Sentences with phrase «few modern books»

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The modern day tycoon can take a few pages out of his book, and still not get it right.

I shall do this under a few headings but very briefly — for further explanation the reader may wish to consult such books as my own Lure of Divine Love (Pilgrim Press and T. and T. Clark, 1981) or Peter N. Hamilton's The Living God and the Modern World (Hodder and Stoughton, 1968).

The genre of the book of Esther has been debated, but very few scholars would identify this as a strictly historical text, particularly based on our modern, Western understanding of history as a relatively objective recounting of facts.

A love project of the summer, the recipes in the book are a compilation of easy, colorful and impressive recipes coming from my favorite Mediterranean flavors with a few modern twists.

That was one of the topics discussed at a workshop in Vancouver, B.C., on love put on by Carrie Jenkins, a philosophy professor at the University of British Columbia, that featured many wonderful speakers besides Jenkins, whose thought - provoking book, What Love Is And What It Could Be, comes out in a few weeks, including Marina Adshade, UBC professor of economics, author of of Dollars and Sex: How Economics Influences Sex and entertaining TEDx speaker; and Mandy Len Catron, who teaches writing at UBC and whose Modern Love essay on how to make anyone fall in love with you was one of the most - read Modern Loves, and that lead her to write a book on love essays that comes out in 2017.

If we dig back into our history books a little you will discover that when our Paleo ancestor's reached 60 they suffered from very few of the modern diseases like diabetes.

In his 2003 book Liquid Love, Bauman wrote that we «liquid moderns» can not commit to relationships and have few kinship ties.

Though not an especially well - known film, both it and the Wells book that inspired it have seeped into modern pop culture in a few ways.

There are many modern poets saying valid and beautiful things about the world, but few people are buying their books.

In my book, the Impala SS is just a few minor cosmetic upgrades away from being a modern - day classic.

We talked to many of the leading digital publishing companies focused on the modern library, such as 3M, Overdrive, Zinio, Recorded Books, and a few others.

So we had a few Google Alerts configured to help us track the buzz about the book on the Web, and we quickly realized how haphazard the modern editorial process is for content sites the world over, some of whom link to Amazon as affiliates, some of whom link to the publisher page for the book, a few of whom were enterprising enough to link to Adam's site directly, and some of whom link to nothing at all.

There have been a number of books published in the last few years that tackle the role that modern mercenary companies such as Blackwater and Dynccorp play on the global stage.

But back then, way back, before this modern era, bookstore catalogs consisted of what books the bookstore itself had printed, what books they were going to print, and what books they had in stock in their store, and maybe a few other books from a few other bookstore / publishers.

The publication earlier this month of The Red Book, Carl Jung's famous, near - mythic journal that has, until now, been seen by only a few dozen people, is a publishing coup, an incredibly valuable revelation for Jung's followers and a hugely important addition to the history of modern psychology and psychoanalysis.

It's ready - made for book club or classroom discussions, and it's guaranteed to provide (forgive me) food for thought long after you have finished reading... Nothing delves deep into philosophical territory in a way that few modern fiction novels (especially YA novels) do.

«This design is in recognition of the book's extraordinary cultural impact and is one of the few children's books to be featured in the Penguin Modern Classics list.

While few things beat cracking open a good book and turning the page, like many old forms of entertainment, they don't always make sense in the modern world.

There are few books available People with the knowledge of modern e-book formats, still think that the number of publications is very limited and they are hard to find.

One of my favorite authors is updating one of my favorite kids / YA series of books so that they are a little more modern, she starting writing these books 30 years ago and things have changed since the time of the Apple II (we now have internet, smartphones, WiFi and text messaging) while at the same time clarifying some plot points and even adding a few scenes and plot enhancements, these are only available as ebooks at this point.

If John Green - type contemporary realistic books are trending down in the YA category, and supernatural witch - based modern fantasy is trending up sharply, HarperCollins may come up with a «bible» of plot, character sketches, setting, etc. and ask a few select authors to provide a chapter, effectively competing to see which one will be allowed to write the story (or in some cases the series) in a compressed timeframe.

you just won't have a few of the more modern luxuries like all - aisle access seats if you book one of these fares.

As reported by Robin Pogrebin in a recent New York Times article, the Museum of Modern Art is planning a move that would have been unthinkable just a few years ago: reinstalling its permanent collection outside of the museum's traditional hierarchy, which placed painting and sculpture at the top of the pyramid, with drawing, prints, photographs, and illustrated books playing supporting roles, and film, performance, digital media, architecture, and design as outliers of varying importance.

Ruscha's work has profoundly influenced countless modern artists, but his artist books — such as Twentysix Gasoline Stations, Every Building on the Sunset Strip, Thirtyfour Parking Lots in Los Angeles, and A Few Palm Trees — offer a unique opportunity to trace that influence directly to the near and far corners of the modern art world.

Audrey Isselbacher, former Associate Curator of Prints and Illustrated Books at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, now the director of the Gallery, agreed to answer few questions and express her feelings about becoming a new member of the IFDPA and give us her views on the art market and the place fine arts editions hold.

Mr. Obrist, co-director of London's Serpentine Gallery, was in New York for the Frieze Art Fair; the release of his book Do It: A Compendium, published by Independent Curators International; the opening of Expo 1, the ecologically - themed exhibition he helped organize at the Museum of Modern Art and its sister museum MoMA PS1; and a few dozen gallery shows, studio visits, meetings and parties.

This modern prefab cabin, called the BlueSky MOD, is one of a few examples of affordable green modular homes currently available today (see these books for more examples).

In A 6 - Step Guide to Better Legal Bookkeeping, you'll discover how a few simple steps and the implementation of some modern best - practices can be an easy way to keep your books current, clean, and compliant next year.

Molly McDonough: Lawyers are really well - read and anytime we write about books, we get a strong engagement and it's one of the reasons we started the Modern Law Library Podcast a few years ago.

Amongst the tchotchkes I received were a few gifts I was thrilled to get: a stovetop espresso maker, some capuccino mugs, and two books I've been hoping someone would buy for me: Garner's Modern American Usage and A Dictionary of Modern Legal Usage (also by Garner).