Just in case you think this is a fringe point of view, here's a quote from an article in the January 2009 New York
Review of Books titled, Drug Companies & Doctors: A Story of Corruption by Marcia Angell:
Not exact matches
The LRC runs lively, expert
reviews of Canadian
books — as well as the occasional foreign
title, if on a Canadian subject or considered alongside Canadian
titles on the same theme — and essays by some
of the country's most thought - provoking writers.
Reviewing a
book titled The Son
of Man written by François Mauriac (a French Roman Catholic who wrote about the problems
of good and evil in human nature and in the world), Flannery O'Connor writes: He proposes in the place
of that anguish that Gide called the Catholic's «cramp....
For example,
books reviewed in the first months
of 1910 included Herbert Croly's The Promise
of American Life; Education in the Far East, by Charles F. Thwing; a philosophical study
titled Religion and the Modern Mind, by Frank Carleton Doan; Jane Addams's The Spirit
of Youth and the City Streets; The Immigrant Tide, by Edward Steiner; Medical Inspectors
of Schools (a Russel Sage Foundation study); A. Modern City (a scientific study
of that phenomenon), by William Kirk; The Leading Facts
of American History, by D. H. Montgomery; and Jack London's collection
of short stories, Lost Face.
Two months after the terrorist attacks
of September 11, 2001, Turkish author Orhan Pamuk published an essay in the New York
Review of Books (
titled «The Anger
of the Damned») in which Pamuk, who is often mentioned as a contender for the Nobel Prize, tried to explain the violent resentment that Muslim societies feel towards the West.
At this stage I was «Barthian,» I suppose, although in my anger at what I saw as illegitimate linkages between Christianity and literature, «graduate student cockiness» might be a more accurate appellation (the
review of the
book in The Christian Century was
titled «Charming Audacity»).
Reviewing Flannery for the New York
Review of Books, Oates confesses that O'Connor's own favorite story, «The Artificial Nigger,» has become «virtually unteachable as a consequence»
of its
title alone.
They begin impressionistically with some symptoms
of popular change: the growing acceptability among Catholics
of the iconic Baptist evangelist Billy Graham, the adoption by Catholics
of the Alpha courses initiated at Holy Trinity Brompton, the inclusion
of hymns by Protestant authors in Catholic hymnals, the welcome afforded by many evangelicals to the witness and writings
of Pope John Paul II, a favorable
review by the star evangelical intellectual J.I. Packer
of a
book titled The Born - Again Catholic (1983), and so on.
Dr. Sanjeevadev gives his introduction under the
title «VEEKSHANA» presenting his observations on the proverbial literature and
reviewing how the author
of this
book with skill and insight, penetrating deep into the family situations has handled the proverbs.
On the whole, 19th - century (German) Protestant scholarship, no longer able to affirm inherited christological doctrines such as atonement and parousia, preferred «the Jesus
of history» before he became «the Christ
of faith» (to use the
title of D. F.Strauss's
book - length
review of Schleiermacher's Life
of Jesus).
As an accomplished lawyer, Mr. Rosenstein helped prepare the outline and
reviewed the first edition
of the American Bar Association's
book for business
titled The American Bar Association Legal Guide for Small Business.
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Book Reviews Prize Description: 3 lucky readers will win a
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Many
books have been written about helping children cope with anxiety but here is a list
of recommended
titles that have good
reviews from parents:
This article was originally published with the
title «
Book Review: The Art
of Risk: The New Science
of Courage, Caution and Chance»
In a newly released
book titled Grapes and Health: A Monograph, the author, John M. Pezzuto, Ph.D.,
reviewed research that explores the wellness benefits
of grapes.
There are many blogs dedicated to writers and authors who are happy to do
book reviews of your
title or a blog
book tour.
«Dating Apps - The Best 10 Dating Apps» - it's the
title of the site.The most important text on the main page - «Zoosk Dating app for Facebook», «SmartDate ® App for iPhone», «Are You Interested Facebook App
Review», «SmartDating iPhone App — Dating Just got Smarter and a lot Cooler», «Pickup Lines Android App
Review», «Social Connect Facebook App
Review», «Little Black
Book Dating App for Facebook
Review», «Best Android Dating App Cupid», «Dating Apps Categories», «GET SMARTDATE APP FREE HERE».
The
title may say Historical Fiction Obsession, but I do read &
review ALL genres
of books.
"101DATE.COM: — RRB --- Rosalind
Reviews the Best Dating Services» - it's the
title of the site.The most important text on the main page - «Before You Call Your Man — Read this
Book!»
The film, also
titled Youth in Revolt, is adapted from the
book by screen writer Gustin Nash who made a minor splash last year with Charlie Bartlett (our
review), directed by Miguel Arteta and stars Michael Cera in the
title role
of Nick.
New additions to our Great Directors database include Christian Long on Albert Brooks and Steve Rybin on Alan Rudolph, and we also have
reviews of recent
books on filmmakers as diverse as Jim Jarmusch, Straub / Huillet and Jess Franco, as well as new work on contemporary Eastern European cinema and André Gaudreault and Philippe Marion's recent polemical
title
New additions to our Great Directors database include Christian Long on Albert Brooks and Steve Rybin on Alan Rudolph, and we also have
reviews of recent
books on filmmakers as diverse as Jim Jarmusch, Straub / Huillet and Jess Franco, as well as new work on contemporary Eastern European cinema and André Gaudreault and Philippe Marion's recent polemical
title The End
of Cinema?.
Both are largely Teflon against
reviews: Fifty Shades Freed in its erotic soap opera is a destination for its female
book fans, and Peter Rabbit is a premium family
title, and there arguably isn't another one
of those the marketplace until Disney's March 9 release A Wrinkle in Time.
Over the span
of a half - century, The New York
Review of Books has remained a viable enterprise
of American society and political affairs, steadfast criticism, and as evoked by its
title, analysis
of popular literature.
Those
books and some later
titles, Tomato Red (1998) and The Death
of Sweet Mister (2001), fit in with a sub-genre identified by Woodrell when he was
reviewing Joe Lansdale's Mucho Mojo, calling it «country noir», stories
of «dark suspense» set in «rural and small - town America» (1).
Tracks —
Review by Frank L Directed by John Curran Stars: Mia Wasikowska, Adam Driver, Emma Booth Released on April 25th «Tracks», based on the
book of the same
title by one -LSB-...]
REVIEW: Do you love to read and just don't have the time to spend browsing through the bookstore to find just the right
book among the thousands
of titles that are published each year?
At the Newseum, among many other exhibits, they display examples
of communication errors in news headlines (a.k.a. «bloopers»), and they have worked with the Columbia Journalism
Review to gather many more
of these into a
book titled, «Correct Me If I'm Wrong.»
Or have each member
of class select a
book review past or present, to read aloud to the class, and then have students choose from the
titles reviewed for their independent reading or
book club.
The
books reviewed here are the first to be published in a series
titled «Issues
of Our Times,» edited by the omnipresent Harvard professor Henry Louis Gates Jr., whose picture, with a brief statement, prefaces each.
The Guinness
Book of World Records is currently
reviewing its
title for «Worlds Largest Jesus.»
On the list
of your
books, include
title, subtitle, ISBN (s), versions it is availble in (Paperback, hardcover, library, audio, ebook, pdf, etc.), synopsis, awards,
reviews.
Reviews can help keep your
title in the «also bought» and «also viewed» line beneath other
books in the same genre — thus in front
of book buyers.
Readers have posted more than 450
reviews on two
of my indie
titles since I put the gem at the foot
of my
books.
Through this service, you'll put your
book in front
of individuals searching for reliable information on the next children's or young adult
book to read,
title to
review and
book to read,
review or stock.
Independent Publisher (http://www.independentpublisher.com) states «we
review these
books to bring increased recognition to the thousands
of great — and often overlooked — independently published
titles released each year.»
To help with the vetting process, additional metadata is being collected as a
title is being set up in IngramSpark that would identify an author's professional background and affiliations, prior publications and
reviews, geographic location and the unique aspect
of the work in terms
of other
books in the field.
When you find something you like, select the item to see further details, including a description, the sales ranking, customer
reviews, the print length, other
titles that customers bought, and the list price for the paper version
of the
book.
5 More Minutes is Author Solutions» first - look partner and will
review of all
titles developed via AS LLC's
Book - to - Screen and Hollywood Trailer services for consideration as feature film or television projects.
One
of the things that struck me, and probably many others, about his report and its conclusions, is that self - pubbed
titles tend to average higher
review ratings than trad - pubbed
books.
Our Young Adult bundle features
titles that were finalists for Best Indie
Book, Young Adult Fiction in the Kindle
Book Review, finalists for various young adult awards including the 2013 PRISM Contest and 2013 Write Touch Reader's awards and a winner
of the Webb Weaver 2010 Writer's Competition.
In addition, three
of our 2015
titles are finalists for the Foreword
Reviews 2015 INDIEFAB
Book of the Year Award.
As you can see from SPR's take on the drop down
review process, Baum was offered far more drop downs — including the options to comment more than once on the author's writing ability and the quality
of the
book — than I was on the twenty or so
titles I searched through this drop down process.
The one - and two - star
reviews for this
book are filled with paragraphs on what's wrong with this
title (and I'm relieved to see that these people had almost the same problems I had with it, minus the lazy «ripped from the headlines» quality
of the story line and my deranged conspiracy theory about King simply highlighting other methods
of killing people), but if you look at the five - star
reviews, they are frighteningly identical.
That solution didn't sit well with everyone; first, it completely ignores the
book bloggers who (either for fun or profit) read and
review high numbers
of titles, often before their release.
In late 2014 the PenguinHotline was unveiled and gave users the ability to fill out some information about their potential
book gift recipient and Penguin staff would agnostically give a list of titles and last year, the NPR created an online «Book Concierge» that aggregated the titles reviewed by the organization and had some useful filt
book gift recipient and Penguin staff would agnostically give a list
of titles and last year, the NPR created an online «
Book Concierge» that aggregated the titles reviewed by the organization and had some useful filt
Book Concierge» that aggregated the
titles reviewed by the organization and had some useful filters.
Regarding
books submitted for
review in galley form, please send one finished copy
of all adult
titles, and two finished copies
of all others, as soon as they become available.
Titles judged likely to be in high demand — due to the quality
of the
book, the status
of the author, the popularity
of the subject, or any combination
of these and other factors — are
reviewed well in advance
of publication, and the reasons for the anticipated demand are listed in a note following the
review.
For a
book whose
title sounds like an affirmation
of faith but whose story is about an atheist refuting the existence
of God, reading it is a spiritual experience... Many
of the positive
reviews laud the wit and entertainment Goldstein provides, but honestly, the breadth and depth
of ideas covered require close and thoughtful reading... This novel can be read on a few different levels: a romance, a mystery, an intellectual thriller or a philosophical / religious treatise.
The authors who have received these not so polite threats
of having their
books pulled from Amazon (costing them their rankings and their
reviews, even if Amazon later realizes the error and reinstates the
book) have repeatedly stated that they are entitled to use a very old word in their
titles.