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1.
Oracle: Financials Handbook
by David James, et al
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Osborne McGraw-Hill
Paperback - 560 pages
(31 June, 1999)

Osborne McGraw-Hill

Synopsis
This reference discusses the various products contained in Oracle Financials, with an emphasis on its accounting packages. It provides detailed implementation instructions and advice. It offers a blueprint for planning an implementation. Readers should find accounting knowledge within the context of... Read more

2.
Beyond the Zulu Principle
by Jim Slater
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Orion Business
Paperback - 214 pages
(16 March, 1998)

Orion Business

Synopsis
From this book, readers will learn when to buy shares and, even more importantly, when to sell. Other aspects of investment are covered - such as creative accounting, portfolio management, overseas markets and the investor's relationship with their broker. This book is designed to help readers make... Read more

3.
EVA: The Real Key to Creating Wealth
by G. Bennett Stewart III, Al Ehrbar
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John Wiley and Sons
Hardcover - 254 pages
(11 November, 1998)

John Wiley and Sons

Book Description
"Today's hottest financial idea and getting hotter"--Fortune. Economic Value Added (EVA) is the measure of a company's true profitability, and a strategy for creating corporate and shareholder wealth. The EVA management system has been adopted by such prominent corporations as Coca-Cola and AT&T... Read more

4.
Financial Modeling
by Simon Benninga
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The MIT Press
Hardcover - 426 pages
(28 November, 1997)

The MIT Press

Synopsis
This textbook aims to bridge a gap between theory and practice in financial courses by providing a nuts-and-bolts guide to solving common financial models with spreadsheets. Simon Benninga takes the reader step by step through each model, showing how it can be solved using Microsoft Excel. In this... Read more

5.
Teach Yourself Book-keeping and Accounting for Your Small Business
by Mike Truman
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Teach Yourself
Paperback - 168 pages
(23 July, 1997)

Teach Yourself

Synopsis
This practical guide teaches small business owners how to keep the books and prepare accounts. The accounts included follow the layout of the new Inland Revenue self-assessment tax return (effective April 1997) and are based on examples from real business owners. Read more

6.   How to Read the Financial Pages
by Michael Brett
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Random House Business Books
Paperback - 407 pages
(17 August, 1995)

Random House Business Books

Synopsis
This revised guide is designed to show how the world of investment and finance works and to clarify the associated jargon. It explains the operation of stock-markets, currency markets and commodity-markets and also defines the roles of bankers, brokers and underwriters. Read more

7.   Business Accounting Vol 1
by Frank Wood, Alan Sangster
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Financial Times Prentice Hall
Paperback - 666 pages
(28 February, 1999)

Financial Times Prentice Hall

Synopsis
This text provides information on accounting in clear language, with examples and a number of questions and answers. It includes coverage of special accounting procedures and partnerships, and chapters on partnership dissolution, joint venture accounts, bills of exchange, and consignment accounts. Read more

8.   Accounting for Non-accounting Students
by John Dyson
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Financial Times Prentice Hall
Paperback - 656 pages
(18 February, 1997)

Financial Times Prentice Hall

Synopsis
Written for students taking accountancy as part of a business course, this text aims to provide an introduction to financial accounting, cost and management accounting and annual reports. This fourth edition has been developed to better fit the needs of undergraduates and HNC/D students. Read more

9.   The Complete Idiot's Guide to Finance and Accounting (Complete Idiot's Guide)
by Michael Muckian
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Alpha Books
Paperback - 298 pages
(September 1997)

Alpha Books

Synopsis
Offers advice on creating budgets, managing business growth, minimizing tax loss, and increasing the bottom line. Read more

10.   Accounting for Growth
by Terry Smith
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Random House Business Books
Paperback - 222 pages
(18 July, 1996)

Random House Business Books

Synopsis
Since the first edition of this study, the Accounting Standards Body has curtailed some methods of "creative accounting". However, more have developed, and this book aims to provide an up-to-date guide - with several additional chapters - to advanced survival techniques for investors. Read more

11.   The Pound
by David Sinclair
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Century
Hardcover - 298 pages
( 6 January, 2000)

Century

Synopsis
This biography tells the story of the pound from the Vikings to cyberspace, when - a single European currency or not - it may have come to the end of its life. Read more

12.   Learn to Earn : A Beginner's Guide to the Basics of Investing and Business
by Peter Lynch, John Rothchild
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Simon & Schuster Books
Paperback - 272 pages
(January 1996)

Simon & Schuster Books

To Peter Lynch, success in the stock market is pretty basic: if a company's earnings rise, then the stock price goes up. "This simple point--that the price of a stock is directly related to a company's earning power--is often overlooked, even by sophisticated investors," the former... Read more

13.   Interpreting Company Reports and Accounts
by Geoffrey Holmes, Alan Sugden
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Prentice Hall
Paperback - 320 pages
(31 July, 1999)

Prentice Hall

Synopsis
This text shows readers how to analyze company reports and accounts in a qualitative and quantitative fashion. This updated edition contains examples on practice, revised to reflect accounts dated 1998 or 1999, as well as improved coverage of international accounting standards. Read more

14.   10 Minute Guide to Accounting for Non-accountants
by Wayne A. Label
Temporarily out of stock
Simon & Schuster
Paperback - 144 pages
( 6 April, 1998)

Simon & Schuster

Synopsis
Teaches the reader what a business accounting process is and how to use it in everyday work. This concise guide explains how to read, understand and interpret financial statements, and how to rely upon audits to prevent fraud, analyze balance sheets and cash-flow statements. Read more

15.   Inefficient Markets
by Andrei Shleifer
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Oxford University Press
Paperback - 224 pages
( 9 March, 2000)

Oxford University Press

Synopsis
The Efficient Markets Hypothesis has been the central proposition of finance for nearly 30 years. This book, by one of the foremost US economists, presents an alternative view of financial markets: behavioral finance. Shleifer demonstrates the oversimplification of EMH both in the common assumption... Read more

16.   Accounting and Finance for Non-specialists
by Peter Atrill
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Prentice Hall Europe (Academic)
Paperback - 418 pages
(October 1996)

Prentice Hall Europe (Academic)

Synopsis
The new edition of this introductory text has been significantly expanded and revised to provide more comprehensive coverage of the basic concepts and practical applications of financial accounting, management accounting and financial management, while retaining its clarity, succinct style and... Read more

17.   CFROI Cash Flow Return on Investment Valuation
by Bartley J. Madden
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Butterworth-Heinemann
Hardcover - 352 pages
(21 April, 1999)

Butterworth-Heinemann

Synopsis
This text on shareholder value shows how to judge and compare individual equities across markets and company sectors. Using the CFROI model, the book clarifies how economic value is created in a firm and acts as a guide to making investment decisions, taking into account key strategic decisions. Read more

18.   The Money Machine
by Philip Coggan
Temporarily out of stock
Penguin Books
Paperback - 208 pages
( 7 October, 1999)

Penguin Books

Book Jacket
What happens in the City affects almost every aspect of our lives.

In this excellent guide, now completely revised and updated for this new edition, a leading financial journalist cuts through the myths and scandals that make the news to explain the nuts and bolts of the financial system. How are... Read more


19.   Futures, Options and Swaps
by Robert Kolb
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Blackwell Publishers
Hardcover - 825 pages
( 1 September, 1999)

Blackwell Publishers

Book Description
Futures, Options and Swaps is an ideal text for students in finance or economics/finance programs who have completed one semester of investments at either the undergraduate or post-graduate level. With a clear, conversational writing style and comprehensive coverage of derivatives, the text provides... Read more

20.   Mastering Finance
by London Business School, et al
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Financial Times Prentice Hall
Paperback - 608 pages
( 1 November, 1997)

Financial Times Prentice Hall

Synopsis
FT Mastering Finance will be the third title in the Financial Times Mastering Series currently being published as a partworks in the FT, it will bring together the latest in financial expertise from three of the best finance schools in the world. Built around three core modules - corporate finance,... Read more

21.   Accounting for Dummies
by John A. Tracy
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IDG Books Worldwide Inc
Paperback - 356 pages
(15 January, 1997)

IDG Books Worldwide Inc

Synopsis
An introduction to accounting discusses bookkeeping, taxes, assets, cash flow, profit, and financial reports. Read more

22.   Business Accounting Vol 2
by Frank Wood, Alan Sangster
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Financial Times Prentice Hall
Paperback - 781 pages
(28 February, 1999)

Financial Times Prentice Hall

Synopsis
This volume completes the financial accounting coverage of syllabii of the various examining bodies. It includes basic cost and management accounting. Read more

23.   Capital Ideas
by Peter L. Bernstein
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The Free Press
Paperback
(May 1993)

The Free Press

Synopsis
When the recession of 1974 hit Wall Street, the investments profession desperately turned to the theories of a small and unlikely group of academics for guidance in finding a way to regain the value of their clients' holdings. Some of these scholars had begun to study stock prices merely as an... Read more

24.   A Student's Manual of Accounting
by PriceWaterhouseCoopers
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International Thomson Business Press
Paperback - 3100 pages
(January 1999)

International Thomson Business Press

Book Description
The Student's Manual of Accounting is a single and comprehensive source of reliable guidance on UK accounting regulations and practice. The Manual uses straightforward language to explain today's accounting requirements and the many worked examples demonstrate how complex calculations should be... Read more

25.   The Portable MBA in Finance and Accounting (2nd Edition)
by John Leslie Livingstone(Editor)
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John Wiley & Sons, Inc.
Hardcover - 524 pages
(August 1997)

John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Book Description
Over 50,000 copies sold! "Covers all the essentials from break-even analysis to taking your company public . . . Full of up-to-date financial and managerial information."––Entrepreneur Magazine This book is for every manager and business professional who wants to know "what the numbers... Read more

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