Peter McGuire Wolf, Ph.D., www.businessethicsbalance.com:"Cookin' the Book$ stands alone as one of the funniest and straightforward works on business ethics in corporate America today." Professor Max Torres, areas of specialization include ethical decision-making models and organizational leadership; Assistant Professor of Business Ethics and Organizational Behavior, IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Spain (1992-present); Visiting Scholar (2002-2003) and Visiting Assistant Professor (2003-2004) at Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth: "Cookin' the Book$ is light-hearted reading about a not-so-light topic. It's a charming little book that I'll be recommending to attendees at my upcoming seminars in the US and Latin America entitled 'Ethics after Enron.'" AccountingWeb.com (Book of the week: "Cookin' the Book$: Say Pasta la Vista to Corporate Accounting Tricks and Fraud by Don Silver is an invaluable and very strongly recommended corporate guide to accounting fraud which takes the form of an advice guide on how to spot and avoid typical fraud secrets in corporate accounting. This primer on deceptive accounting practices will prove an easy read, and an important eye-opener for many, with its specific examples and insights." Marina v.N. Whitman, Professor of Business Administration and Public Policy, Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, University of Michigan: "Cookin' the Book$ manages to make complicated issues crystal clear and be hilariously funny at the same time--all in a volume small enough to slip into your pocket or pocketbook. A truly winning combination!" Judy Shane, UCLA Department of Business and Management Extension Instructor: "A great read. I’ll never look at investing in the same way. Silver is a financial genius with a bent for telling stories." Ken Milani, Professor of Accountancy and Faculty Coordinator of Ethics Week, University of Notre Dame: "Cookin' the Books is entertaining, educational and easily 'digestible.' The overall quality of the book is excellent and I will be recommending Cookin' to the Notre Dame faculty who will be teaching the Ethics offerings during the 2003-2004 academic year." Dr. Eugene Szwajkowski, Strategic management consultant, Adjunct Professor, Department of Managerial Studies, University of Illinois-Chicago: "Cookin' the Book$ is every bit as readable as promised. The most pleasant surprise was the number of specific, concrete suggestions for detecting corporate wrongdoing. This is the kind of real-world, yet accessible, approach to ethics that would resonate with students." Midwest Book Review: "Cookin' the Book$ by Don Silver is invaluable and very strongly recommended." Publishers Weekly: "Humorous parable." Mark S. Putnam, M. Ed., President, Character Training Inc. (business ethics training programs), www.character-ethics.org and author of Ethics for a Modern Workforce and Ethics for Success: "What an ingenious way to communicate ethical principles! As I listened to the down-to-earth advice from a father to his son while they walked on the beach, I felt like I was right there looking at the sunset, smelling the salty air, and hearing the wisdom of a man who has seen corporate America from the inside. This book is full of brilliant metaphors and analogies that cut to the heart of corporate accounting ethics issues. It packages business ethics in a form that anyone can use. Not only is Cookin' the Book$ a useful resource in learning the ethical scams of the day, it’s a great story. It’s easy to lose yourself in the dialogue and relationship between the characters and to forget that you’re learning something! It’s not just a reference book but a story that needs to be read from start to finish. I strongly recommend that companies who want to get a jump on the financial scams of the day, make Cookin' the Book$ a must read for all employees. Cookin' the Book$ should be on the reading list for every business education classroom. Great book! I loved it!" Mark Hyatt, Board member of the Center for Academic Integrity (Duke University) and Board member of the Character Education Partnership: "Excellent book. Maybe our next generation of corporate leaders can be encouraged by Cookin' the Book$ to become the women and men of character America needs." Andrew Sikula, Sr., Director, Graduate School of Management; Associate Dean, Lewis College of Business; Richard G. Miller Distinguished Professor of Management: "Cookin' the Book$ is a fun read." Mary Feeney Bonawitz, PhD, CPA; Assistant Professor of Professional Accountancy, Penn State University-Capital College; President, American Society of Women Accountants: "As an accounting professor at Penn State with a research interest in ethics, I am always on the lookout for outstanding books to use with class texts. Cookin' the Book$ is very creative and a very good read. I'm adding Cookin' the Book$ to my students' list of additional reading." Business Start Page (www.bspage.com: "Cookin' the Book$ is a delicious and perfectly cooked meal delivered in tasty morsels - a full menu of dirty tricks to watch out for." Margaret Monahan Hogan, Ph.D., President of the Center for Academic Integrity (Duke University), Founding Director of the Center for Ethics and Public Life and Chair of the Philosophy Department, Kings College: "Don Silver’s Cookin’ the Book$ is a necessary primer on the deceptive accounting practices of some contemporary firms." Raymond M. Cochran, Director of Internal Audit, Columbia University; President, Association of College and University Auditors (1999-2000: "Cookin' the Book$ is quite a funny and interesting twist on what's going on in corporate accounting today. I highly recommend Cookin'--great book!" AuditNet.org: "A great book! I love to cook but this book gives cooking a whole new meaning! If you have been looking for an easy book that explains how corporations “play with the numbers” then this is a must read!" Rolland Vasin, CPA and President, Vasin, Heyn & Company (Auditors): "Don Silver serves up tasty wisdom for accounting-challenged investors who just can’t afford to lose their bread." CanadaOne.com: "How can investors spot suspicious activities without studying complex accounting texts? Pick up a copy of Cookin' the Book$, a fun book that explains how you can protect yourself against corporate 'book cookin.'" Dave Kinnear, CEO, dbkAssociates, Inc.SM, http://dbkassociates.biz: “One of the areas of business on which I spend a great deal of time is that of ethics. This is where Cookin' the Book$ comes in. Cleverly written and executed, every employee of a publicly held company (perhaps especially the accounting team) should read this book and be willing to question the finance and operations team about their own company's reporting procedures. Every person who is not well trained in corporate finance and who owns corporate stocks should also read this book. Get Cookin' the Book$ if for no other reason than to provide it to your employees, family, and friends. This book will pull your financial bacon out of the fire!” Marilyn Ziemann, CPA (30 years in practice): "In Cookin’ the Book$ Don Silver serves up savory tales of unsavory corporate shenanigans, both past and present, to teach financial statement analysis in a palatable and even digestible form." Joseph Lee, Consumer education and economics teacher (retired): "Excellent book. I couldn’t put it down." Steve Young, Global Executive Director, The Caux Round Table (cauxroundtable.org): "Cookin’ the Book$ helps investors uncover the pots where profits are stewed." Robert L. Rosebrock, President, Healthy Hour Enterprises: "Brilliantly written, easy to read and with words to live and invest by. Don Silver is the new Og Mandino of ethical inspiration for the 21st century. A must read for anyone who doesn’t want to get burned by the ‘book cookers.’" Wesley Cragg, George R. Gardiner Program in Business Ethics; Chair, Transparency International Canada, Schulich School of Business, York University: "Cookin' the Book$ sets out in a very accessible and readily understandable way the loopholes and the tricks corporations use and have used to colour and manipulate their financial reports. It should also make it much easier for members of the public to become involved in public debate about where and when and why regulation is needed."