Sentences with phrase «books are big hits»

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!

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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.

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!

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Jill Marsal: Our most recent big success in this area was J. Lynn, who self - published through our agency and hit # 1 on the New York Times e-books bestseller list for her book Wait for You.

It's no big surprise when mega-bestselling novelists get renewed book contracts... but it's still nice to know they're eager to keep publishing hits.

Either is completely legitimate, and yes, some indie authors hit upon the right combination of fabulous writing, great design and savvy book marketing and make it to the big leagues.

Then they focus all their publicity on the books that look like they're going to hit the big - time.)

It Has Officially Hit Myth Status When some of the biggest supporters of indie publishing and indie writers start going on about how they are giving up paper books to New York, I finally just shook my head and assigned all the silliness to myth status.

And the biggest myth to hit indie writers (because traditional publishers repeat this over and over) is that indie writers can't get their books into bookstores.

But with indie publishing running so much of the industry now, the playing field is really evened out and a lot of the big mojo that used to hit the bestseller lists is being seen in fiction — which often doesn't report to these lists, or authors are selling lots of copies of all of their books, as opposed to one, singular title.

If this was just print books it would be a big hit but not like if it included ebook revenue where Kindle is 60 plus percent of the ebook sales.

If the author believes the work is likely to become a smash TV hit or the next big Christmas toy, the derivative rights could be the plum of the book contract.

Debra hit on my biggest reason for still preferring paperbacks... the ability to flip back to previous pages easily (without having to memorize the book to do it... because you have to memorize something for the Kindle to find it... oh wait... that's the Ctrl / F thing in Word, sorry).

That was a big hit on my aspirations, because I'm proud of my book.

If you are lucky enough to have a project that hits big with Amazon rankings and somehow gets found by the readers and those readers spread the word about the book to all their friends — you get this grass roots buzz happening.

For our first season we'll be hitting big ticket topics such as a commentary on the current publishing landscape, how to optimize your book metadata for sales, how to sell your book to indie bookstores, ebooks vs. print books, and how much it costs to self - publish.