Sentences with phrase «of author portraits»

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FPG — Getty ImagesA portrait of American author, politician, diplomat, critic, journalist, poet, anthologist, educator, lawyer, songwriter, and early civil rights activist James Weldon Johnson, circa 1925.

In his book, Chaos Monkeys (HarperCollins, 2016), author Antonio Garcia Martinez seeks to paint an authentic portrait of what it's like to live inside the Silicon Valley tech bubble.

What it's about: An intimate memoir, this book paints a portrait of a Vietnamese family — the author's own — fleeing the country in 1978.

Author Jack Shepherd of BuzzFeed also claims cats are faster, smarter and take the best self - portraits.

Searching For and Finding Value» 9:00 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Charlie Tian, Founder & Director of Research, Guru Focus Topic: «What Worked in the Market from 1998 - 2008: Undervalued Predictable Companies» 9:45 a.m. - 10:30 a.m. Robert Miles, Author & Conference Organizer & Host [USA] Topic: «Portrait of a Disciplined Investor: Beating the S&P 500 by 6.8 % Annually For 25 Years» 11:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Optional Tour depart from Ayres Hotel LAX to Huntington Library 12:00 p.m. - 12:30 p.m. Briefing by the Chief Curator of Rare Books on the history of the Huntington Library and the Munger Research Center 12:30 p.m. - 1:00 p.m. Continue to Pasadena 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. Charlie Munger's Wesco Financial Annual Meeting [The Pasadena Center, 300 East Green Street, Pasadena, CA.]

One could argue that such portraits are part and parcel of their hilariously hyperbolic writing style, but such obviously overdrawn characterizations reinforce the reader's feeling that the authors» only definition of a good mother is that of a mordant political activist with their particular brand of feminist conscience,

He showed that the attempt to penetrate the Gospel portraits and recover the original historical Jesus of Nazareth failed, because each of the written histories of Jesus unconsciously reflected the subjective hopes and ideals of the author.

The author of this gospel presents his portrait of Jesus in a manner not unlike that used by the rabbis.

(ENTIRE BOOK) The author intends to present the portrait of a man of extraordinary accomplishment in the fields of religion, politics, linguistics and ecclesiology, but also as an ordinary man whose letters and reported conversations reveal his struggle with the ordinary issues of a person of his time.

The author paints intimate portraits of the Cowboys» famed running backs, who are as different as they are exceptional

The scene calls to mind a passage from «The Italians,» author Luigi Barzini's seminal portrait of the Italian people, in which the writer describes the importance of spectacle in Italian life:

A visual history of Gay Parent magazine's second 5 years 2004 - 2008 cover portraits Featuring Bishop Gene Robinson, authors Suzie Bright and Tony Zimbardi - LeMons, Family Equality Council's Executive Director Jennifer Chrisler, politician Al McAffrey and parents from across the country.

Carrie Goldman, author of Bullied and Portrait of an Adoption, «Written in the simple style of an ABC definition book, but the concepts contain a depth than is not often found in a children's adoption book... important addition to children's adoption books!»

The author sets out to challenge conventional views of British government and governance, and paints a portrait of a storytelling political - administrative elite, with beliefs and practices rooted in the «Westminster Model», which uses protocols to deal with rude surprises and recurrent dilemmas.

And Soon I Heard a Roaring Wind: A Natural History of Moving Air By Bill Streever Biologist and author of the award - winning Cold and Heat, Streever melds historical detail with seat - of - the - pants adventure in this portrait of a force of nature.

The author Donald Schueler in his 1991 book, Incident at Eagle Ranch, presented a rare portrait of a private man who avoids the public eye.

In the March issue of Scientific American Carl Schoonover, author of Portraits of the Mind: Visualizing the Brain from Antiquity to the 21st Century, describes a new computer - modeling technique that allows researchers to zoom in on the smallest components of the active brain in 3 - D.

He's also the co-founder of NeuWrite, a collaborative group for scientists and writers; the author of «Portraits of the Mind»; and the host of a radio show which focuses on opera, classical music, and their relationship to the brain.

My guess is that the author of The Great Gatsby would have appreciated Adam McKay's film for its portrait of a fabulously famous iconoclast who remains a mystery to his friends and loved ones, or perhaps the sequence where Will Ferrell tenderly bottle - feeds a rubber baby great white shark.

As a portrait of an author on the verge of a breakthrough, this is a run - of - the - mill, occasionally clumsy biopic; as for contextualizing Christmas, it never explains how it functioned before Dickens and only briefly mentions how it changed after him.

Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp (R for profanity, sexuality and violence) Pink Caddy documentary examining the life of the legendary Chicago pimp - turned - best selling author (1918 - 1992).

This stunning portrait of prominent black author and intellectual James Baldwin tells his story through his own writing and interviews, and the enduring resonance of his words on the Civil Rights Movement and racism in America are incredibly compelling and more relevant than ever.

Her mother having recently committed suicide, Lucy has been sent to stay at the villa of a family friend's, ostensibly so that he (Donal McCann), the artist, can do her portrait, though she brings with her a private agenda that includes finding out who her real father is, sussing out the author of an old secret - admirer note, and getting her cherry popped.

Danny Strong's portrait of the reclusive author, played by a miscast Nicholas Hoult, is a superficial mishmash of biopic tropes

In very different ways, each adaptation is sure footed enough to give cinematic expression to the complexity of the original authors» portrait of extraordinary systems and ordinary lives.

Pimp turned successful urban fiction author Robert Beck gets a loving, burnished treatment in the new documentary «Iceberg Slim: Portrait of a Pimp,» a film which awkwardly straddles the line between amiable hagiography and a more discerning sociological study of the constricted economic opportunities for African - Americans in the pre-Civil Rights era.

Filmmaker Rebecca Miller mined family and mass - media archives — including photos, home movies, texts, and news coverage — for her intimate portrait of her dad, the playwright and author Arthur Miller that debuted in Telluride last weekend.

Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia: This documentary about the late author, historian, social commentator, and wit would be a must - see no matter what, but it's also being hailed as a rounded, nuanced portrait of Vidal as well.

Paul Schrader's visually stunning, collagelike portrait of the acclaimed Japanese author and playwright Yukio Mishima (played by Ken Ogata) investigates the inner turmoil and contradictions of a man who attempted the impossible task of finding harmony among self, art, and society.

Paul Schrader's visually stunning portrait of Japanese author Yukio Mishima is now available on Blu - ray.

Have students compare perspectives of the illustrator, artist or author in representations of Pocahontas in the Disney film, a classic portrait and a written description.

writing a book review, character descriptions, new vocabulary, newpaper articles, internet research, writing poetry, looking at themes, traits of characters, internet research finding facts about the author, drawing activities, designing posters, golden tickets, portraits of favourite characters.

She is the author of Driving Backwards, an award - winning nonfiction portrait of a small town in New Hampshire.

In Portraits of Promise, from Harvard Education Press, author Michael Sadowski, Ed.M.»

The author showed an understanding of perspective, drawing a rich and vivid portrait of the world that his well drawn character, Sir Alfie Clay, inhabited with all his interesting quirks.

One pulls for the author: perhaps amid the punctilious style, the understatement, the two - dimensional portraits of students and colleagues, a deeper wisdom will emerge?

By deftly weaving together mindfulness theory, poignant personal portraits, and imminently practical advice regarding specific methods, the authors provide the antidote to the frenetic and oppressive toxins of contemporary education; they remind us that we should stop «Racing to the Top» and take the time instead to plumb the depths of our own hearts and souls.

Childers has photographed more than 100 writers over the past five decades, many of those portraits now on display at Harvard's Gutman Library in «Author, Author: A Photographic Retrospective of Authors, Playwrights, and Screenwriters.»

This collection of heartwarming essays and insightful reflections on the author's ordinary life events provides a touching portrait of the history with God that we all share.

Objective: Students will be able to evaluate how an author emphasizes details about Indian Residential Schools using different multimedia by analyzing articles from the project «Signs of your Identity» and creating a photo - blend portrait based on an interview

You get your own Author Page, with a portrait, a brief profile, and a display of all your books.

The Mockingbird Next Door By Marja Mills Penguin • $ 17 • ISBN 9780143127666 With the publication of Harper Lee's newly discovered novel, Go Set a Watchman, just two months away, this controversial portrait of the author and her sister, Alice, at home in Monroeville, Alabama, is especially timely.

If you've ever wondered about the day - to - day life of the best - selling novelist, read the profile «John Irving: the hitman» in The Telegraph, in which journalist Ariel Leve writes an intimate portrait of the author.

• Stein by Picasso, Zola by Manet — Book Riot offers up 9 portraits of great authors painted by great artists.

You'll also find lots of tips & tricks on top of all these free resources, and on average, we find that certain authors do favor landscape formats compared to portraits due to the ample horizontal space you'll get within a page.

Look at it from the standpoint of a reader; which book would you buy: The one that shows just a boring cover, name of the author, and a very short introduction to the book — or the one which has: a beautiful, appealing cover, an all - embracing editorial review, an interesting authors bio with a portrait, lots of customer reviews, a book trailer or interview video.

Building an Enthusiastic Fan Base as a Self - Published Author This interview with John Sundman appears on Jane Friedman's must - read blog There Are No Rules, and it will give you a portrait of a writer seeking success not merely by getting outside the box.

The distance serves the author well, however, as a good feminist portrait of Gonne emerges which might not otherwise be possible.

But he's an author, too, having published last year the memoir Portrait of an Addict as Young Man and this April the follow - up Ninety Days: A Memoir of Recovery.

Jean Zimmerman is the author The Orphanmaster and several works of nonfiction, including Love Fiercely, a portrait of an iconic couple of Gilded Age Manhattan, and The Women of the House.