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Floating Gold: A Natural (and Unnatural) History of Ambergris
Christopher Kemp
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| #428907 in Books | 2012-05-15 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.00 x.90 x6.00l,.95 | File type: PDF | 232 pages||17 of 18 people found the following review helpful.| Risky Business!|By Nadine|I found this book to be fascinating! The secrecy and clandestine nature of the history of such a rare commodity as authentic ambergris is present to this very day. The author of this fine, small tome has grazed the edges of veiled threat by pursuing information about the places and people who hunt for beach-cast ambergris, and his inquiry into this||
“In this wonderful—and surprisingly gripping—book, Christopher Kemp examines the curious history of one of the world's rarest and most magical substances. This is natural history done well.”
“Preternaturally hardened whale dung” is not the first image that comes to mind when we think of perfume, otherwise a symbol of glamour and allure. But the key ingredient that makes the sophisticated scent linger on the skin is precisely this bizarre digestive by-product—ambergris. Despite being one of the world’s most expensive substances (its value is nearly that of gold and has at times in history been triple it), ambergris is also one ...
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