Sentences with phrase «like national book»

Lynn, It's true that many awards programs charge fees, including some of the most prestigious (though for those, like the National Book Awards, it's the publisher that pays, not the author).

Dan Chaon's novel Await Your Reply was «a profound and haunting exploration of the shifting, often tenuous, nature of identity... a thrilling example of the best of contemporary literary fiction,» although he's probably best known for his story collections, like National Book Award finalist Among the Missing, in which he» [brought] clarity to the confusion of people's inner motives.»

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Kepler's Books, now a member of Peninsula Shops, had abruptly closed its doors in 2005 because of competition from national chains and sites like Amazon.com.

As Henry Kissinger emphasizes in his new book World Order, the fundamental building block of all American and international engagement over the past hundred years — namely, the nation state and the Westphalian system in which states are embedded — is particularly weak in the Middle East due to fragile national roots and competing local and universalist identities, including pan-Arabic movements and messianic religious calls from the likes of Iran's ayatollahs and ISIS.

The backstory... In Wolff's book, Bannon is quoted as saying of Mueller's prosecutors: «They're going to crack Don Junior like an egg on national TV.»»

Could stand to learn a few things about becoming a recognizable name, a household brand or a leading expert like my clients who have appeared on the major national TV shows, in the most prestigious magazines, radio shows and Internet sites... and have helped sell millions of dollars worth of my clients» books, products, professional services, and promoted causes that have changed the world for the better, using popular media to tell their stories for over two decades?

That is a good use of legislation, in my book, and it may open a bit of public bandwidth to discuss seemingly forgotten topics that affect us all, like our 20 trillion dollar national debt.

Prominent post-9 / 11 books like John Updike's Terrorist, Amy Waldman's The Submission, and Mohsin Hamid's The Reluctant Fundamentalist inevitably offer precious humanizations of the Muslim - American Other that are set in direct reaction to pressing geopolitical and national debates.

His previous book, Croatia: A Nation Forged in War, was, like his current one, an account of how religious division forms national identity.

In his appreciative Foreword, the National Director of «Aid to the Church in Need», Neville Kyrke - Smith, calls the book fascinating and goes to the central issue in saying that Pope John Paul II's whole life and witness could be said to be like that of Our Lord Himself, often in the Garden of Gethsemane but translucent with the hope of the resurrection.

He goes on to become one of the founding editors of National Lampoon, editor of Spy magazine, writer of parody books like Not the New York Times, cocreator of the groundbreaking television satire Spitting Images.

At Bovada, Kevin Bradley said the book set a record for prop betting handle, with nearly 70 percent of the wagers on the game on bets like Gatorade shower odds (they paid out both orange and yellow after Pete Carroll endured two Gatorade showers), national anthem over-under and player - related statistical props.

total failure... Can you believe Wenger spent 32 millions on 2 average players (Chambers and Welbeck) and is penny pinching when is sbout real class players?What is in his mind?Pay a fortune in salary for mediocre players live Walcott, Ramsey and Wilshere and have hesitations about increasing Sanchez wages... keeping on books failures like Sanogo... The truth is - I say it for years and years - until the «British core» disapears, we are not going to be succesful.The low quality of British players is dragging the team back.Last time Arsenal was a powerhouse NONE of the first 11 was British.Wanna see how the British quality looks like in a football team - look no further than national sides of England, Scotland, N Ireland, Wales, even Ireland (not British but same style)- all mediocre teams «able» to be defeated by any team coming to mind.And you are asking about Chambers?He is in the same mold like Wilshere,Walcott,Ox,Ramsey,Gibs,Jenkinson - mediocre overpriced and overpaid players.The world is full with hungry, ambitious and skilled players living in poverty and dreaming of moving to the top at any cost or sacrifice (did you see the poor house - if you can call that house, looking more like an old tent - in which Alexis Sanchez grew up?Or Suarez?)

When I say that some Arsenal stars have already booked their places in next summer's feast of international football that is the World Cup, I mean that their national teams England and Germany have, so the likes of Mesut Ozil, Danny Welbeck and Shkodran Mustafi should be in Russia barring an injury or loss of form.

If we look at the book - by - book betting breakdown, the «sharper» books like 5Dimes and BetDSI are much more evenly split than the square books, which are seeing tons of bets on the Nationals.

If you would like to talk through options and / or book some support, please contact our National Practice Development Manager Jeszemma Garratt in the first instance: by email at [email protected] or tel [phone].

He has 20 years of national ad agency experience, with several Cannes Lions, Effies and Clios to his name, for brands ranging from industry leaders like Coca Cola, Southwest Airlines and Stonyfield Farm, to successful next generation companies like renewable energy start - up Southwest Windpower and social enterprise Better World Books.

If you're a book - obsessed, homeschooling, movie - loving, Seussiac like I am, it's practically a national holiday!

When we were home educating, we liked to use a variety of text books and other resources, such as CD - Roms, some of which tied in with the UK National Curriculum, some of which were for more general interest.

As a therapist who has taught on the national level for over a decade to families and childcare organizations like Parents As Teachers, First Steps, Children's Hope International, and more about the value of attachment, I knew that truly gentle sleep support for parents was hard to come by and too often attached to a big price tag (from $ 50 to sometimes $ 350 for private coaching, site memberships, books / videos, etc).

food manufacturers have managed to invade what should be a commercial - free zone through vending machines and «pouring rights»; branded foods (like Pizza Hut pizzas) sold in the national school lunch program; the sale of a la carte foods; the use of Channel One television in the classroom; the creation of textbooks replete with math problems that use the products» names; give - aways of branded items like textbook covers; offering their products as rewards for academic performance (read X number of books over the summer and earn a gift certificate to McDonald's); and much more.

Books Include fun and educational books like National Geographic Kids 125 Pet ResBooks Include fun and educational books like National Geographic Kids 125 Pet Resbooks like National Geographic Kids 125 Pet Rescues.

I also recommend talking to other mothers who have nursed; reading well - respected and educational books like Ina May's; finding your local La Leche League group; and calling the National Women's Health Information Center Breastfeeding Helpline at 800-994-9662.

The punter - whether on the Grand National or the date of an election - surely likes to think their study of the form book has given them special insight.

Gibson doesn't travel in the rarified air of a Hillary Clinton (her national book - signing at Oblong Books on Dec. 7 was sold out hours after it was announced last summer), but he works the lecture circuit, radio interviews and the like.

It may not hold Italy's interest like presidential sex scandals, but the country's premier science funding agency, the National Research Council (CNR), is generating its own unwelcome headlines after it came out that CNR helped fund and support a pro-creationism book compiled by a vice-president at the organization.

Swapping in the bigger ion forces the crystal to form in sheets just nanometers thick, which stack on top of each other like pages in a book, says chemist Aditya Mohite of Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico.

Nina and I are friends as well, even though I say her name wrong, who has also written some books about fat, but there's this national conversation where you have the old school low - fats, mostly paid for by big grain sort of research out there, and you're refuting some of that using very strong academics, randomized controlled trials, and the things that everyone wants, but no one has paid for except for maybe big drug companies and things like that.

For more than 30 years, I've been a health coach for millions of Americans — as a writer on Prevention magazine; as the editor - in - chief of Prevention Magazine Health Books and Rodale Books; and as the writer of 10 health books that have sold more than 2 million copies and hundreds of articles about health, appearing in national magazines like Prevention, Health, Self, Men's Health and Natural SolutBooks and Rodale Books; and as the writer of 10 health books that have sold more than 2 million copies and hundreds of articles about health, appearing in national magazines like Prevention, Health, Self, Men's Health and Natural SolutBooks; and as the writer of 10 health books that have sold more than 2 million copies and hundreds of articles about health, appearing in national magazines like Prevention, Health, Self, Men's Health and Natural Solutbooks that have sold more than 2 million copies and hundreds of articles about health, appearing in national magazines like Prevention, Health, Self, Men's Health and Natural Solutions.

Dave Eggers — Writing a dating profile is much like writing an article... helped San Franciscans increase their chances of a lifelong match by editing their online dating profiles at a National Independent Bookstore Day event at Books Inc. in the...

National Book Award finalist joins previous visiting artists like Alexander Payne, Salman Rushdie, Peter Bogdanovich

Too much CGI; too little story development (not to mention the conclusion which felt a lot like «National Treasure: Book of Secrets.»)

Don't be misled by the provocative title and subtitle, which might lead one to expect in these pages a back - to - the - future, Diane Ravitch — like defense of the education status quo — and which likely account for the book's fawning jacket blurbs by Jonathan Kozol and by Lily Eskelsen García of the National Education Association, among others.

Knowing accuracy is important to any book, but particularly for an organization like National Geographic that has a reputation for getting details right, Holland went back to her story and rerouted the characters.

Doug Lemov, founder of Uncommon Schools, made national headlines with his book, Teach Like a Champion.

When you head out, take along resources like these printable National Junior Ranger books that teach students about paleontology, constellations, the solar system, and the importance of preservation to make your trip both educational and fun.

In this interview about their ASCD book, Yvette Jackson and Veronica McDermott, educators with the National Urban Alliance for Effective Education, explain what fearless leadership looks like and share their hopeful vision for urban schools.

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3 min readAs the end of the year nears, it seems like every few weeks another round of traditionally published books and authors win the Pulitzer, Man Booker, National Book Critics Circle, and Hugo awards — to name a few.

It's always a good thing when Gronkerotica makes national headlines since it serves to remind the rest of us that yes, there are steamy books available that offer fun word play on terms and phrases like «tight end» and «the receiver was wide open.»

Since, like Ellis, Chernow is one of America's foremost biographers — he won the National Book Award in 1990 for The House of Morgan, his first book — this is likBook Award in 1990 for The House of Morgan, his first book — this is likbook — this is likely.

Thanks to Samantha and her team, I got international as well as national exposure, well over 100 «likes» on my Facebook author page, book reviews, tons of new followers on Twitter, and lots of sales.

If you have a strong author platform, it can help increase your chances, but remember that national outlets like The New York Times or Publishers Weekly receive hundreds of pitches each day for new books.

Next week there is to be a Marketing Mania Week, with posts / workshops up from the likes of CJ Lyons (Build Your Brand), Georgia McBride (National Media), KP Simmons (Reading the Teen Markets) and Penny Sansevier (Ten years of wisdom in book marketing on and off - line).

If you'd like to create a lasting showcase for some great writing, CompletelyNovel specialises in creating high - quality print books and has worked with organisations such as Arvon, London Metropolitan University and National Flash Fiction Day to create anthologies that suited their needs.

It was a best - seller and a National Book Award nominee, which makes me cringe a bit — I like to think much of the really horrific stuff is happening outside the mainstream.

Choice was there was a compelling reason for the author to get a book to market, like a time constraint or a deadline in terms of a national appearance, and if that's the case the agents need to know that.

Accompanied by text that blends steamboat history with salty, first - person accounts from the likes of musician and former riverboat captain John Hartford and Captain Clark C. «Doc» Hawley, a National Rivers Hall of Fame member, Kral's book is the first to go below decks for an inside look at the workings of these romantic vessels.

But if you recognize that even the most successful authors have been, say, rejected by 56 agents, like Kathryn Stocket was with The Help, or faced six years of rejection, like Julia Glass did before publishing Three Junes, which went on to win the National Book Award, it becomes just part of the process, a story you can someday tell about how hard - fought your success was.

October is packed with fall celebrations like Candy Corn Day and National Book Month.