Sentences with phrase «books stacked up»

In these small works there are bricks, bottles, and shoes flying around a barren landscape; engulfing waters in which figures are immersed; interiors with overstuffed chairs, dangling light bulbs, mirrors, and framed pictures; objects and books stacked up in piles; rolled - up compacted clusters of «stuff» extruding fingers and gun barrels; suns and balls on the horizon.

All this judging means I'm behind on my personal reading, so I've got lots of books stacked up to read in July.

A snake plant and a few more coffee table books stacked up for bedtime browsing finishes things off.

Loving the crocks and books all stacked up.

How many of those books stacked up there are you actually going to read?

From: Presentation at Write On The River, Wenatchee, Washington, on May 16, 2009 It is critical that writers understand how their books stack up against the competition in the marketplace.

The tests weren't under fully controlled conditions by any means, but it at least gives us a picture of how the Surface Book stacks up against other contemporary systems.

Not exact matches

If you want to read more books (and you really should want to read more books), experts often suggest laying in a stack of titles to pick up whenever the mood strikes you.

Like that bible laying on top of my stack of science books next to the computer so I can look up these arcane references people throw out?

You registered for that last class, you signed up with an advisor, you checked out stacks of thick academic books from the library.

The warnings against Jehovah's Witnesses have stacked up over the past decade in particular, with dozens of regional charges of extremism and more than 80 of its books, pamphlets, and other texts (including its magazine, The Watchtower) banned in Russia, according to The Moscow Times.

Even though Monet wasn't my personal favourite — I was more of a Van Gogh kind of girl — I thought the poster classed up the bare cinderblock walls place nicely with my stacks of books with USED SAVES stickers on the spine and the gigantic Windows 286 computer taking up my entire side of a shared desk and so I kept it throughout my years at university.

At that time the World Wide Web was not up and running, so I had to do the research the hard way — by going to libraries, going to the stacks, finding books — especially in the QK 99 section on herbal medicine — and looking up all the various terms for chiles in the indexes of the books.

One of my favorite things to do is hit up a good used book store or library book sale and buy stacks of older food magazines to raid for recipes.

The books were stacked with well over 500 reservations, and guests were already lining up to be seated before our 4:00 opening time.

Since Bovada is considered a «square» book, let's see how the odds are stacking up at Bookmaker, a «sharp» book that accepts higher limits on political props (between $ 1,000 to $ 10,000).

sooo true, my husband and I bought a beautiful book shelf for our dvd's (since we have a huge collection and didn't like double stacking) it has since then turned into a childrens toy unit and the dvd's now take up the highest 3 shevels (and are now double stacked in front of another)

As I mentioned in Asha and my recent episode on media and entertainment favorites, I love getting big stacks of books at the library, particularly because a book needs to hook me within the first few pages or I give up on it (meaning, I tend to have a lot of false starts with books).

I clean up by sorting out room with stacks of trash, laundry and then piles of objects of similarity together (hair stuff, books etc).

Consider propping up your feet using either a nursing stool or a stack of books.

At this age, you can expect your child to walk backward, walk up steps with his hand held, kick a ball, say 10 to 25 words, name three body parts, turn pages of a book and stack two blocks together.

Over the next few months, you can expect him to walk backward, walk up steps with her hand held, run, kick a ball, say 10 to 25 words, name 3 body parts, turn pages of a book, remove pieces of clothing and stack two blocks together.

First, go through and see if any of those items could serve a purpose you haven't thought of before: Do you have enough books to stack up and use as a side table?

The baby's toys go into a bin and the books get stacked up on the shelves.

Chris Grayling has tried out several arguments to defend his ban on sending prisoners books - but none of them stack up

• Using the protractor, measure the angle where the ramp meets the carpet when the ramp is set up using the shortest stack of books needed for the tub to slip.

Get in the position for a one handed push up, but at an arms length away have a push up handle (or a stack of books) to rest your other hand on.

If you don't want to invest in a Squatty Potty — you could stack up some books, or use a little step stool — but once you do — you will see how great it is to get in the right position and you will want the Squatty Potty — because it can be washed clean, and fits perfectly next to the potty.

It certainly isn't an idea I originated, and I'm sure most everyone already knows about it, but I posted a photo of our stacks of Christmas books waiting to be wrapped up on Instagram last week and someone... Continue reading →

I broke up the row of bottles with a white pumpkin and a stack of books.

When Michelle Moyle was sick in bed, her fourth - grade teacher, Liz Thomas, arrived at her house with a stack of books to cheer her up — a gesture Michelle remembers some 38 years later.

In this interactive webinar, David Liben of Student Achievement Partners and Rachel Stack of Great Minds highlight how book - based lessons engage all learners, build knowledge, and set students up for academic achievement.

Who better to turn to for a chat on analyzing how the Harry Potter movies stack up to the books than Scholastic (J.K. Rowling's U.S. publisher)?

I had a review copy of Alan Paul's Big in China in the stack of books I'd brought home, and it seemed like an interesting story — American guy moves to China for his wife's job (three kids in tow), writes an award - winning expat column and ends up fronting a group called Woodie Alan that's voted «Beijing's Best Band.»

I have so many books in my «to be read» stacks (both electronic and paper) and there are so many other books that I want to read, that I don't feel bad if I give up on a book before I finish it.

I got so tied up in adulting, working, reading new releases for review and other books on my TBR stack, that the books sat there on the shelf.

I was the sort of kid who always toted around a stack of paperbacks — now my Kindle library is loaded up with hundreds of books that I can access anywhere.

JAIME QUESTELL grew up in Houston, Texas, where she escaped the heat and humidity by diving into stacks of Baby Sitter's Club and Sweet Valley High books.

I know I need to transform into more of a plotter (planner), and I have several books and methods on outlining that are stacked up just waiting for me to crack them.

A thorough book proposal evaluates the audience for the work, how it will stack up against the competition, and why the book will succeed in the marketplace.

When at last I finished the book, I gathered up the pages and stacked them into a neat pile whose height surprised me.

A cuddly blanket is perfect for Sunday afternoons curled up with a stack of books, and we love this handsomely pleated take on the throw.

Sitting down with a big stack of comic books is something I still do as an adult, and even though I tell myself there are grown - up reasons to do that — it seems more efficient to read a bunch of books in one 45 minute go, than to read each of them in five to ten minutes bites spread thoughout the day — I think we overlook the hidden value in the act.

She still says, «It shouldn't be something that you can take up as a hobby one afternoon and a month later, key in your credit card number to CreateSpace or Kindle Direct Publishing before sitting back waiting for a stack of books to arrive at your door.

If the good friend of an editor writes a book it somehow ends up on the top of that editor's stack.

The video below shows you two different PDF books to check out exactly how these two readers stack up.

Additionally, parents can make new book purchases, but can feel confident that their kids can not stack up an expensive bill by accessing those purchase options.

Israel lay on his metal - framed bed in the middle of the room, dirty quilt pulled up around him, broken - backed books everywhere, empty bottles of wine and Jumping Jack cider stacked around like giddy sentinels.

The main premise of this video is to mainly compare books and comics to give you a sense of how these two devices stack up.

In fact, I already have my second book planned out, and several other ideas are stacking up in my brain.