The highly successful Book-keeping & Accounts is an essential textbook for students undertaking studies of book-keeping & accounting

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The craft of bookbinding has a long history & tradition. It has developed through the ages & is now enjoying a period of renewed popularity & creativity. Whether you are a beginner or an established bookbinder wishing to refresh your memory this practical book introduces the techniques with step-by-step instructions & photographs. It explains how to transform a few sheets of paper & some thread into a book to be proud of. For the more experienced the author also covers how to work with leather to create classic professional bindings. ...

A spirited tale of redemption from a seemingly insurmountable life of tragedy & crime this first autobiography of professional wrestler & TV commentator Booker T Huffman details his life before celebrity status in the ring. Beginning with Booker Ts single-parent upbringing after the passing of his father this powerful account reveals the gritty reality of his formative years -- from the gruesome accident Booker T witnessed at the age of 13 that led to his mothers death & his subsequent life of abject poverty as an orphan in urban Houston to years of reckless drug use dealing & violence that culminated in a five-year prison sentence for robbery. With engaging candor Booker T writes of his refusal to allow his years of crime to cloud his future & his decision to take responsibility for his life & make a positive impact in his community. This intimate profile chronicles his transition from absentee father to locating his child in foster care & taking custody; events that led Booker T to pursue a better life & a career with the WWE by attending World Wrestling Alliance training camp. It also sheds insight into Booker Ts relationship with his seven siblings including his brother & eventual tag team member Lane Stevie Ray" Huffman." ...

A startling & powerful journey to the very core of India's illegal bookmaking industry that exposes the scale of corruption & the match-fixing that now runs rife throughout world cricket. For several years Ed Hawkins made friends with India's illegal bookmakers
- men who boast turnover of hundreds of millions of dollars per cricket match
- as well as the corruption officers of the International Cricket Council who are trying to shut them down. It's a shady world & rumours abound. But then Hawkins receives a message that changes everything & he decides it is time to expose the truth behind match-fixing. Bookie Gambler Fixer Spy is a story featuring politicians governing bodies illegal bookmakers & powerless players
- as well as corruption intimidation & even suicide. It is a story that touches all cricket-playing nations around the world. It is a story that every cricket fan must read. You might never again watch a cricket match without suspicion...


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Britain's number-one guide to mastering the art & science of bookkeeping is now better than ever! Bookkeeping may not be fun & it's rarely pretty but you simply cannot run a business without it. This Third Edition of Britain's bestselling guide to small business bookkeeping has been fully updated for the latest accounting practices & bookkeeping software & features lots of practical exercises & a new CD with bonus content. It gets you up & running with what you need to keep your books balanced your finances in order & the tax inspector off your back. Get started
- find out why bookkeeping is essential to your company success how it's done & where to start. Keep a paper trail
- enter & post financial transactions keep a detailed record & set up internal controls for managing your books & your cash. Take it one day at a time
- discover how to keep track of day-to-day operations as well as adjustments to sales & purchases. Keep the payroll rolling
- get the lowdown on setting up & managing payrolls as well as all the HM Revenue & Customs paperwork involved in hiring a new employee. Close out the books
- learn how to close out monthly quarterly or yearly accounting periods & calculate & record depreciation interest payments & receipts. Make it official
- find out how to prepare financial reports & profit & loss statements properly fill out all required tax forms & prepare your books for next year. Open the book & find: how to create & maintain your company's financial records; the best ways to keep books up-to-date with technology; how to set up & maintain employee records; how to calculate your staff's net pay; guidance on producing income statements & financial reports; & a wealth of practical exercises & examples throughout the book. Learn to: manage day-to-day records like sales & purchases; produce Profit & Loss Statements & Balance Sheets; & prepare year-end accounts & VAT returns CD-ROM

Includes:: bookkeeping templates & resources.







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Key Words with Peter & Jane" uses the most frequently met words in the English language as a starting point for learning to read successfully & confidently. The Key Words reading scheme is scientifically researched & world renowned. " Book 11c" provides the link with writing for the words used in Readers "11a" & "11b". Once this book is completed the child can move on to book "12a". " The Key Words with Peter & Jane" books work because each of the key words is introduced gradually & repeated frequently. This builds confidence in children when they recognise these key words on sight (also known as the 'look & say' method of learning). Examples of key words are: the one two he. There are 12 levels each with 3 books: a b & c. " Series a": gradually introduces new words. " Series b": provides further practise of words featured in the 'a' series. " Series c": links reading with writing & phonics. All the words that have been introduced in each 'a' & 'b' book are also reinforced in the 'c' books." ...

Poet young & busy seeks cheap spacious rooms somewhere. Excellent references available.. ." so reads a self-penned ad a very early entry from Pete Dohertys journals. From the early books a fascinating & very entertaining picture emerges of the young poet broke in London serving popcorn at the Prince Charles Cinema ruminating on Britpop listening to Scott Walker but dreaming of creating a band infused with the spirit of Albion. The later books reflect Petes rise to fame his changing world & are full of artwork photographs notes & thoughts. It is intimate honest stuff very readable & very funny in places; pretty dark in others. All in all its the work of a serious artist a complete antidote to most things written about Doherty. These twenty-odd books
- edited & condensed into one volume
- are filled with poems drawings personal reflections lyrics & collages & is a powerfully compelling collection."

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Here are the stories written on the Book of Blood. They are a map of that dark highway that leads out of life towards unknown destinations. Few will have to take it. Most will go peacefully along lamplit streets ushered out of living with prayers & caresses. But for a few the horrors will come skipping to fetch them off to the highway of the damned.. . From the brilliant World Fantasy Award winner Clive Barker come fourteen spine-chilling stories of darkness unleashed gathered together in one volume for the first time. These are visionary tales of terror which will curdle the very marrow in your bones.. . ...

Here are the stories written on the Book of Blood. They are a map of that dark highway that leads out of life towards unknown destinations. Few will have to take it. Most will go peacefully along lamplit streets ushered out of living with prayers & caresses. But for a few the horrors will come skipping to fetch them off to the highway of the damned.. . Gathered together for the first time in one volume here are fifteen mind-shattering stories from the awesome imagination of World Fantasy Award winning author Clive Barker. They will take you to the brink
- & beyond.. .
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The Books That Shaped Art History reassesses the impact of some of the most important texts of art history published during the twentieth century. Each of the sixteen incisive chapters focuses on a single title & is written by a leading art historian curator or one of the promising scholars of todays generation. In bringing these cross-generational contributions together this book provides a varied & invaluable overview of the history of art told through its seminal texts. The sixteen books include Nikolaus Pevsners gospel of Modernism Pioneers of the Modern Movement Alfred Barrs now legendary monograph on Matisse E.H. Gombrichs Art & Illusion Clement Greenbergs Art & Culture which had a seismic impact when it was published in 1961 & Rosalind Krausss The Originality of the Avant-Garde & Other Modernist Myths which introduced structuralist & post-structuralist philosophy into art historical study. Initiated by & prepared under the auspices of The Burlington Magazine each chapter
- with writers including John Elderfield Richard Verdi & Susie Nash
- analyses a single major book mapping the intellectual development of its author setting out the premises & argument of the book discussing its position within the field of art history & looking at its significance in the context both of its initial reception & its legacy. An introduction by John-Paul Stonard explores how art history has been forged by these outstanding contributions to scholarship as well as by the dialogues & ruptures between them. The book is supplemented by contextual essays summarising the achievements of each art historian & offering a detailed publication history of their texts with suggestions for further reading. Enlivening debates & questioning the very status of art history itself The Books That Shaped Art History is a concise & brilliant overview of the discipline & an invaluable resource for students teachers bibliophiles & all those interested in visual culture & its histories.

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