Not exact matches
As a way
of both documenting and deepening our sense
of this decisive shift in the current climate
of opinion, I shall
consider briefly two very influential
books that appeared within four years
of one another, Richard Rorty's Philosophy and the Mirror
of Nature (1979) and Parker Palmer's To Know As We Are Known (1983).
In short, if you like your history neatly packaged so as not to disturb
opinions inconsistent with, say, those
of the New York Times, you will undoubtedly
consider this
book as a more or less definitive recounting.
The
books that are in the bible were chosen by men and the selected
books represented the majority view
of the time, leaving out «
books» which were
considered not in tune with the prevailing
opinion.
Meat Free Monday is giving away five copies
of «The Lunch Line Fight: Looking at Different Perspectives», by Tosca Killoran and Jeff Hoffart — a
book which helps children
consider the food they eat as well as other people's
opinions.
Although I don't think anyone would have minded in the big scheme
of things, between my hormones, the fact that I couldn't keep my nose out
of baby names
books while I was on bed rest, and people's constant
opinions, there were moments when I
considered changing the names we'd picked, but felt that we were stuck with what we had already decided on since everyone knew.
It is a
book that has engendered some strong
opinions among readers and reviewers, namely because it breaks a few
of what are
considered «standard rules
of romance.»
Book lovers rely on the
opinion of experts to determine what new releases to
consider reading or purchasing.
My
opinion is that if I am paying a bloated price for a trad pub
book and the profits are going into the maw
of the mothership
of a multi-national corporation, instead
of to the writer, then I will buy indie except for the very small list
of writers (some
of them yours) that I support because I
consider them friends.
The issue had not been
considered by the court and there was a division
of opinion in the text
books.