Sentences with phrase «author of a great book»

Ben Carlson of A Wealth of Common Sense blog (and author of a great book by the same name), had a recent post Playing the Probabilities outlining that time has been an investor's best friend (for those investors that have had in some cases quite a bit of time), pointing to the following table.

Even the author of the greatest book written on America, Alexis de Tocqueville, didn't think most Americans should read the great books written by the Greeks and Romans.

I found it on The Year in food blog, and it turns out that, Kimberley is the author of a great book I recently acquired - Vibrant Food.

«Together and alone, we need literature as the California valleys need rain,» muses David Denby, author of Great Books (1996) and staff writer for The New Yorker.

Or maybe you think it's simply impossible that your book is selling so poorly (reality check: as we mention elsewhere here on this page, most authors sell poorly, even authors of great books).

The author of a great book,» The Boy Who Was Raised As A Dog.»

Not exact matches

CEO Project, and is the author of the book Great CEOs Are Lazy

She the author of the book «Market Magic: Riding the Great Bull Market of the Century.»

There's an important quote from Jim Collins, business consultant and author of the New York Times Bestselling book, «Good - to - Great.»

Jim is a popular keynote speaker and the author of the best - selling book, «Great CEOs Are Lazy» - grab your copy to today on Amazon

Here's an experience I've had over time that I'm guessing you can relate to: many of the books I've read that have taught me the most or had the greatest impact on me do not appear on the recommended lists of business luminaries, famous authors, or Hollywood stars.

Denise Lee Yohn, a brand consultant and author of the book What Great Brands Do, encourages companies to engage in authentic philanthropy that ties most directly to their areas of expertise.

Says John Allison, president and CEO of the Cato Institute, and author of the book The Leadership Crisis and the Free Market Cure, when you become a great leader, not only will you be stronger and more effective, but you will be happier.

The question was recently posed by David Dayen, author of the forthcoming book Chain of Title: How Three Ordinary Americans Uncovered Wall Street's Great Foreclosure Fraud, among others.

So does Ryan Holiday, the author of the best - selling The Obstacle Is the Way (a really great book) and the compulsively readable Trust Me, I'm Lying: Confessions of a Media Manipulator.

Collins is the author of the best - selling business books Built to Last and Good to Great, both of which address this simple but vexing question: Why do some companies become great while others flouGreat, both of which address this simple but vexing question: Why do some companies become great while others flougreat while others flounder?

Author: A Life Well Played: My Stories, 2106; Arnold Palmer: Memories, Stories, and Memorabilia from a Life on and Off the Course, 2004; Playing by the Rules: All the Rules of the Game, Complete with Memorable Rulings From Golf's Rich History, 2002; A Golfer's Life (with James Dodson), 1999; 495 Golf Lessons, 1973; Play Great Golf, 1987; Arnold Palmer's Complete Book Of Putting (with Peter Dobereiner), 1986; Arnold Palmer's Best 54 Golf Holes (with Bob Drum), 1977; Go For Broke: My Philosophy of Winning Golf (with William Barry Furlong), 1973; Situation Golf (with Jesus Gutierrez), 1970; My Game and Yours, 19of the Game, Complete with Memorable Rulings From Golf's Rich History, 2002; A Golfer's Life (with James Dodson), 1999; 495 Golf Lessons, 1973; Play Great Golf, 1987; Arnold Palmer's Complete Book Of Putting (with Peter Dobereiner), 1986; Arnold Palmer's Best 54 Golf Holes (with Bob Drum), 1977; Go For Broke: My Philosophy of Winning Golf (with William Barry Furlong), 1973; Situation Golf (with Jesus Gutierrez), 1970; My Game and Yours, 19Of Putting (with Peter Dobereiner), 1986; Arnold Palmer's Best 54 Golf Holes (with Bob Drum), 1977; Go For Broke: My Philosophy of Winning Golf (with William Barry Furlong), 1973; Situation Golf (with Jesus Gutierrez), 1970; My Game and Yours, 19of Winning Golf (with William Barry Furlong), 1973; Situation Golf (with Jesus Gutierrez), 1970; My Game and Yours, 1963

Bo Burlingham is the author of the acclaimed bestselling book Small Giants: Companies That Choose to Be Great Instead of Big.

Tom is also a two - time author, including How Clients Buy: A Practical Guide to Business Development for Consulting and Professional Services (2018) and Bread and Butter, a critically - acclaimed book that describes his work at Great Harvest and how he and his team created a nationally recognized corporate learning community and culture of best practices using collaborative networks.

Author or contributing author of dozens of scholarly and practitioner articles, books and programs, Richard's work has been described by various faculty at Harvard, Yale, London Business School and elsewhere as «great & much needed,» «wonderful and pragmatic,» «thorough» and «nothing short of remarkable,» as well as by Fortune 500, NYSE, FTSE and other company leaders as «leading edge,» «ground - breaking,» «valuable guidance,» «indispensable,» «compelling» and «exceptional.&Author or contributing author of dozens of scholarly and practitioner articles, books and programs, Richard's work has been described by various faculty at Harvard, Yale, London Business School and elsewhere as «great & much needed,» «wonderful and pragmatic,» «thorough» and «nothing short of remarkable,» as well as by Fortune 500, NYSE, FTSE and other company leaders as «leading edge,» «ground - breaking,» «valuable guidance,» «indispensable,» «compelling» and «exceptional.&author of dozens of scholarly and practitioner articles, books and programs, Richard's work has been described by various faculty at Harvard, Yale, London Business School and elsewhere as «great & much needed,» «wonderful and pragmatic,» «thorough» and «nothing short of remarkable,» as well as by Fortune 500, NYSE, FTSE and other company leaders as «leading edge,» «ground - breaking,» «valuable guidance,» «indispensable,» «compelling» and «exceptional.»

Following this same format, authors Charles Ellis and Burton Malkiel, two of the investment world's greatest thinkers, have combined their talents to produce The Elements of Investing — a short, straight - talking book about investing and saving that will put you on a path towards a lifetime of financial success.

I also find it fascinating that so many of the great Investors find similar value in much the same authors, such as Benjamin Graham and his brilliant book, The Intelligent Investor.

CAROL LOOMIS: In the conclusion of a book, Dear Chairman, which you recommend in this year's annual letter, a new book you recommend, the author argues that «the life's work of great investors is inevitably reabsorbed into the industrial complex with little acknowledgement of their accomplishments.

It would be great to see the author maintain an up to date set of data (or at least checked links) on his website for the book and guarantee to do this for as long as the book is on sale at least.

As a best - selling author of the book On the Brink, Paulson details his experiences as Treasury Secretary fending off the near - collapse of the U.S. economy during the Great Recession.

He is Joel Greenblatt, a great value investor, financial thought leader and author of several bestselling books including The Little Book That Still Beats the Market, which is considered an investment classic.

She authored the award - winning book slide: ology: The Art and Science of Creating Great Presentations, where more than 20 years of experience is distilled into visual - communication best practices.

As well I noticed that this book has a forward written by John Maxwell, one of the great authors of many books on leadership.

I have been following the slow and arduous acceptance of author Michael Fumento's central thesis presented in his book The Myth of Heterosexual AIDS and in his series of articles in The New Republic and in Commentary with great interest... So I was extremely pleased to read your editorial position concerning AIDS.

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....

Bennett's list of the great books authored by such great souls, limited to the Humanities which are his immediate concern, run from Homer to Nietzsche, and from the Federalist Papers to Letter from the Birmingham Jail.

This is, in effect, a commentary on the material generally ascribed to Q. By today's standards the author accepts material as authentic far too readily, and he conspicuously fails to take notice of form criticism, but this is nonetheless a great book.

Despite concerns with some of the authors» theological opinions, this book has a great deal going for it, and at 136 pages the authors have done extraordinarily well to cover so much important material so clearly and thoughtfully.

CNN: My take: A word to Christians — Be nice John S. Dickerson is author of the book «The Great Evangelical Recession: 6 Factors that Will Crash the American Church... and How to Prepare» and senior pastor of Cornerstone in Prescott, Arizona.

Great stuff Jeremy - your book «Skeleton Church» changed my perspective on a lot of things about the church - I am an aspiring author hoping to be published someday

Jonathan Edwards «Freedom of the Will» (of which Princeton ethics professor Charles Ramsey said: «This book alone is sufficient to establish its author as the greatest philosopher - theologian yet to grace the American scene.»)

For Jones» great schism to occur, he demands that we leave churches that are not egalitarian; that ministers, pastors and leaders of non-egalitarian denominations and churches quit; that egalitarian authors not publish their books by houses that also publish complimentarians; and that if you speak at conferences without fair representation you decline the invitation.

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).

But I think it is true to say that nowhere have I made any substantial addition to or alteration of the author's insights and ideas; and to a great extent, especially in the latter part of the book, it was in fact possible to cling closely not only to the sense but also to the wording of the French.

So it was with great excitement when I learned that one of my favorite authors who writes about the church, was publishing a book about Jesus.

The author of a new book, Magnificent Desolation, Aldrin argues, «More than just exploring a hostile new world, Apollo 11 was about bold vision and great risk, about the obstacles a great nation could overcome with dedication, courage and teamwork.

But along with the praise, Wilson offers insights about the reasons these books are powerful: Lewis's generosity toward the authors he discusses, the way he finds passages that make them seem interesting; his sense of «wonder and enjoyment» in all he reads; his willingness to take up the great themes that engaged his authors, to put to work in criticism his «creative intelligence.»

Editor's note: John S. Dickerson is author of the book «The Great Evangelical Recession: 6 Factors that Will Crash the American Church... and How to Prepare» and senior pastor of Cornerstone in Prescott, Arizona.

The author of many books, essays, poems, snippets, and shorts, «Brian James Patrick Doyle of New Yawk was cheerfully NOT the great Canadian novelist Brian Doyle, nor the astrophysicist Brian Doyle, nor the former Yankee baseball player Brian Doyle, nor even the terrific actor Brian Doyle - Murray.

The author compares Old Testament wisdom tradition with parallels in the Telugu tradition, including proverbs, sayings, maxims, epigrammes, and books of fables, and concludes with great appreciation of the Indian wisdom tradition.

From reading a book about anti-slavery minister Rev. Beecher, brother of Harriet Beecher - Stowe, author of «Uncle Tom's Cabin», (great, great, great grandfather of Sam Scoville), titled: «The Most Famous Man in America», I made some blog posts on the subject.

The shortcoming of this brief book, perhaps inherent in the author's polemical task, is that it is negative, and to see how well Kimball conveys his own appreciations of great art a reader must look to his other works (his rich essays on Eakins and Delacroix, for instance, in his collection titled Art's Prospect).

And the nexus of the two seemingly contradictory views is revealed by the great thinker to whom we have already frequently turned — the author of chapter 8 of the Book of Proverbs.

A member of Faith Church in Lafayette, Indiana, Boudia is the author of the forthcoming book Greater than Gold: From Olympic Heartbreak to Ultimate Redemption.

In the calendar of the Orthodox Church, the Fourth Sunday of Great Lent commemorates St. John, author of The Ladder, a book of profound spiritual guidance.