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1) A Treatise on Spherical Trigonometry, and Its Application to Geodesy and Astronomy, with Numerous Ex
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This early work on spherical trigonometry is both expensive and hard to find in its first edition. It contains a comprehensive account of the subject and includes numerous examples and exercises. This is a fascinating work and highly recommended for anyone interested in learning spherical trigonometry. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce. We are republishing these classic works...
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"By the time we, pulled in to the parking lot of Wilson Automotive, I had plenty of time to ponder the fact that that I was following an old pal, who had the personality of a Scottish clan chief, from the seventeenth century, bent on physical contact with knuckle dragging rednecks, that I'd be involved in it, and that on my own, I don't experience much conflict."
Ed Wakefiled attempts to live quietly in Fort Smith, Arkansas as he ponders his recent...
3) Evolution
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Two years have passed since the dramatic conclusion of Operation Excise. Michael Dolan has moved home to Boston to mend when once again, the Agency comes knocking. Terrorists have launched a bioweapon in the Middle East, thousands are dying of a horrifying virus with no cure, and Dolan is the key to preventing more attacks. Only this time, everything will be done on his terms...
Fans of Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Identity will appreciate the internecine...
4) Devolution
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Michael Dolan is a stoic perfectionist and former combat pilot with a dark and labyrinthine psyche and troubled past. While working a staff job at the Pentagon he is approached by the Central Intelligence Agency with an improbable request-to help them forestall impending terror attacks in Europe. He agrees and is sent undercover to Paris, France. He quickly takes to the task of infiltrating a terrorist cell by rekindling an old friendship and passing...
5) Revelation
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Michael Dolan is now leading the CIA black operations team formerly known as SCALPEL, his fortunes buoyed by unparalleled success in thwarting numerous terrorist attacks. After uncovering a sinister network of organizations planning a cyberattack with global financial and geopolitical implications, he must risk putting the world at war if he is to save it.
Fans of Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Identity will appreciate the internecine struggle and cryptic...
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Climate change has been a perplexing problem for years. In Dark Winter, author John L. Casey, a former White House national space policy advisor, NASA headquarters consultant, and space shuttle engineer tells the truth about ominous changes taking place in the climate and the Sun. Casey's research into the Sun's activity, which began almost a decade ago, resulted in discovery of a solar cycle that is now reversing from its global warming phase to...
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Knopf
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2010
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Rose, a spunky, theatrical girl, does not get much of a chance to show off her talents at her fancy new school where she is a scholarship student, and it does not help that everyone knows her parents were never married, even though they live practically next door to each other, but having a town full of relatives and well-wishers makes her life easier.
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W.W. Norton & Company
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[2014]
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"For students and writers alike, a brilliant guide to the craft of writing by the National Book Award-winning author of Spartina. National Book Award winner John Casey is a masterful novelist who is also an inspiring and beloved teacher. In Beyond the First Draft he offers essential and original insights into the art of writing-and rewriting-fiction. Through anecdotes about other writers' methods and habits (as well as his own) and close readings...
9) Dark Winter
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Climate change has been a perplexing problem for years. Casey's research into the Sun's activity, which began almost a decade ago, resulted in discovery of a solar cycle that is now reversing from its global warming phase to that of dangerous global cooling for the next thirty years or more. This new cold climate will dramatically impact the world's citizens. A sobering look at Earth's future, Dark Winter predicts worldwide, crop- destroying...
11) Love Simple
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Adam and Seta fall madly in love after meeting in a Brooklyn laundromat. She suffers from Lupus. He's stuck at home caring for his chronically ill father. Both lie through their teeth to avoid having to reveal they are anything but perfect. How long can this fabled romance last?