Sentences with phrase «basic point of the book»

The basic point of the book is the difference between good news and good advice.

Not exact matches

I noted in my book God as Author how it follows the contours of the Gospel, as I pointed out that the basic formula of balance - imbalance - restoration of balance is the framework of most stories (click on the link to page 181 for a more lengthy explanation).

For his part, Stahelski is a huge fan of the property in every form — the film franchise, TV series and books — and points to the basic hook of the mythology as the reason the fandom has endured in spite of the original film's sillier qualities.

Like many comic - book sagas before it, Iron Man struggles to balance the basic character - foundation requirements of an origin story with a good - versus - evil clash, in its case favoring the former to the point of blunting the latter's concussive blast.

She is the author of Invented Worlds: The Psychology of the Arts; The Point of Words: Children's Understanding of Metaphor and Irony; and, most recently, Gifted Children: Myths and Realities (Basic Books, 1996).

The first thing a book writer should learn to do is writing in the basic form of a feature article: the Three Point Five Paragraph Paper, 3.5 paper, or the Five - paragraph Essay.

In this book BU Religion scholar Stephen Prothero outlines the basic beliefs and practices of 8 world religions plus a short chapter on atheism to make the point that all religions are not basically the same or heading toward the same God.

At some point the book is going to drop in demand, a basic law of supply and demand, and prices will be reduced to account for this.

His basic point was a good one, that DRM puts the provider of the book, such as Amazon, in the driver's seat and takes power away from the author.

If you get one review on Amazon pointing out basic mistakes in your English, this is almost certainly the kiss of death for your book sales.

This book doesn't go into that in detail, which is good - the basic audience is for sufferers of Multiple Sclerosis, and there's no point in preaching to the choir.

The core principals of this book can be boiled down to three basic points: write short, write well, and write often.

I think many of us would be interested in some Kentucky windage estimations on what we might expect at, say, 4 books / 10 books / 20 books points in our careers (assuming basic competence and some readers).

A lot of people really like Calibre, which does much more than just compile EPub files, but I couldn't figure out how to get it to treat 26 chapters as one book; dumb of me, I know, but I didn't see that basic point covered in the documentation, and I was too embarrassed to ask it in the user forum where the creator generously responds.

AAII Stock Ideas Sorting Out the Winners in the Low Price - to - Book Stock Universe A mountain of research points to the long - term success of value - based stock selection, and University of Chicago accounting professor Joseph Piotroski further refines the approach, using basic financial criteria to help separate the winners from the losers.

From books to videos, training aids are great options to inform and educate pet bird owners on the finer points of basic avian care to advanced bird training methods.

The basic economy fare was $ 50 or about 3,300 points cheaper round - trip, so I booked that, knowing that a couple of my cards, the Barclaycard AAdvantage Aviator Red card and the Citi AAdvantage Executive card come with perks that counteract some of the downsides of basic economy.

This was before the wider rollout of American and United fares today, but I can say that the major findings hold — Basic Economy sucks if you're booking a paid fare with your bank program points, and calling it in does not always work.

I don't mean to be condescending when I say that the post title is approporiate - it is the «basics» of FPS encounter design and I don't think experienced designers will learn much, but it's short and clear and concise - so a useful reference even for the old pros, because so many people have now written books hundreds of pages long that can barely get to the points Steve makes in 4 paragraphs.

The point is that you likely won't be able to understand the point until you have a grasp of the topic at the level of basic concepts described in books I suggested.

As my book - length exposé of that organization points out, the IPCC fails some basic tests.

I quite like Phil jones's work, in fact one of his books is on my Christmas present list (hint) The basic point as I understand it from Willis was that Jones deliberately avoided responding to a FOI request.

The quote from Mitt Romney's (allegedly «ghostwritten») book points to the conclusion that the USA should do more oil and gas exploration («drill, baby, drill») including shale deposits, to get more «energy independent» (combined, of course, with supporting basic research for new energy technologies).

As Justice Ferguson scathingly noted in a judgment where lawyers for both parties had failed to do adequate research for the case: «In my view, it is not acceptable for any counsel or articling student to come to court intending to argue a contentious point of law without first researching the point at least to the extent of looking up the issue in basic reference books... If the lack of preparation and research in this case were unique or unusual I would let it pass, however, unfortunately it is not.

In his book on legal services regulation, Noel Semple posits that choice is a «key interest» of clients and that «clients are better off if they can choose between service options at different price and quality points, assuming that all of them meet a basic quality threshold.»