Book Description
This casebook accompanies the FARS CD, an annual publication, which is directly integrated with the casebook.
Book Description
This is a ground-breaking casebook, complete with the FARS CD, is designed to support the use of FARS as a tool for accountants to effectively use case studies and databases as a source of information. In spring 04, when the CPA exam goes electronic, FASB case studies will be incorporated into the exam. This books presents and analyzes case studies so readers can hone their analytical abilities, learn how to properly identify the scope of relevant guidance, design effective search phrases using Boolean logic, and cope with contradictions and ever-changing guidance in regulation and business practices.
Average customer rating:
|
Mastery of the Financial Accounting Research System (FARS) Through Cases w/2004 FARS CD-ROM
Wanda A. Wallace
Manufacturer: Wiley
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
 General
| Business & Investing
| Subjects
| Books
Financial
| Accounting
| Industries & Professions
| Business & Investing
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Accounting
| Industries & Professions
| Business & Investing
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Accounting
| Accounting & Finance
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
All Titles
| Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007
| Stores
| Books
Business & Investing
| Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007
| Stores
| Books
Professional
| Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007
| Stores
| Books
ASIN: 0471687278 |
Book Description
This book provides a methodological framework to model univariate and multivariate irregularly spaced financial data. It gives a thorough review of recent developments in the econometric literature, puts forward existing approaches and opens up new directions. The book presents alternative ways to model so-called financial point processes using dynamic duration as well as intensity models and discusses their ability to account for specific features of point process data, like the occurrence of time-varying covariates, censoring mechanisms and multivariate structures. Moreover, it illustrates the use of various types of financial point processes to model financial market activity from different viewpoints and to construct volatility and liquidity measures under explicit consideration of the passing trading time.
Book Description
The gripping story of two marijuana advocates gunned down by the FBI after a five-day standoff.
On a mission to build a peaceful, pot-friendly Shangri-La, Tom Crosslin and his lover Rollie Rohm founded Rainbow Farm, a well-appointed campground and concert venue tucked away in rural Southwest Michigan. The farm quickly became the center of marijuana and environmental activism in Michigan, drawing thousands of blue-collar libertarians and hippie liberals, evangelicals and militiamen to its annual hemp festivals. People came from all over the country to support Tom and Rollie’s libertarian brand of patriotism: They loved America but didn’t like the War on Drugs.
As Rainbow Farm launched a popular statewide ballot initiative to change marijuana laws, local authorities, who had scarcely tolerated Rainbow Farm in the past, began an all-out campaign to shut the place down. Finally, in May 2001, Tom and Rollie were arrested for growing marijuana. Rollie’s 11-year-old son, who grew up on Rainbow Farm, was placed in foster care – Tom would never see him again. Faced with mandatory jail terms and the loss of the farm, Tom and Rollie never showed up for their August court date. Instead, the state’s two best-known pot advocates burned Rainbow Farm to the ground in protest. County officials called the FBI, and within five days Tom and Rollie were dead. Obscured by the attacks of September 11, their stories will be told here for the first time.
Customer Reviews:
One of the saddest stories I have ever read........2007-01-27
Thank you, Dean Kuipers, for writing "Burning Rainbow Farm". It is one of the saddest books I have ever read. I live on a small farm in Maryland, and my closest friends and I can relate to the murders of these young free men, who only wanted to be left alone to burn one, and live in peace.
Whatever happened to the American right, to left alone?
I highly recommend this book to anyone that believes freedom, is free.
Lesser-Known Abuses of Power.......2007-01-04
Most Americans know about the abuses of government power that resulted in Waco and Ruby Ridge. Most people do not get quite as excited about less drastic and dramatic abuses of power, including violations of our Bill of Rights that have become so frequent that we no longer notice them. Most Americans should know about the deaths of Rollie Rohm and Tom Crosslin at Rainbow Farm but do not because of an accident of timing; the events at Rainbow Farm unfolded just days before 9/11. Journalist Dean Kuipers examines with an insightful and critical eye the lives and motivations of hemp activist and unapologetic capitalist Tom Crosslin, his gentle lover Rollie Rohm, and their associates from many different walks of libertarian life, ranging from Tommy Chong to Merle Haggard to the Michigan Militia. Kuipers brings to life the stories of these drug reform and property rights activists who were most definitely breaking the law, but who by no stretch of the imagination were the perils to society that the law enforcement bureaucracy believed them to be.
Kuipers also applies his analytical and descriptive abilities to the Michiana Rust Belt towns and cities that Crosslin and Rohm called home, including Elkhart, Indiana, the RV Capitol of the World--the hometown of this reviewer. Kuipers' perceptions of this depressogenic area ring true in more ways than I want to count.
--Christine A. Whittington
Buy it for the story, keep it for the writing. .......2006-10-25
The chaos and seemingly unneccessary killing of these two pot activists would've been enshrined in the pantheon of strange, over-government reactions -- think Wacco, Ruby Ridge, etc. -- had 9-11 not upturned the political landscape. Thankfully, Dean Kuipers didn't forget, and returned to his childhood area to pen a masterful, well-paced story that is not sentimental or overly judgmental but instead keenly observed with smart reportage and an almost noirish writing style.
You may not respect or even like the protagonists, and Kuipers does not
give them the kit-glove treatment as he shows they defied an insecure prosector in oh so many ways and fired shells at the SWAT folks. You do
come away scratching your head -- and this is where the book transcends its liberatarian, quasi-militia ganja promotion -- about how marijuana,
as with so numerous issues, came to be viewed so differently by the feds than from the constituency they serve.
While I wish the book would've been shorter and that the scene/fact-setting info. was better integrated into the more brisk, novelistic portrayal, overall Kuipers does what so many other non fiction writers can't: he keeps you interested, has a knack for using the right phrase to fit the genre, and leads you expertly down the farm road to an horrifically inevitable bloodbath.
Make no mistake: this is a book to curl up with, whether you believe weed is God's medication and a relaxant for overwrought world or a gateway to crack-ho death. How the gov't can make itself king and over-step the people's authority -- confiscating property, independence, your livelihood, even your soul -- is disturbingly and fascinatingly retold by a writer who has his chops down.
Highly recommend, and this isn't my normal fare.
I Couldn't Put This Book Down!.......2006-08-13
The story told within the pages of this book is one of the most compelling stories I have ever read. I could not put this book down! It reads like an episode of 48 Hours Mystery. Dean Kuipers starts off by telling you basically what happened on Labor Day weekend, 2001. Then goes back in time and not only fills you in on the history of the two main characters, Tom and Rollie, but also introduces you to a myriad of other very interesting people, all very real with their own stories to tell. Not only that, it also gives you an over view of just about every aspect of the movement to legalize cannabis, especially as it relates to the state of Michigan. His retelling of these events is exceptional, considering he culled all the information from interviews and documents collected over a 4-year period.
It is, which is obvious to people who are familiar with this story, about the rise and fall of Rainbow Farm, and the death of the two main owners and operators of the farm. For those unfamiliar with the story, Rainbow farm was a site for cannabis activism and related festivals in the latter half of the 1990's. It is about that, but also about so much more. It is about property rights, the War on Drugs, intolerance, persecution, zealous prosecution, and the mistakes that some of us make in the face of those things. It is also a window into the culture of the last 30 to 35 years and how that has changed. Mr. Kuipers manages to convey all of this, without getting bogged down with too much info on the history of the Hemp movement and all that goes with that. His style is very easy to follow and kept my interest all the way through.
This book would be a great companion to Smoke and Mirrors - The War on Drugs and The Politics of Failure by Dan Baum. That book sort of ends, where this one takes up, although I would say that this is more of a close up view whereas Baum's book is a wider angle. Both books reveal the ridiculousness of the laws in our country concerning Cannabis and how enforcement of those laws is out of control. I recommend this book to everyone, whether you are a Cannabis activist, a casual observer, or just a registered voter that would like to read a balanced view of how our tax dollars are wasted on mostly non-violent users and people who would probably like to grow a little, in the privacy of their own homes for medicinal and light recreational uses.
Martyrs Who Should Never Have Been.......2006-07-18
It isn't explicitly in the Bill of Rights, but it ought to be: The Right to Be Let Alone. The story of two martyrs who died pursuing this right is told in _Burning Rainbow Farm: How a Stoner Utopia Went Up in Smoke_ (Bloomsbury) by Dean Kuipers. The story of Tom Crosslin and his partner Rollie Rohm never got all the attention it deserved, since the dramatic climax happened on the Labor Day weekend just before 9/11. Kuipers brings it back, a detailed and intelligent look at the way the War on Drugs has been waged within our borders. You don't have to be in favor of legalization of drugs or even decriminalization of marijuana to realize that this sad battle which reflects badly on all participants never should have happened.
Tom met Rollie, a handsome seventeen-year-old, in 1990. Rollie had been married and had a son whom he adored, but it was love at first sight when he and Tom met. With Rollie, Tom purchased 34 acres of farmland in rural southwest Michigan, and they named it Rainbow Farm. Tom's construction crew and odd-job men became a sort of commune for the farm, a place of remove, where Tom and Rollie and their work crews and friends could have cookouts and parties and not worry about bothering or being bothered by those around them. They were eager for a lot of different types of people to show up at Rainbow Farm, have fun, and be left alone. "This is a place about alternative lifestyles," Tom liked to say. "Being gay is just one of 'em. Smoking pot is just one of 'em. There's a bunch more, and this is a place where people can be free." They started having pot festivals, refusing to allow harder drugs, and refusing to let people sell pot, but encouraging sharing. The local prosecutor didn't like it, and fired with the possibility of claiming the valuable land as assets for the cops, he was eventually able to charge Tom and Rollie with manufacturing drugs. They Rollie knew that they would be losing the farm if they went to trial, and having said sad goodbyes to many who had come to hang out there over the years, they forced a last stand. Tom got assault rifles and let any potential invaders know that the farm was mined and booby trapped (but it was not). He set the buildings of the farm on fire, and fired at police. The FBI was called in, and no one found a way to break the siege, which inevitably led to Tom's and Rollie's deaths.
Tom and Rollie do not turn out to be flawless heroes; Rollie may have just been going along with Tom's plans, but Tom's plans did include the weapons, and firing at police and a helicopter. Their persecutors, however, should not have been hounding him over the years for a relatively harmless weed which drug warriors can't differentiate from truly harmful substances. Rainbow Farm sounds as if it was a happy and useful place, and the world is worse off without it. Tom and Rollie were, before the persecution took hold, philanthropists, Republicans, and prosperous businessmen. This is a story vividly told, and valuable, but sadly, this is just one of thousands of stories of wasted lives and wasted legal efforts as the persecution of marijuana users continues.
Average customer rating:
|
Dryland Farming: A Systems Approach
Manufacturer: A Sydney University Press Publication
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
General
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Agricultural Sciences
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Agricultural Sciences
| Professional Science
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
ASIN: 0424001691 |
Book Description
Written for students of agriculture and its related disciplines, as well as farmers, this book deals with farming systems in dryland areas, that is, where moisture limits production for at least one part of the growing season. Dryland agriculture based on integrated sheep and cropping farms is
important in most mainland states of Australia and examples are also taken from North America, Europe, Africa and the Middle East. The traditional textbooks on agriculture tend to be compartmentalized along discipline lines, for example soils, climate, crop production, pastures, livestock, farm
machinery, and economics. However this innovative book approaches agriculture as the farmer must in terms of the various system components, how the operation and management of each affects the others, and how it affects the resource base of soil, water and biological assets. Farming should be both
profitable and sustainable; this book, dealing with principles and practice, explains how.
Average customer rating:
|
Immunoglobulin Genes
Manufacturer: Academic Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
General
| Biology
| Biological Sciences
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
Molecular Biology
| Biology
| Biological Sciences
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Zoology
| Biological Sciences
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
Immunology
| Basic Science
| Medicine
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Medicine
| Subjects
| Books
Immunology
| Basic Sciences
| Medical
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Biology
| Biological Sciences
| Professional Science
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
Molecular Biology
| Biology
| Biological Sciences
| Professional Science
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Zoology
| Biological Sciences
| Professional Science
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Mathematics
| Sciences
| New & Used Textbooks
| Stores
| Books
Zoology
| Biological Sciences
| Sciences
| New & Used Textbooks
| Stores
| Books
ASIN: 0120536404 |
Customer Reviews:
Immunoglobulin Genes.......2006-03-04
The immunoglobulin gene complex is responsible for generating a wide range of antibodies, each posessing a unique antigen specificity. Immunoglobulin Genes is the first comprehensive book an the organization, function and expression of these and related genes in both normal and neoplastic cells.
For the immunologist, there are detailed descriptions of the molecular mechanisms which generate this diverse range of antibodies and the tight regulation of the genes encoding them. Molecular biologists will find discussions of important phenomena including gene rearrangement (normal and abnormal), differential splicing and deletion in the context of immunoglobulin genes.
The excitement of the research on immunoglobulin genes is conveyed by the range and complexity of issues discussed here; the book contains invaluable information for clinitian and research scientists with interest in immune response. The Foreword is written by Cesar Milstein.
--- from book's back cover
Average customer rating:
|
Antibody Expression and Engineering (Acs Symposium Series)
Manufacturer: An American Chemical Society Publication
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
Biochemistry
| Biological Sciences
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Biology
| Biological Sciences
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
General & Reference
| Chemistry
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
Immunology
| Basic Science
| Medicine
| Subjects
| Books
Biochemistry
| Bioengineering
| Engineering
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
Biotechnology
| Bioengineering
| Engineering
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
Immunology
| Basic Sciences
| Medical
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
Genetics
| Basic Sciences
| Medical
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
Biochemistry
| Biological Sciences
| Professional Science
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
Molecular Biology
| Biology
| Biological Sciences
| Professional Science
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
General & Reference
| Chemistry
| Professional Science
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
All Titles
| Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007
| Stores
| Books
ASIN: 0841233144 |
Book Description
Examines monoclonal antibody synthesis. Discusses expression of MABs in various mammalian systems. Includes a review of research on the expression of antibody fragments in various microbial systems. Describes the use of catalytic antibodies for a variety of applications. Reviews applications of MABs and its fragments.
Average customer rating:
|
Immunoglobulin Genes B Cell: (Developments in Immunology)
Battisto
Manufacturer: North-Holland
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
Immunology
| Basic Science
| Medicine
| Subjects
| Books
Microbiology
| Basic Science
| Medicine
| Subjects
| Books
Immunology
| Basic Sciences
| Medical
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
ASIN: 0444005803 |
Average customer rating:
|
Intrabodies: Basic Research and Clinical Gene Therapy Applications (Molecular Biology Intelligence Unit)
Manufacturer: Springer
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
Biotechnology
| Biological Sciences
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Biology
| Biological Sciences
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
Molecular Biology
| Biology
| Biological Sciences
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
Genetics
| Evolution
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
Genetics
| Basic Science
| Medicine
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Basic Science
| Medicine
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Medicine
| Subjects
| Books
Biochemistry
| Bioengineering
| Engineering
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
Biotechnology
| Bioengineering
| Engineering
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
Molecular Biology
| Biology
| Biological Sciences
| Professional Science
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
Biotechnology
| Biological Sciences
| Professional Science
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
Genetics
| Evolution
| Professional Science
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
Genetics
| Basic Sciences
| Medical
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
Genetics
| Biological Sciences
| Sciences
| New & Used Textbooks
| Stores
| Books
ASIN: 3540641513 |
Book Description
Antibodies have long been used in the biomedical sciences as in vitro tools for the identification, purification and functional manipulation of target antigens. They are also being exploited in vivo for diagnostic and therapeutic applications and play an important role in cancer and AIDS research. This book summarizes preclinical studies from laboratories worldwide that have used intrabodies intracellular antibodies - for gene therapy and research applications.
Average customer rating:
|
Molecular Biology of B Cells
Manufacturer: Academic Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
Cell Biology
| Biology
| Biological Sciences
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Biology
| Biological Sciences
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
Molecular Biology
| Biology
| Biological Sciences
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
Genetics
| Evolution
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
Immunology
| Basic Science
| Medicine
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Medicine
| Subjects
| Books
Immunology
| Basic Sciences
| Medical
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
Molecular Biology
| Biology
| Biological Sciences
| Professional Science
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
Genetics
| Evolution
| Professional Science
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
All Amazon Upgrade
| Amazon Upgrade
| Stores
| Books
Medicine
| Amazon Upgrade
| Stores
| Books
Professional & Technical
| Amazon Upgrade
| Stores
| Books
Science
| Amazon Upgrade
| Stores
| Books
All Titles
| Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007
| Stores
| Books
Medicine
| Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007
| Stores
| Books
Professional
| Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007
| Stores
| Books
Science
| Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007
| Stores
| Books
ASIN: 0120536412 |
Book Description
Molecular Biology of B Cells is a comprehensive reference to how B cells are generated, selected, activated and engaged in antibody production. All these developmental and stimulatory processes are described in molecular and genetic terms to give a clear understanding of complex phenotyes. The molecular basis of many diseases due to B cell abnormality is also discussed. This definitive reference is directed at research level immunologists, molecular biologists and geneticists.
Average customer rating:
|
Molecular Genetics of Immunoglobulin (New Comprehensive Biochemistry)
Calabi F.
Manufacturer: Elsevier Science Ltd
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
Cell Biology
| Biology
| Biological Sciences
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Biology
| Biological Sciences
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
Genetics
| Evolution
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
Immunology
| Basic Science
| Medicine
| Subjects
| Books
General & Reference
| Chemistry
| Professional Science
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
ASIN: 0444809155 |
Average customer rating:
|
Somatic Hypermutation in V Regions
Manufacturer: CRC-Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
General
| Biology
| Biological Sciences
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
Molecular Biology
| Biology
| Biological Sciences
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
Genetics
| Evolution
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
Immunology
| Basic Science
| Medicine
| Subjects
| Books
Microbiology
| Basic Science
| Medicine
| Subjects
| Books
Immunology
| Basic Sciences
| Medical
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
Molecular Biology
| Biology
| Biological Sciences
| Professional Science
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
Genetics
| Evolution
| Professional Science
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
ASIN: 0849353483 |
Book Description
This book provides critical reviews regarding the process of somatic hypermutation in antibody V genes. Topics covered include the in vivo kinetics of antigen-driven somatic hypermutation in a number of well-studied systems in mice; the instability of lg genes in cultured cells; the key role played in vivo by germinal centers in providing the appropriate "mutational" microenvironment; the types of nucleotide sequence errors generated; the process of hypermutation in pre-arranged V regions expressed in transgenic mice; and a critical evaluation of the status of molecular models proposed to explain hypermutation. Other topics include a detailed review of data from hypervariable retroviral systems, as well as precise studies on the mutagenic potential of various DNA polymerases in vitro. The book will provide indispensable information for immunologists, geneticists, molecular biologists, biochemists, and cell biologists.
Average customer rating:
|
Digging Deeper: Investigations into Rocks, Shocks, Quakes, & Other Earthly Matters
Sandra Markle
Manufacturer: Lothrop Lee & Shepard
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
Earth Sciences
| Science, Nature & How It Works
| Children's Books
| Subjects
| Books
| Fiction
| Nonfiction
General
| Ages 9-12
| Children's Books
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Earth Sciences
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Earth Sciences
| Professional Science
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
ASIN: 0688059864 |
Average customer rating:
|
Finite Temperature Field Theory
Ashok Das
Manufacturer: World Scientific Publishing Company
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
General
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Physics
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
Thermodynamics
| Dynamics
| Physics
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
Waves & Wave Mechanics
| Physics
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
Particle Physics
| Nuclear Physics
| Physics
| Science
| Subjects
| Books
General
| Physics
| Professional Science
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
Waves & Wave Mechanics
| Physics
| Professional Science
| Professional & Technical
| Subjects
| Books
All Titles
| Qualifying Textbooks - Fall 2007
| Stores
| Books
ASIN: 9810228562 |
Book Description
Professor Kapusta develops the basic formalism and theoretical techniques for studying relativistic quantum field theory at high temperature and density. Topics covered include functional integral representation of the partition function, diagrammatic expansions, linear response theory, screening and collective oscillations, equations of state, phase transitions, restoration of spontaneously broken symmetries, the Goldstone theorem, and infrared problems. Specific physical theories treated include QED, QCD, the Weinberg-Salam model, and effective nuclear field theories. Applications to white dwarfs, neutron stars, ultrarelativistic nucleus-nucleus collisions, and the early universe are discussed. Problems are provided at the end of each chapter, and numerous references to the literature are included.
Customer Reviews:
Compactness achieved!.......2003-11-29
Unfortunately, I am not a high-energy physicsist--instead I am a condensed matter theorist. This book has gave me a complete summary on what does the quantum field theory say. If you were confusing with the statements from the other QFT text books, I recommend you to read this book, which provides both physics and mathematics enough.
Average customer rating:
- incredible novel
- Honk if you love Aphrodite
- fine reading
- A divine read, if you'll pardon the pun
|
Honk If You Love Aphrodite
Daniel Evan Weiss
Manufacturer: Serpent's Tail
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
Comic
| General
| Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
Contemporary
| General
| Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
United States
| World Literature
| Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
| 18th Century
| 19th Century
| 20th Century
| African American
| Asian American
| Classics
| Collections & Readers
| Drama
| General
| Hispanic
| History & Criticism
| Humor
| Jewish American
| Letters & Correspondence
| Native American
| Poetry
| Short Stories
| Women Writers
General
| Poetry
| Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
Single Authors
| Poetry
| Literature & Fiction
| Subjects
| Books
| British & Irish
| Continental European
| United States
Similar Items:
-
Swine's Wedding
-
Hell on Wheels (High Risk Books)
-
The Roaches Have No King (Five Star Title)
ASIN: 1852424532 |
Customer Reviews:
incredible novel.......2006-03-23
Daniel Evan Weiss creates an unusually entertaining and thought-provoking novel. Beautifully written, the language itself enchants. The story is gripping, as the characters traverse the perils and daily pleasures and horrors of New York, and love-- always with Weiss' wise and humorous perspective. This is one of Weiss' best; but after reading this novel, be sure to read his others!
Honk if you love Aphrodite.......2000-03-20
Awesome book Dan! My book club bought 3 and shared them and we all had a blast with it! Every little inuendo hit home and I especially liked the vision in my mind of the Gods on Catskill. The fate of being stuck in perpetuity in chains and submission was a befitting end. Great job, Keep it up I will wait for the next one. Mark
fine reading.......2000-01-20
Honk if you love aphrodite was a masterpiece. The way the author used homeric style in the body was intense. It takes skill and panache to create good literature, and even more skill and panache to create memorable literature. If you can handle this gripping book, you can fully understand the brilliance of the writer. I love you dan, and katy and delilah
A divine read, if you'll pardon the pun.......1999-06-16
I recently read this book aloud during a long car trip and had all occupants, including myself, in stitches. Here is an author whose affection and understanding for the foibles of New York City's underside is only matched by his penchant for the eccentric and willingness to take his word usage out on a limb. The meter and feel of the Homeric-style epic ballad rings absolutely true, as can only really be ascertained from reading it aloud, as we did, and Weiss's outlandish characters and acerbic asides only showcase what is, in the end, a rather touching love story that owes nothing to divine intervention. We were particularly fond of the real Myron, left lurching drunkenly around Coney Island bereft of friends and purpose, an incredibly bald look at Manhattan's S&M club scene (if you've ever been to Hellfire, you'll understand) and the subway Amazons Tess and Shameeka. Weiss's comments concerning the late JFK are not to be missed, either; in true Homeric style, he doesn't waste any time making a political point poetically. This is a smart, funny read that will make you think and probably help you with your next crossword puzzle. Take it for what it is. (Just to set the record straight -- "Roaches" is still my favorite of the Weiss lexicon).
Books:
- Measuring Business Interruption Losses and Other Commercial Damages
- Money Order: The Money Management Guide for Women
- One Shot One Kill Trading
- Outpacing the Pros Using INDEXES to Beat WALL STREET'S SAVVIEST MONEY MANAGERS
- Payroll Accounting: A Complete Guide to Payroll
- Peachtree 8 for Dummies
- Peachtree Complete Accounting 2005 (2nd Edition)
- Puzzles of Finance: Six Practical Problems and Their Remarkable Solutions
- QuickBooks 2004: An Introduction (2nd Edition)
- QuickBooks Pro 2004: Complete Course (2nd Edition)
Books Index
Books Home
Recommended Books
- Just a Geek
- Interior Alchemy: Secrets to Creating Expressive Ambience
- Introduction to Documentary Production
- Hooray for Fish!
- JUNIOR
- Inside the Asylum: Why the UN and Old Europe are Worse Than You Think
- Grasses of the Trans-Pecos and Adjacent Areas
- Fast Stocks/Fast Money: How to Make Money Investing in New Issues and Small Company Stocks
- Introduction to Globalization and Business: Relationships and Responsibilities
- High Performance Through Effective Scheduling
Introduction to Applied Professional Research for Accountants (2nd Edition)
Accounting Theory: Contemporary Accounting Issues
CPA Ready Comprehensive CPA Exam Review - 36th Edition 2007-2008: Financial Accounting & Reporting (CPA Comprehensive Exam Review Financial Accounting ... and Reporting, Business Enterprises)
Contemporary Auditing: Real Issues and Cases
Brink's Modern Internal Auditing
