In 1995, the Baring Brothers collapsed over a weekend, brought down by the 'rogue trader' Nick Leeson. Utilizing British and American archives, this work charts Baring Brothers development from wool merchants to one of the most powerful global financial institutions. It also analyses the errors which led to its downfall.

A queer, transgender retelling of Peter Pan in which Pan returns to Neverland after a decade in the real world.The Lost Boys say that Peter Pan went back to England because of Wendy Darling, but Wendy is just an old life he left behind. Neverland is his real home. So when Peter returns to it after ten years in the real world, he's surprised to find a Neverland that no longer seems to need him.The only person who truly missed Peter is Captain James Hook, who is deli...

The Soviet Union and Cold War Neutrality and Nonalignment in Europe examines how the neutral European countries and the Soviet Union interacted after World War II. Amid the Cold War division of Europe into Western and Eastern blocs, several long-time neutral countries abandoned neutrality and joined NATO. Other countries remained neutral but were still perceived as a threat to the Soviet Union’s sphere of influence. Based on extensive archival research, this volume offers state-of...

I Ragazzi Smarriti dicono che Peter Pan sia tornato in Inghilterra a causa di Wendy Darling, ma Wendy è soltanto una vecchia vita che Peter si è lasciato alle spalle. L’Isola Che-non-c’è è la sua vera casa. E così, quando Peter torna lì dopo dieci anni passati nel mondo reale, è sorpreso di trovare un’Isola Che-non-c’è che sembra non avere più bisogno di lui.L’unica persona a cui Peter è davvero mancato è James Hook, il Capitan Uncino, entusiasta di incontrare di nuovo il suo vecch...

William Austin was born on 2nd March 1778 in Lunenburg, Massachusetts.After being educated at Harvard College, Austin served as the Unitarian chaplain onboard the USS Constitution from 1799 but resigned a year later after they captured a French ship and his share of salvage proceedings was $200. He now gained the acquaintance of one of the Founding Fathers, Alexander Hamilton, who helped him begin his legal studies at London’s Lincoln’s Inn. Whilst there he began his literary caree...

Peter Rugg è un uomo arrabbiato e testardo. Nell'anno del massacro di Boston, prende il suo cavallo e il suo carro e nel mezzo di un temporale lascia la città. Tuttavia, ben presto si scopre che è vittima di una maledizione, che lo condanna a guidare il suo carro fino alla fine dei tempi. I viaggiatori affermano di averlo incontrato con una bambina accanto a sé e di averlo sentito dire che sarebbe arrivato a Boston entro notte. William Austin scrive il suo racconto seguendo la tradizione e...

When we come to Peter's letters, we are looking backward rather than forward. We see that work very largely accomplished and as we take up this first letter, we are at once able to recognise what a tremendous change has taken place, what an utterly new position Peter has come to occupy - an entirely new mentality and outlook, because he has come to see everything in a new form and in a new realm.

Evelyns liv slås i spillror när hennes far spelar bort familjens förmögenhet, något hennes mor gärna vill dölja för omvärlden. För att hålla dem på fötter söker Evelyn arbete i en dammig, gammal bokhandel i York.Samtidigt återvänder William med svansen mellan benen till staden efter att ha sökt lyckan i London. Han behöver sitt gamla jobb i bokhandeln tillbaka men vägrar erkänna att det beror på sitt misslyckade författarskap.Evelyn och William är således rivaler om samma tjä...

The superfamily Chalcidoidea (the jewel wasps) are part of the insect order Hymenoptera. The superfamily comprises more than 27,000 known species, with an estimated total diversity of more than 500,000 species, meaning that the vast majority have yet to be discovered and described. Most of the species are parasitoids, attacking the egg, larval stage or pupal stage of their host, though many other life cycles are known including gall associates and fig pollinators. This landmark volume has ...

Britain has a hidden wealth of fascinating and important women peppered throughout its history, perhaps more than any other European nation. This book is an introduction to thirty-seven British women whom I believe are truly exceptional and, since the 1st century AD, their lives have dramatically influenced British history and culture. You will know some of them, but you may not know others. This is an introduction to them and it also includes a list of other women that you will find worth...

"I want this to be the only book you'll ever need if you want to become a sports journalist," Peter Stemmet, author. For anyone wanting to enter sports journalism, there are numerous challenges. It could be lack of opportunity or high education costs. In this book, Peter Stemmet, a veteran sports journalist with experience across various platforms and countries, takes you on a journey that will not only outline why sports journalism needs you, but also how you can get there. There are many...

According to the standard interpretation of quantum mechanics, the wave function is a pure mathematical entity with no other reality, than that its size renders the probability of observing a particle at a given position in space. The author, on the other hand, believes, that the wave field is very real and that it directs the particles into the observed positions by exerting forces upon them. More importantly, he claims that he has found experimental proof of this. These experiments are d...