Sentences with phrase «for rare books»

Here you will discover Sigmund Freud dealing with an unwelcome visitor; Columbo confronting a murderous bookseller; a Mexican cartel kingpin with a fatal weakness for rare books; and deadly secrets deep in the London Library; plus books with hidden messages, beguiling booksellers, crafty collectors, and a magical library that is guaranteed to enchant you.

Customers who were looking for rare books often found themselves inundated with cheaply made digital files and found it challenging to find what they wanted.

In a sense, this horizontal box is a final resting place, but for rare books and manuscripts, not past presidents or famous alumni.

Things get desperate for a rare book hunter, and the result is an interesting balance of book - collecting facts and mystery.

I did a small collection of illustrated title pages for the rare book collection at the University of Denver Westminster Law Library when I was in library school.

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«The Jungle Book» clocks in at under two hours, which is rare for a blockbuster these days.

Rare praise for the readability of a book about math from computer scientist Roger Antonsen: «I recently picked up Foolproof at a local bookstore in San Francisco, and I simply couldn't put it down!

Here's how the estimated average cost of a year broke down for men, according to a copy of the 1950 - 1951 Business School bulletin of information, shared by Columbia's Rare Book and Manuscript Library:

Conducting field research for my upcoming book, I found that it is rare for contracts with private prison companies to demand fresh thinking, recidivism reduction, and outcomes that outperform the public sector.

While that might be expected if the company was a bank or insurance company or had a huge debt maturity looming, it is rare for an E&P company to trade at less than even 1.5 X book.

Searching For and Finding Value» 9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Charlie Tian, Founder & Director of Research, Guru Focus Topic: «What Worked in the Market from 1998 - 2008: Undervalued Predictable Companies» 9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Robert Miles, Author & Conference Organizer & Host [USA] Topic: «Portrait of a Disciplined Investor: Beating the S&P 500 by 6.8 % Annually For 25 Years» 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Optional Tour depart from Ayres Hotel LAX to Huntington Library 12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. Briefing by the Chief Curator of Rare Books on the history of the Huntington Library and the Munger Research Center 12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Continue to Pasadena 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Charlie Munger's Wesco Financial Annual Meeting [The Pasadena Center, 300 East Green Street, Pasadena, CA.]

In fact, a pastor named George Herbert from the 16th century writes in his book, The Country Parson, that since doctors are so rare, it is a good idea for pastors to know as much medicine as possible and administer it when they can.

It is a rare source book for the study of their culture.

It's rare that an interviewer actually read the book AND liked it for good reasons.

I pride myself in being a home cook and home baker, and I chose this book for a rare blog post because I love Zoë's and Jeff's down - to - earth approach to bread baking, given our time - strapped lives.

Food and Drink - Summer 2010 -(Page 7) book review: melissa kelsey chefs & grads < < It's rare to find books on the culinary arts that are relevant for the gourmet chef running a business and the college graduate who just wants to put balanced meals on the table.

The exhibit is described as «a once - in - a-lifetime opportunity to see a rare selection of original manuscripts, letters, fragments, rare books, archival materials and even a recipe for coconut cake belonging to Emily Dickinson.»

The actor is set to star in a film directed by veteran stunt coordinator Nick Powell (The Bourne Identity, X-Men: The Last Stand, Cinderella Man), which centers on Frank Walsh (Cage), a big game hunter for zoos who has booked passage on a Greek shipping freighter with a fresh haul of exotic and deadly animals from the Amazon, including a rare white jaguar.

Here at Little Hearts our readers have BIG hearts full of love for little people and have joined together to Give the Gift of Gentle Parenting and Give the Gift of Life, raising funds to donate gentle parenting books and resources in bulk to hospitals for new parent bags, to children's hospitals, and to crisis family centers and also to help with author L.R.Knost's medical expenses as she battles a rare neuroendocrine cancer.

Rockland County Times Publisher Emeritus Armand Miele made a rare public appearance this evening at the Grolier Club in New York City, to accept an honorable mention in autobiography for «Born Minus: From Shoeshine Boy to News Publisher, An Italian - American Journey» at the Beach Book Festival.

Over 200 guests are expected to attend and will help to raise funds for children's programs in all 37 Buffalo & Erie County Public Libraries and the Library's Rare Books and Special Collections.

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A Senior Partner in the Buffalo law firm of Kavinoky Cook LLP; Mr. Wisbaum is a Trustee of the Buffalo & Erie County Public Library System, Vice Chairman of the Library Foundation and Commissioner of Rare Books for Erie County.

The Library Foundation of Buffalo & Erie County and its independent Board of Trustees manages the Library's endowment funds under the auspices of the Community Foundation for Greater Buffalo, and supports special projects within the Library's Strategic Plan with a particular focus on Rare Books & Special Collections.

About this Book: The Last Unicorn: A Search for One of Earth's Rarest Creatures William deBuys Little, Brown, 2015

About this Book: Rare: The High - Stakes Race to Satisfy Our Need for the Scarcest Metals on Earth Keith Veronese Prometheus Books, 2015

Touted as the key to deciphering the genetic book of life, that initial sequence has proved most useful for finding or confirming genetic mutations that cause rare diseases such as Tay - Sachs disease and Huntington's.

The Last Unicorn A Search for One of Earth's Rarest Creatures William deBuys Little, Brown (Hachette Book Group USA), New York, 2015 Hardback: 365 pp,.

Goodall will be there soon for a rare five - day vacation, sleeping in the same room with her childhood books — Dr. Dolittle and Tarzan were among her favorites — and looking out the window at the trees she once climbed.

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«Dr. Perlmutter's book is among those rare and exciting exceptions: information so empowering, so enlightening, and presented so clearly and concisely that the reader emerges far better off for the reading experience.

Clark in her book the cure for all diseases said that in all tests she knew of the rare salmanella issue with raw eggs was from the outside of the shell.

That is such a great idea to having the photo book, it's so rare right now, because everyone uses only digital stuff for that.

I collect books, most are just vintage but on a rare lucky day I've found some amazing 100 - year - old books for a reasonable price.

The runway photographs offer a rare glimpse of the original styling from head to toe, and make this book a valuable resource for Chanel connoisseurs.

The store is set up like an actual apartment with all items up for purchase where you'll find everything from designer shoes to brass trinkets to rare art books.

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It's rare that the movie actually fixes problems from the book — but in this case, the simplicity and narrative drive of a Hollywood script was just what the series called for.

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).

For a long while, the movie also seems like it will be the rare children's tale without an obvious, mustache - twirling villain, a refreshing change of pace — until a bad guy eventually does emerge, reducing a winsome adventure into a by - the - book battle between good and evil.

Oh, and I almost forgot Fangoria writer Michael Gringold's loving 40 - page commemorative book that also comes with this set, featuring an efficient history of the franchise and dozens of incredible, rare behind the scenes images, many of which can also be viewed within the still galleries included on the various discs for each film.

From what the history books and rare footage explares for us, it was a filthy war, fought in the mud and trenches across Europe with horses, guns, cannons and deadly mustard gas.

Korean director Park Chan - wook («Oldboy,» «Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance») sets up a three - part caper: A fake count and rare book forger (Ha Jung - woo) plants illiterate orphan and petty thief Sookee (Kim Tae - ri) in the employ of heiress Lady Hideko (Kim Min - hee).

Lords is appealing in a rare starring role, the writing by Skopov and Richey intelligent, and the showcasing of the lives of the tug - of - war between writer and editor for the direction of a book is somewhat enlightening, but it doesn't congeal into a form that distinguishes itself from the rest of the already crowded rom - com pack.

Evan Peters leads an amateur heist of a rare books library in the brand - new trailer for his upcoming film American Animals!

Arriving over four years after the film's appearance on the failed HD DVD format, this disc is proclaimed a Limited Edition, treated to the increasingly common collectible Blu - ray book packaging, and even providing a digital copy (a rare inclusion for a catalog title).

Teaming up with a pain - obsessed swindler - George Sanders, wringing every line delivery for maximum lecherousness - the entirety of the movie's last act transpires inside a library locked down by a team of thieves, all looking to swipe a set of rare books.

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