Sentences with phrase «author of novels with»

Editor's note: Kim Stanley Robinson is a widely acclaimed author of novels with strong science and scientist characters including the Mars trilogy, Antarctica and The Years of Rice and Salt, and he has won a number of prestigious awards such as the Hugo, the Nebula and the John W. Campbell Memorial Award.

Author of novels with sex scenes.

Not exact matches

Reading novels can improve empathy and understanding of social cues, allowing a leader to better work with and understand others — traits that author Anne Kreamer persuasively linked to increased organizational effectiveness, and to pay raises and promotions for the leaders who possessed these qualities.

What is FAR, FAR more remarkable (and perplexing) is that the world population is 20 % Muslim... and yet with 18,453 people killed by ISLAMIC Terror merely since 9/11, virtually the whole Islamic world goes nuts over a political cartoon by an older Danish cartoonist (Westergaard), or a novel by a World Class MUSLIM AUTHOR (Salman Rushdie), and that years and years later, this so - called «religion» incites the murder of these people.

The author of seven novels, beginning in 1977 with Staggerford (the imaginary Minnesota town where most of his stories unfold), Hassler is a writer - in - residence and English teacher at St. John's University, Minnesota.

But of course, Waugh's novels» popularity with the public comes not from their connection with «real life» (whatever that is) but from their astonishing evocative power, itself deeply rooted in the author's essential rootlessness.

There can be no doubt that the author of these words also had in mind the purpose of a novel, perhaps one that would help break the spell of current assumptions in order to surprise us with the complicated truth about ourselves — with more dreams than we have dared to dream in what passes for our philosophy.

Today's guest post comes all the way from Laos, where my friend Lisa McKay — author of the highly acclaimed novel, My Hands Came Away Red — lives with her husband Mike, who works for a humanitarian organization in the region.

According the author, there is a lack of discussion about Whitehead's view that scientific laws state principles which are immanent in nature but which evolve concurrently with novel changes in the entities actually constituting the universe.

The non-profit School Nutrition Association (SNA) teamed up with Jarrett J. Krosoczka, author and illustrator of the popular LUNCH LADY graphic novel series, and Random House Children's Books, to celebrate all of America's school nutrition professionals through School Lunch Hero Day, May 5.

Author Emily Giffin talks about her novel Heart of the Matter and the stigma with stay at home moms

Amadi, before his demise was an author of plays and novels that are generally about African village life, customs, beliefs and religious practices, as they were before contact with the Western world.

«I originally tried to interest my grandchildren in writing something with me,» said Barrett, the author of six fiction novels.

To investigate the nonlinear response of such plasmonic oligomers, the authors used a novel optical microscopy technique, which is equipped with polarization - structured beams.

«Complex models are needed to effectively evaluate PMed study designs, and this proof - of - concept trial validates the dog with cancer as a model for clinical evaluation of novel PMed approaches,» said Dr. Melissa Paoloni, the study's lead author and former director of the COTC.

The authors also found that a novel small molecule inhibitor of the salvage pathway enzyme deoxycytidine kinase blocked leukemia growth in mice in combination with thymidine (to inhibit the de novo pathway).

«It is anticipated that this novel compound will have significant efficacy in human melanomas and other cancers either as a stand - alone therapy or in combination with other targeted or immune - based therapies,» explained co-corresponding author Rhoda Alani, MD, the Herbert Mescon Chair of Dermatology at Boston University School of Medicine (BUSM).

«Our research explores a novel approach to treating mite allergy in which specially - encapsulated miniscule particles are administered with sequences of bacterial DNA that direct the immune system to suppress allergic immune responses,» says Peter Thorne, public health professor at the UI and a contributing author on the paper.

«These new breathing techniques could represent a breakthrough for athletes seeking help with breathing during training and competition,» said J. Tod Olin, MD, senior author of the study, developer of the novel breathing techniques and Associate Professor of medicine at National Jewish Health in Denver, CO..

Dr Toby Pillinger, first author of the study from the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience (IoPPN) at King's College London, said: «The mortality gap between people with schizophrenia and the general population is growing, and there is a need for novel approaches to halt this trend.

In a novel study, «Personality Development through Natural Language,» published in the international journal, Nature: Human Behaviour, Kevin Lanning, Ph.D., lead author of the study and a professor of psychology in Florida Atlantic University's Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College, together with FAU Wilkes Honors College alumna Rachel (Evans) Pauletti, and collaborators Laura A. King, Ph.D., University of Missouri, and Dan P. McAdams, Ph.D., Northwestern University, examined how personality maturation or development was reflected in natural language.

Mark Poznansky, MD, PhD, director of the MGH - VIC and senior author of the Wound Repair and Regeneration report adds, «Having a novel therapeutic that is based on the immediate isolation of a patient's own cells, with minimal manipulation, will represent an attractive option for the wound care field; and a successful option that accelerates healing would greatly benefit patients, as diabetic ulcers typically need up to a year or more heal.

«Our study is the first to compare a novel, telemedicine - based obstructive sleep apnea management pathway with in - person care,» said lead author Dr. Barry G. Fields, assistant professor of medicine at Emory University School of Medicine and the Atlanta VA Medical Center.

This novel technique, which produces a more lifelike image than can be achieved with standard volume rendering, has the potential to create a new paradigm in virtual anatomic visualization, said one of the article's authors, Dr. U. Joseph Schoepf of the Department of Radiology and Radiological Science at the Medical University of South Carolina.

The results of this study provide a new window toward the development of a new class of drugs with a novel target unexplored until now,» said corresponding author Pietro Cottone, PhD, co-director of the Laboratory of Addictive Disorders (LAD) and associate professor of pharmacology and psychiatry at BUSM.

Although numerous studies have examined the potentially detrimental effects of restrictive feeding practices on children, the current study was novel in that it focused on the interplay of the parent's emotions with their controlling the child's food intake, said lead author Jaclyn A. Saltzman, a doctoral researcher in human development and family studies and scholar in the Illinois Transdisciplinary Obesity Prevention Program.

Multiple mesh - based procedures for SUI are a novel risk factor associated with an almost 5-fold higher rate of mesh removal or revision, and the safety of this practice should be studied further,» the authors write.

Coupled with a review of these results by experts on a molecular tumor board, the opportunity exists to identify novel therapies that would target specific abnormalities,» notes senior author of the work, Shridar Ganesan, MD, PhD, associate director for translational science at Rutgers Cancer Institute and associate professor of medicine and pharmacology at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School.

A recent study led by Alice Lam, MD, PhD, also of the MGH Epilepsy Service and lead author of the current study demonstrated a novel tool for detecting hippocampal seizures not detectible by scalp EEGs in patients with epilepsy, Cole adds, and his team is working to refine this tool and apply it to Alzheimer's disease.

«Our findings are clinically relevant as they identify a novel addiction target in rodents, along with parallel supporting evidence from brain imaging studies in human addicts,» explains Andon Placzek, lead author of the nicotine study.

«There have been few studies on fruiting cherry trees with respect to novel irrigation strategies such as partial and deficit irrigation, which have been intensively researched worldwide for several other tree fruits,» said Gerry Neilsen, lead author of the study.

«This is the first human trial of this novel stem cell - based implant, which is designed to replace a single - cell layer that degenerates in patients with dry age - related macular degeneration,» says lead author and surgeon for the study Dr. Amir H. Kashani, assistant professor of clinical ophthalmology at the Keck School of Medicine of USC.

When studies have a cross-disciplinary nature, such as modeling, novel methods, or theory applied to a biophysical research problem, authors are encouraged to suggest potential referees with the requisite expertise to assess both the technical / theoretical merits and the significance of potential applications of the work.

Author of books: Atmospheres of Mars and Venus (1961, nonfiction) Planets (1966, nonfiction, with Jonathan Norton Leonard) Intelligent Life in the Universe (1966, nonfiction, with Iosif S. Shklovskii) Planetary Exploration (1970, nonfiction) Planetary Atmospheres (1971, nonfiction, with Tobias C. Owen and Harlan J. Smith) U.F.O.'s: A Scientific Debate (1972, with Thornton Page) The Cosmic Connection: An Extraterrestrial Perspective (1973, nonfiction) Communication with Extraterrestrial Intelligence (1973, nonfiction) The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence (1977, nonfiction) Murmurs of Earth: The Voyager Interstellar Record (1978, nonfiction) Broca's Brain: Reflections on the Romance of Science (1979, nonfiction) Cosmos (1980, nonfiction) Comet (1985, nonfiction, with Ann Druyan) Contact (1985, novel) Nuclear Winter (1985, nonfiction) A Path where No Man Thought: Nuclear Winter and the End of the Arms Race (1990, nonfiction, with Richard P. Turco) The Demon - Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark (1996, essays) Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors: A Search for Who We Are (1992, nonfiction, with Ann Druyan) Pale Blue Dot: A Vision of the Human Future in Space (1994, essays) Billions and Billions (1996, essays) The Varieties of Scientific Experience: A Personal View of the Search for God (2006, nonfiction, posthumous, with Ann Druyan)

«Our findings suggest further investigation into the potential of MC1R - activating agents as novel neuroprotective therapies for PD, and together with epidemiological evidence, may offer information that could guide those carrying MC1R variants to seek advice from dermatologists or neurologists about their personal risk for melanoma and Parkinson's disease,» lead author Xiqun Chen says in a statement.

I didn't know how I was going to do the book and keep the site going at full tilt, but I am honored to announce that Gene Stone, the best - selling author of Forks Over Knives (and 35 other books, including his new novel The Awareness), has generously agreed to co-author it with me.

At work (for me — at school), I can pair this teal dress from LOFT with a pair of comfortable flats or open - toed booties and with my badge around my neck, I look fit to teach those teenagers the author's purpose of including a specific event at a certain point in the novel.

She is also the author of the comedic novel, FREE GIFT WITH PURCHASE about life after divorce.

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With all deference to Martin Booth, author of the novel «A Very Private Gentleman» on which this is based, some books work better as movies than others and maybe his book wasn't meant to be turned into THIS movie.

The screenplay, written by Riko Sakaguchi and Yonebayashi, is based on the 1971 children's novel The Little Broomstick by British author Mary Stewart, and the movie's story seems to exist in a unique place, with the characters appearing British but drawn in that specific style of Japanese animation, while the backdrops look as if they could be set in any place where there are fields and forests and farms and tiny villages down some dirt road.

Even with author Ian McEwan adapting his own novel for the screen, this somewhat stilted picture struggles to convey the deft emotional complexity of the source material.

In Persepolis, Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud's animated adaptation of Satrapi's graphic - novel autobiography about a young girl growing up in Tehran during the Islamic Revolution and Iran's war with Iraq, episodic stories give Western readers and many others a glimpse into a fascinating world during a tumultuous era, and the author's illustrations express the caricatured, exaggerated impressions of a young child.

Though best known amongst the grown up set as a purveyor of hugely popular crime novels, Norwegian author Jo Nesbo's greatest success may lie with his children's creation Doctor Proctor's Fart Powder.

Synopsis & Cast: Based on the immensely acclaimed Jonathan Franzen novel (which was the subject of controversy when the author declined an Oprah's Book Club endorsement), this is the story of the Lamberts, a midwestern family whose grown children have moved away to the East Coast, while the parents (Chris Cooper and Dianne Wiest) remain at home, dealing with the father's encroaching Parkinsons.

Ten years later, working from an adaptation of the caper novel by W.R. Burnett scripted in collaboration with the author, he essentially launched the heist film as a genre of its own and set the blueprint that all subsequent heist dramas built upon.

The life of celebrated but reclusive author, J.D. Salinger, who gained worldwide fame with the publication of his novel, The Catcher in the Rye.

In Starting Out in the Evening (2007), Frank Langella is heartbreakingly good as author Leonard Schiller, a once - celebrated author forgotten in the years since his last novel and flattered by the attention of an appreciative graduate student (Lauren Ambrose) intent on reintroducing his work to the world with her thesis.

With the help of Professor Jules Hilbert (Dustin Hoffman), Harold discovers he's the main character in a novel - in - progress and that the voice belongs to Karen Eiffel (Emma Thompson), an eccentric author famous for killing her main characters in creative ways.

A Vaudevillian known primarily for his button - down work in stuff like Dodsworth and Yankee Doodle Dandy, Walter had the role written for him by his son (mysterious B. Traven, the author of the source novel, reportedly envisioned someone older), with the caveat that he had to perform it sans teeth.