Sentences with phrase «backed books about»

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This means you explain to them why they should care about what you are about to tell them in the book and how it relates back to the emotions they felt from the hook.

Looking back to the early days of my first startup attempt, I think something that kept me going was that I continually read books about startups and entrepreneurs and watched as many interviews of founders as I could find.

«One friendly but sharp - eyed commentator on Berkshire has pointed out that our book value at the end of 1964 would have bought about one - half ounce of gold and, 15 years later, after we have plowed back all earnings along with much blood, sweat and tears, the book value produced will buy about the same half ounce.

Allen Firstenberg, another attendee who actually wrote a book about developing for Glass back in 2014, says that he had spotted about ten other Glass users at IO and knew about 20 others, globally.

Because as much as Gossip the book is about the popularization of back - fence talk and the search for a reason why one of the world's most compelling pastimes is so pleasurable, it's also about admitting that people just can't keep secrets; they don't want to, and we might as well embrace the fact that they'll keep fewer and fewer in the future unless we collectively settle on some new etiquette.

Looking back at my dad I thought about how lame a blue vase was, and how reading a book to get one was even lamer.

Though somewhat tattered, the book, which has sold for more than $ 2 million in mint condition, was still worth about $ 200,000 - at least until he showed it to his aunt and the pair tore the back cover in a scuffle, reducing the value to a mere $ 137,000.

There's a small book about letters from his daughter that he had written to his daughter back in the late 20s when he was traveling in America.

«If I suck at screenwriting,» he concluded, «at least I can fall back on writing a book about screenwriting.»

He was part of a New York City dinner circuit that includes people who believe the US should go back to the gold standard, rich people who don't think they should have to give back to society in the form of taxes, and anyone interested in either of those ideas who wanted to write a book about them.

To tidy up its books, HBC is looking to sell these leases back to landlords for an average of about 30 cents on the dollar.

About five years ago, Malcolm Gladwell, author of bestselling books like The Tipping Point and Blink, made this prediction, basically writing off the power of social media for businesses: «In about five years, everyone will head back toward traditional advertising.&rAbout five years ago, Malcolm Gladwell, author of bestselling books like The Tipping Point and Blink, made this prediction, basically writing off the power of social media for businesses: «In about five years, everyone will head back toward traditional advertising.&rabout five years, everyone will head back toward traditional advertising.»

I'm so - so as a writer, and am currently finishing up my second book (just write as a hobby), and in the past made about 30 - 50 dollars an hour as a free lance writer but that was a couple of years back, it was only for about 10 - 20 hours a month, and the gig just dried up.

Back in 1999, Robert G. Hagstrom wrote a book about the legendary investor Warren Buffett entitled «The Warren Buffett Portfolio.»

It occurs to me that, despite the unprecedented flood of writings of all sorts — books, blog - posts, newspaper op - eds, and academic journal articles — addressing just about every monetary policy development during and since the 2008 financial crisis, relatively few attempts have been made to step back...

His second book Privacy: And How We Can Get It Back talks about how the big internet companies collect our data, buy it and sell it to the highest bidder.

any idiot that brings up the crusades saying it was the christians has no clue about history the christians were fighting to take back land stolen by murder and war perpetrated by muslims and islam read a book idiot

Essentially, the enneagram I'm suggesting in the book is that our enneagram type isn't fundamentally about the type of person we are, but it's more of a pathway back to God, a path back to our true selves.

Back during the (George W.) Bush Administration, I spent (or rather wasted) some time reading books and articles written by journalists who were suspicious (I hesitate to say paranoid) about those suspicious and paranoid fringe religious kooks (theonomists and theocrats) who threatened to take over....

Start with Perpetua, throw in a part about a book that takes pot shots at the GOP (an easy enough target), Refute what was just written, add some questionable «readers digest» history, then end back with Perpetua?

I understand how you feel about this issue, the book Protocols of the Elders of Zion, speaks about how the Jews run the world from the back seat, but just like in the Old Testiment many failed God, but His promise was to them and He will return to them first and we will walk with Him and them.

do I need any approval before I practice my religion, do I have to prove my religion before I practice, my holy book further describe that you must carry a gun in 21st century because there is too much crime in this world, but it doesn't say much about if I migrate to another country these rules will still apply, Or I should modified them according to my comfort, like talking in English which is not my religious language wearing pants or not, having education or not, standing in line or not, I am so confused what should I do can someone help me, should I go back to country where my religion originated or back in time ask my guru questions about western world confusion, or just decide by myself what suites me, or preach other develop country that you guys are wrong be peaceful.

Check out this link to find out about marriage to young girls claim.Very very interesting to know.I hope everyone has the patience to study history and reality of life centuries ago worldwide.This video also gives you references to online history books about facts it says.Simply, the average age of marriage was very young worldwide including church approved age of consent to marry.What Mohamed did, was very common back in the days and just to let you know, that girl was engaged to another man and then the engagement was broken due to his disbelief which tells you that that was common back in the days.Also, the age of 6 mentioned was age of engagement not age of marriage.marriage happened a few years later.

I wrote a book about this back in 2013 called Jesus Feminist.

I'm concerned about Tony's theology, whose philosophical foundations I criticized pretty consistently while I was involved in EC in 2004 - 7 before bowing out because Tony seemed more into pushing with some arrogance a pomo philosophy he never really studied in school than he was into fostering dialogue (I went back to just reading the wonderful books of Brian McLaren which is how I got involved in the first place).

So as the season prompts us to get back together around shared books and shared food, I wanted to let you know about some resources that will make your experience more immersive and interactive.

We never had any paid professional ties — back in 2007 when we were still buddies, you offered your comments re about 1/2 of the New Atheist Crusader book and I did likewise with a book you were writing.

The New York Times took note of it, (later profiling her) and a Village Voice sex columnist wrote in a back - cover blurb for the book: «As a single woman myself, Dawn's given me a lot to think about.»

That's one of the things I was pointing out to someone who read a book on necromancy (long island medium) and was totally sold on everything the author wrote and was now at «peace» from reading about the endless cycles of death — i.e. soul coming back as such... dying then coming back again as another.

A woman who is held back, minimized, or downplayed is not walking in the fullness God intended for her as an image bearer (for instance, take a look at Carolyn Custis James» excellent discussion about being an «ezer kenegdo» in her book, «Half the Church.»)

An American who confessed his book about dying, meeting Jesus and coming back to life was a lie is suing... More

I ran a poll on Facebook a few weeks back about how many books people read per year.

Who's to say that he didn't write your Bible (and the Quran... and the Book of Mormon... and all of the rest of them), toss in a bit of sugar about love and kindness and eternal bliss, then set the hook, sit back and cackle about all of the perpetual fighting over it all.

It all started back when I was 17 when I read a book about hell.

If you want to become a Christian celebrity, go sin for a season, and then repent and write a book about how God brought you back from the brink of hell.

Which brings us back to my initial question about the drama his most controversial book created.

Back in 2013, I joked that Greg Boyd stole my book, but then about a year later, as I heard more about his book project, I realized that Greg Boyd and I were not quite saying the same thing after all...

So one finds — along with assertions about the authors» dietary credentials — Weight Graphs, Habit Charts, Calorie Worksheets, Menu Planners and Food Journals in the back of books like The Joy of Eating Right (1993) and Thoroughly Fit (1993).

I recently read Charles Foster's book, The Sacred Journey, which, according to the back cover, is a book about calling Christians to go on a pilgrimage.

Sure, David goes on to say that he was uneasy with such a claim and wasn't even sure that it was true, but still... how do you write a book which is supposed to be about taking back your faith from the American Dream and start the book by stating that you are the youngest megachurch pastor in American history?

Why have you chosen to write a book about Church unity?I came back from holiday last year and I felt God had challenged me to write a book on unity because...

If we engage in the «de-mythologizing» of the Revelation to St. John the Divine, as we must also «de-mythologize» the creation stories in the book Genesis in the Old Testament, we realize that what is being said is that as human existence and the world in which that existence is set has its origin in the circumambient, everlasting, faithful Love that is nothing other than God — we recall Wesley's hymn, quoted a few paragraphs back, that «his nature and his Name is Love», and Dante's great closing line in The Divine Comedy about «the Love that moves the sun and the other stars» — so also the «end» toward which all creaturely existence moves is that very same Love.

I read the post a few months back on Patheos about the upcoming book.

Those of you who picked Option # 5 — This (I Think) I Know: How to Question Everything You Believe About God And Live To Tell About It — will be pleased to know that we plan to incorporate that subtitle into the copy that appears on the back of the book.

In the book Back To Jerusalem three Chinese church leaders tell about their vision that God is going to use the Chinese church to finish the Great Commission.

Several years back I did a study on that book and discovered that his prayer contains is more about himself than anything else.

I emailed Josh McDowell about the quote in his book, and here is the response I received back from one of his research staff:

if you werent a jew, you would not be saying what you are today, so please get your brainwashed self back in the library and read history books that are not just about jewish people.

My next book will be about how I fell back in love with the body of Christ, after years of desert - wandering and resentments.

Maybe someday, someone will write a book about how they quit their job, and sold everything they owned, and gave away all their money, and then moved onto the street without any possibility of going back, or maybe not.