Sentences with phrase «as national book»

Mark Doty's books of poetry and nonfiction prose have been honored with such distinctions as the National Book Critics Circle Award, the PEN / Martha Albrand Award, the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, a Whiting Writers» Award, a Lila Wallace — Reader's Digest Writers» Award, and, in the United Kingdom, the T. S. Eliot Prize.

Award - winning nonfiction authors, such as National Book Award winner Adam Hochschild (Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936 - 1939) and New York Times - bestselling author Matthew Desmond (Evicted: Poverty and Profit in the American City).

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Part road novel, part ghost story, this National Book Award winner set in rural Mississippi follows a troubled mother and her two children as they drive to pick up the children's father from prison.

As Henry Kissinger emphasizes in his new book World Order, the fundamental building block of all American and international engagement over the past hundred years — namely, the nation state and the Westphalian system in which states are embedded — is particularly weak in the Middle East due to fragile national roots and competing local and universalist identities, including pan-Arabic movements and messianic religious calls from the likes of Iran's ayatollahs and ISIS.

«The room, board, books and laundry figures are based upon the rates which prevailed during the past academic year, and can be accepted as applicable for the year 1950 - 1951 unless national economic changes require their alteration,» according to the bulletin.

He is part of a national marketing campaign on behalf of 1,200 independent bookstores that is centered on a recommended - reading list known as the Book Sense 76 — in honor of 1776.

When choosing countries to invest in, Langham looks at the price - to - book ratio of the national stock indexes rather than price - to - earnings, as it's difficult to predict profits in a weak economic environment.

The backstory... In Wolff's book, Bannon is quoted as saying of Mueller's prosecutors: «They're going to crack Don Junior like an egg on national TV.»»

While some rights holders have argued that the standard for a substantial is very low (the National Post recently argued in a case that «even the reproduction of a small number of words in a newspaper article can be an impermissible reproduction»), the Copyright Board says that its preliminary view is that «copying of a few pages or a small percentage from a book that is not a collection of short works, such as poems, is not substantial.»

The increased prison terms for Canadian nationals including officers and directors of Canadian corporations, the elimination of territorial jurisdiction test by explicitly providing for a «nationality» test, the increased risk exposure to CFPOA penalties by adding a books and records provision, and the elimination of exceptions and defences such as those for facilitation payments and businesses not earning profits, all point towards continuing vigorous enforcement by the Canadian government of the CFPOA.

(Reuters)- National Australia Bank (NAB.AX) on Thursday reported a 16 percent drop in half - year cash profit as it booked a restructuring - linked cost pertaining primarily to workforce reduction costs, and said it was looking to exit its wealth management arm by 2019.

Dan, a Millennial, brings a unique background and experience, ranging from writing New York Times bestselling career books, consulting for Fortune 500 companies, speaking globally on workplace related issues, and appearing regularly on national TV programs as the «voice of the Millennials.»

His Buffett CEO book was featured as a special on National Public Television's Nightly Business Report.

The conventional image of the railway as a national project owes much to the appeal of Pierre Berton's books, which drew on its construction — with all the blood, sweat and scandal that went into it — as a metaphor for nation building, a physical extension of Confederation into western Canada.

I thought: what if the early councils where they canonized books of the bible were the same as, say, our Pulitzer Prize or National Book Award?

This came as a shock to Mitchell, not just as a devotee but because he thought Democracy in America would be the perfect book for their national predicaments.

The National Council of Training and Leadership (NCTL), a body which deals with professional misconduct by teachers, heard how Wrigley treated Pupil A as a «teacher's pet», allowing the girl to collect spelling sheets and hand out books.

Further evidence that Graber's volume was worthy of notice might be found in the fact that her book was the first selection in the re-launched Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets and — as one reader reminded us — a nominee for a National Book Awbook was the first selection in the re-launched Princeton Series of Contemporary Poets and — as one reader reminded us — a nominee for a National Book AwBook Award.

Chad is the author of God and Football: Faith and Fanaticism in the SEC — a funny, insightful book that I especially enjoyed as an Alabama fan because it recounted the season in which Bama won its most recent national championship....

When Ezra cries, «Thou our God hast punished us less than our iniquities deserve,» (Daniel 9:16) or a prayer in the Book of Nehemiah says, «Thou art just in all that is come upon us; for thou hast dealt truly, but we have done wickedly,» (Nehemiah 9:33) or Daniel exhausts tautology in confessing, «We have sinned, and have dealt perversely, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled,» (Daniel 9:5) we see the self - accusation which resulted from the acceptance of national misfortune not as an evidence of Yahweh's weakness in protecting his people but as proof of his inflexible righteousness.

His first novel, Morte D'Urban (1962), won the National Book Award, as did a third short - story collection, Look How the Fish Live (1973) Although more uneven than the first two collections, this book still contained the requisite number of outstanding pieBook Award, as did a third short - story collection, Look How the Fish Live (1973) Although more uneven than the first two collections, this book still contained the requisite number of outstanding piebook still contained the requisite number of outstanding pieces.

I imagine they were trying to get all the church - goers as they left for church, because the book was called National Sunday Law and was about why it is wrong for Christians to worship in church on Sunday rather than Saturday.

The Nobel Prize is only the latest honor for Saul Bellow, who has already won three National Book Awards and so now becomes the most rewarded American novelist, as he has long been the most rewarding.

Moses was represented as identifying himself sacrificially with his people's lot until he desired no good fortune of his own apart from theirs — «Yet now, if thou wilt forgive their sin — ; and if not, blot me, I pray thee, out of thy book which thou hast written» (Exodus 32:32)-- and from such beginnings an illustrious record of vicarious suffering had brought the national history to Jeremiah, who, only a few years before Isaiah of Babylon wrote, had lived and died in voluntary self - giving for the salvation of his people.

He likely became a national god for all of the Jewish tribes when Saul created the United Monarchy sometime between 1020 and 930 B.C.E.. Later, after the Assyrians conquered the northern Kingdom of Israel and the Babylonians conquered the southern Kingdom of Judah and took the royal family and the kingdom's elite to Babylon starting in 597 B.C.E, when the Jews had to re-evaluate their religious beliefs, because of the calamity that befell them, there was a shift to view their god as a universal god in works such as the Book of Isaiah, which were composed after the Exile.

My candidate for a «prophet to the liberals» is Will Campbell, publisher of the journal Katallagete and author of the highly acclaimed Brother to a Dragonfly, an autobiographical book about the lives of Will and his brother, Joe, as they leave their father's small cotton farm in Mississippi — Will to become a civil rights worker for the National Council of Churches, Joe to become a small - town pharmacist.

Just in time for National Seafood Month, the mobile app also acts as a virtual recipe book providing everything from appetizers to entrees ideas for the next gathering.

She and her two adult daughters are the voices behind the popular blog, Three Many Cooks, which has been featured in several national publications, including Woman's Day and Redbook Pam books include: New York Times bestsellers Perfect One - Dish Dinners and The Perfect Recipe for Losing Weight and Eating Great, Julia Child award winning, The Perfect Recipe, and James Beard Award nominees, How To Cook Without a Book and Perfect Recipes for Having People Over, as well as CookSmart.

To inspire other young chefs to embark on such a unique opportunity as representing the USA on a national stage at Bocuse d'Or, Tessier has written a book, Chasing Bocuse: America's Journey to the Culinary World Stage, about his experiences with the competition as a chef and coach.

If they let Harper leave via free agency, do the Nationals slot Victor Robles in for Harper in right, wait for Juan Soto to develop, and then spend the money coming off the books and what they would have committed to Harper in what's thought of as one of the best free agent classes in baseball history next winter?»

Still, with the national championship as his playing field, editor Wade has a broad swatch to pluck from, and his book covers lots of territory, with some nice sidesteps from the obvious that include former USGA top dog Frank Hannigan's insights into course setup and some skinny from John Feinstein on the wit and wickedness behind the pairings.

As luck would have it, they have only gone and booked into the same hotel as the Swedish female national teaAs luck would have it, they have only gone and booked into the same hotel as the Swedish female national teaas the Swedish female national team!

Fresh off a 10 - 3 season and the thrashing of Florida in the Citrus Bowl, Las Vegas sees Michigan as a viable National Title contender for the 2016 - 17 season, according to the William Hill Book in Nevada.

The league has been highlighted on HBO's Real Sports, chronicled in a New York Times bestselling book, «The Only Rule Is It Has to Work», featured in the Wall Street Journal, received regular coverage from the MLB Network as well as many other national media outlets.

It may be a little too early for the Arsenal midfielder to be thinking about a place at the World Cup in Russia next summer, as he is currently out of the England national team set - up and before he gets back in there is the small matter of getting his place in the Arsenal side once again, but I am sure that Jack Wilshere will have thought about it as England booked their place for next summer.

As I described in the book, she turned the I.S. 318 chess team into a competitive powerhouse, one that regularly beats better - funded private - school teams and wins national championships.

Publication of the editorial came on the same day as two other events of note, first, the release of a new book, Back in the Game, in which sports neurologist Jeffrey Kutcher and award - winning journalist Joanne Gerstner repeatedly and pointedly criticize the media for «irresponsible» reporting on CTE, and second, the filing of a class action lawsuit in federal court in Los Angeles against Pop Warner, USA Football, and the National Operating Committee on Standards For Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE) which assumes as scientific fact that repetitive head impacts sustained in youth football «exposed» plaintiffs» sons to CTE, and led one to engage in «erratic and reckless behavior» resulting in his untimely death, and the other to take his own life.

Both of my children have made their own choice to be vegetarian, which pretty much means the National School Lunch Program is not for them, as pointed out by Erik Marcus in the foreward to Jennifer's book.

Bahrain's national airline, Gulf Air, not only offers kids» meals and entertainment, but also has diapers on hand, free bassinet - booking, and the mysterious, magical creature known as the Sky Nanny — who helps out at Bahrain's airport but also on - board on Gulf Air «s wide - bodied long - haul routes.

According to The National Center for Infants, Toddlers and Families, important early literacy behaviors for babies include those «related to a child's physical manipulation or handling of books, such as page turning and chewing.»

When we were home educating, we liked to use a variety of text books and other resources, such as CD - Roms, some of which tied in with the UK National Curriculum, some of which were for more general interest.

Comments about the hostile response to any request for home birth confirm the anecdotal reports of consumer groups such as the Association for the Improvement in Maternity Services and the National Childbirth Trust and evidence to the Expert Maternity Group.1 In addition, many women who had booked a home birth were later transferred to hospital for delivery, both before and after the onset of labour.

As a therapist who has taught on the national level for over a decade to families and childcare organizations like Parents As Teachers, First Steps, Children's Hope International, and more about the value of attachment, I knew that truly gentle sleep support for parents was hard to come by and too often attached to a big price tag (from $ 50 to sometimes $ 350 for private coaching, site memberships, books / videos, etc).

food manufacturers have managed to invade what should be a commercial - free zone through vending machines and «pouring rights»; branded foods (like Pizza Hut pizzas) sold in the national school lunch program; the sale of a la carte foods; the use of Channel One television in the classroom; the creation of textbooks replete with math problems that use the products» names; give - aways of branded items like textbook covers; offering their products as rewards for academic performance (read X number of books over the summer and earn a gift certificate to McDonald's); and much more.

The book also noted, in passing, that breast - feeding could «strengthen the infant's resistance to infection and disease» — an early hint of what would soon become the national obsession with breast milk as liquid vaccine.

The puzzling absence of women coaches in youth sports, as Scott Lancaster, the director of the National Football League's youth football program, noted in his book, Fair Play: Making Organized Sports a Great Experience for Your Kid, is «clearly one of the most backward traditions in sports today.»

(As I point out in the book, a recent study by the National Center for Education Research found that none of the many large - scale character - education programs in use in American schools produces any significant positive outcomes.)

National Alliance for Youth Sports Founder Fred Engh's new book — Unsinkable Spirit — is receiving rave reviews throughout the publishing industry as it recently received four prestigious awards.

Unsinkable Spirit, recently named Honorable Mention at the 10th Annual Hollywood Book Festival, chronicles Engh's actions as he created the National Alliance for Youth Sports, including the game changing risk Engh took to make his dream for positive youth sports a reality for children across the country — even when he had everything to lose.