Sentences with phrase «read war and peace»

(More Americans have probably read War and Peace cover to cover than a single page of the IPCC's 4th Assessment report.)

«Read War and Peace on a single charge,» or so they said for the original Kindle.

It is supposed to make you forget about your environment and concentrate only on reading your book — but I just can't imagine how comfortable would it be to read War and Peace with the screen right at the front of my eyes.

I've not read War and Peace though!

I haven't drummed up the energy to fully read War and Peace either.

You want to give someone an idea of your personality, not make them read a War and Peace sized novel.

No one wants to read War and Peace.

It seemed appropriate to read War and Peace while in Russia.

So don't read War and Peace on Glass.

The Pigeons were not reading War and Peace.

He spends evenings at home, reading War and Peace, in the hope that Tolstoy might offer an antidote to cyber-surfeit.

I'm still reading War and Peace.

I guess no one's going to become the mayor of their local cafe when they're out reading War and Peace or playing hangman on their Kindle.

Not exact matches

Traditional Christian reading may not primarily have used the Old Testament as an experience of what it means to live in a world of war and peace.

For our ethical considerations on peace, peace - ministry, conflict resolution, Christians may profit from reading the Old Testament, our Holy Scripture, as a witness to the experience of a people in war and peace with other nations and as a reflection on what peace requires of the community.

[Ali, 1997:76] Even though peace and reconciliation are given priority, there are the possibilities of individuals reading several texts of the Qur» an to find support in engaging in acts of aggression and war like that of September 11, aiming at those who are identified as enemies of Islam or to those who have wronged the Islamic community.

A book I am reading now is called «Sea of Faith» and its about the interaction between Christian and Islamic culture in war and peace around the Mediteranean Sea from 600 to around 1700 I think.

We don't know how many of the 803 delegates who voted for it (or how many of the 30 who opposed it) actually read the statement, but they should, as should Christians in other churches who are pondering what needs to be said about war and peace.

Her efforts culminated in a massive silent protest outside the Presidential Palace, where women wearing white T - shirts and dresses demanded a resolution to the conflict, issuing a statement that read: «In the past we were silent, but after being killed, raped, dehumanized, and infected with diseases, and watching our children and families destroyed, war has taught us that the future lies in saying NO to violence and YES to peace!

The book is super cute, exactly the type of mystery - meets - chick lit - meets foodie fiction type of book I read when I am alone (if I'm in public, it's War and Peace or something that makes me look smart, of course).

It doesn't really matter what you read: Both War and Peace and the ingredient panel from your toothpaste tube will get her used to hearing your voice and make her feel more comfortable around you.

Most are NEVER going to read Cuomo's multivolume answer to War and Peace.

Combing through the aggregate 2.12 million words in the chambers» transcripts would be the equivalent of reading «War and Peace» four times.

According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), worldwide military expenditures have been growing annually for the past 15 years, and between 15 and 20 major armed conflicts — yes, wars — are in progress as you read this.

In 2005 he and his colleagues told a group of undergraduates to read the opening chapters of War and Peace on a computer monitor and then to tap a key whenever they realized they were not thinking about what they were reading.

«They would still have a hard time reading a book like War and Peace,» Bennett says, but «they can find their way around a room.»

Fifty Shades of Grey may be a fun read, but it's not going to help you probe the minds of others the way War and Peace might.

Sometimes, if you try to be cute, and put short little sarcastic quips in your profile, you find that people complain that there is no information to go off of, so you update your profile to achieve authentic, honest, sincere, informative essays which read like war and peace, and then all the go - go, fun - seeking, no need for anything but chemistry types come out of the woodwork, and ignore everything but your photo anyway!

The Harry Potter series tops the charts as the books most people lie about having read, closely followed by Fifty Shades of Grey, the Bible, War and Peace, and the Great Gatsby.

I would watch Russell Crowe read «War and Peace» and still be fascinated by how his persona captures every nuance of the story.

When the war was over and peace was... Read On

Guaranteed that if you have applied for a job recently, you will have undoubtedly been greeted with happy, stock images depicting employment satisfaction or images... or a perfectly diverse workforce presenting a bombardment of company information that would make War and Peace look like light reading.

by Anne R. Allen I recently read on an agent's blog, «Nobody's looking for War and Peace.»

She is the author of Willing Obedience: Citizens, Soldiers, and the Progress of Consent in America, 1776 — 1898 and Soldier's Heart: Reading Literature Through Peace and War at West Point.

Some years ago, when I was a member of Audible (I'm not anymore as I've got such a backlog of books to read for BookBrowse, plus our library has a great selection now) I downloaded a copy of War and Peace as a bonus book because it was so cheap.

Whether it's Facebook status updates, text messages, or War and Peace, people are reading.

Though it's unlikely you'll want to consume War and Peace on your iPhone, having a few e-books on board for a quick read on the train or your lunch break is a great way to pass some time.

The epic saga War and Peace by Tolstoy is being read online by thousands of Russians in a marathon session.

This quote from «War on Peace: The End of Diplomacy and the Decline of American Influence» by Ronan Farrow (aff)-- my current Kindle read.

Daniel Winner, formerly responsible for Vodafone's multimedia division, predicted a multi-device future, with tablets as the principal reading device, but with smartphones occupying a supporting role: an entirely plausible scenario, and one which goes some way to answering those tedious questions as to whether anyone would ever really read the entirety of War and Peace on a smartphone — of course they won't, but if you're reading it already, you might well want to make a start on chapter XXI on your phone while you're waiting for a bus.

To put our collection of e-readers through their paces, we downloaded one of the great works of Western literature that we've somehow never found time to read: Leo Tolstoy's monumental novel War and Peace.

While my well - thumbed passport reads a bit like War and Peace, there are plenty of destinations I've yet to visit.

When you have so many games just staring you in the face, all of them waiting to be played, it can induce the same anxiety as a stack of unopened bills or those 200 pages of War and Peace you need to read by this Friday.

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Looking over his shoulder and past his face, which is almost completely in shadow, we see that he is reading Tolstoy's War and Peace.

«Lester Monzon's second solo exhibition with Mark Moore Gallery is titled «SI VIS PACEM PARA BELLUM,» which translates to «If you want peace, prepare for war,» and reads as an enigma wrapped within an enigma as these loosely rendered gestural works are also simultaneously tight and formally rigorous.

2001 The First 10 Years: Selected Works from the Collection The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland Tenth Anniversary Exhibition, 100 Drawings and Photographs, Matthew Marks Gallery, New York, NY Summer Reading, the Recreation of Language in Twentieth - Century Art, The Frances Loeb Art Center, New York The Art of War and Peace, American Visionary Art Museum, Baltimore, MD Let it Shine: Self - Taught Art from the T. Marshall Hahn Collection, High Museum of Art, Atlanta, GA La Planète exilée, art brut et visions du monde, Lille métropole musée d'art moderne, d'art contemporaine et d'art brut, Villeneuve - d'Ascq, France

Reading about Justice Jackson as a student, listening to a man speak that Memorial Day in 1909 about the civil war, peace and justice, when the speaker would later become the Justice's law partner, brought to mind the bonds lawyers develop with each other as time passes.

Taking our online course is not like reading «War and Peace.»

Most people are going to look at the NY insurance coverages page (or Declarations page) and think they know the whole story... that's like reading the back cover War & Peace and then giving your final exam book report.