Sentences with phrase «author takes a left»

So when an author takes a left turn, I do not read them anymore.

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When Jessica Jackley, founder of the micro-loan business Kiva and author of Clay Water Brick: Finding Inspiration From Entrepreneurs Who Do The Most With The Least, was asked to leave the TED conference due to the event organizer's no children policy, she did the natural thing: Jackley took her complaint to Twitter:

The authors cite nearly 20 years» worth of case studies that show how category kings swiftly take over the market cap in a particular category, leaving scraps for other competitors in the space.

Where other companies supply their stores with headquarters - authored mission and values statements, Life Is Good provides loose - leaf binders labeled «Fuel» and stuffed with thank - yous from people who have taken solace or inspiration from its message.

Malkiel (left), the Princeton economist best known as the author of A Random Walk Down Wall Street, now in its 12th edition, took to the op - ed pages of the Wall Street Journal on Tuesday, saying investors who would «pull their money out of the stock market today to invest in bonds are making a huge mistake.»

Dimitri Cavalli, source of many WWAI items over the past few years and author of the Washington Examiner story from which these quotes are taken, explains the change this way: Back then, Lynn was defending progressive causes, but now that «the so - called Religious Right has eclipsed the influence of the Religious Left in American public life,» it's time to shut down religious influence.

Sci - Fi Author John C. Wright takes down a belligerent reviewer in style: The thrilling conclusion: An interviewer once asked me if my Christianity or my political philosophy would offend readers, by which he meant readers to the Left of Center.

The author of the acclaimed memoir Radical Son is described as a «convert» to conservatism and, as in his Marxist days as a leader of the New Left, he continues the policy of taking no prisoners.

Following the death of Left Behind author Tim LaHaye in July this year, John Tancock takes another look at the theology that inspired the books and fi... More

Following the death of Left Behind author Tim LaHaye in July this year, John Tancock takes another look at the theology that inspired the books and films

Following the death of Left Behind author Tim LaHaye in July this year, John Tancock takes another look... More

The recipes in this cookbook are similar to those in the author's blog, they take the fear and anxiety out of cooking for the novice and leave you wanting more... My mind is blown.»

ConnCAN's one on one interview with Paul Tough, author of «Still Left Behind: What It Will Really Take to Close the Education Gap,» April 2008.

Instead, authors Judith Lothian, RN, PhD, LCCE, FACCE, FAAN, and Charlotte DeVries take the best, current research on how to have a safe and healthy birth and present it in an easy - to - understand way, leaving you with practical and actionable steps put into practice right away.

The authors found that regardless of gender, leaving work for family reasons was associated with lower long - term earnings, indicating that both men and women who take time off to care for family members suffer financial consequences as a result.

Authors Judith Lothian, RN, PhD, LCCE, FACCE, FAAN, and Charlotte DeVries take the best, current research on how to have a safe and healthy birth and present it in an easy - to - understand way, leaving you with practical and actionable steps put into practice right away.

Nearly 10 years after Cuomo, a staunch opponent of the death penalty, had left office, Smith authored the 2004 decision that ended the practice in New York, taking issue with the state's sentencing guidelines.

Grayling addressed that meeting but observers say he quickly left the room once the author of the report took to the stage and celebrated the efforts of the Howard League.

Fourth, it hits the the left wing blogs, who take the opportunity to gloat a little and trash the study's authors and all the uncritical right wing blogs.

Katko, R - Camillus, has authored a bill that would set up a voluntary program offering paid family leave for any employee who wants to take time off to care for a newborn child or a family member.

However, our results showed that hospital - acquired anemia was associated with worse clinical outcomes after leaving the hospital so it needs to be taken more seriously,» said senior author Dr. Ethan Halm, Director of UT Southwestern's Center for Patient - Centered Outcomes Research and Chief of the William T. and Gay F. Solomon Division of General Internal Medicine at UT Southwestern.

Commenting on the significance of the findings co-lead author Professor Mani Ramaswami, Professor of Neurogenetics at the School of Genetics and Microbiology, Trinity College Dublin said: «Degenerative diseases, such as MND, are a poorly understood and largely untreatable set of life limiting diseases which can leave people unable to do the everyday things that the rest of us, particularly the young, take for granted.

«Wake up a half - hour before everyone else, take time for yourself after everyone leaves for work or school, or spend your lunch hour alone a couple of days a week,» says Barbara Ann Kipfer, author of The Field Guide to Happiness for Women.

The recipes in this cookbook are similar to those in the author's blog, they take the fear and anxiety out of cooking for the novice and leave you wanting more... My mind is blown.»

A more tongue in cheek approach to food and «evolving» research is summed up by this author: «we're left to figure out which of the food headlines we should take to heart, and which should be taken with a grain of unrefined, mineral - rich sea salt....

Death, of course, seems a natural recourse for a season characterized, tonally speaking, by gloom, and indications of impending disaster are peppered liberally throughout: Don, in «Lazy Lazarus,» receives an existential crisis in miniature as the doors to a high - rise elevator open onto a yawning void; a newly obese Betty (January Jones), in «Tea Leaves,» discovers a nodule on her thyroid which may be cancerous; Roger (John Slattery), taking LSD in «Far Away Places,» authors a note of cautionary instruction to be left on his greatly disoriented person.

Park City • It took a documentary about her illustrious life to leave Ruth Bader Ginsburg, author of eloquent Supreme Court opinions, speechless.

While «The Handmaid's Tale's» Samira Wiley, who took the stage at the Golden Globes when the Margaret Atwood - based Hulu show won for best drama TV series, danced in a reserved section of the party, author and activist Janet Mock, who serves as a writer of FX's upcoming «Pose,» was leaving.

The authors of the No Child Left Behind Act wanted to force districts and states to take more aggressive steps to improve low - performing schools.

A fellow Peace Corps volunteer took this snapshot of the author (at left) during a school visit in Africa.

He is author of Why Boys Fail: Saving Our Sons from an Education System That's Leaving Them Behind (Amacom, 2010); The Bee Eater: Michelle Rhee Takes on the Nation's Worst School District (Jossey - Bass, 2011); and The Achievable Dream: College Board Lessons on Creating Great Schools with Gaston Caperton (The College Board, 2012).

also, the medium diagnostics on authors house came up like that: its two male persons in charge (there are even darkest behind them), they are possibly gay or sort of hybrid race, not human and their mission is actually dark - to put high lightworkers msgs transmitted often in those books in the dark corner where nobody can find it out.and take as much money away from author as possible, like brake the authors bank, ruin it and leave author suffer the damage and loss.they feed on it.

Reviews and ratings take time for already - busy readers, and Amazon's review rules make it ever more difficult for the most passionate fans of an author to leave him or her reviews.

The author has to do all this themselves at their own expense, and in return Amazon will shaft them with a 35 % royalty rate (the 50 % you quote is NET, which is rich given the only place it will be sold is on Amazon, so Amazon will take their 30 % cut and then take another half of what's left) for an ebook.

For a few years it seemed that it was attempting to expand on author involvement but this has taken a back seat, instead [it's] left to companies who wish to sell products and services.»

Whatever you're reading just now, if you enjoy the book, take a moment to thank the author by leaving a quick review on Amazon, Goodreads, or any other site that you prefer.

Inside these pages, discover: Exactly how to take your book on tour, around the globe, without leaving home; How to identify and connect with new audiences who are hungry for your content; The top four social networks for authors; How to locate and line up tour hosts for your virtual book tour; And more!

He was able to hold out until a publisher offered him an uncommon deal, taking print rights alone and leaving digital for the author.

Posted in Reflections, tagged a writer's journey, Debbie A. McClure, following a life path, getting past obstacles, how to go with the flow, inspiration for authors, Molly Greene, overcoming adversity, social media for writers, taking a leap of faith, the writing journey, the writing tsunami, writer's blog, writing challenges, writing inspiration, writing learning curves on June 16, 2015 Leave a Comment»

Mid-list authors and debut authors, because there is very little money left in the budget with which to take a chance.

And, there're other aspects of your author platform to maintain as well like your social media, and if you're working, have a family or other responsibilities that take your time, that doesn't always leave you a lot of time to blog, not to mention actually write the books you're trying to promote with your blog and social media, does it?

First, let me say that authors should take the time to support other authors at book signings, buy purchasing their books and leaving an Amazon review, by following their blog tours, by reading their blogs and commenting.

And in a field where a book leaving an author's hands and finding its way to the bookstore shelf can take as long as two years, electronic submissions greatly speed up the process.

While it took me some time to settle into the ruminative style for which the author is known (see «Beyond the Book»), I knew I'd sign on for the journey when María thinks,»... it's very risky imagining yourself into someone else's mind, it's sometimes hard to leave.»

Or they're so awed that an author would actually thank them or even take time to say hi, that they leave the bookstore wanting to tell all their friends and buy all the author's books.

Debut author Jonas Karlsson doesn't leave a word out of place in this brilliant, bizarre, delightful take on how far we will go — in a world ruled by conformity - to live an individual and examined life.

Most costs that go into producing books are not plant costs, but are instead related to editorial, marketing, design, distribution, rights, etc... not to mention that the reseller (in most cases Amazon) has the largest percentage take, leaving author and publisher to divide up a much smaller percentage of the pie.

She and over 250 other authors have successfully completed this comprehensive training program on taking your book on tour around the globe, without leaving home.

So is the «real» math Apple takes 30 %, then you charge a fee of $ 1.49 against what's left, and then of whatever dollar amount is left over, the author gets 80 %?

TIM STEVENS: I'm taking a leaf out of the book of Russell Blake, the New York Times bestselling indie author who writes in a similar genre to me.