Alpha Books
The complete idiot's guide to starting your own business, 5th ed. (CD-ROM included)
Coverage includes getting started with the right business, funding, and types of corporations. Following is discussion of marketing, getting sales, production plans, employees and payroll, accounting, and running a successful company. The accompanying CD contains many forms, documents, and agreements, and supplemental chapters on internet businesses, choosing an office location, using technology, keeping the corporation legal, and credit policies. This edition has been reorganized, updated, and revised, with new chapters on small business benefits, buying a franchise or existing business, dealing with China, and other topics. Emphasis is on presenting a plan to possible investors. Paulson is an entrepreneur, business consultant, and a college professor at DePaul U. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
The complete idiot's guide to green living.
Riley, an environmental journalist, presents a down-to-earth explanation of sustainable living at the global, local community, and personal levels. She offers many tips for applying "green" principles at home (including using herbal remedies), at work, and on the road to save resources and minimize pollution. The guide includes fun ways to teach children these principles, a glossary, and resources. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
The complete idiot's guide to eBay.
This guide offers simple instructions for setting up an eBay account, gives advice on protecting personal information and transactions, and explains recent changes to eBay's fees, its search page, and its new My World page. Chapters are in sections on getting started, buying on eBay, getting ready to sell, creating an auction, and what to do during and after the auction. Margin boxes include real-life stories, definitions, warnings, and tips. B&w cartoons, a glossary, and checklists are included. Lisa McGrath has written several other books about eBay. Skip McGrath is a registered eBay Trading Assistant and a contributing editor to eBay Radio. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
The complete idiot's guide to geography, 3d ed.
Part of the ever popular Complete Idiot's Guide To series, this publication tackles world geography in its updated third edition. The book goes deeper than the "this-country-is-here" approach that one may expect, and thematic sections discuss physical, cultural, and human geography, population growth, atmosphere, and energy and water needs. Three parts section the globe not by location but by development: the developed world, nations in transition, and the developing world; the bulk of the text lies in these sections and provides a look at the areas' natural world, people and culture, history, and politics. Writers Sherer, Werthman, and Gonzalez have penned an easy-to-read basic geography textbook for those in dire need of an understanding of the world. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
The complete idiot's guide to foreign currency trading. (CD-ROM included)
This guide to foreign currency trading begins with the question of why to do it, the history of the foreign exchange market (Forex), finding information about it, and understanding terminology. The authors then discuss the forces that change the value of currencies, trading with industrialized and emerging nations, computer hardware and software, using technical and fundamental analysis, and risks. The concluding section describes strategies, placing orders, using mini accounts and professionals to trade, and fraud. The CD accompanying the book contains interactive links to resources and currency information, as well as the trading software DealBook 360. Tilkin is associated with an online foreign currency dealing company and has worked in the currency trading and futures markets for over 30 years. Epstein is a financial writer and develops online courses on investing for retirement and investing and finance for women. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
The complete idiot's guide to forensics, 2d ed.
This reference explores the history, present, and future of police work, with special emphasis on forensics. It begins by briefly surveying the scope of criminology, then focuses on criminal investigation in general and forensics in particular. Chapters on evidence cover processes, tools, and techniques for finding, gathering, and analyzing evidence. A section on the body of the crime victim covers investigations on the scene and in the medical examiner's office, with material on toxicology, dental and skeletal evidence, and DNA evidence. A final section looks at emerging areas such as computer crime and identity theft. Margin boxes provide definitions, statistics, quotes, and cases. Appendices list key figures and milestones in the field. Axelrod has written other books in the series. Antinozzi is a special investigator in the Office of the Solicitor General of DeKalb County, Georgia. (Annotation ©2008 Book News Inc. Portland, OR)
