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Title: Why would you want to be self-employed? Richard O'Brien serves up some food for thought for people thinking of starting their own business.(viewpoint)
Author: Richard O'Brien
Publication: NZ Business (Magazine/Journal)
Date: November 1, 2005
Publisher: Thomson Gale
Volume: 19Issue: 10Page: 25(1)

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Chapters: Fred Murray, Vivian Murray, Marguerite Gardiner, Countess of Blessington, Ollie Cahill, Michael O'brien, Richard Bagwell, John Hely-Hutchinson, 7th Earl of Donoughmore, Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 8th Earl of Donoughmore. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 29. 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:Senior club appearances and goalscounted for the domestic league only andcorrect as of 09:17, 2 May 2010 (UTC).* Appearances (Goals) Frederick Anthony "Fred" Murray (born 22 May 1982 in Clonmel, County Tipperary) is an Irish footballer currently playing for Luton Town. Murray began his career as a trainee at Premier League side Blackburn Rovers, though he never made a first-team appearance. An initial loan period at Second Division club Cambridge United was turned permanent in March 2002, as the U's signed Murray on a free transfer from Blackburn. Murray's three seasons at the club, in which he made over 100 appearances, saw Cambridge relegated to the Third Division. He signed a three-year contract for League Two side Northampton Town for an undisclosed fee in July 2004, but his tenure at the club was blighted by serious injuries, including an infected Achilles tendon. In both the 200506 and 200607 seasons, Murray did not play a single minute of football. He was released in May 2007, but was invited to still train with the club. After an unsuccessful trial with Leyton Orient, Murray joined Conference National side Stafford Rangers on 28 August 2007, making his debut in a 21 defeat at Oxford United. He then joined Peter Taylor's Stevenage Borough team on a short-term contract in the January 2008 transfer window, and narrowly missed out on a place in the Conference play-offs. After his release from Stevenage, he trained with League Two side Exeter City before signing for them, once more ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=11684898 ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Richard Timothy Smith (born 25 March 1942) better known under his stage name Richard O'Brien, is an English writer, actor, television presenter and theatre performer. He is perhaps best known for writing the cult musical The Rocky Horror Show and for his role in presenting the popular TV show The Crystal Maze. In addition to writing The Rocky Horror Show O'Brien also starred in its 1975 film adaptation as the character Riff Raff. The stage show has been in almost continuous production and the cinematic version is one of the best known and most ardently followed cult films of all time. He is also the voice of Lawrence Fletcher, the title characters' father in Phineas and Ferb. ... Read more

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"Human Nature (Dub Version)" is a landmark collaboration between poet Glenn O'Brien and artist Richard Prince, marrying the synchronous sensibilities of these two artful pranksters and clever collagists in a volume that resounds with wit and creative elan. Aside from his poetry, Glenn O'Brien is known for his diatribes and essays on pop culture and his stand-up comedy, as well as his television show "Glenn O'Brien's TV Party," which David Letterman called "the greatest TV show ever." Richard Prince is one of the key American artists of his generation, whose Marlboro men, girlfriends, car hood paintings, and joke paintings have changed the playing field of contemporary art. O'Brien, who has played golf and collaborated with Prince in the past, asked the artist to illustrate "Human Nature." This is their first collaboration in book form, and all of the poems and drawings are being published here for the first time. Clothbound slipcased hardcover, 128 pages, 7 x 9.5 inches, 40 b&w images. Artist Edition of 250. Stamped, numbered and signed by the author. Includes a silkscreen print signed by Richard Prince. ... Read more

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Comic History from the Golden Age
A book I would recommend for the artwork alone, the text is short but revealing. I had this book when I was a kid and remembered the photos of the old comic book covers - Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, the Spectre, Daredevil, Blue Beetle, Green Giant, Captain Marvel, Green Lantern and other Golden Age heroes from the World War II era. I took the photos and matted and framed them - truly classic comics that I would never be able to find let alone afford. Richard O'Brien's writing and history gives a good perspective that still stands up after years of being in print, but it's the comic covers that did it for me. Great book. ... Read more

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In recent years, scholars in international relations and other fields have begun to conceive of security more broadly, moving away from a state-centered concept of national security toward the idea of human security, which emphasizes the individual and human well-being. Viewing global environmental change through the lens of human security connects such problems as melting ice caps and carbon emissions to poverty, vulnerability, equity, and conflict. This book examines the complex social, health, and economic consequences of environmental change across the globe.

In chapters that are both academically rigorous and policy relevant, the book discusses the connections of global environmental change to urban poverty, natural disasters (with a case study of Hurricane Katrina), violent conflict (with a study of the decade-long Nepalese civil war), population, gender, and development. The book makes clear the inadequacy of traditional understandings of security and shows how global environmental change is raising new, unavoidable questions of human insecurity, conflict, cooperation, and sustainable development.

Contributors: W. Neil Adger, Jennifer Bailey, Jon Barnett, Victoria Basolo, Hans Georg Bohle, Mike Brklacich, May Chazan, Chris Cocklin, Geoffrey D. Dabelko, Indra de Soysa, Heather Goldsworthy, Betsy Hartmann, Robin M. Leichenko, Laura Little, Alexander López, Richard A. Matthew, Bryan McDonald, Eric Neumayer, Kwasi Nsiah-Gyabaah, Karen L. O'Brien, Marvin S. Soroos, Bishnu Raj Upreti ... Read more

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This scarce antiquarian book is a selection from Kessinger Publishing's Legacy Reprint Series. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment to protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature. Kessinger Publishing is the place to find hundreds of thousands of rare and hard-to-find books with something of interest for everyone! ... Read more

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Selected poetry from the writings of George Earl Owen, Mary Devon O'Brien, Anne Owen Fountain, Peggy Owen Clark, Deborah Elizabeth Owen, Devon Elizabeth Owen and Christopher Covert O'Brien. Illustrated by Devon Elizabeth O'Brien. ... Read more

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General Books publication date: 2009Original publication date: 1896Subjects: Law / GeneralLaw / Administrative Law ... Read more

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This is an OCR edition without illustrations or index. It may have numerous typos or missing text. However, purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original rare book from GeneralBooksClub.com. You can also preview excerpts from the book there. Purchasers are also entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books Club where they can select from more than a million books without charge. Original Published by: Smith, Elder in 1901 in 433 pages; Subjects: Judges; Biography & Autobiography / General; Biography & Autobiography / Historical; Biography & Autobiography / Lawyers & Judges; Biography & Autobiography / Personal Memoirs; History / Europe / Great Britain; History / Europe / Ireland; ... Read more

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Originally published in 1909.This volume from the Cornell University Library's print collections was scanned on an APT BookScan and converted to JPG 2000 format by Kirtas Technologies.All titles scanned cover to cover and pages may include marks notations and other marginalia present in the original volume. ... Read more

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Richard O Brien's The Rocky Horror Picture Show. The whole gory story in song! These vocal selections match the 1990 cast recording and are arranged for piano (or keyboard), voice and guitar. All the songs are complete with lyrics and guitar chord symbols. ... Read more

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Pretty Much Awesome!
Ok, so for 1 the book came a day before expected! For another The Rocky Horror (Picture) Show is simply amazing! Thanks Amazon!!!!!

book in excellent shape, and quickly shipped. fun to relive the music!
This book has some good piano arrangements of the RHPS songs I remember from high school.I've had a blast going through and singing along!

LOVED IT!
Got this as a present for my daughter, and she hasn't stopped playing it! Great item!

Better than expected
I ordered this songbook while directing a production of The Rocky Horror Show to use until the actual score arrived. It is surprisingly accurate, and actually contains more information on vocals than the score does. It was perfect for auditions and saved me from disaster during early rehearsals (since the score arrived 2 weeks later than I needed it)!

Richard O'Brien is pure Genious!
This book was really great, I found out things I never knew about Rocky Horror, and I'v only seen that movie around 100 times!Richard O'Brien is pure Genious! ... Read more

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This book has important information and current statistics on health disparities within the United States. It identifies our most vulnerable populations and offers guidelines on how to avoid cultural incompetence and promote cultural proficiency. Cultural Proficiency in Addressing Health Disparities will help us to address Healthy People 2010, which challenges individuals, communities, and professionals to take specific steps to ensure that good health, as well as long life, is enjoyed by all. This demands the ability to relate effectively to persons of many different cultures to assure collaborative participation in research (that must include minorities), clinical patient care and disease prevention.Cultural Proficiency in Addressing Health Disparities is written by experienced health care practitioners and researchers who work every day to eliminate health disparities and produce a culturally proficient health care environment for patient, practitioner, and researchers. Physicians, researchers, healthcare workers, health sciences educators and students, community workers, advocates, planners, policy-makers and similar professionals in non-profit and at the government level will benefit from the information, insights and experiences recounted in this book. ... Read more

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Incorrect title
Interesting book but it is NOT a book about Toy soldiers.It is about toys.
Unless you consider, farm animals, politicians, African animals, cars, boats, planes, actors,..s as "soldiers".
It is a good book about toy manufactures.

Save your money for a book on TOY SOLDIERS.

Toy Soldier Bible
In a nutshell, this book is the American Made Toy Soldier Collector's Bible. Richard O'Brien was a pioneer in the compilation of information on American Made Toy Soldiers, without him, I dare to say the hobby would not be where it is today. There are many players who contributed to this book and the two previous versions who don't always get the glory but are just as important and the list is too long to name, but you can view their contributions in the credits.

As I said, there were two earlier editions of this book, so Collecting American Made Toy Soldiers 3rd Edition is the one to have. In my opinion, the best thing in this book is the company histories, you will not find many of them anywhere else, next is the cataloging of the individual figures, although extensive, new variations continue to be found (I keep up with all of them on my private website which is subscription based) and finally the photos, although they are black and white and of varying quality, at least you can see what they look like. There are many reasons to buy this book, but if you are a collector of American Made Toy Soldiers, it's a #1 must have.

On to the valuation guide, which I felt needed a separate paragraph for clarity. The values on the earliest makers such as American Solder, Eureka, Feix, Hahn and such are inaccurate, this is because so little was known about most of the companies at the time and collectors had no classification on them, making valuation difficult if not impossible. On the other hand the more commonly available and better documented Barclay, Manoil and Grey Iron figures were within reason at the time of publication in 1997. One has to remember this book was compiled and published just as the internet and eBay was beginning, so a vast amount of information and relevant valuation has surfaced since then. I tell everyone to look at the valuation guide as wholesale valuation in today's market and you can't go wrong...Rodney Hopson aka Scorcherxxx

A great history, identification, and price guide.
I've been collecting American toy soldiers all of my life, and this is by far the best guide that I've ever found. It works as a good overall history of the subject, as well as, a specific historical guide to the companies and individuals involved. It is also superb as an identification guide and for approximate pricing.
Whether you are into cast metal figures like Maniol, Barclay, or Grey Iron, or the classic Marx, Ideal, MPC, or Lido plastics, this is one great guide. It even covers comic book flats, paper soldiers, cerial premiums, and the original G.I. Joe. You can spend hours just flipping though this hefty book and reminiscing, even if you don't currently collect.

Collecting Toy Soldiers. (1996) Third Edition
Second of two large soft cover books by Richard O'Brien, specificallyaimed at the identification and fair value of American Made Toy Soldiers.Includes brief history of each manufacturer pre and post WWII styles ofsoldiers. Top quality materials, mine has traveled thousands of miles insuitcases, back packs and the backseat. Opened and closed hundreds oftimes, it is still in great shape. Crisp and clear photos of most of thelisted items have helped avoid confusion and misidentification.

Withon-line auctions setting the pace in the toy soldier collecting world. Anidentification guide of this quality is a must in establishing a BEGINNINGbid, while desirability sets how high the actual cost will go. Hopefully,an update of this book is in work as in my opinion the on-line auctionshave driven the price of many of the toys to often double their listedprice. ... Read more

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This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process.We believe this work is culturally important, and despite the imperfections, have elected to bring it back into print as part of our continuing commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.We appreciate your understanding of the imperfections in the preservation process, and hope you enjoy this valuable book. ... Read more