Sentences with phrase «by reading the entire book»

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He was so shocked by the grim sexual details, and the fact that he had never heard them before, that he decided then and there to read the entire book and blog his responses to it.

The Givenness of Things: Essays by Marilynne Robinson:: This is the first non-fiction book of Marilynne Robinson's that I've read and it's beautiful, eloquent, smart, and I pretty much underlined the entire book.

The first of these is a lectionary based on the church year; the second is lectio continua, by which one reads through entire books in order as written.

The entire book has been edited a bit, I've written a new introduction, there are sweet new illustrations by Julianna Swaney, and a foreword by Kirsten Rickert that makes me cry each time I read it (it won't make you cry, I promise... it's just me.

I feel like a lot of people don't truly read the entire book and understand the concepts, and they confuse it with scheduled, by - the - clock feeding.

, or listening to my book (I'm currently «reading» through A Little Life by Hanya Yanagihara and enjoying it very much), or making my way through an entire season (oops!

(And by «steered,» he read the entire book we followed then gave me the bullet points to constantly fall back on.)

Download the first eleven chapters as a PDF with an introduction by Jamie Mackey, or read the entire book as separate chapters using the links below.

Before summarizing the models, I must preface by stating that these are simply «snapshots» of the models and in no way does this blog represent these works in their entirety since entire books, chapters, and journal articles have been required to adequately explain them (references have been provided below for those of you who want to engage in further reading).

Other Urban Legends include: Humphrey Bogart was the original Gerber baby on their baby food ads, the FBI monitors public libraries and notes who reads «subversive» books, and my favorite: If the entire population of China jumped up at the same time, the US would be swamped by a tidal wave.

She found that children who read at least six books during the summer maintained or improved their reading skills, while children who did not read at all during the summer saw their literacy skills slip by as much as an entire grade level.

There are thousands of books by major publishers and you can read the entire Harry Potter saga.

(cont'd)- I'm giving away hundreds of listings on the Vault, and as a result of doing so, won't see one thin dime of income on the site until October or later - Given all the time and money I've already sunk into developing the site, I don't even expect to earn back my upfront investment until sometime next year - I'm already personally reaching out to publishers on behalf of authors who are listed in the Vault, on my own time and my own long distance bill, despite the fact that I don't stand to earn so much as a finder's fee if any of those contacts result in an offer - I make my The IndieAuthor Guide available for free on my author site and blog - I built Publetariat, a free resource for self - pubbing authors and small imprints, by myself, and paid for its registration, software and hosting out of my own pocket - I shoulder all the ongoing expense and the lion's share of administration for the Publetariat site, which since its launch on 2/11 of this year, has only earned $ 36 in ad revenue; the site never has, and likely never will, earn its keep in ad revenue, but I keep it going because I know it's a valuable resource for authors and publishers - I've given away far more copies of my novels than I've sold, because I'm a pushover for anyone who emails me to say s / he can't afford to buy them - I paid my own travel expenses to speak at this year's O'Reilly Tools of Change conference, nearly $ 1000, just to be part of the Rise of Ebooks panel and raise awareness about self - published authors who are strategically leveraging ebooks - I judge in self - published book competitions, and I read the * entire * book in every case, despite the fact that the honorarium has never been more than $ 12 per book — a figure that works out to less than $.50 per hour of my time spent reading and commenting In spite of all this, you still come here and elsewhere to insinuate I'm greedy and only out to take advantage of my fellow authors.

Another aspect of the entire project that will also be to the liking of the student community is that the books will be compatible for reading on both desktop computers as well as tablet like devices, the popularity of which is increasing by the day in the education segment.

The card, bought by a man who openly admits he's only read one book in the entire series, was in one of three locked safes that were stolen from his home.

I knew the entire book by heart before I could read.

A subscriber doesn't have to read the entire book for a publisher payout to occur, by the way.

The scammer gets paid the full amount by Amazon, because KENPC v2.0 registers that a reader has read the entire book.

If you have a well - written query letter and you submit it enough times, you will find that every once in a while someone will request to read a few chapters or the entire manuscript.Your main objective is for your book to be picked up by a publisher, but that should not be your only aim.

When doing self - editing I read my entire book backwards (not word by word but sentence by sentence, as in last sentence first then second - to - last sentence and so on).

Mr. Alexander (the epic fantasy pseudonym by International Book Award winning author Joshua Graham) wrote ONCE WE WERE KINGS at the request of his then six year old son, who read the entire seven book «Chronicles of Narnia» series of C.S. LeBook Award winning author Joshua Graham) wrote ONCE WE WERE KINGS at the request of his then six year old son, who read the entire seven book «Chronicles of Narnia» series of C.S. Lebook «Chronicles of Narnia» series of C.S. Lewis.

The result is that a book you see on the shelf of a bookstore, or at a reading, may have been produced by an entire team of publishing professionals in New York, or a team of professionals working independently for a self - published author.

-- The Book Itself I updated the entire manuscript to include more bonus material and to change it into a format that could be more easily read by the KDP system.

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After reading the entire 200 - page book with travel hacking tips and techniques, I was confused by the 3 - page appendix: an interview with a Flight Centre manager focusing on why readers might want to use a travel agent instead.

At the moment I'm reading «The Bedside Book of Birds: An Avian Miscellany» by Graeme Gibson, and «Ten Million Aliens: A Journey Through The Entire Animal Kingdom» by Simon Barnes.

By contrast, I, being both a scientist and an accomplished system engineer, have demonstrated a rare talent to move into a field, read hundreds of papers and dozens of books, and assimilate them into a synoptic, comprehensive overview of the entire field.

From there, you have a few options: skim some more by reading the concluding chapter, as the author typically summarizes the entire book; and then skim each chapter by checking for chapter summary bullets and for sub-headed sections within the chapter that interest you.

SELECTED ACCOMPLISHMENTS • Introduced a «library» feature at Readings where customers can read and return books while remaining inside the bookstore facility • Increased sales of underselling books by ensuring appropriate shelf space • Suggested improvements in the inventory system and managed to convert the entire system from paper to electronic form, thereby reducing paperwork • Singlehandedly managed the stall display for the store at the International Book Fair 2010

KEY ACHIEVEMENTS • Reorganized the cataloguing system, making the process 58 % less cumbersome to perform than before • Rearranged the entire library's books into a «by author» sequence, as opposed to the cumbersome first in, first shelved basis • Successfully arranged and led a series of in - house reading sessions for 6 year olds for a local community school • Suggested acquisition of Braille materials to cater to and encourage blind population to make good use of library services