Sentences with phrase «before hitting the books»

When David DeFazio graduated from St. Lawrence University in 1992, he decided to hit the mountains of Jackson, Wyoming before hitting the books in law school.

Fortunately, I was able to voice my own reason before hitting Book Riot's link.

AK: I liked Cézanne before I hit the book, because I thought he had a great deal of emotional force.

«I have always been a person who has functioned on my own, but this experience showed me that I do need some interaction, even if it was only someone walking past my [library study] carrel and having a quiet chat before hitting the books again,» she says.

Before you hit the books, take the time to explore all your options for financing your college education.

Not exact matches

And Arianna Huffington, cofounder and editor of The Huffington Post, reads hard - copy books before hitting the hay each night.

We'll take a look at some of them, from renowned fashion designer Vera Wang, who didn't design her first dress until she was 40, to writer Harry Bernstein, who authored countless rejected books before getting his first hit at age 96.

I can see myself bringing this up in conversation for at least a year or 18 months before I'd hit everyone in my address book with whom I could have this kind of exchange and compiling the most eclectic collection of stories one could imagine.

In Dover v. Kitzmiller it was shown that Behe's claims in his book had actually been refuted long before it ever hit the market.

We also talk with author and relationship expert Emerson Eggerichs about his new book, Before You Hit Send.

We're in DC, and our copy of your book arrived Monday morning, just before the storm hit, so just in time for me to spend two days on the couch with it, wanting to cook everything in it.

I was lucky enough to get this book before it hit the shelves and be a part of a recipe test and review group so I have tried a lot of the books amazing meals, my favorite so far is probably the Poblano Mac and Cheese!

Before we take a look at today's sports marketplace, we wanted to highlight SportsInsights» book, «Sports Investing» hitting # 1 in its Sports > Gambling category on Amazon.

Every sport book today is computerized, Back in my day money always moved the line if a player was respected, and if the squares tossed enough money on a game most books would move the line a little, However the big books would just sit and even take layoffs from the small stores, They knew even if the squares got hot in the end the juice would eat em up.Gone are the days when Billy Walters and his crew would move the line 3 and 4 points, I'm talking sides not totals, Forget about what they did to the horseshoe with totals in the NBA, Back then you could catch small non computerized stores with bad lines to begin with, imagine a three point move and the small store or corner bookie is off on the line a few points to begin with, I could catch some game with 6 and seven point advantages, with computers today if you can catch a half or one point advantage your lucky.Even if you know the group moving the line most of these store move the lines on air, when I say air they just watch the screen from D.B. And move the line before they even get hit, Hell even the big stores have the sharps on small limits per call.

Because Pinnacle Sports Book offers odds that are up to 50 % better value than other bookmakers with high limits, Pinnacle Sportsbook will often get «hit» before the rest of the market.

I was excited to read her new book, From Boardroom to Baby, right before it hit the publisher.

«When Success Leads to Failure,» The Atlantic «The Gift of Failure,» New York Times «If Your Kid Left His Term Paper At Home, Don't Bring It To Him» New York Magazine «Books That Changed My Mind This Year,» Fortune «New Book Suggests Parents Learn to Let Kids Fail,» USA Today «7 Rules for Raising Self - Reliant Children,» Forbes «Before You Let Your Child Fail, Read This,» Huffington Post «How Schools Are Handling an Overparenting Crisis,» NPR «Why Failure Hits Girls So Hard,» Time «The Value of a Mess,» Slate «4 Reasons Why Every Educator Should Read «The Gift of Failure,»» Inside Higher Ed «Why We Should Let Our Children Fail,» The Guardian (UK) «Shelly's Bookworms: The Gift of Failure,» WFAA Dallas «Why I Don't Want My Kids to be Lazy Like Me,» Yahoo Parenting «Jessica Lahey,» Celia Walden for The Telegraph (UK) «How to To Give Your Child The Gift of Failure,» Huffington Post «The Gift of Failure,» Doug Fabrizio, Radio West «In the Author's Voice: The Gift of Failure,» WISU / NPR «The Gift of Failure,» The Good Life Project «Giving Our Children the Gift of Failure,» ScaryMommy «Lyme Resident's Book Challenges Parents and Kids on Failure,» Valley News «The Gift of Failure,» The Jewish Press

While there are official standards that a country must meet to be eligible for membership they aren't always enforced if the political will to accept them is there (for example it was an open secret that Greece was cooking its books long before any crisis hit but nobody cared) and some countries can get all sorts of special deals (just look at the UK) too.

The «gossipy» memoirs, called The Third Man, hits the book shops on Thursday — six weeks before the former prime minister's work, described as a «serious tome,» is made available to the public.

So, before you pack for your tropical vacation, scroll through this hit list for a buzzworthy book to stash in your carry - on.

Now, in her new book, Simplicious, she shows us how to shop, cook, and eat like we used to before sugar - laced processed food hit our shelves.

Watch the video above to get a sneak peek of the book before it hits stores, and go to Amazon.com to preorder it now!

I actually hadn't been to the Hoxton Hotel before but its quite as cool as you'd expect, we were in the library room enjoying some fizz and nibbles and when I left I quite wished I could have just hit their lounge dining area and snuggled up with a cup of tea and a good book!

Yes, I have had 1 class of accounting and they are already «strongly recommending» that we hit the books before our next class.

The dragon that as been the whole point of the book and the movies is literally killed before the title of the movie hits the screen.

Guardians of the Galaxy writer / director James Gunn reveals the comic book projects he wanted to tackle before his cosmic Marvel hit.

As Joon - ho Bong's (The Host, Mother) first English language film (and comic book adaptation), Snowpiercer brought the visual language of Korean cinema to a wider American audience before becoming a global hit.

The book, which is slated to hit stores Nov. 2, promises «hundreds of pieces of never - before - seen art,» Dark Horse said in a release.

Its most recent reincarnation, Jon Favreau's The Jungle Book, is both a commercial hit and a relative critical success, as have been some of the films that have come before it, like Maleficent and Cinderella.

His last two books got immediate movie deals, with THE LONGEST RIDE getting one before the novel even hit bookshelves (which goes to show you it's certainly something special).

Before your book hits the shelves, you need to build a good launch team to make sure your book gets off to a great start.

So long as you can get an editor on board to make sure there aren't any massive errors before you hit «publish» (there's no excuse for not professionally self - publishing your books).

Yesterday morning, she was rank - stripped for the third time, and it appears to be happening every time she puts a book free — even before she hits the promo sites or moves up the charts.

But it seems that the book industry is doomed to ignore the mistakes of their predecessors in favor of stumbling like blind, ignorant, bumbling fools through exactly the same territory before they hit on something more reasonable.

Now, before the first book even hits shelves, comes the exciting news that Universal has snapped up film rights to the series with Saturday Night Live's Amy Poehler on board as star and executive producer.

So in celebration of the start of summer, three lucky Book Case readers can enter to win a free copy — even before it officially hits the shelves.

That remains to be seen, however, by buying indie music, watching indie films and reading indie books, we often feel as if we're «special» and part of an exclusive group that is seeing / hearing / reading ideas before they hit «mainstream.»

Unless you hit the ground running with publicity, your book could be at Buck a Book almost before you've held your book pabook could be at Buck a Book almost before you've held your book paBook almost before you've held your book pabook party.

«In one day I've had 12,000 downloads of my first book, Before He Was Famous, (I even hit # 1 in Coming of Age and # 2 in New Adult & College) and I can thank AMC for that sweet - as Description Generator, plus all those great marketing tips!

Word of mouth is crucial for any book's success, and one of the best ways to get the word spread around is by creating buzz before the book even hits the best seller list.

Paula Hawkins, author of The Girl on the Train, struggled through a number of books that failed before ever hitting on something that took off.

Traditional publishers had to hit their projections within a certain selling time frame before the book was pulled and another book took its place on the shelf.

But it was about a decade before my career hit what seems to be a consistently pro level (meaning the books were selling in major bookstores, and most of my short fiction was selling to pro-paying venues).

«Publishing pros and producers realize indie books are at a disadvantage to mainstream books in terms of publicity and media coverage, and remember: the whole point of the Vault is to help publishers find promising books before those books become breakout hits.

So I'm happy to include your link here with the warning to people to check the Kindle price before hitting Buy — not every book listed here is free.

If you've been hurrying straight to publication without giving a thought to how you're going to let people know about your book and get them interested in buying it, you might want to take a breath before you hit the button.

Books are, in fact, quite astonishingly expensive to produce, and a lot of that expense happens long before ink ever hits paper!

Learn how to PROFESSIONALLY self - publish your book by replicating my step - by - step methodology (marketing starts before you hit «publish»).

This new movie tie - in edition of Weir's absorbing and thoroughly convincing SF tale should give you plenty of time to enjoy the book before the film hits theaters on Oct. 2.

This basically gives everyone a chance to read and digest the book and have a review ready before it hits the the shelves at your local store.