Goldstrike
Goldstrike

Author: Matt Whyman

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2010-02-23

Total Pages: 274

ISBN-13: 1416995102

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A fugitive teenager hacks into a state-of-the-art computer guarding priceless goods while on the run from the government and assassins, in Whyman's follow-up to "Icecore."

Murder at the Clock Tower: Gold Strike
Murder at the Clock Tower: Gold Strike

Author: Diana Orgain

Publisher: Diana Orgain

Published: 2021-12-08

Total Pages: 174

ISBN-13:

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Welcome to Golden...where murder and scandal run as deep as the gold mines... The rising price of gold has brought a whole new boom to the small town of Golden now in desperate need of restoration. The downtown has to be updated, the historic museum rebuilt and the beloved Golden Miner statue restored. Hope Wilson is the perfect candidate for updating the dilapidated clock tower, and even though she’s a golden girl at heart, the town holds painful memories. Her husband was killed in a tragic kayaking accident and her grief was so strong she fled town. Now, after circumnavigating the globe, she may be ready to take on this new assignment...if it weren’t that her re-buffed bitter high school sweetheart, Dustin Lyons, is now in charge of funding the restorations. That. And there’s a body in the clock tower. Can Hope manage to win Dustin over? First, she’ll have to stop the crime spree in town, but she won’t get far without Dustin’s help. Together they’ll have to save the renovation project and stop a cold-hearted killer.

Gold
Gold

Author: Matthew Hart

Publisher: Simon and Schuster

Published: 2013-12-03

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13: 1451650116

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From the award-winning author of Diamond: A blazing exploration of the human love affair with gold that “combines the engaging style of a travel narrative with sharp-eyed journalistic exposé” (Publishers Weekly, starred review). In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, the price of gold skyrocketed—in three years more than doubling from $800 an ounce to $1900. This massive spike drove an unprecedented global gold-mining and exploration boom, much bigger than the gold rush of the 1800s. In Gold, acclaimed author Matthew Hart takes you on an unforgettable journey around the world and through history to tell the extraordinary story of how gold became the world’s most precious commodity. Beginning with a page-turning report from the crime-ridden inferno of the world’s deepest mine, Hart traveled around the world to the sites of the hottest action in gold today, from the biggest new mine in China, to the highly secretive London gold exchange, and the lair of the world’s most powerful gold trader in Geneva, Switzerland. He profiles the leaders of the gold market today, the nature of the current boom, and the likely prospects for the future. From the earliest civilizations, when gold was an icon of sacred and kingly power, Hart tracks its evolution, through conquest, murder, and international mayhem, into the speculative casino-chip that the metal has become. He ends by telling the story of the massive flows of gold that have occurred in the wake of the financial crisis and what the world’s leading experts are saying about the profound changes underway in the gold market and the prospects for the future. “Compelling, stylish, and impressively researched” (The Boston Globe), Gold is a wonderful historical odyssey with important implications for today’s global economy.