Sentences with phrase «library shelves in»

Her paintings often resemble mazes, cities seen in profile or from high above or even library shelves in what seems to be an allegory to a never - ending search for Knowledge or the Absolute.

Not exact matches

Or locating a single novel in a giant library that shelves books randomly.
The report of a 10 - to 15 - metre long tension crack on the earthen dam, was noted in an inspection report collecting dust on a shelf in a library in Williams Lake.
Mark what makes the evidence you ask for «overwhelming» is that it overflows the shelves of world's libraries... What makes the «evidence» for the existance of your particular «truth» underwhelming, is that it pretty much only fits in a single book...
Browsing the new arrivals shelf at your local theological library, you're now as likely to find titles by the Catholic dogmatician Matthew Levering, the Orthodox historical theologian Paul Gavrilyuk, and the Reformed theologian Kevin Vanhoozer on why we need to continue to speak, with the early Church, of God's inability to suffer — and of God's voluntary assumption of our human nature, in Jesus Christ, in order to share, and thereby overcome, our suffering — as you are to find another volume on God's suffering in the divine nature itself.
But it was also true that before the printing press, the scrolls (and later the handwritten books you had access to in your library) varied, as did the order in which you chose to keep them on your shelves.
If we were finding a place for it in a well - arranged library, we might put it on a shelf labeled «Sacred Books».
Everyday Dress Up by Selina Alko — We grabbed this from the library shelf when my eldest was a toddler and all my girls have loved this story of a girl who dresses up as great women in history.
It is true that some more adventurous reader and investigator, lecturing here in future, may unearth from the shelves of libraries documents that will make a more delectable and curious entertainment to listen to than mine.
It was remarkable because, although he died in 1947, Whitehead was only a few cards in the library catalogue until, during the past decade and continuing into the present, literally shelves of books have been written explaining his thought, interpreting it, and applying it to a variety of areas.
As is often the way with brainy, moody teenagers, I had come to believe in the gospel according to Jack Kerouac, Dizzy Gillespie, and a hodgepodge of Japanese poets, absurdist playwrights, and existentialist philosophers whose works I'd found on adjacent shelves on the second floor of the public library.
Maintaining a growing library of books that you've read (whether it's on your Kindle or iPad or, you know, one of those actual «shelves» that old mansions in the movies have), is a good habit to get into at any age.
And while I've certainly encountered my fair share of mediocre memoirs through the years, when I think of the books that most influenced my faith, many are shelved in the spiritual memoir section of my library: Take This Bread by Sara Miles, Blue Like Jazz by Donald Miller, Pastrix by Nadia Bolz - Weber, Lit by Mary Karr.
I am a self described foodie and have four shelves in our library dedicated to cookbooks.
The woodwork dominates the ample space, providing a warmer feel, and the furniture is made out of a deep - brown wood mixed with green leather, with two of the walls covered in library - like shelves full of food items.
The overall concept is inspired in a non-traditional library and two of the walls of the main room covered in library - like shelves full of food items.
In fact, if you go to the library or browse the shelves at Barnes & Noble or check out Amazon's best - sellers in the parenting genre, you will find a predominance of popular, punishment - based, obedience - focused parenting guideIn fact, if you go to the library or browse the shelves at Barnes & Noble or check out Amazon's best - sellers in the parenting genre, you will find a predominance of popular, punishment - based, obedience - focused parenting guidein the parenting genre, you will find a predominance of popular, punishment - based, obedience - focused parenting guides.
This might be a good time to start her own library in her room with a shelf especially for her books.
Books of poems that can be found in libraries and on book shelves in the homes of family and friends, often have expectant mothers content in them.
Although 1,000 copies of Kepler's Tables came off the press in Ulm in 1627, fewer than 300 now sit on the shelves of collectors and institutional libraries.
But Gardner was wrong by half in his prognostications: «The current flurry of discussion about Velikovsky and Hubbard will soon subside, and their books will begin to gather dust on library shelves
The authors of Numerical Recipes, indeed, claim in particular that «If all scientific papers whose results are in doubt because of bad (random number generation programs) were to disappear from library shelves, there would be a gap on each shelf about as big as your fist.»
We felt like pioneers in new territory, creating something the thyroid world had never seen, featuring a library of top - shelf content, and a user experience to knock your socks off.
This homeowner even used a ladder in front of their shelves to make the space feel like a traditional library.
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In addition to this, there are off - the - shelf or OTS eLearning libraries of desktop specific or device agnostic ready - to - use courses / and videos on a wide range of topics ranging from Management, Finance, Sales & Negotiation to Soft Skills, IT Skills, and beyond.
It is a very different story to anything I have read before, as the things that make Bertie unique are very different to the attributes of the central characters in books that fill my shelves, and those in our school library.
She has a «shelf of shame» in her office where she keeps examples of outdated school library books.
In Baltimore, library coordinator Della Curtis keeps examples of outdated books from the county's school libraries on a «shelf of shame.»
In 2013, when Studio H middle - school students told her that REALM needed a library, she and her colleagues had them design and build it themselves, starting with unique X-shaped shelving units that formed the basis of a successful Kickstarter campaign — which raised enough money for building materials, books, periodicals, and digital subscriptions.
For example, it is not sufficient for a student to simply know that the online catalog is a database of the materials in the library media center, if a student can not go from the computer to the shelves and locate the materials.
There are other topics that could be included on each of the library's shelves — and they may be added in future issues of the CIERA research implementation series.
In response, these eager and anxious novices searched the Internet, eavesdropped on conversations to discover what other teachers did, photocopied frantically, spent hours preparing handouts, scoured library shelves for relevant background reading, and spent their own money on materials that would help them get by for a day or a week.
Unlit Arturo Fuente in hand, I scanned my home library's shelves for something to peruse while enjoying an afternoon cigar.
Libraries and bookstores are limited in how many books they can carry, so they are picky with what they choose to put on their shelves.
Of course, one of the challenges today is that only a fraction of independently published content is making its way onto the shelves or databases of libraries, even academic content written by scholars in their field.
My church (Unitarian) encourages member - authors to shelve a copy of their book (s) in the church library for lending.
Mark Twain's response to this criticism, in his Autobiography, was that children were already routinely damaged by a book the library kept on open shelves — the Bible:
So, the reason for buying an ebook even if it's available to borrow from the library is the same reason you would want to buy a print book rather than check it out — you want to re-read it or you want to have your copy — whether physically on the bookshelf in your home or on the shelf of your ereader.
I've been flattered that many libraries have multiple copies of the book, and I hope they continue the trend and stack the shelves with a few copies of Crooked Numbers, my second book in the Raymond Donne series, published in October 2013 from St. Martin's / Minotaur Books.
Stacking books on the shelves in the library's inner sanctum, he'll suddenly vanish, leaving behind a pile of clothes, only to materialize in some unknown past or future moment, naked and nauseated.
IngramSpark is the go - to distributor for Indies and small publishing houses because, unlike CreateSpace, it is not in direct competition with the bookstores and libraries that order through them, which increases the likelihood of getting a physical book onto store shelves.
Joyce graciously met with the IngramSpark team to offer some insights and sage advice for indie authors in how best to get their book onto library shelves.
Same here, I use Goodreads primarily to sort all of what Ihave to read (books owned, on a shelf) and things I'm interested in that I might get from the library or download.
Go to your local book store or library and pick books off the shelf, specifically in your genre.
This works fairly well in most public libraries, and is an absolute necessity because real estate and shelf space are generally expensive and always finite.
Brian, A good point about libraries, and this expanded exposure (in addition to bookstore shelves) was one of the factors that made me decide to sell my self - published series to the big - five.
A wider spine allows for a larger canvas, which means room for larger lettering and greater visibility in retail stores or library book shelves.
Since some reports note that up to 1,000,000 new titles are published EVERY YEAR (add that to everything that's already in print), the chances of any new self published title making its way onto the shelves of a physical, large chain bookstore (or library for that matter) are extremely slim... regardless of whether it does or does not have a spine title or proper bar code.
From a librarian who chooses the books that sit on the shelves in Arapahoe County libraries, it's definitely a must - attend.
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