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For courses in Introductory Accounting. Essentials of Accounting is
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Despite all the securities laws enacted to prevent fraud, Let the
buyer beware still reigns in the new issue market. Everyone who has
ever jumped at a get-rich-quick scheme with a public offering
touted as a financial bonanza, only to find later that they have
been burnt, will profit from The ABCs of IPOs. Formerly an
engineering manager and risk-seeker, Mr. Chechile combines his
experiences as a long-time investor with knowledge as a stockbroker
to reveal how to avoid money traps, not only with IPOs, the crown
jewel of new issues, but also with a wide range of popular new
issue securities, including limited partnerships, convertible
securities, and more. The ABCs of IPOs explains the rules of the
game, the roles of all the players, the arenas in which securities
traders do battle, how to financially evaluate business
organizations, and the not-so-obvious signals identifying which new
issues have the potential to succeed, and which will likely be
turkeys. Mr. broke while pursuing new issue investments, and makes
recommendations for tactical maneuvers investors must make once
their new issue, especially an initial public offering, starts
trading in the marketplace.
Having dyslexia from childhood can make life difficult. I didn't
let this phase me and worked at it to make something good come from
it and I have in this autobiography. Its heartfelt, funny and
serious and will leave you wanting to read more. From school days
to holiday days, working life and living life, it's all here and
all the uncertainties that life has to offer. By the time you get
to the end you will understand, "why me?"
Everyone desires to control their financial destiny; but many feel
overwhelmed, fearful, or uncertain how this can be accomplished.
Lectures on personal finance are rarely offered; and when free
presentations--called seminars--are promoted, they are far from an
educational experience. The underlying objective is to solicit
sales of securities for which the presenter, a financial advisor,
receives a commission. However acquired, the investment company is
the investment of choice for the individual investor. Therefore, in
The ABCs of Mutual Funds, author Robert Anthony Chechile explains
the different investment company securities: mutual funds,
contractual plans, hedge funds, exchange traded funds, folios, unit
investment trusts, and variable annuities. service and discount
securities dealers and the role and legal obligations of
stockbrokers, as well as financial planners, and investment
advisors. For those seeking financial control, he explains how to
minimize risk with capital allocation and diversification
guidelines; and presents conventional wisdom investment strategies
that can avoid being caught in the fear-greed trap. Finally, Mr.
Chechile recommends investment guidelines and selection criteria,
and uses these to construct a hypothetical investment company
portfolio, the future performance of which is then critiqued 7
years later.
For courses in Introductory Accounting. Core Concepts of Accounting
captures the full text (but not the programmed approach) of
Essentials of Accounting, while including important accounting
concepts and terms.
Karl Adam illuminates the life and work of one of the most highly
respected and widely read Catholic theologians of the 20th century
- a theologian who not only influenced such diverse thinkers as
Pope Paul VI, Karl Rahner, and Flannery O'Connor, but who also had
a tremendous impact on Vatican II. Here Robert Anthony Krieg, CSC
unites biography and theology in an analysis of Adam's most
influential works, showing how he crafted a theology for his time,
one that embodied the central tenets of Christian belief while
simultaneously adopting the language of German neoromanticism. The
book spans the century from Vatican I to Vatican II. Krieg begins
by describing Adam's work against the backdrop of German Catholics'
struggle to enter the cultural mainstream. He then analyzes Adam's
major writings in the context of the Weimar Republic and the
theological fermentation between the wars. Adam's confrontation
with Nazism and his impact upon ecumenism and christology after
World War II are also discussed. The last chapter appraises Adam's
reliance on German neoromanticism for his "theology of life".
Church leaders, historians, and theologians should appreciate this
stimulating case study on catholicism and inculturation, which
locates Adam's efforts at theological renewal in relation to both
Rome's defensive stance against modernity, and also Berlin's
nationalism during the Weimar Republic and the Third Reich.
Following World War II, the AFL-CIO pursued an ambitious
international agenda. To its leaders, the imperatives of saving
Western Europe from Stalinism, rolling back Soviet gains in Eastern
Europe, containing Communism around the world, throwing off the
shackles of colonialism, and overcoming "uneven development"
justified extraordinary measures. They sought to protect
international labor while fostering American-style "business
unionism," which used collective bargaining and strikes to capture
a greater share of the capitalist system's economic pie. At the
same time, they believed that thwarting Communist designs on local
organizations was a prerequisite to cultivating free labor
movements and creating prosperity for the world's workers - and
battling Communism often meant working in conjunction with the US
government, including even the Central Intelligence Agency. This
sweeping state-of-the-field collection brings together
contributions from leading diplomatic, labor, and transnational
historians to explore and assess the AFL-CIO's successes,
challenges, and inevitable compromises as it pursued these varied
initiatives during the Cold War era.
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Pursuit (Hardcover)
Robert Anthony Gonzalez
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In the world of espionage, countries are ever trying to uncover
secrets from their rivals to give them that edge that will make a
difference. Favorite targets are often the men and women in the
military, who by the nature of their jobs, possess the very secrets
they seek. To counter this threat, militaries have developed secret
organizations whose main purpose is to protect the loss of
classified information. One way they do this is by enlisting the
help of ordinary soldiers, sailors and airmen who are used as bait
to uncover espionage activities and to provide them with the names
of foreign agents. This story cronicles the adventures of one such
bait, an Air Force pilot named Joe Fuentes. It is also the story of
his courageous wife, Susan, who leaves a comfortable life and a
newborn baby to find her husband. Her adventures take her to the
limits of her courage.
A common-sense approach to achieving success in one's life. Offers
workable, step-by-step methods and positive visualization
techniques to help readers personalize goals, trust creativity,
transcend old beliefs and limitations, and transform positive
thinking into positive action. Originally published in 1988 by
Berkley Publishing under the title of "The Advanced Formula For
Total Success". For 13 years, it continued to sell under that
title. In 2002, Berkley Publishing discontinued publishing "The
Advanced Formula For Total Success". As soon as it went out of
print, it became a collector's item with copies selling for up to
$100 per copy on the Amazon.com used books marketplace. In 2003,
Dr. Anthony decided to update the book and republish it under the
original name of "Beyond Positive Thinking" with an introduction by
Joe Vitale.
Restorative Justice has emerged around the world as a potent
challenge to traditional models of criminal justice,and restorative
programmes, policies and legislative reforms are being implemented
in many western nations. However, the underlying aims, values and
limits of this new paradigm remain somewhat uncertain and those
advocating Restorative Justice have rarely engaged in systematic
debate with those defending more traditional conceptions of
criminal justice. This volume, containing contributions from
scholars of international renown, provides an analytic exploration
of Restorative Justice and its potential advantages and
disadvantages. Chapters of the book examine the aims and limiting
principles that should govern Restorative Justice, its appropriate
scope of application, its social and legal contexts, its practice
and impact in a number of jurisdictions and its relation to more
traditional criminal-justice conceptions. These questions are
addressed by twenty distinguished criminologists and legal scholars
in papers which make up this volume. These contributions will help
clarify the aims that Restorative Justice might reasonably hope to
achieve, the limits that should apply in pursuing these aims, and
how restorative strategies might comport with, or replace, other
penal strategies. Contributors: Andrew Ashworth, Anthony E Bottoms,
John Braithwaite, Kathleen Daly, James Dignan, R A Duff, Carolyn
Hoyle, Barbara Hudson, Leena Kurki, Allison Morris, Kent Roach,
Julian V Roberts, Paul Roberts, Mara Schiff, Joanna Shapland,
Clifford Shearing, Daniel van Ness, Andrew von Hirsch, Lode
Walgrave, Richard Young.
It's been a long time coming for a dynamic book of poetry, such as
this. The project contains beautiful, faith-filled,
biblically-related poetry that will touch the hearts of people from
all walks of life. The poetry is written and expounded upon to
reveal the author's beliefs and feelings; and when scripture is
used, it reveals exactly what the bible is saying to people today
on a myriad of different topics in our daily living. Your soul will
be indeed lifted to a higher height, touched in such a gentle
manner, taken to a deeper depth of knowledge, and moved beyond
mountains while reading this devotional book of poetry and
commentary. The author sets the tone of this book by being
blatantly honest, but is fair, meek, and wise in his approach at
explanations. He wants you to hear the "attitude," mindset, pulse,
or disposition of your conscience while reading, in hopes that you
won't want to put this work down on the coffee table until
finished. The attitude principles or "truths" contained in the book
are already provided in the Word of God, but are uniquely
demonstrated through poetry arrangements in the context of having a
great, Godly attitude through varying situations. Although a
Christian poetry book, these concepts can be read and practiced by
everyone from all communities, no matter what background all derive
from or environment one may have been exposed to as a child, youth,
teen or even an adult. This book is full of eye opening messages,
but whatever is acquired from this work, it's the writer's
heartfelt desire that you attain something uplifting about a
positive "latitude of attitudes" to help in your daily journey.
Hopefully, these poems will inspire you today to encourage yourself
in the Lord, God
The image of Africa among Americans at the beginning of the 21st
century is tragic; America's image among Africans is of a place
that is splendid but arrogant and unfeeling. Both have large
elements of truth. Poverty, coups, corruption, pandemic disease,
and tribal, racial, and religious violence are all too common in
Africa. So too is Americans' lack of concern about the people of a
continent that suffers from these tragedies, as well as their
government's support for African governments that treat their
people as prey instead of citizens. The A to Z of United
States-Africa Relations encompasses the relationship between the
two from the trans-Atlantic slave trade to the George W. Bush
administration, with particular emphasis on the Cold War. It
focuses on political and economic aspects of the relationship and
includes cultural relations. This is done through a chronology, an
introductory essay, a bibliography, and hundreds of
cross-referenced dictionary entries on key persons, places, events,
institutions, and organizations.
Now in a special 30th Anniversary Edition, the bestselling book,
Beyond Positive Thinking is a common-sense, proven approach to
achieving success and satisfaction. Beyond Positive Thinking
provides a common-sense approach to achieving success in one's
life. It offers workable, step-by-step methods and positive
visualization techniques to help readers personalize goals, trust
creativity, transcend old beliefs and limitations, and transform
positive thinking into positive action.
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The Best British Poetry 2014 (Paperback)
Mark Ford; Series edited by Roddy Lumsden; Contributions by Rachael Allen, Robert Anthony, Simon Armitage, …
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'The Best British Poetry 2014' presents the finest and most
engaging poems found in literary magazines and webzines over the
past year. The material gathered represents the rich variety of
current UK poetry. Each poem is accompanied by a note by the poet
explaining the inspiration for the poem.
After World War II, the AFL-CIO pursued an ambitious agenda of
containing global communism and helping to throw off the shackles
of colonialism. This sweeping collection brings together
contributions from leading historians to explore its successes,
challenges, and inevitable compromises as it pursued these
initiatives during the Cold War.
Living Your Magic lays out how life, when people really look at it,
is like a magic trick. A magic trick works because of illusion and
misdirection. And with all sorts of tricks of the mind, human
thinking and perception works just like a magic trick. When people
don't understand how the trick is done, they get fooled every time!
In Living Your Magic, Dr. Robert Anthony teaches readers how to
look at their life before the trick or the illusions happens-and
how to never be fooled again. Rather than following the same flawed
premise behind almost every self-help, therapeutic, or personal
development methodology that projects people having a separate
'self' that needs fixing, Living Your Magic sees that 'self' as an
illusion. The problem is that most people don't recognize it as an
illusion and believe they must change or improve their 'self'
before they can be happy and live a magical life. Dr. Anthony
reveals that everyone has an Inner Creative Genius that allows them
to live a magical life-if people would only learn to trust it and
get out of their own way. In that way, life becomes easier by
giving people less to think about, less to remember, and less to
do, so they can truly enjoy their mind and enjoy their life!
The third volume of a three volume edition of the collected papers
and notebooks which comprise the "automatic writing" of W.B.Yeats.
The material presented here is taken from the writings known as
"the sleep and dreams" notebooks, the "vision" notebooks one and
two and from Yeats' card files.
'I'm working on a novel intended to express the feel of England in
Edward III's time ... The fourteenth century of my novel will be
mainly evoked in terms of smell and visceral feelings, and it will
carry an undertone of general disgust rather than hey-nonny
nostalgia' - Anthony Burgess, 1973 The Black Prince is a brutal
historical tale of chivalry, religious belief, obsession, siege and
bloody warfare. From disorientating depictions of medieval battles
to court intrigues and betrayals, the campaigns of Edward, the
Black Prince, are brought to vivid life. This rambunctious book,
based on a completed screenplay by Anthony Burgess, showcases Adam
Roberts in complete control of the novel as a way of making us look
at history with fresh eyes, all while staying true to the
linguistic pyrotechnics and narrative verve of Burgess's best work.
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