湯姆 · 佐爾納(Tom Zoellner),生於1968年,曾任《男士健康》(Men,s Heal th )特約編輯、《舊金山紀事報》(San Francisco Chronicle )記者,亦是盧旺達飯店經理保羅 · 盧斯沙巴吉納(Paul Rusesabagina)傳記《我輩凡人》(An Ordinary Man )的共同作者,根據傳主經曆改編的電影《盧旺達飯店》(HotelRwanda )獲得瞭十餘項國際電影節奬項。
In 2000, Tom Zoellner purchased a diamond engagement ring and proposed. His girlfriend said, "yes" and then, suddenly, walked out of his life making Tom the owner of a used engagement ring. Instead of hitting the self-help shelves of his local bookstore, he hit the road travelling to diamond mines in Africa, Canada, India, Brazil and Russia to discover the true worth of this shining gem. He travelled to Japan to understand how diamonds were linked with engagements and delved into the history of our own romance with the diamond ring. He gained entry to DeBeers, the London diamond merchants. He visited shopping mall jewellers with starry-eyed couples. Through all of his travels, he searched for an answer to the question "How has one stone created empires, ruined lives, inspired lust and emptied wallets throughout history?" A diamond version of Susan Orleans' "The Orchid Thief", Tom Zoellner's The Heartless Stone is a journey to the cold heart of the world's most unyielding gem.
鑽石的現實用途並不多,在曆史上大部分時間大部分地區,鑽石都隻是一些拿來把玩的小石頭,並不是甚麼貴重品。書中一名鑽石勘探人員無奈地說,從未想過要為鑽石這種無用之物而工作。然而,鑽石這無用之物一直捆綁著全球數以韆萬計的勞動力。 為瞭維持鑽石的高價位,De Beers長...
評分它是這樣一本書:當你對周遭商業世界習以為常,甚至樂在其中時,看完它,你能暫時脫離開這個被刺激性語言和圖像塑造的廣告環境,重新審視你的生活。 作者花瞭幾年時間去研究鑽石的商業軌跡,從美國到博茨瓦納、納米比亞、南非、安特衛普、倫敦、巴西、加拿大,最後迴到美國,處...
評分它是這樣一本書:當你對周遭商業世界習以為常,甚至樂在其中時,看完它,你能暫時脫離開這個被刺激性語言和圖像塑造的廣告環境,重新審視你的生活。 作者花瞭幾年時間去研究鑽石的商業軌跡,從美國到博茨瓦納、納米比亞、南非、安特衛普、倫敦、巴西、加拿大,最後迴到美國,處...
評分 評分鑽石的發跡之路 鑽石恒久遠,一顆永流傳。一顆小小的鑽石承載著非凡的含義。相對於曆史久遠的金銀珠寶,鑽石的發傢史不但不“久遠”,反而很短。但是它被賦予的意義令它風靡世界各地,成為婚姻、愛情和權利的見證。 鑽石從哪裏來?當沉浸在辛福中的男女是無暇估計此事的,...
本站所有內容均為互聯網搜索引擎提供的公開搜索信息,本站不存儲任何數據與內容,任何內容與數據均與本站無關,如有需要請聯繫相關搜索引擎包括但不限於百度,google,bing,sogou 等
© 2025 onlinetoolsland.com All Rights Reserved. 本本书屋 版权所有