Sentences with phrase «books long out»

He's the standard analogue man in an increasingly digital world; his books long out - of - print, Leonard doesn't take freelance gigs writing advertising copy because he deems it an objectionable compromise; he instead pecks away at a novel he's been working on for more than a decade, and enjoys simple get - togethers with his adult daughter Ariel (Lili Taylor, fantastic).

Not exact matches

In July, Amazon tried to make peace with Hachette authors by offering them 100 % of digital book sales for as long as talks with Hachette dragged out — a proposal that Hachette had already turned down in negotiations.

Your primary mission as CEO is to identify and remove constraints, whether they're related to quickly designing new products; understanding why you're not fulfilling orders fast enough; figuring out why it takes so long to hire people, close the books, or acquire new customers; or determining why you can't keep your customers coming back.

And I've written several books on my experiences investing, with topics ranging from automatic investing to Warren Buffett, to hedge funds, to long - term investing (my worse - selling book, «The Forever Portfolio», which has sold 399 copies since it came out in December 2008, including one copy for the entire last quarter).

If Rubin is looking for a long and lucrative career in the guru business, he'd be better off taking a page out of the many books of tech - watcher Tapscott.

«No matter what jobs you have or jobs you want, seek out the oldest people in your present company, or the people who have worked there the longest,» Spooner writes in the book.

She and other experts say that Walmart has absolutely no need to match Amazon's assortment size (much of which is made up of so - called long - tail items, or items in extremely limited supply like out - of - print books), but that its current 10 million was still well below optimal.

The process takes longer but may also result in more carefully considered books, or weed out people whose ideas aren't fully formed.

«You can work long, hard or smart, but at Amazon.com you can't choose two out of three,» Mr. Bezos wrote in his 1997 letter to shareholders, when the company sold only books, and which still serves as a manifesto.

Tom Jacobs discovered the inventor of special situations, Maurece Schiller, and his long out of print books!

We could probably swap negative stories for hours about being endlessly put on hold by the front desk, waiting too long for an appointment that you need, sitting in the waiting room for your appointment that was 30 minutes ago, or being told that you need to book another appointment to address an issue because you're out of time.

I had in my heart and tongue the Name of Allah when ever I had fears, troubles or depression of any kind but from Jan 05 1995 when had lost my father and second brother in a car accident, it was the time I really felt am alone at age of 33 to face all the challenges my father has left upon me to run and manage among other partners therefore had been investigating the Quran as to understanding every word of it rather than to memorize it, have been did a lot of reciting verses of prayers begging God to look upon me and give me strength... am sure through such difficult times if I had no faith in God I would have perished and lost every thing long ago... Another thing my heart always gave me signs and my mind gave me logic of what to believe although have read many books abroad in my youth of many beliefs out of curiosity but could not belief in other than that God is one and Muhammed is his last prophet in all belief of the Quran he brought upon me / us in all that it says... Should mention at times had experienced dreams seeing signs and warnings long in advance of things going to happen A year or more before losing my father in a car accident I had seen him in my dream good bye wearing white cloth and going to board a tourist ship all crew dressed in white uniform rolling a red carpet on front of him and when was on the top of the stairs weaver smiling good bye... seen in another dream how or wealth will be stolen and what I will hold... so many things like that..

Check it out, it's not a long book, but a very good read.

The actual true doctrine of Jesus could have been recorded in some of the ruled out books and practiced by groups of Christians that the stronger party in Rome declared «heretic» and stamped out long ago.

If you want a longer and more detailed explanation of why God hardened Pharaoh's heart, check out my new book: The Re-Justification of God.

Right before the RV rolled out for the summer long book promotion tour by Jossey Bass as the funding publisher, with Mark Scandrette and Doug Pagitt, the Church Basement Roadshow to promote the new book Dispatches from the Emergent Frontier, I was sat down to sign some insurance documents.

That's one of the things I was pointing out to someone who read a book on necromancy (long island medium) and was totally sold on everything the author wrote and was now at «peace» from reading about the endless cycles of death — i.e. soul coming back as such... dying then coming back again as another.

I just (not too long ago) finished reading Zane's book, «JESUS God's Prophet» and it reafirmed that the CHURCH WILL be taken out in the Rapture immediately before the 7 year Tribulation.

It reminds me of a book I read by John Ortburg a long while back that really inspired me — «If you want to walk on water you have to get out of the boat»

His Gifford Lectures at Edinburgh on The Presence of Eternity: History and Eschatology (Harper, 1957) and various books of essays — the most notable collections in English being Faith and Understanding (Harper & Row, 1969) and Existence and Faith (World, 1960)-- show over how long a period, and in relation to how many challenges, he worked out his own presentation of the Word of God to our time.

Her books remind us that when we are engaged in abstract, theoretical reflection we occasionally need to ground our thought in the particular and historical, and by that grounding to find out if our theories work; likewise, when we are caught in the flow of particular events and historical experiences, we need to pause long enough to consider where we are going, what all these particulars add up to.

with the exception of some small bits out of the books of the prophets — virtually none of the other biblical scribblings were contemporaneous with events described within them, and ALL of the texts were subject to revision for a really long time from people who came along after they were originally written.

I argued that if I bought a paper book, I could read it as long as I wanted, and wouldn't have to buy the new edition when it came out.

We can begin to make our way toward wisdom by clearing out the data smog — by fasting from TV, computer, cell phone and pocket planner long enough to talk with a friend face - to - face, read a book or simply sit still and listen for the way of wisdom.

His book, The Sense of Injustice, shows how legal terms for human relationships have been won painfully and slowly out of long experience, guided by the religious tradition.

As long as I am organizing it for myself, I might as well do a little bit of extra work and make a little book out of it.

He never himself followed it to its conclusion; in his long and self - revealing book there is no indication that he thought much about Sheol or thought of it differently from his contemporaries, or had the slightest hope of resurrection out of it.

The book starts out saying God created everything in a week earth time and is only relevant to a specific time period in a very very very long existence of the universe.

I would also like to point out that there are also plenty of secular books written a long time ago that confirms the existence of Jesus and the things He did.

Monster: The one you spelled out is this «Once I understood the Bible was not a good guide for morality, all of the arguments that were offered up as explanations or excuses for a book that is certainly evil by modern, civilized standards no longer held water.»

As a huge admirer of the author I was stunned to read such a long, well - thought out piece that never once mentioned Lewis» most important and enduring book, «The Screwtape Letters» or his sci - fi allegorical Perelandra books.

It was not to be found in the overtly public (dare I say American) ministry of marching for civil rights and peace, or in his commentaries and books on public culture; but rather it was the interpersonal, interior expeditions of a shared faith (a quintessential Canadian attribute born out of long, cold winters spent indoors).

Markos, all you are doing is taking these verses out of context.the four verses that you mention are constantly used by people who hate islam to distort the true meaning.First of all, you need to post the entire chapter and it's interpretation to put it into context.You can't just take one verse out of a chapter with a couple of hundred verses and use it as proof that islam is a violent religion.The quran was revealed in small segments during the life of prophet muhammad and wasn; t revealed all at once.There is a long story to these verses which could require an entire page to tell.look it up.EVERY RELIGIOUS BOOK HAS TEXTS THAT CAN BE TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT.I am sure that if I look in the jewish torah, talmud or even the bible especially the old testament, i'll find many texts that I can take out of conteout of context.the four verses that you mention are constantly used by people who hate islam to distort the true meaning.First of all, you need to post the entire chapter and it's interpretation to put it into context.You can't just take one verse out of a chapter with a couple of hundred verses and use it as proof that islam is a violent religion.The quran was revealed in small segments during the life of prophet muhammad and wasn; t revealed all at once.There is a long story to these verses which could require an entire page to tell.look it up.EVERY RELIGIOUS BOOK HAS TEXTS THAT CAN BE TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT.I am sure that if I look in the jewish torah, talmud or even the bible especially the old testament, i'll find many texts that I can take out of conteout of a chapter with a couple of hundred verses and use it as proof that islam is a violent religion.The quran was revealed in small segments during the life of prophet muhammad and wasn; t revealed all at once.There is a long story to these verses which could require an entire page to tell.look it up.EVERY RELIGIOUS BOOK HAS TEXTS THAT CAN BE TAKEN OUT OF CONTEXT.I am sure that if I look in the jewish torah, talmud or even the bible especially the old testament, i'll find many texts that I can take out of conteOUT OF CONTEXT.I am sure that if I look in the jewish torah, talmud or even the bible especially the old testament, i'll find many texts that I can take out of conteout of context.

Howe covers the great technical innovations of the period: the 363 - mile Erie Canal that first dependably linked the East Coast with the interior; the railroads that sped people and commerce over long stretches of the continent; and the telegraph, which in 1844 clicked out the message Howe uses for the main title of this book.

Westberg's book grew out of long experience teaching seminarians, and it would no doubt serve very well for introductory ethics courses in seminaries and Christian colleges alike.

One book which, for many years, served precisely this purpose was A. W. Martin's Seven Great Bibles; but it has long been out of print, and it covered by no means all the literatures.

Thanks Ella, LOVE your blog can't wait for your book to come out... not long now!

Absolutely lovely!I can't wait for Amy's book to come out in the UK.I know I'm going to love it.Have a save journey home!I'm sure you won't settle for long;)

I «am looking for a recipe that is organic on making home made cinnamon rolls that someone may have in their grandmas old books that will take 2 days to make, they can be organic or not, I can change that all the ingredients to organic myself I say 2 days cause it takes that long for the raising n stuff I had 1, n when I moved it got lost or through away, these where very hugh, n took up to 2 cookie sheet pans or 2 9x13 pans n all I remember is it was a very very long recipe n it calls for white flour n wheat flour n with all the prepairing n getting it ready n raising n the finely cooking took 2 days like i said can anybody out their help me with this.

Hi Deb, Long time Australian lurker, finally coming out of the woodwork to ask what the difference will be in the Aus / UK edition of your book?

I pinky - swear that I am longing to order your bread book... I love baking and cooking but I just recently had to do the gluten - free switch while baking and cooking from scratch for my family of eight and it has been almost completely overwhelming to figure out what to make that I can eat too.

(Was just bummed I couldn't stay long enough to get my book signed, but I had an hour drive to get back home and couldn't stay out that late on a work night!

Glad you are safe and well and that the book is making its way out to us (it will take a bit longer to reach those of us in, ahem, Thailand), but I can't wait to get my hands on it!

Hi, was hoping to be all cool about your book and wait (here in the UK)-- till I found out I'd have to wait till FEBRUARY...... noooo, so, having made many recipes from your blog — all awesome — I am assuming I can translate, and as you already have weights — I no longer have to guess SO obviously have ordered from the US — and, showing great restraint, only expedited delivery so am on tenterhooks for the next 8 - 14 days!!

However, it's not uncommon for 90 % of the floor space to be taken up by piles of books, fancy heels that have been kicked off with relief at the end of a long day, and scattered recipe print - outs.

The weather is finally warming up, your friends and neighbors are coming out of hibernation, the days are getting longer — it's the perfect time to invite the baseball team over or host a book group or just catch up with old friends.

Scott Hi Scott, How about this one from my new book «Barbecue All Year Long», due out in April 2005.

My Darling Lemon Thyme has been a blog favourite for a long time now and I was devastated to miss out on tickets to Emma's Perth book launch!

I resisted electronic books for a long time but it is so easy, cheaper, and I'm running out of room to put books.

I haven't owned the book long, and have only made two recipes (Cookie Dough Protein Bars, and Matcha Green Tea Bars), both have come out tasty.