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Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
This astonishing documentary investigates how an advertising slogan invented by Madison Avenue executives in 1948 has come to define our most intimate and romantic rituals and ideals. The Diamond Empire, which sent shockwaves through the transnational diamond industry when it first appeared, systematically takes apart the myth that "diamonds are forever." It exposes how one white South African family, through a process of monopoly and fantasy, managed...
2) Flight of the diamond smugglers: a tale of pigeons, obsession, and greed along coastal South Africa
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Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Blending elements of reportage, memoir, and incantation, Flight of the Diamond Smugglers is a stunning investigation into the role of carrier pigeons in South African diamond smuggling. Nearly every town along South Africa's infamous diamond coast has been deemed "overmined." Before the area fully becomes a series of abandoned outposts, journalist Matthew Gavin Frank drives from Oranjemund, Namibia to the De Beers mining towns of Alexander Bay, Porth...
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Publisher
St. James Press
Pub. Date
1999.
Language
English
Description
Multi-volume major reference work bringing together histories of companies that are a leading influence in a particular industry or geographic location. For students, job candidates, business executives, historians and investors.
Series
Publisher
St. James Press
Pub. Date
1993.
Language
English
Description
Multi-volume major reference work bringing together histories of companies that are a leading influence in a particular industry or geographic location. For students, job candidates, business executives, historians and investors.
Series
Publisher
St. James Press
Pub. Date
1991.
Language
English
Description
Multi-volume major reference work bringing together histories of companies that are a leading influence in a particular industry or geographic location. For students, job candidates, business executives, historians and investors.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
This program offers viewers the "tour of a lifetime," an epic journey aboard what is know as "the most luxurious train in the world," the Rovos Rail. Here we step aboard the beautifully restored "Pride of Africa" to enjoy a world-class travel experience that is second to none. We begin by learning the history of the train, which was established in 1989 thanks to the passionate vision of the owner, Rohan Voss; then our slow-paced journey continues...
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