Author: Benjamin Balshone
Publisher: Bloch Pub Co
Keywords: determined
Number of Pages: 172
Published: 1984-06
List price: $15.95
ISBN-10: 0819704946
ISBN-13: 9780819704948

Authors:Shayla Black,  Shelley Bradley,
Publisher: Berkley Trade
Keywords: determined, bound
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 2009-03-03
List price: $15.00
ISBN-10: 0425226905
ISBN-13: 9780425226902

"A searing...adventure of suspense, love and passion"(New York Times bestselling author Lora Leigh) from the popular author of Decadent. With her brother wrongfully accused of embezzling millions, Kerry Sullivan can’t face one more humiliating hang-up from the man she’s begging for help. Rafael Dawson may be one of the top electronic security experts in the country-and the only man who can prove her brother’s innocence- but his phone manners are appalling. Too bad kidnapping the man isn’t an option. Or is it? There’s nothing Kerry wouldn’t do for her brother

Author: Roger Hah
Publisher: Harvard University Pre
Keywords: scientist, determined, laplace, simon, pierre
Number of Pages: 322
Published: 2005-10-24
List price: $40.50
ISBN-10: 0674018923
ISBN-13: 9780674018921

Often referred to as the Newton of France, Pierre Simon Laplace has been called the greatest scientist of the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries. He affirmed the stability of the solar system and offered a powerful hypothesis about its origins. A skillful mathematician and popular philosopher, Laplace also did pioneering work on probability theory, in devising a method of inverse probabilities associated with his classic formulation of physical determinism in the universe. With Lavoisier and several younger disciples, he also made decisive advances in chemistry and mathematical ph

Author: John C. Maxwell
Publisher: Center Street
Keywords: daily, agenda, determined, success, secret, count
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2008-06-11
List price: $9.99
ISBN-10: 1599950812
ISBN-13: 9781599950815

Drawing from the text of the Business Week bestseller Today Matters, this condensed, revised edition boils down John C. Maxwell’s 12 daily practices to their very essence, giving maximum impact in

Authors:Mick Conefrey, Tim Jordan,
Publisher: Da Capo Press
Keywords: scaled, world, famous, peaks, first, eccentrics, men, remarkable, climbers, determined, mountain
Number of Pages: 296
Published: 2003-03-27
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0306812266
ISBN-13: 9780306812262

An irresistible account of the pioneers of mountaineering "as colorful and eye-opening as the characters involved." -Guardian. Traversing a century of climbing that begins with Victorian enthusiasts and ends with the conquerors of the Himalayan peaks, Mountain Men tells the stories of the extraordinary men who were the first to climb the world’s best-known mountains: the Matterhorn, McKinley, Everest, and K2. Edward Whymper’s relentless siege of the Matterhorn ended in controversy when four of his companions plunged to their deaths an hour after leaving the summit. In Alaska there

Author: Nicholas A. Basbanes
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Keywords: librarians, dealers, quixotic, task, legacy, preserving, collectors, book, wherein, fortitude, colorful, cast, determined, patience
Number of Pages: 688
Published: 2003-04-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0060514469
ISBN-13: 9780060514464

In his national bestseller, A Gentle Madness, Nicholas Basbanes explored the sweet obsession people feel to possess books.Now, Basbanes continues his adventures among the "gently mad" on an irresistible journey to the great libraries of the past -- from Alexandria to Glastonbury -- and to contemporary collections at the Vatican, Wolfenb�ttel, and erudite universities. Along the way, he drops in on eccentric book dealers and regales us with stories about unforgettable collectors, such as the gentleman who bought a rare book in 1939 "by selling bottles of his own blood."Taking the book’s g

Authors:Patricia C. McKissack, Fredrick L. McKissack,
Publisher: Holiday House
Keywords: hansberry, lorraine, biography, determined, black
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 1997-04
List price: $18.95
ISBN-10: 0823413004
ISBN-13: 9780823413003

A biography of the black playwright who received great recognition for her work at an early age.