Sentences with phrase «opening pages of»

Even so, Gottman got a jolt of publicity in 2005 when Malcolm Gladwell described in the opening pages of his best seller Blink how the years of work coding couple conversations illuminated the power of small samplings of interactions to reveal the entire relationship.

Indeed, as Dias opened the 12th Conference of the Parties (COP 12) to the CBD here, he reiterated the importance of engaging the private sector in the opening pages of the 4th Global Biodiversity Outlook, where he pointed out that agriculture accounts for 70 % of our habitat destruction.

In the opening pages of Edward Mack's biography Peter Cooper: Citizen of New York, he describes the public's response to Cooper's death in 1883.

The opening pages of your book: A very important portion of your proposal is the sample of the book that you include.

Annie Parkhouse (letters) Michael Mazzacane: The opening pages of «Judge Dredd vs Razorjack» uses omniscient narration quite well.

To put this in perspective, there's a giant, albino, monk assassin knocking off the world's expert in his field, in the opening pages of the book.

How does Olly gain the reader's trust — or not — from the opening pages of the book?

In the opening pages of Burnt Shadows Hiroko Tanaka survives the bombing of Hiroshima but is left with bird - shaped burns on her back from where her patterned kimono variously reflected and absorbed the light from the uranium bomb — causing the areas covered by dark fabric to be burned and the areas covered in lighter colors to repel the heat.

- Kristin Hannah, New York Times bestselling author of Winter Garden «From the very opening pages of Lorna Jane Cook's gorgeous Outside Wonderland, you realize two things: that you are in the hands of a strong, gifted writer, and that you should prepare yourself for anything to happen in this original, poetic, and riveting story.

This is a section for inspirational / framing quotes that one would see in the opening pages of a book.

The opening pages of Sunnyside, the latest work of Glen David Gold, evoke the cinematic imagery of one of D.W Griffith's silent epics.

So I was shocked when the chief violinist of an ensemble pulls out a cigarette and lights up in the opening pages of Aja Gabel's brilliant, groundbreaking novel — and then the violinist boinks one of the judges of an upcoming contest and tries to blackmail him.

By the time we meet Molly Divine Marx in the opening pages of The Late, Lamented Molly Marx, she is dead.

In the opening pages of Jeff Zentner's The Serpent King, we come to know about Dill Early's family history of snake - handling.

«I paint the dark street with brown madder, magenta and translucent Indian yellow painted over white, so it glows,» she muses.The opening pages of Invisible River find Eve leaving the south of...

She began a larger piece, and this «seed» image informs the opening pages of the novel.

Many writers know him through his internationally known «litblog,» «Flogging the Quill,» where he critiques opening pages of fiction submitted by writers, and his monthly contribution to the «Writer Unboxed» writer's blog.

- Ron Rash, author of Serena «From the opening pages of this beautiful novel, I found myself immersed in the lives of these two farm women between the wars and their struggles with their families, themselves, the land and each other.

In the opening pages of the second and final volume of Lewis» masterful biography of the great African American scholar, intellectual, writer, and leader, World War I has ended and Du Bois, at age 52, is hard at work as the distinguished founding editor of the vastly influential journal of opinion, The Crisis.

Author Martin Cruz Smith puts it succinctly in the opening pages of his latest Renko thriller, Tatiana: «As for himself, Arkady knew he should quit the...

In the opening pages of chapter one, Bridget, a midwife, encounters throngs of frightened townspeople «racing home, carrying whatever food they had found for sale in the shops or markets.»

It kicks off with the opening pages of «The Pirates of Pangaea,» which features 18th - century pirates, a spunky young woman, and dinosaurs.

- Andre Dubus III «From the opening pages of The Balcony I was enthralled by Jane Delury's picture of Benneville and by her expansive sense of character.

Look again at the ferocious opening pages of the novel and at Nora's self - description, written after the events the novel describes have already transpired.

For example, the Confederate monument in the opening pages of Secret Keepers has been relocated from a central location in town to a new marginalized spot in the New South — in front of a cemetery.

About six years ago, while updating my website, I'd scanned and uploaded the opening pages of V in V.

In the opening pages of Walden, Thoreau wrote, «If you have any enterprise before you, try it in your old clothes.»

Read the opening pages of a short story called «The Teacher Tamer» from his latest book, What Do Fish Have To Do With Anything?

At least that's how he appears in the opening pages of the April 1986 issue of that venerable science magazine, Discover.

Clay is very open and honest about his shortcomings as a parent, and in the opening pages of Heartfelt Discipline, he shares his thoughts on the Jesus's parable of the seed and how that plays out in parenting.

Of course culturally speaking, declaring someone's mere comments anathema and casting them from one's church is totally Christian, Pauline in fact, as if there aren't enough electrons for both of us on the internet, as well as the Christian practice of burning books, and Christian emperors declaring non-Trinitarians demented and insane and subject to the emperor's wrath right in the opening pages of Justinian's Laws, and executing people for keeping copies of Prophyry and Arius.

Note also the opening pages of other chapters.

In the opening pages of The Philosopher's Pupil we come upon a middle - aged man who is attempting to kill his wife by pushing her car into a canal.

But as I sought to show in the opening pages of this book, this merely formal fact, this bare «historicity,» has no importance.

The opening pages of [Out of Due Time] are plagued by the sort of wooly - mindedness that its subject devoted his life to combating.

In the opening pages of Star Maker the narrator, a quiet, introspective, suburban Londoner, stands on a hill overlooking his city at night, oppressed by the «tumultuous and bitter currents of the world» (SM 255).

In the opening pages of Process and Reality Whitehead describes the way in which the imagination functions as a means to an inductive generalization.

In the opening pages of the novel, a peevish ten - year - old boy conceals a stone inside a snowball and throws it in anger at another, who ducks, so that the snowball goes on to hit an unintended victim, a pregnant woman who is thereby brought prematurely into labor.

The Ransom of the Soul: Afterlife and Wealth in Early Western Christianity by peter brown harvard, 288 pages, $ 24.95 In the opening pages of this book, Peter Brown declares that he will «compare two ages — the world of the early church in the late second and third centuries and the early....

Open the pages of USA Today or turn on CNN and you get the standard fare... death, destruction, mayhem.

Sam and Justin open the pages of the Reformation anniversary magazine, with tons of features commemorating the idea and key players.

I wonder if he has ever opened the pages of the Bible?

Religious art illustrating each mystery is reproduced in colour to accompany the opening page of each section, and the argument is frequently developed with references to literature, art or architecture.

Kale leaves are served on the open pages of an old hardcover, a wax sheet of paper indicating today's date.

Authors and their affiliated institutions, linked by superscript numbers, should be listed beneath the title on the opening page of the manuscript.

Yes, despite the advertising hype you see when you flip open the pages of any popular...

As the black jobless rate stands at 16 %, legions of African - Americans will have to embrace entrepreneurship as a means of finding employment and wealth - building opportunities... I encourage you to open the pages of this book... if you want to gain insight into the lives of entrepreneurs and what it truly takes to succeed.»

The first week of NaNoWriMo, I put the opening page of my own novel - in - progress on the board for my students to read.

If the opening page of the site talks about how your book could be a best - seller, be cautious.

Hi CathyK - you can start your own topics - go to the opening page of this discussion, where you can see all the topics listed, and click on the button at the top that reads «New Topic».