Jewelry, Obsession, and How Desire Shapes the World
by
Aja Raden
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
As entertaining as it is incisive, Stoned is a raucous journey through the history of human desire for what is rare, and therefore precious.
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...