Sentences with phrase «book learning the world»

Another big lesson of recent decades is the value of experiential learning, in contrast to the book learning the world imposed on me most of my life.

Not exact matches

The business world can be brutal I don't care what you learned in school, you'll come across so many situations you can't learn in a text book written in 1985 (Not a fan of college, can you tell:)-RRB- Be prepared to work 7 days a week.

Instead of being universally good at book learning, Bryant observed that most if not all were fiercely curious about the world around them.

Roger Blackwell and Tina Stephan's book Brands That Rock: What Business Leaders Can Learn From the World of Rock and Roll explains how any company can cultivate a powerful fan base.

For my book Disrupters, I spoke with ten trailblazing women entrepreneurs who have learned what it takes to succeed in a world stacked against them.

«I was trying to advise companies to help them out, but I was advising from stuff I had learned in books as opposed to real - world experience,» he explained.

His biography contains elements of an epic novel: growing up the son of a jailed Trotskyist labor leader in whose Chicago home he met Rosa Luxembourg's and Karl Liebknecht's colleagues; serving as a young balance of payments analyst for David Rockefeller whose Chase Manhattan Bank was calculating how much interest the bank could extract on loans to South American countries; touring America on Vatican - sponsored economics lectures; turning after a riot at a UN Third World debt meeting in Mexico to the study of ancient debt cancellation practices through Harvard's Babylonian Archeology department; authoring many books about finance from Super Imperialism: The Economic Strategy of American Empire [1972] to J is For Junk Economics: A Guide to Reality in an Age of Deception [2017]; and lately, among many other ventures, commuting from his Queens home to lecture at Peking University in Beijing where he hopes to convince the Chinese to avoid the debt - fuelled economic model off which Western big bankers feast and apply lessons he and his colleagues have learned about the debt relief practices of the ancient civilizations of Mesopotamia.

Still, most literature has focused on each country in isolation — there have been reports on UK equity crowdfunding, articles on Canadian equity crowdfunding, and books on US equity crowdfunding — but very little on equity crowdfunding in totality, and nothing at all on what campaigns from different parts of the world can learn from each other.

Could stand to learn a few things about becoming a recognizable name, a household brand or a leading expert like my clients who have appeared on the major national TV shows, in the most prestigious magazines, radio shows and Internet sites... and have helped sell millions of dollars worth of my clients» books, products, professional services, and promoted causes that have changed the world for the better, using popular media to tell their stories for over two decades?

The book is filled with real - world examples, quick quizzes, warnings, and practice exercises for readers to learn and put into action these vitally important skills.

You can learn more at the Guerrilla Marketing to Heal the World page at GoingBeyondSustainability.com (I think it's by far the best of my 10 books, several of which have won awards or been translated and republished in other countries).

BOOKS — LOSING CONTROL By Stephen D. King The world is witnessing a massive redistribution of wealth as the West learns it can no longer live beyond its means, says HSBC's group chief economist Stephen D. King, author of...

Books are a great place to learn concepts and theory, but if you don't know how everything works together in the real world, it won't matter.

Navarro and Trump first began corresponding in 2011, after Navarro learned that Trump was apparently a fan of his book about how China's rise was a threat to the world.

His other books include Money: How the Destruction of the Dollar Threatens the Global Economy — and What We Can Do About It, co-authored by Elizabeth Ames (McGraw - Hill Professional); Freedom Manifesto: Why Free Markets are Moral and Big Government Isn't, co-authored by Elizabeth Ames (Crown Business, August 2012); How Capitalism Will Save Us: Why Free People and Free Markets Are the Best Answer in Today's Economy, co-authored by Elizabeth Ames (Crown Business, November 2009); and Power Ambition Glory: The Stunning Parallels between Great Leaders of the Ancient World and Today... and the Lessons You Can Learn, co-authored by John Prevas (Crown Business, June 2009).

With my own possibly - controversial book coming out in the next year, with a heart awakened to justice and mercy in our weary and poor world, with three small souls in my own care, I want to learn what it means to be light.

JDJ, «Smart» isn't learning science from your preacher, or from a book written thousands of years ago by men who know relatively little about the natural world.

I am still in my rookie season when it comes to preaching, but I have quickly learned that what keeps a crowd's attention is a pastor who can explain how the Bible, an ancient book written for a Mediterranean world, matters to them in their context.

If you want to learn more, read books by Bruce Malina like New Testament World: Insights from Cultural Anthropology.

Maybe if people learned to reside in the 21st century and by the evidence that we have now opposed to information from a 2000 year old book, this world would be a better place.

First Things readers in America interested in obtaining Rupert Shortt's new book, Christianophobia, about the relentless persecution of Christians throughout the world (which I described here), will be pleased to learn that Eerdmans will be bringing out an American edition of the book in....

If you want to learn to live out the love of Jesus within this world, you must read this book.

«It is our hope that guests will be able to learn not only about each president's unique Bible, but also about the influence this book has had on government and elected officials around the world.»

We talked with Moore about his new book and what American Christians can learn from their sisters and brothers around the world.

At first I wasn't sure why, but soon I learned that these books taught things about the world that disagreed with the Bible.

I learned (and should have known much earlier) that the books of the Bible grew from the soil of fervent Christian activity in a real though long - ago world, that literature is a centrifugal spin - off of history.

All Year: The Bible (There are many translations available at biblegateway.com)- Anchor Bible Commentary Series - The Women's Bible Commentary, Edited by Carol A. Newsom and Sharon H. Ringe - Living Judaism: The Guide to Jewish Belief, Tradition, and Practice by Wayne D. Dosick - Women in Scripture: A Dictionary of Named and Unnamed Women in the Hebrew Bible, the Apocryphal / Deuterocanonical books, and the New Testament, Edited by Carol Meyers, Toni Cravien, and Ross Shepard Kraemer - Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, Edited by John Piper and Wayne Grudem - Discovering Biblical Equality: Complementarity Without Hierarchy, Edited by Ronald W. Pierce, Rebecca Merrill Groothuis and Gordon D. Fee - Women in the World of the Earliest Christians: Illuminating Ancient Ways of Life by Lynn Cohick - God's Word to Women by Katharine C. Bushnell - Don't Know Much About the Bible: Everything You Need to Know About the Good Book but Never Learned by Kenneth C. Davis - «On The Dignity and Vocation of Women» by Pope John Paul II - The Year of Living Biblically by A.J. Jacobs

In a world where people are starving, in a world where people are being killed every minute by the deepest injustice, how can you possibly justify taking time out in your life to do nothing but learn to read books well?

We may not be surprised to learn that only 10 percent of teenagers can name all five of the world's major religions, or that 66 percent can not name the Qur» an as the sacred book of Islam.

Flash forward to this fall, and while doing research for a new book about New World foods spreading to the Old World, I learned that not only is the turkey beloved in France and England for Christmas, it's the traditional Christmas meal in Italy, too.

We are learning Spanish in anticipation for a month trip to Ecuador, my husband has been re-learning world history along with my kids, I have been reading books that I missed as a kid.

Instead we turned it into a «Does it belong game» — we have been reading some books about the sea shore and one of our favourite cartoons is the Octonauts (well it's mine anyhow) so J is learning about the under water world quite a bit.

«At Barefoot Books, we create children's books that open the hearts and minds of children from all walks of life, focusing on themes that encourage independence of spirit, enthusiasm for learning and respect for the world's diverBooks, we create children's books that open the hearts and minds of children from all walks of life, focusing on themes that encourage independence of spirit, enthusiasm for learning and respect for the world's diverbooks that open the hearts and minds of children from all walks of life, focusing on themes that encourage independence of spirit, enthusiasm for learning and respect for the world's diversity.

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So I hand over the baby so I can get myself together and learn a few more songs real quick, or read a parenting book, or just google «baby wont stop.cryun 3 months what.doi do» (exactly like that due to shaky hands and trying to hurry up the whole process) and once I read the result while drinking water, while sitting on the toilet (let's all clap for my multitasking skills), I see that I am not the only one with the same issue in the world.

In the world of a toddler this may not seem as earth shattering to a mom, but as you open up the world of books to your toddler, you set them on a strong footing for their future learning, guaranteed.

As avid fans of Charlotte Mason, I believe that children who practice the skill of narration, from living books, are not only able to repeat facts, but they learn to process and assimilate information and absorb it into their memories, making it a part of their unique knowledge of the world.

I've taken everything I've learned, trained and supported thousands of women, babies and their families with for over twenty years in my private practice locally and around the world, to create this book and do my part in improving maternity and newborn care and experiences, by empowering women and their families to speak up.

In a perfect world, women (and men) would learn about childbirth from reading books and websites and talking to their care provider (doctor or midwife), to a doula, to their mother, aunts and friends, but unless you live under a rock, women (and men) also learn about childbirth when they are bombarded with images on TV and in movies that depict childbirth as something scary, painful and out of control.

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This book is a refreshing introduction to a family who unschool, using the children's strong interests in the natural world and natural history to develop their own learning styles.

The Virtual Book Club for Kids is cohosted by an amazing set of bloggers from around the world each month bringing the books alive with crafts, activities, learning and family fun please check out their blogs to find out more ideas.

Weeks and months before baby books tell you your little on learns «cause and effect», she'll begin on day 1 of life to explore this primary cognitive concept through incidental interactions with the world.

Books help children learn about the world around them and can even teach important lessons about life.

Around the World is a «follow the trail» book, so toddlers can use their fingers to follow the maps in the book; Things that Go is a great way to practice words, and What Can You Spot: Counting is a lovely little counting book which will help your toddler learn numbers as you shop.

World Book Day and Children's Books Sesame Street: 5 Little Rubber Duckies (Studio Fun; ISBN: 9780794441197; $ 11.99; 12 pgs) is educational fun for little ones 2 and up, as they learn their numbers with Elmo and friends!

We love these soccer books or even Franklin's Soccer Adventure Movie so that your child can learn more about this World Cup sport.

Books made the world of difference when my son was born, and the information I learned has had a lasting impact on our family life, our parenting style, and our marriage.

Living literature as the source for learning about the world around us, rather than text books.

Dedicated to protecting and nurturing the early years of childhood, Before Five in a Row opens up the world of learning through great books and creative play, and builds a solid foundation for more formal education to come.