Product Description: Ever since he joined the sports department of the Boston Globe in 1968, sports enthusiasts have been blessed with the writing and reporting of Bob Ryan. Tony Kornheiser calls him the "quintessential American sportswriter." For the past twenty-five years, he has also been a regular on various ESPN shows, especially The Sports Reporters, spreading his knowledge and enthusiasm for sports of all kinds...read more

Product Description: SHAMAN OF THE MOUNTAIN You get two books in one. On the human level, it is a touching story about families torn apart because of the cruelty a brutal group of people who take prisoners and enslave them just because they can. It examines shame, guilt, loneliness, and forbidden love on a personal level that will touch your heart , tear your eyes, and open your mind On the spiritual level, it is a textbook on how to become a Shaman...read more

Product Description: Back to the Stone Age asserts that men must recapture the definition of manhood and reestablish their masculine roles in church. This can be done when men return to the values of the campfire and rediscover the power of the Fire of the burning bush and Pentecost...read more

This book is a major new introductory survey of financial accounting, management accounting and financial management for non-specialist students, mainly business courses at both the undergraduate and postgraduate level. This book covers all the major topic areas the market would expect at this level. It does not patronise but instead allows the reader to develop their knowledge of the subject from the basis of their own experience. The text is replete with examples drawn from real cases, both from the UK and internationally, designed to engage the readerÂ's interest in a vital and dynamic way. Accounting and finance are core subjects in the business curriculum. They are also the most challenging to master and to teach at the entry level. This book is designed to overcome these problems, first by teaching the subject in the simplest way possible and second, by engaging the reader in an active learning dialogue between the concepts needed to understand the subject and the practical examples that highlight issues. The material is designed to appeal to the Â'first time readerÂ'. It recognises that the reader is either studying or engaged in business and is likely to have less interest in the academic debates that surround the subject than an approach which contextualises the subject within the problems of running a business. A wide range of examples is chosen with relevance to the experience of the target audience. For the teacher this book offers concrete benefits: first, it adopts the structure favoured in most syllabus designs, second, it offers a wealth of activities and assessment materials and third, it is supported by a web-site with materials designed to aid the tutor.

Product Description: A chance meeting with legendary Mountain Man, Jim Bridger at age 14 changed Jeffery's life. At age 16, he ran away from home to escape his drunken abusive father and fulfill a dream to become a Mountain Man. He was ill prepared for this life and would have died if not for Crow Medicine, a Shoshone his age who became his best, and only, friend...read more

Product Description: Corporate finance is a key subject within business, but one that often presents a real challenge to those coming to grips with it for the first time. Often teachers too find it a challenging subject to put across in a practically relevant way whilst at the same time ensuring that the mathematics gap' between the capabilities of the student and the demands of theory are effectively bridged...read more

Product Description: The Best of SPORT is an anthology of the best sports writing from the heyday of SPORT magazine. This anthology has 24 classic pieces from the magazine-featuring such sports immortals as Mickey Mantle, Wilt Chamberlain, Jim Brown, Arnold Palmer, Muhammad Ali and many others-as well as a photo insert containing classic color images from the magazine...read more

Product Description: This book describes an integrated capital appraisal procedure that is commanding increasing attention in the academic world, industry, commerce and the professions. Formal techniques are widely used for the analysis of capital projects but are limited by their scope and by the difficulty in interpreting the significance of the results they produce...read more

Product Description: The year 2003 marks the 100th anniversary of the first World Series, in which the upstart Boston squad of the fledgling American League triumped over the Pittsburgh Pirates of the time-honored National League. Starring such legendary players as Boston's Cy Young and Bill Dinneen, and Pittsburgh's Honus Wagner and Deacon Phillippe, When Boston Won the World Series chronicles with stirring detail the events that led up to baseball's first Fall Classic: the 1901 creation of the American League, its roster "raids" against National League teams, the sea change of public interest that caused the American League to outsell the National by 500,000 tickets, and the subsequent concession of the Nationals...read more

The author traces the evolution of the game from its origins in the 1890s through the emergence of the NBA in the 1940s to the superstar status of basketball today, covering all aspects of the game and the people that make it so popular.

The author, a die-hard Red Sox fan, describes the playoff game between the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees in 1978, along with reflections on his life and his devotion to the Red Sox.

Product Description: Research is an ever-increasing vital feature of academic accounting and finance, but few researchers are ever offered guidance on the research process. Research Method & Methodology in Finance & Accounting is the only book of its kind as it focuses on academic rather than student research...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

The basketball superstar recounts his tragedies--from his father's alcoholism and suicide to his own failed marriage--and triumphs

Looks at four pivotal seasons in the history of New England's four professional sports franchises--the Bruins, the Red Sox, the Celtics, and the Patriots

Chronicles the 1996-97 season of the New England Patriots culminating in their loss to the Green Bay Packers in the Super Bowl (view table of contents)

Product Description: In modern business organizations the traditional distinctions between 'financial' and 'managerial' accounting have become less relevant. The older emphasis on standardised procedures is giving way to more flexible accounting systems which focus on the analysis of managerial opportunities...read more

Product Description: A complete guide to using the newest version of AmigaDOS--with expert tips and techniques from the staff of AmigaWorld magazine. From getting started to advanced topics, including ARexx.

Discusses the personalities behind the Celtics basketball team, from stars such as Bill Russell and Larry Bird to lesser-known sixth men, and looks at past seasons

A star player for the 1950s Boston Celtics discusses the team's mystique, changes it has undergone over the years, playing for coach Red Auerbach, and the men who have played for this championship basketball team

This study of a game between the Boston Celtics and the Cleveland Cavaliers provides an in-depth look at the plays, the players, the strategies--and the business concerns behind them all--in the world of professional basketball