Sentences with phrase «as reading a great book»

Treating yourself to small things that bring you pleasure such as reading a great book, going for a walk, or spending time in nature can make a huge difference.

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Soon droves of students will be issued reading lists, inventories of books they are told to they need to read to learn how to become the best, the greatest, or as successful as (fill in famous name here).

I would read great books and read profound articles and just think to myself — «How I wish I was as creative as the author who wrote that great book.»

For instance, if you're running a Facebook page that features children's books and you run across a great list of 100 books every child should read, you may be tempted to just post a link to that list as a status update.

«The Retail Revival is a critical read for all marketing professionals who are trying to figure out what's next in retail Doug Stephens does a great job of explaining why retail has evolved the way it has, and the book serves as an important, trusted guide to where it's headed next.»

Here's what Jean Yarbrough of Bowdoin, the distinguished author of pathbreaking books on President TJ and President TR, wrote: I read this post with great interest, as....

Click here to check out the songs that were my companions while I wrote the book — I think they'll be great companions for you as you READ it.

Ironically, as I was reading this book about how to live as Christians in a post-Christian era, I ran across an exchange between atheist Christopher Hitchens (author of the best - selling book God is Not Great) and Suchin Pak (correspondent for MTV news).

A great book to read is «Liberty and Tyranny» and «Ameritopia» by Mark Levin as it gives concise reasons for where we are and where we come from.

Furthermore, although we recognized that much of what was worked out in the later book was absent from the former, we read the former in light of where we understood it was tending, namely, the system that we identified as Whitehead's great achievement.

It's a really great story if you ever decided to read it as it is, like you would any other book.

Those who shudder at inscriptions on monuments or passages in history books which refer simply to «the Great War» or «the World War» — written as though what we call World War I would indeed prove to be «the war to end war» — will feel saddened to read her portentous observation that «we have no guarantee that it will not recur.»

It had greater power and authority than other books, and as such, could only be entrusted to those who were trained in how to read and understand it.

All the great literate traditions have taken certain books as formative of their deepest beliefs and have read them, commented on them, and understood them in changing ways over their entire history.

I read books that extended the original story 20 years into the future, played the video games, and have even recently spent an evening at Secret Cinema dressed as Han Solo, recreating A New Hope and The Empire Strikes Back (two of the greatest films of all time).

In this respect, I read this book as I read any other great book: I assume that every word counts; I attend especially carefully to the sequence and the local context, in the belief that the meaning of each part is dependent partly on what comes before and after, both immediately and also remotely.

I read thousands of fantasy books as a child and young adult, and these actually hold no greater morality than many of them.

I think it's the greatest book in the world but I didn't find that out until the Holy Spirit started revealing some things and every time I read it and He doesn't I don't get nearly as much out of it.

Bauckham talked a lot about the sovereignty and transcendence of God, which are great themes, and clearly present in the book of Revelation, but as I read, I kept asking myself why John would need all this elaborate imagery to say this?

I now read the Bible as a living history book not just a book filled with great stories or â $ œMythologyâ $ I believe in a God that can look out into utter darkness and speak the words â $ œlet there be light â $ œ and immediately billions of suns burst into existence (and continue to do so) and, one who knows our every thought.

I love reading your Green Kitchen Stories and look forward to reading and using your new book as I start a new life on Vashon Island, WA, focused on great, healthy local eating.

I can't remember exactly which ones I listed, but my general fixations right now are Ottolenghi's Jerusalem, Sam Sifton's Thanksgiving book (sort of random, but a great quick read), I'm enjoying the Mile End Cookbook, as well as Small Plates and Sweet Treats from the writer / photographer behind the Cannele - Vanille blog.

As I read Beatrice Ojakangas» The Great Scandinavian Baking Book and Marcus Samuelsson's Aquavit — the two titles that began my collection of Scandinavian cookbooks — I began to understand my grandmother and our Norwegian heritage in new, illuminating ways.

They're great with breakfast, but I especially like to eat mine as a cozy reading snack — they're perfect with a cup of tea and a good book.

I just read a great book about supplements and how bad they can actually be for you, particularly antioxidants, as they behave differently in a petri dish than in our bodies.

Great to read Amy's take on the movie, i have read her book about the invincibles as well and it made you feel wonderful, this movie i am certain brings in wonderful memories and a lot of nostalgia.

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Gliders are also a great place to read books and have some relaxing bonding time with your little ones even as they get older.

Journey to the River Sea by Eva Ibbotson (via Tara: «My daughter read this as part of book club, great for kids.»)

I also do a few hours every now and then for my local library service, which is great as I get to read all the kids books and dream up new illustrations or prints for them.

It's a great book for beginning readers to read on their own or as read - aloud to little ones.

I've found that this works very well for beginning readers, as it's a great way to add a slight bit of movement and critical thinking (thinking about what they just read) to the book.

Reading this excerpt of a wildly popular parenting book from 1928, as you breastfeed your baby or cosleep with your toddler or cuddle with your preschooler or hug your preteen or put your arm around your teen's shoulders, how do you feel it was like for your great - grandmother to be admonished for instinctively loving her child, only to be told that her instinct is exactly what would damage that child?

I had it as one of our garden books last week and J and I have had great fun reading through the book as well as watching it being read to us on youtube (isn't it refreshing to have someone else do the reading to a toddler and you get to listen to it).

This book is available in a paperback version as well as a digital one, and they're both very affordable and great for low - budget reading.

These books can not only help children keep their reading skills in tip - top shape but also provide a great way to spend time together as a family.

In the next few weeks I'll share a review of everything I've read lately as I've gotten so many great book recommendations from you guys and would love to return the favor!

Don't just sniff at the books your child reads (after all, the fact that he does read something is great as it is).

It's great if you have time to read all of the sleep books as I have.

A great book to read to discuss feelings, or use as a «settling down for the day» book.

If you are stumped for great books for kids to choose, the top books that parents reported reading aloud over and over again for little ones include Dr. Seuss books such as The Cat in the Hat and Green Eggs and Ham, Good Night Moon by Margaret Wise Brown and The Very Hungry Caterpillar by Eric Carle.

«A great book called What to Expect When Mommy's Having a Baby, by Heidi Murkoff, explains the whole process very simply, and you can read as much or as little as you want to fit your child's developmental level.

In the past we have enjoyed reading the book The Carrot Seed and had great fun creating with out — Stir of Wonder has been recently reading it and done some hands on maths activities as well as a simple science activity to learn with plants.

So if you are busy with potty training your child or you are wanting to buy a gift for someone I really recommend this book as not just a great read but as something that will make the potty training journey so much easier for mommy and child.

So why do some books that aren't) of obvious (at least to me) interest to most high school students placed on reading lists, and why are others of much greater interest (as judged by sales and / or library borrowings) ignored?

But Bell also read in Born's book that another great of the interwar generation, the Hungarian mathematician and physicist John von Neumann, had published a proof as early as 1932 demonstrating that hidden variables could not be made compatible with quantum mechanics.

Forer had simply selected some general statements, such as «you have a need for other people to like and admire you» and «you have a great deal of unused creative potential», from a book of astrological readings and glued them together (Journal of Abnormal and Social Psychology, vol 44, p 118).

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Reading books and watching shows and flicks as a couple was associated with greater intimacy and confidence in the relationship — and the link was strongest for participants who had fewer mutual friends with their partners, the researchers found.

Dan John suggested 3 things that will help you get more free will but you will have to read the book for that as I feel that I would do him a great disservice if I tried to put them into my own words Again, you may download you copy here while it's still free (at least, at the time of this posting) = > Never Let Go: A Philosophy of Lifting, Living, and Learning.