Mastering Correction of Account Errors (Professional Bookkeeping Certification)
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    Mastering Correction of Account Errors (Professional Bookkeeping Certification)
    Fettus
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    ASIN: 1884826261
    Bookkeeping and Accounts for Beginners
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      Bookkeeping and Accounts for Beginners
      Moses Carson B
      Manufacturer: Exposure Publishing
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      ASIN: 1846852714

      Book Description

      The objective of this book is to provide a simple, comprehensive and appropriate text book for Beginners to Accounts. It has a total of 17 chapters and one of them is on vertical accounts. It covers the following: The Ledger; Cashbook; Trial Balance; Trading, Profit and Loss Account; Balance Sheet; Returns; The General Journal; Adjustments; Bad Debts; Depreciation; Bank Reconciliation; Partnerships; Non-Profit Organisations; and Vertical Accounts. It contains multiple choice, short answer, and structured questions. The answers to structured questions are at the end of each chapter, while the rest are at the end of the book.
      Past Due!: A Debt Collecting Manual for Collections Professionals Accounts Receivable Personnel Small Business Owners
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        Past Due!: A Debt Collecting Manual for Collections Professionals Accounts Receivable Personnel Small Business Owners
        Jim Finucan
        Manufacturer: Limelight Books
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        Structure of Accounts
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          Karl Harper
          Manufacturer: Global Professional Publishing
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          ASIN: 1845160630

          Book Description

          * Latest, up-to-date edition of a standard text
          * Incorporates all developments in accountancy practice since the previous edition
          * Instructs the non-accountant in how accountants set about preparing financial statements

          The latest edition of a standard introductory-level explanation of the fundamentals of accounting, this volume also addresses how to assess the financial information contained in accounting documents and how to learn to base decisions on them.

          Especially helpful for non-accountants who have to work with accounts, and a recommended textbook for students of financial services.
          Bookkeeper-Account 6th ed (Arco Civil Service Test Tutor)
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            Arco
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            ASIN: 0668053984
            Power Building in Medical Office Bookkeeping
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              Power Building in Medical Office Bookkeeping
              Deborah Montone
              Manufacturer: Saunders
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              Binding: Paperback

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              ASIN: 072166931X

              Book Description

              This perforated, 3-hole punched practice set reinforces the concepts of financial management in different health-care settings. Designed to be used in conjunction with any textbook, it provides realistic situations for practicing daily monetary decisions. Includes exercises in accounts receivable, accounts payable and filling out forms.
              20th Century Bookkeeping & Accounting (Advanced Course)
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                20th Century Bookkeeping & Accounting (Advanced Course)
                Lewis D. Boynton , Paul A. Carlson , Hamden L. Forkner , and Robert M. Swanson
                Manufacturer: South-Western Publishing Company
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                ASIN: B000WOSFXS
                Accounts for Managing the Smaller Business
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                  David Wainman
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                  Analysis of railroad operations,
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                    Analysis of railroad operations,
                    Joseph Lyman White
                    Manufacturer: Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation
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                    ASIN: B0007DSU7A
                    Beginning office worker: Telephone operator, audit clerk, statistics clerk, bookkeeping, machine operator, clerk, file clerk, account clerk (Arco civil service test tutor)
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                      David Reuben Turner
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                      How To Succeed In The Enterprise Software Market
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                      How To Succeed In The Enterprise Software Market
                      Craig Le Clair
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                      ASIN: 1591408059

                      Book Description

                      The reasons that businesses have difficulty implementing enterprise-level information systems are explained in this overview of the enterprise software market. Helping software companies understand the implementation experience, this guide provides a framework for companies to build software products that are compatible with organizations, humans, and complex customer environments. Case studies on emerging companies are featured, including OpenMarket, Inc., E-Docs, ObjectStore, NewRiver, Inc., and BBN Communications.

                      Customer Reviews:

                      1 out of 5 stars A Poorly Written Book.......2006-12-16

                      This book was poorly written and difficult to follow. Although some of the ideas may be good, they were communicated so poorly that it makes recommending this book impossible. In many places it appears that nobody proof-read the book. The author needs to take a high school level writing class.

                      5 out of 5 stars Valuable insight into real-world issues .......2006-07-22

                      This book contains valuable insights into the enterprise software market. It should be on every software CEO, product manager and marketing executive's website.

                      5 out of 5 stars Great read.......2006-02-27

                      A very readable look at the reality of large enterprise software implementations. Good for anyone involved in implementing or developing large systems. Backed by a lot of research but put in ussable frameworks for the professional. I liked the way case studies were intermixed with the practical frameworks. It explains in a constructive way why a lot of projects fail. The "assimilation" chapter is very differnt way to look at these kinds of systems (from a holistic perspective).

                      4 out of 5 stars Practical aspects for emerging software companies.......2005-11-08

                      Mr. Le Clair has thoughtfully captured the many nuances of the critical decisions facing an emerging technology company. In particular, the tadeoffs between building prototypes and selling them to get early revenue and a credible reference versus institutionalizing formal development methodologies early. He provides documented examples of the importance of understanding users and providing them with an excellent user experience. The material features many diagrams to help understand the multi-dimensional conflicts and synergies facing decision-makers as companies progress. The book features many lessons learned over the past twenty years, lessons that will prove valuable as new companies and technology-based solutions emerge in the coming years.

                      Shaping the Future of Water for Agriculture: A Sourcebook for Investment in Agricultural Water Management
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                        Shaping the Future of Water for Agriculture: A Sourcebook for Investment in Agricultural Water Management
                        World Bank
                        Manufacturer: World Bank Publications
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                        ASIN: 0821361619

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                        Agricultural water management is a vital practice in ensuring reduction, and environmental protection. After decades of successfully expanding irrigation and improving productivity, farmers and managers face an emerging crisis in the form of poorly performing irrigation schemes, slow modernization, declining investment, constrained water availability, and environmental degradation. More and better investments in agricultural water are needed. In response, the World Bank, in conjunction with many partner agencies, has compiled a selection of good experiences that can guide practitioners in the design of quality investments in agricultural water. The messages of Shaping the Future of Water for Agriculture: A Sourcebook for Investment in Agricultural Water Management center around the key challenges to agricultural water management, specifically: * Building policies and incentives
                        * Designing institutional reforms
                        * Investing in irrigation systems improvement and modernization
                        * Investing in groundwater irrigation
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                        * Investing in water management in rainfed agriculture
                        * Investing in agricultural water management in multipurpose operations
                        * Coping with extreme climatic conditions
                        * Assessing the social, economic, and environmental impacts of agricultural water investments Shaping the Future of Water for Agriculture is an important resource for those interested and engaged in development with a focus on agricultural water.

                        Mars: A Planet of Myth and Surprise (Out There)
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                          David Appell
                          Manufacturer: Reader's Digest Association
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                          Head-Space Analysis and Related Methods in Gas Chromatography
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                            Head-Space Analysis and Related Methods in Gas Chromatography
                            B. V. Ioffe , A. G. Vitenberg , and Ilya A. Manatov
                            Manufacturer: Wiley-Interscience
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                            ASIN: 0471065072

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                            Treats the new and rapidly developing independent field in gas chromatographic analysis based on the use of °out of column° phase equilibria and partition coefficients in gas-liquid systems. Describes new methods of head space analysis for the first time, plus related methods based on the equilibrium between liquid and gas states. Describes physico-chemical applications of this new method. Considers new principles of investigating chemical equilibria solutions and describes the determination of impurities in gases and the calibration of chromatographs. Covers original devices and up-to-date automatic instruments for head-space analysis.
                            Head-Space Analysis and Related Methods in Gas Chromatography
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                              B. V. Ioffe
                              Manufacturer: NY
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                              ASIN: B000MUFT6I

                              Symmetry Methods for Differential Equations: A Beginner's Guide (Cambridge Texts in Applied Mathematics)
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                                Symmetry Methods for Differential Equations: A Beginner's Guide (Cambridge Texts in Applied Mathematics)
                                Peter E. Hydon
                                Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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                                ASIN: 0521497868

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                                A good working knowledge of symmetry methods is very valuable for those working with mathematical models. This book is a straightforward introduction to the subject for applied mathematicians, physicists, and engineers. The informal presentation uses many worked examples to illustrate the major symmetry methods. Written at a level suitable for postgraduates and advanced undergraduates, the text will enable readers to master the main techniques quickly and easily. The book contains some methods not previously published in a text, including those methods for obtaining discrete symmetries and integrating factors.

                                Horses Don't Fly: A Memoir of World War I
                                Average customer rating: 4.5 out of 5 stars
                                • But Danged if Cowboys Do.....
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                                • A Good Book, but You want to Know More
                                • Honest, remarkable account of the men of WWI
                                Horses Don't Fly: A Memoir of World War I
                                Frederick Libby
                                Manufacturer: Arcade Publishing
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                                ASIN: 1559705892

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                                Growing up on a ranch in Sterling, Colorado, Frederick Libby tamed countless horses, drove cattle, and even roped an antelope. When World War I broke out, he enlisted in the Canadian army with the same happy-go-lucky daring and grit with which he approached all things. In France, he became an aviator with the Royal Flying Corp, downing an enemy plane on his first day of battle over the Somme. He went on to become an ace, with 24 victories to his credit, just two less than Captain Eddie Rickenbacher. This is a rare piece of Americana, told in as pure and compelling a voice from the vernacular heart of this country as you will ever hear.

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                                5 out of 5 stars But Danged if Cowboys Do............2002-11-08

                                One of the wittiest memoirs of any era I have ever read. An often bust your gut funny read from a true turn of the century Forrest Gump who grows up to be a war hero. My most common thoughts as I read this wonderful prose was "I wish I had been born back then." Family, courage, honesty, loyalty, and right from wrong all mattered; and all issues were black and white. Libby goes from cowboy private to fighter ace, endures the utter stupidity that is WWI, yet keeps a sense of humor and fast becomes someone you wish you had personally known and called a friend. Do you think Uncle Sam would let you "trial run" an aerial combat mission today to see if you have the "right stuff" to be a pilot or aerial observer?

                                4 out of 5 stars Bronco buster becomes stick and rudder man.......2002-10-28

                                Frederick Libby's HORSES DON'T FLY is the author's autobiographical account of his life from his birth in 1892 to 1918. His mother having died shortly before his fourth birthday, Libby was raised on his father's Colorado ranch with an older brother. Fred became a "cowboy" in the most authentic sense of the word, working on his family's ranch as well as others in the Southwest. Training wild horses to become cow ponies was his much sought after specialty. Then, tiring of hard life on the range at age twenty, he has the vague notion of settling in a warm and more lazy environment, such as Tahiti. However, he gets sidetracked to Canada where, at the outbreak of World War I, he's seduced into enlisting into a motor transport unit of the Canadian Army with the promise of travel and regular pay. By the end of 1917, Libby is a commissioned officer in Britain's Royal Flying Corps, having logged more than 350 hours of combat flight time over the trenches of the Western Front, and with 24 confirmed downed enemy planes to his credit.

                                The book contains no indication when Libby penned his memoirs. The style indicates somewhat of a detached perspective, which is perhaps evidence that the author wrote many years after the fact when memory had smoothed over the emotional highs and lows of his early years. But, no matter. Libby comes across as that sort of young hero that most Americans, I trust, would like to see representing their country overseas, or anywhere. He's conscientious, unflappable, brave, modest, hard working, honest, honorable and loyal. Indeed, his only vices seem to have been, as a cowboy, foolish gambling, and, while as an RFC pilot, a weakness for the British Army's regular rum ration. Girls are only mentioned as reserving their best for the lads in uniform. I suspect that Libby's wilder youthful indiscretions became lost in the retelling. In any case, the chief attraction of HORSES DON'T FLY, besides the personality of Libby himself, are the insights the reader gains into the hard life of a cowboy, and the early years of military aviation when warplanes could be either "pushers" (rear-mounted propeller) or "tractors" (front-mounted propeller), and both pilots and observer-gunners were exposed to the elements and the enemy in open cockpits with neither seatbelts nor those little packages of salted peanuts. Libby himself was personally awarded the Military Cross by King George V at Buckingham Palace for gallantry in action.

                                To Captain Frederick Libby, long dead since 1970, honor is due.

                                3 out of 5 stars an interesting read, but not 5 stars.......2002-06-11

                                Libby's story does not compare to the biography of Eddie Richenbacher, "Fighting the Flying Circus." You really get a sense of what the fight was like from Richenbacer, while so many of the details are glossed over by Libby. Libby's story starts out very slowly, picks up when he becomes an observer and pilot, and just peters out when he rejoins the United States military. We are left with lots of unanswered questions--why did he survive so long when most died in a couple of weeks, what did he think when his squadren was literally completely replaced every few weeks, etc. There is no introspection--no emotional side to this book. We do know that he likes to drink, but he is not a deep thinker--loyality and friendship are important driving components of how he makes his decisions. There is a feel to the book like it has been rewritten and the juicy (emotional) parts removed. The book was interesting but very limited if you are looking for information about that time. Read Richenbacher's book for a much better understanding of that time.

                                3 out of 5 stars A Good Book, but You want to Know More.......2002-06-08

                                The other reviewers have it right--a very good book. There is a slow start when we learn about his youth, and he masters the family business of horses. The story really picks up when he joins the Canadian military and then the Royal Flying Corps in France. Frederick Libby is not a deep thinker--he believes in friendship and loyality--he doesn't spend much time worrying about the why of war. He is spontaneous in his response to situations rather than thinking things through. His clear writing gives us a sense of what life was like, but I do not understand why he survived and most of the aviators did not. If I liked this book, then why did I give it only 3-stars? The book has been over-edited and has a feel as though a lot of the life has been rewritten out of it. I want to know more about Libby's experiences, and I feel a bit cheated. Another reason for 3-stars is that the story starts slow, peaks in the middle, and goes back to a slow and finally a disjointed end when he returns to the United States and health problems end his military career. Libby lives for another 50 years, and we are given a very simplified version by his granddaughter which grabs my interest but doesn't deliver more than generalities. A search of the internet does not find any more information about Libby's life. This book whets your appetite for more knowledge about this time when aviators believed they were knights, and the internet has a huge amount of information on this subject.

                                5 out of 5 stars Honest, remarkable account of the men of WWI.......2002-01-31

                                This story is not about horses, or flying. It's about one thing: character. In Frederick Libby's autobiography the reader sees the story of a young man born in Colorado before the turn of the last century. He grows up learning the family business, mainly horse breaking and cattle ranching. The early chapters are a bit juvenile in their telling but this is only a reflection of his retelling of childhood events. The narration becomes more sophisticated as he recounts later years, but always maintains a simple frontier charm.

                                While a young man traveling through Canada in 1914 he volunteers for the Canadian army when war breaks out in Europe. He joins as a truck driver even though he has never driven a car before. He ships out to france and spends a cold wet year ferrying supplies to the frontlines. But through it all he maintains a positive outlook and high admiration of the boys in the trenches. After a year of driving he volunteers for the Royal Flying Corps as a observer (gunner). So this American who volunteered with the Canadians ends up with British flying as an observer/gunner/photographer against the deadly German flyers. He later earns his pilot rating and ends up as a squad leader. The desciptions of battles, some of the only first person accounts of the flying war, are intense but not sensationalized. He never glorifies war and tries to give some account of the hardship experienced by the men in the trenches.

                                The entire narrative shows Captain Libby as a man devoted to those he works with. Whether it is cattle hands in the American west or the officers of the RFC he shows that once he is committed to something he stays with it. The fact that he was barely twenty years old when this started shows how the youth of the time rose to the challenge of the day. Several time during the book He says that he does not know what they are fighting for. However, a man who gives his word to a group of men and sees it through to the end knows exactly what he is fighting for.

                                This Is Our Work: The Legacy of Sir William Osler
                                Average customer rating: 5 out of 5 stars
                                • True documentary photojournalism
                                • True documentary photojournalism
                                This Is Our Work: The Legacy of Sir William Osler
                                Ted Grant
                                Manufacturer: American College of Physicians
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                                ASIN: 0969856806

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                                A culmination of photographer Ted Grant's 10-year journey through six hospitals captures the essence of the medical profession. What began as a series of photographs of surgical teams quickly incorporated medical students, general practitioners, and other physicians with patients, in conference, on rounds, and in repose. The Osler philosophy is portrayed through an account of his life and practice, through Grant's dramatic and compelling visual images, and through quotations from other prominent figures

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                                5 out of 5 stars True documentary photojournalism.......1998-08-05

                                Ted Grant is one of Canada's premier photojournalists. He became interested in the medical world after his own surgery, and began documenting life in the medical profession.

                                Sir William Osler could be thought of as the philisophical founder of modern medicine, and this book is filled with quotes from Dr. Osler and others in the profession. The pictures capture, in black and white, what the ideals of the medical professions (nurses, doctors, etc.) look like in daily practice.

                                Superb reproduction and powerful images go together to produce a book that really captures, with insight and compassion, Osler's legacy. Mr. Grant maintains, with this work, his place at the top of the profession of photojournalism.

                                A must-have for doctors' coffee tables, and for anyone who loves true documentary photojournalism. Just make sure those tables are strong, this one big book!

                                ISBN: 0969856806

                                5 out of 5 stars True documentary photojournalism.......1998-08-05

                                Ted Grant is one of Canada's premier photojournalists. He became interested in the medical world after his own surgery, and began documenting life in the medical profession.

                                Sir William Osler could be thought of as the philisophical founder of modern medicine, and this book is filled with quotes from Dr. Osler and others in the profession. The pictures capture, in black and white, what the ideals of the medical professions (nurses, doctors, etc.) look like in daily practice.

                                Superb reproduction and powerful images go together to produce a book that really captures, with insight and compassion, Osler's legacy. Mr. Grant maintains, with this work, his place at the top of the profession of photojournalism.

                                A must-have for doctors' coffee tables, and for anyone who loves true documentary photojournalism. Just make sure those tables are strong, this one big book!

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