Wayne Thomas

In the Summer of 1981, an international assortment of young people gathered at a public park on the banks of the Missouri River just outside Kansas City. In ten days, they built a 16x24-foot raft from assorted lumber, a telephone pole and thirty-two 55-gallon oil drums. Propelled only by the river current and four 10-foot-long deck-mounted oars, in two months the crew of the "Eulenspiegel" floated 1,420 miles down the Missouri and Mississippi Rivers to New Orleans. This documentary monograph is the story of that walking-pace journey down the backbone of America.

Financial Accounting for Managers gives the flexibility to emphasize or deemphasize debits and credits in an undergraduate or graduate course by providing a modular structure to fit different course lengths, approaches, and assignments that can be easily filtered to fit the needs of individual instructor teaching styles. Each business transaction throughout the text is illustrated with its effects on the balance sheet and income statement. The focus prepares students to be business managers who understand how accounting information reveals a company’s profitability, risk, and efficiency of operations. When paired with Connect, it has student success resources that include auto-graded cases, Tableau Dashboard Activities, Integrated Excel, multiple video types, Guided Examples, General Ledger Problems, and SmartBook, an adaptive reading and practice tool for students.

Students with varying backgrounds want to see the big picture and understand the “why” behind the foundations of financial accounting, as many will go on to use accounting information to make real-world business decisions. With Financial Accounting for Managers, 1e, our authors have developed a unique set of materials that fully engage all students, creating those “Aha!” moments- all based directly on their own experiences instructing students of all majors. Using a measurement, communication, and decision-making framework, Financial Accounting for Managers, 1e forms a solid foundation for student learning, and its three-part flexible structure builds chapters from fundamentals to expanded topics, with debits & credits presented in an alternate format to easily cover, de-emphasize, or remove without disruption. This level of flexibility allows every instructor the ability to design their course, their way. With their thoughtful focus on relevancy and real-world connections, the authors explore the financials of more than 100 companies, and spotlight over 100 cases from a variety of industries. Paired with the immense support material within Connect, students of all backgrounds are enveloped in a learning environment created for student success, regardless of accounting background.

Don’t you love those moments in your course when students are fully engaged? When the “Aha!” revelations are bursting like fireworks? The authors have developed a unique set of materials based directly on their collective years in the classroom. They’ve brought together best practices by (1) building an Organized Learning Framework for Financial Accounting, (2) reinforcing the Framework in each chapter’s text and end-of-chapter assignments, and (3) enriching that Framework using real-world companies, Excel assignments, General Ledger problems, data analytics tools, and a variety of auto-graded cases. The material is communicated in a student-friendly, concise and conversational writing style. After the proven success of the first five editions of Financial Accounting, we are confident that the sixth edition will not only motivate, engage, and challenge students—it will illuminate the financial accounting course like never before.

"ALS: the three letters that will change your life forever. Wayne Thomas shares his journey living with this devastating disease through his thoughtful insights and honest reflection. He encourages the reader to reflect on their own lives through his life's lessons and his pursuit of living the best life possible. The author is synonymous with resilience. He challenges us and at the same time inspires us with his insightful perspective. His book is timely as the world tries to cope and manage in the midst of this unprecedented time. There is so much to learn about living your best life, and we can all benefit from learning from Wayne. This is a powerful book depicting a journey battling a terminal illness and the remarkable bond between two people who gives strength and courage to each day." - Karen Caughey (Executive Director, The ALS Society of Alberta) "This is one man's story about life living with Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), which includes triumphs and the tribulations, and about the indomitable love that two people have for each other. This book is not about the end of someone's life, it is about the enduring spirit of one man, Wayne Thomas, who has chosen to embrace the life given to him and to live it to the best of his ability. It is about the people surrounding him, who love and care for him, who want to share his life today. Hopefully, you, the reader, will come away with some understanding, life insights, and, indeed, some new perspectives about living your best life with love and grace, but most of all, discovering Wayne's journey can be a testament to the human spirit and a lesson to us all." - Kerrie Etson (Contributing Editor)Life is a gift and every single day is a blessing. I hope you find value, inspiration, hope, and maybe even a bit of humor in my life insights. I wish you a fulfilling and amazing adventure as you move towards living your best life no matter what comes your way. - Wayne Thomas

Don’t you love those moments in your course when students are fully engaged? When the “Aha!” revelations are bursting like fireworks? David Spiceland, Wayne Thomas, and Don Herrmann have developed a unique set of materials based directly on their collective years in the classroom. They’ve brought together best practices like highlighting Common Mistakes, offering frequent Let’s Review exercises, integrating the course with a running Continuing Problem, demonstrating the relevance of the course with real-world companies and decision analysis, and conveying it all in a student-friendly conversational writing style. The authors have developed a concise and well-organized learning framework to show students that accounting consists of three major processes: measuring, analyzing, and communicating. By consistently tying each lesson into this framework, instructors can continue to improve student outcomes. After the proven success of the first four editions of Financial Accounting, the fifth edition will continue to motivate, engage, and challenge students. Paired with the market-leading power of the Connect platform, the Spiceland/Thomas/Hermann author team will truly illuminate the financial accounting course for each student.

Intermediate Accounting is quickly becoming the most popular resource in its field due to its rigorous yet readable approach to coursework and the coherent, consistent voice of the author team. The Spiceland team is committed to providing current, comprehensive, and clear coverage of intermediate accounting, and the ninth edition continues to leverage Connect as the premier digital teaching and learning tool on the market.Spiceland excels in fully preparing students for the CPA exam and their future careers through the material’s highly acclaimed conversational writing style, carefully tuned pedagogy, and wealth of online tools. Spiceland helps students develop a better understanding of both theoretical and practical concepts, guiding them to a more complete mastery of accounting principles. The new ninth edition fully integrates the latest FASB updates, including:Leases (ch. 15)Financial instruments (ch. 12)Revenue recognition (ch. 5)An extensive collection of NEW technology assets highlight further enhancements in this edition, such as:Concept Overview VideosExcel SimulationsGeneral Ledger ProblemsAccounting Cycle ReviewImproved Connect user interface