Blackbeard amusement park rides. Much of what is known about him can be sourced to Charles Johnson's "A General Historie of the Robberies and Murders of the Most Notorious Pyrates", published in Britain in 1724. A recognised authority on the pirates of his time, Johnson's descriptions of such figures as Anne Bonny and Mary Read were for years required reading for those interested in the subject. Readers were titillated by his stories and a second edition was quickly published, though author Angus Konstam suspects that Johnson's entry on Blackbeard was "coloured a little to make a more sensational story." "A General
Alex Malley Alex Malley Alex Malley FCPA, is the former chief executive of CPA Australia. He was removed by the CPA board of directors in late June 2017 after months of controversy started by his salary and the use of more than $60m of CPA funds for self-promotion on his book and tv program. Malley began his career working at the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. He quit the job and began working at the University of Western Sydney. He began as an accounting academic at Macquarie University in 1993. In 2007 he was elected president of the professional accounting body in 2007.