Aja Raden
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Stoned (eBook, ePUB)

Jewelry, Obsession, and How Desire Shapes the World

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A history of human desire and how we decide what is precious, this New York Times bestseller "romps through the stories of eight jewels" (New York Times).What makes a stone a jewel? What makes a jewel priceless? And why do we covet beautiful things? In this brilliant account of how eight jewels shaped the course of history, jeweler and scientist Aja Raden tells an original and often startling story about our unshakeable addiction to beauty and the darker side of human desire.Jewelry-which has long served as a stand-in for wealth and power-has birthed cultural movements, launched political dyna...

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