Accounting: What the Numbers Mean w/ Student Study Resource: Study Outline/Ready Notes/Solutions to Odd Number Problems&Net Tutor Package

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Accounting: What The Numbers Mean, 5e, was written to meet the needs of non-accountants who want a basic understanding of financial statements, and who want to learn how to use accounting information in the financial decision-making process. The reader is introduced to basic concepts supporting financial statements and managerial accounting information. Students learn what financial statements do and do not communicate. A complete annual report is included in the appendix.

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Seems intentionally confusing.......2007-03-25

I'm just starting a class that requires this book. I don't have a financial background. The book is confusing. It seems like the chapters outline basic principles. However, when it comes to doing the homework problems, the text asks things that were poorly covered and/or obscure.

I wish I didn't have to take this class and could get my money back.

Trish.......2006-02-27

I gave this book one star because there are no negative numbers available. The other reviews here are all true! This is a horrible textbook that jumps from subject to subject quickly, gives simplistic examples in the chapter and then throws complex homework problems with new components not explained in the chapter--oh and don't let me forget to mention that the terminology changes from chapter to homework as well! A friend with two masters (business and engineering) became so frustrated trying to help with a problem that he threw his hands up. The terminology kept throwing him off.

If you are supposed to buy this text I suggest you either show these to college administration ahead of time, or take another class. This is so bad I won't even sell mine back. I'm throwing it in my grill to burn.

This text is terrible.......2005-11-16

This book lacks effective structure, or comprehensible structure at least, and the writing is both tedious and meandering. Many of the examples are minimally useful and some are only vaguely associated to the concepts they are meant to support. Useless! This book wasted the time I had taken from my family to study accounting. Why would anyone select this text for a graduate level class???

What a waste of money.......2005-10-17

This textbook is fullllllll of inaccuracies. Additionally, the author gets some sort of sick thrill from giving really simple, insufficient examples in the chapters, and then giving over-the-top difficult questions in the homework. This author also loves to ramble and make this already tedious subject just as incomprehensible as he can possibly make it. My husband is a CFO and could NOT believe how horrible this book is. It's that bad. Students should demand that a different textbook be required.

Very confusing text.......2005-02-09

I found this textbook to be very confusing. It doesn't spend enough time elaborating on each topic before it moves on to the next.

Financial Accounting & Reporting Ready-Notes

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Financial Accounting & Reporting Ready-Notes
Mark Haskins , and Kenneth R. Ferris
Manufacturer: Richard D Irwin
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Trust is no longer just "nice-to-have." To achieve measurable results, make teams work ,drive down costs, and gain competitive advantage, trust has become a must-have asset.

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Good Advice.......2003-03-17

This book contains a lot of helpful advice on how to foster trust and responsibility within an organization.

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Making History--A Public Health Doctor in New China.......2003-10-19

George Hatem was a the son of Lebonese Maronite Catholic immigrants to the East Coast of the United States. I want to say that his childhood was uneventful, but that would not really be accurate, because it is quite certain that his childhood had a tremendous influence on him, and was a big part of his decision to stay in China and give up his American citizenship. So let's put it this way: He was the son of immigrants. He tended to be picked on a bit while he was growing up. During his later grammar school years, he became unmanageable, and was placed in a reform school by his parents. He eventually went back to Lebanon for medical school. After medical school, he went to China, perhaps more out of curiosity than anything else, and that is where he stayed for the rest of his life. Now, I could spend quite a bit of time speculating on what elements of his childhood predisposed him toward rejecting the land of his birth and becoming a Chinese citizen. But I don't want to do that, because that is not what this book is about, and when it comes right down to it that is not what George Hatem was about. So I will leave you with the brief summary, and let you draw your own conclusions.

The world waited. World War II was over. The Japanese had been defeated, and the conflict between the Communists and the Guomindang was heating up. Nobody knew for sure who would come out on top. There were problems with both options. The Guomindang reeked with corruption. The Communists had some weaknesses in their organizational structure which allowed a few people at the top to wield too much power. One thing is certain: if the Communists had not come out on top, this story would probably not have happened. George Hatem was a good doctor. But there are lots of good doctors in the world. George Hatem's defining quality was not some sort of dazzling, unreal brilliance. He shined because he happened upon a society, a world, a system that really, really needed what he had to offer, and because, by temperament, he was essentially apolitical. But most of all, he had an uncanny knack for finding what he was good at, and sticking to it with a pertinacity which outshone all his peers.

Do men make history, or does history make the man? Nobody knows the answer to that question, but, when it comes to George Hatem, I would say that history made him. Definitely. The greatness of Hatem is that he took what history had made and used it to again make history. Dogged persistence, the ability to stick to his work and not put his nose in where it didn't belong, and the tireless pursuit of a goal which was of benefit to the masses-these were the traits that defined him as a person, and these are the traits that he used to define the way he would approach the monumental events happening around him.

While we are on the subject of history, let me say that history is the main reason I read this book. Of course, I always like a good story, and I liked this one. But the historical value of this book should not go without mention, because it is, in fact, my primary reason for reading it. Whatever his reasons for coming to China when he did, the fact is that George Hatem was quiet closely acquainted with all the major players of the Communist revolution in China, both among the Chinese, and among the expatriate community. He knew Mao well, he was always on good terms which Zhou Enlai. He was a close friend of Zhu De, Mao's general. He treated Anna Louise Strong for some time. He knew both Sydney Shapiro and Sydney Rittenberg quite well. Of course he was close to Edgar Snow, whose book, Red Star Over China is still the definitive chronicle of the Long March, and he was also a close personal friend of Rewi Alley.

I have told you what was important to me as I read this book. But I would be remiss if I did not at least touch on what was important to George Hatem. The two public health problems which consumed his time and passion throughout his life were venereal disease and leprosy. George Hatem at first horrified, then impressed his Chinese colleagues by his insistence on touching his leprosy patients. His treatment approach usually combined what he found to be the best balance between western and oriental medicine. And his work involved a lot of travel and necessitated living for extended periods of time under very adverse conditions.

One of the strengths of this book is its appeal, for different reasons, to a variety of people. This really is an excellent story, and a very useful addition to the history of the Communist revolution in China.

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Quantum information science is a rapidly developing field that not only promises a revolution in computer sciences but also touches deeply the very foundations of quantum physics. This book consists of a set of lectures by leading experts in the field that bridges the gap between standard textbook material and the research literature, thus providing the ne- cessary background for postgraduate students and non-specialist researchers wishing to familiarize themselves with the subject thoroughly and at a high level. This volume is ideally suited as a course book for postgraduate students, and lecturers will find in it a large choice of material for bringing their courses up to date.

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Lead Molecules from Natural Products: Discovery and New Trends provides the reader with a thorough overview of current discoveries and trends in Natural Products research.

This book consists of 22 chapters from well known scientists all over the world, with topics ranging from Natural Product Chemistry and Phytochemistry in their most basic form, to Molecular Biology and in silico drug design. Contributors describe their own laboratory experiences, revealing their findings, the legal issues encountered.

The chapters, all of equally high quality, summarize years of extensive research in each area, and provide insight in the new themes of natural product research. The information will help to predict promising leads, useful for physicians in the treatment of different diseases and disease manifestations.

* Explains the effects of plant extracts on gene expression profiling.

* Details medicinal plant research from around the world

* Explores a variety of medicinal uses of plants from traditional remedies, to anti-cancer agents and anti-salmonella agents.

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New Trends in Natural Product Chemistry
RAHMAN
Manufacturer: Taylor & Francis
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Based on presentations made during the 6th International Symposium on Natural Product Chemistry, this book is divided into two broad sections. Section A includes articles on synthetic routes developed to complex natural products, while Section B is a compilation of discoveries of new natural products and their pharmacological properties.
There are several chapters devoted to various advances in the ongoing quest for improved anticancer agents from natural sources, be they from plants, marine organisms or microorganisms. Approaches to the development of new antimalarial agents are reviewed, as are strategies for cancer chemopreventive agents.

New Trends in Natural Products Chemistry, 1986 (Studies in Organic Chemistry)

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New Trends in Natural Products Chemistry, 1986 (Studies in Organic Chemistry)

Manufacturer: Elsevier Science Publishing Company
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New trends in natural products chemistry, 1986: Proceedings of the Second International Symposium and Pakistan-U.S. Binational Workshop on Natural Products ... January 1986 (Studies in organic chemistry)

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New trends in natural products chemistry, 1986: Proceedings of the Second International Symposium and Pakistan-U.S. Binational Workshop on Natural Products ... January 1986 (Studies in organic chemistry)
International Symposium and Pakistan-U.S
Manufacturer: Elsevier Science Pub. Co., distributor
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Stories in the 1960 Signet Edition

A good representative collection of Chekhov's stories.

Chekhov in Top Form

A truly wonderful book from a great Russian wordsmith

Chekhov, The Selected Stories of
Anton Chekhov
Manufacturer: Signet Classics
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Stories in the 1960 Signet Edition.......2006-12-14

Stories in the Signet 1960 edition: 1. The Confession 2. He Understood 3. At Sea - A Sailor's Story 4. A Nincompoop 5. Surgery 6. Ninochka - A Love Story 7. A Cure for Drinking 8. The Jailer Jailed 9. The Dance Pianist 10. The Milksop 11. Marriage in Ten or Fifteen Years 12. In Spring 13. Agafya 14. The Father 15. In Exile 16. Three Years 17. The House with the Mansard -- An Artist's Story 18. Peasants 19. The Darling.

A good representative collection of Chekhov's stories........2001-02-14

This collection of stories and tales are drawn from the years 1883-1898 and offers the reader a good sampling of Chekhov's prose style, as well as his insight into the nineteenth century Russian character. The characters that occupy places in these stories represent every segment of Russian society: from land owner to peasant, from the scholar to the merchant, from the honest to the perfidious. Chekhov was a doctor by education and training, and this scientific background allowed him to approach his subjects with an objective detachment with little inclination to make his characters "grow." Therefore, Chekhov portrays his characters as they actually were, and never makes a moral judgement as to any weaknesses that might be uncovered.

Chekhov wrote hundreds of these stories and tales in addition to his work as a dramatist, and this element of detachment runs through both genres. If, however, the author assumes a detachment from his characters, he never loses hope for a better day when poverty and ignorance will be eliminated. This theme is also repeated in his dramatic works.

The translation by Ann Dunnigan is a good one and enables the non-Russian reader to fully enjoy Chekhov's simple but beautiful style.

Chekhov in Top Form.......2000-10-29

Chekhov may have been from a different culture and era, however, his legacy still leaves an impact on millions of readers and writers worldwide. No storyteller thus far, has been able to blend humor and tragedy in the fashion that made Chekhov so universally loved. Selected Stories is a sampling of some of his finest works. With compassion and delicacy, Chekhov writes of the lives of ordinary people who are struggling to overcome conflict, however trivial their problems may be. One story deals with a man who must teach his young son not to smoke even though he himself is a smoker. Another story describes how a middle-aged man is thought peculiar by family and friends because he has never married. These are just a few examples of how this century-old Russian literature is still relevant to today's frame of mind. Chekhov's talent cannot be overstated. His life was short but what he left behind was majestic and grand.

A truly wonderful book from a great Russian wordsmith.......2000-05-28

In the introduction to this book, some compare Chekhov's writing to lace: the beauty of his stories are as much about what's left out as what's left in. Indeed, to a certain extent, that is true. In this book you will find some of the most gently funny and heartbreakingly poignant stories ever written. His writing is almost that of a parish priest recounting the tales of his town, in that he passes no judgement on even the most vile of the characters he has created, but instead allows us to judge each character for ourselves. It's a wonderful glimpse, not only at late-Czarist Russia, but at humanity in general. I highly recommend this book.

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ANTON CHEKOV SELECTED SHORT STORIES.

Manufacturer: Oxford
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Binding: Hardcover
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Anton Chekov: Selected Short Stories
Anton; Birkett, G.A.; Struve, Gleb Chekov
Manufacturer: Oxford At the Clarendon Press
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Anton Chekov: Selected Short Stories (Oxford Russian Readers)

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Anton Chekov: Selected Short Stories (Oxford Russian Readers)

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This series of Readers is designed to provide an introduction to Russian literature both for the fairly elementary and for more advanced students of Russian.

Anton Chekov: Selected Short Stories (Russian Texts for Students 5)

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Anton Chekov: Selected Short Stories (Russian Texts for Students 5)
Anton; Birkett, G.A.; Struve, Gleb Chekov
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Under the Galactic Confederation, there are very few ways to rise above your caste. One is to become a player in the extreme martial arts game known as the Musashi Flex. In the early 23rd century, three people will enter its violent culture: a battle-scarred veteran, an infiltrator, and a cunning upstart. Their fates will entwine--and be decided--in the bloody arena of the Flex. And if they survive, their story will become legend.

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Death came for him from behind a trade paperback..........2006-12-07

Question: What do thriller writers read when they want an adrenaline rush?

Answer: Steve Perry.

I've been hooked on the Matador books since I first stumbled across `The 97th Step' about fifteen years ago. I was disappointed when it seemed that the series had finally burned out. Then, along comes `The Musashi Flex,' and starts the fire all over again.

If you've followed the saga of Pen, Dirisha, and the Man Who Never Missed, you're in for a treat. Steve Perry is back, with more intrigue, action, romance, and gadgetry than every before. If you're a newcomer to the battle against the Confed, step right through this door... Adventure lies this way...

Jeff Edwards, author of "Torpedo"

Another Prequel, Another Solid Hit.......2006-10-08

Some might be questioning the limits of the author's ability to write novels beyond that of "Man Who Nevver Missed" universe what with his numerous "post" Confed and now even more "pre" Matador offerings he seems destined to eventually flesh out the timelines and tangents of action back to our present day.
I for one hope he does so, as every single selection, from Black Steel to The Albino Knife to even the obscure Omega Cage(an exciting Prison Break piece with 2 supporting chacaters from the Matador series= Dain Maro a black market operateer who actualy meets Khadaji only once and Juete, the sexy albino SkinSlave who was Khadaji's first love) all of them abound with sleek futuristic coolness, coupled with the fierce savagery of conflict, martial and political.
I eagerly await Mr. Perry's next foray into the past or future of that universe. Because so far every story has been well worth it.
1. The Man Who Never Missed
2. Matadora
3. The Machiavelli Interface
4. The 97th Step
5. The Albino Knife
6. Brother Death
7. Black Steel
8. The Omega Cage(2 supporting characters)
9. The Mushashi Flex

A great read!.......2006-07-27

The Musashi Flex is not only a well told tale, but a believable and interesting portrayal of combat; something that is rare in Sci-Fi. I can easily imagine UFC-type competitions evolving into what the author has entertainingly described in his book. His experience in martial arts makes it a fascinating read, at least for guys like me who have experience with the real thing and have a hard time wading through the unrealistic fluff that many authors crank out. This outstanding tome has realistic fight scenes, compelling characters (particularly Mourn), an interesting plot, great pacing, and a fun vision of the future. This is the first of Perry's books that I have read and most certainly not the last!

Highly recommended!

Classic Perry.......2006-05-29

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Skipping the synopsis and going right to the heart of the book. Perry--as he continues to mature as a writer and, I guess, a human being, asking all the questions that come with just getting a chance to think more about life and the universe and everything--gives us an interesting introduction to some fighting styles of which I know very little, but which he appears to be quite familiar with.

I started laughing when he described the famous Japanese swordsman Miyamoto Musashi as a `thug', who basically went around picking fights and being a general bully. That Musashi should be so well known these days--while other swordsmen, who might have been much more worthy of remembrance, are forgotten--is probably due to the fact that he found the time, toward the end of his career, to write The Book of Five Rings; which is what his fame is based on. If he hadn't, he might be just as much lost in the mists of time; much as a lot of other thugs no doubt are. So much for the benefits of writing. The pen being mightier than the sword and all that.

In the circles, in which I move--being concerned with Samurai sword-craft--derogatory statements of this kind about the great Musashi are ultimately un-PC. The term `veneration' probably best describes the manner in which most modern-day students of Samurai sword-craft regard him.

Thing is, I agree with Perry's assessment; which will no doubt cause some raised eyebrows, but that's nothing new. And the players of the `Musashi Flex' are basically of the same ilk: self-centered, glory-seeking bullies. But age catches up with `Mourn', who is one of these itinerant player-fighters. They remind me a bit of the immortals from `Highlander', where Perry might have gotten part of the idea for this. He even refers to a `Gathering' at one point: a term very familiar to `Highlander' aficionados.

For Mourn the whole thing is becoming rather stale and pointless, and as he starts asking himself questions that he's never asked himself before--a sure sign of middle-age crisis!--he begins to suspect that maybe fighting skill isn't what it's all about, or what distinguishes a man from another, or maybe what makes a man better than another.

What matters is rather what one fights _for_, and in this instance Mourn finds two reasons that suffice for him. For one, there's the prospect of teaching to others not just the art of fighting he has discovered, but also the purpose of it at the same time; thus giving his journey to that point a context and meaning he'd not known of before. The other reason is love, which is, of course, at the heart of it all; because, as one learns as one gets older and maybe wiser, somewhere along the line that's what it's all about.

Along with Mourn, the man who will ultimately become his final antagonist, must also learn something about the purpose of life; and the two women who get pulled into the melee between the two men and change their lives, equally find themselves forced into reflecting upon the meaning of their own lives.

A lot of thoughtful material, tied together with a snazzy story. Lots of violence and sex, but that's all cool with me.

Till Noever, owlglass.com

Awesome blend of science fiction and martial arts.......2006-04-06

It's been a long time since I've read any science fiction, but when I saw the cover of this at the book store, I had to check it out. When I saw Steve Perry's name on the cover, I knew it would be good, as I've enjoyed his Net Force and Alien vs Predator novels in the past. As high as my expectations were when I picked it up, Perry exceeded them, and then some.

Being a student of the martial arts, and having studied Silat in particular, I really enjoyed the fight sequences. Especially those involving the kerambits. If fans of this book are interested in getting a real world look at the kind of movements Perry writes about, I can't recommend the Pencak Silat Serak videos of Steven Plinck highly enough. When you see Guru Plinck move, you get an idea of how the main character Lazlo Mourn would look like in motion.

I would highly recommend this to any science fiction or martial arts fan.

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