Sentences with phrase «book hits it big»

Even if an author's first book hits it big, they still put the time, effort, and investment into it.

Not exact matches

One of the most interesting things I found in researching my book Mapping Innovation is that the firms that invested in basic exploration eventually hit on something big, What's more, the massive return on investment it generated paid for all of the failed projects many times over.

But even with more young Canadians hitting the books, a big part of our national discourse on unemployment is focused on the lack of good or appropriate work once they graduate.

Tired of money managers who cook the books and stockbrokers who profit whether you hit it big or lose your shirt?

If Kickstarter were like the media institutions that dominated the 20th century — book publishers, movie studios, record companies — the crowdfunding site's revenue would derive mostly from a few big hits, like the Oculus Rift virtual - reality visor and the Pebble smartwatch.

My son is very into fact books and histories so this was a big hit with him.

Now, the actual Mormon church is hitting the Great White Way, with a big electronic billboard just around the corner from where «The Book of Mormon» is playing.

She didn't realize I've been reading you for about three or four years starting in college and that when I went home to visit her I was testing out your recipes in her kitchen (many of them like the squash quesadillas and beer and cheddar bread were big hits) Thank you for this website and I'm looking forward to the book!

I made these for my book club Saturday night and they were a big hit with the ladies!

I received your book tonight for my birthday (at a party where I made your almond raspberry cake with the swiss buttercream - big hit!)

The muffins were a big hit, and the book is super cute.

Donna and I have pulled out all the stops and filled the book with our biggest appetizer hits.

My book club loved these, and I'm sure they'll be a big hit with holiday company as well.

Big hit at the book group.

This vegan shepherd's pie was a big hit with my family, and though it appears in the Christmas chapter of the book, it would be a delicious main dish for Thanksgiving, too.

Big hit at the book club too, nary a turnover was left.

The finished product was easy, quick, moist, delicious and a BIG hit at Book Club and with my family.

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.

This is notable because Pinnacle is one of the sharpest offshore books and the big dogs kept hitting the Nats even though the line got worse, signalling supreme confidence.

New moms present the biggest challenges to new dads, and you will find these to be the major focus of Hit The Ground Crawling, our first book.

The Book Pop - Up will hit select independent retailers and Buy, Buy, Baby in March and is sure to be even more of a hit than its big sibling!

Now we are at a point where they can recite the words and enjoy pretend play and reenacting books so I thought this activity would be a big hit - and it was!

A big book with colorful pictures is always a hit among children.

Japanese craft books, known for their irreverent photography and quirky projects, are a big hit with today's crafters.

:: been enjoying the simplicity and yumminess of Heidi Swanson's (of 101 Cookbooks) new book Super Natural Everyday so much that I haven't even gotten past the breakfast chapter (so far, her spinach strata and muesli are big hits «round here).

The books I read this summer were either really big hits or pretty big misses, but towards the end of the summer I read a string of really great books that I had to share with you!

Books with colorful illustrations are good, but books with pictures of toddlers actually engaged in physical activity are a big hit with children at thisBooks with colorful illustrations are good, but books with pictures of toddlers actually engaged in physical activity are a big hit with children at thisbooks with pictures of toddlers actually engaged in physical activity are a big hit with children at this age.

One of my kids favorite Halloween books, I created an acting out activity and it's been a big hit.

Just about any created work would do, provided that it was made with enough logic or style to open the eyes — this time, I started with some late»50s Westerns and The Terminator on cable (home sick on a Friday night), then hit the National Gallery and the Hirshhorn, and finally went through out a couple of big books of propaganda and music posters.

DEVASTATING DISASTERS The magnitude 9.1 earthquake and resulting tsunami that hit the island of Sumatra (shown) in Indonesia in 2004 was one of the world's first truly global disasters, argues seismologist Lucy Jones in her new book, The Big Ones.

When you get big hits of wow — from buying a new pair of shoes, for example, or eating crème brûlée — the brain releases the reward chemical dopamine, but over time you need more and more of those hits to get the same effect, explains Robert Lustig, MD, author of the forthcoming book The Hacking of the American Mind: The Science Behind the Corporate Takeover of Our Bodies and Brains.

Does it really take the biggest snowstorm to hit Washington, D.C., in 94 years, for example, to allow yourself to enjoy «bubble bath and a good book?»

Coloring books are a big hit as it's actually a great stress relief method, when you have a little bit extra time free and you need to relax!

His hit single, Get «cha Some, produced by WrighTrax Naya Rivera insinuates that then - fiance Big Sean cheated on her with Ariana Grande prior to their split in her new book, «Sorry Not Sorry» — read the excerpt

Last summer, Marvel Studios brought Ant - Man to the big screen, and the tiny superhero turned out to be a big hit, changing the pace by being a smaller, more isolated comic book flick.

Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie: The madcap children's books by Dav Pilkey hit the big screen in this animated comedy.

Deadpool, the masked «Merc With a Mouth,» as he's known in the comic books, will be hitting the big screen.

Adventure, Action - The heroes on the half - shell hit the big screen again in this adaptation of the comic book franchise.

It still is an absolute literal translation of the books to the big screen, but the stories weren't as hard - hitting and intense compared to the first movie.

When his adaptation of the Marvel's Black Panther comic book series hit theaters in February no one, let alone the director of Fruitvale Station and Creed himself, could have predicted just how big it would be.

«The book, by German author Daniel Kehlmann, told of a screenwriter who holes up in a remote house in the Alps with his wife and daughter so he can work on a sequel to his big hit.

Kick - Ass director Matthew Vaughn brought a second Mark Millar comic book to the big screen this year with the hit spy caper Kingsman: The Secret Service, which sees Taron Egerton's Eggsy joining an elite spy agency and saving the world from Samuel L. Jackson's mad billionaire philanthropist.

Frank Miller's big screen incarnation of Will Eisner's landmark comic superhero series The Spirit was not a hit in theaters and the visually dynamic but narratively sketchy comic book movie isn't any better on DVD.

The Marvel Cinematic Universe is about to hit its ten year mark with quite possibly the biggest comic book movie ever in Avengers: Infinity War.

After years of tweaking the screenplay and looking for financing, Todd McFarlane's hard work finally paid off last year when Jason Blum's Blumhouse Productions boarded his long - gestating big screen reboot of the hit comic book character Spawn.

This particular movie is also getting a standalone book sequel in September just five months after the sci - fi thriller hits the big screen.

After all, other kinds of media have been hits on the big screen for generations, with books and comics both receiving stunning film adaptations over the decades.

In an overwhelming presence of sci - fi / fantasy book - to - movie adaptations, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones is the newest film to hit the big screen.

Suicide Squad (August 5th): One of the most highly - anticipated movies of the years, Suicide Squad is the latest comic book adaptation to hit the big screen.

This introductory activity is always a big hit, so my class usually ends up doing the Zoom In thinking routine with several illustrations from the book.