Sentences with phrase «magical books as»

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I choose to believe and live and experiences that this magical book, as you choose to call it.

• Joaquim Maria Machado de Assis, The Posthumous Memoirs of Brás Cubas: Speaking of books in Portuguese, one might as well add one by the towering genius of Brazilian letters, who did everything that would be attempted by «surrealist» or «magical realist» or absurdist writers a century later, and did it all much better; The Posthumous Memoirs is as fantastic and exuberant and hilarious as any of his works, and is also surely the best novel written in the voice of a deceased narrator.

In my book, Dying to Religion and Empire, I talk about how some Christians view baptism as a magical incantation in which the right words need to be said in order for the magic spell to actually work.

but thats not what i'm talking about... i am discussing the god you claim to worship... even if you believe jesus was god on earth it doesn't matter for if you take what he had to say as law then you should take with equal fervor words and commands given from god itself... it stands as logical to do this and i am confused since most only do what jesus said... the dude was only here for 30 years and god has been here for the whole time — he has added, taken away, and revised everything he has set previous to jesus and after his death... thru the prophets — i base my argument on the book itself, so if you have a counter argument i believe you haven't a full understanding of the book — and that would be my overall point... belief without full understanding of or consideration to real life or consequences for the hereafter is equal to a childs belief in santa which is why we atheists feel it is an equal comparision... and santa is clearly a bs story... based on real events from a real historical person but not a magical being by any means!

@palintwit: and we all thank you for all your hard work... maybe we should write a book of your magical feats and pass them along as holy to the next generation.

These same children are likely to conceive of the Bible «as a book of magical veneration, written by God or one powerful holy person,... and is therefore to be accepted at a literal level as entirely true.»

Some people treat the book as though it were some kind of ancient document of magical formulas.

November 18: Come to a magical Story Time with Drag Kings and Drag Queens as some of Boston's beloved drag performers read from their favorite children's books (Boston)

Bahrain's national airline, Gulf Air, not only offers kids» meals and entertainment, but also has diapers on hand, free bassinet - booking, and the mysterious, magical creature known as the Sky Nanny — who helps out at Bahrain's airport but also on - board on Gulf Air «s wide - bodied long - haul routes.

I loved that book as a child, and would have been over the moon to have a special little box filled with magical seeds and endless potential for summer adventures.

These pre reading skills are the signs of early literacy and, though it may look as though your child is merely playing, she is organizing what she knows about books and language and how they work together to for this magical skill known as «reading.»

This should not be a surprise to me as an early Choosing Raw recipe for kale chips (and the inspiration of the kale chip recipes in the book) is known as the magical kale chips recipe in our household.

Now, if you base your nutrition knowledge on the kinds of books you find in health food stores, bestsellers like Kombucha — Miracle Fungus will tell you that already by the Tsin dynasty, it was known and honored as a beverage with magical powers, enabling people to live forever.

As you know from the endless amount of photos that I posted, travelling to Morocco was the most eye - opening and magical experience of my life, that I'm dying to relive so much that I'm always tempting to book a last minute flight.

In 2016, I re-released the Perils of Cyber-Dating: Confessions of a Hopeful Romantic Looking for Love Online as an audio book, which I narrated, and on Kindle with a new epilogue to share our magical fairy tale ending, proving you can have a second chance at love with the help of Facebook.

I began reading the Harry Potter books in 2000, between the publication of the third and fourth installments — which is to say that I was a late adopter of J.K. Rowling's magical oeuvre, though not as late as some.

He became Harry, Harry is him, and Mr. Radcliffe's depthless quality now seems right for a character who, in the books and movies, was never as interesting as the magical world he revealed to us.

Emma Thompson reprises the magical character she created in 2005's «Nanny McPhee,» based on Christianna Brand's «Nurse Matilda» books, not only starring but also writing the screenplay, as she did with the original.

In fact the main character Scamander, described as a «magiczoologist,» travels the world studying magical creatures and wrote the text book that Harry, Ron and Hermione use when they attend Hogwarts.

A note to those looking to find, or avoid, magical elements in the books they choose to read: Many reviews mention «magic» as a plot element in The Little Giant of Aberdeen County.

As in The Red Book (2004), Museum Trip (2006), and Rainstorm (2007), Lehman's artwork brims with magical adventure.

One of the reasons why Wife of the Gods is intriguing as a title is that, just like the book itself, it melds the physical world with another realm in which magical and supernatural powers are believed to exist.

As a special gift to readers, this book contains a new, never - before - published bonus story, «The Vittra Attacks,» set in the magical world of the Trylle.

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Although Nicole Krauss's three books to date would not be classified as magical realism (a style, according to Wikipedia, wherein, «normal occurrences... are presented in a straightforward manner, which allows the «real» and the «fantastic» to be accepted in the same stream of thought») there is in her books an element of the magic that exists in everyday life.

I saw someone describe this element of the book as «magical realism,» but, honestly, to me it never seemed like magic that Margie's ovary would be, as she calls it, «a radar for helpless things.»

Everything that it is known about those authors the book MAGICAL MYSTERY TRAVEL and their works as»» Percyfaw Code»», de Scriblerius, made available by limited time as e-book in an apparent strategy of marketing of enormous success in the web and»» The Traveler»», Twelve Hawks published amid the style of Hollywood hype where disembarked in the list bestseller of the newspaper The New Times.The mysterious to Thomas Pynchon's same style, Philip Roth, JD Salinger, B.Traven, Cormac McCarthy, authors C.S. Scriblerius and Twelve Hawks «live out of the grating», meaning that you chose roads no so conventional in the market editorial, using like this other means for popularization of their works, and, hindering of they be tracked.

When my agent set out to sell my first book, Charming the Highlander, I asked her to please tell the editors she submitted it to that this time - travel gig was a one - time thing, as I really wrote contemporary romance and didn't want them to expect more magical stories from me.

The book and app can be used solo, each in their own right, however, when they're used together, the magical book experience is a perfect way to increase the interest for the physical book as well as a great opportunity for parents and children to spend time together.

The opportunity to work with Smith Publicity as I launched my children's picture book, A Magical Racquet Ride, was invaluable.

Her epic history of an alternative, magical England is so beautifully realized that not one of the many enchantments Clarke chronicles in the book could ever be as potent or as quickening as her own magnificent narrative.

Rare is the picture book that grabs as immediately as On a Magical Do - Nothing Day.

I'd love to see the results if a teacher had each kid pick a rain forest animal, give a presentation on it, and then fictionalize it as a magical shadow walker, like the characters in the book.

Despite the fact that I am not, as a rule, a fan of magical realism, I totally loved this book about a gay, nerdy, teenager who — while struggling to define himself - is serially abducted by aliens.

But when she discovers an enchanted book in an Oxford library that only she can open, she's forced to seek help as magical creatures come out of the woodwork.

So it struck me as especially magical if a passenger picked up a book at a particularly relevant Tube stop.

I though of this book as fantasy since it takes place in a made - up world, but it's not actually magical.

This was one of my favorite books growing up, and now, decades later, I feel as if Ronia's magical forest was as real as my own childhood memories.

Rachel Yu, a 16 year - old high school student, earned $ 6,200 in December from e-books she wrote and published via a related Amazon initiative called KDP Select... her children's books, including titles such as «The Magical Dragon's Three Gifts,» were among the most borrowed through the Kindle Owners» Lending Library.

We've reached this magical point where people either claim LCD is just as good for reading as eInk (the common justification being you can't read eInk in the dark — guess it's too much like a book) or they just don't mention the readability of the screen.

As a parent, Kelly delighted in sharing her love of the magical world of books by reading aloud to her two boys.

As an author, you know books are these amazing magical vehicles of deep meaning, with the power to inspire, inform, and entertain.

A paperback does give some kudos to you as an author (there is something magical about holding a book you've written), and some readers prefer a physical book, but the income from a paperback is significantly lower than from an e-book.

IndianLuxuryTrains.com is an online travel portal where you can book some amazing tour such as Himachal Sojourn, Magical Himachal Tour, Trans Himalayan Tour, and Himachal Heritage Tour.

The contest winner for a copy of Magicka is also revealed, as some magical books are -LSB-...]

The game's worlds are unique and inventive, never ceasing to surprise, and the music levels marry rhythm gaming and platforming in a way I can only describe as more goddamn magical than reading through all seven Harry Potter books in a single sitting.

TT Games attempt to sprinkle their own magical formula upon the darker portion of J.K. Rowling's globally renowned Harry Potter novels, as they transition the last three books, or four blockbust...

As always, in many of her works, words accompany drawings: visionary poems, decadent images floating on covers of burnt books, wax drippings on tarot cards, simulacra of an otherworldly power, evocations of magical rituals.

After the LA chapter in his book of life, is complete his dream is to return to the magical land of Cape Cod where his character was molded as a boy.

Expression, Centre d'exposition de Saint - Hyacinthe, November 15 - December 21 Growing up with Faust instills a magical belief in a world as an open book whose every page explodes with...