Sentences with phrase «boring as the other books»

Not nearly as boring as the other books required for my legal writing classes.

Not exact matches

Fortunately, I have read excellent posts such as this by other bloggers as well, in addition to reading investing books that have detailed the various crazes and bear markets.

It's a little less boring than some holy books, more than others, but never struck me as special.

This book is going to ruffle some feathers as I not only challenge the practices of baptism and communion (die to your rites), but also raise questions about the legal rights of Christians to the freedom of speech, to bear arms, and to various other rights guaranteed by the «First Amendment» and the «Bill of Rights.»

It's quite easy to reconcile embracing both Rand's philosophy and Christianity, and people do it all the time: complete and total ignorance, borne out of an inability to read with any sort of comprehension, or an outright refusal to read with an open mind, either Rand's books, or the scriptures and other Christian religious dogma such as the catechism, or both.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

When the Sky Clad folk returned they refused to accept the canon as formulated at Pataliputra, and have their own which while agreeing substantially in content, at least as to the names of the books included, nevertheless omits some, includes others, and within the texts bearing the same name differs at significant points.

why don't you start with why humans invented religion in the first place, the origins of the books of the bible, the multiple «christ» (copied) stories throughout the history of time, fossil evidence of evolution of man and all species, all the discrepancies in the bible, knowledge of all the gods that humans have believed in through recorded history, the political uses of christianity in the time of it's origin, the fact that every other religion has followers who believe just as strongly in their own god / book, that fact that if you had been born in another part of the world you would be a different religion and going to «hell», and that a good, kind, omniscient god wouldn't allow all the suffering and evil to happen, and wouldn't need «help» as christians like to tout... and then we'll get to all these ridiculous fools.

As I made my son's Super Porridge while watching Sesame Street, I thought about other moms feeding their babies over-priced, nutritionally - inferior, commercially - processed boxed rice cereal, and the idea for the Super Baby Food book was born.

That means lots of easy - to - handle snacks (like dry cereal, fig bars, or crackers), milk, water, plenty of diapers and wipes, a sweater in cool weather, two changes of clothes (in case of diaper blowouts, carsickness, or other spills), extra clothes for you (you never know when you'll become part of the mess), comfort objects (bear, blankie), and multiple diversions (such as board books, small toys, and finger puppets).

Many books, magazine articles, friends and other products of our modern culture suggest to us that we will be able to go on with «life as usual» after baby is born — that we can and should «train» baby to conform to an adult routine.

During that time the death rate in labour or the neonatal period in non-malformed babies of normal birth weight born to women booked for a home delivery (those deaths most capable of reduction by high quality care during labour) was as low as the regional figure for all other such losses (0.05 % v 0.11 %).

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The buzz surrounding this series may seem like reason for the publishing industry to rejoice, but NPR blogger (and GalleyCat editor) Jason Boog writes that the books, which were born as Twilight fan - fiction — open up a whole other can of worms:

Josephine Angelini (author of Starcrossed) http://pinterest.com/josieangelini/ Meg Cabot (author of The Princess Diaries and many other YA books) http://pinterest.com/megcabot/ Kate Coombs (author of The Runaway Princess) http://pinterest.com/katecoombs/ Sarah Cross (author of Kill Me Softly) http://pinterest.com/sarahcross/ Regina Doman (author of The Shadow the Bear, Black as Night, etc.) http://pinterest.com/reginadoman/ Alex Flinn (author of Beastly, etc.) http://pinterest.com/alexflinn/ Kim Harrison (author of Once Dead, Twice Shy, etc.) http://pinterest.com/kimharrisonbook/ Colleen Houck (author of Tiger's Curse, etc.) http://pinterest.com/colleenrayhouck/ Lisa Mantchev (author of Eyes Like Stars, Perchance to Dream, etc.) http://pinterest.com/lisamantchev/ E. Lockhart (author of The Boyfriend List, The Disreputable History of Frankie Landau - Banks, etc.) http://pinterest.com/elockhartbooks/ Jennifer A. Nielsen (author of The False Prince, The Runaway King, etc.) http://pinterest.com/jennielsen/ Sheila Nielson (author of The Forbidden Sea) http://pinterest.com/sheilaanielson/ Which goes to show I am very obsessed with both Pinterest and YA lit.

The simplified concepts, straightforward sentences, and illustrations make the tough topics easy to bear, as does the second half of the book, which focuses on charities that feed the hungry, build hospitals and schools, care for refugees, and offer other assistance to people in need.

In this interesting and engaging book, Seth writes about his great uncle Shanti Behari Seth (Shanti Uncle), born in Biswan, and his German Jewish great aunt, Hennerle Caro (Aunty Henny), born in Berlin, describing them as two exiles who found their home in each other.

Being cultivated is a matter not of having read any book in particular, but of being able to find your bearings within books as a system, which requires you to know that they form a system and to be able to locate each element in relation to the others.

Indeed, Chabon's book features a retired detective referred to throughout as the old man who bears more than a passing resemblance to Sherlock Holmes and whom the reader must assume is none other than the sleuth himself.

As far as I can tell based on my experience and the experience of many other writers I know, most of the time you submit, your book will be rejected, which can be difficult for a sensitive author to beaAs far as I can tell based on my experience and the experience of many other writers I know, most of the time you submit, your book will be rejected, which can be difficult for a sensitive author to beaas I can tell based on my experience and the experience of many other writers I know, most of the time you submit, your book will be rejected, which can be difficult for a sensitive author to bear.

Readers will often look past substantive issues and finish the book, but they won't pick up another book by that author, and they will leave negative comments, such as, «Some parts were confusing» (a problem with consistency), «The writing was choppy» (a problem with flow within and between paragraphs), «It wasn't well written» (a problem with awkward sentences and possibly other various issues), «I wasn't sure who was saying what» or «The dialogue wasn't that great,» and «It didn't really hold my attention» or «The story was boring» (a problem with telling instead of showing).

A cage brawl with Joe Kubert (born 1926) and Chuck Bednarik (born 1925) as one team and any comic book creator and any current professional football player on the other team.

An online archive of book pages bearing marks, notations and other marginalia, the Pages Project explores the act of reading, each readers unique relationship to the material, and the nature of the book as a transitory physical object in a digital age.

Fortunately, I have read excellent posts such as this by other bloggers as well, in addition to reading investing books that have detailed the various crazes and bear markets.

Others of note include the aesthetically dynamic and conceptually dense Bobby Jesus» Alma Mater b / w Reading the Book of David and / or Paying Attention is Free by Frances Stark combining a hip - hop soundtrack with transcribed conversations and take home flyers; Taryn Simon's Birds of the West Indies features the cars, weapons and women of the James Bond franchise pictured as they are now, meaning that while the objects appear as they did in the films, the women bear the effects of age (some are well into their 60s and 70s), which effectively distances them from the roles they had played by reinforcing the reality and humanity that separates them from the objects amongst them.

There are almost countless texts, books, and exhibition catalogues about Richard Prince (born 1949), as well as texts he himself has authored not only for his own publications but also those of other artists.

Google Play, which was originally born and referred to by Google as the Android Market, is Google's official store and portal for Android apps, games, books, music and other content for your Android - powered phone or tablet.