The phrase Banksters is resurrected as David Murphy and Martina Devlin describe the shocking story of how the Irish banking system was brought to its knees by a corrupt elite driven by profit and greed.Banksters examines the events which triggered the near collapse of Ireland's banking system, when it unfolded that a privileged 'golden circle', caught up in a frenzy of greed and opportunism, had gambled and lost with the deposits and pensions of the Irish people.It charts how an unprecedented orgy of over-borrowing -- fuelled by bankers who threw out the rule book on lending and reckless tax breaks from cavalier politicians --caused a massively over-inflated property bubble. Banksters is a hard-hitting read that, were it fiction, might not be believed. In describing the key players, their motivations, personalities and lavish lifestyles it poses the all-important questions: who is answerable -- and will all the culprits be called to account?

Banksters

Business & Money

David Murphy

Economics

Hodder Sceptre Pb

Sembene is one of the major figures of African literature, and also one of Africa's foremost film directors. This is the first study to give an overview of his work in fiction and on screen.  This book examines Sembene Ousmane's radical reinterpretation of African history and culture, focusing on representations of the African city, animism, the role of women, colonialism and neo-colonialism. The author argues that Sembene 'imagines alternatives' to the dominant narratives of both Africa in general, and Senegal in particular.  North America: Africa World Press

Sembene: Imagining Alternatives in Film and Fiction

Humor & Entertainment

James Currey

Sembene

This reader contains 203 lines of Latin selections from Horace (Satire 1.4, 103-126; 1.6, 70-92; Odes 1.5; 1.23; 1.11; 3.9; 2.10; 1.37; 1.9; 3.30). It is designed for students moving from elementary or intermediate Latin into reading the authentic Latin of Horace. Introductory materials include an overview of the life and work of Horace, bibliography, and description of Horatian meters.
Latin selections are accompanied by pre-reading materials, grammatical exercises, vocabulary notes, notes to assist reading comprehension, and other reading aids. Appendices on grammar and figures of speech, and a pull-out vocabulary of words appearing frequently in Horace round out the book's innovative features.
Special Features
* pre-reading materials help students understand underlying cultural and literary concepts * short explanations of grammatical and syntactical usage, with exercises * first version of the Latin text with transitional aids: implied words in parentheses, difficult noun-adjective pairings in different fonts, words re-ordered to facilitate comprehension * complete vocabulary and grammatical notes on facing pages * post-reading materials encourage appreciation of Horace's style and reflection on what has been read * pull-out vocabulary of Latin words not annotated * second version of Latin text in without transitional aids, but with notes
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Horace: A Legamus Transitional Reader (Legamus Reader Series) (Latin Edition)

Literature & Fiction

Ronnie Ancona

Humor & Satire

Bolchazy-Carducci Publishers

Counselling Psychology: A Textbook for Study and Practice (BPS Textbooks in Psychology)

Wiley/Blackwell

Online Learning and Teaching with Technology: Case Studies, Experience and Practice

Routledge

OTC Derivatives: Bilateral Trading and Central Clearing: An Introduction to Regulatory Policy, Market Impact and Systemic Risk (Global Financial Markets)

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

Unravelling the Credit Crunch (Chapman and Hall/CRC Financial Mathematics Series)

Fascinating Insight into How the Financial System Works and How the Credit Crisis Arose Clearly supplies details vital to understanding the crisis Unravelling the Credit Crunch provides a clearly written, comprehensive account of the current credit crisis that is easily understandable to non-specialists. It explains how the financial system was drawn into the crunch and the issues that need to be addressed to prevent further disasters. To enable an understanding of the credit crunch, the author first examines the rules that constrain how financial institutions operate. He discusses how these institutions do business, what products were central to the development of the crunch, and how they behave. He thoroughly describes how financial institutions raise money and the legal and regulatory frameworks under which they operate. After exploring how the system works, the book illustrates how to change the rules to make financial disasters less likely. Focusing on the rules involved in the game of finance is essential if we want to figure out what happened that led to this financial debacle. This book shows us how the actions of many financial institutions, regulatory bodies, central banks, and investment managers adversely affected the entire financial system.

Unravelling the Credit Crunch

Chapman and Hall/CRC

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