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Accounting: A Business Perspective/Annual Report Booklet to Accompany Accounting a Business Perspective (Irwin Series in Undergraduate Accounting)
Roger H. Hermanson , James Don Edwards , and Michael W. Maher Manufacturer: Richard D Irwin ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 025617914X |
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Annual Report Booklet to accompany Financial Accounting (Annual Report Booklet to accompany Financial Accounting - A Business Perspective)
Manufacturer: Irwin McGraw-Hill ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0072903376 |
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Annual Report Booklet to accompany Financial Accounting - A business perspective. Seventh Edition - 1998 by Roger H. Hermanson and James Don Edwards.
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Crisp: Training Managers to Train, Third Edition: Developing Diverse Talents (Crisp Fifty-Minute Books)
Herman E. Zaccarelli Manufacturer: Crisp Learning ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 1560527005 |
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The Crisp Training Essentials Learning Track includes the best self-directed study books at a significant cost savings. To help you learn the essentials of training, this bundle combines the best Fifty-Minute Series books and additional Crisp publications to provide in-depth knowledge of the subject matter. Relevant case studies, self-evaluations, and practical examples help to reinforce key concepts. Instead of ordering one book at a time, simply order the bundle and start your library today.
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Sustainable Vegetable Production from Start-Up to Market (Nraes (Series), 104.)
Vernon P. Grubinger Manufacturer: Northeast Regional ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback Similar Items:
ASIN: 093581745X |
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Gamma 2001: Gamma-Ray Astrophysics 2001, Baltimore, MD, USA, 4-6 April, 2001 (AIP Conference Proceedings / Astronomy and Astrophysics)
Manufacturer: American Institute of Physics ProductGroup: Book Binding: CD-ROM ASIN: 073540030X |
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The Gamma-Ray Astrophysics 2001 Symposium offered the opportunity for participants to discuss important results from the nine years of operations of the Compton Gamma-Ray Observatory (CGRO), which ceased operations on June 4, 2000. Discussions also included new results from current missions such as HETE-II, Chandra, and XMM-Newton. In addition, results from ground-based VHE gamma-ray and radion observatories, and other ground-based and space missions related to high energy astrophysical sources were discussed. On the horizon, new gamma-ray space telescopies like GLAST, Swift, INTEGRAL, and AGILE will be launched in the next few years. Papers include mission capabilities and anticipated science from these upcoming missions.
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Chemical Discovery and the Logicians' Program: A Problematic Pairing
Jerome A. Berson Manufacturer: Wiley-VCH ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 3527307974 |
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What is it that turns a new observation into a true scientific discovery? And who may claim the credit? Theoreticians of science, the foremost thinkers of their times among them, have tried to answer these fundamental questions about the nature of scientific progress and discovery.
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A Concise Intro to Image Processing using C + + (Chapman & Hall/Crc Numerical Analy & Scient Comp. Series)
Meiqinq Wang , and Choi-Hong Lai Manufacturer: Chapman & Hall/CRC ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1584888970 |
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A Concise Intro to Image Processing using C++ presents state-of-the-art image processing methodology, including current industrial practices for image compression, image de-noising methods based on partial differential equations, and new image compression methods such as fractal image compression and wavelet compression. It includes elementary concepts of image processing and related fundamental tools with coding examples as well as exercises. With a particular emphasis on illustrating fractal and wavelet compression algorithms, the text covers image segmentation, object recognition, and morphology. An accompanying CD-ROM contains code for all algorithms.
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Concise Numerical Mathematics
Robert Plato Manufacturer: American Mathematical Society ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 082182953X |
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This book succinctly covers the key topics of numerical methods. While it is basically a survey of the subject, it has enough depth for the student to walk away with the ability to implement the methods by writing computer programs or by applying them to problems in physics or engineering.The author manages to cover the essentials while avoiding redundancies and using well-chosen examples and exercises. The exposition is supplemented by numerous figures. Work estimates and pseudo codes are provided for many algorithms, which can be easily converted to computer programs. Topics covered include interpolation, the fast Fourier transform, iterative methods for solving systems of linear and nonlinear equations, numerical methods for solving ODEs, numerical methods for matrix eigenvalue problems, approximation theory, and computer arithmetic.
In general, the author assumes only a knowledge of calculus and linear algebra. The book is suitable as a text for a first course in numerical methods for mathematics students or students in neighboring fields, such as engineering, physics, and computer science.
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One Pilot's Log: The Career of E. L. "Slonnie" Sloniger
Jerrold Sloniger Manufacturer: Howell Press Inc. ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: 1574270486 |
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Between 1917 and 1955, E.L. "Slonnie" Sloniger was a WWI fighter pilot, a barnstormer, a test pilot, a racer, an acrobatic pilot, and a commercial pilot. Here, "Fate is the Hunter's" Old Number One tells the story in his own words, as recorded by his son.Customer Reviews:
Old Number One.......2000-03-05
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The Puzzle People: Memoirs Of A Transplant Surgeon
Thomas Starzl Manufacturer: University of Pittsburgh Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0822958368 |
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Interesting personal account of recent surgical history.......2001-03-11
The book is an inspirational story of a young mid-westerner, with no connections or wealth to help him in his journey, who innovated, struggled, competed, succeeded, and eventually became THE transplant surgeon in the world. The reason Pittsburgh is a transplant mecca is that Dr. Starzl is there.
Now, certainly Dr. Starzl's personality has a reputation that casts him in a negative light - I don't know the man, but I suspect that great succeess also breeds great resentments. Whatever his failings are, his contributions are beyond dispute.
Dr. Starzl's ability as a surgeon has also been questioned. Again, I have never operated with him, but the success of his transplant program speaks for itself. Also, if his only contribution was to innovate and educate a generation of transplant surgeons, then that by itself would be a fine legacy.
Finally, some reviews bash the book, so here goes my actual book review:
The book is an extremely personal account, with all the beauty and failings that are an inherent part of such a personal endeavor. Yes, he settles old scores. Yes, he portrays himself as the greatest man on earth. Yes he does not dwell on important social and ethical issues that confront modern surgery. However, these "problems" with the book are also what makes this book such a wonderful read - it is really like a conversation with a great man. He lets you in on his most secret fears (he hates operating), his most painful memories (his father's health and death, his failed family life, his second wife's history of physical abuse), his greatest triumphs (successful liver transplantations), his greatest failures (failed surgeries, inability to get along with colleagues and superiors in academia, his family/children). This is such a personal account that any other perspective on it completely misses the point. Dr. Starzl pours his heart out, which is what makes this book so interesting.
I've recently read the autobiography of Francis Moore, the great chair of Surgery at Harvard. It is such a boring book ! It offers nothing personal, nothing intimate, just a dry listing of accomplishments and people who were involved in them. One learns more about Dr. Moore from Dr. Starzl's book than from his own autobiography.
In conclusion, this is a very captivating account of a personal journey. For all his failings, Dr. Starzl is not afraid to reveal himself, and the result is a compelling and inspirational book that most readers will thoroughly enjoy.
Man with a heart, a real heart........2000-12-28
Compelling at times.......1999-03-31
I am a transplant recipient and need this book.......1998-05-30
An Egomaniac's Puff Piece.......1998-03-17
Attacks on old professional enemies and odd turns of phrase about people's ethnic backgrounds were also off-putting. Knowing that Starzl can hold a grudge for decades made me take his chracterizations of even his friends with a few kilograms of salt.
Starzl may have been a brilliant surgeon, but this book reads more like a personal indulgence meant for a vanity press. A pity that this book isn't the gripping behind-the-scenes tour of the politics and techniques of transplant it was meant to be.
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The Puzzle People: Memoirs of a Transplant Surgeon. (book reviews): An article from: The Hastings Center Report
Renee C. Fox , and Judith P. Swazey Manufacturer: Hastings Center ProductGroup: Book Binding: Digital ASIN: B00092SOI4 Release Date: 2005-07-28 |
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This digital document is an article from The Hastings Center Report, published by Hastings Center on September 1, 1993. The length of the article is 2936 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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THE PUZZLE PEOPLE : Memoirs of a Transplant Surgeon (Signed Limited Edition)
Manufacturer: Gryphon Editions ProductGroup: Book Binding: Leather Bound ASIN: B000BV1QNS |
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This Limited Signed Edition is the memoirs of Dr. Thomas Starzl who performed the first successful liver transplant in 1963 and went on to become a leading figure in organ transplants.
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The Rants, Raves & Thoughts of Bill Clinton: The President in His Words and Those of Others (The Rants, Raves and Thoughts)
Kendall H. Brown , Sharon A. Minichiello , and On Your Own Publications Manufacturer: On Your Own Publications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1929377568 |
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On Your Own's "Rants, Raves and Thoughts" series continues with new books profiling two of America's most outspoken presidents. Step inside the head of Bill Clinton and read his views on the finer things in life like beer, women, (Jennifer) Flowers, and much much more!Customer Reviews:
Oh, the things he said!!!.......2003-06-28
intoxicating.......2003-06-10
Bubbalicious!!!.......2003-05-14
Absolutely the Perfect Collection of Quotes.......2003-04-28
Best Collection of Presidential Quotes Thus Far.......2003-04-28
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Cowboys & Cattleland: Memories of a Frontier Cowboy (Chisholm Trail Ser)
Harry H. Halsell Manufacturer: Texas Christian University Press ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 0875652255 |
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Woodrow Wilson (The Man, His Times, and His Task)
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin Company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000FFSE0I |
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Woodrow Wilson, the Man, His Times and His Task
Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000FMPJGS |
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Woodrow Wilson, the Man, His Times and His Task
william white Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin company ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000PK20HG |
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Woodrow Wilson, the man, his times and his task,
William Allen White Manufacturer: Houghton Mifflin company c1924 ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000OO511K |
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Woodrow Wilson: The Man, His Times and His Task
William Allen White Manufacturer: Simon Publications ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1931541329 |
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Reelected because "he kept us out of war," President Wilson went to war "to make the world safe for democracy." A man of Calvinist fervor, intellectual conceit, obstinacy and naivete, he ultimately assisted British imperialism, French chauvinism and Japanese nationalism. If a single person would need to be blamed for the human sufferings in the twentieth century, Wilson would probably top the list. This is his story.Customer Reviews:
A good biography.......2004-05-16
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Woodrow Wilson: The Man, His Times, and His Task.
WILLIAM ALLEN- WHITE Manufacturer: See notes ProductGroup: Book Binding: Hardcover ASIN: B000RQKA3O |
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Journey From Insanity To Sanity: A Mother's Journey With Her Son
Victoria Chandler Manufacturer: PublishAmerica ProductGroup: Book Binding: Paperback ASIN: 1588511723 |
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During struggles, we ask, "Why?" or "What caused it?" or "What can I do now?" when we whould be asking, "Who?" Who is able to help us recover, to heal, to protect us in the future? This book answers that question.Customer Reviews:
A good "pick me up" book.......2001-06-05
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