IN TOO DEEP has so many unique and exciting twists and turns that I couldn't turn my Rocket off until I knew how Anne Carter planned to solve her heroine's dilemma! The characters are well-drawn and believable, the story unlike any romance I've read. It leaves the reader with a smile and the feeling that Jack McKenzie and Madelyn Cross were made for each other. I would recommend this book to anyone in search of a satisfying, warm-hearted romance.

Excellent, fast-paced story. Not your typical romance--real characters with real problems and a wonderful, unexpected twist at the end. I thoroughly recommend this book. It kept me up WAY past my bedtime!

This lab manual is an excellent resource for students and teachers, supplying wonderful labs to further demonstrate a concept in the field of Biology, congratulations to Morgan and Carter on a continuing job well done.

This book is an excellent comprehensive resource for anyone in a biology laboratory.

"J.K. Lasser's Taxes Made Easy For Your Home-Based Business: The Ultimate Tax Handbook For the Self-Employed" by Gary W. Carter is a great book for home-based business owners and especially for those who operate as sole proprietors.

I found the first chapter, "Legislative, Administrative, and Judicial Authority" a bit slow and skipped most of it. (It's well-written and authoritative. I just don't care too much about the internal workings of the tax system).

Discussing the Supreme Court, Carter writes: "...the Supreme Court has complete discretion over whether it will hear a case. A party requests a hearing by Writ of Certiorari. If at least four members of the Court believe the issue is of sufficient importance to be heard by the Court it will grant the Writ (cert. Granted). Most often, however, it will deny jurisdiction (cert. Denied). ..."

But, it sounds like denied Writs aren't completely bad. Carter continues: "Furthermore, even when the Supreme Court steps in and handles a tax case, its decision often has the effect of muddling the issues rather than clarifying them, leaving us even more confused and bewildered. ... [Y]ou can see that the answers to tax questions often are not clear-cut. Sometimes, when the IRS says no, the courts say yes; or some courts say yes and other courts say maybe. Having an appreciation for this puts you at an advantage when dealing with the IRS. You should never submit to an IRS agent's adjustment of your returns unless it is backed up by appropriate authoritative support. The next section tells you how to find the various sources of authority."

Carter then shows us how to learn about tax law using online and other resources.

A good section of Chapter One for those facing an audit is "The Audit Process And Your Appeal Rights." But, if you aren't facing an audit, you can probably skip that section also.

Another section of Chapter One I found useful was "Letter Rulings," which discusses how taxpayers can ask the IRS in advance how certain transactions will be treated. (There is a fee for this service. The fee can be more than $5,000, but Carter tells us that for those with income under $150,000 the cost is only $500. And, for business owners asking about business-tax topics, the fee is also $500, if the company's annual revenue is $1 million or less.)

We learn that a letter ruling is actually a contract between the IRS and the taxpayer. So, getting a letter ruling is better than just asking the IRS for general about how something should be treated. And, Carter tells us that because a letter ruling is a contract between that particular taxpayer and the IRS, we shouldn't rely upon someone else's letter ruling to determine how our similar transaction will be treated.

So, if you have a question about how the IRS will treat a certain transaction that means a great deal to you, asking for a letter ruling will clarify the situation for you and provide certainty. You won't wind up at your Writ's end in the process.

Chapter Three introduces the reader to the basic business structures: Sole Proprietorships, Partnerships, LLC's, C-Corporations, and S-Corporations. Various advantages and disadvantages of each business structure are discussed, along with options for retirement plans and information about dealing with health insurance.

A large section of the book discusses the home office deduction and home-specific expenses. For example, deductions for daycare providers are covered as are the rules for being able to claim a deduction for the use of your home.

One chapter covers IRS form 8829, "Expenses For Business Use of Your Home" in detail and another chapter covers automobile deductions.

Chapter 12 works a comprehensive example, showing a sole proprietor's tax returns, including the IRS Form 1040, Schedule A, Schedule C (the heart of a sole proprietorship business), Schedule SE (for Self-Employment tax), Form 4562 "Depreciation and Amortization," and Form 8829.

The chapter "Other Common Business Deductions" covers deducting meals, entertainment, computer software, magazine subscriptions, and books.

For example, we learn that the Section 179 deduction (which allows a taxpayer to write-off as a current year expense the cost of certain assets that are normally depreciated over a number of years) doesn't apply to software, because Section 179 only applies to tangible property, and software is intangible.

Carter writes: "If you purchase books for business or investment purposes having only short term value (a tax guide like this one, for example), you can deduct their entire cost in the year of purchase. Books of a more lasting value are seven-year property for depreciation purposes. ... Because books are tangible personal property, they qualify for the Section 179 election if they are purchased for business purposes...make the Section 179 election by putting them in Part I of Form 4562..."

Carter gives a great quote from lawyer and writer John Grisham: "It's a game. We [tax lawyers] teach the rich how to play it so they can stay rich-and the IRS keeps changing the rules so we can keep getting rich teaching them."

If you want to learn how to play the small business tax game, "J.K. Lasser's Taxes Made Easy For Your Home-Based Business: The Ultimate Tax Handbook for the Self-Employed" is an excellent resource. Don't feel you must read this book cover-to-cover. Just jump around finding the stuff that's specific to your own situation.

Peter Hupalo, Author of "Thinking Like An Entrepreneur" & "How To Start And Run Your Own Corporation: S-Corporations For Small Business Owners."

Offers numerous ways to save money on taxes for home-based businesses by educating on deductible expenses, types of accounting methods, how to manage record-keeping, and the latest tax laws to name a few. Lots of examples make the book easy to understand. A real eye-opener.

An excellent book of facinating thought and mind, it bring the atmosphere around u back to life.

I found it extremely interesting, but didn't understand why it was hard to get in the shops or on the net this time.

A wonderful book- never forgotton and can't wait for a new release!

Violet Asquith Bonham Carter, had she not been female, might have become prime minister herself at some point in the 20th century. Her sharp mind and eye for political detail might have furthered her family's political fortunes after her brother Raymond, considered one of the "brightest and best" of his generation, was killed in World War I. Of course, there's nothing that would have prevented her from becoming a battlefield casualty either, if she hadn't been female. Her letters and diaries offer a view of what it was like to be an intelligent, resourceful woman of the early 20th C. with no hope of pursuing an education or a profession. Violet did the best she could under the circumstances. Although her devotion to her dead fiance is a little scary, she shows us what she was made of--fine steel. This is a peek into the times and early life of a remarkable woman. It's fortunate that we can expect another couple of volumes of her letters and diaries.

Like many good books, this one works on several levels. Its primary focus is the story of Seth Carlo Chandler, an amateur astronomer who discovered the variation of latitude now called the Chandler Wobble. In a larger sense, it explores how a group of American scientists attempted to raise American science up to the standards and practices of Europe. But what makes this an especially good read is that the authors make the scientists come alive. We learn not only what these scientists did, but also why. The authors penetrate the minds and motives of the scientists, creating a story that is both historical and imaginative

Although this book should appeal to a general audience, it is especially of interest to professionals who work in geodesy, surveying, astronomy, geophysics, and related disciplines requiring precise positioning. These readers will find a wealth of information about the foundation and structure of present scientific organizations, Today, the Global Positioning System and related technologies are capable of providing a precise positioning capability quickly and easily. But these technologies owe much to the work of Chandler and other scientists of the late nineteenth century. This vivid telling of Chandler's personal and professional life provides perceptive insight into a world that eventually brought America to the forefront of science and space exploration.

I bought this book after seeing the advertisement for it in Sky and Telescope. I'm an amature astronomer and enjoy reading about the history of science. I had never heard this story before, although I knew about many of the men (Newcomb, Gould, Airy, etc) who are included in it. I thought it was very easy to read and interesting. The authors (Father and Daughter, both scientists in this case!) clearly know a great deal about this subject and give plenty of detail. Nice pictures, plenty of good background material. I came away with a much deeper understanding of the problem of the variation of latitude as well as the problems faced by American scientists in the late 1800's.
A true inspiration to an "amature" like me to keep plugging away and looking for answers that the "professionals" may have missed.

Steven Carter's wide-ranging mind and unsettling voice intelligently confront incipient tendencies in popular culture that threaten our national sense of who we are and who we ought to be. In a number of his essays analyzing technology's usurpation of the biological, Carter becomes a contemporary Tieresias, calling us to understand that some of the most comfortable and pleasing of our entertainments have a dark and destructive underside....Such a voice ought to be heard.

I have sat through three different lecture courses from Dr. Carter, and his ideas, lucid and insightful, are found in this book. Anyone interested in postmodern theory, from quantum physics to chaos theory to Las Vegas as an allegory for all of contemporary society, should read this book. It has a hefty pricetag, but it is well worth the dough for scholars of literature or postmodern theory. It is worth the dough for those that are not scholars, as well, since it will make you wish you were a scholar of literature and postmodern theory. A big-brained, but quite good, read.

I was thoroughly impressed with this book. It was recommended by a friend and I'm very glad I decided to read it. I couldn't put it down! Having grown up in New England and living in New Hampshire now, I really enjoyed reading about places that I know exist. It brought a lot of the story home to me. The thrills and suspense kept me glued to each page with anticipation of the next. Gypsey's plot twists rival those of the best suspense novelists. A great adventure ride! Kudos for a job well done! When can we get more???

"Wake up as one person go to bed as another, and a dead one at that." And with that, I was taken into the world of Danny who became Claire to catch a killer. The trap to catch the killer is set in the hometown of Danny, Claire, and the killer, a little town named Carter Falls, NH. People that can only be called fascinating populate the town, from Hester Carter, the 90ish year old librarian, to her dead brother, Daryl, who still 'lives' in the tunnels under the town. The Carter's know everything that goes on and under the town and the mansion on the hill. Then there are stories within the main story that I got to read out of "Unnatural Horror" magazine including the story about Billy whose skin was removed when he went swimming in the Falls. Kept reading the book until I was finished and looking forward to the next installment of Claire and Rachel's adventures.

Once I saw this book ¡¥The Littles Go Exploring¡¦,
written by John Peterson,the natural colour and the beautiful picture of the cover attract me to choose this book.
The story was said about some tiny people who went exploring to find an old man called Grandpa Little.He was a smart man who was the first little to understand electricity and had made the trip to explore the place,but unfortunately he is unsuccessful and lost his way.
After I read it,I think the most interesting part was the part about the Littles family found Grandpa Little.they tries to solve all theproblems when they went exploring.
I think the main character Tom and Lucy were the cleverest and bravest children in the family.They told their parents immediately when they discovered the secret room and they discuss with them.It shows that they were cooperative with the family members.Also,when UncleNick said that he needed two volunteers to go along,Tom answered that he could go very quickly.he didn¡¦t mind to lose his life tio find Grandpa Little.And Lucy,she was curious about everything and had her own decisions.Although she was very little,she provided a lot of opinions about the plan to find Grandpa Little.It shows that she was a wise girl and did all the things sensibly.
I really enjoy this book because of two reasons.First of all,I think the story is very interesting,it made me easily to put in it.Also,it is very meaningful,because it can tell us a lot of things about our life.I hope I can make myself clever,brave,confidentand mature like Tom and Lucy.I think this book is suitable for everyone,so I think you shouldn¡¦t miss it!

I think this is a good book because it keeps you interested. This is probably the best book I ever read. Let me tell you what the book is about. The story is about old Grandpa Little who everyone thinks is dead except Granny Little until Tom and Lucy find a secret room with Grandpa Little's journal. And then the Littles go exploing to find out that Grandpa Little is not dead. This is a good book for any age and so are all The Littles books. If I could give this book more than 5 stars I would.

It's hard to pidgeonhole Angela Carter's "Love" into a specific genre. It has all the elements of a melodrama - love, sex, madness, violence, even a hint of incest - but the entity created by the talented Carter isn't remotely the cheap and tawdry sexploitation feast you might expect from such seemingly unpromising material. If I had to categorise this slyly mythical tale of a deadly love triangle between/among two half brothers, Lee and Buzz (one blonde and fair, the other dark with traces of foreign blood) and a girl, I'd call it a gothic love story. With great skill, Carter quickly sets the tone for the novel with an opening scene that is simply unforgettable. The picture of Annabel, crouching in the dark under the open skies, is an early hint that the cosmic powers will play their part in shaping the lives of our three protagonists. Carter seems to like writing about lowlife in 60s England - her debut novel "Shadow Dance" is another example - but in "Love", she gives the subject an off centred spin to create something unique. You'd be hard pressed to find a sympathetic character in this chilling but compact short story. They're nearly all dirty, scruffy, drunk and vile. Annabel's parents don't count because they're middle class and even they're helpless in saving their daughter. The waif like Annabel (shades of Ophelia) isn't the victim you think she is. Mentally frail and otherworldly to the point of self absorption, she has no real grasp of reality and wreaks havoc on the lives of the menfolk around her. The gorgeously written tattoo scene is especially memorable and symbolic of the nature of her relationship with Lee. It's all about possession and control, aspects of love which the brothers have no ability to respond to or cope with. You know that it can only lead to tragedy. Haunted by the memory of their mother who lost her mind and gave them over to the care of their aunt, Lee and Buzz are as debauched as their friends and as out of control as Annabel. Carter is an incredibly gifted writer. Her prose is imaginative, colourful and sparkling and always a pleasure to read. This book is a wonderful read. It comes highly recommended.

Gorgeously painful to read, impossible to forget, and inexplicably unknown, "Love" is about a crazy trust fund girl who wrecks on the shores of Bohemia, about two brothers trying to emerge from the shadow of their fundamentalist Mairxist childhood, about the inevitable punishments of heterosexuality, and since this is Carter, about the intimate connections between madness, memory, fiction, and the lies we tell ourselves to get through the day. It's not a waste of time.

I have been using this book as a text for an undergraduate college course that I teach on Management for Non-Profits. It is a great primer offering a a beroad survey of the issues I have found to be the ones that most threaten a small non-profit organization's ability to carry out its mission and survive.

This book offers a concise lesson in organizing or re-organizing any nonprofit organization. There are many real-life examples of problems and solutions that have been developed over the years and have stood the test of time. This will eliminate many hours of soul searching for the solution to organization problems and allow you to continue the good works for which your nonprofit was founded instead of drowning in the details. This will also save many hours and dollars of consulting fees to just get your organization off to a good start or to re-vamp a failing one. Before you hire a consultant, read this book.