Sentences with phrase «book written a year»

I shall not speak here about this, my own views on the matter may be found in a little book written some years ago, Praying Today (Eerdmans, 1974), in which an effort was made to meet some of the problems and answer some of the questions that personal devotion may suggest.

Only a book written years after the so - called «son» died by men who thought they knew better.

A book she wrote years ago on the subject of ghosts is published without her knowledge by its co-author Abby Yates, played by Melissa McCarthy.

(The Teacher's Manual is revised each summer to add new books written that year — you will be notified.)

I want to publish a print book I wrote years ago as an ebook, but have had to convert it to pdf files on adobe, first.

According to John Feldcamp, president of Xlibris, there are 500,000 new books written each year, but only 50,000 survive the publishing industry's «filters» and make it into print.

(Many authors are well - known for books they wrote years ago.)

The truth is, most of what scientists are bringing forth at this time as a possibility have all been addressed in a book written a year ago by a couple of scientists named Fritz Vahenholt and Dr. Sebastian Luning.

Not exact matches

Can you imagine if I had made it my goal to write two books this year?

To be sure, * The Magic of Thinking Big * was not written strictly for entrepreneurs — I'm not sure the word was well - known in the 50s... but applying the principals from this book has contributed to the enormous growth my public relations agency has enjoyed each year of our existence.

I never said, «I want to write two books this year.»

To my eternal regret, I wrote an article for Fast Company a few years back saying that business books were the new business cards.

This year, though, Brin kicked off the Founders Letter with a quote taken from the very beginning of «A Tale of Two Cities,» a book written over 150 years ago by Charles Dickens — a historical fiction about the French Revolution.

Oh, and if our reporting on this subject sounds vaguely familiar, it's because we wrote this awesome book a few years ago that you should still totally buy: «Stocking Up On SIn»

«For years, I've been saying Steven Pinker's The Better Angels of Our Nature was the best book I'd read in a decade,» writes Gates, who is clearly a long - time Pinker fan, but he continues, «his new book, Enlightenment Now, is even better.»

Ten booked a A$ 232 million half - year loss in April, and rivals Seven West Media and Nine Entertainment swung to annual losses after writing down TV assets.

The process for writing a book is almost the same as it was 50 years ago, except you type on a computer instead of a typewriter now.

My book Persuadable took three years to write, but I convinced myself it wasn't good.

But within a few months, I had a great job, doing pretty amazing stuff and that all led to me writing books, traveling the planet and have a great life - for the past 20 years.

Over the past couple of years I have helped over 200 people write and publish their first book.

(I am facing that problem head - on every day as I try to write my new book on what the world will look like in 20 years - knowing that I'm going to be laughably wrong at various points along the way.

We get sent hundreds of business books a year, all in the hope that someone here reads one and decides to write about it.

Griffeth has written four books, «The Stranger in My Genes,» in 2016; «By Faith Alone: One Family's Epic Journey Through 400 Years of American Protestantism,» in 2007; «Bill Griffeth's Ten Steps to Financial Prosperity,» published in 1994; and «The Mutual Fund Masters,» in 1995.

One of the most inspiring and impactful books ever written, «The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People» has captivated readers for 25 years.

Take, for instance, Ryan Holiday's breakdown that shows how he's written three books in three years.

Founder Adam Robinson is passionate about recruiting; not only does he have over 20 years experience in the industry, he has written a book about the power of predictive hiring.

Robots have been writing novels for at least the past four years, while Parker's next foray is going to be into romance books.

When Cory Silverberg, a Toronto - based sex educator and author, decided two years ago to write a kids book on human reproduction called What Makes a Baby, he considered two options.

Pulizzi has written five books: «Get Content Get Customers» (with Newt Barrett, 2009); «Managing Content Marketing» (2011); «Epic Content Marketing» (2013); «Content Inc.» (2015); «Killing Marketing» (with Robert Rose, coming in September of this year).

And so he took his own advice, creating the «relevant résumé,» which features highlights like «Have yet to finish a book I started writing years ago,» and «Should have been more aggressive.»

This editing, writing, and social - media shop for book authors raked in nearly $ 2.9 million in revenue last year, up 495 percent since 2012.

Earlier this year I visited Tokyo with my husband and son while I was writing the book — it was a really beautiful and interesting city.

Earlier this year a publisher in Beijing decided to capitalize on the Chinese demand for all things Buffett and translate a book Peter had written in 2010, titled Life Is What You Make It: Find Your Own Path to Fulfillment.

«One could describe it as if Ikea grabs you by the hand and consciously guides you through the store in order to make you buy as much as possible,» Johan Stenebo, a 20 - year veteran of Ikea, wrote in his 2009 book, The Truth About Ikea.

In addition to regularly blogging on the subject of raising funding for his own blog mpd.me and publications like Inc.com and Business Insider, Davis has written a series of soon - to - be released self - published books on navigating the startup financing maze: «Fundraising Rules,» to be released this fall and «Breaking the Rules,» which is expected out sometime next year.

He also spends years researching, writing and rewriting each book.

«Doerr's book won the Pulitzer last year and is written in short, consumable chapters.

The average American buys 64 new garments each year, regardless of income, writes the author Elizabeth L. Cline in her book Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion.

My friends who read my first attempts at writing my book, years ago, struggled to tell me how unreadable it was, so I wasn't born with engaging writing.

In 1985, which is when I was writing the book, 60,000 MBAs graduated that year alone.

I've frequently shared how keeping a journal for over 16 years has not only helped me write a book but also how it has helped me become a better business leader.

One of the reasons I wrote this book is, I spent 21 years coaching one of the most brilliant guys in the world who never loses money.

A few years ago, I wrote a book with a professor who had been trained as an engineer.

And it was also several years ago that I suggested you take a look at a book on statistics written by a University of Toronto math professor.

Earlier this year the Livermore, Calif., resident wrote a Kindle book, Work Smarter, which generated $ 1,400 over 30 days of sales on Amazon.

In an interview after his book was finally released, Zusak said, «In three years, I must have failed over a thousand times, but each failure brought me closer to what I needed to write, and for that, I'm grateful.»

If Canadian best - selling author Malcolm Gladwell were to write a book about this year's presidential election, he said his title would be «I'm heading home.»

And it would be hard to compile any list of the best business books of the year without mentioning Thomas Piketty's Capital in the Twenty - First Century — which «sparked a fantastic global discussion this year about inequality,» Gates writes.

Over the last 15 years, I have discovered valuable secrets about the publishing industry that have helped me in writing my own books — secrets that have then helped me to sell hundreds of thousands of copies of those books.

Not until after I took a major risk in my career of quitting my job as a banker and spending two years researching and writing my second book did my mentor take me under his wing and open up for me a valuable stream of knowledge, people and opportunities that have inspired my journey ever since.