ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

There are a number of individuals to whom I owe many thanks for their help and assistance in the development of the second edition of this book. For starters, I need to thank Mitzi Koontz, who served as the book’s acquisitions editor. Special thanks also go out to Karen Gill for serving as the book’s project editor. In addition, I want to thank Zach Scott for all the valuable input and advice. Finally, thank you to everyone else at Cengage Learning for all their hard work.