Sentences with phrase «big story books»

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The book tells their stories of growth, challenge, anguish, triumph, and more, interspersed with other big names of other basketball legends and high - stakes brinksmanship.

From all the stories in this book, that's the biggest insight and the true meaning of «work it.»

Just as every story needs a headline and every book needs a title, a good storyteller will start with the one big idea before expanding on the details.

How we came to do this is a twisting tale that science writer Maryn McKenna elegantly unspools in her extraordinary new book, Big Chicken: The Incredible Story of How Antibiotics Created Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the World Eats, which was published in September.

The Internet's big names battle to salvage their reputations after recent revelations about the National Security Agency (the story is better when told through these classic children's books).

Obviously, we shouldn't spend all our free time on them, but video games — like books, movies and all other types of stories — are a portal into a bigger world we could not access otherwise.

In Roland Allen's excellent book on missions, The Spontaneous Expansion of the Church, he tells the story of a Sioux Indian chief named Big Hunter who wished to become a Christian.

A largely unknown story outside of teen reader circles, it has become a juggernaut, breaking records for advance cinema booking, recording the biggest opening weekend for a non-sequel in Box Office history, and grossing double its substantial budget within a week.

Serious or not, Bill Wilson expressed it well in his own Big Book story: «If there was a Devil, he seemed the Boss Universal, and he certainly had me» (Big Book.

The story of how the «God as we understood Him» phrase came to be inserted in the Big Book and Twelve Steps; and the truth seems to have been much distorted by the claim of an AA.

Just read the stories in the Big Book's First Edition of 1939.

How It Worked: The Story of Clarence H Snyder and the Early Days of Alcoholics Anonymous in Cleveland Ohio (NY: AA Big Book Study Group, 1997), pp. 6, 71, 138, 157, 235; and the «Great Physician» reference to Jesus Christ was in common use among other Pioneer AAs, by their New York mentor Dr. Silkworth, and their Oxford Group friends.

Bill's own story at the beginning of our Big Book is neither timeless nor a perfect caricature of the alcoholic as far as I am concerned.

Then, after Dotson had been home from the hospital for about two weeks, Dotson reported (in his personal Big Book story) the following conversation among Dotson, Dotson's wife Henrietta, and Bill Wilson: «Bill [Wilson] was over to my house talking to my wife and me.

How It Worked: The Story of Clarence H. Snyder and the Early Days of Alcoholics Anonymous in Cleveland, Ohio (NY: AA Big Book Study Group, 1997), pp. 58, 68 - 71; and, from several sources, the evidence about «surrender» strongly indicates it involved the following:

The biggest non-fiction book of the year opens with a Bible verse, and takes its title from one of the Old Testament's most iconic stories.

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If the stories about Arsenal giving wenger an open cheque book, to spend big on a Striker etc are true!

Stopping by to pick up a book, I look around the quiet office, I close my eyes and reflect on the biggest youth and high school sports stories of the year and wonder if we as a nation are any closer to our MomsTEAM mission of making sports safer, saner, less stressful and more inclusive or if we continue to spin wildly out of control in the crazy vortex that is youth sports in the 21st century.

It's in that book, with great big photos, that the «story» of each herb is told alongside some practical advice on using them.

They have really cute ones in the shop and they are really cheap.I would also put books next to the toilette and read short stories to him whilst he sits on there.Everytime he does something in the toilette, I would make a big fuss and reward him with a sticker and get him to stick it on a chart.

Look for big brother / big sister stories in the library or bookstore, or consider a keepsake book to let your older child keep track of the new baby's growth.

We are thrilled to be partnering with Put Me in the Story again to tell you about their Disney's Dream Big Princess personalized book for kids.

Like a baby book but on a smaller scale - tell mom just to write stories about everyday life instead of big events.

Each of the book's five chapters includes stories, quotes, and poems followed by big, beautifully illustrated open spaces to journal.

-LSB-...] So to get the real story on which big - ticket baby gear items are okay to buy used and which you should really buy, I checked in with a number of reliable sources, including car seat experts, breast pump manufacturers and the authors of my go - to baby gear book Baby Bargains.

Old, Wendie STACY HAD A LITTLE SISTER Albert Whitman, 1995 Through the eyes of the big sister, Stacy, this book tells the story of a family dealing with Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.

Camp, Lindsay and Jonathan Langley THE BIGGEST BED IN THE WORLD HarperCollins, 2000 This children's picture book tells the story of Ben's dad who goes on a search for an ever - bigger bed to share with his ever - growing family.

Some of these lists include the best movies, the best books, and the biggest news stories.

The book is described as a coming - of - age story highlighting the naivety of youth, the trials and tribulations in growing up and the realization that our bigger - than - life heroes may not be heroes at all.

In his new book, You Got ta Get Bigger Dreams, he shares real life stories of late - night parties; backstage anecdotes; cross-country road - trips with his dog, Honey; and poignant memories of his life, loves, family, fellow actors, and friends.

The meetings, which are free and open to anyone serious about stopping drinking, may include reading from the Big Book, sharing stories, celebrating members» sobriety, as well as discussing the 12 steps and themes related to problem drinking.

Wilson, who turns 77 this month, has published three books during the past year that fit his own wry definition of a magnum opus: «a book which when dropped from a three - story building is big enough to kill a man.»

Stephen Hawking's new book is the biggest science news story of the day.

He tells the story chronologically, from Copernicus and Tycho via Newton and Hubble to COBE and the Big Bang, but the book is packed with accurate, clear infor - mation, which is up to date (as of 1992) and superbly illustrated in full colour.

Award - winning journalist Maryn McKenna talks about her latest book, Big Chicken: The Incredible Story of How Antibiotics Created Modern Agriculture and Changed the Way the World Eats.

Steve: There is a story in the book about him going back to Ethiopia after many years — the political climate there made it impossible for Johanson to do any field work in Ethiopia for a while — and when he got back and announced to the customs official that he was the discoverer of Lucy, that was like a really big deal.

Editor's Note: Mark Kurlansky is the best - selling author of «Cod,» «Salt,» «The Big Oyster» and other books focused on the story (and history) of food.

I shared all the books I've read in the last 12 months, and in case you're interested I'm currently reading this Joyce Carol Oates book (I'm a big fan of short stories).

The book is a perfect beach bag read and is filled with «Big Red Flag» stories, both from the authors and from readers of their blog, Big Red Flags.

I had the opportunity to meet with two of the authors Natasha Burton and Meagan McCrary to find out what inspired them to write this book and to find out their favorite Big Red Flag stories.

On Chesil Beach presents a deeply moving story with intricate ramifications and a big secret at the heart of its storyline, but the film somehow fails to ignite the same feelings and emotions as the book does.

Good sci - fi has all these things, of course, but «bigger» isn't better, and most of the «big» idea movies use «the future» as a setting for action and adventure, whereas true sci - fi films (and books) use that setting to tell human stories in new ways; human relationships (with others, with self, with the environment, etc...) are are the core of the best sci - fi movies we've seen.

The next big disappointment with The Jungle Book is its story.

That big moment is based on the true story of how Petit, a Parisian busker and aerialist, surreptitiously strung a wire between the towers and, on Aug. 7, 1974, crossed to and fro eight times; the movie is inspired by his book about that feat, To Reach the Clouds.

I'm a big fan of Stephen King's work, I've been since I was a teenager and I really enjoyed his book so I was quite happy to see that the story would become a TV show.

Based on the book The Disaster Artist by Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell, the film tells the behind - the - scenes story behind one of modern cinema's biggest cult classics The Room.

But it's unfair to judge on a book on its cover (or title) and after seeing Matthew Vaughn's film adaptation which releases this weekend, I can honestly say that Kick - Ass is much better than I first expected and Vaughn's big - screen version of the graphic novel features sharp writing, brilliant performances, and of course, indulgent action sequences and story - telling.

Based on the 2009 book by Robert M. Edsel, the real - life story of the Monuments Men is practically tailor - made for the big screen; a unique slant on the typical WWII film that, at least on paper, appeared to be equal parts «Ocean's Eleven» and «Inglourious Basterds.»

Garland, who adapted the screenplay, takes the premise, characters and larger ideas of VanderMeer's book, and interprets them in his own story to bring an almost unfilmable novel to the big screen as a sci - fi epic.