Sentences with phrase «few general books»

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But there are woefully few books on the general subject of scandal, and for the age of Clinton and Spitzer — and, of course, Davidar and Hurd — Kipnis attempts to define a theory of scandal and map its psychodynamics.

These statistics, though few and raw, tell us much about the plot of this book and of American religious life and indeed of American life in general.

The background assumption of this book means, finally, that so far as its content is concerned the best hope of saying things of general relevance to persons involved in all types of theological schooling today lies in making some particular and fairly concrete proposals that may turn out to be directly pertinent only to a few types of theological schools but may provoke and help other persons in other types of schools to think through these issues for themselves.

A Book Forged in Hell is, to be sure, the product of a prestigious university press and definitely not in any respect dumbed down, but it has very few footnotes and is clearly designed for the general» although not the innocent» reader.

Since only a very few of these have been translated and are therefore available for reading by the general reader, the names of the individual books which constitute each division are not given here.4 Only a few can be mentioned, and that but briefly, only enough to reveal the general nature of the literature.

But the general tendency to this point has been to praise the book and its author, with only a few reservations, for conjuring up something marvelous and elaborate and darkly absorbing.

The sensation book pleased a few psychologists, e.g., Carroll Pratt, author of an excellent book on the psychology of music, who some years ago told me he thought my book was in some respects well ahead of those by the general run of psychologists.

In a few cases this will undoubtedly be true, but if the general run of readers of the book — and it is not designed for specialists in the field — are anything at all like the students who, across the years, have enrolled in the writer's courses in the Bible, then it is fairly safe to assume that their knowledge of the book is not too extensive or detailed.

With the draft in the books, most NFL experts will spend the next few weeks grading each team's selections and analyzing which general managers did the most to improve their roster.

Dr Shearer 1985: «When I started in general practice in 1954 about a third of all babies were born at home, and only women with problems and a few primiparas were able to book a bed in the local hospital, St John's Chelmsford.

I have been asked a few times about compiling some of the articles and general information into a book.

The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats say few of the proposed new laws it contains will make it on to the statute books before Parliament has to be dissolved for a general election, which must happen by June at the latest.

I find so few of the books and info on paleo, or paleo related eating are geared to athletes as that is really not the general population.

While a few of my BW friends who subscribed to the general notions in black single Christian women's books have gotten married, a whole lot more are single... and still reading / praying / hoping.

At its heart, Black Panther has a fairly standard comic book sort of story: baddie Ulysses Klaue (a rare live - action Andy Serkis: Star Wars: The Last Jedi, War for the Planet of the Apes), one of the few outsiders who knows the secrets of Wakanda, and who had stolen a small quantity of vibranium decades ago, is up to no good again, with a scary dude nicknamed Killmonger (Michael B. Jordan: Fantastic Four, and both of Coogler's previous films) at his side; they must be stopped by T'Challa, Nakia, and the absolute force of nature General Okoye (Danai Gurira), with an assist from CIA agent Everett K. Ross (Martin Freeman: The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies, Sherlock).

Three inserts cover the DVD: a unique redemption code and general directions for accessing the included UltraViolet stream of the film, your Sony Rewards code (part of a booklet advertising the book and other Sony products), and finally a PIN entitling you to 5 free song downloads at SonyMusicPass.com, an especially nice touch for those whose public libraries do not participate with Freegal and give you a few free downloads from the same limited Sony catalog every week.

Rebranding it more catchily as «growth mindset» allowed her to recycle the idea a few years later in a best - selling book for general readers and an on - line «step by step» instructional program called Brainology ® that is said to «raise student achievement by helping them develop a growth mindset» ($ 6,000 for the all - inclusive kit).

The book starts with a few general statements about eggs.

A start - up publisher emerges, announces a bold list of titles, issues contracts, and then crumbles after publishing a few or none of the books, leaving authors to sort out their rights reversion and customers frustrated with the small press in general.

Formatting the rest of your book for Kindle is even easier with just a few steps you need to take for the general text.

There are exceptions to this rule — Scholastic continues to be well stocked with a wide variety of their titles and Abrams takes a large number of galleys for all of their titles — but in general, fewer books are making the cut for Book Expo, even if they are making it in larger quantities.

Writers in general hit deadlines, but there are always a few writers who think it is all right to miss a deadline by a year and still expect their book to be published.

Mark took the time out of his busy schedule to answer a few of The Book Case's questions about Wildflower and writing in general.

Part of the problem (and this was explored by Ruth Franklin in The New Republic) is that there are fewer books written by women in general.

Basically, they have a lot of people they reach (though they use some fancy fast - talk to justify their numbers) that they will show your book to, but in general very few of those people will click on a book, let alone a paid book.

I have said that readers (on general, as a group) don't have problems in finding good books (books they enjoy in, not books that you consider good), and then I continued to claim that and I will continue to claim so, despite that you, as a reader, have problem with that (and I can imagine that there's a few of people like you), and despite what «professionals» in their articles claim.

Most authors write a few sentences describing the general topic of their book and call it good.

When a publisher (all traditional and some small presses and very few indie publishers) sets a price for a paper book, the publisher (in general) looks at the following factors in a profit - and - loss calculation:

As you endeavor to develop a plan for marketing your book, there are a few key pieces of information and prep work you'll want to have completed before the book and the marketing plan hit the general public.

A few others need to be educated about how to use twitter in general and the BookBuzzr Book Tweeting service in particular.

But in general, few authors, unless they are bestsellers are making a living writing one book a year.

For example, with a business book, you may enlist experts to focus on just a chapter or part, with a few general readers reviewing the entire book.

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You never know what Jon is going to post about from day - to - day: one day there are a few free book offers, the next it's an interview with someone, or a general post about the eBook or publishing industry.

I love the first few chapters on his general investment philosophy and a few case studies from the dotcom era which was well worth the purchase of the entire book.

(We also have a few left in the General Re runoff book.)

Most general dog training books cover potty training, but usually in just a few paragraphs or a short chapter.

Despite his distrust of the younger Goa and Phuket - set with their technology obsession and general detachment from society, few writers have Garland's eloquence when it comes to describing the simplest and purest of worldly pleasures — the beauty of a Thai sunset, the serene turquoise water of an uninhabited island — it's impossible to not to want to book a trip to paradise after reading this book.

I've been asked a number of times to write a few more posts explaining my thinking when I'm booking my flights (I've already written a general post on how I plan and book my flights) so, when a scenario came about that led me to pay a lot more for a flight than I...

There are both limitations and benefits to Alaska's award routing rules (difficulty combining partners, but also generous stopovers), but in general I find myself redeeming fewer miles through Alaska's program to book the same award.

In general, award availability to Florence from the U.S. is good when using American and United miles, but there are fewer seats available when booking with Delta miles.

A few good general books are listed below, followed by a list of historical accounts.

Despite my general enthusiasm for the book, however, I disagree with Blakely on a few points.

I've been perusing public libraries looking at what's available to the general public with regards to reference materials for legal subjects for anyone wanting to read up on law and procedures that may affect every day people and what I find are selves of books from Carswell and a few from Irwin Law.

I'll be giving away a few copies of my new book, of which Louis Cammarosano (General Manager at HomeGain) wrote the foreword, titled «100MPH Marketing for Real Estate ``.