Sentences with phrase «book of the month group»

There is at least one reading challenge within the group per month as well as quarterly reading challenges, buddy reads, book of the month group discu

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This group of 10 money experts includes women who write for big publications (like Forbes, Inc, Business Insider, Fast Company, and Huffington Post), make over $ 100k a month, have created their own companies, have published books, and are successfully running their own podcast.

Fox tells the story from beginning to end: childhood in the German - American parsonage; nine grades of school followed by three years in a denominational «college» that was not yet a college and three year's in Eden Seminary, with graduation at 21; a five - month pastorate due to his father's death; Yale Divinity School, where despite academic probation because he had no accredited degree, he earned the B.D. and M.A.; the Detroit pastorate (1915 - 1918) in which he encountered industrial America and the race problem; his growing reputation as lecturer and writer (especially for The Christian Century); the teaching career at Union Theological Seminary (1928 - 1960); marriage and family; the landmark books Moral Man and Immoral Society and The Nature and Destiny of Man; the founding of the Fellowship of Socialist Christians and its journal Radical Religion; the gradual move from Socialist to liberal Democratic politics, and from leader of the Fellowship of Reconciliation to critic of pacifism; the break with Charles Clayton Morrison's Christian Century and the inauguration of Christianity and Crisis; the founding of the Union for Democratic Action, then later of Americans for Democratic Action; participation in the ecumenical movement, especially the Oxford Conference and the Amsterdam Assembly; increasing friendship with government officials and service with George Kennan's policy - planning group in the State Department; the first stroke in 1952 and the subsequent struggles with ill health; retirement from Union in 1960, followed by short appointments at Harvard, at the Center for the Study of Democratic Institutions, and at Columbia's Institute of War and Peace Studies; intense suffering from ill health; and death in Stockbridge, Massachusetts, in 1971.

So Finger and a group of the other anchor tenants offered the Ferry Building a deal: They would sign leases, but they'd be allowed to exit without penalty if the marketplace wasn't 75 - percent booked after six months.

Often reserved months in advance, scout groups of all ages book their weekend here in Green Bank, earning their badges in astronomy or electronics.

It also books up months and months in advance and was definitely out of my budget, since I didn't have a large group to travel with.

Adapted from Robert Marshall's book In the Sewers of Lvov, Holland's technically impressive film offers a grueling account of the true story of a group of Jews who spent 14 months living in a rat - infested underground sewer, dark, damp, and redolent of human excrement.

During the last month of fourth - grade, 370 children were pretested on a measure of reading comprehension and vocabulary and randomly assigned to (1) a treatment group in which children received 10 self - selected books during summer vacation, (2) a family literacy group in which children received 10 self - selected books and were invited with their parents to attend 3 2 - hour summer literacy events, and (3) a control group.

In every issue of BookPage, Book Clubs columnist Julie Hale points readers to new paperback releases ideal for reading group discussion, designating one as her top pick of the month.

A report last month by the Book Industry Study Group, found that 25 % of students photocopied... [Read more...]

My Women's National Book Association reading group picks a full year's worth of books from the new Great Group Reads list, while my neighborhood group makes book selections a few months out, and we always try to mix up genBook Association reading group picks a full year's worth of books from the new Great Group Reads list, while my neighborhood group makes book selections a few months out, and we always try to mix up gegroup picks a full year's worth of books from the new Great Group Reads list, while my neighborhood group makes book selections a few months out, and we always try to mix up geGroup Reads list, while my neighborhood group makes book selections a few months out, and we always try to mix up gegroup makes book selections a few months out, and we always try to mix up genbook selections a few months out, and we always try to mix up genres.

A report last month by the Book Industry Study Group, found that 25 % of students photocopied or scanned textbooks from other students, up from 17 % in 2012.

The Seattle, Washington - based Amazon and Penguin, which is owned by media group Pearson PLC of Britain, have been locked in a dispute over digital book prices which saw Penguin stop supplying Amazon with new titles last month.

I've reviewed at least a dozen books in three months, edited a 94,000 word middle grade novel, offered feedback on the work of six critique group members, wrote a technical manual for a business, constructed a grant proposal for an individual, tweaked a historical article for an upcoming state project, and became a writer for Demand Studios.

A couple weeks ago Matt Stone of Archangel Ink asked me to be part of a 99cent book promotion, with a few other authors I respect like Tom Knowles (The Kindle Publishing Bible; we did some sightseeing in Vancouver BC last month) and S.J. Scott (Habit Stacking; we had dinner with a group authors in Cleveland last night).

The Guardian put together an excellent list entitled» 1000 Novels Everyone Must Read», and this group will read books each month from a selection of t

The Seattle, Washington - based Amazon and Penguin, which is owned by media group Pearson PLC of Britain, have been locked in a bitter dispute over digital book prices which saw Penguin stop supplying Amazon with new titles last month, much to the chagrin of Kindle owners wanting to buy best sellers.

Or take it from a talented and diverse group of cover designers, illustrators, editors, book formatters, ghostwriters, marketing assistants, and other professionals who help approximately 150 Outskirts Press authors publish high - quality books every month.

Evan commented on some of the new things that got implemented into the website in the last few months, «Featured Groups (as well as Featured Authors and Featured Books) is an experiment is helping people discover new books and authors on the Books) is an experiment is helping people discover new books and authors on the books and authors on the site.

Every month we have group Books of the Month which you can join, reading challenges, and promo threads for authors, giveaways and blogs.

Every month we have group Books of the Month which you can join, reading challenges, a

This is where the whole group votes on one book, reads it, and at the end of the month, gives what they thought, their ideas, criticisms, and praises for that book.

Sales for the first six months of 2016 fell 6.6 % at Hachette Book Group, compared to the first six... [Read more...]

Cartoonist Roz Chast's unflinching portrait of her aging parents, Paula Hawkins» blockbuster thriller and a 2015 National Book Award finalist make for excellent group discussion this month.

Each month a new group of respondents completed surveys about their book - purchasing behaviour for Bowker Market Research.

A comprehensive survey released last month by the Association of American Publishers and the Book Industry Study Group revealed that while the publishing industry had expanded over all, publishers» mass - market paperback sales had fallen 14 percent since 2008.

This agreement comes on the heels of the announcement last month by The Random House Group that the Bond backlist was returning to its publishing roots in the UK, with Vintage Books (sister imprint of Jonathan Cape, the original publisher of Casino Royale) acquiring a ten - year license for exclusive rights to the Bond novels in the English language with the exception of North America.

A dose of dark humor, a captivating historical novel and the 2014 National Book Award winner for fiction make great selections for reading groups this month.

My third was a group consisting of just three writers who met once a week to intensely edit each other's books to completion over a period of four months.

2) 1 month of daily social media promotion (daily tweets from multiple book promotion accounts, and daily postings on 30 facebook groups)

That's according to Lauren Klouda of Independent Publishers Group, in an article in the Independent Book Publisher's Association magazine this month.

If 8 % of the US population owns a tablet, and 12 % of the population owns an ereader, and 20 % of the people in book groups use one or the other to read their book group's selection each month, what does that mean for demand of ebooks?

Each month a new group of more than 6,000 respondents complete surveys about their book purchasing behavior for Bowker Market Research.

Hachette Book Group (HBG) in the US and Amazon have reached a new multi-year agreement, after months of negotiations and a very public battle.

Hachette Book Group (HBG) in the US and Amazon.com have been negotiating terms for a number of months now.

Retailing Borders Group, the second - largest book chain in the United States, reported a loss of $ 132.3 million in April, its second full month in bankruptcy.

Each month, he forms three groups of eight equally weighted portfolios of industries ranked separately by: (1) beta based on rolling regressions of industry returns versus value - weighted market returns over the past 60 months; (2) value based on the latest available industry book - to - market ratios (value - weighted composites of component firm book - to - market ratios, updated annually); and, momentum based on lagged six - month industry returns.

Earn 25,000 Marriott Rewards Bonus Points when you book a new group of 100 or more room nights into the following months: January, February, May, July, August and December 2018.

The 11.00 am time slot is the most popular and so for high season may have to be booked a month in advance and fit just after your group guided tour of the sanctuary.

If you're a group of 2 and your desired date is not listed as group service and you would like to hike in a small group, then we recommend you to book as soon as possible (5 - 2 months in advance)... and we will try to get other trekkers and build up a small group for you.

An epic poem of early Pop by the architects Alison and Peter Smithson, in an essay published in November 1956, three months after the landmark Independent Group exhibition «This is Tomorrow» opens at the Whitechapel Gallery: «Gropius wrote a book on grain silos, Le Corbusier one on aeroplanes, and Charlotte Perriand brought a new object to the office every morning; but today we collect ads.»

This exhibition brings together many of the East London Group's most iconic pieces, some of which have not been seen in public for more than eighty years plus a few which have only come to light in recent weeks, months or years since interest in the Group was rekindled by David Buckman's book: «From Bow to Biennale».

Curated by Jean Barberis and Michelle Levy, the exhibition was the result of an epic several - month long journey by a group of artists responding to Tété - Michel Kpomassie's book, An African in Greenland.

Black Book Gallery Anchoring this year's exhibition schedule, Black Book Gallery in Denver will be welcoming powerhouses, Shepard Fairey, Even Hecox and Jim Houser together in a group show during the month of August.

And I realized I had to do something 1983 Rammelzee vs K Rob «Beat Bop» 1984 First shows at Clarissa Dalrymple and Nicole Klagsbrun's Cable Gallery (artists of Wool's generation who begin showing same period include Philip Taaffe Jeff Koons Mike Kelley Cady Noland and James Nares 1984 produces first book photocopied edition of four: 93 Drawings of Beer on the Wall 1984 Warhol Rorschach paintings 1986 First pattern paintings 1987 Joins Luhring Augustine Gallery 1987 First word paintings 1988 Collaborative installation with Robert Gober one painting by Wool (Apocalypse Now) one sculpture by Gober (Three Urinals) one collaborative photograph (Untitled) and a mirror Gary Indiana contributes a short piece of fiction to the accompanying publication 1988 In Cologne sees show of Albert Oehlen's work meets Martin Kippenberger 1988 First European shows Cologne and Athens 1988 Collaborates with Richard Prince on two paintings: My Name and My Act 1989 Museum Group shows in Amsterdam Frankfurt am Main and Munich Whitney Biennial 1989 One year fellowship at the American Academy in Rome 1989 Starts taking photographs 1989 Publishes Black Book an oversized collection of 9 - letter images 1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall 1990 Meets Larry Clark 1991 First survey mounted at Boymans - Van Beuningen Museum Rotterdam publishes accompanying artist's book Cats in Bag Bags in River color photocopies of photographs of black and white paintings 1991 Creates edition of small paintings for ACT - UP New York Needle Exchange 1991 Participates in Carnegie International includes painting and billboard with truncated text announcing «THE SHOW IS OVER» 1991 Meets Jim Lewis 1991 Relocates studio to East 9th Street in New York 1992 LA riots 1992 DAAD residency in Berlin 1993 Publishes Absent Without Leave 160 black - and - white images from travel photographs taken over previous 4 years 1993 Begins silkscreened flower paintings 1993 Meets Michel Majerus 1994 Makes road - signs for Martin Kippenberger's Museum of Modern Art Syros 1994 New York Knicks lose to Houston Rockets in Game 7 NBA Finals 1995 Organizes retrospective of the New Cinema late 70's New York underground Super-8 films 1995 First spray - paintings 1995 Kids 1996 East Village studio severely damaged in building fire leaving Wool without a working space for 8 months artist's insurance photos become portfolio Incident on 9th Street 1997 Marries painter Charline von Heyl 1998 Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles mounts mid-career retrospective travels to Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh and Kunsthalle Basel 1998 Begins silkscreen re-imaging of own work 2001 Solo exhibition at Secession Vienna 2002 «Grey» paintings 2003 East Broadway Breakdown photos of New York City 2005 First digital drawings 2006 Contributes art to Sonic Youth Rather Ripped 2007 Collaborates with Josh Smith on Can Your Monkey Do the Dog 2008 Collaborates with Richard Hell on Psychopts 2008 Christopher Wool lives and works in New York and Marfa Tbook photocopied edition of four: 93 Drawings of Beer on the Wall 1984 Warhol Rorschach paintings 1986 First pattern paintings 1987 Joins Luhring Augustine Gallery 1987 First word paintings 1988 Collaborative installation with Robert Gober one painting by Wool (Apocalypse Now) one sculpture by Gober (Three Urinals) one collaborative photograph (Untitled) and a mirror Gary Indiana contributes a short piece of fiction to the accompanying publication 1988 In Cologne sees show of Albert Oehlen's work meets Martin Kippenberger 1988 First European shows Cologne and Athens 1988 Collaborates with Richard Prince on two paintings: My Name and My Act 1989 Museum Group shows in Amsterdam Frankfurt am Main and Munich Whitney Biennial 1989 One year fellowship at the American Academy in Rome 1989 Starts taking photographs 1989 Publishes Black Book an oversized collection of 9 - letter images 1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall 1990 Meets Larry Clark 1991 First survey mounted at Boymans - Van Beuningen Museum Rotterdam publishes accompanying artist's book Cats in Bag Bags in River color photocopies of photographs of black and white paintings 1991 Creates edition of small paintings for ACT - UP New York Needle Exchange 1991 Participates in Carnegie International includes painting and billboard with truncated text announcing «THE SHOW IS OVER» 1991 Meets Jim Lewis 1991 Relocates studio to East 9th Street in New York 1992 LA riots 1992 DAAD residency in Berlin 1993 Publishes Absent Without Leave 160 black - and - white images from travel photographs taken over previous 4 years 1993 Begins silkscreened flower paintings 1993 Meets Michel Majerus 1994 Makes road - signs for Martin Kippenberger's Museum of Modern Art Syros 1994 New York Knicks lose to Houston Rockets in Game 7 NBA Finals 1995 Organizes retrospective of the New Cinema late 70's New York underground Super-8 films 1995 First spray - paintings 1995 Kids 1996 East Village studio severely damaged in building fire leaving Wool without a working space for 8 months artist's insurance photos become portfolio Incident on 9th Street 1997 Marries painter Charline von Heyl 1998 Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles mounts mid-career retrospective travels to Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh and Kunsthalle Basel 1998 Begins silkscreen re-imaging of own work 2001 Solo exhibition at Secession Vienna 2002 «Grey» paintings 2003 East Broadway Breakdown photos of New York City 2005 First digital drawings 2006 Contributes art to Sonic Youth Rather Ripped 2007 Collaborates with Josh Smith on Can Your Monkey Do the Dog 2008 Collaborates with Richard Hell on Psychopts 2008 Christopher Wool lives and works in New York and Marfa TBook an oversized collection of 9 - letter images 1989 Fall of the Berlin Wall 1990 Meets Larry Clark 1991 First survey mounted at Boymans - Van Beuningen Museum Rotterdam publishes accompanying artist's book Cats in Bag Bags in River color photocopies of photographs of black and white paintings 1991 Creates edition of small paintings for ACT - UP New York Needle Exchange 1991 Participates in Carnegie International includes painting and billboard with truncated text announcing «THE SHOW IS OVER» 1991 Meets Jim Lewis 1991 Relocates studio to East 9th Street in New York 1992 LA riots 1992 DAAD residency in Berlin 1993 Publishes Absent Without Leave 160 black - and - white images from travel photographs taken over previous 4 years 1993 Begins silkscreened flower paintings 1993 Meets Michel Majerus 1994 Makes road - signs for Martin Kippenberger's Museum of Modern Art Syros 1994 New York Knicks lose to Houston Rockets in Game 7 NBA Finals 1995 Organizes retrospective of the New Cinema late 70's New York underground Super-8 films 1995 First spray - paintings 1995 Kids 1996 East Village studio severely damaged in building fire leaving Wool without a working space for 8 months artist's insurance photos become portfolio Incident on 9th Street 1997 Marries painter Charline von Heyl 1998 Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles mounts mid-career retrospective travels to Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh and Kunsthalle Basel 1998 Begins silkscreen re-imaging of own work 2001 Solo exhibition at Secession Vienna 2002 «Grey» paintings 2003 East Broadway Breakdown photos of New York City 2005 First digital drawings 2006 Contributes art to Sonic Youth Rather Ripped 2007 Collaborates with Josh Smith on Can Your Monkey Do the Dog 2008 Collaborates with Richard Hell on Psychopts 2008 Christopher Wool lives and works in New York and Marfa Tbook Cats in Bag Bags in River color photocopies of photographs of black and white paintings 1991 Creates edition of small paintings for ACT - UP New York Needle Exchange 1991 Participates in Carnegie International includes painting and billboard with truncated text announcing «THE SHOW IS OVER» 1991 Meets Jim Lewis 1991 Relocates studio to East 9th Street in New York 1992 LA riots 1992 DAAD residency in Berlin 1993 Publishes Absent Without Leave 160 black - and - white images from travel photographs taken over previous 4 years 1993 Begins silkscreened flower paintings 1993 Meets Michel Majerus 1994 Makes road - signs for Martin Kippenberger's Museum of Modern Art Syros 1994 New York Knicks lose to Houston Rockets in Game 7 NBA Finals 1995 Organizes retrospective of the New Cinema late 70's New York underground Super-8 films 1995 First spray - paintings 1995 Kids 1996 East Village studio severely damaged in building fire leaving Wool without a working space for 8 months artist's insurance photos become portfolio Incident on 9th Street 1997 Marries painter Charline von Heyl 1998 Museum of Contemporary Art Los Angeles mounts mid-career retrospective travels to Carnegie Museum of Art Pittsburgh and Kunsthalle Basel 1998 Begins silkscreen re-imaging of own work 2001 Solo exhibition at Secession Vienna 2002 «Grey» paintings 2003 East Broadway Breakdown photos of New York City 2005 First digital drawings 2006 Contributes art to Sonic Youth Rather Ripped 2007 Collaborates with Josh Smith on Can Your Monkey Do the Dog 2008 Collaborates with Richard Hell on Psychopts 2008 Christopher Wool lives and works in New York and Marfa Texas

(e.g., A couple months back, I participated in a «reading group» of Princeton philosopher Kwame Anthony Appiah's great book «Experiments in Ethics» on the website «Ethics Etc», and posts I made as part of that initiative explain a bit more than I've explained here.)

• Accurately processed payroll as well as monitored vacation / benefit accruals independently • Actively managed wage garnishments and processed termination checks • Accepted accountability for the overall teamwork and stood responsible for meeting the deadlines • Assisted HR department with compensation and benefits for payroll related tasks like processing benefits premiums, wage ceilings, long term disability claims, life insurance, group health insurance, fringe benefits, and overtime pay analysis • Assisted internal and external auditing procedures related to payroll by following company standards and policies • Monitored and reviewed complete payroll accounts for verification of accuracy and in case of any discrepancies made appropriate corrections and updates, at the end of every month • Communicated effectively with all staff responding to their requests and inquiries related to payroll information • Correctly made payroll related general ledger journal entries for each record • Created and dispersed payroll vouchers to the company employees every month on the pay day • Created benefit audits and reports for terminated / retired employees • Maintained perfect reconciliations of balance sheet accounts related to the payroll • Executed special research projects regarding payroll management and for detailed analysis of financial facets of payroll • Gave suggestions to the management for the policy and procedure updates and refreshers related to payroll management and its financial aspects • Organized and maintained outstanding payroll checks and lists in coordination with the HR department • Managed contacts and communicated regularly with all the internal and external stakeholders ensuring effective flow of information • Organized files, accounts, ledgers, records, employee books for payroll documents and other related purposes • Prepared SDLs — Salary Distribution Journals and other distribution journals every month for payroll accounts • Processed and prepared corporate payroll using Pay Expert Application, managing all paperwork for the wire transfers and generated return funds • Processed payroll changes for new hires and terminations ensuring accuracy and timeliness of the process • Proficiently used PRG (Millennium) payroll and TMx labor scheduling software applications for effective payroll management • Resolved all issues related to payroll tax payments and reported after every pay run making sure that all filings were accurately represented by the tax service provider • Reconciled tax payments for federal, state and local payroll as well as returns for multiple authorities on monthly basis.

There's an Elite group of people that I call «The Real Estate Investing Book Investors» out there that read for months, even years and don't do anything, except create a larger comfort zone on their fence.