Sentences with phrase «offers perceptive»

The exhibit offers a perceptive paradise for the somatically inclined.

In a positive way it reminded me of Shirley Jackson's haunting novel «The Lottery,» and offers another perceptive version of the institutionalized brutality of children manifested in the Japanese film

In a positive way it reminded me of Shirley Jackson's haunting novel «The Lottery,» and offers another perceptive version of the institutionalized brutality of children manifested in the Japanese film of 2000 called Battle Royale (the author has stated she did not see the film until after writing the book).

In elaborating this view, Amato offers perceptive treatments of such contemporary phenomena as the counterculture, affirmative action, the escalating reactions to the chauvinisms of race, class, and sex, and the continuing threat of the Nietzschean denigration of the past.

In this companion to the phenomenally best - selling The Day the Crayons Quit, Drew Daywalt and Oliver Jeffers once again offer perceptive and frequently hilarious insights into the emotional lives of supposedly inanimate objects that most of us don't think twice about.

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To make the point he quotes Dawkins» own «perceptive» summary of Lot in The God Delusion: «If this dysfunctional family was the best that Sodom had to offer by way of morals, some might begin to feel a certain sympathy with God and his judicial brimstone» (Cheekily adding, «Well, Rabbi Dawkins, I think I'm very happy with that gloss!»)

By envisaging nature as pervasively perceptive we can offer a solution to this problem.

In addition to preparing the essays on the Gospels of Matthew and John, both of them rich with perceptive and unexpected observations, Kermode offers an extremely good introduction to the New Testament, balancing Alter's equally adroit introduction to the Old — though why, with scholars of the stature of Robert M. Grant and Harry Gamble available, Kermode took upon himself the task of supplying the chapter on the making of the canon is anybody's guess.

This site offers original, perceptive and provocative dating advice.

Yet this isn't what Moonrise Kingdom is about, for rather than a tired re-tread of the classic / tragic young - love fable, Anderson hands his story over to a pair of startlingly perceptive pre-teens who know nothing about love, and still somehow discover the very best that that idea has to offer.

Scorsese, for his part, offers a concise but perceptive take on what he perceives to be the central import of the film (he focuses on the blacklist angle), and adds an amusing and honest anecdote about the film's initial reception.

And in fifty pages he offers a wealth of insights that are surely perceptive yet not entirely applicable on these shores, much as Marc would have us think they are.

''... This perceptive sequel offers elegant musings about the nature of happiness combined with concrete ways to make the place where we sleep, eat, and watch TV truly a home.»

A perceptive, sensitive interviewer, Zuckerman offers the reader refreshing insights and access to some of the most engaging artists making work this decade.

His perceptive, clearly worded, and engaging book offers both important academic insights and a model of professional practice for anyone wishing to engage effectively with politics and policy.

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From the perceptive homeowner to the high - end interior designer, we aim to offer a collection that is easy to navigate and extensive in size.