Sentences with phrase «controversial book takes»

Former sales rep and home inspector Bruce McClure's controversial book takes aim at «celebrity» home inspectors who get a lot of publicity, but his real target is real estate professionals.

As with most controversial books I take the good, leave the bad and try to find how it fits in with what God is doing in my situation at this time.

Not exact matches

The Decline of Males, his 1999 book, was particularly controversial among feminists for its argument that female contraceptives had altered the balance between the sexes in disturbing new ways (especially by taking from men any say in whether they could have children).

Crowder is probably the most controversial and has many critics but if people take time to read his book rather than slurring his character, they will then see the meaning of salvation.

One particularly heated incident took place last September, when Ahok said people had been deceived by a controversial verse from the Islam holy book: Qur» an Sura 5:51.

I usually start by simply explaining that it is somewhat controversial, that I have personally chosen not to take that route in caring for my children, and that there is a lot of information easily available that can explain the different opinions and concerns that exist about the book.

However, a highly placed source within the AAP says that the fact that the controversial «Babywise» books are produced by a large Christian organization has actually prevented the AAP from taking an even stronger public position against the popular books.

One controversial idea that Kauffman develops in his book is that by failing to take this approach to economics, traditional economists are unable to explain something that seems obvious but isn't: How does innovation drive growth?

Homework Takes a Hit An Education World e-interview with John Buell, co-author of the controversial book The End of Homework: How Homework Disrupts Families, Overburdens Children, and Limits Learning.

It took a strong, opinionated, and credible voice tackling a timely and controversial topic (that made the book newsworthy), and it took reaching out to the right reporter at the right media outlet at the right time.

Whatever you think of self - help products, I encourage you to take a few minutes out of your day to read an excerpt from this controversial book!

CNBC speaks with former Amazon executives and employees who shed light on a range of fascinating aspects of the company including Bezos's extraordinary vision and often confrontational leadership style; Amazon.com's infrastructure, designed to create «frictionless» shopping and maximize purchases; the relationship with third party merchants, some of whom complain that Amazon unfairly undermines their sales; the toll taken on fulfillment center workers to keep up with shipping demands; and Amazon's overwhelming and controversial incursion into the book industry.

If his past controversial writings and political statements are any indication, this new book will take a stab at quite a number of high - profile and anger - inducing beliefs.

Let TradPub take the heat for the «controversial» books, when B&N publishes they want it to be nice and safe.

By extracting an ever greater share of the cost of a book from publishers, Amazon has reduced the amount of funds available for publishers to take risks with new authors or controversial ideas, which has silenced many voices.

That report is a bit controversial because it takes its data from the large book publishers and so really is only a snapshot at their sales.

Written between 2013 and 2017, the book covers many of the controversial incidents that took place during that time at various art institutions, particularly in relationship to inclusivity.

In any event, pretty early on in the book (a bit after box 2.2, «The World According to Oxygen Isotopes») he says: that cores taken from «Intermediate depths in the ocean... show warming of perhaps 5C» and that this warming was caused by CO2 the source of which is still controversial.

Has continuing criticism of the controversial Superfreakonomics book taken an ugly turn?

Against this background, the different contributions of the book take stock of post-Lisbon developments in order to assess the extent to which the reform of 2009 and recent legislative initiatives relate to the two main controversial aspects identified by the editors.

In 1997, the now - controversial dating book by Joshua Harris, I Kissed Dating Goodbye, took the Christian...