Presents research conducted in three difficult-to-access Cuban archives with rare textual resources, upon which very little analysis has ever previously been published.
Homi K. Bhabha's 1994 The Location of Culture is one of the founding texts of the branch of literary theory called postcolonialism. While postcolonialism has many strands, at its heart lies the question of interpreting and understanding encounters between the western colonial powers and the nations across the globe that they colonized.
Celebrates Tom Graveney's year in office and gives an interesting account of the function of MCC President and his many duties promoting the game all over the world. In addition the author describes the MCC in action throughout 2004/2005 with an account of its wide ranging activities in support of cricket particularly at school and club level.
When Nick Leeson masterminded the illegal trading scheme that would lose $1.3 billion in assets belonging to Barings, one of the oldest and most respected banks in London, the story was front page news around the world. But what really happened to cause the downfall of "the Queen's Bank", and who was actually responsible? Fay investigates the facts behind the headlines and discovers a closed network of privilege, greed, and incompetence.
