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Books by James Stone

Stories from five decades in glass.

Cover of The Glass Thread

The Glass Thread

2023

Life is About the Journey - My 40-Year Trek Across the Burning Sands is an introspective exploration of the author's personal journey through life. This book takes the reader on a captivating journey, highlighting how little we truly know about ourselves and those around us as we navigate through life.

Through this narrative, the author showcases how it is only through dedicated self-work and reflection towards the end of our lives that we begin to fully comprehend the threads and coincidences that shape our personal journeys. As we reflect back on our lives, we begin to recognize the many intersecting threads that have woven together to create our unique story.

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Cover of Take A Seat At UC San Diego

Take A Seat At UC San Diego

2026

The story of an unprecedented collaboration between a master glass artist and eight UC San Diego students, documenting the creation of artistic benches that now serve as permanent public art on campus.

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  • Don't Get Eaten
  • Glass, Light, and Other Beautiful Lies

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