Acknowledgments

It took a team of dedicated and talented professionals to deliver this book to you.

A special thanks to Roger Stewart at McGraw-Hill Education for the opportunity to work on this book. He is always erudite, cheerful, helpful, and generally terrific!

The chance to work with Amanda Russell and Patty Mon is always a delight. Two more professional, capable, and wonder-full folk would be very hard to locate! To LeeAnn Pickrell, a project manager extraordinaire, is accomplished, talented, proficient, and just a terrific colleague. Editors Lisa Theobald and Lisa McCoy are, simply put, the best in the business. THANK YOU to all five of you for your input, support, and suggestions.