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Geoff is having a biblically bad day. For a start, his car gets written off and he loses his job at a call centre in Manchester. Then the Devil tells him he’s the Anti-Christ and unless he delivers the apocalypse, he’ll be tortured for eternity at a call centre in Hell. With the help of the Devil, his best friend, Rob, who turns out to be an infamous duke of Hell, and Mr Sox, a Hell hound trapped in a cat’s body, they are chased by the forces of good and that’s when all the fun starts... The Book of Shenanigans is the word of God that is full of: MORE Nuns with Guns MORE Talking Animals MORE Decapitations MORE Cute Musical Satanists MORE Cordless Drills MORE Evil Nazis MORE Tea Drinking MORE Scary Stuff IMPORTANT READING GUIDANCE The following groups are strictly prohibited from reading The Book of Shenanigans: British Royal Family Cancel Culture Cartel Members Catholic Church Cats Folk Bands Mexicans Norwegian Blue Nose Rabbits Nuns Penguins Satanists Scots Seal Pups Serial Killers Snowflakes Swedes Unicorns Witches
Author : Howard M. Schilit Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional Page : 240 pages File Size : 46,21 MB Release : 2002-03-22 Category : Business & Economics ISBN : 0071423397
Techniques to uncover and avoid accounting frauds and scams Inflated profits . . . Suspicious write-offs . . . Shifted expenses . . . These and other dubious financial maneuvers have taken on a contemporary twist as companies pull out the stops in seeking to satisfy Wall Street. Financial Shenanigans pulls back the curtain on the current climate of accounting fraud. It presents tools that anyone who is potentially affected by misleading business valuationsfrom investors and lenders to managers and auditorscan use to research and read financial reports, and to identify early warning signs of a company's problems. A bestseller in its first edition, Financial Shenanigans has been thoroughly updated for today's marketplace. New chapters, data, and research reveal contemporary "shenanigans" that have been known to fool even veteran researchers.
Gary Van Den Heuvel was born on a dairy farm in western Wisconsin, and he epitomized the independence of mind, humor, earthiness, and pragmatism of a working class, rural life. For most of his life he worked as a solitary, independent scholar, and as a result, his penetrating vision is virtually unknown by the larger world. Gary possessed a brilliant and insightful philosophical mind that wrestled constantly and fruitfully with the great challenges of our time. The present book synthesizes his vision by combining memoir, essay, Joycean irrationality, and spiritual insight. It illuminates how an understanding of touch as the foundation of mind can shift how we live. Engaging with his ideas can help us better face the serious challenges of our current situation through a radical shift in our philosophical paradigm. Van Den Heuvel also abridged his hero Susanne K. Langer's three-volume masterwork Mind: An Essay on Human Feeling for The Johns Hopkins University Press, which published it in 1988.
Valentine’s Day, the most annoying day of the year, especially for the Demoness of Love and Romance. Val’s skills are in high demand, and never more so than on Valentine’s Day. She’s spent years working across the realms, bringing together lifemates and lovers, offering first and second and even third chances at love and romance. In all those years, though, she’s never experienced the romance herself. So many sweethearts, love spells and romantic shenanigans, all of them focused on others and none for her. This year, though, Val is taking drastic measures to ensure things are different. She’s going on vacation. To Hotel Shenanigans. Earth side. Let the shenanigans begin.
Three lovers. Triple the trouble. From a USA Today Bestselling author comes a bundle with three spicy contemporary romances. We have friends to lovers, forbidden love, unrequited love, a dash of holiday romance with a pinch of small-town antics. Alpha heroes discover their sassy heroines. Threesome Shenanigans includes: Maverick Lovers, Friendship Chronicles Christina’s life is spiraling out of control. Her job, friends, and family relationships are slipping through her fingers, leaving her achingly alone and staring into the eyes of the black dog of depression. She claws her way free, and finally, a bright spot—she reconnects with a childhood friend. Not a boyfriend, but wow! That’s the way her mind is marching now, straight to Mr. Sexy Pants, Gabriel. All goes well until Gabriel’s past waltzes home and creates new unthinkable, crazy possibilities that might just work… Fringe Benefits Flatmates. Best friends. Casual lovers. Life’s good—a friends-with-benefits deal works perfectly with her male flatmates, but Marie Wright secretly craves more. A hot threesome. Erotic pleasure. Silken touches from both Shane and Kelvin. One hot summer day, the sensual tension explodes between the three friends. For Marie, each caress is a slice of ecstasy. It’s seductive magic, and she’s bewitched. Momentary pleasure isn’t enough. She wants a future with her lovers—a permanent relationship—but if she makes a wrong move, she might irreparably destroy their friendship and lose everything. Romp, Fancy Free Christmas is coming. Give your lover the gift of pleasure… Gaby Montgomery works for Fancy Free and requires a willing test subject for her sexy products. Gaby’s roommates Liam Richardson and Fletch Darcy want a serious relationship with Gaby, and it’s time to make a move. But how do they decide which one will date Gaby? Fletch finally suggests they share her. Liam is skeptical but agrees the scheme might work, which allows Fletch to move on to step two of his romance plan. Fletch doesn’t just want Gaby, he wants Liam as well. You’ll love this contemporary romance box set because it contains sassy women who know what they want and strong, alpha men who will protect them to the end. Oh, and a little humor, a few secrets, and some small-town hijinks and holiday fun to keep things interesting.
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The lure of accounting gimmickry is particularly strong at struggling companies that are trying to keep up with their investors’ expectations or competitors’ performance. While investors have become more savvy to these gimmicks over the years, dishonest companies continue to innovate to find new tricks to fool shareholders. #2 The trash hauler Waste Management Inc. inflated its pretax earnings by $1. 7 billion over a six-year period starting in 1992. The company was notorious for finding ways to inflate profits by deferring expenses to a later period. #3 The practice of creating merger-related reserves continued in late 1997, when CUC was about to merge with HFS to form Cendant. In 1996 and 1997, investigators found more than $500 million of bogus operating income. #4 Enron was a natural gas company that, within a few years, morphed into an enormous commodities trading company. Its revenues grew meteoricly, but its net income grew much more slowly. The company’s revenue was reported as if it were growth that was unprecedented, when in reality, it was just the company changing its business model.
Author : Howard M. Schilit Publisher : McGraw Hill Professional Page : 333 pages File Size : 20,27 MB Release : 2010-05-06 Category : Business & Economics ISBN : 007170308X
From the “ Sherlock Holmes of Accounting,”the tools you need to stay a step ahead of the crooks “Howard Schilit is the authority on forensic accounting. Financial Shenanigans is invaluable readingfor market participants seeking to identify deceptive behavior in company financial statements.”Julian Robertson, legendary investor and founder, Tiger Management “A must-read! The authors teach forensic financial statement analysis in an easy-to-digest format withlots of war stories. Guaranteed to help investors in their questto avoid ticking time bombs in their portfolios.” Marc A. Siegel, board member, Financial Accounting Standards Board “This is a timeless guide to better understand how financial malfeasance can be spotted early.Financial Shenanigans teaches all of us fraud-detection-made-easy.” Jules Kroll, pioneering private investigator and founder of Kroll Associates and K2 Global “Required reading for every investor who desires to avoid financial losses.This new edition is a classic and better than ever.” Thornton L. O’glove, author, Quality of Earnings “If the original Financial Shenanigans was the Bible of detecting accounting frauds, then this latestversion is the Talmud of cooked books. Regulators, audit committee members, and business journalistsshould be required to read this work if they are involved in public companies.” Boris Feldman, partner, Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati, Palo Alto “An incisive and entertaining review of the recipes used by corporations and executives to ‘cook thebooks.’ It’s a must-read for investors, lawyers, corporate directors, and anyone else interested in theintegrity of the accounting and governance process.” Joseph A. Grundfest, professor of law and business and codirector,Rock Center on Corporate Governance, Stanford Law School About the Book: With major financial scandals poppingup in greater numbers—and with moreinevitably on the way—it has never been moreimportant for you to understand what dishonestcompanies do to trick investors.Since the early 1990s, Financial Shenaniganshas been helping investors unearth deceptivefinancial reporting at the most critical time—before they suffer major losses. Now, the thirdedition broadens its focus to include the newest,most sophisticated techniques companiesuse to mislead investors. Referred to as the “Sherlock Holmes ofAccounting” by BusinessWeek, Howard Schilitand renowned forensic accounting expertJeremy Perler take you deeper into the corporatebag of tricks, exposing new levels ofaccounting gimmickry and arming you withthe investigative tools you need to detect: Earnings Manipulation Shenanigans: Learnthe latest tricks companies use to exaggeraterevenue and earnings. Cash Flow Shenanigans: Discover new techniquesdevised by management that allow it tomanipulate cash flow as easily as earnings. Key Metrics Shenanigans: See how companiesuse misleading “key”metrics to fool investorsabout their financial performance. Financial Shenanigans brings you completelyup to date on accounting chicanery in the globalmarkets, shining a light on the most shockingfrauds and financial reporting miscreants.This insightful, detailed guide written by recognizedexperts on the subject provides theknowledge and tools you need to spot even themost subtle signs of financial shenanigans.
Would a company with serious financial problems want to broadcast that fact in its corporate report? Of course not! Prospective investors and lenders should understand that some companies in hot water try to hide the fact with "creative accounting" techniques that provide a distorted picture of their financial health. Now a noted authority uncovers the gimmicks which can hide ailing finances. 20 illustrations.