{"product_id":"silk-aarathi-prasad-9780063160255","title":"Silk: A World History","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA Next Big Idea Book Club Must-Read for April\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Aarathi Prasad's \u003cem\u003eSilk: A World History\u003c\/em\u003e is a love song to this protean material. . . . Beautiful [and] fascinating.\" --\u003cem\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"Aarathi Prasad spins a masterpiece of a story, as luminous, supple, and surprising as the wondrous threads themselves.\" --Sy Montgomery, bestselling author of \u003cem\u003eThe Soul of an Octopus\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eOf Time and Turtles\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThroughout history, across cultures and countries, silk has reigned as the undeniable queen of fabrics, yet its origins and evolution remain a mystery. In a gorgeous and sweeping narrative, \u003cem\u003eSilk\u003c\/em\u003e weaves together its intricate story and the indelible mark it has left on humanity.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSome four thousand years ago, the cultivation of silkworms began, the practice spreading to the far reaches of civilization. With it came a growing obsession with unlocking silk's secrets to understand how the strongest biological material ever known could be harnessed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExplorers and scientists, including groundbreaking women who pushed the boundaries of societal expectations, dedicated--even sacrificed--their lives to investigate the anatomy of silk-producing animals. They endured unbelievable hardships to discover and collect new specimens, leading them to the moths of China, Indonesia, and India; the spiders of Argentina, Paraguay, and Madagascar; and the mollusks of the Mediterranean.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRich with the complex connections between human and nonhuman worlds, \u003cem\u003eSilk \u003c\/em\u003enot only peers into the past but also reveals the fiber's impact today, inspiring new technologies across the fashion, military, and medical fields, and shows its untapped potential to pioneer a more sustainable future.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe culmination of author and biologist Aarathi Prasad's own lifelong passion and grounded in years of research and writing, \u003cem\u003eSilk\u003c\/em\u003e is an intoxicating read that provides an essential illumination of nature's most glamourous thread.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Aarathi Prasad\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0063160250\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780063160255\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e William Morrow \u0026amp; Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.05lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.10w x 1.30d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2023 pg. 22\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/25\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/15\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBookPage\u003c\/i\u003e 04\/01\/2024","brand":"Aarathi Prasad","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44181063696639,"sku":"9780063160255","price":32.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1b10c5b9-39b5-42ad-8d05-0af6b4773b7c.jpg?v=1690258351","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/silk-aarathi-prasad-9780063160255","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}