Sentences with phrase «of lost causes»

A Partial History of Lost Causes is a deeply thoughtful novel, a pensive, multilayered look at a culture in transition and the lives of the two complex, memorable characters at its core.

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Spanning two continents and the dramatic sweep of history, A Partial History of Lost Causes reveals the stubbornness and splendor of the human will even in the most trying times.

Today's Debut of the Day pick is Jennifer duBois» A Partial History of Lost Causes — one of our favorite books of 2012 and a personal favorite of mine.

Then there's Jennifer duBois, whose sophisticated first novel, The Partial History of Lost Causes, was published in March 2012.

Last year, Jennifer duBois» debut novel, A Partial History of Lost Causes, was met with widespread acclaim — and she's just won a 2013 Whiting Writers Award.

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I also enjoyed the quirky detective in The Keeper of Lost Causes, Try The Hypnotist by Lars Kepler and the Ice Princess by Camilla Lackberg, Both of those were good reads, but one of my favorite reads has been The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.

I especially enjoyed the quirky detective in The Keeper of Lost Causes.

I liked Snowman by Jo Nesbo and The Keeper of Lost Causes by Jussi Adler - Olsen.

Meanwhile, three local women — played by Grace Gummer («Frances Ha»), Miranda Otto («I, Frankenstein») and Sonja Richter («The Keeper of Lost Causes»)-- have steadily become insane from the fluctuating, severe weather, rampant illnesses and the perpetual need to rear children, and Reverend Alfred Dowd (John Lithgow, «Interstellar») plans to show them asylum.

The Keeper of Lost Causes Running Time — 92 Year of Release — 2013 Audio — Danish (Dolby Digital 5.1) Director — Mikkel Norgaard Film Genre — World Cinema Label — Madman Entertainment Rating — MA15 + Region Coding — 4 Subtitles — English TV Standard — PAL Primary Format — Movies / TV — DVD Reviewer — Rob Mammone

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I'll light a candle to St. Jude — the patron saint of lost causes — that one of these days the flowplayer issue will be resolved.

Ann Clwyd has been a doughty parliamentarian and a great advocate of lost causes in foreign policy as well as coping with family tragedy.

Saint Highbury 44, Patron Saint of lost causes.

Or if you prefer, he is a modern - day version of Jude, patron saint of lost causes.

As for your «righteous» ruler... well, if you think the function of the President is to «rule», you're even more of a lost cause than anyone had imagined.

In point of fact, his travels did carry him into the land of the Lost Cause, although I am not sure that he recognized it.

The study and appreciation of a lost cause have some effect of turning history into philosophy.

Herewith a brief excerpt from «Up From Liberalism» that will, I hope, inspire some subscribers to read Ideas Have Consequences, the book, and maybe pick up a copy of The Vision of Richard Weaver: «I am now further convinced that there is something to be said in general for studying the history of a lost cause.

However, a club without a purpose is a bit of a lost cause and so we decided to go and do something useful.

With that in mind, part of what drew me to Varina Davis was that she left the South — with no intention of returning — before the rise of the Lost Cause and Jim Crow, and even in her 70s tried to look forward rather than backward.

St. Jude of the Lost Cause.

Bit of a lost cause, this, isn't it?

If your marriage is still solid or if it is too much of a lost cause for you to be a good Divorce Hotel candidate, you can still check out Halfens» book about Divorce Hotel (coming next year) or wait for the TV show that is planned for this fall.

Finding jobs as a Speech Language Pathologist can be something of a lost cause without a resume.

Not exact matches

On a list like ours, it's easy to get lost in the politics — the pinpointing of causes on a spectrum of left to right, blue to red, black to white, male to female.

But both Twitter and GoPro have something else in common: They're in the midst of a stock price slump that caused both CEOs to recently lose their status as paper billionaires.

Despite its advantages in number of troops (many of them under - armed and malnourished) and artillery, the North has no real ability to fight and win a war against the South, though it could surely cause a lot of damage in a lost war.

Because so much of its business is tied up in a few particular styles, a single manufacturing error — like the one that forced executives to recall the near - seethrough women's pants in March — can cause millions of dollars in lost sales.

Instead of cutting calories, which can cause your body to lose muscle mass and decrease the rate of your metabolism, stick to a healthy daily caloric intake (usually that's around 1,200 - 1,800 calories, depending on your nutritional needs) and be sure to eat plenty of fresh fruit, vegetables, lean protein, and complex carbohydrates.

The relatively uncommon condition can cause a person to feel dizzy and lose their sense of balance.

A failure can cause your company to lose significant amounts of money, so make sure you don't skip these steps.

Investors were dismayed by the earnings report, causing Apple's shares to drop 3 % in midday trading on Friday to $ 162.35, on top of losing 7 % in the previous two weeks.

Getting lost in a new place causes serious stress for 18 percent of road warriors.

Yet a glimpse at American and European banks is enough to cause some to lose faith in the wisdom of the herd.

(In contrast, the recent firing of eight executives before the closing of the Microsoft (MSFT) deal — they'll lose their chance at million - dollar payouts — caused quite a stir.)

According to the American Bankers Association, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services recently issued a regulation that would effectively eliminate the plans from exchanges beginning next year, causing an estimated 2.8 million Americans to lose their coverage.

Even if these families had the means, suing wouldn't be worth the legal fees because state legislators passed a law barring citizens from winning compensation for damages related to health, quality of life, enjoyment of property, or lost income caused by factory farms.

If you have an online service that's supposed to be supplemented with easy to use mobile apps, and they're filled wiht bugs and glitches, this could cause you pain in the way of complaints and lost customers.

The state's peak business body has called for reforms to the penalty rates system, which it says is out of date and causes many Western Australian businesses that open on Sundays and public holidays to lose money.

However, Kaepernick has also battled injuries in recent years (including some that caused him to lose a surprising amount of weight), can be overly reliant on the run, and inaccurate in tight windows.

Losing such an essential part of the ocean environment could therefore have rippling effects that cause much broader collapse.

Too many employers make the mistake of continuing to pursue a lost cause.

One lost hour doesn't seem enough to cause drowsy driving, but if that were really the case, why then does the number of traffic accidents shoot up the day after daylight saving time begins in both the northern and southern hemispheres?

If you think of the switch to daylight saving time at all, you probably just consider it an annoyance that causes you to lose some sleep or be late for lunch because you forgot to reset the clock in your living room.

Philip Hochstein of the Independent Contractors and Businesses Association of B.C., for one, is reminding anyone who will listen that NDP governments raise taxes, enlarge government and generally cause investors to lose confidence.

The relationship between homeownership and wealth held true even in the years surrounding the mortgage crisis, which wiped out trillions of dollars in home equity and caused over 4 million Americans to lose their homes, researchers for Harvard University's Joint Center for Housing Studies found.