Sentences with phrase «by modern authors»

Few things are more obsessed - over by modern authors than Amazon Best Sellers Rank.

Dan Koboldt on Dan Koboldt Author and Scientist An Experiment in Amazon Sales Rank «Few things are more obsessed - over by modern authors than Amazon Best Sellers Rank.

Better than anyone, Teresa knows the challenges faced by modern authors in a rapidly changing industry.

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Yet, if you're not sufficiently informed of its modern day behaviors and practices as espoused by leading authors, thought - leaders, and scholars, a false perception may lead you astray.

Now that the author has so successfully catalogued many of the great ideas of Charlie Munger, I hope to read future works by Griffin that are focused on more controversial subjects at the margins of modern value investing.

The book is further weakened by the author's effort to enlist Solzhenitsyn in his enthusiasm for E. F. Schumacher's «small is beautiful» critique of the modern world, and for Chesterton's notion of economic «distributism.»

Historical criticism is the process by which modern scholars examine the text of ancient documents and try to determine when they were truly written and whether or not they were authored by the person whose name is on the document.

The Bible, The Qur «an and Science by Dr. Maurice Bucaille THE HOLY SCRIPTURES EXAMINED IN THE LIGHT OF MODERN KNOWLEDGE Translated from French by Alastair D. Pannell and The Author

At the same time in France, another Catholic revival had emerged, guided by novelists Georges Bernanos and François Mauriac and poets Paul Claudel and Pierre Reverdy, all of whom were widely read in the U.S.. Another factor inspiring American Catholic authors, a disproportionate number of whom were Irish - American, was the rise of modern Irish literature.

Based on McCann's research concerning what the churches are doing in the field of mental illness and mental health, the authors of Action for Mental Health wrote this indictment of our lethargy and unconcern: «The prevalence of religion in modern American society, as measured by church membership... does not seem to have had any measurable positive or negative effect on mental health....

In each case, the passion to evoke a culture in letters seems driven by the authors» sense that their cultures are fading away, doomed to certain and swift dissipation into the pervasive ethos of modern...

Despite the availability of multiple drafts and versions, as a rule the text in the modern age has a canonical variant determined by the author.

Christopher Calderhead, author of Illuminating the Word: The Making of the Saint John's Bible (Liturgical), points out that in the case of a modern book the reader is the first to see any particular copy — it is sometimes wrapped in cellophane at the printer's and opened for the first time by the purchaser.

Although he thinks more blood is likely to be spilled along the way, the author is a modern optimist in thinking that Muslims will, more or less inevitably, adapt their religion to the peaceful constraints by which the rest of us - meaning those of us who are in charge of the world - abide.

Editor's note: David Hazony is the author of «The Ten Commandments: How Our Most Ancient Moral Text Can Renew Modern Life,» published recently by Scribner.

In each case, the passion to evoke a culture in letters seems driven by the authors» sense that their cultures are fading away, doomed to certain and swift dissipation into the pervasive ethos of modern America.

The opening chapter by Jason DeRouchie showed how the organization of our modern English Bibles is not the same organization that Jesus would have known, and this opening chapter also showed that the constant and recurring themes of the Old Testament authors are also the constant and recurring themes in the life and ministry of Jesus.

Most modern scholars, especially among the Protestants, believe that Mark antedates Matthew by twenty or thirty years and that the author of Matthew used Mark as his principal source.

It is surprising to find so many of the «modern» objections anticipated and answered, by not only those engaged in Counter-Reformation apologetics, but also the patristic authors.

A modern author, writing about Franciscan preaching in Italy, describes the popularity of the evangelists whose engagements had to be regulated by the popes.

While this is partially explained by football's broadcasting boom, the internationalisation of the clubs» commercial operations, their investment into privately - owned and modern facilities, and overall more sustainable management practices, are also key reasons for this growth,» Andrea Sartori, KPMG's global head of sports and the report's author, was quoted as saying by BBC.

That was one of the topics discussed at a workshop in Vancouver, B.C., on love put on by Carrie Jenkins, a philosophy professor at the University of British Columbia, that featured many wonderful speakers besides Jenkins, whose thought - provoking book, What Love Is And What It Could Be, comes out in a few weeks, including Marina Adshade, UBC professor of economics, author of of Dollars and Sex: How Economics Influences Sex and entertaining TEDx speaker; and Mandy Len Catron, who teaches writing at UBC and whose Modern Love essay on how to make anyone fall in love with you was one of the most - read Modern Loves, and that lead her to write a book on love essays that comes out in 2017.

Author Laurie Boucke's book Infant Potty Training: A Gentle and Primeval Method Adapted to Modern Living has been endorsed by such heavyweights as pediatrician Dr. William Sears.

According to Christine Koh, one of the authors of the book Minimalist Parenting: Enjoy Modern Family Life More By Doing Less, «It's about identifying your unique values and paring down and prioritizing so you can find what works for your family.»

First, it's a piece of music intended to make a political point about a modern conflict, one inherent in the nature of networked digital communications — authors and copyright holders have long profited from creative works by charging to distribute them, but in a digital world, books, music and movies can be made in unlimited copies and shared essentially for free.

We can presume, surely, that this is the only draft Constitution (using the term in a modern sense) to have been authored in our island home by an official government!

Relying on modern forensic techniques, such as contour and trajectory analysis of the traumas, the authors of the study showed that both fractures were likely produced by two separate impacts by the same object, with slightly different trajectories around the time of the individual's death.

«Crazy meals involving less - than - healthy foods aren't a modern craving,» explains lead author Brian Wansink, PhD, Director of the Cornell Food and Brand Lab and author of Slim by Design.

The Animals Among Us: How Pets Make Us Human By John Bradshaw From the dawn of domestication to pampered modern pets, anthrozoologist Bradshaw, author of the best - selling Cat Sense and Dog Sense, traces the evolution of predators into companions in this riveting read.

«Until this discovery, it was assumed that comparable engravings were only made by modern humans (Homo sapiens) in Africa, starting about 100,000 years ago,» says lead author José Joordens, researcher at the Faculty of Archaeology at Leiden University.

It is with this in mind that Hoodbhoy provides a useful critique of attempts by other authors to discuss Islamic science as if the realities of modern life simply did not exist, and Muslims could wish themselves back to the numinous realms of the medieval alchemists.

Dr David Poznik, from Stanford University, California, first author on the paper, said: «We identified more than 60,000 positions where one DNA letter was replaced by another in a man with modern descendants, and we discovered thousands of more complex DNA variants.

According to the author, a striking exception in this study was the newly described species Conus carlottae, which has a shell covered by large polka dots, a pattern that is apparently extinct among modern cone snails.

«We believe our study has the potential to open a complete new field of investigation in modern neuroscience by demonstrating that even the simplest functions of the motor cortex, such as creating body movements, are heavily influenced by the type of social relationships among the animals participating,» said senior author Miguel Nicolelis, M.D., Ph.D..

The two teams did differ on one question, however: whether Middle Eastern farmers first spread from the Levantine coast (modern day Israel, Lebanon, and Syria), the conclusion of the Fernández group; or from the southern coast of modern - day Turkey, as found by the Proceedings authors.

Besides enabling quantification of recovery rates of compacted soil and better understanding of the recovery mechanisms, the authors expect that data provided by the soil structure observatory will help improve our general understanding of soil structure dynamics and help define strategies and guidelines for accelerating soil structure recovery, and more generally, improving soil structure in modern agriculture.

The positive emotions that come with this kind of meaning - making were exquisitely displayed in a recent Modern Love column, written by beloved children's author Amy Krouse Rosenthal.

Why Does E = mc2 By Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw Master Einstein's famous equation in 266 easy pages: The authors answer their title question without using math more complicated than the Pythagorean theorem, providing a rich history of modern physics along the way.

Dr Ricardo Rodríguez Varela, researcher at Stockholm University and lead author of the study, explains: «By generating the first autosomal genetic data from these populations we can conclusively demonstrate that the Guanches were most closely related to modern North Africans of Berber ancestry than to any other population we included for comparisons, supporting previous studies but adding more detail and nuance.»

More specifically, using digital scans of paper maps based on aerial imagery acquired by the U.S. Geological Survey, along with modern - day satellite imagery from a variety of platforms, the authors digitized a total of 49 maps and images from which they calculated changes in the terminus positions, ice speed, calving rates and ice front advance and retreat rates from 34 glaciers in this region over the period 1955 - 2015.

He's also considered the Father of western medicine and the author of the Hippocratic Oath, a sacred doctrine every single practitioner of modern medicine has to swear by before practicing.

«I think the modern research supports the idea that full - fat dairy can be beneficial when it's well tolerated by the individual,» says Chris Kresser, L.Ac, expert on functional and integrative medicine and author of the New York Times best seller, Your Personal Paleo Code.

Stephanie Seneff and Anthony Samsel, authors of Glyphosate's Suppression of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes and Amino Acid Biosynthesis by the Gut Microbiome: Pathways to Modern Diseases, note glyphosate's preference for pathogenic bacteria over friendly ones,

Guided only by a hunger for flavor and an obsession with the awesome power of salt, James Beard Award winning author Mark Bitterman pioneers uncharted culinary terrain with Salt Block Cooking, which provides simple, modern recipes that illustrate salt block grilling, baking, serving, and more.

The author contends that every single human will experience health improvement by giving up modern wheat.

She has authored and co-authored over 35 books including The Magnesium Miracle, IBS for Dummies, Hormone Balance, Death by Modern Medicine, and 110 Kindle books.

The modern day matchmaking guide by Atlanta authors Dee Wagner, John Cargile, and Kathy Jernigan premiered at the 2015 AJC Decatur Book Festival and focuses on transforming online dating experiences into healthy relationship skills.

Charlotte, NC About Blog A blog by the author of The Jesus Dynasty consisting of religion matters from the Bible to the Modern World.Tabor has combined his historical work on ancient texts with extensive field work in archaeology in Israel and Jordan.

Collaborating with author Lawrence Wright, on whose 2013 book this documentary is based, director Alex Gibney follows a chronology of the church, beginning with Hubbard's origins as sci - fi pulp writer and world traveler, his development of Dianetics in the 1950s, and how his ostensible breakthrough in modern mental health slowly, and by design, metastasized into the legally protected, tax - exempt religion that exists today.

This set of resource includes: • 6 attractive PowerPoint presentations which lead the class through each of the lessons • Fun and thought provoking activities and discussion starters, worksheets and questions to reinforce the learning • 6 differentiated homework tasks • A mark sheet which allows pupils to track their own progress • An end of unit test to prepare the students for exams or can be used as a form of assessment • A complete teacher's guide including easy to follow lesson plans • An answer booklet to help the teacher along The lessons are: Lesson 1 — Looking into ethical and moral dilemmas such as driverless cars and the impact of technology on modern life Lesson 2 — More ethical dilemmas including the ratings culture, medical apps, sharing personal data and cyber bullying Lesson 3 — Environmental issues with technology and how organisations and individuals can reduce these effects Lesson 4 — The Computer Misuse Act 1990 Lesson 5 — The Data Protection Act 1998 Lesson 6 — Copyright Designs and Patents Act 1988 For more high - quality resources written by this author visit www.nicholawilkin.com