Sentences with phrase «be interested in a book by»

Linda: You may be interested in a book by Dr. Barnard called «Power Foods For the Brain».

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Her interest in the topic was planted by a book entitled Mothers and Others by Sarah Blaffer Hrdy.

An interesting sidebar is that Kerouac cultivated the myth that he effortlessly wrote the book in three weeks fueled by caffeine and Benzedrine.

«Boeing's book of business wasn't hurt by a little wage inflation or modestly rising interest rates or margin calls in the financial markets.»

If she enters the history books for her achievements, it will be to the extent she has won favor with Germans by making it seem she was never interested in the history books to begin with.

That's according to a tidbit of wisdom in the business book Dinosaur Brains: Dealing With All Those Impossible People at Work unearthed by Farnam Street, a consistently interesting blog dedicated to hunting down just these sorts of fascinating ideas in out - of - the - way places.

His New York City - based team of five is supplemented by eight part - time curators in cities around the world, from Los Angeles to Tel Aviv, all of whom are tasked with finding stylish clothes, interesting books, vintage watches, antique furniture and other desirables for the Bureau.

The reason fairness would require that this ratio be equal to one is that, as argued by the Italian economist Luigi Pasinetti in his 1981 book, Structural Change and Economic Growth: A Theoretical Essay on the Dynamics of the Wealth of Nations, a fair interest rate is such that the purchasing power of one hour of labour stays constant through time even when its monetary equivalent is lent or borrowed.

Comprehensive loss to shareholders and book value per share were impacted by declines in both our fixed income and equity portfolios, driven by an increase in interest rates and unfavorable movements in the equity markets during the period.

Liberal MLA Mary Polak (Langley) was instrumental as a Surrey School Board trustee in banning gay - positive books from Surrey Schools: The book ban was later struck down by the Supreme Court of Canada which said «instead of proceeding on the basis of respect for all types of families, the Board proceeded on an exclusionary philosophy, acting on the concern of certain parents about the morality of same - sex relationships, without considering the interest of same - sex parented families and the children who belong to them in receiving equal recognition and respect in the school system.»

The book is the first by a major publisher with its exposure and interest to have a time - stamped digest recorded in the... Read more»

So the stuff you're interested in, by all means, check the book out.

If you're interested in an excellent 100 page book on investing, I recommend The Elements of Investing, by Malkiel and Ellis.

Although written by a supporter of Amendment 2 (which was overturned by the court in a decisionnow on appeal), the book provides a convincing analysis of the crosscutting interests and passions engaged when citizens attempt to hold government democratically accountable.

Who would be interested in a book supporting and trying to gain acceptance for the doctrine based on biblical and historical evidence that Jesus died on March 25, 31 CE, at 15.00 hours, on a TUESDAY and was resurrected by His Father, Yahweh God, at about 18.00 hours, on a FRIDAY, thus fulfilling His own prophecy contained in Mat 12:40, whereas He would be three days and three nights in the tomb?

The books are published by the Oxford University Press as a direct response to something that has been worrying educationalists for some while - the fact that boys vastly outnumber girls in illiteracy rates, and that many start secondary schools with very poor reading skills and no apparent interest in acquiring any.

Our «early traditions about Jesus» (to use the title of a little book by the late Professor Bethune - Baker) are not interested so much in what has been called the «biographical Jesus» as they are concerned with what Jesus did and said as he was remembered by those who believed him to be their Lord, the Risen Messiah, and who were therefore anxious to hand on to others what was remembered about him.

Historical interest in missals and psalters is indicated in two recent books by Janet Backhouse, The Sherbourne Missal and Medieval Rural Life in the Luttrell Psalter.

I'm especially interested in your feedback after this post, as Christian marriage books based on mutual submission can be hard to come by.

As to obligations of a more personal nature I have many people to thank — colleagues who have advised me, students at Union Theological Seminary who have stimulated me with their responsive interest, members of the congregation of The Riverside Church, New York, who, by their attentive listening to mid-week lectures on the subjects handled in this book, have kept alive my confidence that even difficult and recondite problems concerning the Bible are of vital, contemporary importance.

Wagner «opens» the Quran by offering a comprehensive and extraordinarily readable, step - by - step introduction to the text, making it accessible to everyone who is interested in Islam and Islam's holy book.

Jeremy, you and your readers might also be interested in the 19th - century book The Parousia by James Stuart Russell because it demonstrates that I am not first to say, nor am I unique in saying, that the Second Coming is accomplished fact.

In the twentieth century, and especially since the establishment of the state of Israel, there has been renewed Jewish interest in Jesus and a number of books have been written about him by JewIn the twentieth century, and especially since the establishment of the state of Israel, there has been renewed Jewish interest in Jesus and a number of books have been written about him by Jewin Jesus and a number of books have been written about him by Jews.

If you're interested in contemporary / feminist midrash, don't miss The Five Books of Miriam: A Woman's Commentary on the Torah, edited by Ellen Frankel, which offers creative contemporary womens» response to Torah.

The subject of «new religions» is a staple in the news, making the book an essential for journalists, but it will also be welcomed by all who are interested in the many forms taken by the intense spiritual churnings of our time.

The Indian Christian Voice (ICV), an organisation representing the larger interests of the Christian community in India, said they were deeply offended by the Gujarat textbook «s words and demanded that the book be withdrawn.

I mention these two books simply because a reader may be interested in a further and more adequate discussion by the same author along the same lines.

It is interesting that the group helping build this does nt recognize that the book used by its participants has not one line in the whole book, that speaks of respecting a woman.

There is a lot of valuable information in this book, and if you are interested in learning more about Jesus and the development of Messianic themes in the Old Testament, in the Intertestamental period, and in the New Testament, I highly recommend Jesus the Messiah by Bateman, Bock, and Johnston.

The author covered the sex abuse crisis for Newsweek and has produced a big book, mainly about people and events in Boston, that will hold the attention of readers interested in a journalistic account that tries to be fair - minded, although it is not untouched by moments of legitimate, indeed necessary, outrage.

The most interesting new book on the theotokos in terms of its form is Mary; A Catholic - Evangelical Debate, by two graduates of the fundamentalist Bob Jones University, one now an evangelical Episcopalian and the other a Catholic convert and professional apologist (2003).

It is interesting to note that in books by more conservative theologians, e.g. Jean Dani6lou, one sometimes finds the terms «resurrection» and «resuscitation» being used synonymously.

Interesting response, Kris, but I'm more intrigued by a modern Mormon's ability to reconcile fallacies in the Book of Mormon.

There are some interesting figures in the book * What Americans Really Believe * by Rodney Stark (& co.).

It would therefore be illegitimate to conclude that the Church represented by this book was not interested in other aspects of Christianity.

In his recent book, Life, Liberty, and the Defense of Dignity, he offers «four benefits» of mortality: interest and engagement, suggesting that adding, say, twenty years to the human life span would not proportionately increase the pleasures of life; seriousness and aspiration, proposing that the knowledge that our life is limited is what leads us to take life seriously and passionately; beauty and love, presenting the idea that it is precisely their perishability that makes, for instance, flowers beautiful to us, just as the coming and going of spring makes that season all the more meaningful; and, finally, virtue and moral excellence, by which he means the virtuous and noble deeds that mortality makes possible, including the sacrifice of our own life for a worthy cause.

If anyone would be interested in reading a good book, read CARIBBEAN by James Michener.

Even the earliest parts of the New Testament are not free from interest in this question, and by the time we reach some of the later books this interest has become very important.

Those who are interested in yogic exercises, Hatha Yoga, will find ample information in the little book Yoga for Perfect Health, by Alain, with illustrations of the postures by Sachin Majumdar.

The nearest I ever came to engaging in a deliberate act of civil disobedience was about a decade ago when I read The Great Treasury Raid by Philip M. Stern.1 This book tells how the tax laws of this country have been manipulated by wealthy people and huge corporations for their own interests and to the disadvantage of the large majority of less privileged citizens.

So it was with great interest that I recently read Blessed are the Balanced by Paul E. Petit and R. Todd Mangum, which purports to be a book about how seminarians can maintain their passion for Jesus while in seminary and after graduation.

Yet his interest in alchemy, for example, is attested by the fact that his library contained 175 books on it, that he left 650,000 words of notes on it and that he performed many alchemical experiments (Kearney 1971, Manuel 1968).

Those whose interest in the religions of Asia has been aroused to the point that they want to consider some of the comparative problems raised by the study of religions other than one's own will find thoughtful and searching discussions in two books recently published: World Religions and World Community, by Robert Lawson Slater, and The Meaning and End of Religion, by Wilfred Cantwell Smith.

Certainly she had materials of the sort that compose sacred scriptures in other faiths, and certainly she had a priesthood who might have been thought of as interested in crystallizing Egypt's religion by means of a preferred set of sacred books.

Changes in the structure and economics of book publishing have diminished the chances that the smaller markets formed by readers with specialized interests will be served.

Some firms can fend off acquisitions because families, universities or religious orders own them, but even they are affected by the workings of the «complex,» especially by the difficulties of selling through chain stores, which have little interest in books that, however high their quality, appeal to a limited audience.

What I look for in a website or publication (or book for that matter) is an interest in craft, a respect for tradition that is neither blinded by unquestioning devotion or spite, and a skepticism of ideological trends that remains open to new subject matter and inventive (I won't say original) style.

When I first saw the title of this book I assumed it would be a pamphlet along the lines of those very useful booklets published by the Catholic Truth Society, setting out Catholic doctrine in simple terms for the interested reader without the time or inclination to read more weighty theological works.

P.S. Webb does a great job of grabbing his readers» interest at the beginning of the book by asking them to look through a list of a few dozen verses and mark which biblical instructions are «still in force for us today exactly as they are articulated «on the page.

This work was followed by The Moral World of the First Christians (1988), a book that underscores Meeks's abiding interest in the moral values and attitudes of these early generations.