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Rare, romantic, and forever: The diamond industry depends on these myths to reap billions of dollars of profit. This sensational investigation explodes such fallacies and reveals how multimilliondollar advertising campaigns create the impression of rarity and romance. It reveals a very secret and unromantic world, one that is dominated and controlled by a handful of mighty corporations. With Leonardo DiCaprio's movie The Blood Diamond making more people than ever aware of the seamy side of the diamond trade, Janine Roberts' explosive exposé, taking us through seven decades of intrigue and manipulation, is the right book at the right time.

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Janine Roberts is a distinguished British journalist, television producer and writer. Glitter & Greed, her fourth book, took over fifteen years to research. She has also initiated, researched and produced investigative human rights television programs for major international broadcasters, including a highly acclaimed BBC/WGBH feature-length documentary, The Diamond Empire

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