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Wiley CPA Examination Review, Volume 1, Outlines and Study Guidelines, 30th Edition, 2003-2004
O. Ray Whittington , Patrick R. Delaney , and Ray Whittington Manufacturer: Wiley ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 0471352306 |
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Volume 1Volume 2
Problems and Solutions
The computer-based CPA Exam is just around the corner, but you still have time to prepare the right way for the final paper-and-pencil CPA Exam.
"Wiley CPA Review Products, when combined with an intensive study regime, provided me with the tools for success on the May 2001 Exam. The comprehensive books and software helped guide and assess my preparation. Thanks, Wiley. With your CPA Review Products, I was able to score 99, 97, 99, 99 on my first try!"
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Great guideline! don't need any review course.......2001-06-15
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Crisp: Managing Negative People: Strategies for Success (Fifty-Minute Series)
Michael Kravitz Manufacturer: Crisp Learning ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1560523069 |
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Negative people are more likely to be dissatisfied with their lives and jobs, leading to increased absenteeism and lowered productivity. This book has activities and exercises to help readers cope with negativity in others and make their own work more satisfying and productive.
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Systematic View of the Science of Jurisprudence
Sheldon Amos Manufacturer: Fred B Rothman & Co ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0837702100 |
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Our Cosmic Origins: From the Big Bang to the Emergence of Life and Intelligence
Armand H. Delsemme Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items:
ASIN: 0521620384 |
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Our Cosmic Origins tells the story of our remarkable adventure on this planet, beginning with a single event in the depths of space. It traces the rich and wonderful history of the Universe, from the Big Bang to the creation of atoms and molecules, from the formation of stars and planets to the emergence of life on Earth. Delsemme brings together cosmology, astronomy, geology, biochemistry, and biology to create a unique look at the complex story of the Universe. He chronicles how the first light atoms were made and formed stars and how heavier atoms were cooked in stars and scattered in space, creating dust mrains and organic molecules. He examines the growing eomplexity of plant and animal life, including the emergence and extinction of dinosaurs. Our Cosmic Origins shows how the coupling of eye and brain led to self-awareness and intelligence. It explores the cosmic coincidences that might explain our existence and concludes with the tantalizing suggestion that intelligent alien life is likely. This provocative book will appeal to anyone who has ever looked at the sky and wondered how we got here. Originally published in French, this edition has been revised to include the most recent research in astronomy and cosmology. Armand Delsemme has published four books and over 230 scientific papers. He received a Sigma Xi award for outstanding research and has had, by order of the International Astronomical Union, an asteroid named after him.Customer Reviews:
The BIG picture!.......2003-07-20
Without getting bogged down in details, Our Cosmic Origins sketches the basic story of reality as it is understood by science today, leaving open the questions that science cannot (and may never be able to) answer. It does get a little technical at times (there are even a few chemical equations) but it reads more like a detective novel than a textbook. The science is necessary to gain the confidence of readers who already have some knowledge of physics, chemistry, and biology. Others can skim these explanations and take the conclusions on faith without losing the bigger truths revealed in this book.
Every thinking person should read this book; it provides a solid foundation relating all empirical knowledge. I can't wait for it to be revised when the unified field theory is discovered!
Mind-expanding!.......2001-08-04
Delsemme, after a career in French-speaking Europ, is now Professor of Astrophysics at the University of Toledo, Ohio. His book was first published in French, in 1994. The American edition has been revised, updated and expanded. The author's background in a French, European cultural tradition is a special attraction for the English-speaking reader.
The author has succeeded well in his efforts to reach the non-specialised reader. As Nobel laureate Christian de Duve writes in his brief foreword: "This is an eminently readable and informative account, consistently written in a language that tries to eschew technical difficulties, while remaining solidly anchored to the realities of scientific concepts. Readers could not wish for a better introduction to the history of the universe."
I am myself neither an astronomer, nor a biologist. But I have a long-standing interest in both disciplines. I have read this book with increasing admiration both for the author's wide-ranging knowledge, and his ability to present it in a very palatable form. He also gives the general reader insight into the basics of scientific research. In particular, he exhibits the scientific attitude, which implies hypotheses, which start as creative guesses, but do not emerge as full-fledged theories until tested by carefully designed observations or experiments.
Like most modern astronomers, Delsemme adheres to the Big-Bang theory, emphasizing the increasing evidence in its favour. His own special field is the comets, a subject that has received much attention in the last decade, leading to the daring, but not implausible conclusion that the oceans of the earth have arisen from a massive bombardment of the planet by comets in the first billion years of its existence. Darwin's Natural Selection concept, the scientific basis of his evolution theory, is nowadays accepted as a foundation for biological science as a whole. Delsemme extends Darwin's creative insight not only to the creation of the physical world, but also, at the other end, to the world of the mind. Man also , like the physical universe he inhabits, is a product, literally, of star dust.
This is popular science at its best. A fascinating, mind-expanding book. For further reading I suggest Edelman & Tononi: A Universe of consciousness.
Emergence of the biosphere.......2000-11-26
Good if you already know quite a bit about the subject.......1999-06-11
Throughout the text, the author promotes his own views, often sparring with opponents, usually unnamed. Chief among these views is the hypothesis that both water and the organic building blocks for life were delivered to the earth by comets. Alternative hypotheses, such as that the source of water is degassing of the earth's interior, are dismissed in such an offhand way that the uninitiated reader is unlikely to even realize what is happening. The only instance where Professor Delsemme is explicit in identifying an opposing position is the case of Fred Hoyle and his view that life itself, not just organic molecules, arose in outer space.
There is not much geology in this book, but what there is contains some errors, including an incorrect explanation of the origin of marine magnetic anomalies, confusion of "era" and "epoch," various creative spellings of Cretaceous (which may be the translator's doing), and, in a brief desciption of dinosaurs, use of the terms "sauropod" and "ornithopod" as though they were synonyms for "sauriscian" and "ornithiscian."
Nevertheless, there is much that is interesting and worthwhile in this volume for the reader who already knows the basics, and is aware of the uncertainties, controversies, and alternatives that swirl around many of these subjects. The chapter I enjoyed reading most is the one on the possibilities of life beyond our solar system. So, read this book if you are already into cosmology and the question of the origin of life and want to get a provocative slant on these topics, but not if you are looking for a ground-floor introduction.
A thought-provoking voyage through space and time.......1998-09-22
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Chemistry International Baccalaurate
John Green , and Sadru Damji Manufacturer: Schoenhofs Foreign Books ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items: ASIN: 1876659416 |
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One way to understand science is as a selection process. David Hull, one of the dominant figures in contemporary philosophy of science, sets out in this volume a general analysis of this selection process that applies equally to biological evolution, the reaction of the immune system to antigens, operant learning, and social and conceptual change in science. Science and Selection brings together many of Hull's most important essays on selection (some never before published) in one accessible volume.
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Fisica 1b - Para La Ciencia y La Tecnologia Oscilaciones y Ondas
Gene Mosca , and Paul Allen Tipler Manufacturer: Reverte Ediciones ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 8429144021 |
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Karma's a Bitch
J. Gail Manufacturer: Truth Hurts Publications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0972697837 |
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Karma's a Bitch by J.GailIf you think you can do somebody dirty and get away with it, just because you didn't get caught, you're dead wrong. All of that dirt comes back to you one way or another.
Tony Jackson learns this lesson the hard way. Labeled the "asshole of West Philly," Tony holds no shame in having other women in his girlfriend Quanisha's bed. There is little remorse after he knocks off a convenience store and beats the cashier with a gun. He'll rob from his girl, his friends, people he doesn't know and your mama. Whoever, he doesn't care. And we all know that when you get money wrong, you can't hold onto it for nothing! The question is when will Tony figure that out? Maybe when he starts getting his Karma instantly and mercilessly he'll get the hint.
In fact, when will Tony get the big picture? That there's no future in his game. Will a dose of `Instant Karma' show him that not contributing to society in any positive way is guaranteed to get him a one way ticket to no where?
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EXCELLENT!!!!!! However..............................................2007-06-21
What Comes Around Sho Nuff goes around! It's called Karma Baby!!.......2006-10-27
Back at You With a Vengeance!.......2006-09-26
Real-Life Reality Check.......2006-09-09
Karma is a Bitch.......2006-07-27
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Frontiersmen in Blue: The United States Army and the Indian, 1848-1865
Robert M. Utley Manufacturer: University of Nebraska Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0803295502 |
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Early Indian Wars.......2003-01-31
Chapter One begins at the end of the Mexican War; an army of 100,000 officers and men invaded a foreign country and defeated forces five times their number. The Army's priority was still on westward expansion: travel routes and settlements. Mineral wealth (gold, silver) was the most important; agriculture followed later. A standing army distasteful to the Founding Fathers became a necessity in expanding the American Republic into a Continental power. While the Militia was useful, only the Regular Army could be supported by national tax dollars.
The many Indian tribes were never united, and often fought among themselves as with the white settlers. The Army had to protect settlers and peaceful Indians from hostile Indians, and peaceful Indians from white settlers. The Indians knew how to live in these lands, and to take advantage of the environment. Most were partially or wholly nomadic. Their culture centered on war and its rewards. Their loose social organization exalted the individual at the expense of the group; no chief's word could bind his people. This caused conflict with the whites who could not understand this way of life. They would never attack unless they could win, and otherwise quickly disappeared from the enemy. The Army could win by operating as a disciplined team against fragmented warriors (seeking individual combat as in Medieval times). The Army also had howitzers ("guns that shot twice"), and rifles that could reach their enemy before threatened by smooth bore muskets. The Indian tribes could not unite for a vigorous and sustained offense or defense.
Chapter Ten tells how the Army was organized in the Civil War. The Volunteers were the great citizen armies that bore the brunt of the fighting. They were organized by state governors and mustered into US service for 6 to 24 months. Their officers were appointed by governors, general officers by the President. The Militia were also organized by the Governors, but could not serve outside of their state or territory. The Regular Army was enlarged for the war. Most recruits chose the Volunteers for their enlistment bounties and shorter terms of service. Many of the Volunteers were used for the Indian wars, including "Galvanized Yankees" (Confederate prisoners released for this duty). Their job was to protect the wagon trains on the trails, the stations, and the telegraph lines. They provided business for contractors and neighboring towns.
Chapter Sixteen provides a summary of the preceding chapters. One development was the winter campaign. A stationary tribe would be attacked, their food and lodgings destroyed, their only survival lay in reaching an Indian Agency. Another was total war, the deliberate killing of women and children, even if against law and tradition (pp 345-6). Such actions outraged the humanitarian sensibilities of easterners. There was conflict between the military and civil branches of the government.
Amazing Undertaking.......2002-10-08
Detailing the regional conflicts sequentially, Utley delivers a complete analysis of the battles, campaigns and treaties involved in conquering of the American West. I never realized how many battles, skirmishes and firefights were fought. I never realized how complex the politics surrounding the Army's operations were. And most of all I never realized how limited the Army's resources of men and material were.
It is truly stupefying what was accomplished in the seventeen years, 1848 - 1865, between the end of the War with Mexico and the close of the U.S. Civil War. With few exceptions all the tribes of the Pacific and those of the Great Basin were subjugated. At the same time, the foundations for the subsequent conquering of the tribes of the Great Plains, Texas and American Southwest were formulated.
The final act of Manifest Destiny was the subjugation of the Native Americans. This is the story of how that process was begun.
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Frontiersmen in Blue: The United States Army and the Indian, 1848 - 1865
Manufacturer: Macmillan ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000IJFH6A |
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Frontiersmen in blue: The United States Army and the Indian, 1848-1865
ROBERT M. UTLEY Manufacturer: See notes ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000RQP81I |
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Frontiersmen in Blue: The United States Army and the Indian, 1848 - 1865
Manufacturer: Macmillan ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000IJBJ44 |
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Frontiersmen in Blue: The United States Army and the Indian, 1848-1865
Robert M. Utley Manufacturer: MacMillan ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000K1W8NQ |
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Romanticism and the Rise of History (Twayne's Studies in Intellectual and Cultural History)
Stephen Bann Manufacturer: Twayne Publishers ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 080578618X |
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Gozzi in Germany;: A survey of the rise and decline of the Gozzi vogue in Germany and Austria, with especial reference to the German romanticists, (Columbia University Germanic studies)
Hedwig Hoffmann Rusack Manufacturer: Columbia University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B00086P9QQ |
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The rise and fall of the French romantic drama, with special reference to the influence of Shapespeare, Scott and Byron
Frederick William Marsden Draper Manufacturer: Constable ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B000865DTY |
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The Rise of Romanticism: Essential Texts
Brian Hepworth Manufacturer: Carcanet Pr ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0856351121 |
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The Rise of Supernatural Fiction, 17621800 (Cambridge Studies in Romanticism)
E. J. Clery Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover Similar Items: ASIN: 052145316X |
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A genre of supernatural fiction was among the more improbable products of the Age of Enlightenment. This book questions the historical reasons for its growing popularity in the late eighteenth century. Beginning with the notorious case of the Cock Lane ghost, a performing poltergeist who became a major attraction in London in 1762, and with Garrick's spellbinding and paradigmatic performance as the ghost-seeing Hamlet, it moves on to look at the Gothic novels of Horace Walpole, Ann Radcliffe, M. G. Lewis, and others, in unexpected new lights, drawing out the connection between fictions of the supernatural and the growth of consumerism.Customer Reviews:
History of the Gothic.......2000-04-18
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The Rise of the Romantics 1789-1815: Wordsworth, Coleridge, and Jane Austen (Oxford History of English Literature (New Version))
W. L. Renwick Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0198122373 |
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Romanticism and the Rise of the Mass Public (Cambridge Studies in Romanticism)
Andrew Franta Manufacturer: Cambridge University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0521868874 |
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Dramatic changes in the reading public and literary market in early nineteenth-century England not only altered the relationship between poet and reader but prompted new conceptions of the poetic text, literary reception, and authorship. With the decline of patronage, the rise of the novel and the periodical press, and the emergence of the mass reading public, poets could no longer assume the existence of an audience for poetry. Andrew Franta examines how the reconfigurations of the literary market and the publishing context transformed the ways poets conceived of their audience and the forms of poetry itself. Through readings of Wordsworth, Byron, Shelley, Keats, Hemans, and Tennyson, and with close attention to key literary, political, and legal debates, Franta proposes a new reading of Romanticism and its contribution to modern conceptions of politics and publicity.
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The Contours of Masculine Desire: Romanticism and the Rise of Women's Poetry
Marlon B. Ross Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 0195057910 |
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This is the first extended study of the role gender plays in the writing, reading, publishing, and reviewing of poetry in late 18th-century and early 19th-century Britain. Ross examines the ways in which Romanticism has been constructed, from the Romantic period to the present, as a masculine
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The rise of the romantic opera (The Messenger Lectures at Cornell University)
Edward Joseph Dent ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0008B61MM |
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Romanticism and the rise of German nationalism (Bobbs-Merrill reprint series in European history ; no. E-123)
Hans Kohn Manufacturer: Bobbs-Merrill] ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0007F0LSE |
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The Heart Beats on the Left
Oskar Lafontaine Manufacturer: Polity Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0745625827 |
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This is the English-language edition of what has become one of the most controversial books in German politics today. Oskar Lafontaine was the leader of Germany's Social Democratic party and finance minister in Gerhard Schr÷der's government until he suddenly resigned in March 1999. Lafontaine's left-wing commitments brought him into conflict with Schr÷der's endorsement of third way politics and with his attempt to remodel the SDP along the lines of Tony Blair's New Labour. The Heart Beats on the Left is the inside story of why Lafontaine broke with the SDP and Schr÷der's government, and why he believed that the social and political costs of Schr÷der's third way politics were too high. It is a merciless settling of scores in which the policies of Schr÷der and his government are subjected to scathing criticism. But it is also the most sustained criticism of third way politics from a prominent political figure who stands on the left. A bestseller in Germany and already translated into many languages, this book is bound to be widely reviewed in English and to become a focal point for political debate about social democracy and its future.
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Isolated left ventricular pulsus alternans; an echocardiographic finding in a patient with discrete subaortic stenosis and infective endocarditis/Diskret ... of Cardiology (Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi)
Mehmet Uzun , Cem Koz , Oben Baysan , Kursad Erinc , Mehmet Yokusoglu , and Hayrettin Karaeren Manufacturer: Thomson Gale ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B000RG1HZY Release Date: 2007-06-04 |
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This digital document is an article from The Anatolian Journal of Cardiology (Anadolu Kardiyoloji Dergisi), published by Thomson Gale on March 1, 2007. The length of the article is 1018 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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Experiments upon the heart of the dog: With reference to the maximum volume of blood sent out by the left ventricle in a single beat, and the influence ... pulse-rate upon the work done by the heart
William H Howell Manufacturer: Harrison and Sons ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0008BZ3A8 |
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Recordings of heart-rate and bilateral skin conductance to visual Stroop-stimuli initially persented either to the left or right cerebral hemisphere (Uppsala psychological reports)
Kenneth Hugdahl Manufacturer: Dept. of Psychology, University of Uppsala ProductGroup: Book Binding: Unknown Binding ASIN: B0007BZCO6 |
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Living at the Edge of the World: How I Survived in the Tunnels of Grand Central Station
Tina S. , and Jamie Pastor Bolnick Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 0312284071 |
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Fleeing her dysfunctional family, Tina joined April in the tunnels of Grand Central Station. Soon she was bingeing on crack, scamming, and panhandling to support her habit and survive. Finally faced with the reality that she might not make it through one more day, Tina takes her first difficult steps back.Customer Reviews:
Eye-opening yet Hopeful.......2002-04-20
Couldn't put it down!.......2001-11-18
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Living at the Edge of the World: How I Survived in the Tunnels of Grand Central Station
Tina (Author) Pastor Bolnick, Jamie (Author) Bolnick, Jamie Pastor (Joint Author) S Manufacturer: St. Martin's Griffin ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: B000OTI9NW |
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