Microcomputer Accounting: Tutorial and Applications for Peachtree Accounting Release 7.0

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This text-workbook consists of 14 tutorial chapters that provide extensive coverage of accounting topics and offers balance between reading and hands-on activities. Each chapter features an end-of-chapter application problem. The text comes with a CD ROM containing beginning data and an educational version of Peachtree 7.0. The book is also available with template disks (002-804762-4). The disks do not contain the Peachtree program. Schools can obtain a free site license from Peachtree by calling their toll free number or visiting their website.

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Microcomputer Accounting for Peachtree Accounting.......2000-12-11

As a computerized accounting instructor I have found the current edition of this book to be a helpful teaching tool. It allows students to work at their own pace and does not require previous computer or accounting experience. Starting with the basics of installing the provided software each chapter is a step by step lesson for company setup, customer and sales management, purchasing,etc. Numerous examples allow the student to determine if steps have been inputted correctly. Along with the CD that contains an educational version of Peachtree 7.0 five floppy disk containing business simulations are included.

Microcomputer Accounting: Tutorial and Applications for Peachtree Accounting Release 7.0

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Microcomputer Accounting: Tutorial and Applications for Peachtree Accounting Release 7.0
Gregory E.; Nelson, Sally; Spiegelberg, Emmajo Anders
Manufacturer: Irwin/McGraw-Hill
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The Puerto Rican Legal Defense And Education Fund (Research Collections in Latino Studies)

Manufacturer: LexisNexis
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Research guide to the records of MALDEF, Mexican American Legal Defense and Educational Fund (1968-1983) at Stanford [and] PRLDEF, Puerto Rican Legal Defense ... at Centro de Estudios PuertorriquenÌƒos
Theresa Mesa Casey
Manufacturer: Hunter College, CUNY
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Solid, practical, beautiful, AND tops in methodology.......2003-01-14

According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation of the UN, some 1.4 billion people live in farm families that are largely self-provisioning in terms of seeds. In recent years, the skill and knowledge applied to the management and improvement of farmer-varieties has become more fully appreciated. Farmers have been found to employ taxonomic systems, encourage introgression, use selection and breeding techniques, multiply seeds, field test, record data, and name their varieties. It was not so long ago that these farmer-varieties were referred to, in scientific literature, as "primitive" or even "Stone-Age" varieties. They are still referred to by the rather disembodied term, "landraces."

The concerted collection of these materials for conservation and use in modern plant breeding preceeded by some decades any efforts to conserve or use the knowledge farmers had about their materials. Virginia Nazarea's book is at once a warm and loving tribute to farmer-innovators, and a practical guide to the study of "indigenous" knowledge of farming systems and farmer-managed biodiversity. She connects plants to people in ways readers will find difficult to forget, and shows that the existence of diversity in crops is linked with the health and diversity of human cultures. In a sense, they have co-evolved with each other.

Nazarea's field research focused on how people farm sweet potatoes in Bukidnon, Phillipines. In the course of this research she was able to collect 89 sweet potato varieties. Her book offers a detailed account of these varieties and their management. One particularly interesting table provides a compendium of indigenous cultural management beliefs and practices, and comments on each by a plant pathologist, entomologist, agronomist, plant breeder and plant physiologist. The result is fascinating and revealing. In response to the observation that Holy water is mixed with some cuttings so God will watch over and protect the crop, the plant pathologist replies, "purely fanatic," while the plant breeder comments that "water will be good for the cuttings."

Most important, the field research was a test of methodology. This is where the book shines. Nazarea offers a well-conceived, practical, step-by-step guide to researchers who wish to examine the interaction between traditional farmers and their crops. Though Nazarea is an anthropologist by training, this guide, interestingly and uniquely, will be equally valuable to social scientists, ethnobiologists, and agricultural scientists (particularly plant collectors and breeders). Nazarea is clearly sensitive both to the local needs and feelings of farmers as well as to aspirations and needs of researchers. The result is highly useful. In one light volume, the researcher has a complete and rigourous methodology laid out, from the types of questions to ask, to how to ask them and to whom. With slight modification to suit particular circumstances, most researchers may need little else to undertake work in this particular field.

Nazarea's "big" thesis is that "preserving local knowledge pertaining to traditional varieties of crops is complementary, and in many respects indispensable, to the maintenance of the genetic diversity of these crops." Some may argue that she falls a little short in proving its indispensability. Nevertheless, she is on solid ground, genetically and socially, when she demonstrates the importance of on-farm management and what she calls "memory banking" of indigenous knowledge. Equally, she is convincing in arguing that ex situ (genebank) and in situ (on-farm) conservation and management of genetic resources are complementary strategies. Nazarea's contribution is to the latter, both by providing a methodology for research, and an engaging, delightfully-written case study of its application. This is a book without peers in its field.

The loss of biodiversity is a loss of cultural dimensions........1999-03-25

Literature on indigenous knowledge tends to be long on trendiness and idealism, but short on solid method and results. Nazarea's book is a refreshing corrective by offering a distinct operational program. Nazarea lays out a program for conserving cultural knowledge, step-by-step, with practical examples from one who has been in the trenches. The staggering loss of biodiversity is not just a biological loss, but a loss of human and cultural proportions. Nazarea makes the critical link between nature and culture: when plants go extinct, so does cultural memory. Not only does the world lose an inventory of plant materials, but it also losses a storehouse of knowledge for growing and using plnats. The implication is that attempts to store genetic materials in seed banks is a sterile and half-hearted exercise, because the loss of the cultural, adaptive knowledte has grave consequences for the future of the human species. Nazarea goes to the people at the margins for answers, and in the process, she turns science on its head, proclaiming that "diversity is actually the natural state of things." In that regard Nazarea's work is destined to become an anthropological classic, pointing the direction for the discipline for the next century. Nazarea breaks new ground in decision-making theory by showing the pitfalls of microeconomic models that assume farmers make either-or choices when selecting a course to follow. Instead, farmers use multiple criteria in making cropping decisions in order to spread out the risk against uncertainties of the growing season. This is a sophisticated decision-making process that defies the neat formulations of formalized economic models. In the end, Nazarea documents that women are the best safeguards of indigenous knowledtge through comaraderie and sharing. An experimental in situ conservation program run by the male hierarchy collapsed, but spouses and female relatives took up the work to maintain the plots. If Nazaarea's book is a defense of fuzziness, as she puts it, then less-defined, less-formalized structures of women may also be the best hope for preserving indigenous knowledge.

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RFF Publication Guide 1986

Manufacturer: RFF Press
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 0801832993

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Jewel thieves, crotchety police chiefs, a bodyguard, a tycoon, a pickle lover, a handful of impostors, and a scheming girl cross the path of a likable guy.

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I Loved This Book!.......2001-02-08

A funny, enjoyable caper novel. I didn't think they wrote books like this anymore. Liked it more than anything I've read in years. The critic who compared the style to P.G. Wodehouse was right. Fast-paced and leaves you feeling the world is a pretty good place after all. Highly recommended.

The Five Star Detour.......2001-02-08

If you like Evelyn Waugh (especially Scoop) then I guarantee you'll like The Five Star Detour. The humor is layered on several levels in that same British style although the author is American. The plot is clever, but any detailed discussion of it here would only detract from the enjoyment of discovering the twists as you read. Indeed, I've been pressing the book on friends just so I could discuss it with someone. Snap this one up.

A delightful read!.......2000-11-28

I can heartily recommend this book to both fans of the genre and newbies alike. The story is fresh, the characters likeable and the plot full of twists and surprises. Light and unpretentious comedies like this one are rare, and are rarely as artfully woven and inspired. This book somehow manages to be familiar in its British flavor yet very modern and American. This is a blend that particularly appealed to me in my quest to find contemporary authors with a mastery of the English word, as well as some truly new and original ideas for what literary entertainment should be. Enjoy!

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This comprehensive examination of the Second World War looks at grand strategy and diplomacy, as opposed to the gritty details of the combat experience. A World at Arms is written in a matter-of-fact tone, so don't expect a poetic narrative. Despite this, no other historian has presented such a sweeping overview. Weinberg performs the important task of reminding his readers in the West that much of the fighting--and perhaps the most decisive parts--was done in the East, between the Germans and the Russians. American readers, for their part, may appreciate Weinberg's treatment of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, who is portrayed as a courageous wartime leader. This book is an essential part of any library on the Second World War.

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In a new edition featuring a new preface, A World of Arms remains a classic of global history. Widely hailed as a masterpiece, this volume remains the first history of World War II to provide a truly global account of the war that encompassed six continents. Starting with the changes that restructured Europe and its colonies following the First World War, Gerhard Weinberg sheds new light on every aspect of World War II. Actions of the Axis, the Allies, and the Neutrals are covered in every theater of the war. More importantly, the global nature of the war is examined, with new insights into how events in one corner of the world helped affect events in often distant areas.

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A Very Comprehesive History!.......2007-08-26

To start I will say that this book is not a fast or easy read and it is not for the casual WWII enthusiast clocking in at a full 900+ pages. Weinberg has set forth in "A World at Arms" a very systematic and comprehensive history of WWII from a global perspective. The book focuses on over arching strategies and themes of the war and disregards stories of individual battles or events (for instance the famous Bastonge battle received about 1 page.) But what Weinberg has accomplished in this text is fascinating and far reaching. He successfully weaves together a tapestry of motivations, actions, and reactions by the Axis, Allies, and Neutrals that created the greatest conflict the world has seen. Weinberg discusses everything from political motivations and the rise of WWII stemming from the end of WWI, internal power struggles of leaders and generals, global war strategies, new technologies of war, and any turn of event that contributed to the flow of war. Weinberg is very systematic in his approach if not a bit dry in some parts, has extensive back-up for his research, and interjects some well formed opinions though not over bearing throughout the events. What I found most fascinating are the events of the German surrender to the Allies that molded the beginning of the Cold War and the power jockying between the British, Amaericans, and Soviets. Another eye opening matter of this book was just how evil and extensive Hitler's plans were for world domination and the extermination of certain races/classes and how close he came to acheiving it...perhaps one battle for a certain city on the Volga away from ultimate success. I would highly recommend this book and would count it a must for any student of WWII, whether acedemic or as a hobbyist.

Needs a revision since the fall of the iron curtain but a good starting point.......2007-06-03

I agree with many of the positive points made by the reviewers here. The approach of a global history of World War II is commendable. However, Professor Weinberg wrote this work mainly during the 1980's without the benefit of access to the documentation on the Soviet Union that later authors have used. This work would benefit greatly from the expansion of Soviet sources.
Another drawback is some of Weinberg's at times excessive moral assessments with little direct evidence, whether in government documents or private sources, of the motivations. In a wide-ranging historical work of this kind that can only cover many topics superficially, such moralizing is haughty at best. That is not the purpose of historical writing.
The work could have also benefited from an expansion of its starting point. The events of the 1920's in many of the countries strongly influenced the course of events all the way through the 1930's and into World War II. A more in-depth look at these events and the evolution of international relations starting from the immediate post-WWI (i.e. armisitice of November 1918) may have better shed light on the intricacies of this whole period to 1945 (and beyond). For example, what about details of the relations between the German and Soviet military during the 1920's and 1930's? What were the activities of the Soviet espionage services during the 1920's and 1930's throughout Europe and their influence on political and military events? What were the relations of Britain and the US with China during the 1920's and 1930's especially in relation to Japanese activity and/or aggression in that country?
A number of important intriguing events are simply glanced over, explained without any reference to evidence, or ignored. For example:
Why did Germany not insist on their Japanese allies attacking the Soviet Union in 1941? Why did they not insist that they NOT attack the United States or its territories?
Why did Germany and Italy declare war on the United States when the latter had not declared war on Germany or Italy?
Why did Germany accept the continuation of the Japanese-Soviet Neutrality Treaty after 1941 which allowed major supplies to the Soviets to arrive at Vladivostok from the United States throughout the war?
Why did Germany accept a partition of France into occupied and unoccupied portions in 1940 along with leaving major parts of the French military intact?
These are only a few examples.

There are also some non-sensical arguments concerning Germany's and Hitler's willingness to expand the Kriegsmarine in a substantial manner to confront the United States and Britain. At no time did Germany have the industrial capacity or strategic/logistical flexibility to do this.

Professor Weinberg must be praised for attempting such a broad history of the interrelationships of all the protagonists and antagonists involved. The book stimulates discussion on a wide range of subjects. However, it is not the definitive work by far and I would be surprised that Professor Weinberg ever meant it to be such.

Military and Diplomatic History of World War II.......2007-03-17

Like all of Professor Weinberg's books, everything is solidly supported by reference to authentic documents. Thisis probably the best single volume history--it's 1200 pages long--of the most lethal war in human history. It is highly regarded in circles of professional historians. It's 200 pages of documentation make it useful for the interested general reader as well as for the serious student of history.(I read the 1994 hard back edition.)

The best global history of WWII.......2007-02-13

Second time I read this book. They don't get any more comprehensive than this.

It is not a military history as much as a diplomatic, and global analysis of the conflict. It tries to explain in detail how things got to happen, and why, rather than what exactly happened. Geopolitics is the best word that defines this book. It assumes that the reader knows what happened, 'grosso modo', and then aims at the big picture, a great canvass that includes all countries and regions involved.

And it achieves this aim wonderfully. Now, you would like to dig more deeper -for sure- in some campaigns or countries more than in others: then you have to go to other sources.

Around 900 pages, and about 200 pages of notes. The only insufficiency that I find is the lack of illustrations, and photos. There's nothing but text here. Well... and a few poor & sketchy maps at the very back of the book.

A Master Work.......2007-01-01

I read with much appreciation on Feb 4, 1989, Robert Leckie's one-volume history of World War II: Delivered from Evil. So I did not think I needed to read another history of that war, since life is so short and since I lived thru that war with extreme attention to its course. But when I saw that Victor Davis Hanson (even though I am no particular fan of his ideology) said this was the best one-volume history the Second
World War, I decided to read it. I am glad I did. It is a much more carefully composed account than Leckie's unfootnoted popular book. This book is well worth the time I spent reading it, albeit there are 920 pages of text, a 23 page bibliographic essay, 31 maps and 75 pages of notes. I found on many pages things of high interest which I did not know or had forgotten. Furthermore, I found that his opinions were well-reasoned and convincing. The edition I read was published by Cambridge University Press, but I found no bias in favor of Britain, even though the author, born in Germany, lived as a youth in England before serving in the US Army after World War II. Even if you think you know all there is to know about World War II I submit you will find that reading this book will be a pleasure and well worth your time.

A WORLD AT ARMS - A Global History Of World War II

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A WORLD AT ARMS - A Global History Of World War II
Gerhard L. Weinberg
Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press
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A World at Arms : A Global History of World War II
Gerald L. Weinberg
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World at Arms: A Global History of World War II.
GERHARD L. WEINBERT
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World at Arms: A Global History of World War II.
Gerhard L. Weinberg
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World at Arms: A Global History of World War II.

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A World At Arms A Global History of World War II
Weinberg Gerhard L.
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Introduces students to modern France by exploring the emergence and development of France's five republics and the values and ideals of French republicanism. As an introductory book for undergraduates, France Since the Revolution does not assume extensive previous knowledge and contains a
complete glossary of the key names used in chapters, as well as a time line for reference and suggestions for further reading. An important resource for student and teachers alike, this accessible book gives its readers a firm base in nineteenth- and twentieth-century French history and culture from
which to develop more specialized interests.

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Explains the factors which determine and control the engineering properties of soils--particularly volume change, deformation, strength and permeability. New to this edition: expanded coverage of residual and tropical soils, environmental aspects of soil behavior, material on partly saturated soils, revised treatment of direct or coupled hydraulic, chemical, thermal and electrical flows through soil.

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