Sentences with phrase «volume book about»

The answer: in 1826 there was a landmark two volume book about gastronomy published by Brillat - Savarin (as in the Savarin cake).

Not exact matches

Asked whom he would have appointed instead of Flynn, Christie replied, «It's in about four volumes of books that were apparently thrown out the day I was terminated.»

His other books included a volume of novellas, «The River Swimmer»; the poetry collections «Songs of Unreason» and «Returning to Earth»; and a memoir about food, «The Raw and the Cooked: Adventures of a Roving Gourmand.»

I haven't mentioned Meanwhile There Are Letters: The Correspondence of Eudora Welty and Ross Macdonald, edited by Welty biographer Suzanne Marrs and Macdonald biographer Tom Nolan (the most touching collection of letters I've read in years), or the latest volume in The Complete Letters of Henry James, or Catherine Lampert's superb Frank Auerbach: Speaking and Painting (which the painter Bruce Herman will be writing about for Books & Culture), or James Curtis's fascinating and beautifully produced William Cameron Menzies: The Shape of Films to Come.

That the same book is about John Scottus Eriugena, who, for most of us, is a relatively unknown figure, might make you even more hesitant to pick up this volume.

Francis Crick, the Nobel laureate and biophysicist, is quoted as having estimated that «the amount of information contained in the chromosomes of a single fertilized human egg is equivalent to about a thousand printed volumes of books, each as large as a volume of the Encyclopedia Britannica.»

Imperium and Conspirata, by Robert Harris (Gallery Books): Harris's trilogy of novels about Cicero will be completed in January with a third volume, Dictator; there, our hero runs afoul of the nasty Caesars, Julius and Octavian, but that's to get ahead of the story.

So, in a volume containing dozens of books, as well as thousands of stories, parables, and countless pieces of wisdom, how does one choose a phrase about snakes as the basis for any «Christian» theology — or, for that matter, any considered spiritual philosophy at all?

About Love, in particular, is a small gem of a work, and it - together with his small books on faith and hope - are now available in a single volume (from Ignatius Press).

In this respect Hartshorne's book has the historical interest of Weiss's Philosophy in Process volumes; but unlike Weiss's historical reflections, Hartshorne's are always in the context of his familiar abstract argumentation about what must be true apriori.4

While this book only looks at five words, The Gospel Dictionary course looks at 52 key words of the gospel, all of which further support the themes of this present volume and provide greater understanding about what God has done for us in Jesus Christ and how we are to live in response.

Evangelical scholars have begun to write books about Mary, with two volumes, Tim Perry's Mary for Evangelicals and Scot McKnight's The Real Mary, appearing just this past year.

He became a prominent engineer, but remained so embattled about the Colorado railroad route that he wrote a book on his survey (unpublished) and a two - volume history of the river (also unpublished), from which this absorbing narrative has been extracted.

Save for two volumes of Who's Who and another testifying to The Joys of Wine, every book — 200 or more — appears to be about football.

Or he can sprawl on his chaise longue and read; he just finished a book about Captain Kidd and lately has been engrossed in Arthur Ashe's A Hard Road to Glory, a three - volume history of the black athlete in America.

This is a question I get more often than any other about our industry and the simple answer is yes, books would love nothing more than to have unlimited volumes and simply collect the juice on a perfectly balanced book.

Aside from reading his book, Kim John Payne's biography from his website speaks volumes about both his experience as a parent educator and his heart as someone who truly wants to help families to slow down so parents can enjoy their children and children can enjoy their childhood — and grow up to be successful adults in our society:

Smart Medicine for a Healthier Child is an informative, holistic, and comprehensive book about common childhood illnesses and injuries; offering the unique perspectives of conventional medicine, herbal treatments, and homeopathy in one volume.

I find the volume of parenting books to be overwhelming, and am a little apprehensive about some of the information floating around on the internet.

A completely rewritten and updated version of my previous Breastfeeding Answer Book, this volume explains what you need to know about both cutting - edge and classic breastfeeding research to most effectively help mothers.

As the title of this volume clearly indicates, this is a book about the great financial crash of 2007 - 09, and about how the world economy can recover over the next few years.

The Science Book: Everything You Need to Know About the World and How It Works encapsulates centuries of scientific thought in one volume.

Their book is the second of two volumes about the role for expert advice in the process of decision making by European governments, the first of which looked at the subject in general, while this examines the more specialised area of scientific advice and the way in which it is used to underpin large technological programmes.

«In this very small volume of messed - up corroded metal you have packed in there enough knowledge to fill several books telling us about ancient technology, ancient science and the way these interacted with the broader culture of the time,» said Alexander Jones, a historian of ancient science at New York University's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World.

Mark Wahlberg as Executive Producer speaks volumes about how the TV series faithfully harkens back to the Movie and the original creators and book author.

Remaining an indefatigable writer and essayist into the 1990s, Vidal has reiterated his love affair with movies on several occasions, notably in his 1992 volume Screening History and as contributor to Past Imperfect (1995), a book about Hollywood's slant on historical facts.

The original Mary Poppins was based on the first of P.L. Travers «eight books about the character, and Mary Poppins Returns will pull from the other volumes in that series.

«I've used the ideas and lessons in Larry Ferlazzo's last two student motivation books very successfully in my own classroom, and the ones he talks about in this volume have had the same positive impact.»

Mercedes has got 250 bookings of the B - Class and is not concerned about volumes.

For the Fandemonium Volume 2 book that I'm publishing and writing about for this walk - thru, we will choose our format (s) from the first screen we see:

In Boxers — the first volume in a two - book set, concluding with Saints (2013)-- about the Boxer Rebellion at the end of the nineteenth century in China, he looses twin voices in harmony and dissonance from opposite sides of the bloody conflict.

Ned and I had even agreed to co-author a volume on his life and work; but, unfortunately, that book was never written, due to his tragic and premature death at the age of thirty - six, just as (in my humble opinion) he was about to reach the very zenith of his creative powers.

Science through the ages A one - volume reference simply entitled Science may sound like a children's book — grownup books are usually about something a bit more specific — but this 512 - page tome is no lightweight: it really is about science, as in the whole history of the subject from prehistory to the present.

She produced 26 books about food and eating and this volume contains five of them: Serve it Forth, Consider the Oyster, How to Cook a Wolf, The Gastronomical Me and An Alphabet for Gourmets.

I have about 40 contributors to that volume, which is being published by Writer's Digest Books in Fall 2018.

But few reading the titles of these books will be fooled about the supposed erotic intent of the volumes.

Once Humans (Daimones Trilogy) by Massimo Marino Posted in Science Fiction & Fantasy by editor — December 30, 2013 Amazon, $ 4.50, 314 pages The second in the Daimones Trilogy from Massimo Marino, does a great job of clueing in the reader about the first book with a detailed prologue, making the reading of the first volume not necessary.

Well - known researcher, feminist and author, Naomi Klein, released her best - selling book on climate change about one year after I released my first ebook, using This Changes Everything as her book's title, which is identical to MY Volume I of The Spanners Series «title.

But the same thinking that makes a publisher offer a book contract to an internet comedian does speak volumes about how indie authors can work to reach new readers and build an audience that will buy their books.

Kai Meyer has published many books in Germany (I believe his total is in the region of 45 titles, some for adults, some for children), but his most successful have been the three volumes about the orphan girl, Merle, which have been translated into 16 languages, most recently English.

Among the various start - ups that are offering shorter volume works, bestselling authors like Amy Tan and Walter Mosely — to name only two — are enjoying the freedom to publish without feeling the pressure of conforming to rigid rules about the length of a book.

Read more about his inspiration for this book, volume two in a four - part series that combines whisky and the four senses.

Comment: This is the fourth volume in Dunning's series about Cliff Janeway, antiquarian book dealer and occasional private investigator.

The print / bind / warehouse / distribute portion for paper volumes is about * 10 % * of the cost of the average book from a major trade publisher.

# 1 - 5, Max Payne 3 # 3, New Avengers # 24B, Scarlet Spider # 1B, 4B, Uncanny X-Men # 17, Untold Tales of Punisher Max # 5, Venom # 16 - 17, 20, 22B, Wolverine # 314 - 317, X-Men Legacy # 1 - 2 (Marvel) Presented by Anthony Falcone & Scott VanderPloeg, Harry Kremer Award for Canadian Comic Book Retailer: Heroes in London, Ontario Inducted by Robert Pincombe into the Canadian Comic Book Creator Hall of Fame: Vernon Miller (1912 - 1974) Presented by Andrew Walsh, Outstanding Web Comic Creator: Michael DeForge: Ant Comic The Gene Day Award, presented by Rachel Richey: The Pig Sleep: A Mr. Monitor Case by Cory McCallum and Matthew Daley Inducted by Hope Nicholson and Rachel Richey into the Canadian Comic Book Creator Hall of Fame: Murray Karn (1924 --RRB- The Dragon Award (Comics for Kids), presented by Amy Chop and Jennifer Haines: Cat's Cradle Volume 1: The Golden Twine (Kids Can Press): Jo Rioux Presented by Anthony Del Col, Outstanding Writer: Fanny Britt: Jane, le renard & moi (La Pastèque) / Jane, The Fox and Me (Groundwood Books) Inducted by Ken Steacy into the Canadian Comic Book Creator Hall of Fame: Arn Saba (Katherine Collins)(1947 --RRB- Presented by Ty Templeton and Rob Salem, Outstanding Artist: Isabelle Arsenault: Jane, le renard & moi (La Pastèque) / Jane, The Fox and Me (Groundwood Books) Also presented by Ty Templeton and Rob Salem, Outstanding Cartoonists: Jeff Lemire: Sweet Tooth # 29 - 40 (DC Comics), The Underwater Welder (Top Shelf) Details about the awards can be found JoeShusterAwards.com

The huge advantage to these volumes is cost: a reader can get 30 or more stories for about what a half dozen new comic books cost, and the old stories have more pages of action per issue.

The offerings of books from both Yen Press and Viz Media was nice but it's hard to get excited about volumes that have already been available in English in print from these companies for a long time, and are still easily available today.

This volume focused almost exclusively on Los Angeles, with some forays into the Central Valley and San Francisco; the previous book was almost all about San Francisco.

On Immunity: An Inoculation By Eula Biss Graywolf • $ 16 • ISBN 9781555977207 In a slender, beautifully written volume that was named one of the best books of 2014 by publications ranging from the New York Times to Entertainment Weekly, Bliss explores our long - standing fear of vaccines and our cultural myths about the nature of immunity.

It has original artwork data which is about 500 MB in size per volume of manga books.