Accounting is a hot topic these days. In a fast moving world, the accountant is much like a photographer who has to take fair and accurate pictures while always updating his or her camera. Not an easy job indeed!
Thanks to the on line addition of Elsevier flagship titles to the catalog, Cyberlibris users will benefit from an enhanced accounting collection ranging from laymen to experts.
For laymen accounting is bit like a foreign language, hard to grasp, difficult to speak fluently. With Accounting in a Nutshell by Janet Walker, they'll be on the fasttrack! This book is designed primarily for middle and junior managers who deal
with financial information without really understanding the content and
for students who are studying accounting as a non-specialist subject,
for example on a business studies or engineering course. The book will
serve as a basic reference to be used throughout the course.
It will also be particularly helpful in providing the basic grounding that is required before moving on to the more technical and in-depth study of the subject that may be required on some courses. Students who are embarking on a course of study to become a professional accountant will find this book of major benefit.
The book covers the basic principles and techniques of both financial and management accounting, assuming that the reader has no prior knowledge of the subjexts. Written in a clear and concise style the book explains accounting principles and terminiology without the use of technical jargon. There are plenty of opportunities for readers to test their progress with regular review and self-test questions. The second edition includes new material throughout and the number of practical exercises and real-life examples has been expanded.
This edition also reflects the requirement for all EU listed companies to comply with International Finacial Reporting Standards.
Janet Walker is a Visiting Lecturer in the Faculty of Finance at Cass Business School.
Now, for those who are accounting masters, Advances in Accounting edited by Philip Reckers from Arizona State University is definitely a must-read.
This twenty-second volume of Advances in Accounting continues to provide an important forum for discourse among and between academic and practicing accountants on issues of significance to the future of the discipline. Emphasis continues to be placed on original commentary, critical analysis and creative research – research that promises to substantively advance our understanding of financial markets, behavioral phenomenon and regulatory policy. Technology and aggressive global competition have propelled tremendous changes over the two decades since AIA was founded.
A wide array of unsolved questions continues to plague a profession under fire in the aftermath of one financial debacle after another and grabbling with the advent of international accounting standards. This volume of Advances in Accounting not surprisingly includes several articles reflective on auditor independence, auditor tenure, auditor rotation and non-audit service fees.
This volume also looks at challenges facing the academic community with respect to pressures placed on faculty to publish; a data driven commentary is provided by the in-coming editor of the European Accounting Review. Other papers examine the use of financial data to estimate risk premiums, and measure the operating efficiency of firms; and re-examine market reaction to quarterly earnings.
Here is a link to Philip Reckers's publications.
Le Nouveau Capitalisme, Dominique Plihon, La Découverte, 2004 
Audit Financier et Commissariat aux Comptes, Alain Mikol, e-theque, 2004
Comptabilité Financière de l’Entreprise, Jean-Yves Egem et alii, Gualino, 2003 
Accounting Reference Desktop, Steven M. Bragg John Wiley & Sons, 2002 
Gestion de l’Entreprise et Comptabilité, Pierre Lassègue, Dalloz, 2003 
Steven Bragg est un auteur prolifique qui a l’art et la manière d’apporter à ses lecteurs le fruit d’une expérience professionnelle particulièrement riche. Cet ouvrage ne prétend pas se substituer aux ouvrages de théorie comptable. Bien au contraire. Il en est le complément indispensable. Bragg n’a qu’une ambition : celle de la « comptabilité en action ». Le lecteur y retrouvera une qualité indéniable des ouvrages anglo-saxons : l’emphase sur le pragmatisme et l’implémentation.
Le printemps 2002 a été fertile en faillites retentissantes aux Etats-Unis. Le mythe d'une Corporate America, modèle emblématique pour le reste du monde, s'effondrait. Le public, effaré, découvrait des pertes abyssales, des comptes truqués, la descente aux enfers d'entreprises considérées jusqu'alors comme des exemples à suivre. Dans un livre récent intitulé The Number, Alex Berenson, journaliste au prestigieux New York Times pose le constat suivant : 
Ethique des affaires : Liberté et responsabilité, Jean Moussé, Dunod, 2000 
Investing in a Post-Enron World, Paul Jorion, McGraw-Hill, 2003 
The Good, the Bad and Your Business, Jeffrey L. Seglin, John Wiley and Sons, 2000 