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Univ. of Cincinnati, OH. Brandon/Hill Allied Health List selection (#347). Textbook for respiratory therapy students on the clinical applications and operating principles of respiratory equipment. Previous edition: c1995. Includes two new chapters that address the role of the RCP and bedside monitoring equipment. Illustrated. DNLM: Respiratory Therapy--instrumentation. ... Read more

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Make your business stand out from the crowd - look at it through your customers' eyes, understand what they really want and, ultimately, get them to buy from you. Includes, checklists and worksheets, case studies of real businesses, and answers to frequently asked questions. ... Read more

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In March 1999 balloonists Colin Prescot and Andy Elson completed an 18-day voyage, steering round China, to have the longest flight ever. Colin tells the story of his career here, from his introduction to ballooning by an Afghan princess. ... Read more

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Arctic Diary
Young Sam Branson, experiencing his first dog sled expedition, learning about sled dogs, about climate change in the Arctic, about the Inuit culture, and about surviving the cold, journals his adventure. The journal includes excerpts from the journals of others sharing this expedition, directed by explorer Will Steger. Arctic Diary shares Sam's remarkable opportunity as he lives it. ... Read more

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"Oh, screw it, let's do it."

That's the philosophy that has allowed Richard Branson, in slightly more than twenty-five years, to spawn so many successful ventures. From the airline business (Virgin Atlantic Airways), to music (Virgin Records and V2), to cola (Virgin Cola), to retail (Virgin Megastores), and nearly a hundred others, ranging from financial services to bridal wear, Branson has a track record second to none.

Losing My Virginity is the unusual, frequently outrageous autobiography of one of the great business geniuses of our time. When Richard Branson started his first business, he and his friends decided that "since we're complete virgins at business, let's call it just that: Virgin." Since then, Branson has written his own "rules" for success, creating a group of companies with a global presence, but no central headquarters, no management hierarchy, and minimal bureaucracy.

Many of Richard Branson's companies--airlines, retailing, and cola are good examples--were started in the face of entrenched competition. The experts said, "Don't do it." But Branson found golden opportunities in markets in which customers have been ripped off or underserved, where confusion reigns, and the competition is complacent.
And in this stressed-out, overworked age, Richard Branson gives us a new model: a dynamic, hardworking, successful entrepreneur who lives life to the fullest. Family, friends, fun, and adventure are equally important as business in Branson's life. Losing My Virginity is a portrait of a productive, sane, balanced life, filled with rich and colorful stories:

Crash-landing his hot-air balloon in the Algerian desert, yet remaining determined to have another go at being the first to circle the globe

Signing the Sex Pistols, Janet Jackson, the Rolling Stones, Boy George, and Phil Collins

Fighting back when British Airways took on Virgin Atlantic and successfully suing this pillar of the British business establishment

Swimming two miles to safety during a violent storm off the coast of Mexico

Selling Virgin Records to save Virgin Atlantic

Staging a rescue flight into Baghdad before the start of the Gulf War . . .

And much more. Losing My Virginity is the ultimate tale of personal and business survival from a man who combines the business prowess of Bill Gates and the promotional instincts of P. T. Barnum.

Also available in the UK from Virgin Publishing, and in Canada from General Publishing,


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Chapters: Richard Branson, Virgin Atlantic Airways, Virgin Megastores, Virgin Blue, Virgin Trains, V Festival, Virgin Festival, Virgin America, V Australia, Virgin Galactic, Virgin Unite, Virgin Crosscountry, Virgin Money, Nigerian Eagle Airlines, Virgin Mobile Uk, Kensington Roof Gardens, Virgin Webplayer, Virgin Interactive, Polynesian Blue, Virgin Express, Virgin Books, Church House Trust, Radio Free Virgin, Steve Ridgway, Virgin Wines, Andrew Craissati, Virgin Money Us, the Spaceship Company, Virgin Holidays, Virgin Sun Airlines, Virgin Cola, Virgin Balloon Flights, Virgin Radio, Virgin Digital, Virgin Cars, Virgin Radio Italia, Virgin Green Fund, Will Whitehorn, Alex Tai, Virgin Experience Days, Virgin Voucher, Virgin Charter, Virgin Brides, Virgin Limited Edition, Cpv-Tv, Virgin Vacations, Virgin Electronics, Virgin Fuel, Virgin Drinks, Virgin Health Bank, Virgin Vodka, Virgin Limousines. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 262. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is a British industrialist, best known for his Virgin brand of over 360 companies. Branson's first successful business venture was at age 16, when he published a magazine called Student. He then set up an audio record mail-order business in 1970. In 1972, he opened a chain of record stores, Virgin Records, later known as Virgin Megastores and rebranded after a management buyout as Zavvi in late 2007 who later went into administration in 2008 and only exist now as an online store. Branson's Virgin brand grew rapidly during the 1980sas he set up Virgin Atlantic Airways and expanded the Virgin Records music label. Richard Branson is the 261st richest person in the world according to Forbes' 2009 list of billionaires, with an estimated net worth of approximately £2.6 bil...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=93759 ... Read more

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Richard Branson. Virgin Megastores, Virgin Atlantic Airways, Virgin Records, List of Richard Branson's business ventures, Virgin Mobile, Virgin Blue, Virgin Trains, Virgin Express, Virgin Unite, Necker Island (British Virgin Islands), Global Elders. ... Read more

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Chapters: Emily Davison, Richard Branson, Montague Druitt, John Brooke-Little, John Davies, Marty Wilde, Jools Holland, Anne Perry, Jack Peñate, Glenn Tipton, Kenneth Macdonald Beaumont, Jon Hiseman, David Hillier, Mary Quant, William Lindley, Charlie Absolom, Bernard Taylor, Francis Maule Campbell, Godfrey Rampling, Iwona Blazwick, Thomas Sandys, Sir Andrew Hamond, 1st Baronet, Walter Napleton Stone, Michael Saward, Clifford Coffin, Henry William Engleheart, Gordon Hoare, Claude Morley, John Cator, John Gilbert, Danny Fairbrass, Francis Gore, Eileen Hiscock, Ruth Williams Khama, Keith Pyott. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 163. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is a British industrialist, best known for his Virgin brand of over 360 companies. Branson's first successful business venture was at age 16, when he published a magazine called Student. He then set up an audio record mail-order business in 1970. In 1972, he opened a chain of record stores, Virgin Records, later known as Virgin Megastores and rebranded after a management buyout as Zavvi in late 2007 who later went into administration in 2008 and only exist now as an online store. Branson's Virgin brand grew rapidly during the 1980sas he set up Virgin Atlantic Airways and expanded the Virgin Records music label. Richard Branson is the 261st richest person in the world according to Forbes' 2009 list of billionaires, with an estimated net worth of approximately £2.6 billion (US$3.9billion). Branson was born at Stonefield Nursing Home in Blackheath, South London, the son of barrister Edward James Branson and Eve Branson (née Huntley Flindt). His grandfather the Right Honourable Sir George Arthur Harwin Branson, was a judge of the High Court of Justice and a Privy Councillo...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=93759 ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from Fairfield County Business Journal, published by Thomson Gale on December 6, 2004. The length of the article is 690 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Virgin's chief makes top job reality show prize.(Richard Branson)
Author: Dan Strempel
Publication: Fairfield County Business Journal (Magazine/Journal)
Date: December 6, 2004
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 43Issue: 49Page: 12(1)

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This digital document is an article from Airguide Online, published by Thomson Gale on June 30, 2005. The length of the article is 452 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Sir Richard Branson Celebrates 21 Years of Virgin Atlantic.(Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd.)
Publication: Airguide Online (Magazine/Journal)
Date: June 30, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
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Chapters: Friedrich Von Hayek, Tom Stoppard, Jonathan Meades, David Deutsch, Richard Branson, Herbert Spencer, Richard Cobden, Alan Duncan, Paul Staines, Daniel Hannan, Lembit Öpik, Andrew Marr, Auberon Herbert, Douglas Carswell, Sean Gabb, Peter Thomas Bauer, Roger Helmer, Antony Fisher, Chris Tame, Jean-Paul Floru, Douglas Mason, Lawrence Jones, Syed Kamall, Edward Martell, Brian Monteith, Israel Kirzner, Andrew Boff, Claire Fox, Richard Shepherd, Max Beloff, Baron Beloff, Rodney Atkinson, Oliver Smedley, Fabian Tassano, Fraser Nelson, Henry Bool, Kenneth Minogue, Alex Singleton. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 250. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Friedrich August von Hayek CH (8 May 1899 23 March 1992), was an Austrian-born economist and philosopher known for his defence of classical liberalism and free-market capitalism against socialist and collectivist thought. He is considered by some to be one of the most important economists and political philosophers of the twentieth century. Hayek's account of how changing prices communicate signals which enable individuals to coordinate their plans is widely regarded as an important achievement in economics. Hayek also wrote on the topics of jurisprudence, neuroscience and the history of ideas. Hayek is one of the most influential members of the Austrian School of economics, and in 1974 shared the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics for his "pioneering work in the theory of money and economic fluctuations and penetrating analysis of the interdependence of economic, social and institutional phenomena." He also received the U.S. Presidential Medal of Freedom in 1991 from president George H. W. Bush. Hayek lived in Austria, Great Britain, the United States and Germany, and became a British subject in 1938. He spent most of his academic life...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=11646 ... Read more

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Entrepeneur Magazine Novemeber 2008 Being Richard Branson, New Ways to Manage Risk, Inside the Latest SBA Controversy ... Read more

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Chapters: Richard Branson, Neil Aspinall, Derek Taylor, Trevor Horn, Simon Cowell, Chris Cutler, Eddie Gordon, Tony Wilson, Gilles Peterson, Alan Mcgee, Feargal Sharkey, Terry Ellis, Chris Blackwell, Wayne Bickerton, Nick Halkes, Andy Frain, Paul Conroy, Digby Pearson, Tom Watkins, Andy Heath, Jake Riviera, Scott C Shephard, Martin Mills, Richard Boon, Adam Sieff, John Holborow, Alan Pride, Ric Martin. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 156. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson (born 18 July 1950) is a British industrialist, best known for his Virgin brand of over 360 companies. Branson's first successful business venture was at age 16, when he published a magazine called Student. He then set up an audio record mail-order business in 1970. In 1972, he opened a chain of record stores, Virgin Records, later known as Virgin Megastores and rebranded after a management buyout as Zavvi in late 2007 who later went into administration in 2008 and only exist now as an online store. Branson's Virgin brand grew rapidly during the 1980sas he set up Virgin Atlantic Airways and expanded the Virgin Records music label. Richard Branson is the 261st richest person in the world according to Forbes' 2009 list of billionaires, with an estimated net worth of approximately £2.6 billion (US$3.9billion). Branson was born at Stonefield Nursing Home in Blackheath, South London, the son of barrister Edward James Branson and Eve Branson (née Huntley Flindt). His grandfather the Right Honourable Sir George Arthur Harwin Branson, was a judge of the High Court of Justice and a Privy Councillor. Branson was educated at Scaitcliffe School (now Bishopsgate School) until the age of thirteen. He then attended Stowe School until he was sixteen. Branson has dyslexia and had poor academic p...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=93759 ... Read more

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Chapters: Donald Campbell, Richard Branson, Sandy Woodward, Damon Hill, Malcolm Campbell, Lewis Hamilton, Nigel Mansell, Colin Mcrae, Mike Hailwood, Martin Brundle, Jackie Stewart, Stirling Moss, Bruce Mclaren, Barry Sheene, Allan Mcnish, Charles Kingsford Smith, Geoff Duke, Amy Johnson, Bert Hinkler, Carl Fogarty, Jean Batten, Joey Dunlop, Frank Williams, John Cunningham, Andy Green, Peter Twiss, A.t. Goldie Gardner, John Cobb, John Blashford-Snell, Segrave Trophy, Roger Clark, Ken Wallis, Steve Curtis, Richard Noble, Steve Webster, Louise Aitken-Walker, Brian Milton. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 266. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Lewis Carl Davidson Hamilton MBE (born 7 January 1985 in Stevenage, Hertfordshire) is a British Formula One racing driver, currently racing for the McLaren Mercedes team, and is the youngest ever Formula One World Champion. At the age of ten, Hamilton approached McLaren team principal Ron Dennis at the Autosport Awards ceremony in December 1995 and told him, "I want to race for you one day...I want to race for McLaren." Less than three years later, he was signed by McLaren and Mercedes-Benz to their Young Driver Support Programme. After winning the British Formula Renault, Formula Three Euroseries, and GP2 championships on his way up the racing career ladder, he became a McLaren F1 driver for 2007, making his Formula One debut 12 years after his initial encounter with Dennis. Coming from a mixed-race background, with a black father and white mother, Hamilton is often labelled "the first black driver in Formula One". In his first season in Formula One, Hamilton set numerous records and finished second in the 2007 Formula One Championship, just one point behind Kimi Räikkönen. He won his only World Championship the following season, ahead of Felipe ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=675561 ... Read more