This volume examines the first hundred years of the Institute of Banking’s development within the banking business as a whole, with a particular emphasis upon changes in the staffing requirements of the banks and the importance of professional qualifications in the careers of their employees. The survey includes a description of early attempts to form a professional institute for bankers between the 1840s and the 1870s. By examining the objectives, growth of membership and the extension of...

In "Air Monster," the story likely revolves around early aviation pioneers or adventurers who encounter a strange and dangerous phenomenon in the skies. This "air monster" could be anything from a freak of nature to an advanced piece of technology that the characters must confront or escape. The narrative probably includes suspenseful moments as the characters try to survive their encounters with this airborne threat.As with many adventure novels from this time, the plot might also include...

The Mercantile Bank of India was one of a small band of British-managed banks which dominated Anglo-Eastern finance for most of the 20th century. Founded in London in 1893, the Mercantile inherited the business, branches, staff and even the distinctive cable address - Paradise, London - of its forerunner the Chartered Mercantile Bank of India, London and China. In the early 1900s the Mercantile Bank re-established a strong and quietly successful business in the East. After the First World ...

Crisis and Renewal in Twentieth Century Banking explores the behaviour of banks at times of war, revolution, civil war, social turmoil, and reconstruction. Analysing the history and archives of banks, it discovers examples of how banking is affected by political and social upheavals; how banks may influence the outcome of such events; how banking has recovered from periods of intense political and social stress; and how the archives of banks provide remarkable testimony to events in the wi...

The Airship Inventor's Library: 33 Essential Reads is a sweeping anthology that explores the fascinating world of early aviation through diverse literary styles and narratives. The collection spans adventure tales, technical expositions, and speculative fiction, offering readers a panoramic view of the nascent era of flight. Through a careful curation of works, the anthology showcases the technological triumphs and imaginative flights of fancy that defined the early 20th century's fascinat...

First Published in 1969. This volume consists of four papers of the late Professor Greenlaw, the first two not before published. Chapter I was read before the History of Ideas Club at The Johns Hopkins University, December 15, 1927. Chapter II represents material used in the English Conference and Seminary at Hopkins and read as the presidential address before The Johns Hopkins Philological Association in October, 1929. Chapter III is a reprint of Professor Greenlaw’s article, Spenser and ...

The Chartered Mercantile Bank is one of the constituent banks of the huge Hongkong and Shanghai bank. This study charts its first 40 years as one of the pioneering banks of the Far East. The Chartered Mercantile became the leading exchange bank in India and South East Asia whilst always retaining its head office in the pivotal London market. Based upon meticulous research using a particularly rich set of banking archives, the book describes the complex political and financial circumstances...

In "Air Monster," Edwin Green masterfully weaves a narrative that melds elements of early 20th-century science fiction with a poignant exploration of humanity's fraught relationship with technology and nature. Set against the backdrop of the pre-World War II era, Green employs a vivid and atmospheric literary style that balances stark realism with fantastical elements, reflecting the anxieties and aspirations of a rapidly industrializing society. Through the lens of an ominous flying creat...

*The Spirit and the Song:*Pneumatological Reflections on Popular Music explores pertinent pneumatological issues that arise in music. It offers three distinct contributions: first, it asks what, if anything, music tells listeners about God’s Spiritedness. Can the experience of music speak to human spiritedness, the world’s transcendentality, or a person’s own self-transcendence in ways nothing else does or can? Second, this book explores how the Spirit functions within, and even d...

The ultimate, all-in-one resource on what the Old Testament says about JesusAs Jesus walked the Emmaeus road, he showed his companions how the whole of Scripture foretold his coming. Yet so often today we’re not quite sure how to talk about Jesus in the Old Testament. How do you know what applies to Jesus? And how do you interpret some of the strange prophetic language?Get answers and clarity in this authoritative and reliable guide to messianic prophecy fr...

Ex-CIA officer and intelligence operative for the Office of Naval (ONI) Intelligence Task Force 157 Naval Field Support Operations Group (NFOSG) Edwin P. Wilson used his connections in the intelligence and weapons world after retiring from the CIA to go into private business and recruited former U.S. Green Berets to train Libyan Col. Mad Dog Muammar-el-Qaddafi's terrorist commando forces in how to use explosives as part of his private enterprise operation. Wilson also shipped C-4 plastic e...

Palenque is one of the best known and oldest Mayan archaeological sites. But recently little has been published on the ongoing work here. Marken's collection brings the archaeological record of Palenque up to date. Chapters cover a wide range of topics from architecture to hieroglyphic texts, from broad issues of chronology to settlement to theoretical and methodological issues concerning architectural excavations. Palenque represents an important update of research for any Mayan archaeolo...