This readable examination of accounting theory and practice offers extensive real-world examples and illustrations throughout—from corporations such as Microsoft, Coca Cola, Hershey Foods, IBM, General Motors, and General Electric. A book-specific Website is available that contains less-frequently covered topics, additional exercises, links to additional references, and more. Is updated for the latest FASB pronouncements including Business Combinations, Goodwill and Other Intangible Assets. Focuses on parent company accounting using the full or complete equity method in coverage of consolidations. Offers separate coverage of parent company accounting under the cost and incomplete equity methods. Adds a chapter on governmental and not-for-profit accounting. The perfect reference for accounting professionals looking to check facts or brush up on their skills.

Product Description: Flash floods that strike without warning. Storm surges that rise 16 feet. Tsunamis that barrel toward the coast at 500 miles per hour. Floods are some of the costliest and deadliest natural disasters. Learn about the amazing force of floods, some of the worst floods ever to occur, and what you can do to stay safe...read more

Product Description: Flash floods that strike without warning. Storm surges that rise 16 feet. Tsunamis that barrel toward the coast at 500 miles per hour. Floods are some of the costliest and deadliest natural disasters. Learn about the amazing force of floods, some of the worst floods ever to occur, and what you can do to stay safe...read more

Flooding is a common occurrence in nature, but extensive flooding can cause millions of dollars in damage and can be deadly. Floods occur everywhere rain falls, even deserts. Readers will trace the origins of floods, from the formation of rain clouds to the fast-rising waters of a flash flood. Theyll witness the destructive capabilities of water through powerful photos. Perhaps most importantly, theyll learn what to do to stay safe during a flood.

Product Description: All living things need water to survive. But when there is too much rain, a flood can happen. Learn how floods form and how we try to avoid them.

Product Description: Provides basic information about floods, the damage they cause, and how to stay safe.

Product Description: In light of the devastating floods in 2010 in Pakistan, Brazil, the United States, and China, this informative book has been newly revised. Floods result from heavy rains and high winds that cause an overflow in water sources such as lakes, rivers, and oceans...read more

Product Description: Floods are unstoppable forces of nature. In this title, readers will learn why flooding occurs and how to survive a flood. Where historic floods occurred in the United States, including Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in 1889, the Ohio River in 1913, the Ohio-Mississippi Valley in 1937, Loveland, Colorado, in 1976, Houston, Texas, in 2001, Tennessee in 2010, and North Dakota in 2011, are also discussed...read more

Product Description: Discusses what floods are, how they occur, and how to protect oneself when they happen.

Product Description: Floods happen everywhere. Learn about the causes, which ones caused the most damage, and what is being done to protect people and their property.

Book annotation not available for this title.Title: Floods and TsunamisAuthor: Gonzales, DoreenPublisher: Rosen Pub GroupPublication Date: 2012/08/10Number of Pages: 24Binding Type: LIBRARYLibrary of Congress: 2011044896

Product Description: Its raining heavily. Water rushes along the streets and collects in pools on the lawns. Rivers rise. Is it a flood? How do you know? And how can you prepare for whats to come? Floods: Be Aware and Prepare has the answers.

Product Description: "Discusses the science behind [floods] and what to do to stay safe from them"--

Product Description: Through fascinating true stories and illuminating photos, learn how people trapped because of high water endure and survive against all odds! Additional features include a table of contents, informative sidebars, a glossary of key words and phrases, sources for further research, and an introduction to the author...read more

Product Description: This book explores what causes floods and how people can prepare for them.

Product Description: The Earth's climate is already warming due to increased concentrations of human-produced greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, and the specter of rising sea level is one of global warming's most far-reaching threats. Sea level will keep rising long after greenhouse gas emissions have ceased, because of the delay in penetration of surface warming to the ocean depths and because of the slow dissipation of excess atmospheric carbon dioxide...read more

Examines some of the causes of floods, including spring rains and rising rivers; looks at how sandbags are used to create dams; and shares ways to stay safe during a flood.