David Spiceland Wayne Thomas and Don Herrmann have developed a unique text based on over 50 collective years of experience 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 to non-majors with a Career Corner and communicating it all in a student-friendly Conversational Writing Style. The new 2nd edition of Financial Accounting Spiceland Thomas Herrmann has been developed with feedback from over 330 reviewers and focus group participants from across the country. The following list of changes and improvements is a testament to the many hours that reviewers spent analyzing the 1st edition helping make Financial Accounting 2nd edition the best book of its kind.