Sentences with phrase «sense of the kind of books»

I knew very little about remainders or book publishing, but as I worked with these books, I got a sense of the kind of books that people were reading.

Not exact matches

In the most obvious sense, it was about the Bible — what kind of book it is and how it should be read.

A little later, packing up his manuscripts, Ford happened to see «the page and the very commended phrase «old - eyed», and to notice that somehow in the rounds of fatigued retyping that used to precede a writer's final sign - off on a book in the days before word processors, the original and rather dully hybridised «cold - eyed» had somehow lost its «c» and become «old - eyed», only nobody'd noticed since they both made a kind of sense.»

There is at least one section (IV) which deals with contracts — six different kinds — and various kinds of outrages, that is to say it is in some senses a book of law.

Actually Brehvik does not consider himself a christian in his words, «in the strictest sense», so the first part of your point is moot... Secondly I think a fairer statement would be that not «all» muslims are violent extremists, as many who don't live in western countries are, as their book does instruct them to kill any and all who do not procalim allah as the one god and mohammed as his prophet... As far as having extreme passion for one's beliefs, if someone was truly to be an «extreme» christian that person would be completely loving as this was Jesus» command to love both God and everyone... to take that to the extreme would mean «extreme» loving, like the radical kind of love that caused Jesus to endure the cross for the sins of us all... includinig the man who committed this atrocity and yes any and all of the muslim's who have committed similar things.

Even though it had the opportunity to survey many gnostic texts in circulation at the time the canon became fixed, we may conjecture that the Church finally left these off the list because of their failure to embody the balanced kind of hope and deep sense of mystery's futurity that we find in the canonical books.

Seeing the kind of book the Bible is will sharpen the problems we face as we try to make sense of it.

In our book, we call this the «Aesthetic Pleaser,» the kind of food that delights all your senses, not just your tastebuds.

You can have a glance at their menu to get a sense of the kind of recipes you'll find in the book - plenty for vegetarians and non-vegetarians alike.

I wish I could share every recipe from the book, but Jess was kind enough to let me share a recipe so you can get a sense of what I mean by approachable, plant - based cooking.

Chelsea aren't in the race and we supposedly now have a clear run at a player from a team who desperately need to balance their books... It's one signing I'd bet on happening as it both makes sense financially (ticks all the boxes Wenger stated he looks for in a transfer) and is the kind of opportunistic signing Wenger seems to love.

Books help a child add words to her vocabulary, make sense of grammar, and link meanings to pictures, says Desmond Kelly, a developmental - behavioral pediatrician who works with children with learning and language difficulties at the All Kinds of Minds Institute in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

I've always left kind notes or affirmations in library books, and while I've never been present to see the reactions, I've been filled with a sense of peace and wellbeing nonetheless.

i'm kind of a shy and quiet person but at the same time i'm friendly, easy going and have a sense of humor.i'm 38, single, no kids, 5» 4, blonde hair, blue eyes, a beard and some what on the chubby side.i don't smoke or drink, drug and disease free and no tattoos or piercings.i like to read books, play...

From a purely narrative standpoint, it has to be admired for its sheer audacity and sense of assuredness in recreating the kind of intricate, multi-modal, long - form storytelling that comic books have been utilizing for decades; a wrong step at any point could have brought the whole thing down, as we witnessed last summer with Universal's «Dark Universe» non-starter The Mummy (2017) and, to a lesser extent, rival DC's fitfully successful, but mostly disappointing attempt to do the same thing with its stable of comic book characters.

Thus, any kind of restraint has the welcome effect of refreshing our sense of what a comic book movie can be, reminding us that they don't always have to end with the entire world in danger of being destroyed.

Well, here's something that both makes sense and kind of doesn't: Mark Millar has been hired as a creative consultant for 20th Century Fox «s upcoming slate of Marvel - based comic book movies.

In the latest edition of his book, Howard Seeman offers the kind of common - sense approach to classroom discipline that beleaguered teachers are seeking.

Preventing Classroom Discipline Problems: A Classroom Management Handbook In the latest edition of his book, Howard Seeman offers the kind of common - sense approach to classroom discipline that beleaguered teachers are looking for.

I need to find out the author's goals for her book, get a sense of what kind of marketer she will be, judge as best I can whether her goals are realistic given the budget available.

You'll create a list of items that makes sense for the kind of book you've written.

In that sense, the phrase «you have to sell books to sell books» rings true, and it's kind of like the old GM saying, «being # 1 sells cars.»

-- but one that seemed to encompass the kind of books we wanted to offer: fantastical fiction with a sense of the magical and spiritual, written with a literary sensibility, by which we mean fiction with a love of language and an awareness of its place in the literary canon.

With so much of the industry divided on the benefits of e-reading versus the damage it can do to the vital indie bookstores — and with so many of the players in the industry, including BookPeople, divided on Everyone vs. Amazon — an evolution of this kind seems not only natural, but laudable; it means bookstores can still be the place to turn to for reading content, selection advice, and the sense of community that comes from people getting together to talk about a book.

Granted, this is an incredibly confusing book to read and at times I wanted to hold the author down, preferably tied to a chair, and administer some kind of medication that would cause the writing style to make more sense.

It is, however, worth investigating both options to see which one makes more sense for the kind of book you're printing.

In the meantime, I have a new book to celebrate — Lady Bird & The Fox — and it's a different kind of celebration this time, because in every conceivable sense she really is all mine.

I also don't think Andy had a real sense of the kind of deal (and publisher) I was talking about, so when Julian Pavia over at Random House was as excited about the book as I thought he'd be, and when I presented the terms to Andy, he was thrilled to take it.

Let's Pretend This Never Happened by Jenny Lawson Amy Einhorn, $ 25.95, 336 pages This is the kind of book where, once you've got the lay of the land, a sentence like «[My neighbor] seemed more concerned this time, possibly because I was belting out Bonnie Tyler and crying while swinging a machete over a partially disturbed grave» makes total sense.

Therefore I believe the route I am writing about here is mainly for translators who are also promoting something else that fits, like similar books or services, but if they do, I see no reason why they shouldn't do it, and in my opinion it would even make more sense if translators approach authors than authors approaching translators — not just when it comes to retrieving rights but translating books in the first place, because they know best what kind of books they think they can successfully promote themselves.

You not only get a sense for the kind of recipes that the book includes.

What has reading the book done to your sense of what needs to be done and what kinds of action might be most effective?

Now, on the opposite side, I will say that there have been some mega best selling writers who, toward the end, have just kind of mailed it in, and you can sense that in their books, that, now they don't have to try.

Whilst on one level it makes sense that Smith would want to keep up with Jones (he says, trying to spin a combination «keeping up with the Joneses» / Alas Smith & Jones crack out of the shaky assumption that everyone will understand Amazon also goes by the name Jones, which it doesn't), e-readers on the whole aren't exactly the kind of thing that Smith's regular customers would likely go for, by its own admission: CEO Kate Swann describes the chain's base as «lighter book readers», with figures showing the average Smith customer buys just three books a year, with particularly strong showings from non-fiction and children's books.

In an economic sense, the internet is devaluing books, and almost every other kind of writing or media.

From a marketing perspective, it makes sense to say good things about books, e-books, readers, authors, and publishers of all kinds.

One other friend of mine left he was in the real estate space wrote a book with with a major publishing house and then a few years later stopped he left real estate and went into a really strong personal development business and the publisher went up well you're not promoting this book anymore and they took his book word - for - word and put somebody else's name on the cover of it and just put a new introduction on it no credit to anybody he had worked because he had two co-authors help him with it because he's dyslexic so they essentially were the ones that wrote it and he provided a lot of the content and the publisher gave those other authors no credit took his name off and put somebody else's name on the front and then the publisher was 100 % within their rights to do it so you know there's a lot of things that I challenge people to kind of think about what's important and if you're putting all your expertise into this book you want to make sure that somebody's negotiated a heck out of it giving you a contract that actually makes sense for you and your business.

It makes senses, and if you think of successful authors, the Janet Evanoviches and the John Grishmans, they succeed because they churn out the kind of books they know their audience wants.

- Amazon review: an overview of the book and its plot will give you a sense of the kind of journey it's going to take you on.

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In a very narrow sense, Nourry is right, about the kind of books promoted on the Hachette home page.

Doug H: Yeah, and my advice of course is going to be okay I understand why a credit card may be necessary; you need to have a credit card to book a hotel room to do other things, and you also want the added benefit of having it begin to rebuild your credit, so that kind of makes sense.

«It was kind of confusing, but I just kept on reading to see if I could make sense of the words,» said Hartzog, and eighth - grader at Rocky Run Middle School in Chantilly, recalling terms from the book such as deoxyribonucleic acid.

It's — in a certain sense — kind of a comic book idea.

Based in proven - effective acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT), this book will arm you with powerful skills to help you use the power of mindfulness in everyday situations, stop finding faults in yourself and start solving your problems, how to be kinder to yourself so you feel confident and have a greater sense of self - worth, and how to identify the values that will help you create the life of your dreams.