Financial Accounting: A Mercifully Brief Introduction

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A concise, readable and irreverent introduction to financial accounting. The book uses easy to understand examples that gives the reader the "why" behind accounting principles...not just the "how". The reader is alerted to the limitations of accounting as well as its strengths. The book describes some of the most common forms of accounting frauds.

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Extraordinarily Informative & Useful.......2007-03-10

This book is an informative and well-written primer on a range of important concepts necessary to "get a handle on" the financial basics that small business owners and allied professionals frequently confront.

The author successfully employs humor in developing scenarios, examples and explanations which remain in the reader's mind and make these often times abstruse subjects understandable.

The Summaries, Exercises and Problems sections of the book are particularly effective teaching tools. I found the most interesting and useful chapters to be Chapter One (Introduction: Difficult Measurement Problems), Chapter 7 (Fixed Assets and Depreciation Methods) and particularly Chapter 10 (Financial Statement Reliability) for its treatment of embezzlement prevention and related issues.

I have practiced law for almost 33 years and have represented many small businesses during that time. I am pleased to have encountered this book, which I will highly recommend as a very helpful tool for business owners and others in understanding, approaching and evaluating accounting issues.

Sara Clarenbach
Attorney, Capitola CA

NOT TOO INFORMATIVE. .......2007-03-10

THIS BOOKS HELPS TO BRUSH UP YOUR BASIC ACCOUNTING 101. BUT NEEDS MORE EXAMPLES TO MAKE THE READER COMPREHEND. OVERALL NOT BAD.

Good Introduction to the basics.......2007-01-20

For the person who has no knowledge of accounting and wants to understand the very basics this book is indeed a good brief introduction. The author makes a good point of the fact that most introductory accounting texts spend a great deal of time covering the basics of transaction entry. In today's marketplace the software packages take care of these details of ensuring double entry occurs and the entries balance. When that information is removed you end up with the very basics of accounting including the basic accounting equation, cash and accrual accounting, receivables and payables, fixed assets, inventory, and financial statements. Explained at a level that a reader with no previous knowledge of accounting can follow the author does provide a mercifully brief introduction that is only the basics needed for everyday work.

Help Is Here.......2006-11-27

This is a great book for small businesses. I've started recommending it to my clients who are doing their own bookkeeping (and all you professionals know what a nightmare that is!) and to bookkeepers who find themselves doing balance sheet accounting without a good background in the real story of debits and credits. This book covers the basics in an accessible, jargon-less prose yet still covers the essential points. I'm suggesting that this be a reference book my clients keep in their offices. That way they have a quick reference guide for themselves or their employees. Hopefully, when they go through 3 bookkeepers in a year the learning curve will be less steep than usual for the new employees, and I'll get fewer "just a quick question" phone calls during tax season.

Progressive Accounting.......2006-11-11

It is refreshing to read an accounting text with a liberal arts background. This author challenges you to think about what is useful to accounting but also its abuses. Good introduction for the curious reader.

Office XP Brief: A Tutorial to Accompany Peter Norton's Introduction to Computers, Student Edition with CD-ROM

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Office XP Brief: A Tutorial to Accompany Peter Norton's Introduction to Computers, Student Edition with CD-ROM
Peter Norton
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Technology Education
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Binding: Spiral-bound

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ASIN: 0078297893

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Peter Norton's Office XP Brief is a stand-alone tutorial that features a strong instructional design. Small blocks of concepts followed by hands on activities and numerous full-screen illustrations result in clear-cut, easy-to-read instruction, making learning easy for students!

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Accounting: A Brief Introduction, teaches the accounting skills needed in the financial industry. This text/workbook contains extensive exercises on constructing and interpreting financial statements.

Brief Introduction to Managerial and Social Uses of Accounting

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Brief Introduction to Managerial and Social Uses of Accounting
Robert G. May
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
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Binding: Hardcover

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Office 2000 Brief Course: A Tutorial to Accompany Peter Norton Introduction to Computers Student Edition

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Office 2000 Brief Course: A Tutorial to Accompany Peter Norton Introduction to Computers Student Edition
Peter Norton
Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill Technology Education
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Binding: Paperback

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ASIN: 007823851X

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Office 2000 Brief Course with applications covers the basic features of Office 2000. Provides hands-on instruction for using these Microsoft Office programs: Word 2000, Excel 2000, Access 2000, PowerPoint 2000, and Outlook 2000. There is also instruction for integration among these application programs.

Casio's Cassiopeia pocket manager BE-300 provides wireless and mobile computing solutions. (New Products).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement): An article from: Transport Technology Today

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Casio's Cassiopeia pocket manager BE-300 provides wireless and mobile computing solutions. (New Products).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement): An article from: Transport Technology Today

Manufacturer: Maple Communications
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from Transport Technology Today, published by Maple Communications on September 1, 2001. The length of the article is 353 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Casio's Cassiopeia pocket manager BE-300 provides wireless and mobile computing solutions. (New Products).(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Publication: Transport Technology Today (Magazine/Journal)
Date: September 1, 2001
Publisher: Maple Communications
Page: 36(1)

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Data mining--the proprietary approach. (New Products).(new software from Harte-Hanks Inc.)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement): An article from: Bank Marketing

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Data Mining | Databases | Computers & Internet | Subjects | Books

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This digital document is an article from Bank Marketing, published by Bank Marketing Assn. on July 1, 2002. The length of the article is 333 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Data mining--the proprietary approach. (New Products).(new software from Harte-Hanks Inc.)(Brief Article)(Product Announcement)
Publication: Bank Marketing (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2002
Publisher: Bank Marketing Assn.
Volume: 34 Issue: 6 Page: 38(1)

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The Digital Divide.(internet use around the world)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included): An article from: CMA Management

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The Digital Divide.(internet use around the world)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included): An article from: CMA Management

Manufacturer: Society of Management Accountants of Canada
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Binding: Digital

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This digital document is an article from CMA Management, published by Society of Management Accountants of Canada on July 1, 2000. The length of the article is 1015 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: The Digital Divide.(internet use around the world)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Publication: CMA Management (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2000
Publisher: Society of Management Accountants of Canada
Volume: 74 Issue: 6 Page: 57

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'Hey, Anita! What's My Account Balance?'.(speech recognition technology)(Brief Article): An article from: Bank Marketing

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'Hey, Anita! What's My Account Balance?'.(speech recognition technology)(Brief Article): An article from: Bank Marketing
Clyde Linsley
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Voice Recognition | Software | Computers & Internet | Subjects | Books

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This digital document is an article from Bank Marketing, published by Bank Marketing Assn. on December 1, 2000. The length of the article is 427 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: 'Hey, Anita! What's My Account Balance?'.(speech recognition technology)(Brief Article)
Author: Clyde Linsley
Publication: Bank Marketing (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 1, 2000
Publisher: Bank Marketing Assn.
Volume: 32 Issue: 12 Page: 38

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In the Green.(environment research in Canada)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included): An article from: CMA Management

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In the Green.(environment research in Canada)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included): An article from: CMA Management

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This digital document is an article from CMA Management, published by Society of Management Accountants of Canada on July 1, 2000. The length of the article is 607 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: In the Green.(environment research in Canada)(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included)
Publication: CMA Management (Magazine/Journal)
Date: July 1, 2000
Publisher: Society of Management Accountants of Canada
Volume: 74 Issue: 6 Page: 58

Article Type: Brief Article, Statistical Data Included

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Mutual funds are fast becoming America's investment choice, largely because of their sheer variety. But, with so many mutual funds to choose from more than 8,000 at last count it's hard for many people to pick the right ones for them.

Short And Simple Guide To Smart Investing first gives you the fundamentals, explaining what mutual funds are, how they work, and how commissions and fees affect the ROI. Dozens of graphs and charts carefully guide you through the maze of available mutual funds, and you'll learn their characteristics, advantages, drawbacks, and risk potential.

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It is clear now more than ever, it is important for gays and lesbians in the United States to have the benefit of a leagl guide that will teach them every trick in the book.

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Give us the opportunity.......2007-04-18

The five-star rating is a projection. How can one write a review of a slim, 70 page book, when neither I or my library can afford to buy it? What is going on here? Who does not want us to read it?

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Our resource card is an easy, quick source of information on general chemistry. The student will find the periodic table, basic tables, and key equations within reach without having to consult the text.

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For the past 200 years, geological scientists have used the present as a key to unlocking the past. This volume continues the tradition by exploring the processes of weathering and soil formation as indicators of the present environment of the Earth's land surface. Examined are the various ways in which this information can be used to interpret past environments which have produced the soils now preserved as paleosols. Because the surface environment of the earth may now be undergoing rapid change (the greenhouse effect), the book is a timely one for those researchers looking for evidence of analogous changes in the Earth's past. The work is divided into three major sections. The first deals with fundamental considerations of weathering, clay mineralogy and diagenesis. The second deals with the formation of soils from various starting materials and in various surficial environments. And the final section is an interpretation of paleosols. This volume provides valuable reading material for graduate and senior-undergraduate courses.

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