Sentences with phrase «less than other books»

If you can price your book for slightly less than other books in its genre, yours may have a competitive edge when potential buyers try to decide between your book and another.

Checking out the references to Revelation in the Institutes of the Christian Religion, I found that Calvin quoted Revelation far less than any other book of comparable size in the Bible.

Not exact matches

(ii) whose income in the preceding 12 months is not less than S$ 300,000 (or its equivalent in a foreign currency) or such other amount as the Exchange and the Book Depository may prescribe in place of the first amount;

Finding value stocks — stocks that trade for less than what their book values suggest they should, or stocks with low P / E ratios and other metrics — is one way to find stocks with potential.

@IanH has highlighted that this section of the book is based on Simba's spreadsheet that has data for only 27 and 40 years, so it's less robust than other parts of the book.

Neither light reading nor cheap (it's hard to find online for less than about $ 75), this book is the most thoughtful and objective analysis of the long - term returns on stocks, bonds, cash and inflation available anywhere, purged of the pom - pom waving and statistical biases that contaminate other books on the subject.

the abundance of purely uneducated Muslim believers, their oppressive existence in their self created repressive regimes, lifestyles, and governments, their radical inturpitations of their fairy tale book, the fact that their culture and people have contributed less to man kind than any other culture and people of all the earth, their self ritious belief system that empowers them to commit atrocious crimes against humanity, the muslim men prance around in flip flops and linen moo moo's while they lock their woman in their household prisons to be abused slave - wife's, are entirely too ignorant to even build sewer systems and even after thousands of years that other cultures have developed running water toilets, toilet paper, and effective sewerage systems, they still whipe their pood - cracks with one hand (no paper) and eat with the other, and yiddle to the sky just before detonation of their suicide bombs that murder innocent men, woman, children, and babies.

Chudacoff, who throughout his book tends to introduce the theme of homosexuality with hints and surmises rather than data, counters Stott's argument with this: «More recently [actually less recently — in 1985 and 1988] other historians have discovered hints [of homosexual relations].»

As for the Catholic Bible, those books are called «deutero - canonical», being of a lesser tier of canon than the others.

It's a little less boring than some holy books, more than others, but never struck me as special.

But the book is less than half - way finished... and if I can not prove the thesis to my satisfaction, I see no way out of the dilemma about how to reconcile the love of Jesus with the violence of Yahweh other than to say that in some way or another, the Old Testament is wrong in its portrayal of God.

I think if these people had worried less about what others might be sharing, and just stayed focused on getting their own book done, maybe we'd be talking about how great their book is because it would be published, rather than all the lives they destroyed in trying to control others and make sure none of their ideas leaked out.

But even that significant action will probably receive less attention in the history books than John Paul II's trip to Poland in June 1979, when millions of his compatriots ignored official disapproval to attend masses and other Catholic services — and so accelerated, or maybe sparked, the shaking that eventually brought down state - communism in Eastern Europe.

The Christian is deeply involved in the world; no NT book is less other - worldly than First Peter.

Some change in my thinking on this as on other matters during the six years separating the two books can not be denied and perhaps is not to be apologized for; but critics have been mistaken if they have supposed that the authenticity and the unique quality of Jesus» humanity have ever become less precious to me than when I wrote the first book.

As a recent study conducted by Pew Research Center makes clear — and this is supported by other studies including a significant study released last fall, «A Survey of American Political Culture,» by Dr. James Davidson Hunter, who wrote the book Culture Wars — White Evangelical Protestants are not, as the Washington Post famously called them in 1993, «less affluent, less educated, and more easily led than the average American.»

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

It is for this exact reason (along with many others) that Amazon sells digital books for less than the paperback books.

This book is undoubtedly more religious in its emphasis than the others, but all through the Book of History and the Odes and the Analects (less here perhaps than elsewhere) is evidence that while Confucius was eminently practical and commonsense in his ethical outlook, he was also a deeply religious man who believed that there was a power beyond man whereon he was dependbook is undoubtedly more religious in its emphasis than the others, but all through the Book of History and the Odes and the Analects (less here perhaps than elsewhere) is evidence that while Confucius was eminently practical and commonsense in his ethical outlook, he was also a deeply religious man who believed that there was a power beyond man whereon he was dependBook of History and the Odes and the Analects (less here perhaps than elsewhere) is evidence that while Confucius was eminently practical and commonsense in his ethical outlook, he was also a deeply religious man who believed that there was a power beyond man whereon he was dependent.

We have too many players on our books for a team who claims to spend less than others.

Of the three books we analyzed, Sportsbook.com shaded their NFL lines less often than the other two.

We are less fit, we make less sprints, we cover less ground per player than (this season) any other team in the league, we make more errors to leading to goals, we have more players booked and sent off, we have more injuries than most clubs, we are less likely (since Payet) to do as we did last night and come from a losing position to win, we lose more games from winning positions than any other club (last season and this), the facts are damning to Slav, the biggest surprise is that our Chairmen run multiple businesses yet they don't seem to link these things together and realise that the manager and or the coaching staff are the problem.

When I logged in to TravelPony, I found awesome discounts ranging from 42 % to 51 % less than other online booking sites.

In addition to the time it takes up, screen media is less conducive to creative play than other media such as books or radio.

In a soothing, authoritative tone, the guide further assured Lori and Theo that, if they adhered to the book's recommendations, their baby would sleep through the night by approximately 8 weeks of age, cry less than other babies and even have a reduced risk of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder and learning disabilities down the road.

We heard about groups like the Western New York Book Arts Center, Young Audiences of Western New York, Theatre of Youth and many others stepping in to fill widening gaps in an educational system less concerned than ever with culture and creativity.

During the period covered by the book, however, some things changed much less than others.

Yet neuroscientist Gregory Berns's What It's Like to be a Dog, and other adventures in animal neuroscience (Basic Books) reveals that our understanding of why dogs behave the way they do is far less intuitive than we might imagine.

We might seem less hirsute than other beasts, but we're not, and this extract from New Scientist's book How to be Human reveals why our locks are so strange

In Dr. Maffetone's book, 1:59 Marathon, he argues that breaking this magic barrier will happen when an athlete actually does less mileage and less intensity than today's elite, but improves running economy, optimizes rest and other lifestyle factors, and learns to race barefoot (because of reduced weight and improved explosive force per stride... once the feet become conditioned of course!).

(See Good Calories Bad Calories, by Gary Taubes, and Chapter 9 of my book, Deep Nutrition) The chance of this woman, who has no other risk factors for heart disease aside from high LDL cholesterol (a poor predictor by itself), benefitting from Crestor's ability to prevent heart attacks is less than one in a thousand.

In his seminal book On Liberty, the philosopher John Stuart Mill wrote: «Persons of genius are... more individual than any other people - less capable, consequently, of fitting themselves, without hurtful compression, into any of the small number of moulds which society provides in order to save its members the trouble of forming their own character.»

The entire film references other comic book films, and pop culture mentions, typically by making fun of them in some way; Green Lantern, joke in the credits, Batman v Superman Dawn of Justice's silly mommy moment, Hawkeye's lack of powers, Josh Brolin's Thanos's two - timing as a character in Avengers: Infinity of War less than three weeks ago, at one point Wade simply calls Brolin's (Cable), «Thanos,» Logan's gags you'll need to see for yourself.

Kultgen's novel is fairly sexually explicit (though far less so than his other books, just as an FYI... in all seriousness though, go read everything he's written so far.

While other comic book movies have revelled in self - reflexive irony, The Dark Knight is never less than one hundred percent committed to character and story.

Less than 20 per cent of our rural households have any printed material at home, other than religious books (let's say).

When everyone is pricing sub $ 4.00, price promotions will become less effective — If readers have an unlimited supply of high - quality books from their favorite authors at under $ 4.00, it means factors other than price will gain importance.

An author can get an amazing cover (see Damonza.com, for example) for less than one - third that amount and devote the remainder of his or her hard - earned money with other professionals who help him or her develop, edit, print, and market his or her book.

There's lots of excitement bubbling about new publishing opportunities for writers of short stories, essays, journalism and other less - than - book - length works.

Promotional pricing (sales), even going free briefly, has less influence on total earnings than I'd have expected, though a few authors have reported that putting one book free has increased sales of their other books, especially if it's a series.

Other authors I know earn much less than minimum wage having received contracts for $ 15,000 for three books that has taken then multiple years to produce.

It may not sell many copies at first, but my plan is to keep working on other books and put them up for sale, and I think it can only help to have more than less books available.

I can't speak for others, but because I am able to spend several months of my time working for far less than minimum wage, considering I usually work 10 - 12 hours, six days / week, to edit and publish a book, my clients (writers) prefer to enter into a business arrangement with me rather than become a contractor for the production of their work and deal with the «very real» business of distributing and marketing their title afterwards.

I believe there are other chapters that are more representative of the book as a whole (number of such pages total less than 50), but if you want me to send the Introduction, Chapter 1, and Chapter 2 as the sample chapters, that's what I'll do.

In other words, nearly three out of four best - selling authors spent less than $ 500 promoting their book.

I have less and less patience with people who claim that Amazon has or is striving for some kind of evil monopoly that will subjugate authors and readers when all the evidence to date is that they will treat authors better than any publisher and provide readers with cheaper books, a bigger selection, and a better customer experience than any other retailer.

Well, that money will have to come from something other than marginal cost of production... probably either author advance, or by publishing fewer books by more marginal authors (those who sell less than 20,000 copies).

As a small press author for a press I adore (Hadley Rille Books), the promotion road is hard going, as I, and my books, are viewed as «less than» by other authors, bookstores, and the publishing community at lBooks), the promotion road is hard going, as I, and my books, are viewed as «less than» by other authors, bookstores, and the publishing community at lbooks, are viewed as «less than» by other authors, bookstores, and the publishing community at large.

I lead a book club, and at our meeting the other night one of the members remarked at how quiet I was (I forgot my crowbar), and said she knew less about me than any of the other members.

Though perhaps less cinematic than some of King's other works, this quietly moving and thought - provoking book, with its unexpectedly poignant ending, is a compelling tale.