Sentences with phrase «authors recounting»

Here the author recounts his experiences learning about Tibetan culture and tradition.

So, for example, Enns explains that an author recounting the reign of King David to an exilic audience (Samuel - Kings) would have an entirely different purpose, perspective, and agenda than an author recounting the reign of King David to an audience that has returned to the land after being released from Babylon (Chronicles).

Nonetheless, as I read the many translated documents I wondered about the social and political contexts to the events the author recounts.

Through My Eyes tells a dramatic story heightened by the matter - of - fact manner in which the author recounts ugly and terrifying events.

Their authors recount what is lost and what is gained when, upon entering American schooling and public society, they are asked to acquire not only new skills and linguistic operations, but also new perspectives on the world and themselves within it.

In a patchwork «quilt» of free - verse poems, the author recounts her struggle to become a writer growing up in 1960s Hong Kong.

The autobiography of the Margaret A. Edwards Award - winning author recounts the childhood vignettes and discoveries of profound, simple truths that led to his career writing honest and gritty young - adult books.

In this amusing book, the author recounts her trip with her fearless husband in a 1940 Cadillac La Salle (alias Roxanne) for an antique automobile race from Beijing to Paris.

The author recounts somewhat flatly, the story of her grandparents» early experiences as they were forced to leave the land they loved, but her writing style gains a dynamic quality as she moves through her mother's young life in India (Soosi D).

In his book, the author recounts that Boston, then a city of 15,000 inhabitants and under British Army occupation, witnessed numerous conflicts between the local populace and soldiers following the Boston Tea Party eighteen months prior.

In the article, the author recounts a recent conversation he had with a proponent of the screening approach: «I still can't see how it's possible to whittle down your opportunity set to the one or two stocks that you might buy in a year [without screening]» He's married, so I retorted: how did you whittle down all the potential girls in the world and end up with your wife?

In this diary of his ambitious first year, this canine actor, athlete, and author recounts his exciting life in New York City — from his rigorous puppy training to his athletic triumphs and quest for the limelight.

The author recounts interviews where he couldn't keep track of his stories long enough to tell them, his latest work is garish and unskilled, last year, he was mistakenly diagnosed with Alzheimer's.

In it, the author recounted the views of several in - house counsels as they reflected on how law a firm's blog could affect the hiring of an outside firm.

Not exact matches

July 2002: Zig: The Autobiography of Zig Ziglar, is published, a detailed recounting of the author's life and career.

The second volume of the All and Everything trilogy, originally published in 1963, features the author's recounting of people he met during his travels across Central Asia.

The author, Catherine Jheon, recounted the «nightmare» renovation she and her husband undertook, sinking hundreds of thousands dollars into a «crack house» purchased almost on impulse, with seemingly little to no concern for the low - income tenants who were evicted in the process.

As author Adam Grant recounts, «It was clear that Dave made a concerted effort to recruit people who cared about others, who loved to learn and have fun.

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....

It certainly had an effect on the author of 2 Peter, who recounted this incident in detail:

Author Joyce Rupp recounts an Ethiopian legend about a shepherd boy named Alemayu.

In fact, the author tries to maintain an objective distance in recounting this long and successful history.

CNN: My Take: 7 life lessons from a Holocaust survivor Caroline Stoessinger, a concert pianist and author, recounts the lessons she learned from her friend Alice Herz - Sommers, who is the world's oldest survivor of the Holocaust.

Burge, like the other authors reviewed here, recounts the atrocity carried out by Jewish terrorists at the Arab village of DeirYassin just prior to the declaration of the Israeli state in 1948.

Theoreticians of narrative discourse have noted that in narration the author often disappears and it is as though the events recounted themselves.

The author's Goodbye, Good Men, a best - seller that recounted the «homosexualizing» of the Catholic priesthood, caused a mighty stir.

author Margaret Hope Bacon recounts how Jane felt the Lord calling her to return to her native England as a Quaker missionary, but her husband William resisted the idea.

He is the author of the award - winning book Politics in Ghana — 1972 - 1979, in which he depicts, inter-alia, the military as the bane of Government and Politics in Africa and recounted instances of human right abuses, conflictual politics, economic mismanagement and national decadence.

Do No Harm recounts operations that can go well, or in some cases very, very badly, and its author is brutally honest about the mistakes he has made.

She is the author of My Beloved World (2012), a memoir that recounts her life's journey from a Bronx housing project to the federal bench.

The author of Scientific American's column «Mathematical Games» from 1956 to 1981 recounts 25 years of amusing puzzles and serious discoveries

In his magical - realist masterpiece One Hundred Years of Solitude, Colombian author Gabriel García Márquez takes the reader to the mythical jungle village of Macondo, where, in one oft - recounted scene, residents suffer from a disease that causes them to lose all memory.

The author Jean Johnston recounts how she dealt with the diagnosis, treatment, and recovery of her daughter, Suzy.

The author is a recovering vegan and in the first half of the book recounts his dietary experiences using some paleo foods to restore his health.

In the first, the former Scientologists describe how they got into Scientology; the second act recounts the history of Scientology and the author of Dianetics, and in the final act, the film airs allegations of the abuse of church members and misconduct by its leadership, particularly David Miscavige, who is accused of intimidating, beating, imprisoning, and exploiting subordinates.

Written by Kelly Marcel and directed by John Lee Hancock, the film recounts Author P.L. Travers» travels from London to Hollywood as Walt Disney Pictures adapts her novel MARY POPPINS for the big screen.

A UK poster has arrived online for the upcoming drama Denial along with a featurette which sees director Mick Jackson, stars Rachel Weisz and Timothy Spall, and author of Denial: Holocaust History on Trial, Deborah Lipstadt discussing the film; take a look below... Based on the acclaimed book Denial: Holocaust History on Trial, Denial recounts Deborah E. -LSB-...]

Tom Nickerson (Tom Holland as a young man, Brendan Gleeson as the older version) recounts this traumatic survival tale to author Herman Melville (Ben Whishaw), who is desperate to write this true story.

Magic Trip (Unrated) Psychedelic documentary about Sixties cult figure Ken Kesey recounting the best - selling author's (One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest) fabled, hallucinogen - fueled bus trip across the country from Oregon to New York in the company of a band of freewheeling, fellow acid freaks known as The Merry Pranksters.

Nickerson recounts the tale of the whaling ship, Essex, to the aspiring author, Melville (Ben Whishaw).

The aging Zero recounts to the author (Jude Law) his days working as a lobby boy in the hotel in the 1930s; back when the Grand Budapest was a lavish and opulent palace, full of decadent ornamentations and rich, vibrant decors, and back when it attracted only the most esteemed and refined individuals.

To recount and draw lessons from that experience, Fordham president (and Education Next senior editor) Chester Finn, Fordham vice president for Ohio policy and programs Terry Ryan, and veteran journalist Michael Lafferty authored the new book from which this article is adapted.

He recounts meeting Christina Hoff Sommers, author of The War Against Boys.

In clear, careful and beautifully articulated French, author Francine Christophe recounts a little miracle that was born of an act of kindness in Bergen - Belsen.

In his book The Everything Store, author Brad Stone recounts that the big book publishers were blindsided when Amazon announced at the Kindle launch event that e-books would be priced at just $ 9.99.

Even formerly traditionally published authors like US President Ronald Reagan's daughter Patti Davis have told Good e-Reader that doors closed to them once their self - published titles came along, specifically in review and interview opportunities; Davis even recounted how she appeared on NPR to promote one title, but when she reached out to that same program about her debut indie title, she was told there was a policy in place against self - published works.

Now her days are filled with exploring Denver, checking out the locales frequented by Mark MacFarland and his associates; recounting the exploits of MacFarland; and occasionally attempting to write a blog to help other aspiring authors.

Anyone who has read the book knows that its power comes from the authors» ability to recount the most troubling incidents in an unflinching and unforgettable way.

In a gripping narrative, the author re-creates the five days at sea in a rising hurricane and recounts the heroism of men like Captain William Herndon, the heartbreak of loss and separation for newlyweds like Addie and Ansel Easton, the daring rescue of women and children by a passing brig, and the eventual sinking of the Central America.

The Outsider By Frederick Forsyth Putnam • $ 18 • ISBN 9781101981856 Subtitled «My Life in Intrigue,» this entertaing memoir by the author of the espionage classic The Day of the Jackal and 14 other thrillers recounts his adventurous life in high style, from enlisting in the RAF at 17 to his work as a journalist in many global hotspots.