Sentences with phrase «true account of»

My book is a true account of my trip to India.

Based on the book's description, even though it's not thriller fiction, the book is about as close to that genre as you can get:» The chilling true account of one of the twentieth century's most prolific female serial killers.»

The Boy They Tried to Hide is the startling, true account of how truth is sometimes stranger than fiction...

Michael's current project is The First Empire, a four - book epic fantasy which explores the difference between myths and legends and the true account of historical events.

Kidnapping My Daughter is the true account of a mother who spent more than two years on the run, first from local and state authorities only, and then eventually from the FBI as well.

A true account of a blind man, his guide dog, and their harrowing escape from the World Trade Center.

Contained on these pages is a true account of my first adventure with the legendary Kiki Strike.

An instant hit in the UK, this is the true account of a German shepherd who was adopted by the Royal Air Force during World War II, joined in flight missions, and survived everything from crash - landings to parachute bailouts - ultimately saving the life of his owner and dearest friend.

Just as adults are digging into Walter Isaacson's recent biography of Benjamin Franklin, older children and young adults have a wonderful treat waiting: Candace Fleming's entertaining, imaginative Benjamin Franklin's Almanac: Being a True Account of the Good Gentleman's Life.

Whittell's 2010 true account of the three Cold War prisoners exchanged by top American and Soviet agents on a Berlin bridge on February 10, 1962 is sure to thrill any espionage fan.

The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind is the immensely engaging and inspiring true account of an enterprising African teenager who constructed a windmill from scraps to create electricity for his entire community.

It was as if I was reading a true account of what people were claiming to be a miracle.

It's a fascinating, true account of the author's grandmother and best friend leaving behind th

Lit by Lightning: An Occasionally True Account of One Girl's Dust - ups with Ghosts, Electricity, and Granny's Ashes (Occasionally True Novels)

Ben Franklin's Almanac: Being a True Account of the Good Gentleman's Life.

Heaven is for Real is the book behind the blockbuster, Soul Surfer is the amazing story of shark - attack survivor Bethany Hamilton, and Thunder Dog is the true account of a blind man and his guide dog who escaped the north tower of the World Trade Center as it collapsed on 9/11.

Midnight in Broad Daylight is a true account of a Japanese American family with brothers in opposing armies, slated to be on the same island when the atomic bomb is dropped over Hiroshima, hastening an end to the war.

An intimate and heartrending true account of Russia's 20 tsars and tsarinas as they turned a war - ruined principality into one of the greatest empires, only to lose it all, THE ROMANOVS» cast of characters includes Ivan the Terrible, Tolstoy, Pushkin, Bismarck, Lincoln, Queen Victoria, and Lenin.

The story is based in part on a novel, in turn based on the true account of how Glass endured herculean challenges that included an angry bear, furious blizzards and greedy men to avenge wrongs perpetrated on him and his family.

Based on the best - selling memoirs of the film's protagonist, Anthony Swofford (Jake Gyllenhaal), «Jarhead» (military slang for Marine) tells the true account of Swofford's time spent in the Corps, from his first day in boot camp to his last day in Iraq.

Plot: The true account of a family separated during the devastating effects of the 2004 Tsunami fight amongst thousands of strangers in an attempt to find each other.

Fruitvale, meanwhile, is a true account of the last day of Oscar Grant, whose death inspired numerous protests regarding police brutality in Oakland.

The inspirational true account of man's eternal struggle for freedom, Spartacus combines history with spectacle to create a moving drama of love and commitment.

Paul Greengrass dove into the true account of Richard Phillips and his struggle to maintain his humanity in a Somali pirate hostage situation in Captain Phillips, an excellent biopic fueled by a knockout performance from Tom Hanks.

However, for those who do venture to watch it, you will be rewarded with tense drama and intrigue, and a gripping true account of an event where the fate of humanity hanged in the balance.

Cast: Gene Hackman, Fernando Rey, Roy Scheider, Tony Lo Bianco, Marcel Bozzuffi, Bill Hickman, Arlene Farber Director: William Friedkin Screenplay: Ernest Tidyman (based on the book, «The French Connection: A True Account of Cops, Narcotics, and International Conspiracy», by Robin Moore) Review published November 21, 2006

They are so realistic, in fact, the film could have been shot in documentary fashion, and would have fooled a good deal of the audience into thinking it's a true account of actual events.

Mitchell Zuckoff Film release date: Jan. 15 Starring: John Krasinski, James Badge Dale, Pablo Schreiber What it's about: As the title implies, this film is the true account of what six soldiers went through as the American diplomatic compound in Libya was stormed on Sept. 11, 2012.

Based on the unfortunately true account of du Pont's megalomaniac dream to live vicariously through the Schultz's athletic achievements, the film works best when it explores the codependent, homoerotic relationship between Mark and John.

Titled «La Creatrice,» the film is based on the true account of the sculptor Camille Claudel who was injected into a mental asylum by her family, spending her last thirty years in the nut house without ever touching her art again.

We Bought a Zoo, a memoir by Benjamin Mee, tells the true account of how the author and his family used their life savings to buy a dilapidated zoo, replete with 200 exotic animals facing destruction, in the English countryside.

REUTERS — Aug 22 — Jane Coloccia, author of «Confessions of an Online Dating Addict: A True Account of Dating and Relating in the Internet Age» says that in her online dating experience married men tend not to post photographs of themselves, often won't give a cellphone number and tend to IM late at night.

Fellow Nigerians, the story you're about to read is a true account of the reasons I criticise President Goodluck Jonathan these days.

Both statements have left the public in a fix as to which of them states the true account of what played out.

We also call on media and all well - meaning Nigerians to always reflect the true account of what transpired instead of rushing to post.

This means that the Bible is a record of things as they actually were, and a true account of those things about which it speaks.

We can be sure that no religion gives us a true account of God and the afterlife and if anyone is sure of the opposite, they have a faith that is not properly chastened by doubt.

But he offers basic reassurance to theological conservatives, who relish his steady insistence that the Christian message is not only true, but provides the one true account of «the way things are,» of «the way the world is.»

In this view of Joshua (which, I should say, is not my view), Joshua «is a record of things as they actually were, and a true account of those things about which it speaks» even though this record does not accurately reflect who God is, or what He is like.

It is possible that what is recorded in Scripture is an accurate and true account of what Joshua and the other leaders of Israel thought God was telling them to do, when in fact, He was not.

When they heard the true account of how Jesus Christ came to earth, they would experience that «Ah - ha!»

Therefore, the admittedly «Herculean task» of articulating a particular, true account of liberal rationalism remains a possibility.

I do not recommend bifurcations, simply the modest admission that a true account of some aspects of nature need not be expected to yield all truths.

The Bible is a record of things as they actually were, and a true account of those things about which it speaks.

We learn that it can be «a record of things as they actually were, and a true account of those things about which it speaks,» even if it does not always portray truth as we want it, or (are you ready for this?)

Furthermore, those who believe the Gospel of John to be a true account of who Jesus was and what he was about know that it is the nature of this Gospel to set up an insider / outsider dichotomy among its readers (as Gail O'Day demonstrates in her work on irony in John).

I gave my honest and true account of all events.

The second question forces you to take a true accounting of exactly how unpleasant and unfulfilling not giving it a try will likely be.

Famously, Dostoevsky supplied Ivan with true accounts of children tortured and murdered: Turks tearing babies from their mothers» wombs, impaling infants on bayonets, firing pistols into their mouths; parents savagely flogging their children; a five - year - old - girl tortured by her mother and father, her mouth filled with excrement, locked at night in an outhouse, weeping her supplications to «dear kind God» in the darkness; an eight - year - old serf child torn to pieces by his master's dogs for a small accidental transgression.

In these stories of hope and survival, nine Jewish girls and boys relate true accounts of fear and danger while living in Europe during the Holocaust.