Sentences with phrase «not on book reviews»

People who are not familiar with your works will often base their decision on whether to buy your book or not on book reviews, even if they are negative.

Not exact matches

Fast - forward to today: The book hasn't got a single review on Amazon and has sold so few copies, it doesn't rank on Amazon rank.

Frankly, we're intrigued and can't wait to get our hands on one, but that sentiment is tempered by venerable consumer product review house Consumer Reports, which already is taking a pass on recommending the new Surface Book because of problems with the original version.

I didn't know much about Tony Robbins, the self - help guru, when I was asked to review his new book on personal finance.

Though Kobo's apps for iPad and iPhone have earned strong reviews and millions of downloads, and though the Kobo app comes preloaded on several of the Android tablets that have made it to market (not to mention the BlackBerry Playbook), the company's internal analysis shows that the people who buy several books a month are reading them on e-readers, whatever tablets and smartphones they also happen to own.

I haven't read the book nor deeply reviewed Project Aristotle but the conversation on this morning's show really resonated with me.

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You may order a review for a book that's been on the market for 10 years or for a book that doesn't even have a publication date yet.

For those who have constantly followed updates on this business blog, you will come to acknowledge the fact that I don't review books until I have read and...

Thomas Laqueur of the University of California at Berkeley reviews a number of books on smoking (meaning, mainly, cigarette smoking) and concludes with this: «They are the result of a new vision of what health means, or more precisely, of what death does not mean.

Through memory, Augustine explains at various points in Book X of the Confessions, we are able to review our past actions and discern a variety of important themes: we can see when we were moving towards God and (conversely) when we were moving away from Him; when we discerned the good rightly and sought it properly and (conversely) when we misidentified the good and sought experiences or possessions that were bad for us; when God was calling us towards Himself, whether we heard His voice or not; and so on.

There is no reason why Jacobs should not lampoon a book after a brief glance rather than dignifying it with a review, but it is a bit much to accompany the caricature with advice to the author on the virtues of close reading.

Many of the books reviewed in the regular «Book World» column dealt with social issues, but the editors also included notices of academic theological monographs and of books on subjects not traditional for religious publications: literary criticism, philosophy and psychology.

Now he reviews a new book on ethics and writes,» [The author] agrees with what now seems to be a near - consensus among philosophers that «speciesism» - the view that we are entitled to take theinterests of animals less seriously than we take human interests, simply because humans are members of our species - is not a morally defensible position.»

Thanks to Mason for contributing this book review on Michael Wittmer's Don't Stop Believing.

According to a 1994 essay in the New York Review of Books by John Maynard Smith, the dean of British neo-Darwinists, «the evolutionary biologists with whom I have discussed his [Gould's] work tend to see him as a man whose ideas are so confused as to be hardly worth bothering with, but as one who should not be publicly criticized because he is at least on our side against the creationists.

Reinforcing the fact that this book is historical fiction and not a precise biography, my friend Dalia Mogahed (executive director of the Center for Muslim Studies at Gallup and member of President Barack Obama's Advisory Council on Faith - Based and Neighborhood Partnerships) rightfully noted in her review that this «is not a book recounting Muhammad's life, but a beautiful story inspired by it... There was editorial license and creativity, and while many of the words and events have been recorded in authentic sources, many have not...»

The book does not officially release until April 14, but a few advance review copies (ARCs) have made it into readers» hands, and you can follow their responses on social media using #SearchingForSunday:

After reviewing all the references regarding John's gospel, I recommend reviewing Professor Ludemann's and Professor Crossan's many books on the historical Jesus where they explain in great detail their rigorous test procedures for determining the authenticity of not only John's gospel but the authenticity of all passages of the NT, passage by passage.

As Christopher Lasch also points out, new therapies» solutions are tautological, self - defeating to the extent that they advise people «not to make too large an investment in love and friendship, to avoid excessive independence on others, and to live for the moment — the very conditions that created the crisis of personal relations in the first place» (New York Review of Books [September 30, 1976]-RRB-.

I can't yet figure out how to make good use of the Internet (though I suspect that someone who took on the calling of typing in enthusiastic reviews of good Christian books on the amazon.com Web site might make a remarkable impact), but I'm sure videos ought to play an important part in the kind of education I've been trying to describe.

Odd again, because, despite my best efforts to see something heroic in this man's biography, which might explain what his prose does not, I confess to see at best what Stephen Spender referred to, in a 1979 New York Review of Books piece (March 25, p. 13) on modern German self - analysis, as «der Nebel,» the fog that «allows people to live with unbearable experiences»; the fog that made it possible to «go along» or «not know.»

Last week I reviewed The Challenge of Jesus by NT Wright, and announced that those who commented on the post would be entered in a drawing for a free copy of the book.

It's not every day that the office of the bishops conference issues a review of a book review or, however inadvertently, makes itself party to an attack on a priest who has editorially displeased a bullying interest group.

I did not find this an easy book to read, and this review will touch on three areas that come from my encounter with the writing.

Last year, Richard posted a review and some reflections on Sexuality and the Christian Body by Eugene Rogers — a book that has been recommended to me for the series, but which I just haven't found the time to read.

Yet, his articles, not counting book reviews, on Peirce could fill a small volume, similar to his book of essays on Whitehead.

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• Reviewing a batch of evangelical books on dogmatic theology (May), Carl Braaten, a Lutheran, didn't like at all Wayne Grudem's Systematic Theology.

If Professor Dorff had only admitted that he is not really a halakhic (that is, traditionally normative) Jewish thinker, I would have reviewed his book very differently, differing with its view of Judaism to be sure, but not on grounds of inner inconsistency.

Not only are graduate theological schools producing more theses and dissertations on Wesleyan subjects, but Methodist periodicals (Quarterly Review, Methodist History, Proceedings of the Wesley Historical Society) are increasingly printing their articles, and new publishing enterprises are emerging to take up their longer monographic works (among these are Zondervan's Francis Asbury Press imprint, Abingdon's Kingswood Books imprint, and Asbury Theological Seminary's new series in Pietist and Wesleyan Studies) These scholars are quite likely to be found in the Wesley Studies Working Group of the American Academy of Religion.

The author reviews a book on Darwin by John Haught, who seeks not simply to provide a theology in dialogue with evolutionary theory, but a theology of evolution.

It's a movie that couldn't have been made without the books of Exodus and Revelation in the Bible, and yet God is nowhere to be found in the narrative, which has resulted in a handful of negative reviews from faith - based outlets, though the movie currently sits at 95 percent on Rotten Tomatoes.

(The one essay Rauch mentions that I was not able to review was a chapter from his book on same - sex marriage that I could not access online.

The laws, which are now being reviewed under a public comment period, will likely spark a legal battle over who would pay for burials and whether or not such rules should even be on the books.

I haven't read the book yet, but based on the reviews you sound completely sane.

* Note: Though I was provided with a complimentary copy of God and the Gay Christian from the publisher, I was not compensated to review or discuss the book (or any others) on the blog.

I got that book to review as well but haven't gotten to it yet because I first received it when all that stuff was going on with my dad.

Thanks for the inspiration to buy the book of Julia Childs letters since I am heading on vacation and would sooo love to read them now but hadn't had a review by anyone who had.

She addresses this head - on at the start of the book and talks about the compromises she's had to make to retain the texture and loft of the baked goods, but I hadn't seen it mentioned in any reviews so I wasn't aware of it when I purchased it online.

As in I - need - something - quick - n - easy - but - still - delicious kind of help, and early on while reviewing the galley of the book I noticed myself actually cooking from it.

It doesn't seem to matter that I am not her target audience (new parents)... I still adore her work and jumped at the chance to review her about - to - be-published book here on my blog.

This is a shame as I had high hopes for this book based on the reviews, and although I'm sure the recipes are great for those who can tolerate the ingredients used, I think it should be made clear at the beginning of the book or in a section that's included in the kindle sample, that «if you're allergic to nuts this book unfortunately just isn't for you».

And for parents who are looking for some age - appropriate information about «the birds and the bees» check out It's Not the Stork: A Book About Girls, Boys, Babies, Bodies, Families and Friends and a review of it over on Punnybop.

But, she was happy my article didn't focus on what those secrets appeared to be about in her HuffPo piece — affairs — and the major emphasis that got in the Daily Beast book review, «Is Cheating the Secret to a Happy Marriage?»

I've walked the fields of mega-tournaments, watched countless instructional DVDs and books, appeared on television to promote new football helmets, and, over the years, have turned down the chance to promote hundreds, if not thousands, of products, many making claims that could not be backed up by peer - reviewed studies, some whose advertisements were later found to be misleading by the Federal Trade Commission.

Susan Cain's Quiet Revolution: «Class Participation: Let's Talk About It» American Camp Association magazine, «While Goodbye is Never Enough for Me, It's Perfect for Him» Room for Debate at the New York Times, «Autonomy Works Best for the Classroom» Your Teen: On parenting through college admissions: «It's Their Journey, Not Yours» Your Teen: Review of the book Wonder, written with Ben Lahey Your Teen: Review of the book Echo, written with Finn Lahey

The thing that really gets me, though, is how often these negative comments (and even reviews on my books) include things like «the writer only tells why punishment is bad, but doesn't give alternatives.»

AND, please don't forget to give your favorite authors some book love by leaving reviews on Amazon, Goodreads, and other book sites.

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