Sentences with phrase «eared copy»

I lugged my dog eared copy to Atlanta to get Marian to sign it a couple of years ago, and was almost too chicken to ask her (But I did).

I knew I hit pay dirt when Elfman came to class with a dog - eared copy of Crossing the Chasm.

Consider that pocketknife lost while camping, that coveted designer handbag that was never purchased, that classic rock album thrown away by a careless parent, or that dog - eared copy of Walden that was lent to a friend who has yet to give it back.

It's not often that a press release from an auction house has you racing through a dog - eared copy of the complete works of Arthur Rimbaud before 9 a.m., but here I am, flipping to the poet's immortal words about his tortured relationship... Read More

A degree in mathematics fueled a short teaching career, but it was her college roommate's dog - eared copy of Tolkien that changed Carol's life.

She will take her mother's dog - eared copy of Julia Child's 1961 classic Mastering the Art of French Cooking, and she will cook all 524 recipes.

And there's Kateb, known to the Americans as Dodge, an Iraqi interpreter whose love of American culture - from hip - hop to the dog - eared copy of Huck Finn he carries - is matched only by his disdain for what Americans are doing to his country.

Whether it's wearing a sweatshirt from an Ivy League school you never attended or carrying a dog - eared copy of a classic you never actually read, The...

The first was the «pocket Constitution,» which Khizr Khan held up in defiance to GOP candidate Donald Trump; Khan offered to loan his dog - eared copy to the candidate since he had obviously never read it.

Even if you didn't re-read your dog - eared copy of P&P to honor the date, you can still get in on the festivities.

-- English Journal I reviewed my dog - eared copy of the first edition, and I wondered, «How can they possibly improve this book?»

That Kyle is attached to a thoroughly dog - eared copy most of the film is a perfect way to illustrate his contradictory existence: He is a privileged suburban «anarchist» clutching to ideas from a book that he was likely assigned at a very expensive Catholic school.

That same night, after Kyle has passed out drunk in his bed, Adam goes into the bathroom and finds a dog - eared copy of a self - help book, Facing Cancer Together, that Kyle has been secretly studying and underlining.

On the surface they appear the same, but the hangover sufferer is capable of conversing only in terse grunts while leafing through a dog - eared copy of New Scientist from 1999.

But a good gift — this book is a useful male counterpart to every woman's dog - eared copy of What to Expect When You're Expecting.

My dog - eared copy of Merriam - Webster's says, sport: noun - /» sport / a source of diversion: recreation, physical activity engaged in for pleasure.

I have a few anthologies of the Romantics, and one rather embarrassingly dog - eared copy of Irish love poetry, but these are ones I read most often these days.

Seeing that I wasn't quite following, and still reeling from the casual death threat, my dad handed me a dog - eared copy of Ed Thorp's book Beat the Dealer, and said that that was how he had learned.

Not only did these fans buy books at Collins, they also brought their dog - eared copies The Pepper Garden for me to sign.

The Public Broadcasting Service has taken its dog - eared copies of classic literature and turned them into an amusing new children's - television series designed to promote reading.

Those not rocking on their haunches, mumbling noiselessly over dog - eared copies of the Koran, stared fixedly into the middle distance.

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Used by our reporter to survey the life stories of hundreds of great American companies, this terrific handbook (his copy is now dog - eared and filled with dozens of bookmarks) is indispensable to the budding corporate historian.

I had the opportunity to dust off my copy of Think and Grow Rich (from 1960, with dog - eared and coffee - stained pages) a few weeks back during the holiday break.

My copy of Jane Eyre is so incredibly dog - eared, the spine so battered, that I couldn't help but love this book.

I have recommended your recipes far and wide, and my copies of SNC and SNE (my shorthand, because I use them so much) are battered, tabbed, dog - eared, and scribbled on.

My copy of your cookbook is spattered, dog - eared and stuffed with other online gluten free recipes — - and it's only six months old.

Bell's copy is soiled and dog - eared, with key passages underlined in red.

My original, dog - eared, bookmarked copy, along with this newly released version, will be passed on to my son and daughter as they begin their own families.»

Dog - eared, drool - stained copies of his bestselling DVDs / books — The Happiest Baby on the Block, The Happiest Toddler on the Block, The Happiest Baby Guide to Great Sleep: Birth to Five, and a popular CD of uber - effective sleep sounds — adorn nightstands in millions of homes.

If you've yet to read this book, pick up a copy and get ready for a timeless piece of art and knowledge that will be dog eared and weathered before you know it...

I just recently had this experience once again while I was thumbing through my very well worn, dog - eared, batter stained copy only to come across a grain free recipe for ginger snaps (p. 530 in my edition).

My copy of her Paleo Approach is so dog eared and marked up it looks like I've had it for 20 years.

Now back in her regular school, she sits in class and opens her worn copy of Hunger Games to the dog - eared page in chapter seven, and continues to read as the main character, Katniss, realizes she must fight a battle for which she was underprepared.

Despite the pinging about of serious topics, there is no lack of mutually gratifying sex scenes (aka the dog - eared pages in your ancient copy) and even, on rare occasion, a laugh - out - loud bit of eccentricity.

My dog - eared, highlighted, book - marked copy sits prominently out of the book case and on top of the other books.

Owners of the first edition of Notes from the Grooming Table, by Melissa Verplank, may want to retire the dog - eared pages of their original copy and update it with the latest edition.

You could buy a dog eared, note filled, travel worn copy of a Lonely Planet Peru guidebook off EBay.

Xerox copies of the portraits have accumulated over the years in the window of Dog Eared Books on Valencia Street in San Francisco's Mission District, where the artist used to work, and where the window has served as a kind of community board for loss and remembrance.