenuity and cunning to escape with his life. Richly detailed and riddled with seedy complexities, this thrilling narrative offers readers a rare glimpse into the culture, the people, and the underbelly of Madagascar.

The Sapphire Sea: A Gemstone Thriller (The Gemstone Thrillers)

United States

Mcbooks Press

A Fistful of Diamonds: A Gemstone Thriller (The Gemstone Thrillers)

Fast-talking gem expert Lonny Cushman encounters the dangerous and malevolent world of the African gem industry as he accompanies a young female seminarian from New York to Rwanda in search of her missing father. Once they reach Africa, Lonny chases a collection of flawless green diamonds through the killing fields of the Congo. Their survival depends upon negotiating the bloody network of the conflict-ridden African diamond trade, including Islamic jihadists, corrupt military officers, Israeli agents, Ukrainian arms dealers, and a whole host of con men. Can Lonny save himself and the young seminarian from a tragic demise?

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The Sapphire Sea

Sapphire Sea, The

The Sapphire Sea

Life in 2030: Exploring a Sustainable Future for Canada (Sustainability and the Environment)

Life in 2030: Exploring a Sustainable Future for Canada (Sustainability and the Environment)

Infidelity Answered by the Father-god and His Family

Infidelity Answered by the Father-god and His Family

The Sapphire Sea: A Gemstone Thriller (The Gemstone Thrillers)

A Fistful of Diamonds: A Gemstone Thriller (The Gemstone Thrillers)

A Fistful of Diamonds: A Gemstone Thriller (The Gemstone Thrillers)