Bøger af Chris Walton

Never be intimidated by tax season again. Accounting is probably your least favorite activity as a business owner, but it's one of the most indispensable aspects of a successful business. Knowing if you're making money is the only way to know if you can stay in business--and doing your accounting is the only way to know if you're making a profit. Money is the lifeblood of any business. It's what keeps it running, what it's working towards, and why it exists in the first place. Accounting makes sure every single cent of that money is tracked and taken into consideration. In tracking your finances, accounting can help you do the following: Determine profitability and financial position Track income and expenses Detect and deter fraud by employees Plan where to best allocate your resources to gain the highest return Evaluate your company's historical performance to see if you're growing Compare your company's performance against competitors Figure out how much tax you need to pay Comply with statutory laws and regulations However, if you're still grappling with how you should tackle accounting, you don't have to figure it out alone. In Accounting for Small Business Owners, you will be guided through the basics of accounting. Here is just a fraction of what you will discover: The fundamental accounting terms you should know and understand so you can properly assess the state of your business The available financing options in case you need to supplement your funds, and how to choose what's right for you What depreciation is and how it can generate tax savings for your business How to read and analyze financial statements to gain valuable insight into your company's performance and potential for growth How to project your earnings for any given period by using this basic accounting principle The #1 mistake you might be tempted to do that may invite IRS scrutiny and bring you unnecessary headaches Fun and practical exercises you can do after every chapter to apply what you learned and check your understanding of each topic BONUS: A checklist of all the things you need to do to stay up-to-date and organized in managing your finances And much more. Even if you plan on hiring an accountant or relying on the advanced software available in the market, it is still important to know the basics of accounting. An accountant or a software will manage the filing, bookkeeping, and reporting, but understanding what this means for your business is something only you can do. In the end, an accountant may be able to advise you, but it is up to you to make the final business decision. By knowing what the numbers mean, you can then make smart, informed decisions based on hard facts. It will also allow you to ask precise questions about the direction your business is taking, and what the next power-move should be. It's not as glamorous as bringing in millions of dollars in sales, but doing your accounting right can help you make sure you don't lose those millions. If you want to be a full-fledged business owner who can make sense of the numbers, even if numbers aren't your strong suit, then scroll up and click the "Add to Cart" button right now.

Gordon Jephtas (1943-92) was born into an impoverished, coloured, single-parent family in South Africa. He began piano lessons after being intrigued by the harmonium player at the local church. In his teens he worked as an accompanist with the amateur coloured opera group "Eoan" in Cape Town, then moved to Europe to further his studies. His first big break came in 1972 when the Zurich Opera House appointed him to assist the conductor Nello Santi. Jephtas thereafter established an international reputation as a vocal coach of Italian opera, and Switzerland provided him with a liberal environment where he was free to express his sexuality. Both there and later in the USA, Jephtas worked with the biggest names in the opera world, from Renata Tebaldi to Plácido Domingo, Montserrat Caballé and Luciano Pavarotti. He always longed to be accepted back in South Africa, but his attempts to return culminated each time in disaster because talent and experience meant little in a land where "whiteness" trumped everything. An official offer to be made an "honorary white" merely intensified his inner turmoil. Back in the USA, Jephtas's professional success was tempered by private misfortune. He died in New York in 1992. This book examines the life and career of Gordon Jephtas through the letters that he wrote home to May Abrahamse, a coloured singer with whom he had worked since his teens. They reveal in unique detail the life and achievements of a remarkable musician, but also the psychological damage wrought upon him by apartheid. Jephtas provides a fascinating case study of a gifted South African abroad, struggling with issues of race and sexuality at the height of the AIDS epidemic.

Presents case studies of "e;inspiration"e; in five composers -- Wagner, Mahler, Furtwangler, R. Strauss, and Berg -- examining how the supposedly extrarational world of creative inspiration intersects with the highly rational world ofmoney and politics.Lies and Epiphanies offers case studies of "e;inspiration"e; in five composers -- Richard Wagner, Gustav Mahler, Wilhelm Furtwangler, Richard Strauss, and Alban Berg. Their own tales of their epiphanies played a determining role in the reception history of their works: the finale of Mahler's Second Symphony was supposedly born of a "e;lightning bolt"e; of inspiration at the funeral of Hans von Bulow, while Alban Berg's Violin Concerto was purportedly his direct response to the tragic early death of Alma Mahler's daughter. Chris Walton looks behind these tales to explore instead the composer's dual role as author and self-commentator, laying bare the fissures and inconsistencieswithin these artists' testimonies and revealing how the putatively extrarational world of creative inspiration intersects with the highly rational world of money and politics. As Walton points out, the composer often imposes on the audience an interpretation of a work and its genesis that is as superficial as the score itself is not. This study seeks to show why. Chris Walton teaches music history at the Basel University of Music in Switzerland.He is the author of Othmar Schoeck: Life and Works (University of Rochester Press, 2009) and Richard Wagner's Zurich: The Muse of Place (Camden House, 2007).

The first modern English edition of Richard Wagner's essays on conducting, extensively annotated, with a critical essay on Wagner as conductor: his aesthetic, practices, vocabulary, and impact.

Places the Swiss composer Schoeck, master of a late-Romantic style both sensuous and stringent, in context and gives insight into his increasingly popular musical works.

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An investigation of the considerable influence of Wagner's stay in Zurich from 1849 to 1858 -- a period often discounted by scholars -- on his career.