Author: Lita Epstein MBA
Publisher: For Dummie
Keywords: dummies, reports, financial, reading
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2004-12-24
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 0764577336
ISBN-13: 9780764577338

The U.S. government began standardizing and regulating financial reporting in 1929 when the stock market crash made it painfully clear that businesses often made absurd claims and that investors were either gullible, unable to verify information, or both. Now, financial reports are used by a company’s management to measure profitability (or lack of it), optimize operations and guide the company, by banks and other lenders to gauge the company’s financial health, and by institutional or individual investors interested in purchasing stock. Unless you’re financially savvy, annual reports with al

Author: Rene Fester Kratz
Publisher: For Dummie
Keywords: dummies, biology, cell, molecular
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2009-06-02
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 0470430664
ISBN-13: 9780470430668

Your hands-on study guide to the inner world of the cell Need to get a handle on molecular and cell biology? This easy-to-understand guide explains the structure and function of the cell and how recombinant DNA technology is changing the face of science and medicine. You discover how fundamental principles and concepts relate to everyday life. Plus, you get plenty of study tips to improve your grades and score higher on exams! Explore the world of the cell — take a tour inside the structure and function of cells and see how viruses attack and destroy them Understand the stuff of life (mo

Author: Corey Sandler
Publisher: For Dummie
Keywords: dummies, laptops, fixing, upgrading
Number of Pages: 360
Published: 2005-11-07
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0764589598
ISBN-13: 9780764589591

Keep your laptop on top of its game! Find out how to care for your laptop, what can go wrong, and what you can fix A laptop is much more than a PC that shrank. It has unique needs, and this book shows you how to meet them. You’ll discover how to diagnose and fix common problems, replace parts, add external upgrades, and develop workarounds. You’ll even get the lowdown on networks, and find out when to repair and when to replace your laptop. Discover how to * Treat your laptop properly * Identify common problems * Know when repair may not make economic sense * Install a new opera

Authors:Natalie J. Sayer, Bruce William,
Publisher: For Dummie
Keywords: dummies, lean
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2007-03-06
List price: $21.99
ISBN-10: 0470099313
ISBN-13: 9780470099315

Have you thought about using Lean in your business or organization, but are not really sure how to implement it? Or perhaps you’re already using Lean, but you need to get up to speed. Lean for Dummies will show you how to do more with less and create an enterprise that embraces change. In plain-English writing, this friendly guide explores the general overview of Lean, how flow and the value stream works, and the best ways to apply Lean to your enterprise. You will understand the philosophy of Lean and adopt it not as a routine, but a way of life. This highly informative book teaches you: The

Author: Rik DeGunther
Publisher: For Dummie
Keywords: dummies, home, power, solar
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2007-12-10
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 0470175699
ISBN-13: 9780470175699

Want to take advantage of solar power in your home? Whether you’re looking to save on your energy costs by adding a few solar components or you want to build a solar-powered house from the ground up, Solar Power For Dummies takes the mystery out of this energy source and shows you how to put it to work for you! This friendly, hands-on guide is packed with tips for making your home more energy-efficient though solar power—and helping the planet at the same time. You’ll see how to survey your home to determine your current household energy efficiency and use, and evaluate where solar power woul

Authors:Mark Phillips, Jon Chappell,
Publisher: For Dummie
Keywords: dummies, guitar
Number of Pages: 408
Published: 2005-10-14
List price: $24.99
ISBN-10: 0764599046
ISBN-13: 9780764599040

Have you always wanted to play guitar? Who wouldn’t? Think of Jimi Hendrix wailing away on his Stratocaster. . . Chuck Berry duck-walking across the stage to "Johnny B. Goode". . .B.B. King making his "Lucille" cry the blues. No doubt about it—guitars are cool. Guitar For Dummies 2nd Edition tells you everything a beginning or intermediate guitarist needs to know: from buying a guitar to tuning it, playing it, and caring for it, this book has it all—and you don’t even need to know how to read music. Full of photo-illustrated exercises and songs you can play to practice the techniq

Authors:Jonathan Landaw, Stephan Bodia,
Publisher: For Dummie
Keywords: dummies, buddhism
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2002-12-01
List price: $21.99
ISBN-10: 0764553593
ISBN-13: 9780764553592

What’s the significance of Buddha? How can the practice of Buddhism enrich our never-ending hectic lives? Discover what it means to be a Buddhist in everyday life and in everyday lands in this fascinating Eastern religion. Buddhism For Dummies offers a clear, straight-forward road map that will aim to answer the fundamental questions, issues, and conflicts that arise daily. Readers will gain an understanding of what is Buddhism?, How to become a Buddhist? Explore the 2,500-year history, and learn about the most prominent Buddhist leader of our time, the Dalai Lama. Buddhism For Dummies w