Rings: Jewelry of Power, Love and Loyalty
By Diana Scarisbrick, 384 pp., illus., hardcover, publ. by Thames & Hudson Ltd. [www.thamesandhudsonusa.com], London, 2007. US$50.00
Reviewed by MATILDE PARENTE
Libertine
Indian Wells, California

The Emerald Book
By Yogi Durlabhji, Shyamala Fernandes, and Ruchi Durlabhji, Eds., 143 pp., illus., publ. on behalf of the Jaipur Jewellery Show [info@jaipurjewelleryshow.org], Jaipur, India, 2007. Free [limited distribution]
Reviewed by HANCO ZWAAN
Netherlands Gemmological Laboratory
National Museum of Natural History Naturalis
Leiden, the Netherlands

Jewelry Savvy: What Every Jewelry Wearer Should Know
By Cynthia A. Sliwa and Caroline Stanley, 224 pp., illus., publ. by Jewels on Jewels, Los Angeles, [www.jewelrysavvybook.com], 2007. US$19.99
Reviewed by GAIL BRETT LEVINE, G.G.
Executive Director, National Association of Jewelry Appraisers
Rego Park, New York

In Gold We Trust: Social Capital and Economic Change in the Italian Jewelry Towns
By Dario Gaggio, 352 pp., publ. by Princeton University Press [press.princeton.edu], Princeton, NJ, 2007. US$39.50
Reviewed by MATILDE PARENTE

Safety Solutions
63 pp., illus. with DVD, publ. by MJSA Press [www.mjsa.org/info_press.php], Providence, RI, 2007. $49.95 ($29.95 for DVD alone)
Reviewed by ROBERT ACKERMAN, G.G.
Gemological Institute of America
Carlsbad, California

OTHER BOOKS RECEIVED
Diamonds Are Waiting for You
By James R. Holland, 63 pp., illus., publ. by A Bit of Boston Books [www.bitofboston.com], Boston, MA, 2007, $12.00
Reviewed by THOMAS W. OVERTON
Gemological Institute of America
Carlsbad, California

Late Antique and Early Christian Gems
By Jeffery Spier, 221 pp. with 154 black and white plates, publ. by Reichert Verlag, Wiesbaden, Germany, 2007, $297.00
Reviewed by THOMAS W. OVERTON