Easy Quicken Deluxe 99 (Que's Easy Series)

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A four-color visual approach to learning that is easy to follow and fun for the reader to use when learning about Quicken. The reader will quickly and easily learn now to use all the features of Quicken Deluxe and how to manage his or her p -Four-color visual approach guaranteed to get the reader up to speed quickly -Best value-priced title on the market in a four-color visual approach -New, updated layout and design to appeal to today's fast-paced, "need to know it quickly" audience that wants to learn visually

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Quicken Deluxe 99 (Fast & Easy)
Coletta Witherspoon
Manufacturer: Prima Publishing
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Binding: Paperback

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For those who have vowed that 1999 is the year they will organize their finances, Quicken Deluxe 99: Fast & Easy is an intuitive guide that will take some of the stress out of financial management. Designed for beginning computer users, the book helps you get into Quicken and then uses labeled screen shots to walk you through exactly what you'll see and where to insert each piece of information. Step-by-step lessons show you how to set up your checking, savings, cash, and credit-card accounts; record your transactions; and balance your accounts.

After you learn the basics, the guide offers lessons on more-customized features, such as scheduling payment dates for bills; calculating your net worth; and tracking your assets, liabilities, mortgage payments, and investments. Quicken Deluxe 99's welcoming format even makes loathsome tasks, such as creating a payment plan for debt reduction or calculating your tax return, less daunting. The book closes with software-installation instructions and a brief chapter on how to get onto the Internet. A short glossary defines financial terms for budding budgeters. --Cristina Vaamonde

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Through a series of visual step-by-step tutorials, Quicken 99 Deluxe Fast & Easy teaches you how to keep track of and manage your checking and savings accounts, credit cards, investments, mortgages, and budgets with the most popular personal financial management software on the market. This book is organized to provide practical experience with practical examples for those who have a limited amount of time to become proficient with the program.

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Wealth of Information.......1997-12-03

Gary P. Lantham and Kenneth N. Wexley's book is a thorough account of the history of performance appraisal and how performance appraisal has held up in the legal system. The authors advocate a reasonable plan for appraising employee performance but do not acknowledge a perfect appraisal system is beyond our reach. As long as human behavior is evaluated, subjectivity can not be removed from the process. Lantham and Wexley's plan does provide for a system that would improve appraisal documentation and application of training in many organizations. The book should be required reading by all professionals for one reason probably not intended by the authors. Improving Productivity Through Performance Appraisal explains how important goal-setting is to performance and how to apply feedback to improving personal performance.

Increasing Productivity through Performance Appraisal

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Increasing Productivity through Performance Appraisal
GaryWexley, Ken Latham
Manufacturer: Prentice Hall
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OLKB4U

Increasing Productivity Through Performance Appraisal (Addison Wesley series on managing human resources)

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Increasing Productivity Through Performance Appraisal (Addison Wesley series on managing human resources)
Kenneth N. Wexley Gary P. Latham
Manufacturer: Addison Wesley Longman Publishing Co
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OKU5OW

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Best book available on the topic!.......2000-03-18

A thorough, eclectic memoir of one of the greatest refugee-relief efforts in history, told by the people who lived it: aid workers, politicians, and refugees themselves. I may be prejudiced...

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Edmond Halley (1656-1742), MA, LLD, FRS, Capt. RN, Savillian Professor of Geometry and Astronomer Royal, stands pre-eminent among Oxford, English, and European scientists. A contemporary of Wren, Pepys, Hooke, Handel, Purcell, and Dryden, he was a schoolboy in London while the Great Fire raged, and was an active participant in the Enlightenment, an age of profound developments in all the arts and sciences. As a younger contemporary of Isaac Newton, he had a crucial part in the Newtonian revolution in the natural sciences. It was Halley who set the question that led Newton to write the Principia, and who edited, paid for, and reviewed it. In later years he applied the methods of the Principia widely in astronomy and geophysics. Now more widely known for his prediction of the return of "his" comet, Halley discovered the proper motion of stars, made important studies of the moon's motion, and his investigations of the Earth's magnetic field and of tides were unrialled for centuries. His prediction of the transit of Venus led to Cook's voyage to Tahiti. He was far more than an cloistered academic; his exploits as a naval captain led to perilous adventures, and he was also a notable servant of the State. Much material about his eventful career has come to light in recent years, making this a timely new account of the life, scientific interests, and continuing influence of this engaging and adventurous scholar. Sir Alan Cook has written a fascinating and illuminating account of Halley's life and science, making this a unique and highly readable biography of one of the key figures of his time.

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Edmond Halley Edmond Halley Edmond Halley.......2006-11-21

I don't know of any more repetitious dissonance than this effort. I looked forward to an examination of Halley's life, understanding that he left little in the way of personal documentation. That's why I looked to a research scholar. But here we get a smattering of details restated endlessly and a complete dismissal if any attempt at characterization of Halley in the flesh. Halley was, in fact, an intellect, scientist, spy, a cursing seaman, and vigorous modern man in the awakening era of 17th Century England. He wove an interesting path among high political power, great scientists, publishers, shipmates, and London society with almost defiant, irreligious self-assurance. He was married, raised children, and developed Newton's new mathematics into practical results others could understand. We see none of this in Cook's account. The text is dry enough that by midway through I had developed a cough complete with clouds of dust. The author is judiciously reluctant to draw any conclusions or added insight from the details commingled throughout. And the repetition is unbearable. Some statements are made a dozen or more times. It's a cacophony that make one almost dizzy and then, at last, the noise simply ends. If you want more, simply extract any 40 paragraphs at random and string them on at the end. Like the comet, it would just keep going round and round.

A well-deserved work on a fascinating scientist..........2001-12-07

An outstandingly thorough and meticulously researched biography of one of history's most outstanding scientists. Matters related to events in Halley's life are notoriously difficult to reconstruct. He was not a pack-rat like Newton or Kepler, and failed to keep thorough diaries like Hooke. Biographers have to rely on the notes of others, public records, and published papers. Cook rises to the occasion and has produced a biographic work that will rival those of of other important scientists of the era.

Though remembered chiefly for the comet that bears his name, Halley was a scientist of extraordinary breadth and depth. Cook reconstructs all the major categories of Halley's productivity. Chapters are devoted to his youth, the year spent at St. Helena mapping the southern stars, his key role in prying the Principia out of Newton, his role in the quest for longitude at sea, his years as the Astronomer Royal, as well as his career on the high seas, both as a ship's captain (civilian) and scientist/explorer. A scientist like Halley demands a biography of considerable scope, and Cook delivers.

As much as any biography I've read, Cook's "Halley" spends considerable space delving into the contemporary zeitgeist. The 30 page opening chapter "Halley's World," is a splendid essay on the culture and spiritual/political/popular world of the late 17th and early 18th century in Great Britain and Europe.

This book is not an easy read, but it is absolutely essential for any student of the golden age of science. Halley lived in Newton's shadow, but was never eclipsed. Cook has done the literary world a great service in this book.

This well researched book gives a rich view of Halley.......1998-01-23

Edmond Halley is famous for his comet - or more specifically for showing that the comet returned by calculating its orbit. We also know of his relationship with Isaac Newton, and Halley's crucial role in the publishing of Newton's Principia from Westfall's major biography of Netwon.

Alan Cook has produced a well researched and sympathetic biography of Halley. Here we find details of Halley's upbringing, his voyage to St Helena to survey the southern skies and observe a transit of Venus, and his appraisal of Hevelius's observations by naked eye compared with telescopically aided observations. There is a basic account of his marriage (Mary Halley has left little trace behind her) and a good account of Halley's finances. The circimstances of the murder of his father are explored, and once again we are reminded of the autocratic and mercantile flavour of those times.

There is a full account of Halley's sea voyages, undertaken as they were in tiny unstable wooden ships. His mapping of the magnetic deviation of the compass, and of the tides and depth of the sea in the Channel mark Halley as perhaps one of the first government scientists.

Halley's time as the Royal Astronomer is documented, together with his fractious time at the Chester Mint during the recoinage overseen by Newton. Cook provides a mildly critical account of Halley's involvement with the publication of Flamsteed's star catalogue.

Halley is shown as a man of action, a shaper, and a man prepared to trust his judgement in difficult circumstances. This is a sharp contrast to the Newton revealed by Westfall's book, the obsessive and semi-reclusive thinker concerned mainly with his own thoughts.

Halley's world is described, and his interactions with Wren, Hooke, Pepys and the royal households of the time are well documented. The myth of Halley's poverty after his father's murder is laid to rest with some detailed examination of estates, wills and chancery court proceedings.

There are technical details of the Venus transit measurements, and a very welcome analysis of Newton's lunar theory, together with a statistical comparison of the Moon positions of Halley and Flamsteed.

Alan Cook is a scientist and a busy academic administrator. The book is composed in 15 chapters each divided into many sections. One has the image of a busy man typing the odd page or two when possible, and the text does not 'flow' as a narrative. You get the facts with sound judgements backed up by references.

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Edmond Halley: Charting the Heavens and the Seas.
Alan. [HALLEY] COOK
Manufacturer: Clarendon Press
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000TOM5TG

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Edmond Halley Charting the Heavens and the Seas
Alan Cook
Manufacturer: Oxford University Press, USA
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OOHTHO

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How does mathematics enable us to send pictures from space back to Earth? Where does the bell-shaped curve come from? Why do you need only 23 people in a room for a 50/50 chance of two of them sharing the same birthday? In Strange Curves, Counting Rabbits, and Other Mathematical Explorations, Keith Ball highlights how ideas, mostly from pure math, can answer these questions and many more. Drawing on areas of mathematics from probability theory, number theory, and geometry, he explores a wide range of concepts, some more light-hearted, others central to the development of the field and used daily by mathematicians, physicists, and engineers.

Each of the book's ten chapters begins by outlining key concepts and goes on to discuss, with the minimum of technical detail, the principles that underlie them. Each includes puzzles and problems of varying difficulty. While the chapters are self-contained, they also reveal the links between seemingly unrelated topics. For example, the problem of how to design codes for satellite communication gives rise to the same idea of uncertainty as the problem of screening blood samples for disease.

Accessible to anyone familiar with basic calculus, this book is a treasure trove of ideas that will entertain, amuse, and bemuse students, teachers, and math lovers of all ages.

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Just about as good as it gets.......2006-09-29

It should be easy for a mathematician to write a book on recreational mathematics, right? Ha! You can look through my reviews for some godawful examples of this genre.

It is not enough to know mathematics. The writer has to write well and to have an understanding of the mindset of those of us who are strictly amateurs. The material has to have intrinsic interest and the explanations have to be clear and well motivated but not condescending. The problems should be challenging but not impossible and they should serve to gain insight into the material. And they should come with answers!

All of this Ball accomplishes. The quality of the writing reminds me of Martin Gardner. There is one thing that I need to emphasize. This book contains proofs, because proofs are the heart and soul of mathematics. The proofs are exceptionally clear, but if mathematical proofs are not your thing then go elsewhere. If you are not intimidated by proofs and have a knowledge of high school matematics up through calculus then you are in for a real treat.

I particularly liked the chapter on continued fractions. This is the first time that I have seen a treatment of the matrix approach. I do have one very small quibble. The matrix approach allows for a very simple derivation of the formula for convergents, which I was able to discover for myself but which is not presented in the book. All of the other proofs I have seen for the formula do not provide a derivation, but instead do a proof by induction. I hope that future editions of the book include the derivation of the convegents formula.

Clear and Friendly.......2006-05-09

This is a book on recreational mathematics. As such, the topics covered are diverse - from number theory to more practical matters such as probability. However, the common denominator is the author's clarity of expression - an essential quality for a book of this nature. Because of this diversity of topics, some may be of more interest to the reader than others. In my case, I particularly enjoyed the chapters on shared birthdays, Stirling's formula for factorials and Pad? approximants. Suggested problems are found throughout, with solutions at the end of each chapter. Written in a very friendly style, this book will surely appeal to math buff at all levels.

Great - well written and entertaining.......2003-12-29

On opening this Christmas present I inwardly groaned - didn't like the title and the subjects seemed to be ones that had been covered many times elsewhere. BUT...I was so wrong! The writing is clear and entertaining, and the subjects are covered in new and interesting ways. If you like 'popular maths' books then you'll find Ball to be a great new author to keep an eye on. If you are a math teacher or instructor you'll find lots of material here that can only enliven your lessons. One of the best popular maths books for a long time.

Interesting for autodidacts interested in math.......2003-12-13

I would agree with the back cover advanced praise for this book. I wanted to make a special note for people who consider themselves to be self-starters in terms of their interest in math: This book has problems throughout the book with SOLUTIONS. The best way to learn math is to do it. While I enjoy a lot of 'pop math' books out there, I am disappointed that there hasn't been an attempt to include a few illustrative problems with solutions (books without solutions aren't going to be useful to autodidacts or even more serious students of the subject). Well, finally this book offers what many of us have been looking for.

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One big book.

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Norton Anthology 8th Ed.

The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Eighth Edition, Volume 1: The Middle Ages Through the Restoration and the Eighteenth Century

Manufacturer: W. W. Norton
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 039392713X

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A legendary bestseller for more than forty years, this is the classic survey to the field from the Middle Ages to the twenty-first century.

With 274 authors, the Eighth Edition deepens its representation of essential works in all genres, ranging from Seamas Heaney's award-winning translation of Beowulf, Milton's Paradise Lost, and More's Utopia to the great poets and prose writers of the nineteenth century—Blake and Austen, Wordsworth and Byron, Tennyson and Barrett Browning—to twentieth-century classics of a truly global English literature—Conrad's Heart of Darkness, Woolf's A Room of One's Own, Achebe's Things Fall Apart, and Friel's Translations, to name but a few. Color plates—over 75 in all—and thematic clusters of brief and historically significant texts bring to life the cultural concerns of each period. Concise glosses and annotations, period introductions, biographical headnotes, timelines, and selected bibliographies help readers understand and enjoy the rich diversity of English literature.

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One big book........2007-09-21

There seems to be nothing wrong or displeasing about this book aside from its overall dimensions. The stories are assembled well. There is even a nice history about the authors in some instances. Like I said previous, its one gigantic book. I think it would have been perfect to maybe cut it in half, labling them "volume 1a" and "volume 1b". Oh well, its still a pretty good book.

30% saved.......2007-09-18

I saved at least 30% on this book compaird to the schools' bookstore asking price.

What can I say..........2007-08-26

This is the definitive collection of what is widely regarded as the best early English literature. How can this not get a five? Beowulf to Milton.

A Steal ..........2007-07-03

No doubt, this is an excellent value ... although if you've studied Eng Lit at all, there will obviously be duplicates of your past experience. Personally, I've found Norton a much more reliable 'Name' than the more famous Oxford and Cambridge brands, that is if you're interested in actually 'thinking' v. tenure.

Norton Anthology 8th Ed........2007-02-12

The 8th Edition of the Norton Anthology was just what I expected and was the perfect addition to my educational library.

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Hoosier Democratic party boss and businessman Thomas Taggart is the subject of this biography, written by James Philip Fadely, an Indianapolis educator and writer. The book examines Taggart's skills and success in both business and politics. Coming from a humble immigrant background, Taggart worked his way up from clerk at the dining hall at the old Union Depot in Indianapolis to proprietor of two hotels in the capital city. He also was widely known as the man responsible for developing French Lick Springs Hotel in southern Indiana into a world-class spa for the rich and famous. With his hotels and far-flung business interests, Taggart became one of the state's wealthiest men. For a third of a century he also was the undisputed boss of the Democratic machine in Indiana. He made governors, congressmen, senators, vice presidents, and even presidents.

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masterful depiction of personalized politics in swing state.......2000-01-04

James Fadely provides a masterful depiction of personalized politics in a demographically swing state, then as now. Includes insider views of Taggart's critical last minute push for Senator Samuel Ralston's presidential nomination in the horrendous Democratic Convention of 1924. Serves as good contrast to Robert Murrray's "The 103rd Ballot: Democrats and the Disaster in Madison Square Garden".

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Consisting of letters and other writings from inmates to members of LifeLines, an organization of pen friends based in the United Kingdom, Welcome to Hell vividly conveys daily life on death row. Ranging from simple descriptions of cockroach races and a typewriter repaired with rubber bands and a toothbrush, to profoundly affecting glimpses into horrific abusive childhoods, to eloquent, emotionally powerful statements about facing execution, these remarkable letters reveal the human side of capital punishment.

The second edition includes new chapters that focus in particular on how inmates, knowing that the only realistic alternative to death is a life sentence without parole, cope with long periods of imprisonment in a hostile system that remorselessly seeks to take their lives. The additional material also gives insight into the ways in which death row prisoners flower as human beings despite their harsh, isolated, and traumatic environment.

As Sister Helen Prejean writes in her foreword, "Take this guided tour through Hell-guided by those who should know: the prisoners themselves. This is a book that speaks from the heart to the heart. Hopes, fears, anguish, desolation, anger -- they're all here. There isn't a page that doesn't make us laugh, cry, or shout. This book is their story -- the story of those cast aside by society. Not human like we are? Come and see for yourself."

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I learned a lot from this book.......1998-03-11

I am 16 years old and I think this book was one of the best books I have ever read.I don't read very much but I read this book in about 3 hours. It tells you the truth about being on death row. And has changed my mind about the death penalty. I am going to recommend this book to everyone I know.

An Excellent book that Everyone should read!.......1997-07-21

This is an excellent book for everyone who has any interest in the Death Penalty. The letters in the book will make you laugh, make you cry, and make you scream! This book is compiled in such a beautiful way that it makes you appreciate that although some of these people may have committed horrible crimes, they are still human, and still have feelings. I have had the pleasure and honor of writing to one of the inmates profiled in this book, and it has been an experience I will never forget

A powerful & startling insight into society's inhumanity........1997-06-15

This is the nearest you will ever be to the lowest echelons of hell - read "Welcome to Hell" and weep for the discarded and unwanted members of our throw away society. This is Death Row's own voice - the voice of men who have been shunned and abandoned, sometimes by their own families, whose lives are deemed to be worthless and yet who show through these writing that they retain their essential humanity and still have much to offer

WELCOME TO HELL: LETTERS AND WRITINGS FROM DEATH ROW. Foreword by Sister Helen Prejean

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WELCOME TO HELL: LETTERS AND WRITINGS FROM DEATH ROW. Foreword by Sister Helen Prejean
Jan (editor). Arriens
Manufacturer: Northeastern Univ. Press,
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Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: B000N7E46Q

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