Sentences with phrase «small pile of books»

I thought to myself that this, in addition to the small pile of books I'm currently reading, is a sure sign that a summer reading frenzy has begun — and I might not be alone.

This observation was brought delightfully home to me a few months ago, when I dropped a small pile of books on the checkout desk at my neighborhood public library.

Not exact matches

The point to all of this (yes, there is one, I'm getting there), is that as I was putting the books away, I realized there was a small pile that had no «home» at all.

What I did was post on Kijiji looking for a young girl who would take the huge pile of out - grown clothing of my daughter's (instead of consignment which was the plan) as well as some books, small toys (some still unopened) and our old, yet still perfect, table top Christmas tree.

From a bank of computers at a small - town library to mammoth case - law books piled on wooden tables at a university, today's libraries must straddle the analog and digital worlds.

I did not start my quest in a high - tech way, but it was an effective approach nonetheless, piling encyclopedias of magnetic materials on my small table in my office, alongside the only existing book on ferroelectrics.

This display is filled with charm — the little cream bird and the lantern with the green, coppery lid look perfect perched atop a small pile of vintage books.

I had piles of research notes, and only a small percentage of them actually made it into my book.

How can you not be intrigued when the first sentence of a book starts: «The girl's head rested on a small pile of orange - and - brown leaves.»

If the book happened to be chosen and accepted from the slush pile of manuscripts, the author (in reality the agent since old school publishers don't really like to interact with the actual author) was notified, and small check was sent as an «advance» for what the publisher hoped to at least earn out that advance.

How can you not be intrigued when the first sentence of a book starts out with the sentence, «The girl's head rested on a small pile of orange - and - brown leaves.»

In these small works there are bricks, bottles, and shoes flying around a barren landscape; engulfing waters in which figures are immersed; interiors with overstuffed chairs, dangling light bulbs, mirrors, and framed pictures; objects and books stacked up in piles; rolled - up compacted clusters of «stuff» extruding fingers and gun barrels; suns and balls on the horizon.

The pile of pictures and magazine snippets on the first page grows ever smaller as the pages are turned, leading the reader through the titular big picture: a book reenactment of Guyton's «print - painting» process.

Pick a pile of arty hardback books and display on the table, or use a round tray and fill with candles, trinkets and small flower - filled vases..

There are lots of books for study, mailings, articles, and notes to remind him of this or that... It's a small room, so any clutter or piles make the room even smaller.

Wall art, piles of books, cushions and candles are where I like to inject contrasting hot tones — and, as they're smaller pieces, you can let go a little bit and afford to experiment with mixing colour and pattern to suit your taste.