Sentences with phrase «of amazement by»

Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan (Harper).

# 5: We Are Water by Wally Lamb — 9 % # 4: David and Goliath by Malcolm Gladwell — 9 % # 3: Doctor Sleep by Stephen King — 16 % # 2: The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan — 17 % # 1: Sycamore Row by John Grisham — 20 %

The titles that form part of the bundle offer include: Catastrophe by Max Hastings, Americanah by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, As Luck Would Have It by Derek Jacobi, Faster Than Lightning by Usain Bolt, The Pagan Lord by Bernard Cornwell, Sense & Sensibility by Joanna Trollope, The Valley of Amazement by Amy Tan and The Demon Dentist by David Walliams.

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In February 2009, I watched the live CNBC report by Rick Santelli from the floor of the Chicago Board of Trade in amazement as he launched into a diatribe against Nancy Pelosi's Congress and the President for their plan to reward bad behavior by having fiscally responsible citizens help pay the mortgages of those who have been less responsible.

But anyone who knows the history of theology and of the Church's doctrinal pronouncements will be filled with amazement at the fact that it was accepted by the Council without the slightest remark.

This sense of amazement can be illustrated by quoting numerous philosophers from varying philosophical positions.

Fallon shares his amazement of the students of Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School by saying, «They're speaking out with more guts, passion, conviction and common sense than most adults.

One of the challenges of this view is that if Mark truly ended his narrative here, he seems to have concluded by deliberately not concluding, by dangling something incomplete and unsatisfying before the reader in the final verse: «So they went out and fled from the tomb, for terror and amazement had seized them; and they said nothing to anyone, for they were afraid.»

Toward the end of the film the hero, played by Cary Grant, would trap Taylor in the Tyrol and exclaim with proper amazement, «So you're Mr. Big!»

A mid-table finish would appear the likely destination of Fulham at the end of the season, with the Cottagers neither here nor there with regards to standard of their performances, while early results would indicate that Mark Hughes, despite doing his best to retain Fulham's dogged qualities which were instilled by former boss Roy Hodgson, who was undoubtedly the most successful manager the club ever had in the Premier League, that Fulham will struggle to win matches this season let alone the hearts of the entire nation as they did last season when Hodgson guided an average English team to the finals of the Europa League to the amazement of a nation and a continent.

It «clicked» with our 2 1/2 year old son by the end of the first day, much to our amazement as the only form of potty training before this was begging him to tell us when he need to go and in return getting a firm «NO».

At any given moment, you might be feeling overjoyed by the amazement and wonder of the small people growing in your home.

The size of this pail takes many parents by amazement.

The present Government's scheme for a northern powerhouse to be directed by a DEEM covering combined local authorities is promoted by the Treasury — to the amazement of many because in the past it has resisted decentralisation of powers, fiscal discretion and resources to elected local authorities, as George Osborne, Chancellor of the Exchequer admitted in his speech earlier this month.

To the amazement of President Koroma, the Ghanaian President, who all this while looked unconcerned as his appointees painted Mr Mahama in bad light, humiliating him and his family; said his predecessor «is a very good man and consummate democrat who placed his country's interest above his own interest by accepting results of the last election», a source revealed.

Cuomo's loudly professed amazement at built - in budget boosters was greeted with laughter by the Albany Establishment: Of course Cuomo, who'd been around state government much of his adult life, knew how the sausage got madOf course Cuomo, who'd been around state government much of his adult life, knew how the sausage got madof his adult life, knew how the sausage got made.

Leprieur also expresses amazement «that natural processes are blurred by human activities in controlling the richness of nonnative freshwater fish species.»

European negotiators had not been told of the deal, and shortly after it had been made other countries watched in amazement as a posse of eight British delegates, headed by Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, stormed across the hall to confront the US delegates.

Awestruck by nature, early American explorers wrote about western landscapes in terms of such singular amazement that residents of the east coast interpreted their accounts to be works of fiction.

Post-triathlon realizations Even though the last mile was absolute hell, I felt instantly better as soon as I crossed the finish line — invigorated by a mix of pride, excitement, amazement, and relief.

By the time I came back to the beginning of my walk I glanced at the racks again and to my amazement I saw this little number hanging there all by itselBy the time I came back to the beginning of my walk I glanced at the racks again and to my amazement I saw this little number hanging there all by itselby itself.

Cody tends to write characters that are what the science - fiction fans call «a Mary Sue» — meaning an awesomely idealized version of the writer, so brilliant that the other characters sort of gaze in amazement at her.Tully has some of the narcissism seen in Juno and their follow - up, Young Adult, but there's also some unusually raw material, acted by Charlize Theron with barely smothered fury.»

After Gamby gets chastised by the teachers for helping Russell keep his job — the students looking on in amazement as the teachers fling insults and curse words at each other is a great comedic touch — the episode becomes an avalanche of events that lead to the aforementioned fight through the school.

The effect of that initial amazement wears off after years of seeing it retreaded year and after year by Hollywood suits saying «that's all they want anyways».

Nevertheless, the Paris of Rundell's imagination is a magical place, full of amazement and mysteries, largely due to the clever and luminous prose brought to the book by the author.

«Babelcube works so well, to my amazement - I never expected to get this many «takers» for my books in the first few weeks after launch, but it didn't take long before every single one of them was spoken for by translators from Spain, Italy, Portugal and Germany.

The others obviously thought so too, judging by their stares of amazement.

To his amazement, he found that by taking enough of the cinchona solution, he created symptoms in himself that were very similar to that of a malaria patient, though not as severe.

As a longtime donor to our no - kill mission, John watched in amazement as if years of contributions culminated right in front of his eyes as Bambi was sent off by countless volunteers and shelter associates.

To our amazement, we were pulled much of the way by a team of horses as we sat in a very basic open wagon.

But this time around it was not my usual amazement that anyone alive today was naïve enough to believe the old avant - garde orthodoxy of shocking the bourgeois, the tired old line offered in support of Deitch by Aaron Rose, a curator of one of Deitch's recent exhibitions: «I feel like [Deitch] is shaking the foundation of the castle, and the people who've been living quite comfortably in that castle for the last 20 years are nervous about it.

Around 1990, just 12 years old, I was getting to and participating in environmental discussions (children's summits and Austrian national TV shows offering teenagers a chance to give speeches and discuss ethical issues on live television), going to Germany to the Children's Summit in 1991, organized by the magazine «natur»; in 1992 I tried to make it to Rio, and the feeling around then was one of urgency, public support, amazement and hopefulness about the young people who were going to change things.

(Of course, I did exactly that by adding vinegar...) But, much to my amazement, the baking soda did a fabulous job of cleaning my haiOf course, I did exactly that by adding vinegar...) But, much to my amazement, the baking soda did a fabulous job of cleaning my haiof cleaning my hair.

A good vacation should rate by the amount of amazement you've experienced - not by the pile of cash you've...