hard adj 1: not easy; requiring great physical or mental effort to accomplish or comprehend or endure; "a difficult task"; "nesting places on the cliffs are difficult of access"; "difficult times"; "a difficult child"; "found himself in a difficult situation"; "why is it so hard for you to keep a secret?" syn difficult ant easy 2: metaphorically hard; "a hard fate"; "took a hard look"; "a hard bargainer"; "a hard climb" ant soft 3: not yielding to pressure or easily penetrated; "hard as rock" ant soft 4: very strong or vigorous; "strong winds"; "a hard left to the chin"; "a knockout punch"; "a severe blow" syn knockout, severe 5: characterized by toilsome effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; "worked their arduous way up the mining valley"; "a grueling campaign"; "hard labor"; "heavy work"; "heavy going"; "spent many laborious hours on the project"; "set a punishing pace" syn arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, heavy, laborious, punishing, toilsome 6: of speech sounds ant soft 7: of a drinker or drinking; indulging intemperately; "does a lot of hard drinking"; "a heavy drinker" syn hard(a), heavy 8: having undergone fermentation; "hard cider" syn fermented 9: having a high alcoholic content; "hard liquor" syn strong 10: unfortunate or hard to bear; "had hard luck"; "a tough break" syn tough 11: dried out; "hard dry rolls left over from the day before" adv 1: with effort or force or vigor; "the team played hard"; "worked hard all day"; "pressed hard on the lever"; "hit the ball hard"; "slammed the door hard" 2: with firmness; "held hard to the railing" syn firmly 3: earnestly or intently; "thought hard about it"; "stared hard at the accused" 4: causing great damage or hardship; "industries hit hard by the depression"; "she was severely affected by the bank's failure" syn severely 5: slowly and with difficulty; "prejudices die hard" 6: indulging excessively; "he drank heavily" syn heavily, intemperately ant lightly 7: into a solid condition; "concrete that sets hard within a few hours" 8: very near or close in space or time; "it stands hard by the railroad tracks"; "they were hard on his heels"; "a strike followed hard upon the plant's opening" 9: with pain or distress or bitterness; "he took the rejection very hard" 10: to the full extent possible; all the way; "hard alee"; "the ship went hard astern"; "swung the wheel hard left" Source: WordNet. Princeton University
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The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo unabridged on 13 CDs in hard, vinyl boxby Stieg LarssonBooks on TapeFour decades ago Harriet Vanger, a young scion of one of the wealthiest families in Sweden and about her octogenarian uncle, determined to know the truth about what he believes was her murder. It's about Mikael Blomkvist, a crusading journalist recently at the wrong end of a libel case, hired to get to the bottom of Harriet's disappearance . . . and about Lisbeth Salander, a twenty-four-year-old pierced and tattooed genius hacker possessed of the hard-earned wisdom of someone twice her age who assists Blomkvist with the investigation. This unlikely team discovers a vein of nearly unfathomable iniquity running through the Vanger family, astonishing corruption in the highest echelons of Swedish industrialism, and an unexpected connection between themselves. Contagiously exciting, it's about society at its most hidden, and about the intimate lives of a brilliantly realized cast of characters, all of them forced to face the darker aspects of their world and of their own lives. The millionaire falls hard by Sarah FredricksCarrie is a world renowned children's author and single mum. In the past she has escaped from an abusive relationship and now lives successfully in Scotland, continuing her literary career and bringing up her son amongst a close circle of friends. Lately, she has been receiving threats and through time, these have turned more sinister. Needless to say the stress begins to get to her. Carrie is a world renowned children's author and single mum. In the past she has escaped from an abusive relationship and now lives successfully in Scotland, continuing her literary career and bringing up her son amongst a close circle of friends. Lately, she has been receiving threats and through time, these have turned more sinister. Needless to say the stress begins to get to her. Hard Eight (Stephanie Plum, No. 8) (Stephanie Plum Novels) by Janet EvanovichSt. Martin's Press
Hard Up Fugitive Apprehension Agent Stephanie Plum has a big problem on her hands: Seven-year-old Annie Soder and her mother, Evelyn, have disappeared. Evelyn's estranged husband, Steven, a shady owner of a seedy bar, is not at all happy. Finding a kidnapped child is not an assignment for a bounty hunter. But Evelyn's grandmother lives next door to Stephanie's parents, so Stephanie follows the trail left by Annie and Evelyn-and finds a lot more than she bargained for. Hard Risk Steven Soder is somehow linked with a very scary Eddie Abruzzi. Trenton cop and on-again, off-again fiancé Joe Morelli and Stephanie's mentor and tormentor, Ranger, warn Stephanie about Abruzzi, but it's Abruzzi's eyes and mannerisms that frighten Stephanie most. Stephanie needs Ranger's savvy and expertise, and she's willing to accept his help to find Annie even though it might mean getting too involved with Ranger. Stephanie, Ranger, Lula (who's not going to miss riding with Ranger), and Evelyn's lawyer/Laundromat manager set out to find Annie. The search turns out to be a race among Stephanie's posse, the True Blue Bonds' agent-a Rangerette known as Jeanne Ellen Burrows-and the Abruzzi crew. Plus, there's a killer rabbit on the loose! Hard Eight Strap on your helmet and get ready for the ride of your life! Hard Eight. The world of Stephanie Plum has never been wilder. In Hard Eight, Stephanie Plum picks up a case a little nastier than anything the wisecracking bounty hunter's seen before. Evelyn Soder and her young daughter have gone on the run, leaving an angry ex-husband who's planning to collect on a child custody bond that will leave Evelyn's grandmother homeless. Stephanie's first clue that there's more to it than that comes in the form of Eddie Abruzzi, a shady local businessman who warns her to butt out of the case. Stephanie doesn't scare easily, but when Abruzzi's henchmen leave a bag of snakes on her doorknob and tarantulas in her car, she has no choice but to call Ranger, the hunky man of mystery whom she already owes too many favors. Steph knows that Ranger will soon be calling in his marker, but with her ex- fiancé Joe Morelli out of the picture, that should be OK--shouldn't it? In the meantime, she's got other fugitives to catch, aided by the usual band of misfits, plus a bumbling correspondence-school lawyer who's developed the hots for Stephanie's sister, Valerie. And Steph's in for a surprise from her mother, who proves she's not above wielding a dangerous weapon to save her daughter's life. Author Janet Evanovich has made a bold move in using a soupçon of child jeopardy to pull this series out of the comfortable but formulaic pattern it was threatening to fall into. It's still funny, and yes, some cars are destroyed, but now there's a real edge of darkness under the humor. Fans needn't fear, though: Jersey girl Stephanie is still full of sass and Tastykakes. --Barrie Trinkle The Last Lecture unabridged on 4 CDs in hard, vinyl boxby Randy PauschBooks on TapeRandy Pausch, a computer science professor at Carnegie Mellon gave his last lecture after being diagnosed with terminal cancer. His lecture was not about dying, but about the overcoming obstacles and enabling the dreams of others. Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard by Chip HeathCrown BusinessWhy is it so hard to make lasting changes in our companies, in our communities, and in our own lives? Chip Heath and Dan Heath on Switch: How to Change Things When Change Is Hard "Change is hard." "People hate change." Those were two of the most common quotes we heard when we began to study change. But it occurred to us that if people hate change, they have a funny way of showing it. Every iPhone sold serves as counter-evidence. So does every text message sent, every corporate merger finalized, every aluminum can recycled. And we haven’t even mentioned the biggest changes: Getting married. Having kids. (If people hate change, then having a kid is an awfully dumb decision.) It puzzled us--why do some huge changes, like marriage, come joyously, while some trivial changes, like submitting an expense report on time, meet fierce resistance? We found the answer in the research of some brilliant psychologists who’d discovered that people have two separate “systems” in their brains—a rational system and an emotional system. The rational system is a thoughtful, logical planner. The emotional system is, well, emotional—and impulsive and instinctual. When these two systems are in alignment, change can come quickly and easily (as when a dreamy-eyed couple gets married). When they’re not, change can be grueling (as anyone who has struggled with a diet can attest). In those situations where change is hard, is it possible to align the two systems? Is it possible to overcome our internal "schizophrenia" about change? We believe it is. In our research, we studied people trying to make difficult changes: People fighting to lose weight and keep it off. Managers trying to overhaul an entrenched bureaucracy. Activists combatting seemingly intractable problems such as child malnutrition. They succeeded--and, to our surprise, we found striking similarities in the strategies they used. They seemed to share a similar game plan. We wanted, in Switch, to make that game plan available to everyone, in hopes that we could show people how to make the hard changes in life a little bit easier. --Chip and Dan Heath (Photo © Amy Surdacki) A Hard Man to Love (Hawthorne Family) by Delaney DiamondDiamond PressHating him is easy. Loving him is hard. Hating him is easy. Loving him is hard. The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society unabridged on 7 CDS in hard, vinyl boxby Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie BarrowsBooks on TapeHistorical fiction set in London, 1946. A writer finds the subject for her next bok in a letter from a man she'd never met. Banging the Babysitter Hard (Hot sex/Erotic short story/Babysitter sex) by Kiara KeeleyA divorced man struggles to bring up his young daughter, juggling two jobs and employing a babysitter regularly to look after the little one in the evenings. He receives a welcome bonus, however, when the babysitter starts to leave him explicit pictures of herself in various states of undress. But that's not all she gives him... A divorced man struggles to bring up his young daughter, juggling two jobs and employing a babysitter regularly to look after the little one in the evenings. He receives a welcome bonus, however, when the babysitter starts to leave him explicit pictures of herself in various states of undress. But that's not all she gives him... The Hard Way: A Reacher Novel (Jack Reacher Novels) by Lee ChildDell
Jack Reacher was alone, the way he liked it, soaking up the hot, electric New York City night, watching a man cross the street to a parked Mercedes and drive it away. The car contained one million dollars in ransom money because Edward Lane, the man who paid it, would do anything to get his family back. Hard Candy (Bandit Creek) by Jade BuchananIn life, one choice can lead you in vastly different directions. Penny Anderson is about to discover this for herself, in Penny Candy and Hard Candy. Two parallel stories, two very different endings. In life, one choice can lead you in vastly different directions. Penny Anderson is about to discover this for herself, in Penny Candy and Hard Candy. Two parallel stories, two very different endings. |
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