Sentences with phrase «rarest of rare books»

More than 200 years ago an unknown artist tramped the American wilderness painting birds, animals, fish, shrubs, flowers, and creating one of the rarest of rare books.

The rarest of rare books, a one - of - a-kind family Bible, has surfaced in Salt Lake City.

Not exact matches

Authorities tracked down the seller, a university student in Bologna, who had in turn purchased the rare book from one of Turin's major book dealers.

«No doubt emotional intelligence is more rare than book smarts, but my experience says it is actually more important in the making of a leader.

Rare praise for the readability of a book about math from computer scientist Roger Antonsen: «I recently picked up Foolproof at a local bookstore in San Francisco, and I simply couldn't put it down!

Here's how the estimated average cost of a year broke down for men, according to a copy of the 1950 - 1951 Business School bulletin of information, shared by Columbia's Rare Book and Manuscript Library:

Princeton University received nearly $ 300 million worth of rare books and manuscripts, marking the largest donation in the school's history.

Whether you purchase one of her publicity books, participate in her media training seminars, or are fortunate enough to become one of her media coaching clients, count yourself lucky to learn from this rare and wonderful gem.

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.]

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 E Green Street, Pasadena, CA. 5:15 p.m. - 6:15 p.m. Optional Tour depart from The Pasadena Center (15 minutes after annual meeting ends) and return to Ayres Hotel LAX.

In this place I could read and still think that I was part of what held up a wall against any philistinism that would attempt to violate the quiet grandeur of what the history of Galveston in its archives and rare books contained.

Yet, once again, contradiction rares its ugly head, in their book of hate, murder, intolerance... their god can't decide on anything.

I started with Anne of Green Gables, like most kids in Canada, but that initial sojourn turned into the entire series of eight (now nine, depending on who you ask) and then all of the Emily books, the one - offs and novels, the short - story collections and rare volume of poetry, the journals and the letters.

Even now, my prized possessions are rare first - and - early editions of L.M. Montgomery books, each one showcased on our dining room's shelves similar to how other people display fine heirloom china.

I have a hunch that this type of book is quite rare, because its subject matter is homosexuality and the struggle involved in «being gay» as well as embracing orthodox Christianity's teaching on the homosexual orientation.

The book is a rare and rich combination of intellectual intensity, literary grace, and spiritual attentiveness.

His book thus gives an importance to philosophy that is quite rare in books of this genre.

This book was written with love and grace, which is so rare in books of this kind.

In our book, we summarize the rare efforts to develop indices of economic well being.

Perhaps that's one of the reasons why I loved Rob Bell's book, What We Talk About When We Talk About God — the unabashed science of wonder particularly in quantum physics that he connects to the complexity and even ambiguity of God is so rare in non-academic religious publishing or thought.

It is just when problems are settled, books are finished on time, love is made with some rare finesse, that I get the sunny - sky blahs, offended by the pointlessness of joy.

It is a rare source book for the study of their culture.

This was one of those rare books that is both carefully and passionately written.

This last is a rare instance of explicit theological reflection in the book, which tends as a whole towards the emotional rather than the intellectual.

(CNN)-- Law enforcement agents have recovered a rare first - edition copy of the Book of Mormon that was reported stolen from a Mesa, Arizona, bookstore in late May.

Best Book Club: It's such a rare pleasure to spend time chatting, eating, drinking, and laughing with readers who are working through one of my books together.

But since this creature is something of a rare breed, I would also suggest a few books.

When they did write books, which was comparatively rare, they wrote mostly what we would call trade books» biographies, collections of essays, etc.» which, even if somewhat technical at times, were still accessible to a general readership.

In his book The Hills Beyond, Thomas Wolfe declared: «The whole conviction of my life now rests upon the belief that loneliness, far from being a rare and curious phenomenon, peculiar to myself and to a few other solitary men, is the central and inevitable fact of human existence.»

On Sunday, after running errands most of the afternoon ALONE (a rare miracle), I returned home to my husband and son reading the book, Dragons Love Tacos.

The exhibit is described as «a once - in - a-lifetime opportunity to see a rare selection of original manuscripts, letters, fragments, rare books, archival materials and even a recipe for coconut cake belonging to Emily Dickinson.»

It's a rare book that I find myself turning to again and again, and this is one of them.

-- Tess Masters, author of The Blender Girl «It's a rare book that delivers inspiration through its every page, yet each one of Sarah's recipes sings with flavor and originality.

Tamar is one of those rare cooks who also happens to be an incredible writer, and the book is like a love letter not just to preparing nourishing meals at home, but to doing so in a balanced and resourceful manner.

Ella suffered from a rare illness that left her mostly bed - bound but discovered a vegan lifestyle and has cured herself - and now she's sharing her story in the glossy pages of her new recipe book

A recent gift of the private printing of the Lena Richard Cook Book expands the growing rare book collectBook expands the growing rare book collectbook collection.

Piled high to the ceiling with new books, old books, rare imprints and out - of - print titles, it's the kind of place one might have found Jack Burden doing research in All The King's Men.

The actor is set to star in a film directed by veteran stunt coordinator Nick Powell (The Bourne Identity, X-Men: The Last Stand, Cinderella Man), which centers on Frank Walsh (Cage), a big game hunter for zoos who has booked passage on a Greek shipping freighter with a fresh haul of exotic and deadly animals from the Amazon, including a rare white jaguar.

As a result of reading the latest from Kingsolver, whom I've worshipped ever since I read The Poisonwood Bible, I've had one of those gifts that seem rare in adulthood - a transformative change of perspective in response to reading a book.

Here at Little Hearts our readers have BIG hearts full of love for little people and have joined together to Give the Gift of Gentle Parenting and Give the Gift of Life, raising funds to donate gentle parenting books and resources in bulk to hospitals for new parent bags, to children's hospitals, and to crisis family centers and also to help with author L.R.Knost's medical expenses as she battles a rare neuroendocrine cancer.

He really became a rare authority on childcare in Germany which went through forty reprints of his books from 1858 till 1950's.

A rare few quiet moments after both kids are asleep and my husband and I can actually have a conversation, where, instead of talking about politics or the latest new release, we inevitably talk about how amazing it is to us that our daughter can recite entire books, or how cute our son is when he tucks his lower lip in and hums like he's talking to us.

Episode Info: Sen. Al Franken's new book, Al Franken, Giant of the Senate, is the rare politician memoir that's actually interesting.

Thursday, local booksellers Betsy Burton of The King's English, Ken Sanders of Ken Sanders Rare Books, and Catherine Weller of Weller Book Works are stacking our studio with books they say should be on your holiday gift Books, and Catherine Weller of Weller Book Works are stacking our studio with books they say should be on your holiday gift books they say should be on your holiday gift list.

And here is a link to the Help L.R.Knost Fight a Rare, Incurable Cancer & Continue Sharing the Gift of Peaceful Parenting with the World which, in conjunction with YouCaring, is a campaign the positive parenting community is joining together in to raise funds to donate peaceful parenting books and resources to hospitals and crisis family centers and to translate peaceful parenting resources into Spanish and expand distribution internationally along with a fund to help with my medical expenses as I battle neuroendocrine cancer.

Mindset is one of those rare audio books that can help you make positive changes in your life and at the same time see the world in a new way.

This book is a tremendous resource that offers something rare: a beautifully written mix of sage advice, personal and professional experience, and scientific evidence.

Chua's book was a somewhat tongue - in - cheek memoir of her experiences raising her two daughters with her (non-Asian) husband, which involved hours of forced music practice every day, severe restrictions on extracurriculars, outright bans on social activities like sleepovers, and punishment and shaming on the rare occasions her children failed to attain their mother's high expectations.

Ina May also went into some detail about the traveling she has done as a speaker and a researcher and how much, rich information on natural birth is being lost to history and can now only be found in very rare and often out of print medical books.

Documents related to the appointment process are among 56 boxes of papers recently sent by Paterson, the state's 55th governor, to the Rare Book and Manuscript Library at Columbia University.