This is the Gateway to the Profession. 99 per cent of surveyed practicing accountants feel that Kieso, Weygandt, and Warfield's "Intermediate Accounting" helped prepare them for success in professional practice. 100 per cent would recommend the text to someone currently studying for an accounting degree. 80 per cent said they referred to their ...
The incredible story of a Norwegian commando saved from the Nazis by residents of a small arctic village--an astonishing true story of heroism and endurance. Photos throughout.
Everyone knows 1066 as the date of the Norman invasion and conquest of England. But how many of us can place that event in the context of the entire dramatic year in which it took place? From the death of Edward the Confessor in early January to the Christmas coronation of Duke William of Normandy, there is an almost uncanny symmetry, as well as a ...
In a true story of secret World War II missions across the North Sea, the author of "We Die Alone" recounts the hundreds of trips made by Norwegian fishing boats in the dark of the Arctic winter to resist the Nazi onslaught in 1940.
The death of Nelson is a well-known story, but most people know much less of the battle in which he died: the single afternoon, off the coast of southern Spain, which put an end for ever to Napoleon's hope of invading England, and established a British supremacy at sea which lasted until the age of air power. David Howarth offers a masterly ...
In 1943 a team of Norwegian commandos sailed from England for Nazi-occupied Norway to organize the Norwegian resistance. They were betrayed and only one man survived the Nazi ambush, to find a tiny Arctic village. There, near death, he found villagers willing to risk their lives to save him.
The power and the glory of the D-Day landings as recounted by the men who fought their way ashore. A tale told by a master of prose this account is among the best you'll ever read of the greatest amphibious invasion ever.
The battle began at about eleven-thirty on a Sunday morning in June 1815. By nine o'clock that night, forty thousand men lay dead or wounded among the Belgian cornfields, and Napoleon had abandoned his army and all hope of recovering his empire. This is the story of the men who were there. From their recollections, the author has recreated the ...
The exciting tale of how the Sledge Patrol--a group of Danish and Norwegian hunters who used dog sleds to patrol a 500 mile stretch of the coast--out ran and outsmarted the pursuing German army during World War II. A story of skill, faith, courage and endurance. Photos.
During World War II, the "Shetland Bus" would go across the North Sea to occupied Norway, to take supplies and saboteurs into the fjords under the noses of the Germans, and to take refugees to safety on the return journey. This is the story of those secret wartime missions.
At least since the French Revolution, France has the peculiar distinction of simultaneously fascinating, charming and exasperating its neighbours and foreign observers. "Contemporary France" provides an essential introduction for students of French politics and society, exploring contemporary developments while placing them in a deeper historical, ...
The 5th edition of "Swanson's Family Practice Review" is a case-base programmed text written for family practice doctor with the certification and recertification examinations in mind, but is also of value for all physicians desiring to update their knowledge concerning practical aspects of primary care. Nine sections cover specific sub ...
The 4th edition of "Swansons Family Practice Review" provides a succinct, updated review of common issues facing the primary care physician. It's a great tool for the family practice physician preparing for certification or re-certification, as well as those preparing to take the SPEX. Each of the nine chapters in the book represents a sub ...
Horatio Nelson was Britain's most revered naval leader of all time. A great seaman and a brilliant tactician, he secured an enduring place in the hearts of an entire nation. In Nelson: The Immortal Memory, two of Britain's finest naval historians present a very human portrait of a man who was humble yet ambitious, kind yet irritable, unswerving in ...
For more than 150 years P&O has been one of the world's greatest shipping lines. Beginning with the mail contract to Gibraltar, P&O quickly became the British way to travel the world. The first shipping company to offer cruises, more than 100 years later cruising on P&O's famous white ships remains an important part of the company's activities, ...
This well-established book covers all aspects of tort law, from general principles and policy to a discussion of current tort issues, emphasising the interests served by the law of tort and concentrating firmly upon a contextual approach. Illustrative cases of real-life action for damages are included throughout, enabling the student to put the ...
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