Sentences with phrase «friend handed me this book»

There's something about that trusted friend handing you the book and saying, «You must read this!»

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On the other hand, people don't share books that make them feel stupid, make them look low status to their friends or are hard to explain.

For decades it was dismissed as the desperate refuge of authors rejected by publishing houses, wannabes who paid a fee to a musty vanity press that would dutifully typeset their words and transform them into a few boxes of books that the «writers» could hand out to their friends.

We go to church, we participate in leadership meetings to shape the conversations of our communities, we pray for our friends, we make meals, I write posts and articles and books about God, we wash our minivans, we set up the sprinkler for the neighbourhood kids and hand out freezies to hopeful hands, we go to work, we talk about the people we know.

You will want to buy this book and then buy six more to hand out to your friends.

The above, combined with the occasional use of the «we Americans» means this is a book I can never place in the hand of a friend.

They had better, because a lot of responsibility rests on the book hand my friend — in my friend's mind that book represents me.

Excuse me righteous - in - Christ, you commented that you «have friends and family that are Catholics and believe that they can pray to Mary and other idols that were hand made by men... see the book of Isaiah, it teaches about idolatry.»

What odd items the mind latches onto in moments of grief: the tilt of a friend's head, the way he used his hands when he spoke, an awful meal shared a decade back, a conversation about a book only a little while ago.

I have friends and family that are Catholics and believe that they can pray to Mary and other idols that were hand made by men... see the book of Isaiah, it teaches about idolatry.

my friend t and i (who both live in the neighbourhood) will be at this evening's SF book signing and potluck with our amazon pre-order copies in hand.

I know this first hand, because sometimes, when I'm feeling all alone on this side of the world, and it seems as if my friends back home may have forgotten about me, in the same way that one may forget the title of their favorite literature book, I'm reminded that it takes two hands to clap.

If you are a vegetarian, this book will become your best friend, always there for you when you're on your own, and ready to lend a hand when you're sharing food with family and friends.

When I was pregnant with my oldest (now 4), a friend handed me «Secrets of the Baby Whisperer» along with a ringing endorsement of why this book would save my life as a breastfeeding mom.

With so many books around on the subject of baby - rearing, and with family and friends always on hand to give out advice, I can see how it would be easy to fall into the trap of thinking that we wouldn't need the help of a true professional when it comes to sleep - scheduling our babies.

Written for parents - to - be, families, friends, and health professionals, this book uses first - hand knowledge and personal anecdotes to shed light on a somewhat clandestine technique and explain the issues people face as they consider raising DI children.

I just wanted to point out that the items necessary for some women to breastfeed can be bought or received second - hand, re-purposed from other items (in the case of the shawl instead of hooter hider), medications can be covered by health insurance, and breastfeeding advice can be obtained free from breastfeeding groups, in the hospital, from family members, friends, parenting books in the library and the internet.

Two Thousand Kisses a Day: Gentle Parenting Through the Ages and Stages by parenting and children's book author, L.R.Knost, has been described as «a book you'll devour in one sitting and then keep close at hand for easy reference as your children grow» and «like sitting down for a cuppa with a good friend.»

It's a shame that there isn't a guide book that I can hand out and share with those friends because I can't teach them everything that I know in one conversation.

I read this book a few years ago, but would to have it on hand to re-read and to lend out to my friends who have young babies

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My friend Helen and I buy up every copy of this book we come across second hand and tear it to pieces right there at the check out - just to be sure no unsuspecting mother will read it.

This book feels like I have a friend holding my hand saying «you can follow your heart.

I can't afford to buy this book, but a friend has one so I am copying it out by hand.

Reading this book is like having a really smart (and fun) friend hold your hand through the process.

Recently, I handed my book to every single one of the participants, and I gave each of the young patients a heart bowl courtesy of my friend, Ksenia, of Breakfast Criminals.

Losing lovers are lessons learnedThings I love.music, flowers, date nights, random texts, holding hands, forehead kisses, family, friends, babies, food, football, baseball, basketball, books.

Losing lovers are lessons learnedThings I love.music, flowers, date nights, random texts, holding hands, forehead kisses, family, friends, babies, food, football, baseball, basketball, books, learning, loving, beach, boardwalk, cit.

Lady Bird abandons her devoted lower - class bestie, Julie (Beanie Feldstein), for a shallow, unambitious rich friend, Jenna (Odeya Rush), and two love interests from the wealthier side of the railroad tracks that divide Sacramento: first Danny (Lucas Hedges), a polite theater kid, then Kyle (Timothée Chalamet), a snobbish rebel rarely seen without a Howard Zinn book in hand.

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«U.N.I (You And I)» from And the Winner Isn't «Love and Lies» from Band Aid «If I Dare» from Battle of the Sexes «Evermore» from Beauty and the Beast «How Does a Moment Last Forever» from Beauty and the Beast «Now or Never» from Bloodline: Now or Never «She» from Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story «Your Hand I Will Never Let It Go» from The Book of Henry «Buddy's Business» from Brawl in Cell Block 99 «The Crown Sleeps» from The Breadwinner «World Gone Mad» from Bright «Mystery of Love» from Call Me by Your Name «Visions of Gideon» from Call Me by Your Name «Captain Underpants Theme Song» from Captain Underpants The First Epic Movie «Ride» from Cars 3 «Run That Race» from Cars 3 «Tell Me How Long» from Chasing Coral «Broken Wings» from City of Ghosts «Remember Me» from Coco «Prayers for This World» from Cries From Syria «There's Something Special» from Despicable Me 3 «It Ain't Fair» from Detroit «A Little Change in the Weather» from Downsizing «Stars in My Eyes (Theme From Drawing Home)» from Drawing Home «All In My Head» from Elizabeth Blue «Dying for Ya» from Elizabeth Blue «Green» from Elizabeth Blue «Can't Hold Out on Love» from Father Figures «Home» from Ferdinand «I Don't Wan na Live Forever» from Fifty Shades Darker «You Shouldn't Look at Me That Way» from Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool «This Is How You Walk On» from Gifted «Summer Storm» from The Glass Castle «The Pure and the Damned» from Good Time «This Is Me» from The Greatest Showman «The Hero» from The Hero «How Shall a Sparrow Fly» from Hostiles «Just Getting Started» from If You're Not in the Obit, Eat Breakfast «Truth to Power» from An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power «Next Stop, The Stars» from Kepler's Dream «The Devil & The Huntsman» from King Arthur: Legend of the Sword «Have You Ever Wondered» from Lake of Fire «I'll Be Gone» from Lake of Fire «We'll Party All Night» from Lake of Fire «Friends Are Family» from The Lego Batman Movie «Found My Place» from The Lego Ninjago Movie «Stand Up for Something» from Marshall «Rain» from Mary and the Witch's Flower «Myron / Byron» from The Meyerowitz Stories (New and Selected) «Longing for Summer» from Moomins and the Winter Wonderland «Mighty River» from Mudbound «Never Forget» from Murder on the Orient Express «Hold the Light» from Only the Brave «PBNJ» from Patti Cake $ «Tuff Love (Finale)» from Patti Cake $ «Lost Souls» from The Pirates of Somalia «How a Heart Unbreaks» from Pitch Perfect 3 «The Promise» from The Promise «Kaadanayum Kaalchilambe» from Pulimurugan «Maanathe Maarikurumbe» from Pulimurugan «Stubborn Angel» from Same Kind of Different as Me «Dancing Through the Wreckage» from Served Like a Girl «Keep Your Eyes on Me» from The Shack «On the Music Goes» from Slipaway «The Star» from The Star «Jump» from Step «Tickling Giants» from Tickling Giants «Fly Away» from Trafficked «Speak to Me» from Voice From the Stone «Walk on Faith» from Year by the Sea

My friend and mentor, David Manning, hand selected this book for me many years ago when I was in his administrator cohort program.

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Do - it - Yourself Printing Perhaps you just want to have a book printed for family and friends, something you can give out for Christmas gifts and hand down to future generations.

By Ron Pramschufer, President, Self Publishing, Inc. - Helping Authors Become Publishers since 1995 Even in this day of e-this and e-that, you haven't published a book unless you can hold it in your hand... flip through the pages, book mark the place you left off and pass it on to a friend after you have read it.

Actually, I was handed a great example of book publicity by a forever (and ever and ever) friend, Paul Amirault (more about the forever and ever and ever part later).

Even in this day of e-this and e-that, you haven't published a book unless you can hold it in your hand... flip through the pages, book mark the place you left off and pass it on to a friend after you have read it.

Your list of insiders includes family, friends, colleagues, fellow authors you know well, street team members, and anyone else who has expressed their willingness to lend a hand with your book launch or writing career.

It's about being noticed, chatting up the passers - by, making friends with them, and making sure they walk away with a book in their hands and their money in your pocket.

Some authors would go on to hand - sell their book to friends, family members, and strangers in the community while directing them to our bookstore for the transaction.

Inspired more by friends like Chuck Wendig, Will Hindmarch and Jane Friedman than Joe Konrath, et al, and emboldened by everything I learned from working with Joshua Tallent while running Digital Book World, my goal for the project was two-fold: do enough of it myself to have hands - on experience of what it takes, what's «easy» and what isn't; and to get the monkey of finally publishing this particular book off my bBook World, my goal for the project was two-fold: do enough of it myself to have hands - on experience of what it takes, what's «easy» and what isn't; and to get the monkey of finally publishing this particular book off my bbook off my back!

Anyway, back to the topic in hand - in short, I think with so many books out there you're not being narrow minded in choosing not to read the Left Behind series and, frankly, considering you'd probably only get into a disagreement with your friend about them if you did, it's probably prudent of you not to!

We can thank Bezos and friends for a lot of the original innovation, but many other companies had a major hand in shaping the current state of books, names like Sourcebooks, Wattpad, and Bibliocrunch just to name a few.

A book is tangible, can be held in your hand, passed to a friend, carried into your kitchen.

Add to that a pervasive DIY aesthetic in my favored genre (Steam / dieselpunk), and it all adds up to eschewing agents and publishers, though I have to admit I'm a fan of print - on - demand simply because I love the feel of a good book in my hands, as do most of my friends and family members.

Your friends, family, and publisher will do everything they can to spread the word about your work, but at the end of the day, with more books than ever being published and read, authors who think their work is done after the finished manuscript is in simply won't be read as widely as an author who (respectfully) continues to do everything he or she can to get their book into the hands of readers.»

One easy way to save money is to get a whole lot of other people (literate friends, family, retired English teachers) to read your book before you hand the manuscript off to a paid professional editor.

Otherwise don't pay professionals for advice, save your money, and hand out your surplus books as gifts to friends and family... ok that's a little harsh... but I am trying to get your attention.

So when my good friend and bad - ass editor Scott Morgan asked me to read an advanced copy of his book, How to be a Whiny Beeyotch, 71 Writing Excuses Meet the Back of my Hand, you had better believe that I jumped on the chance.

«There may not be anything that says, «I care about someone else, friend or stranger,» more than handing them a book that you personally love and want to share.»