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Скачать книгу (размер 1 993 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 392) Аннотация: In September 2012, a Yougov poll conducted in Britain found that the person British workers would most like as their manager was Sir Richard Branson. With over 40 years in business, Richard Branson is an inspiring pioneer of humanitarian projects and an iconic business leader. In The Virgin Way: How to Listen, Learn, Laugh and Lead, Richard shares and distils his secrets of leadership and…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 033 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 400) Аннотация: Doing good can help improve your prospects, your profits, and your business; and it can change the world. We must change the way we do business . (Richard Branson). Can we bring more meaning to our lives and help change the world at the same time? In Screw Business as Usual, Richard Branson at his brilliant and motivating best, shares some fascinating and inspiring stories about the people who…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Looking for advice on setting up your own company, improving your career prospects, or developing your leadership skills? Why not ask Richard Branson? In Like a Virgin: Secrets They Won't Teach You in Business School, Richard distils and shares the wisdom and experience that have made him one of the world's most recognised and respected entrepreneurs. From his 'Top 5 secrets of Business Success',…

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: An Aladdin's cave of criminal slang as spoken in the UK, America and Australia. If you're scratching or set tripping, if you're viper mad or coming heavy, if the ming are on the wing and you've no idea what any of this means, then you need Gangster Speak. From the shocking to the ridiculous, Gangster Speak contains over 2,500 linguistic gems: Ghosting — the practice of transferring a troublesome…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 197 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 432) Аннотация: Googled is candid and authoritative — based on extensive research including in-house at Google HQ — and doesn't flinch from outlining the negatives related to the Google worldview, as well as charting the extraordinary vision and business acumen that brought us the phenomenon of the uber search engine. And crucially, it's not just a history or reportage: it's forward-looking. This book is ahead…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 952 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 384) Аннотация: Today — six years after it was created in a Harvard dorm room — over 500 million people use Facebook regularly, in just about every country on earth. That a company this powerful and influential was started as a lark by a couple of 19-year-olds makes it a fascinating and surprising tale. That one of them, the visionary Mark Zuckerberg, had the maturity, strategic smarts and luck to keep his…

Скачать книгу (размер 646 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 128) Аннотация: The global icon shares his secrets of success and exciting plans for the future. Throughout my life I have achieved many remarkable things. In Screw It, Let's Do It, I will share with you my ideas and the secrets of my success, but not simply because I hope they'll help you achieve your individual goals. Today we are increasingly aware of the effects of our actions on the environment, and I…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 789 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 352) Аннотация: As far back as stories go, pioneers have reached for the skies. In the last two hundred years, they have mastered the air and made the modern world possible. Today they are bringing outer space within our reach. They're inventors and toymakers, amateurs and adventurers, visionaries, dreamers and, yes, crackpots. Some have called them irresponsible, even dangerous. But Richard Branson has met many…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: «Gaunty's Best of British» is one man's cheerful look at what's right — and what's wrong — with his country, and a brilliantly entertaining guide to how Britain can be Great again. Jon Gaunt embarks on a tour of the best bits of this green and pleasant land, celebrating all things British. His forthright tribute is an aptly eclectic collection, covering everything from cricket, foxhunting and the…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 544 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 304) Аннотация: «In 1991, the collapse of the USSR seemed to signal the death of the Russian football industry, as the money, the players and the fans left. But now the oligarchs who profited from the post-Soviet turmoil are supporting the nation's football clubs and their dreams of glory, resulting in unprecedented success. Along this journey into the heart of Russian football, Marc Bennetts meets the managers,…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: «Henry Chinaski, an outcast, a loner and a hopeless drunk, drifts around America from one dead-end job to another, from one woman to another and from one bottle to the next. Uncompromising, gritty, hilarious and confessional in turn, his downward spiral is peppered with black humour. «Factotum» follows Charles Bukowski's bestselling «Post Office», his highly autobiographical first novel.…

Скачать книгу (размер 973 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 192) Аннотация: Charles Bukowski’s brilliant, fantastical pastiche of a detective story. Packed with wit, invention and Bukowski’s trademark lowlife adventures, it is the final novel of one of the most enjoyable and influential cult writers of the last century. Nicky Belane, private detective and career alcoholic, is a troubled man. He is plagued not just by broads, booze, lack of cash and a raging ego, but also…

Скачать книгу (размер 891 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 176) Аннотация: «Henry Chinaski is a lowlife loser with a hand-to-mouth existence. His menial post office day job supports a life of beer, one-night stands and racetracks. Lurid, uncompromising and hilarious, «Post Office» is a landmark in American literature. The new edition is augmented with an anecdotal introduction by the modern Welsh cult-literary author, Niall Griffiths — a writer who was working in a…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 625 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 320) Аннотация: Low life writer and alcoholic Henry Chinaski was born to survive. Now, at the age of fifty, he is living the life of a rock star, running three hundred hangovers a year and a sex life that would cripple Casanova. Women is a riotous and uncompromisingly vivid account of life on the edge.

Скачать книгу (размер 1 829 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 360) Аннотация: «From its creation as a mail-order record company to the literal launch of Virgin Galactic, today Virgin is one of the premier 'way-of-life' brands in the world, trusted and enjoyed by many millions of people. In «Business Stripped Bare», Sir Richard Branson shares the inside track on his life in business and reveals the incredible truth about his most risky, brilliant and audacious deals. In…

Скачать книгу (размер 3 094 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 608) Аннотация: This is the bestselling autobiography of iconic entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson, featuring his take on his latest business ventures, personal achievements and intrepid adventures. You'll discover how Sir Richard is committed to building a better world through responsible, holistic business practices and ventures such as the Virgin Health Bank, which is contributing to regenerative medicine,…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 044 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 402) Аннотация: The 'Monster of Florence', Italy's answer to Jack the Ripper, murdered seven couples in secluded areas outside of Florence over a period often years, from 1974 to 1985; he left behind mutilated corpses and a media frenzy. United in their fascination with these chilling, unsolved murders, bestselling thriller writer Douglas Preston and Italian crime reporter Mario Spezi decided to jointly…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Surfacing from the literary underground, Bukowski's wild and immortal stories have become cult favourites. This collection of anecdotal short stories demonstrates Bukowski's compelling semi-autobiographical style and his mastery of visceral language and the depiction of seamy underworlds. Focusing on themes that recur throughout his work, from Los Angeles and bar culture to alcoholism, gambling,…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 054 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 208) Аннотация: «Beginning in 1967, Bukowski wrote the column «Notes of A Dirty Old Man» for the underground newspaper «Open City». Perennially drunk, broke and in search of a woman, Bukowski takes on the guise of a wise fool as he ventures through America's seedy lowlife. Peopled by Kerouac, Burroughs and other much less salubrious characters, his exploits provoke humour and despair, whilst highlighting the…

Скачать книгу (размер 1 217 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 240) Аннотация: Inspired by DH Lawrence, Chekhov and Hemingway, Bukowski's writing is passionate, extreme and has attracted a cult following, while his life was as weird and wild as the tales he wrote. This collection of short stories gives an insight into the dark, dangerous lowlife of Los Angeles that Bukowski inhabited. From prostitutes to classical music, Bukowski ingeniously mixes high and low culture in…