Adventures at the Bench: Tricks to Overcome a Jeweler’s Daily Challenges
By Juergen Maerz, 110 pp., illus., publ. by MJSA Press [www.mjsa.org/info_press.php], Providence, RI, 2006. $34.95
Reviewed by ROBERT ACKERMANN
Design Instructor
Gemological Institute of America, Carlsbad, California

Jeweled Garden: A Colorful History of Gems, Jewels, and Nature
By Suzanne Tennenbaum and Janet Zapata, 216 pp., illus., hardcover, publ. by The Vendome Press, New York, 2006. US$50.00
Reviewed by MATILDE PARENTE
Libertine
Indian Wells, California

Pedras Preciosas No Arte e Devoção: Tesouros Gemológicos na Arquidiocese de Évora [Precious Stones in Art and Devotion: Gemstone Treasures of the Archdiocese of Évora]
By Rui Galopim de Carvalho, 154 pp., illus., publ. by Fundação Eugênio de Almeida, Évora, Portugal, 2006 [in Portuguese and English].
Reviewed by PATRICIA SYVRUD
Carlsbad, California

Shamelessly: Jewelry from Kenneth Jay Lane
By Nancy N. Schiffer, 240 pp., illus., publ. by Schiffer Publishing Ltd. [http://www.schifferbooks.com], Atglen, Pennsylvania, 2007. US$59.95
Reviewed by ELISE B. MISIOROWSKI
GIA Museum
Carlsbad, California

Costume Jewelry for Haute Couture
By Florence Muller, 271 pp., illus., publ. by The Vendome Press, New York, 2007. US$75.00
Reviewed by ELISE B. MISIOROWSKI

OTHER MEDIA RECEIVED
Pearl Oyster Information Bulletin, No. 17. By various authors, 48 pp., illus., publ. by the Secretariat of the Pacific Community, www.spc.int/Coastfish/News/POIB/17/POIB17.pdf, December 2006. Free.
Reviewed by THOMAS W. OVERTON
Gemological Institute of America
Carlsbad, California

The Jeweled Menagerie: The World of Animals in Gems. By Suzanne Tennenbaum and Janet Zapata, 216 pp. (paperback), illus., publ. by Thames & Hudson, New York, 2007, $34.95.
Reviewed by THOMAS W. OVERTON

Kimberlite and Related Rocks of India. By Fareeduddin and M. S. Rao, Eds., 271 pp., illus., publ. by the Geological Society of India [www.gsi.gov.in], Bangalore, 2007, Rs20.
Reviewed by THOMAS W. OVERTON

Paraíba Tourmaline "Electric Blue Brilliance Burnt into Our Minds." By Masashi Furuya, 23 pp., illus., publ. by the Japan Germany Gemmological Laboratory [jggl@sapphire.co.jp], Kofu, Japan, 2007, ¥1,500.
Reviewed by CHRISTOPHER M. BREEDING
GIA Research
Carlsbad, California

The Geology of Gem Deposits. Edited by Lee A. Groat, 276 pp., illus., publ. by the Mineralogical Association of Canada [www.mineralogicalassociation.ca], Quebec, 2007, US$50.
Reviewed by JAMES E. SHIGLEY
GIA Research
Carlsbad, California