Like the other titles in Barron’s Business Review Series, the new seventh edition of Accounting is a useful supplement to college textbooks, and is also excellent as a main text in business brush-up programs. It focuses on helping students understand the “how” and “why” to key accounting concepts.

Author Peter J. Eisen familiarizes students with key accounting terms, explains the accounting equation, and goes on to instruct in the use and preparation of financial statements, the recording of business transactions in journals, and in closing and adjusting entries at the end of a business period.

The book is organized to closely follow a standard college textbook, but concentrates on student understanding of what is done, and, more importantly, how and why.

Other features include:

• Review questions with answers and explanations
• Computational problems with complete detailed solutions presented when appropriate
• Additional problems to reinforce the reader’s knowledge
• An extensive glossary of accounting terms

New features in this edition include instruction in the use of spreadsheets to solve many accounting problems, a more detailed explanation of accounting data procedures as internal controls designed to safeguard assets, and extensive commentary on business ethics.