Sentences with phrase «idea books authors»

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If a particular author's book is just one of thousands available to a subscribing reader, for example, the idea of a refund doesn't apply anymore because there's no individual purchase being made.

He recently authored the book The Euro: How a Common Currency Threatens Europe, which delves into this idea.

But as bestselling author and Oprah - anointed happiness expert Shawn Achor pointed out on in an excerpt from his new book on the TED Ideas blog recently, that sort of praise — well intentioned as it might be — actually does more harm than good.

How This Ghostwriter Got the Idea for a $ 2.3 Million Company That Allows Aspiring Authors to Write Books in a Castle

Stanford's Re: Think newsletter explains that the authors devote a considerable portion of the book to the idea of widening your options, advice that may seem at odds with the very definition of decision making.

According to Seth Godin, author of 13 bestselling business books, the job of a CEO is to think of big ideas rather than micro-communicating.

Their editors extract the essence of the authors» ideas and provide key takeaways from the book, all in an easily digestible format.

The authors of both books recognize that the chances of a product or idea taking off phenomenally are enhanced by social groups that «provide the resources for their members to learn,» as Brown and Duguid put it.

-- based psychologist and author of the 2008 book Introvert Power, believes that introverts have a leadership advantage in their ability to delve into the big ideas and not be distracted by frivolous social preoccupations.

The book is particularly helpful, says Branson, because the authors explain how to build and successfully channel new power: «It's a useful lens to use when thinking about how business has changed, how to spread ideas or start a movement, or create change.»

You might know Seth Godin as a sort of marketing legend, the author of books such as Unleashing the Ideavirus, «the most popular e-book ever published,» according to his marketing materials (I have no idea how I'd check that), and Purple Cow, «the best - selling marketing book of the decade» (similar caveat).

In an excerpt in the Atlantic from his book Caesar's Last Breath, author Sam Kean explained Langmuir's idea: Growing ice in the eye of the hurricane would make the eye grow wider and collapse the storm.

Mr. Yubas is the author of the book «Product Idea to Product Success: A Complete Step - by - Step Guide to Making Money from Your Idea» as well as several articles, eBooks, Kits, audio programs, and DVD.

«It's a sound idea, but it gets a lot harder to do the bigger the company gets,» says Bruce Ellig, former worldwide head of human resources at Pfizer Inc. and author of several books on compensation.

Not to be outdone, he is also an author of two best - selling books on creativity and innovation and has his own radio talk show with Michigan Radio called The Next Idea.

Understand the Annuity Product - In Plain Language Annie Logue of the Root of All, Chicago on the Cheap, and author of several Money and Investing Dummies books about asks; «When are annuity investment products a good idea?»

Recognized as a «branding expert» by the Associated Press, Fortune, and Inc. magazine, she is the author of Reinventing You: Define Your Brand, Imagine Your Future and her most recent book, Stand Out: How to Find Your Breakthrough Idea and Build a Following Around It, was released in April 2015.

Matthew is the author of several articles, kits, and books including «Product Idea to Product Success» which has been used by inventors, entrepreneurs, colleges, government agencies, and sold into 14 countries.

-- Daniel H. Pink, New York Times bestselling author of Drive and A Whole New Mind «In this valuable guide Chris Guillebeau shows that transforming an idea into a successful business can be easier than you think... You are in charge of which ideas deserve your time, and this book can help you wake up every morning eager to progress to the next step.»

They get all their ideas out of books from a few authors.

He is the author of several books including Resurrecting the Idea of a Christian Society (2016).

We recently spoke with author Eric Metaxas (Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy; Amazing Grace: William Wilberforce and the Heroic Campaign to End Slavery) about his new book Miracles: What They Are, Why They Happen, and How They Can Change Your Life and what inspired him to explore the idea of supernatural phenomenon in an increasingly cynical world.

The sorts of books, ideas, authors that make it into a traditional canon do so because they are taken to have been influential expressions of such interests.

Ideas, authors, methods, books that the canon has neglected or vilified come into their own this way.

I think I caught an author stealing my ideas for a book.

Usually when theologians say that the Bible is a human book, they mean that the Bible has human authors who use human words to discuss human ideas to human readers with human ways of thinking.

William Goldman, the author of the beloved Princess Bride novel that became the beloved Princess Bride movie, told fans that he'd love to write a sequel to his book, but has not been able to think of an idea for it.»

But however one takes Moby - Dick, the book sufficiently demonstrates that its author was capable of huge, cosmic ideas about life and death, freedom and necessity, wisdom and insanity.

Eliade, who was for many years at the University of Chicago, will be familiar to most readers as the author of the four - volume A History of Religious Ideas and numerous other books dealing with religion and myth in human history.

John Shea, a young theologian and author of three books, says that many fine thinkers of his generation prefer to «act out what they believe in social or political programs, or talk out their ideas in conferences and workshops, rather than write them out.»

We could argue that their books were written by several different authors over a period of several decades, all of whom had competing interests and goals, most of which involve self - advancing propaganda and fictional tales of the supposed author's life and ideas.

If I was aware that the vast majority of his ideas in 50 pages of the book were simply the summaries of ideas from some other author, it made me wonder about the other 150 pages in his book.

Maybe the Holy Spirit is at work around the world to bring multiple authors and pastors and theologians to similar ideas about similar things all at once, and so when I read something in someone else's book that sounds a lot like something I have written, but they don't give me credit, it is not that they «borrowed» from me, but because both of us were listening to what the Spirit has been whispering to minds all over the world.

But like you say — if most of an author's ideas and content are being pulled from the ideas of authors in other books, it is only right and fair to give them more crthan two footnotes especially if content, argument structure and illustrations are similar (credit: Jeremy Myers).

However, I am always delighted and encouraged when a blogger mentions my ideas in a post or an author includes a footnote to one of my books.

Maybe this other author was reading the same books and coming up with the same ideas.

At least Author A reworded and summarized the ideas which are found in the books of Author B, but again, I feel that if most of an author's ideas and content are being pulled from the ideas of authors in other books, it is only right and fair to give them more credit than two footAuthor A reworded and summarized the ideas which are found in the books of Author B, but again, I feel that if most of an author's ideas and content are being pulled from the ideas of authors in other books, it is only right and fair to give them more credit than two footAuthor B, but again, I feel that if most of an author's ideas and content are being pulled from the ideas of authors in other books, it is only right and fair to give them more credit than two footauthor's ideas and content are being pulled from the ideas of authors in other books, it is only right and fair to give them more credit than two footnotes.

It was only obvious to me because I have read most of the books by Author B and was shocked to see so many of his ideas and insights being written about as if they belonged to Author A.

By the 1990s, however, authors seemed to catch on to the idea that readers accustomed to secular diet books distributed by physicians would be more likely to buy a devotional fitness manual if it laid claim to medical science.

Well, this argument states that while the Bible accurately records the thoughts, actions, and ideas of the various Biblical authors and the people to whom the various books were written, these thoughts, actions, and ideas may not actually be the thoughts, actions, and ideas that God endorses, nor the thoughts, ideas, and actions that we are to copy.

But I think it is true to say that nowhere have I made any substantial addition to or alteration of the author's insights and ideas; and to a great extent, especially in the latter part of the book, it was in fact possible to cling closely not only to the sense but also to the wording of the French.

So, if you want to get an idea of what the authors insist are the pagan roots of most of our religious practices and compare them to the New Testament and early Church, get this book.

Though not directly stated anywhere, Peter Enns appears to be a proponent of the idea that the Bible is a library of books written by various authors from various theological perspectives, who are in dialogue with each other over the nature of God and what the human response to Him should be.

Cecile Andrews, author of the widely used book The Circle of Simplicity, radiates energy and enthusiasm for her ideas and her region.

Exclusive access to a private Facebook group, where we'll share promotion ideas and you'll have direct contact with the book authors.

Since I have read so heavily from books about non-violence over the past several years, I noticed many themes and ideas which this author pulled from other authors, but this author rarely cited these other authors.

Christian authors might be a little put - off by his use of profanity and his idea of God and angels, and praying to the Muses, but the premise behind the book is sound: There are forces at work to keep us from being and doing what God has made us for, and until we fight off those forces and get to doing what we were created for, we will be miserable.

Like most authors, I have about 97 other book ideas on my computer that I want to write.

He is the author of Gray Matters: Navigating the Space Between Legalism and Liberty (Baker, 2013), Hipster Christianity (Baker, 2010) and has written for The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, CNN.com, The Princeton Theological Review, Mediascape, Books & Culture, Christianity Today, RELEVANT magazine, IMAGE Journal, Q Ideas and Conversantlife.com.

I have no idea what type of vinegar the author of the book used so I just replaced it with apple cider vinegar that I have in my pantry.