Sentences with phrase «gem of a book with»

Dara Horn (author of In the Image, 2002) has produced a real gem of a book with a wealth of plots and sub-plots, packed full with everything from Yiddish folklore to Soviet politics.

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The Book Of Hours has an enamelled gold metal cover studded with gems such as rubies, turquoise and tourmaline and contains parchment painted with 20 religious images and prayers to be said throughout the day.

About Love, in particular, is a small gem of a work, and it - together with his small books on faith and hope - are now available in a single volume (from Ignatius Press).

In fact, two gems from Pascal's Pénsées would make for perfect epigrams with which to begin and end Kugel's book: «The eternal silence of these infinite spaces frightens me» (which sums up his argument about the absolute «smallness» and «silence» that circumscribe our existence and lead us to transcendence), and, «The heart has its reasons, which reason can not understand,» (which sums up his argument against rational reductionism).

I will have to remember that little gem, «There will be other people out there who haven't been brought up with such limited expectations for a book full of human experience and wisdom and varied ideas about God, alienation and redemption through love.»

This recipe is straight out of the new 21 - Day Sugar Detox book by Diane Sanfilippo, who graciously allowed me to share this gem with you all.

To give you a taste of the gems you'll find in the book, I put together this simple seasonal salad of fresh sugar snap peas with pecans and feta.

It's actually surprising with Arsene Wenger's commitment to the French League's (although lesser so in recent seasons) that a gem like Kante was not scouted on the books by the Gunners, however now according to the growing rumours, Arsenal may have a chance of nabbing the French International after all.

In today's edition of «Fun in the Kid / Food Archives,» a few little gems of Colonial - era guidance on children's table manners that I recently came across in my book research: Make not a noise with thy Tongue, Mouth, Lips, or Breath in Thy... [Continue reading]

I've found this to be especially true of a new book I'm reading right now called Wheat Belly, by Dr. William Davis... there are lots of gems inside this book that I will be sharing with you over the next couple weeks.

One of Moscow's hidden gems: a cozy little book shop with a great selection, tucked away in a basement of an old house in the city center.

Screening in conjunction with the release and signing of American Cinematheque's Dennis Bartok's new book, A Thousand Cuts, is a rarely seen 35 mm print of the 1968 low - budget alien invasion gem GOKE: BODY SNATCHER FROM HELL.

One of those overlooked gems was Greg Rucka «s British spy book «Queen & Country,» which he published with a variety of illustrators for Oni Press.

In comic book lore, the Grandmaster is often paired with Guardians of the Galaxy's the Collector (Benicio del Toro) as part of the Elders of the Universe, who for a time held control of the Infinity Gems.

With it also being known as the Space Stone, it should be of no surprise that the Tesseract shares similarities with the Space Gem, its other comic book counterpWith it also being known as the Space Stone, it should be of no surprise that the Tesseract shares similarities with the Space Gem, its other comic book counterpwith the Space Gem, its other comic book counterpart.

Buy ONE book if you really disagree with me on this as yes, someone might have found a gem after burning their thousands of dollars and are recovering them by marketing the TRUTH they found.

Dark Horse Comics took home the Gem Award for Trade Book of the Year with The Legend of Zelda: Art & Artifacts HC.

Nancy I have a book that is very poetic written by my grandpa about LSD he wrote while he was a professor at the University of Utah he has 3 phds 2 masters let me know Prints in 3 - 5 business days Eugene Seaich's LSD Experience is a gem of a book which is short enough to be read in a day and with enough substance to feed the reader's head and soul for a lifetime.

- Tova Mirvis, author of The Ladies Auxiliary and The Outside World «In this gem of a book Anouk Markovits takes a reader to an exotic world, portrayed with such warmth and precision that the journey feels perfectly real and the characters become your intimate friends.»

I like being able to glance at a publisher's name on the spine of a book and know that this is a quality product, you can't do that with self published titles, instead I spend hours on Goodreads trolling through reviews to find a few self published gems among the disappointments.

Today we're exploring how indie authors can get their books into indie bookstores with Suzanne Orchard, the owner of Key West Island Books, a gem of an indie bookstore in Key West, Flobooks into indie bookstores with Suzanne Orchard, the owner of Key West Island Books, a gem of an indie bookstore in Key West, FloBooks, a gem of an indie bookstore in Key West, Florida.

His first travel narrative, Flight of Passage, was hailed by The New Yorker as «a funny, cocky gem of a book,» and with The Oregon Trail he brings the most important route in American history back to glorious and vibrant life.

It was the queen mother of all soap operas, and the book is littered with expensive gifts, castles, gems, balls and pageants as well as armadas and invasions, to the extent that Lettice is almost obscured once again.

And those who fear that these titles will crowd out other books are ignoring the vast quantities of books published traditionally — or the fact that billions of self - published blogs and websites don't impede our ability to browse the internet, to find what we are looking for, or to share discovered gems with others.

I am so glad I reached out to you with those first few questions, and I am grateful you not only took the time to answer my questions (which very quickly went from a few to a few dozen), but you spent the extra time and went above and beyond to keep answering questions, pointing me to other posts / blogs / groups you thought would be good for me to investigate, suggesting books to help me with writing, and all the while offering a most precious gem of encouragement on top of everything else.

«With content from 2012's Diamond Gem award - winning Comic Book Publisher of the Year and the work of several best - selling authors, we're excited to expand Kindle Worlds and give writers even more options to be creative and earn royalties.»

In all other respects, the Free Books app lives up to its name — lots of free books, with an interesting interface that can help you find some truly hidden Books app lives up to its name — lots of free books, with an interesting interface that can help you find some truly hidden books, with an interesting interface that can help you find some truly hidden gems.

Here he comes up with a collection of his best books in different categories (classics, modern, psychological and hidden gems) that is arguably the best reading list for any aspiring investor.

Aqua Hotel Aquamarina & Spa offers brilliant value for a good set of facilities in a real hidden gem of the Costa Brava, book your great - value trip there now with Loveholidays.com.

Fans of the supernatural comic book series were happy with the first game's arrival, and gamers found the anxiously awaited gem nicked with few problems.

A gem of a book for anyone interested in engaging with this world which also offers lots of practical advice about working both inside and outside the traditional gallery system.

There can't be many books that combine a formal analysis of mathematical patterns in Agnes Martin's painting with gems such as «I had been early to take up roller disco.»

Interspersed with tiny bottles of whisky, rum and other spirits, rows of books, boxes full of clutter, scrunched up paper, and many other hidden gems, the artwork is a true autobiographical reflection on thoughts, memories and drunken antics.

These, of course, are well featured in the book, along with gems like the BCK solar cooker, Club Watt (nightclub that generates power from action on the dance floor), special «spider boots» to wear while removing land mines, and HIV / AIDS education delivered over mobile devices.

(Lois Carey, LCSW, author, Sandplay: Therapy with Children and Families; editor of Expressive and Creative Arts Methods for Tramua Survivors) This book is a gem!

Below are the gems (listed in the appendix of What to Expect When Parenting Children with ADHD, but with additions I've found useful in the years since writing that book).

I thought this book had some gems, with some sections that were really great in teaching empathy and understanding of the unique issues that children who may have traumatic histories are experiencing.