Sentences with phrase «elements of a good novel»

Full speed ahead Despite being non-fiction, its light, engrossing narrative provided many elements of a good novel: heroes, villains, tragedy, to name a few.

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And if this be so, our work as educators and as advocates of a well - functioning American educational system is to develop citizens who are at home in the canons that comprise the formal reality of their heritage, who are equally at home with the varied individual things that comprise the material reality of that heritage and of their present life, and who are able to devise constantly new frames that are adequate to both, that marry ancient canon and novel particular in a new canon which integrates as fully and complexly as possible all its participant elements.

Hope can be based upon components of process itself: (1) the generally available vision of God; (2) the openness of the future; (3) the everlastingness of the past in the memory of God; (4) freedom to create novel experience at all levels of the cosmic process; (5) aesthetic enjoyment of existence, and (6) the possibility of a better society through intelligent use of the first five elements.

Other indications of evolution are too numerous to actually list in full, but a few might be the clear genetic distinction between Neanderthals and modern man; the overlapping features of hominid and pre-hominid fossil forms; the progressive order of the fossil record (that is, first fish, then amphibians, then reptiles, then mammals, then birds; contradicting the Genesis order and all flood models); the phylogenetic relationships between extant and extinct species (including distributions of parasitic genetic elements like Endogenous Retroviruses); the real time observations of speciation in the lab and in the wild; the real time observations of novel functionality in the lab and wild (both genetic, Lenski's E. coli, and organsimal, the Pod Mrcaru lizards); the observation of convergent evolution defeating arguments of common component creationism (new world v. old world vultures for instance); and... well... I guess you get the picture.

A novel strategy for using the CRISPR system to better understand regulatory elements of the genome has been demonstrated by researchers

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Drawing on elements from African history and tribal culture, as well as contemporary and forward - looking flourishes, «Black Panther» pulses with color, vibrancy and layered textural beauty, from the beadwork and textiles of Ruth Carter's spectacular costumes and Hannah Beachler's warm, dazzlingly eye - catching production design to hairstyles, tattoos and scarifications that feel both ancient and novel.

Instead, Cronenberg cleverly combines elements of the novel with pieces from Burroughs» more straightforward work, as well as events from the author's real life, to construct a feature that captures the essence of Naked Lunch, if not the literal plot.

Among the more indie elements at this year's festival are Baumbach and his «The Meyerowitz Stories,» a story of adult siblings starring Adam Sandler and Ben Stiller; Coppola and her «The Beguiled,» based on the same novel as Clint Eastwood's outre 1971 film; and Benny and Josh Safdie and their caper «Good Time.»

So it's unfortunate that Schrader's Touch, based on Leonard's novel of the same name, never gets off the ground, especially because it has all the elements of a good time — bouncy atmosphere, an ensemble cast, playful humor, and, befitting Schrader's thematic obsessions, a cheeky religious story.

While tech / design elements are pro, none help «Septembers of Shiraz» become any less hectic or superficial a treatment of a good novel that should have made for a much more flavorful, thoughtful and moving film.

Reynolds winds up romancing Arterton's co-accountant Anna Kendrick, after he makes a grave error with Arterton, and while Michael R. Perry's script occasionally feels a little like a talking - animal comedy riff on some of the plot elements in Thomas Harris» novel «Red Dragon,» you might as well steal from the best.

Hidden Shadows is a Winner in the Fiction category of the 2016 NABE Pinnacle Book Achievement award; Winner 2016 Global Ebook Awards, Popular Literature Fiction; Short - Listed for the Eric Hoffer Award Grand Prize; finalist for the Eric Hoffer First Horizon Award; Honorable Mention, General Fiction, Eric Hoffer Award; Finalist, da Vinci Eye Award; Finalist, Debut category: WFWA (Women's Fiction Writers Association) Star Award Contest; Finalist, Literary Fiction, NIEA (National Indie Excellence Awards); Finalist for the Will Rogers Medallion Award in the Western Romance category; Finalist in the NERFA contest (National Excellence in Romance Fiction Awards), sponsored by First Coast Romance Writers, for «Novel with Romantic Elements;» Finalist in the Long Contemporary category for the Aspen Gold Reader's Choice Contest (Heart of Denver Romance Writers) and Top Ten finisher, Best Other Novel, Predators & Editors Readers» Poll 2015 as well as other awards and accolades.

A mysterious and beguiling love story with elements of Poe, Twain, Hemingway, and Greek mythology, drawn in moody black - and - white charcoal, this new paperback edition of the New York Times Best - Selling graphic novel by author / illustrator Mark Siegel is a study in romance, atmosphere, and suspense.

With this novel, Carr has boldly established a new genre - future history - combining the best elements of mystery and thrillers with unique historical insight.

As my conspiracy thriller, The Grotto's Secret, nears publication I explore what thrilling elements makes readers want more and more of the best thriller novels.

In this new way of telling his stories, Crais combined the classic «first person» narrative of the American detective novel with flashbacks, multiple story lines, multiple points - of - view, and literary elements to better illuminate his themes.

Readers familiar with the novels of Kate Morton will recognize her distinctive way of weaving disparate elements together to create an intriguing tale, as well as the delicious way she tips her hat to previous novels that feature great English houses...

A brilliantly imagined and written first novel that's been a smash hit in the U.S. as well as Britain incorporates elements of traditional British school stories while never sacrificing the fantasy element as orphan Harry Potter learns he is a wizard.

The visual novel elements work well and are fun for those who enjoy that type of gameplay.

Unlike the advisory - opinion matters that have come up before the Supreme Court, with their unlimited scope for interpretation of the terms of the Constitution and for the reconstruction of, and reflection upon legal principle — opportunities that provided scope for charting novel lines of jurisprudence — the Presidential - election case, though so vital in the progress of the new Constitution, and so momentous in political profile, was a matter the scope of which was well defined by elements of procedure, evidence and probability - evaluation.