The definitive look at Wall Street in the 19th Century Perhaps the 19th century's best book on Wall Street, Fifty Years in Wall Street provides a fascinating look at the financial markets during a period of rapid economic expansion. Henry Clews was a giant figure in finance at that time, and his firsthand account brings this colorful era to life like never before. He rev...(展开全部)

Many have written requesting me to write a new book. With the desire to help others I have written "45 Years in Wall Street" giving the benefit of my experience and my new discoveries to aid others in these difficult times. I am now in my 72nd year; fame would do me no good. I have more income than I can spend for my needs; therefore, my only object in writing this new book is ...(展开全部)

Product Description Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969) goes beyond conventional thematic analysis to gain a more complete understanding of Mahler's music through the composer's character, his social and philosophical background, and his moment in musical history. A classic in German from 1960, MAHLER is presented here in a translation that captures the stylistic brilliance of the or...(展开全部)

"In a delightful and unusual book, a boy trots down Market Street buying presents for a friend, each one starting with a letter of the alphabet. Every letter is illustrated by a figure ingeniously composed of, for instance, apples or wigs or quilts. The notion is original, and the sum total enjoyable and unique."--Horn Book.

This extremely practical introduction to musical analysis explores the factors that give unity and coherence to musical masterpieces. Having first identified and explained the most important analytical methods, Nicholas Cook examines given compositions from the last two hundred years to show how different analytical procedures suit different types of music.

艾尔芙丽德·耶利内克是奥地利当代著名女作家，1946年出生。2004年荣获诺贝尔文学奖。耶利内克特立独行，思想前卫，因为她写的内容不一般，表现手法不一般，而引起了诸多争议。 1946年，耶利内克生于奥地利斯施蒂利亚州的米尔茨施拉格市，在维也纳长大。1946年，耶利内克生于奥地利斯施蒂利亚州的米尔茨施拉格市，在维也纳长大。其时离第二次世界大战不远。要说，这场大战时耶利内克还没有出生，可是却同我们的作家也真有剪不断、理还乱的牵扯，这一团氤氲时常出现在她的文学创作里，好像梦魇一般。 耶利内克带犹太血统，并且，祖上是从捷克，也即波西米亚，迁居来奥地利的。在所谓“奥(地利)匈(牙利)帝国”时期，奥地利是欧洲最大的国家，地跨今天中欧的大部分土地，还包括了南欧的巴尔干半岛。所以，不同国家中帝国的子民流向首都维也纳，不足为奇。这些外来户大致出身在当地比较有根底的家庭...(展开全部)

This major Wall Street classic was first published in 1930 by the legendary Richard D. Wyckoff, who is best known as the founder and publisher of the "Magazine of Wall Street". It covers his fascinating career as self-made stock market operator from 1888 to 1928. Wyckoff's career involved long hours of hard work in his exhaustive study of market price movements and volume for w...(展开全部)

Wall Street is the stuff of legend and a source of nightmares, a force so powerful in American society--and, indeed, in world economics and culture--that it has become an almost universal symbol of both the highest aspirations of commercial success and the basest impulses of greed and deception. How did such a small, concentrated pocket of lower Manhattan came to have such enor...(展开全部)