Accounting Principles: 6th Edition: Annotated Instructor's Edition

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accounting textbook.......2001-03-13

Easy to understand;no answers to exercises/problems

Principles of Accounting, INSTRUCTOR'S ANNOTATED EDITION, 6th edition, hc, 1996

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Principles of Accounting, INSTRUCTOR'S ANNOTATED EDITION, 6th edition, hc, 1996
Needles/Anderson/Caldwell
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ASIN: B000MLUTOO

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Incredible book for organizations facing change

Innovative Reward Systems for the Changing Workplace 2/e
Thomas B. Wilson
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Innovative Reward Systems for the Changing Workplace explains the compensation and reward strategies successful companies use to focus, encourage, and achieve high performance.

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Innovative Reward Systems for the Changing Workplace explains the compensation and reward strategies successful companies use to focus, encourage, and achieve high performance. Reward systems authority Thomas Wilson has made this updated edition much more ""how-to"" and covers important new pay strategies such as ""flex compensation,"" stock options, 360 feedback, and employee ranking. The book includes dozens of creative suggestions and ideas for compensation strategies in any organization.

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Incredible book for organizations facing change.......2006-03-05

I have read and used the material of this book with a wide variety of organizations. I have found the information clear, very helpful, and most importantly, insightful. It provides both the basic concepts for what makes all forms of reward systems work, as well as how to link them to the strategic direction of a company. There are descriptions of all forms of compensation, recognition and management practices. If you are global company or just competing in local markets, you will find something useful in this book. Its the most complete resource book that we have found available in the market. Buy it, use it, and re-read it because there are more things than one can absorb in a single sitting.

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Humanity has always looked at the heavens in fascination, but now we have the tools to make precise observations.

In this new book, a distinguished panel makes recommendations for the nation's programs in astronomy and astrophysics, including a number of new initiatives for observing the universe. With the goal of optimum value, the recommendations address the role of federal research agencies, allocation of funding, training for scientists, competition and collaboration among space facilities, and much more.

The book identifies the most pressing science questions and explains how specific efforts, from the Next Generation Space Telescope to theoretical studies, will help reveal the answers.

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This three-volume set, The Future of Small Telescopes in the New Millennium details the essential roles that small telescopes should play in 21 ^st century science and how their future productivity can be maximized. Over 70 experts from all corners of the international astronomical community have created a definitive reference on the present and future of "big science with small telescopes".

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On the Cosmic Horizon: Ten Great Mysteries for Third Millennium Astronomy

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Where we are. Where we're heading

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A teacher and an author, Jeffrey Bennett has taught college courses in astronomy, physics, mathematics, and education, as well as writing introductory astronomy and general mathematics with Addison Wesley including: The Cosmic Perspective, The Cosmic Perspective-Brief, Statistical Reasoning for Everyday Life, and Using and Understanding Mathematics.

Jeffrey Bennett earned a B.A. in biophysics from the University of California San Diego, and an M.S. and Ph.D in astrophysics from the University of Colorado. He served for two years as a Visiting Senior Scientist at NASA Headquarters, where he developed educational programs for the Hubble Space Telescope and other astronomical missions. He also led the creation of the Colorado Scale Model Solar System, a one to ten billion scale model of the solar system, and is now consulting with the Challenger Center for Space Science Education, the Smithsonian Institution, and NASA on a project to build similar scale models for the National Mall in Washington, D.C., and other locations around the world. He has recently begun writing science books for a popular audience and for children.

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Relative, easy read, yet much info to be had.......2002-09-29

This book is easy to read for an educated laymen, even if they do not have prior knowledge of the concepts being discussed. That being said this book contains a lot of information, some of it complex, but Bennett writes it in a very user friendly, almost story like fashion. The 10 mystery format of this book allows the book to dip into such topics as "Are we alone in the universe" and "How will the universe end" as well as more scientific questions dealing with neutrino's and Gamma Ray bursts (a very interesting topic).

Bennett does a great job at relating scientific theories and concepts in and across multiple chapters. He is also very careful to separate fact from theory. He does this while including enough information on the most widely held theory/theories to give the reader a complete picture on each topic. I think I will end up reading this book again, just to cement the wealth of knowledge contained in it. A whole book could be (and I'm sure has been) written about each of Bennet's 10 'mysteries'. I highly recommend this book to anyone with an interest in space or cosmology.

Where we are. Where we're heading.......2002-01-16

This is a very interesting book that discusses where scientists are, and where they're heading, with unraveling some of the most pressing science questions of the day. It's fun to see how past discovers were made and how those discoveries shaped our understanding of the world.

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Centrifugation D. Rickwood, T.C. Ford and J. Steensgaard Centrifugation is at the center of most fractionation methods in a wide range of disciplines. This volume provides the core data required by researchers carrying out any centrifugal separation, whether working with cells, organelles or macromolecules. The Essential Data Series provides rapid access to the core data required by researchers on a daily basis, in convenient pocket-sized volumes.

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An ideal text for graduate level courses in transport phenomena for chemical engineers, Analysis of Transport Phenomena provides a unified treatment of momentum, heat, and mass transfer, emphasizing the concepts and analytical techniques that apply to all of these transport processes. The first few chapters establish the tools needed for later analyses while also covering heat and mass transfer in stationary media. The similarities among the molecular or diffusive transport mechanisms--heat conduction, diffusion of chemical species, and viscous transfer of momentum--are highlighted. Conservation equations for scalar quantites are derived first in general form, and then used to obtain the governing equations for total mass, energy, and chemical species. The scaling and order-of-magnitude concepts which are crucial in modeling are also introduced. Certain key methods for solving the differential equations in transport problems, including similarity, perturbation, and finite Fourier transform techniques, are described using conduction and diffusion problems as examples. Following chapters are devoted to fluid mechanics, beginning with fundamental equations for momentum transfer and then discussing unidirectional flow, nearly unidirectional (lubrication) flow, creeping flow, and laminar boundary layer flow. Forced-convection heat and mass transfer in laminar flow, multicomponent energy and mass transfer, free convection, and turbulence are also covered. The appendix summarizes vector and tensor operations and relations involving various coordinate systems. Based on twenty years of teaching and extensive class testing, Analysis of Transport Phenomena offers students both extensive coverage of the topic and inclusion of modern examples from bioengineering, membrane science, and materials processing. It is mathematically self-contained and is also unique in its treatment of scaling and approximation techniques and its presentation of the finite Fourier transform method for solving partial differential equations.

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Good grad level text.......2007-04-30

Very good graduate level text. Not an introductory text. Like some of the other reviews say, the author does not spend much time with the basics, however if that is what you are after, look at B-S-L Transport Phenomena.

Profound insight, omits mundane and essential details/steps.......2007-03-26

This book, so far, is well organized and provides a most excellent approach to transport phenomena. The author evidently has a deep understanding of the topic.

On the negative side, this book could do with some revising. Example problems should have a better "ansatz," that is, a more clearly-defined starting point for the analysis of problems in transport (i.e. should we consider balance and constitutive equations simultaneous at the start of every problem?). When working out Example problems, equations throughout the chapter do not seem to be invoked in any order, so it can be hard to follow the author's train of thought. Another problem which cost me a couple hours of hard "figuring" was trying to determine the motivation for stating "C[A]" as evaluated at "L" (see p. 51-52). To summarize, much of the student's understanding of the subject is taken for granted (perhaps to be expected, since this is a graduate-level text on the subject).

I agree with the review that says this book would be invaluable for research and obtaining a deep understanding of transport phenomena. This book would be perfect if the basic principles of transport phenomena were repeatedly touched upon (one example is the the equations on p. 4, which are mentioned once and used without citation or warning in several examples) for the first few chapters (and THEN steps could be skipped and the reader's knowledge can be taken for granted). Then, anyone with enough mathematical aptitude could obtain a very deep understanding of transport phenomena by reading this book.

Good 1st transport book for grads.......2005-04-22

I got so involved with this book that I virtually wrote notes on every single page. The amount of useful information in this book has exceeded the tolerance the binding has for my handling. And I even took good care of it too! After my organic chemistry text, I'd say that I spent more time with this book than any other on my shelf.

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This book is well organized, well detailed, and well articulated. The lessons are useful and the text approachable for an academic work. I've read / had to use many other textbooks in my pursuit of a chemical engineering education and this is the best. I give it a whole-hearted recommendation for any serious student.

I heart this book.......2003-11-20

This book would be better if the author didnt have a tendancy to leave steps out of most his examples. Problems at the end of the chapters can be really difficult. I highly suggest using another book, or atleast having a good undergraduate text to supplement this one.

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Generalized Collocation Methods: Solutions to Nonlinear Problems (Modeling and Simulation in Science, Engineering and Technology)
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Can a woman's version of The Prince actually work?

There's a sidelong sensibility at work in this post-feminist analog to the Renaissance's great work of strategy. Harriet Rubin urges women to triumph by turning their enemies into allies and their fear into power; by enlarging their sphere rather than defending it; and by learning to best instead of win.

But there's a delicate wryness to the art of balancing tensions to one's advantage. One of the most telling examples is that of Sun Tzu, who bet the emperor he could turn the twelve royal concubines into fierce warriors, but was bested by the concubines, who simply giggled when he barked orders at them. Modern women may find interpreting this a challenge, but an entertaining one.

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A legacy of leadership for women only.

For centuries men have used the lessons of Machiavelli's The Prince to gain and hold power. Today's women, struggling to succeed in a man's world, must learn a crucial lesson of their own: men and women are not equal--and that is a woman's greatest strength. From the wars of intimacy to battles of public life, whether confronting bosses, competitors, or lovers, the greatest power belongs to the woman who dares to use the subtle weapons that are hers alone.

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Waste of my time.......2007-08-27

Too many words, not enough examples.
As a young female engineer, I was hoping to hear detailed suggestions on how to stay feminine, yet command attention and respect from older male coworkers. Instead, she seemed to ramble and repeat herself a lot.

Hidden truths revealed.......2007-07-05

For me, I had read Machiavelli and was shocked yet awakened to the ruthless mind. In the Princessa, which I read in '99, the most important and useful truth for me was the statement: "One act reveals the enemy's entire strategy". This is something I have experimented with over and over and have found it to be true in evaluating people's and company's motives. If a book can teach me an important lesson that stays with me for years, it's worth reading.

The Princessa.......2006-09-13

This book is a must have for every woman, this book validated for me how I view life and the people in it. I thought I was crazy alway's imagining myself as a general going into battle, I realize now I was and will alway's be a Princessa. although Mrs Rubin took too long time to get to the meat of this issue, this book is a must have for every woman.

Mostly Common Sense.......2006-05-30

My book club read this book and were very impressed with it. In this day and age of everything moving so quickly it is easy to get caught up and not see what is happening around you at work and in everyday life. We were amazed to see how we had each had an opportunity to apply some strategy or another shortly after reading it! It is in my desk for whenever I need to sharpen my senses. As I was reading it a situation came up with my insurance company had I not read this I would have been bullied into what they wanted rather than seeing the manipulation coming and deflecting it as the book enabled me to do. A definite keeper!

Mostly Common Sense.......2006-05-30

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The Princessa: Machiavelli for Women
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