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Author of The Heartless Stone: A Journey through the World of Diamonds, Deceit and Desire
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Tom Zoellner
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FROM Tom Zoellner
Press Play with Madeleine Brand
How the Orange Became King in Orange County Even though the California orange business has largely moved to the Central Valley, the orange helped set the stage for everything that’s happening today in modern Orange County, including large tract-homes and “bland mass culture.” Tom Zoellner writes about the history of Orange County’s namesake fruit in an essay in the LA Review of Books called “The Orange Industrial Complex.” He’s an the author, journalist and Associate Professor of English at Chapman University in Orange County, which is named after one of its most influential orange men.
To the Point
De Beers Proposes Black-Run Diamond Mining Company De Beers , the world's largest diamond producer, and the South African government have announced plans to create a new diamond-mining company controlled by black Africans. Tom Zoellner, author of The Heartless Stone, has more on the ground-breaking deal.
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