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The Jeweler's Directory of Gemstones: A Complete Guide to Appraising and Using Precious Stones From Cut and Color to Shape and Settings
For goldsmiths, collectors, jewelry-makers, investors, retailers and consumers The trade of gemstones is a highly specialized and often secretive business. Using The Jeweler's Directory of Gemstones, written by an expert gemstone dealer and designer, will provide any consumer with the insider knowledge needed to make accurate judgments of gemstones, to recognize low- and high-quality stones, and to make a good buy rather than a bad one. Each full-color spread is packed with concise text, annotated drawings and beautiful photographs, including a showcase of virtuoso jewelry designs. Great for informed consumers, the book includes: - Sources and grading
- Traditional and modern settings
- Cutting and faceting
- Designing a special setting
- Gemstone groups
- Appraising, buying and handling gemstones
- Diamond types and pearls
- Spotting synthetics and fakes.
Here is a sampling of the practical insider information in this book: - Using a loupe to examine a stone
- Understanding laser cutting and carving
- Identifying synthetic diamonds
- Buying at gem fairs and from dealers
- Cleaning and storing stones.
No other book has this kind expert advice -- up-to-date, clearly presented and fully illustrated -- on evaluating and using gemstones. (2007).
Price: $18.72
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Curriculum Models and Early Childhood Education: Appraising the Relationship (2nd Edition)
This thoroughly up-to-date and completely accessible book uses a socio-historical perspective to examine the major curriculum models of early childhood education. It examines the approaches of Montessori, Developmental-Interaction, Direct Instruction, Kamii-DeVries, High-Scope, and Reggio Emilia curriculum. Comprehensive coverage looks at each model in terms of purpose and function, impact on early childhood education, theoretical underpinnings, and current evaluations. For parents and teachers interested in early childhood education and curriculum. .
Price: $39.75
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Harvard Business Review On Appraising Employee Performance (Harvard Business Review Paperback Series)
From the leading minds that have established Harvard Business Review as required reading for businesspeople around the globe. While often loathed by supervisors and subordinates alike, appraisals are necessary precursors of performance improvement. This helpful collection examines the employee review process from many angles, exploring why we dislike it, how it could be better, and how appraisals should differ depending on the employee in question. Whether concerned with retaining stars, guiding underperformers, or improving one's own performance-readers will learn to approach appraisals in new and more productive ways..
Price: $2.00
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Progress in International Relations Theory: Appraising the Field (BCSIA Studies in International Security)
All academic disciplines periodically appraise their effectiveness, evaluating the progress of previous scholarship and judging which approaches are useful and which are not. Although no field could survive if it did nothing but appraise its progress, occasional appraisals are important and if done well can help advance the field. This book investigates how international relations theorists can better equip themselves to determine the state of scholarly work in their field. It takes as its starting point Imre Lakatos's influential theory of scientific change, and in particular his methodology of scientific research programs (MSRP). It uses MSRP to organize its analysis of major research programs over the last several decades and uses MSRP's criteria for theoretical progress to evaluate these programs. The contributors appraise the progress of institutional theory, varieties of realist and liberal theory, operational code analysis, and other research programs in international relations. Their analyses reveal the strengths and limits of Lakatosian criteria and the need for metatheoretical metrics for evaluating scientific progress..
Price: $26.99
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Violent Offenders: Appraising And Managing Risk (Law and Public Policy: Psychology and the Social Sciences)
Psychology and the Social Sciences> Queen's Univ., Ontario, Canada. New edition focuses on the actuarial instruments developed to measure and appraise potential violent offenders. Addresses 20 of the most common arguments against risk appraisal. Previous edition: c1998. For legal and psychological professionals, social workers, and policymakers..
Price: $52.37
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Gems & Jewelry Appraising: Techniques of Professional Practice
The premier book of its kind, now updated and expanded Gems & Jewelry Appraising, 2nd Edition covers all the standards, procedures, and ethics of appraising gems, jewelry, and other valuables. Each step involved in conducting an appraisal is fully explained, with photos, case studies, key documents, worksheets and pricing data included. Registered Master Valuer Anna M. Miller gives professional guidance and step-by-step instructions on how to: Build a clientele
Set fees
Get publicity
Handle insurance replacement claims
Photograph gems and jewelry
Research and write reports
Test metals
Research provenance
Master the different approaches to valuation
Use price guides
Understand legal and ethical aspects of appraising
And more! This resource offers all the information that practicing or aspiring appraisal professionals will need to establish an appraisal business, handle various kinds of appraisals, and provide an accurate, verifiable estimate of value..
Price: $26.39
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Appraising Residential Properties, Third Edition
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