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Smith, an airline pilot, separates the fact from fallacy and tells you everything you need to know about air travel. From how planes fly, to the real story on congestion and delays, to a provocative look at terrorism and security, it's a personal look into the strange and misunderstand world of commercial flying.
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El propósito de este libro es describir, de manera introductoria, el derecho de la publicidad en el ordenamiento jurídico peruano, identificando sus principales categorías e instituciones. En tal sentido, se aborda el ámbito general sobre la materia, las líneas directrices de la actividad publicitaria y el marco regulatorio de los actos de competencia desleal relativos a la publicidad, subrayando la relación entre esta y la concurrencia en el...
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Para la OMPI (Organización Mundial de la Propiedad Intelectual) la propiedad intelectual engloba tanto los derechos de propiedad industrial (marcas, patentes, diseño industrial, denominaciones de origen) como los derechos de propiedad intelectual (derechos de autor y derechos conexos).
Este libro comprende la redacción tomada de la Ley 23/2006, de 7 de julio, por la que se modifica el texto refundido de la Ley de la Propiedad Intelectual, aprobado...
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Una Sociedad Limitada, también llamada sociedad de responsabilidad limitada, es un tipo de asociación empresarial muy común, en España.
La Ley de las sociedades limitadas españolas regula los derechos y deberes de este tipo de empresas en el territorio español. Si has decidido constituir una Sociedad Limitada (S.L.) en dicho país es importante conocer el proceso de su creación y las leyes que la rigen.
Entre otros temas, este libro define...
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Cricket O'Malley can't wait to plant roots back home in Georgia, where she's returned to restore an abandoned flower shop to its former glory. The only blemish? Her neighbor's house is even more neglected than her old flower shop, and its occupant seems as surly as he is darkly handsome. Devastated body and soul after a tough case went south, New York City detective Sam DeLuca thought he'd have no trouble finding solitude in the quiet Georgia town...
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Even with a wealth of technical experience, many pilots find the pilot selection process frustrating. In addition to technical experience today's airline pilot must also demonstrate highly developed leadership, decision-making and communication skills. Discussing one's abilities in these introspective areas requires a different kind of preparation than most pilots have experienced.
This is where Checklist for Success comes in. Written by Cheryl Cage,...
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With the launch of its superjumbo, the A380, Airbus made what looked like an unbeatable bid for commercial aviation supremacy. But archrival Boeing responded: Not so fast. Boeing's 787 Dreamliner has already generated more excitement--and more orders--than any commercial airplane in the company's history. This book offers a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at the first all-new airplane developed by Boeing since its 1990 launch of the 777. With hundreds...
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Air travel is one of the safest modes of travel when we take into account the distances and freedom that it allows us. And yet, we still remain obsessed with aviation disasters. What caused these accidents? Whose fault was it? In her series of books, Why Planes Crash, Sylvia Wrigley investigates the worst aviation disasters of the twenty first century.
Accidents are invariably a combination of issues. Pilot decisions and (in)actions can be the result...
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La globalización del comercio es una realidad cotidiana por la que se luchó durante décadas por parte de varios países hasta que finalmente se impuso. No obstante, la actual crisis económica mundial, la situación de sectores como la agricultura, los textiles y el vestido, la existencia de cerca de 300 acuerdos comerciales, problemas de seguridad de los países y la lucha contra el terrorismo, entre otras causas, han puesto sobre la palestra...
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Poised for takeoff on that hot morning in April 2005, the Airbus A380 had the purposeful, powerful presence of a giant predatory bird. With its enormous gulled wings, imperiously tall tail, and broad, domed forepeak, it looked ready to take on the world. And along the way, it has had plenty of supporters-and critics. No civil airliner since the supersonic Concorde has aroused such emotion, such fascination, and such cause célèbre. To a confident...
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En la actualidad, el derecho minero en Colombia presenta una serie de desafíos debido principalmente a cuatro razones: en primer lugar, al crecimiento exponencial de solicitudes y de concesiones mineras en los últimos años que han desbordado la capacidad de las instituciones públicas, en segundo lugar, a la derogatoria y suspensión de normas que han generado inseguridad jurídica y desconfianza en los inversionistas extranjeros, en tercer lugar,...
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Comprehensive history of how a swampland at the estuary of the river Shannon was transformed into a vital link for transatlantic aviation. We trace developments from the golden age of the Flying-boats to the TWA Clippers all the way to modern jumbo jets. There are also sections on the initiatives in tourism and industrial development which depended on the airport, and on the historical events in which it featured.
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"Swissair 1-1-1 is declaring Pan Pan Pan. We have smoke in the cockpit." Seventeen minutes after the co-pilot's distress call, the Geneva-bound jet crashed into the Atlantic off Peggy's Cove, Nova Scotia just over an hour after leaving New York on September 2, 1998, killing all 229 people on board. Acclaimed journalist Stephen Kimber tells the moving story of the crash and its far-reaching human consequences. Kimber introduces us to a wide variety...
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This riveting series goes beyond the news clips and investigates the most harrowing and inexplicable plane crashes from 2001-2003. Appearing for the first time in a bundle, this book contains thirty-three incidents and accidents from the series so far. Please note that this is a compilation of the existing three books and does not include new content.
Every chapter features a detailed walk-through of a real-life air emergency. The author combines...
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Dangerous Lessons and Guardian Angels is an action packed true adventure book that spans thirty-five years of airline flying. Stories about transporting guns to Biafra, flying cargo up and down the Berlin corridor during the cold war, and flying sensitive missions, deep into Russia. Fasten your seatbelt and get ready for exciting, sometimes funny, and ocassionally death defying true aviation stories. Many of the stories in this book will put you on...
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Esta obra analiza la figura del contratante débil en las relaciones jurídicas contemporáneas. Para ello se estudiaron tres relaciones jurídicas que las autoras han elegido arbitrariamente en el marco de la contratación y desarrollo tecnológico, a saber: el contrato de consumo-de manera especial, en las denominadas operaciones de autofinanciamiento comercial, el contrato laboral y el impacto de la Revolución 4.0, y, por último, la figura del...
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Riding for the Brand is the personal history of Lawrence H. "Larry" Lee, who started with Western Airlines in 1943 as a baggage handler, and worked his way up to Chairman of the Board. Larry led the company during turbulent times. He was responsible for establishing a "hub" in Salt Lake City, Utah and did so in just a few short months, and with very little capital. Larry believed in miracles, and knew they could happen with hard work and dedication....
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Air travel is one of the safest modes of travel when we take into account the distances and freedom that it allows us. And yet, we still remain obsessed with aviation disasters. What caused these accidents? Whose fault was it? In her series of books, Why Planes Crash, Sylvia Wrigley investigates the worst aviation disasters of the twenty first century.
Why Planes Crash: 2001 is the first of the series. Wrigley has put together eleven of the most...
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