Once in Golconda "In this book, John Brooks-who was one of the most elegant of all business writers-perfectly catches the flavor of one of history's best-known financial dramas: the 1929 crash and its aftershocks. It's packed with parallels and parables for the modern reader." Once in Golconda is a dramatic chronicle of the breathtaking rise, devastating fall, and painstaking ...(展开全部)

Once in Golconda "In this book, John Brooks-who was one of the most elegant of all business writers-perfectly catches the flavor of one of history's best-known financial dramas: the 1929 crash and its aftershocks. It's packed with parallels and parables for the modern reader." -From the Foreword by Richard Lambert Editor-in-Chief, The Financial Times Once in Golconda is a drama...(展开全部)

This is the mesmerising story of the very first meeting of those two legends and friends, Lee Scoresby, the Texan balloonist, and Iorek Byrnison, the armoured bear. When Lee and his daemon, Hester, land in the Arctic town of Novy Odense, they quickly become embroiled in an out-and-out political brawl. So when Iorek offers to help, Lee is only too happy to accept. Together they ...(展开全部)

When Lyra is studying at Oxford University, she comes across the story of Lee Scoresby and Iorek Byrnisson's first meeting, many years ago, along with much evidence of the adventure that brought them together. When a young Texan balloonist, Lee Scoresby, comes down to earth in the harbour of an Arctic town in the North, little does he realise that he is about to be embroiled in...(展开全部)

From AudioFile Texas aeronaut Lee Scoresby becomes embroiled in local politics when he lands his balloon in the Arctic town of Novy Odense in this prequel to THE GOLDEN COMPASS. The audiobook will, of course, be more resonant for listeners who have heard the His Dark Materials series--and who will recognize returning characters--but it's an entertaining, well-produced adventure...(展开全部)

——Just for the lovely girls far far away 时间这个主题，往往是令人伤感的 所谓红颜白发，转瞬之间 时间是如此的公平而强大，让我们每个人都没有能力去抗衡 一篇关于时间的故事，或者说文字 里面充满的必定是无边无际的惆怅和失落感 很多东西都会流逝掉 然后杳不可寻 回首的那个时刻，才会突然被心中的那些伤痕所打败 那是一个无可面对的冲击 一种对心灵的巨大的震撼 在这面前，所有的坚强的外壳都会毫无悬念的被击个粉碎 只留下孱弱的一个背影 还有就是那滴一直深藏在心中最深处 被貌似无比坚强的外壳保护着的万分柔弱的眼泪 Ο∏ΟΙΟ∑ Μ∏ΑΙΝΕΙ ΕΔΩ，ΝΑ ∏ΑΡΑΤΑ ΚΑΘΕ Ε∧∏ΙΔΑ http://www.novoland.com.cn/bbs/viewthread.php?tid=16481

In this new prequel episode from Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials universe, Lee Scoresby--Texan aeronaut and future friend to Lyra Belacqua--is just 24 years old, and he's recently won his hot-air balloon in a poker game. He finds himself floating North to the windswept Arctic island of Novy Odense, where he and his hare daemon Hester are quickly tangled in a deadly plot inv...(展开全部)

Managing the Value Lodge in her hometown was not what Anna Gordon had in mind when she set out in the hospitality industry. But it's a safe choice for a woman whose childhood was anything but stable.