Stoned: Jewelry, Obsession, and How Desire Shapes the World (Audiobook)

from colleenrec

Stoned covers a few examples of shiny rocks and why we love them so. It's written in an easy, breezy style, like you're sitting with the author for drinks and listening to her talk about the latest gossip. Sometimes that casual tone clashes with the material being discussed. I also could have don...

from being_b

Fun, breezy, occasionally overreaches (as when it attempts to explain, in just one page, why communism will never work), but generally entertaining.

from bogopea

The author is a gifted writer and gives a superb history of gems and the human desire for them. I found that I was not so interested in a lot of it so, after the first of 3 sections, I selectively read chapters. But i do think it's a terrific book.

from jannid

this was a remarkably fun book! So much history in jewelry.

from Beamis12

Written in a witty and easy to read manner and imparting some very interesting history and facts, this is the type of nonfiction book I love to read. Starting with the use of glass beads by the Dutch to buy what is now known as Manhattan, through Tudor history and Queen Elizabeth's love of pearls...