Sentences with phrase «about holding a book»

There's something about holding a book in your hand and the visceral act of physically turning a page that, for me at least, can't be matched with pixels on a screen.

There's something divine about holding a book in your hand; the faint scent of ink and paper, the whisper of a turned page, the weight of a book clasped to your chest as you imagine the world woven from its words.

There's just something about holding a book or magazine that feels right.

This past week, a new author with a newly - released book asked how I approached libraries about holding book signings.

After all, there is something about holding a book and curling up in a chair to read.

A paperback does give some kudos to you as an author (there is something magical about holding a book you've written), and some readers prefer a physical book, but the income from a paperback is significantly lower than from an e-book.

I believe you had a really good example of bottling and brooding in your book about holding books.

Not exact matches

In 2012, Apple held an event in New York City to talk about education, where it unveiled its iBooks 2 platform, its tool for making and publishing books online, but even that event was all about the iPad.

A new book by financial advisor Daryl Diamond debunks closely held beliefs about retirement income planning strategies.

Glenn Fogel, Bookings Holdings CEO, and CNBC's Seema Mody talk about the company's better - than - expected fourth quarter sales as the online travel company receives a boost from a rise in reservations and strong performance from its international business.

The book holds important lessons for business managers generally, but in particular it holds lessons about business ethics.

Countless books and articles were written about it, but only «The Smartest Guys in the Room» holds up a decade later as the definitive narrative.

Throughout the book, Gladwell closely examines and attempts to debunk commonly held beliefs about what it really takes to meet challenges and rise to the top.

Over at The Big Picture, Barry Ritholtz breaks the silence about what's held up his long - awaited book, Bailout Nation.

Banks were bailed out in full following the crisis, and now that they are worried about loaning into this market and holding loans on their books, referring to loans which would not be guaranteed by either of the GSE's.

We could probably swap negative stories for hours about being endlessly put on hold by the front desk, waiting too long for an appointment that you need, sitting in the waiting room for your appointment that was 30 minutes ago, or being told that you need to book another appointment to address an issue because you're out of time.

In Origin of Species there is a passage where Darwin expresses fear about the entire idea that he posits in the book and fear about the possibility of being held accountable for it.

Neither the «straight white males with book deals» dividing the bounty nor the people who don't seem to be able to talk about anything without having to trash straight white males can hold my attention for very long I'm afraid.

One of my greatest delights of parenting is holding a title out to a child with the words, «I remember loving these books when I was about your age.»

And I felt like Chris articulated much of how I feel about that little yellow book, and even my own ongoing work: I want to create the pipeline, to build the bridge, to hold out my hand and say walk a while with me and see for yourself.

I suspected I'd get a little pushback from fellow Christians who hold a complementarian perspective on gender, (a position that requires women to submit to male leadership in the home and church, and often appeals to «biblical womanhood» for support), but I had hoped — perhaps naively — that the book would generate a vigorous, healthy debate about things like the Greco Roman household codes found in the epistles of Peter and Paul, about the meaning of the Hebrew word ezer or the Greek word for deacon, about the Paul's line of argumentation in 1 Timothy 2 and 1 Corinthians 11, about our hermeneutical presuppositions and how they are influenced by our own culture, and about what we really mean when we talk about «biblical womanhood» — all issues I address quite seriously in the book, but which have yet to be engaged by complementarian critics.

A woman who is held back, minimized, or downplayed is not walking in the fullness God intended for her as an image bearer (for instance, take a look at Carolyn Custis James» excellent discussion about being an «ezer kenegdo» in her book, «Half the Church.»)

In my book, I describe a fundamentalist as being someone who holds nearly all of his or her beliefs about God to be fundamental and absolutely non-negotiable.

My primary complaint about this book is that despite their desire to filter the interpretation of prophecy through the lens of Jesus Christ, they still believe in and hold to a violent, bloody, vengeful, and wrathful second coming of Jesus Christ.

The author covered the sex abuse crisis for Newsweek and has produced a big book, mainly about people and events in Boston, that will hold the attention of readers interested in a journalistic account that tries to be fair - minded, although it is not untouched by moments of legitimate, indeed necessary, outrage.

(The great scientist Johannes Kepler held that two books teach us about God: the Book of Nature and the Book that reveals what we otherwise could not learn about God.)

How about a candidate that very correctly holds the Consti.tution as the authority of this nation (not any religious book) because our founding fathers very deliberately separated church from state in order to protect the beliefs of everyone?

Rachel Held Evans has written a comprehensive, impeccably researched, heartfelt, whimsical, scripture - honoring book about the role and experience of women in Christian society.

What really impressed me about the Bible, when I compared it with the other holy books, is that it's the only one that commanded objective testing: «test everything; hold fast what is good» Paul says in 1 Thessalonians 5:21 (ESV), and actually you see how the Bible not only tells you to test, it shows you how to do it.

No matter how passionately you may hold it (pathos)-- no matter how sound your argument is (logos)-- no matter how respectable a person you are (ethos), this weepy argument about a comic book America is unpersuasive to the typical a **** le who will never disappear despite one's good intentions.

It is significant that from the second century to the nineteenth, when modern historical scholarship became current, theories about the Bible were held which no competent historian now accepts, such as that Moses wrote the entire Pentateuch (the first five books of the Old Testament) including the description of his own death.

«The history of American evangelicalism is critical in understanding how many things Clinton stands for that contradict the deeply held values of politically engaged evangelicals since the 1960s,» said Kristin Du Mez, a historian at Calvin College and the author of a forthcoming book about Hillary Clinton's faith.

Some churches have rules about going to the movies, wearing cosmetics, playing cards, watching television, going to the beach, not having a «quiet time» every day, going to a restaurant that sells liquor, wearing certain clothing, driving certain cars, wearing certain jewelry, listening to certain music, dancing, holding a certain job, wearing your hair a certain way, having certain possessions, drinking coffee, eating certain foods, drinking certain drinks, celebrating certain holidays, reading certain books, or certain magazines, etc., etc., etc. [11]

You want me to read the link you provide then proceed to «step 2» in what you want to prescribe but you haven't made any convincing argument yet for the proof you allege to have made for the position you hold about Matthew's profession or the authorship of the book of Matthew.

Rachel Held Evans wrote an entire book about how the word «biblical» is a pretty terrible adjective in front of «womanhood» for this same reason.

Perhaps the internet is doing all of the above and more: encouraging and unifying small religious and other movements; further facilitating scientific unification across geographic proximity, if not also creating new scientific theories and concepts; fostering the rise of new forms of spiritual irrationalism such as those discussed in Wendy Kaminer's wild book, Sleeping with Extra-Terrestrials; focusing the public even more on particular public personas in news, sports and everything else; creating new classes of investors who are willing to publish online just about anything, regardless of whether or not they agree with it; germinating new technological ideas that are luring capitalists who hold unreasonable expectations of financial bonanzas.

God could had it been both ways is possible for him... created of all livings from chemicals to full creatures... in the book if looked so simple is because God message was to people with less knowldge premitive whether in the east or west... and had to be in simple examples but that might hold big meanings in today's knowldge and facilities... about mankind God created at it's best, but never in the Quran it was stated that men had been given his (God's) looks... God told us that all creatures are nations like us, which means they were created in the same way... although God as well spoke of integration of mankind and well as animals in cross marriages that made variable nations...

God could had creation either ways is possible for him... created of all livings from chemicals to full creatures... in the book if looked so simple is because God message was to people with less knowldge premitive whether in the east or west... and had to be in simple examples but that might hold big meanings in today's knowldge and facilities... about mankind God created at it's best, but never in the Quran it was stated that men had been given his (God's) looks... God told us that all creatures are nations like us, which means they were created in the same way... although God as well spoke of integration of mankind and well as animals in cross marriages that made variable nations...

The point is simply that this imaginative book has been produced by a self - selected body of scholars who hold a set of unconventional views about Jesus and the gospels.

Hope you don't mind me referring to the Quran about many issues discussed but this is supposed to be the way of our lives as Muslims and to us this is our guiding light and that on judgment date who has the Book held in his right hand, he would be rewarded for it, and those appeared holding Book in his left hand will be punished for it?

It would be unfair to draw wholesale conclusions about his understanding of the moral authority that inheres in law from a book review, but he apparently holds the view that conscientious reflection on enhanced interrogation need consult neither norms of international law nor codes of professional conduct.

You wrote: «if you have ever had concerns about «going down the slippery slope» by giving up the belief in the inspiration or inerrancy of Scripture, this book is an excellent source to see how someone can abandon these and still hold on to their faith.»

Again, Jeremy's words: ««if you have ever had concerns about «going down the slippery slope» by giving up the belief in the inspiration or inerrancy of Scripture, this book is an excellent source to see how someone can abandon these and still hold on to their faith.

Irenaeus's silence about these books, and his problematic use of Hebrews, brings us to consider the varying views held about Hebrews, the Catholic epistles, and the book of Revelation in the early Church.

I'm just going to go ahead and pre-order about 17 and then figure out who I hold in sufficiently high esteem to gift the book to!

I now have two of your books which I love, they are looking a bit worn out though as I use them nearly every day I'm about to try your Keto Bread recipe and the hold up before this was that I couldn't find egg white protein powder, so I did a bit of research & made my own, it's really quite easy & much cheaper than buying away.

A few of you have been asking about my lack of blog posts, besides a few hiccups on the road, I have been holding onto some of my recipes for the book that I am planning on putting together.

be it about transfers, after game previews all comes down to 1 person and that is wenger, and if hes not doing is job properly then in my book hes held accountable, and thats why your seeing so much hate about him on here.

You may remember before me complaining about referees holding back on cards when a player has already been booked, instead waiting for an «orange» type infringement, a second yellow worthy of a red.

As Zach starts learning about the strange family next door, he soon discovers that Stine holds a dangerous secret: the creatures that his stories made famous are real, and Stine protects his readers by keeping them locked up in their books.