Sentences with phrase «powerful book which»

Shortt, the religion editor of the Times Literary Supplement, has written an important and powerful book which coincides with the Catholic Church's increasing and necessary push for a greater protection of the rights of Christians.

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In his best - selling book «Outliers,» which investigates the psychology of success, Malcolm Gladwell makes a powerful point about what helps people commit to and enjoy their work.

I think it is the act of desecrating such a powerful symbol is what ticks people off which is understandable but to kill someone because of it goes against the same book they are defending!

In the apocalyptic developments reflected in the books of Ezekiel, Joel, and Daniel, the judgment takes shape as a great battle in which Yahweh will rescue his people from the hands of the powerful empires which have held them in bondage.

Commentaries on Virgil and Virgilian legends» in which Virgil appears as a powerful magician» make up the last half of the book, which will be of great interest to scholars and devotees of the poet.

An all powerful creator would not make an excuse by putting it back on the people... wouldn't he search for a way to help them understand instead of accusing them of not having faith... trust must be earned by anyone asking for «faith»... an all knowing god would understand this... if no trust... no faith can be had... reading a book does not fulfill even the barest minimum of building a trust which is necessary if you are to ask for «faith».

Try to read other books and understand the period in which the Bible was written, follow the political and economic pressures that influenced the Nicean councils, become aware that your holy book while possibly inspired by an all powerful being has been manipulated by man from the moment the first quill touched the papyrus.

If through any truth it may possess, or any discussion of its shortcomings the book may contribute to the development in the Church of a more powerful witness to the Good News which our world so deeply needs, I am content.

The feminist exegetes give equally short shrift to pious Judaism; in a commentary on the Book of Genesis, Amherst College religion professor Susan Niditch dismisses the culture of the ancient Hebrews as one «in which powerful women are regarded with suspicion as unnatural and evil» (actually, the women in Genesis seem quite the opposite, inspiring quite a bit of respect from their menfolk).

What a terrifying vision of the future of football we've been served up this week.AC Milan, once the pride of a powerful and thriving seria A now reduced to shadow boxing against a really not that great United.All because they deserted their natural (and rather beautiful) defensive style of football to join the circus, brought in foreign players (especially brazilians) who think jogging back to defend is beneath them and generally put two fingers up to Italy's historic football traditions.Much good as it done them, and what a boring game?I concede that a lot of football fans nowadays do nt remember anything before the cheque book league but even they must have been struck by the sheer mind numbing pointlessness of it.Even the stewards were asleep by half time.As for the porto match well all that can be said is that they made the gooners look like an half decent well balanced football team, no mean achievement when you think about it.At least we, ve had the pleasure of listening to all those gooners and Mancs waffling on about how great they are which is always hilarious.Especially the stuff about Rooney, just wait till the World Cup when some Italian or South American defender takes him under his wing for half an hour and then see how great he is.If he can survive the WC without being sent off it will be a miracle.All the recent hype has done him no favours at all.Not that the World Cup really inspires these days, its glory days are long over and it's become a competition decided by referees rather than great play.Bear that in mind if Roons has to take the walk of shame, it's not his fault, someone told him he was a truly great player like Bobby Charlton or George Best.The problem is he looks like he believes them.

Their church and its high - profile pastor, Dr. John MacArthur, were well - respected around the world for the popular «Grace to You» radio program and for Dr. MacArthur's books and Bible commentaries, and this association lent credibility to the Ezzos and provided an unusually powerful platform from which to launch their ministry and curricula.

WABA BREASTFEEDING: NATURE»S WAY WABA, 1999 A powerful 12 - page comic book for children 9 and up which features two children discussing the importance of breastfeeding and its environmental impact.

Forced to choose, I might settle on Anna Karenina by Leo Tolstoy - a powerful and touching book which, at the heart, teaches us all that we must never be too judgemental of others.

In his new book Elkind, an editor at large at Fortune, tells the story of Spitzer's rise from a state prosecutor who took on one of New York's most powerful Mafia families to politics, in which he lost one bid for attorney general before winning the post in 1998.

Two excellent resources that promote mindfulness meditation for children and teens are Eline Snel's book Sitting Still Like a Frog: Mindfulness Exercises for Kids (and Their Parents), which comes with a 60 - minute audio CD with guided meditations, and Dzung X. Vo's book The Mindful Teen: Powerful Skills to Help You Handle Stress One Moment at a Time.

Giallo («yellow» in Italian, referencing pulpy yellow - covered crime books) films, which emerged in Italy during the 1960s, are narratively akin to thrillers, often centred on crime, murder, paranoia and powerful sexuality.

In order to do so, however, he must decipher the meaning behind Dumbledore's (who is dead) offerings, of which include an old book, and some contraption that collects light, because as with all powerful sages, his last request was that he be allowed to screw with the gang during a time of peril.

Taking a leaf out of the history books plus lots of artistic liberty, Bladestorm Nightmare focuses on the war between England and France called the Hundred Years War which was between two powerful houses, that of Plantagenet and Valois.

There are two references to Brolin's other big comic book role in this trailer: Deadpool's comment of «Ah, f *** it, I'll do it myself,» which echoes Thanos» slightly less swear - y line in the mid-credits scene of Avengers: Age of Ultron; and Deadpool's quip, «I've got the stones to help you,» which is a reference to Thanos» hunt for the five Infinity Stones he needs to complete his all - powerful Infinity Gauntlet.

Bodet filmed a documentary on him in 2007 (Le carré de la fortune, co-directed with Emmanuel Levaufre) and she and Bozon edited a collection of Delahaye's critical writings for Capricci in 2010, À la fortune du beau, a book which has ensured his work remains accessible to contemporary readers.11 Upon Delahaye's death, Ropert described him as a «powerful speaker with humble roots from another age, hardened by a life of brutal detours, passing from fury to kindness without warning, he was a character straight out of Victor Hugo.»

Mills has a feel for time and place and goes out of his way to let us know that, dazzling us with the music of Black Flag, the Talking Heads and the Buzzcocks, collages of Iggy Pop and other punk rockers, and snippets from books Our Bodies, Ourselves and the anthology Sisterhood is Powerful which are read aloud.

Variety describe the book as «a visually inventive world with a powerful coming - of - age story about a boy finding his place in the universe», which is horribly reductive, but might be a useful angle for Bekmambetov to take in trying to make the project palatable for a studio.

Focusing on geometric shapes, optical illusions and other mathematical patterns, this book is suitable for girls and boys and very powerful when combined with our relaxation music, which is also available from the TES.

Focusing on enjoyable shapes, images and other mathematical and abstract patterns to colour, this book is suitable for girls and boys and very powerful when combined with our relaxation music, which is also available from the TES.

The book also contributes much needed research on what student voice initiatives look like in practice and provides powerful evidence of ways in which young people can increase their sense of agency and their sense of belonging in school.

Dr. Seider has reported on this work in more than 60 academic publications including Character Compass: How Powerful School Culture Can Point Students Toward Success (2012), which won the American Educational Research Association's outstanding book award in moral development and education.

The book, which includes 27 videos, is full of powerful strategies to help students own their learning.

My first published novel, back in 1991, was The Serpent's Crown, which was called «powerful, riveting and timely» by the New York Times Book Review.

Book Creator is a powerful, yet intuitive eBook creation app which can be easily integrated into Early Childhood learning activities.

It doesn't matter which book genre (s) your manuscript fits into (fiction, nonfiction, or children's book), there are powerful themes driving your book.

Stories like this woman's form a powerful backbone of Truevine, which ended up being just as much a book about race as it is about the circus.

Spy on the competition: Powerful software allows you to focus on bestsellers & money - makers by finding out which books are making other authors in your niche rich.

Even nominal pay for a review means you get to read books for a living, which is a powerful motivator for many who enter the field.

KDP Rocket is a book idea research tool which is much more powerful than any other free or paid option on the market.

Posted by Victoria Strauss for Writer BewareLast week, I started hearing from writers who'd entered a contest sponsored by an outfit called Bookbzz, which describes itself thus: Bookbzz.com was designed as a simple but powerful book marketing engine to... -LSB-...]

When children can not find themselves reflected in the books they read, or when the images they see are distorted, negative, or laughable, they learn a powerful lesson about how they are devalued in the society of which they are a part.

In one of the most poignant and powerful moments in the book, one of the interrogators remembers the way in which his father explained life in North Korea: «Even if we walked this path side by side, he said, we must act alone on the outside, while on the inside, we would be holding hands.»

TED Books — which are short books of up to 20,000 words — are long enough to fully explore a powerful idea yet designed to be read in a single sitBooks — which are short books of up to 20,000 words — are long enough to fully explore a powerful idea yet designed to be read in a single sitbooks of up to 20,000 words — are long enough to fully explore a powerful idea yet designed to be read in a single sitting.

You'll find incredible success in books such as «The 4 - Hour Body» by Tim Ferriss, which is non-fiction and designed to help people with fitness in a powerful, convenient way.

His best - selling YA novels in the Ape Quartet, which started with National Book Award finalist Endangered (2012), are powerful, nuanced invitations to imagine the lives of our genetic cousins, from chimpanzees to gorillas.

They did that by making the book permafree (I'm pretty sure) which is the most amazing, powerful book marketing tool in existence, especially because most authors refuse to do it.

Ha Jin's prodigious talents are evident in this powerful new book, which brilliantly brings to life the struggles and successes that characterize the contemporary immigrant experience.

But, in my book / s Bogus Beauty and The New Power of American Women» — the fact I point to refer to the consistent illusion and delusions caused by this powerful — ever present lie and it indeed has consequences — one of which is hype - sexulization of our children.

Bluefire Productions is promoting their new e-reader app as a powerful tool designed to provide distribution and visibility to book retailers, both of which are vital in the fast evolving e-book marketplace.

Barnes and Noble has an 8 % market share, which is kind of surprising when you put it this way: Nook has at least 4 times the market share of Google Play Books, which only makes up 1 - 2 % of the current ebook market (that's really pathetic considering how powerful Google is and the fact that their ebook app comes preloaded on just about every Android tablet and phone).

We've built a system that is very book - centric, which makes it a powerful tool for book marketing.

After I have done an initial overall marketing / editorial assessment and developmental edit of a manuscript or proposal, a writer may choose to work with me further in a very close one - on - one mentoring relationship in which I would guide him or her in rewriting and re-envisioning the original material — chapter by chapter — in a new manuscript, to make the narrative voice more resonant; the descriptive prose more powerful and, in general, to increase the book's overall quality, marketing viability, sales potential.

They don't appear as suggestions in the «Customers who bought X also bought Y of any books» that are NOT in the dungeon, which, as you know, is an incredibly powerful and accurate tool that leads customers to new authors.

If you like inspirational and great quotes, you'll love this book which combines powerful quotes arranged by subjects.

In fact, there was a startup a few years ago called Findings.com which tried to enable readers to share their highlights in Kindle books; they were quickly shut down by a rather large, powerful company in the northwest.