Sentences with phrase «simply as a novel»

This could be useful for viewing photos, following a recipe or simply as a novel hands - free option.

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To put the matter very simply, I find it impossible to believe that any sane reader could enjoy this book as a novel.

Rather than simply identifying a cancer by location or tissue type, researchers now use advanced molecular profiling tests to characterize tumors, the proteins they express and the novel mutations they develop — known as neoantigens.

One of the most novel things Besson does is eschew big fight scenes the more powerful Johansson gets, as what's the point of getting into fisticuffs when you can simply freeze bad guys with your mind?

She can be compelling simply reading a seamy novel in Nocturnal Animals or, as in the wonderful Arrival, puzzling over how to decode an alien language while struggling with her own perception of memory and time.

Based on the bestselling 2010 novel by Emma Donoghue, Lenny Abrahamson's thriller follows five - year - old Jack (Jacob Tremblay), who doesn't realize that he and his mother (Brie Larson) are captive in a windowless prison they come to know simply as «Room.»

Whether you've read the novel or simply are familiar with mystery as a genre, you just know that there's a big twist around the corner.

1984 is based on the classic science fiction novel by George Orwell, which offered a bleak vision of a future dystopia where one's thoughts and actions were controlled by a totalitarian government ruled by an entity known simply as «Big Brother».

If J.R.R. Tolkien weren't so famously averse to allegorical readings of his fantasy novels, one could be so bold as to suggest an «America as savior» reading of the conclusion to the titular battle, wherein simply the appearance of the eagles seems to imply that the enemy has been vanquished.

It might therefore be an effective salve to think of this sea change as analogous to our road - bound heroes» plight, but it's business as usual for both distributor Warner Bros. (here combining two disparate pieces of source material — A.I. Bezzerides» novel The Long Haul and the 1935 Bette Davis vehicle Bordertown — simply to get mileage out of pre-owned properties) and Walsh, since Walsh seemed to gravitate towards cross-pollinated screenplays.

One can not simply download or listen to an audio rendering, or Clift notes version of a course or book such as a Charles Dickens novel to get the real meaning.

When the graphic novels are complete, simply save the comics to iPhoto, print them out, or email as a JPEG, PNG, or PDF file.

The novel will very likely attract a broad audience, appealing to those who read historical fiction as well as those who simply love a good mystery.

I'm not arguing that a novel must be short to be great; I'm simply suggesting that if you want to make the transition from aspiring author to published author in as smooth a manner as possible, you may want to save your epic for your sophomore release.

The site does not provide any categorization of the light novels as they are simply arranged in an alphabetical order.

... The biggest criticism that The Secret Speech is likely to contend with is that it's simply not as strong a novel as the first book in the series.

The novel is visual to a painterly degree; events move carefully and slowly and simply, the sentences precise and deft as brushstrokes: «The beam of the lighthouse swept across the harbor.

In 2004, Ruth Downie, a librarian from Milton Keynes, won the Fay Weldon section of BBC3's End of Story competition; Medicus, her first novel, was first published in Britain as Medicus and the Disappearing Dancing Girls, but simply as Medicus in the USA.

, which could arise from omnibus collections of 2 - 3 novels of 50 - 70k each as distinct and time - separated parts of a trilogy or simply a bunch in a series; or, are a collection in a continuous narrative as a long story (episodic; serial) as if runs of Homeland or 24 or Marvel Agents of Shield or House of Cards or Breaking Bad were novelised.

With books costing between $ 1.99 and $ 3.99 for the full - color graphic novels, readers who simply enjoyed the books — as opposed to actual collectors who may pay the hefty price for an original print edition — can revisit the classics.

The world would be a much better place if they all simply went away... Counting Heads arrives as a science fiction novel like a bolt of electricity, galvanizing readers with an entirely new vision of the future.

The Last Painting of Sara de Vos is, quite simply, one of the best novels I have ever read, and as close to perfect as any book I'm likely to encounter in my reading life.

As Megan Fishmann writes in a review in the January issue of BookPage, «Avery weaves historical fact with electrically charged narrative... Filled with fabulous literary anecdotes and characters that seem to leap off the page, The Last Nude is a novel perfect for lovers of the 1920s, of Paris or simply of love stories.»

It should especially appeal to those who like reading about other countries and cultures, as well as anyone who simply enjoys a well crafted coming - of - age novel; book groups in particular will likely find it's a good choice for discussion.

At times when it wasn't going well, I remember telling myself that it was OK for this to be a «practice novel» and simply try to finish and treat it as a learning exercise.

I've never been anything but American, even though I have lived some in Europe, and I still tend to use an «s» instead of a «z», or add a «u» next to an «o» in some words, simply because I read a lot of UK Anglophone novels as a child and teen and those words stuck.

Rachel Gibson's hockey series began with her first novel in 1998, Simply Irresistible, and immediately put her on the map as a NYT and USA Today best - seller.

-- Financial Times «The most assured and intriguing first novel by a Scottish writer that I have read in a decade, a book which is lithely and poetically written, politically and morally brave and simply unforgettable... Anais's voice is an intricate blend of the demotic and the hauntingly lyrical... As a debut, The Panopticon does everything it should.

But a novel described as being about a marriage, or simply as about love, will often be categorized, ascribed a particular color and a particular...

I had the pleasure in early September of talking via phone with author / illustrator Brian Selznick about his latest title, Wonderstruck (Scholastic, September 2011), as well as a bit about the 2008 Caldecott winner The Invention of Hugo Cabret (Scholastic, 2007); his hybrid style, if you will, of picture book, novel, and graphic novel; and the upcoming film adaptation of The Invention of Hugo Cabret, titled simply Hugo, by Martin Scorsese.

It serves as a fitting apology for the baffling lack of Kirby in the decade prior, but rests a little too comfortably at simply being traditional Kirby in a time when that in itself seemed novel.

I will now go on to describe the NCM as simply as I can in verbal terms, then I will elaborate on some of the novel propositions (my apologies if any of them have already been propounded elsewhere by others but I think I would still be the first to pull them all together into a plausible NCM) and I will include a discussion of some aspects of the NCM which I find encouraging.

Hardwicke says this approach is still novel in the industry as it goes beyond simply taking a commercial approach to cases.

FiftyThree's Pencil — the «original» Pencil stylus — was novel in its addition of an eraser nib to the end of the pen and its software implementation with Paper, but this Bluetooth stylus simply doesn't offer as much functionality as other connected tools, nor does it provide the comfort that more inexpensive pens enjoy.