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The fundamental accounting content you've come to trust from South-Western remains in the Anniversary Edition. Century 21 Accounting Multicolumn Journal Approach starts with the traditional multicolumn journal, then moves students into special journals. Each chapter is divided into three or four lessons with corresponding assessment activities right at the point of use. Automated Accounting is in every chapter and directions are versatile, allowing this text to be used with Automated Accounting 6.0 Macintosh, 7.0 and 8.0 Windows software.
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International Purchasing: An Executive Guide
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From the longest running column in Scientific American's history comes this collection of fascinating projects for amateur astronomers
For over seventy years, "The Amateur Scientist" column in Scientific American has helped people explore their world and make original discoveries. This collection of both classic and recent articles presents projects for amateur astronomers at all levels. Hands-on astronomy fans will find how to build inexpensive astronomical instruments using ordinary shop-tools. From making a telescope to predicting satellite orbits to detecting the chemical composition of faraway stars, this book has something for everyone interested in practical astronomy.
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A browser-based CD-ROM tool designed to help ordinary people make original astronomical discoveries. A treasure trove of how-to information and hundreds of projects from setting up an observing program to building your own telescope and observatory.
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Hydrotreatment and Hydrocracking of Oil Fractions (Studies in Surface Science and Catalysis)
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The 2nd International Symposium on Hydrotreatment and Hydrocracking of Oil Fractions, which is also the 7th in the series of European Workshops on Hydrotreatment, took place in Antwerpen, Belgium from November 14 to 17.
The Symposium emphasized how oil refining faces increasingly severe environmental regulations. These and the increasing application of heavier crudes containing more S-, N- and metal components call for more efficient hydrotreatment and hydrocracking processes. It is clear from the keynote lectures, the oral contributions and the posters of this meeting that adapting the operating conditions will not suffice. Adequate catalysts need to be developed, with different composition and structure. Surface science techniques and molecular modeling are now well established tools for such a development. They should be of help in widely different aspects, like the role of precursors in the preparation or the modifications undergone by the catalyst under reaction conditions.
The improvement of hydrotreatment and hydrocracking also needs accurate modeling of the chemical reactor. This requires more representative hydrodynamics and kinetic models whose validity extends to the very low S- and N-contents. These areas should be vigorously developed.
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Phylogenetic Trees Made Easy helps beginners get started in creating phylogenetic trees from protein or nucleic acid sequence data. Although aimed at molecular and cell biologists who may not be familiar with phylogenetic or evolutionary theory, it also serves students who may be familiar with phylogenetic theory but are unfamiliar with the tools used to apply that theory. The reader is led, step by step, through identifying sequences that are homologous to a sequence of interest, downloading these sequences from databases, creating multiple alignments, and using several different methods to construct trees. "Learn More" boxes present background on the various concepts and methods, and an accompanying CD and Website provide files needed for working through the tutorials in the text. Key changes to the Second Edition include:
* discussion and screen shots updated to reflect current software versions
* all software discussed available for Macintosh, PC, and UNIX platforms
* detailed discussion of PAUP* for both Macintosh and Windows
* inclusion of PHYLIP as an alternative to PAUP*
* addition of "Advanced Topics," including constructing deep phylogenies from protein structure comparisons, ancestral sequence reconstruction, and measuring positive selection as evidence of adaptive evolution Every copy of the Second Edition includes a CD with current Windows and Macintosh beta versions of PAUP*. These time-limited versions will allow semester-length use of this popular software, giving students hands-on experience in tree-building as they work through the text.
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Excellent but.......2007-10-04
Buy this if you must but there is a third edition. They complement each other to some extent but the third edition is more useful as it is more up to date and even slimmer and yet more powerful in that it totally obviates the need to pour over Paup. Here is a good treatment of Paup. Wonderful for beginners.
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Let me be the first to state plainly that Miss Mabel Maney is a pernicious influence on American boys and girls. Her dangerous spoofs of the 1950s surely threaten the morale of impressionable young people, who must learn to accept and appreciate their proper places in life. Nancy Clue, the famous girl detective, may be able to solve exciting mysteries without displacing her shiny Titian locks, but why does her friend Midge dress like a boy, use curse words, and smoke cigarettes? And why does Nancy's sweet new girlfriend, Cherry Aimless, tremble under her starched white nurse's cap as she admires the bulging biceps of police detective Jackie Jones? I suspect that in her private life, the author freely mixes plaids with stripes and wears white after Labor Day. As for her devilish success at demeaning the finest epoch in American manners, I can only say, "Darn and double darn." --Regina Marler
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A collector's edition of the best-selling all-girl action adventure novel!
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Dressed for Adventure.......2004-06-15
I laughed all the way through this hilarous romp. It reads like a road-trip combined with a fashion show, with endless high camp descriptions of all types of frock, sundress, and blouse. Just when you think you're finally dressed and good to go, she throws in another one!
If you're after something light-hearted, then this is the one to read. I haven't read any of the other Mabel Maney books but I'll probably look out for them after this.
Giggled all the way through.......2004-01-08
I loved this book and would recommend it to anyone who wants a really great, campy book. Nancy is niaive in many ways, and I had to laugh at some of the assumptions she made. It kinda makes me think of Leagally Blonde with her rose-coloured glasses, but definately not as annoying.
Very clever, and very witty. Well worth a read.
I also recommend "Kiss the girls and make them spy" by the same author. It's a little more "grown up" with a tad more modernism in it, but still FABULOUS! It's the story of Jane Bond, James Bond's twin sister, who has to step in to cover her brother while he is indisposed.....
campy.......2003-01-29
If you are tired of reading mainstream mysteries or fiction, and like books that are funny. then you should read this book. It is a bit over the top, but is redeemable because of manneys ability to hit every stereotypical homosexual nail on the head so to speak. so sit back relax and laugh!
If I had known what I do now........2002-03-28
I have to say I wish I had known about the book sooner. I loved it and can't wait for Maney to write more. It is an easy read and it is so fun! Leaves you wanting more ;)
stay in your Pj's and read this book!.......2001-11-28
If you've ever pondered the habits of Nancy Drew, or wondered about the orientation of her chums, then pick this up. A good-natured poke at girl's series books, this will leave you giggling for days!
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The battle at Fredericksburg, Virginia, in December 1862 involved hundreds of thousands of men; produced staggering, unequal casualties (13,000 Federal soldiers compared to 4,500 Confederates); ruined the career of Ambrose E. Burnside; embarrassed Abraham Lincoln; and distinguished Robert E. Lee as one of the greatest military strategists of his era. Francis Augustín O'Reilly draws upon his intimate knowledge of the battlegrounds to discuss the unprecedented nature of Fredericksburg's warfare. Lauded for its vivid description, trenchant analysis, and meticulous research, his award-winning book makes for compulsive reading.
AUTHOR BIO: Francis Augustín O'Reilly is also the author of Stonewall Jackson at Fredericksburg: The Battle of Prospect Hill. He has written numerous articles on the Civil War and conducts extensive battlefield studies and tours throughout Virginia. He lives in Woodford, Virginia.
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Irritating and Dull.......2007-07-04
We have been reading books on the Civil War for years now, particularly accounts of important battles such as Shiloh or The Seven Days. Many of them have been of the same genre as The Fredericksburg Campaign, Winter War on the Rappahannock by O'Reilly. That is, detailed accounts of particular battles or campaigns as integrated into the broader context of the war. Sears's books, e.g. To The Gates of Richmond and Landscape Turned Red are exemplars of the genre. Hennessey's Return to Bull Run is a solid entry. Tanner's Stonewall in the Valley is another favorite of ours.
O'Reilly's The Fredericksburg Campaign is by far the dreariest, most unfocused, and annoying book of this type that we have read.
Mr. O'Reilly clearly sympathizes with the South. That is not, per se, what makes his writing style so irritating. What makes this aspect of his writing so annoying is that, like a handful of other southern-leaning modern writers, he is still fighting the war, not with rifles and cannon, but with adjectives and emphases. This unpleasant slant permeates the book, leading to an implicit theme that is not otherwise supported with evidence or balance. We'll give just a couple of the more striking examples here.
In the chapter on the sack of Fredericksburg, O'Reilly discusses Union General Sully's entering his sister's home--she and her husband were Confederates--and using it as his headquarters, standard practice during the war on both sides. There was no damage at all done to the house. However, we had to read this paragraph twice to be sure that this was the case. O'Reilly tells the story in terms of (characteristic northern) "outlandish mischief"...which Sully did not commit...against the house of a "d___ rebel!" which he "[broke into]"...by climbing through a window - because the door was locked. We're told, with no source cited, that Sully did not mean to protect the house, but used it only for his own comfort. O'Reilly tries to add some "humor" by relating the story of Sam, a house "servant" (the term slave is virtually absent from the book), who jokes along with hooting, "grinning onlookers", in an Amos-and-Andy accent, at Sully's entering through the window.
Along similar lines, O'Reilly slants his abundant, and frequently grotesque, descriptions of battlefield death shamelessly. Consider these typical descriptions of northern deaths, taken from a desultory re-reading of Chapter 10: "one shell struck a man in the back, cut him in two, and sent his entrails flying" (page 303), "Blood and brains were scattered everywhere" (page 309), "A shell had eviscerated a Union soldier, `and...set fire to his clothing...his corpse lay slowly cooking'" (page 312). Contrast these with a southern death that O'Reilly chooses to detail, that of General Maxcy Gregg (page 443). He "struggled in silent agony" as fellow officers and a distant kinsman prayed and kept a vigil. Gregg, we learn, passed away after a touching reconciliation with a magnanimous and spiritual Stonewall. He "looked very handsome" in death.
George Romero deaths for northerners. Edmond Rostand deaths for southerners. Invariably? No. But overwhelmingly, as if the author delighted in the overwhelming northern carnage.
However this heavy-handed southern sympathizing is merely annoying. What makes the book incomparably dreary is O'Reilly's un-integrated, virtually interminable, cataloguing of particular troop movements. Good books of this genre, e.g. those by Sears, present a cogent account of the battle or campaign as a whole, spiced with significant anecdotes and enriched with telling accounts of the experiences of individual soldiers or regiments. O'Reilly, by contrast, seems simply to tell the story of each individual regiment in more-or-less chronological order, without attention to relevance for a thesis. And, after the first few dozen pages of this, one recognizes an odd narrative formalism into which these accounts are fit: commander initiates the attack, anecdote about the commander or the regiment, quirky banter about doom and duty among the soldiers, up and out of the millrace ravine or the unfinished railroad or wherever they'd been protected, the nightmare of entering the field of battle, details of one or two grisly deaths, attack failed. Repeat. And repeat. And repeat...
We are interested in the Civil War, having read at least twenty books on the topic over the past few years, so we're glad to have this resource on the details of the battle on the ground. But the recitation of such details does not constitute an integrated, coherent, lucid account of the Battle of Fredericksburg. O'Reilly has done a service by extracting these stories from letters, memoirs, regimental histories, and other sources. But they belong in a (long) appendix, or in a companion volume. We had to refer, repeatedly, back to Catton, MacPherson, and Foote to get a clear overview of the structure of this battle into which to integrate O'Reilly's overabundant details.
We're going back to Sears for Chancellorsville. Although we don't have a specific recommendation, we recommend looking elsewhere for a thoughtful account of the Battle of Fredericksburg.
William Dale
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An excellent American Civil War Battle book.......2007-05-18
I'm in the middle of reading this work, but I can already highly recommend it for anyone interested in exploring the Battle of Fredericksburg in great detail (one of my great-great grandfathers was living there at the time). An outstanding author, Mr O'Reilly was recommended to me by a volunteer researcher working with the National Park Service in the area. I heartily second this recommendation.
A excellent, detailed account of the battle.......2007-05-08
This book is an excellent and very detailed report of the battle of Fredericksburg. It is not a good book for someone who is interested in a simple overview of the battle, but to someone interested in the details of what happened at Fredericksburg and why the events unfolded as they did, it is an excellent reference. I believe that this will be the definitive book on Fredericksburg for many years.
I was very pleased how it shows that the plans of Burnside were not as myopic as a lot of current history buffs seem to think. Burnside actually achieved a number of positive accomplishments in the battle, including stealing a march on Lee and breaking Lee's lines in Jackson's front. The book makes clear that to a large degree that there is plenty of blame to go around for the defeat at Fredericksburg. People such as Halleck, Lincoln, Duane, Franklin, Smith and others all had a major hand in the defeat, and most of them had reasons to attempt to lay the entire blame at the feet of Burnsides. While no one can defend Burnside's later obsession with Maryes' Heights (which is covered in wonderful detail in the book), and in the final analysis the blame for the final result is with the general who planned the battle, which Burnsides freely shouldered, this book shows that at least in its initial conception his plans were not the ravings of a lunatic.
I believe it is only through looking at the details and accounts written at the time of the battle that a more true picture can be seen, and this is what I believe O'Reilly presents.
Burnside
Very nice.......2007-01-15
It was a Christmas gift and the person we gave it to was very happy.
Thank you!
Steve.......2006-11-10
Having the absolutle pleasure and honor of meeting Mr. O'Reilly, and having a tour of the Slaughter Pen farm by him, I can say without a doubt that Frank O'Reilly is the PREMIER authority on the Battle of Fredericksburg. His impeccable sense of detail and intimate knowledge of the battle puts the reader in street by street combat, from Lee's command on Telegraph Hill to the Sunken Road stone wall massacre of the Union to the absolute brutal battle on the southern end of the battlefield that would forever be known as "the Slaughter Pen."
I cannot recommend this book enough!
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These authoritative accounts, widely acclaimed for their compelling narrative and historical accuracy, offer a sweeping panoramic view of six crucial Civil War battles. Each magnificent volume includes a full-color frontispiece by renowned Civil War artist Mort Künstler - 6" x 9"
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This digital document is an article from Journal of Southern History, published by Southern Historical Association on May 1, 2004. The length of the article is 684 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.
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Title: The Fredericksburg Campaign: Winter War on the Rappahannock.(Book Review)
Author: George C. Rable
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Journal of Southern History (Refereed)
Date: May 1, 2004
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Volume: 70
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Page: 442(3)
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Twenty of the most notorious Florida pirates from the 1500s to the present. Meet Sir Francis Drake, Black Caesar, Blackbeard, Jean Lafitte, Jose Gaspar. A lively read for adults and older children
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Reading the original literature of the past is an important, if often neglected, part of scientific education. Original publications can provide the authenticity and liveliness often missing in some books. In the study of hominid taxonomic nomenclature, publications of any age are of more than historical interest because they have continuing relevance for determining and maintaining the correct names for taxa. This anthology makes available a set of key documents in the literature of human evolution relevant to the history of hominid taxonomy and the discovery and naming of extinct hominid species.
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Code of Federal Regulations, Title 40, Protection of Environment, Pt. 87-99, Revised as of July 1, 2005 (Code of Federal Regulations)
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