Sentences with phrase «against book authors»

I have just received an email request to pass on a warning about Amazons latest actions against book authors reviews.

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However, Haberman signed the book deal with fellow NYT White House reporter Glenn Thrush, who was suspended less than two months later following a report by Vox, detailing sexual misconduct allegations against him by several women, including by the article's author.

Alfie Kohn is the author of four books, including No Contest: The Case Against Competition and the newly published Punished by Rewards: The Trouble with Gold Stars, Incentive Plans, A's, Praise, and Other Bribes, from which this article is adapted.

Peter Bernstein, author of the fascinating book on risk Against the Gods has noted that historically, low dividend payouts have a striking correlation with low earnings growth over the following decade.

Catholic News Agency: «Exorcist» author prepares canon lawsuit against Georgetown The author of the best - selling book and award - winning screenplay «The Exorcist» has announced that he is leading an effort to file a canon lawsuit against Georgetown University for failures to live up to the demands of the school's Catholic identity.

One atheistic author has written an entire book about these many thousands of passages in the Bible in which God blesses, causes, commands, or sanctions violence against human beings (Steve Wells, Drunk with Blood: God's Killings in the Bible).

@garbagemouth... A little inspired clarification for you.As far as Jesus telling His disciples «this generation shall not pass away» He meant the generation of humanity from the Flood to the Second Coming.There will be three judgements against sin and its author, Satan.The first was the Flood, the second at the war of Armageddon, and finally at the end of the Thousand years when the evil one is released for a short season... I pity the unbelievers who doubt the Word when the books of judgement are opened.

The author of the review thinks this book sinks under its own weight, for its author makes no secret of his loathing of the whole homosexual community, quoting every passage in the bible that can even remotely be translated against them, often twisting passages to say what they do not mean.

What is is about Islam, for example, that makes it acceptable to issue a death warrant against an author — Rusdie — simply because he wrote a book?

The book is important not only, and not mainly, as a theological event that disposes of a series of threadbare charges still being directed against its author.

While the book gives an interesting summary of various authors who have argued that it was the Protestant Reformation that gave rise to atheism, the author fails to note any connection between the rejection (traceable from nominalism) of reason's capacity to know reality, the Protestant Reformation's appeal to faith against reason, intellectual scepticism and current postmodernism.

Growing out of a series of books and essays Kekes has written over the last several years - on the nature of moral argument, the problem of evil, and the conflictual goods and evils that make up life as we know it - Against Liberalism marks the author's most explicit broadside against liberal theory tAgainst Liberalism marks the author's most explicit broadside against liberal theory tagainst liberal theory to date.

In classic style the book collects together more than a dozen discussions by authors, varying in their ecclesial loyalty devoted to particular aspects of inter-denominational theological conflict (although one contributor from an Eastern Orthodox perspective - David Bentley Hart - allows himself to get in some powerful blows against some of his peers in his own camp).

The goal was to weed out falsely authored books that went against the principles of the Christ.

Volf, formerly of Fuller Theological Seminary, is the author of many moving and thoughtful books, including Exclusion and Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness, and Reconciliation (Abingdon Press) and Against the Tide: Love in a Time of Petty Dreams and Persisting Enmities (Eerdmans).

The law of England wisely and religiously concurs that no man hath a power to destroy life but by commission from God, the author of it, and as their suicide is guilty of a double offence, one spiritual, in evading the prerogative of the Almighty and rushing into his immediate presence uncalled for, the other temporal against the King, who hath an interest in the preservation of all his subjects [Commentaries, Book 4, Chapter 14].

Ayatollah Khomeini, Iran's Supreme Leader, issued a fatwa against the Indian author on account of the blasphemy in his book, The Satanic Verses.

If you want to make your own easy Paleo rolls, Danielle Walker, the talented blogger and book author of Against All Grain has a simple grain free roll recipe blended in the blender and ready to bake within minutes!

Author and Yale law professor Amy Chua, known as the «Tiger Mom» for her intense parenting style, book and controversial prescriptions for American motherhood, warned Wednesday against reducing rigor and discipline in our education system and argued that advancing our meritocracy was the key to continued American competitiveness.

(This is first in part of a new series on the blog called «Author Interview» where I speak with authors of children's books — books that reflect upon Muslim values, fosters family relations, talk against racism, inclusivity of all racial / ethnic groups and overall gives a positive message to our young -LSB-...]

You might not think a book about the struggle to wrest six thousand acres of Lake Michigan dunes from development and preserve it as a public place would be suspenseful adventure story, but Traverse City author heather Shumaker promises just that - a riveting story that spans decades about a small community of people who preserve a beloved tract against all odds.

Protest against prisoner book ban takes unusual new direction, after bestselling author announces she» l name the villain of her new novel after the justice secretary

He is the author of Horsemen of the Trumpocalypse: A Field Guide to the Most Dangerous People in America, from Nation Books, and co-author, with Robert W. McChesney, of People Get Ready: The Fight Against a Jobless Economy and a Citizenless Democracy.

Author of Government Schools Are Bad for Your Kids: What You Need to Know; Political Class Dismissed: Essays Against Politics; Direct Citizen Action: How We Can Win the Second American Revolution Without Firing a Shot; and his latest book, Progressivism, A Primer

The ex-president, in a book authored by the Chairman of ThisDay Editorial Board, Olusegun Adeniyi entitled «Against The Run of Play» alleged that Buhari was using the instrumentality of security agencies to harass his family.

Teachout, who authored a book on corruption and ran against Governor Andrew Cuomo in the 2014 Democratic primary, attributes the contentious campaign to Citizens United, which she wants overturned and which allows for unlimited corporate spending in political campaigns.

«Zephyr» is Zephyr Teachout, a Fordham law school professor, author of a well - regarded book on political corruption throughout American history and hero of the progressive left who's running for Congress in our House district against veteran Albany politician John Faso.

But even alternative nutritional doctor Stephen Langer, MD, author of Solved: The Riddle of Illness, the follow - up book to Broda Barnes» Hypothyroidism: The Unsuspected Illness, advises against taking iodine or kelp supplements for people with autoimmune thyroid disease.

I'm also the author of more than a dozen books and e-books, including a four - book series, published by McGraw - Hill, on the power of foods and nutrients to promote health and protect against disease.

Scarlett Johansson has triumphed in her defamation trial against an author who penned a book featuring a character based on the actress.The Captain...

Based on the 2007 book of the same title — by author André Aciman (who plays a small role in its adaptation)-- Call Me by Your Name tells the story of a romance set in the summer of 1983 against a backdrop of lush, halcyon Italian landscapes.

This gender - swapped reboot of sorts stars an all - new cast of top comedians and follows a pair of authors (Wiig and McCarthy) who write a book about ghosts being real, a book that's later used against them... until actual ghosts attack Manhattan.

She is the author of two books on pornography and violence against women: Power Surge and Pornography and the Sex Crisis (both Second Story books), and the play A Fertile Imagination.

The author of eight books — including Overcoming Textbook Fatigue — and chair of NCTE's Standing Committee Against Censorship, she is the recipient of ALA's Intellectual Freedom Award, NCTE's Intellectual Freedom Award, the PEN / Newman's Own First Amendment Award, and most recently, the Florida Council of Teachers of English President's Award.

Please share these reviews with your educational community, invite the contributing authors to speak to your community on our book tour, and consider preordering More Than a Score to help inspire and plan the movement against high - stakes testing at your school.

Independent authors took advantage of a system stacked against authors, priced their books lower to undercut the traditionally published competition, and upset the apple cart.

This is a direct counteraction against the indie - friendly Amazon model that embraces authors and books of all publishing backgrounds.

While she does not shy away from calling out the bias against indie authors, she also asserts that it's never been a more exciting time to be in book publishing — and her passion and enthusiasm are contagious.

As the holder of exclusive rights, Dymocks could take punitive measures against authors they have a disagreement with by decreasing distribution or stopping it entirely for the author's book (s) and not allowing the author have that work published elsewhere.

As authors and business owners, self - publishers need to toe that line between acquiring new readers while also maintaining a high perceived value for their books — so Midnight Publishing cautions against pricing a book that low unless it's for a limited time and coincides with another type of discount or special, like Amazon's Kindle Countdown Deals.

Many authors spoke out against Amazon, in large part because of the company's aggressive tactics that hurt them most of all, like removing the buy buttons on Hachette books.

In cases where authors become speakers, there's also a very real danger of backlash from attendees against the perception that courses, seminars, workshops, or other forms of speaking engagements are simply «commercials» for the authors» books.

In recent years, most major retailers have had to take unpopular action against books and authors that were mislabeled.

A recent lawsuit was filed against them stating that they misrepresents themselves, luring authors in with claims that its books can compete with «traditional publishers,» offering «greater speed, higher royalties, and more control for its authors.»

But the contract also has royalty periods where a short time after the end of a certain period of time the author should get an accounting from the publisher of the numbers of books sold against the advance in that period of time.

In the latest episode of her Book Lust Author Interview show, Nancy weighs what Scott says about films against what she knows about books.

In short, I suggest that authors who want to be much more effective than 99 percent of authors in promoting their books go against conventional wisdom.

Too often, IBPA has noticed a bias against self - published authors, independent publishers, and hybrid presses when it comes to choosing titles or authors for book review consideration, book award contests, association memberships, and inclusion on independent bookstore shelves.

There the author is lucky to be able to figure out royalty statements for how many books sold and were held as reserves against return in a six - month period a year after publication.

A three - judge panel on the Second Circuit ruled decisively for the software giant against the Authors Guild, a professional group of published writers which had alleged Google's scanning of library books and displaying of free «snippets» online violated its members's copyright.