Sentences with phrase «because of the author»

significant because of the author's position at the time of publication as editor of Christianity Today, because of Harold Ockenga's foreword (he is president of Gordon - Conwell Seminary and a founder of the National Association of Evangelicals), and because of Billy Graham's informal endorsement as quoted in the press.

Now let me be clear: I believe the post exhibits homophobia, not because of the author's conservative position on same - sex marriage, and not because the author intended to be hateful, but because the post employs degrading, fear - based language to dehumanize gay and lesbian people.

Of course, maybe this is because both of the authors graduated from the same seminary I did, and so likely had some of the same classes from the same professors.

Jesus as a person does not exist outside the gospels and the only reason he exists there is because of their authors» faith in the Resurrection....

She is not free partly because of the author's omniscience: «The reader of a novel does not want to be God.

And not because of the author, Tom Clancy.

Primates are difficult to experiment on — for this reason, and because of the authors» area of expertise, we are plunged straight into a detailed...

Perhaps because of the authoring challenges, the Blu - ray did not resume unfinished playback, at least of the US theatrical cut.

Many of the authors whose work I acquire first come to us because of authors who we already publish and how we publish.

I've seen agents decide to represent certain authors, in part, because of those authors» platforms, including their presence on social media.

If I buy a book simply because of the author's name, it is because I have had one or more good reading experiences from that author.

I found the story compelling, mainly because of the author's ability to write in great detail about the minutae of Perowne's job or family or uncertainties in such a way as to have me almost always reading something that was both informative and believable.

«I joined AMC as a premium member because of another author's recommendation.

A publisher might ask, «How many books are we guaranteed to sell because of the author's platform?»

It's simply cretinise to suggest that people look for illegal alternatives simply because of the author's caution.

Because of authors behaving unprofessionally many bloggers do not accept requests from self - published books.

It didn't start out to be a treatise against authors in general, because some of the authors I have taught and worked with over the years have been great.

But are these successes really because of the book or because of the author?

In self - publishing, if authors were lied to about what their books needed in the editing department, it was probably because of the author's lack of budget.

For Jeffrey Eugenides, the Denis Johnson classic «Car Crash While Hitchhiking» succeeds in part because of the author's instinct for «knowing what to leave out» of the narrative.

Like a series of consecutive anecdotes, it seems to live on theme rather than plot; which works well because of the author's gift for character and dialogue (Jinny K).

One of the reasons I deleted my Twitter account was because of the authors who talked about themselves 24/7, and always in the third person.

In his presentation, Hildick - Smith states that most book conversions (from discoverability to availability, and then of course, to reader purchases / sales) occur because of author branding and / or the book's topic or message.

Research and study the covers of top - selling books similar to yours, especially those which aren't selling because of the author's or publisher's name recognition.

First Year Healthy (Drawn and Quarterly): Technically not comics, this illustrated prose picture book for adults is still of great interest to us because of its author / illustrator, Michael DeForge, and...

I would now buy the book because of the author.

I find myself taking note to things that the author has yet to describe, like the coarseness of a horses hair, because of the author's attention to detail, I'm so deep in the scene I can use my imagination to fill in even what the author hasn't written about.

Because of the author's involvement or idea, the contract states the percentage amount of money that the author will receive when the product becomes available to consumers.

This discount code can be used for TOC's upcoming conference in February, but we love it because of Author Revolution Day.

Polydactyl cats are also called «Hemingway» cats because of author Ernst Hemingway's interest in extra digits.

As I read it, this suggests that the Steve McIntyre post I referred to was disallowed because of the author's identity, even though it was a scientific, and not political, post.

«Largely because of this author I have been seriously looking to move a material % of my investable income into REITs.

Not exact matches

If a particular author's book is just one of thousands available to a subscribing reader, for example, the idea of a refund doesn't apply anymore because there's no individual purchase being made.

This could be because the original article leaves the author enough wiggle room, including the use of a question mark headline, to say, «I didn't say we knew for sure.»

(The authors chose 350 % because that's the level of debt at which borrowers tend to start missing payments.)

The pay - per - page system actually makes a lot of sense because it provides for an objective way of assessing an e-book's value to its readers, and authors get payments accordingly.

Because of these advanced logistic capabilities, the authors believe there will be «small robots delivering packages,» warehouse robots capable of moving heavy objects, and self - driving trucks and planes routinely used to deliver goods in the future.

«We're living in what I like to call the «Thank You Economy,» because only the companies that can figure out how to mind their manners in a very old - fashioned way — and do it authentically — are going to have a prayer of competing,» says social media expert and author of the book The Thank You Economy Gary Vaynerchuk in a recent Entrepreneur.com column.

«More often than not, it's the obvious questions people fall down on because they think them through superficially,» says Martin Soorjoo, founder of San Francisco - based Investor Pitch Clinic and author of Here's the Pitch: How to Pitch Your Business to Anyone, Get Funded, and Win Clients (Wiley, 2012).

It's good to give employees these options because «one thing you don't want to do is require people to report only to their supervisors, because unfortunately that may be the person who they have a complaint about,» says Lisa Guerin, an attorney specializing in employment law and the author of The Essential Guide to Workplace Investigations: How to Handle Employee Complaints & Problems.

Susan Cain, TED speaker and author of Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking, cites research conducted by Adam Grant at the Wharton School who found that introverted leaders often get better results, compared with extroverts, because the latter can unwittingly squelch creativity by not giving up the reins and letting people run with their own ideas.

As I recall the headline read, more or less, «Women Don't Negotiate Because They're Not Dumb,» and the author went on to cite research to make her point that when women do ask for more money, people tend to hate it, and «pushy» women end up paying mightily in terms of career progression and opportunities.

New York Times bestselling author Malcolm Gladwell wrote extensively about Kenna in his 2005 book Blink, arguing Kenna's music - a cross between rap and the British new wave music of the 1980s - failed to gain widespread acclaim in the U.S. because it didn't fit into any familiar category.

«Most people who are fresh out of college have very little leverage in the negotiation process, because you typically can't point to any concrete workplace results you've accomplished yet,» said business consultant Dorie Clark, author of «Stand Out.»

Storytelling is a powerful learning technique for these and other situations because, as Gamestorming's authors explain, «The reality is that the bulk of employee knowledge is gained through storytelling.

«We suspected that the young are most vulnerable because of their immature immune systems, but we didn't have a lot of hard evidence to show that before,» said study lead author Bo Hang, a Berkeley Lab staff scientist who previously found that thirdhand smoke could lead to genetic mutations in human cells.

Because positive psychology research has «fine print» that rarely gets mentioned in the media, according to Sonja Lyubomirsky, a professor of psychology at the University of California, Riverside and author of The How of Happiness.

Devora Zack, author of Networking for People Who Hate Networking, says such connections happen because «people want to help other people... it's up to you to show them how they can help.»

George Brescia, a style expert and author of «Change Your Clothes, Change Your Life Because You Can't Go Naked!

Part of the reason the report's authors believe executives aren't doing enough to protect their companies is because they are procrastinating on security - related projects and initiatives.