Sentences with phrase «worth of great books»

Although the developers promise more content with each update, only a book bag's worth of great books are currently available; you can not import any books of your own.

Not exact matches

As a voracious reader and all around brilliant guy, Gates is in a great position to evaluate which books are worth the time of a busy entrepreneur.

Beijing has proposed greater oversight on wealth management products, estimated to be worth some 29 trillion yuan ($ 4.39 trillion) outstanding at the end of 2016, with 80 percent off the books.

* follow the advice in Ben Stein's great book, «Yes you can time the market» about SMARTER dollar cost averaging * Of course tracking net worth with Personal Capital by linking all my accounts * tracking the budget with YNAB.

Like Pinsky's book, Jana Riess's commentary on the TV show Buffy the Vampire Slayer is based on a great deal of video watching — in this case, seven seasons» worth of television episodes.

One oversight worth mentioning: Just one thing is sadly missing: Oat flour being one of the greatest - tasting gluten - free flours (the greatest, in this cook's opinion), and lending itself beautifully to so many bread preparations, I deplore the fact that Kathy Hester has not once thought of tinkering with Gluten - Free breads and muffins in her gorgeous book.

It's a great way to see if the book is worth the investment (of both money and, for us small - apartment - dwellers, space) before you make it.

The book definitely has a lot of great activity ideas for each WW, so I still think it's worth it!

I looked each video (very well made) and also realize they use broader simpler but still concise enough terminology, that»S really great to increase reach and be more «approachable» because sometimes regular everyday people on the street don't know all or have heard the mumbo jumbo jargon in biogerontology (they will think you are a pompous alien nerd - stuck up who thinks he knows more because he was like a lab rat in his lab books studying aging; on top of that they will more Resentful towards you for Daring to Question their Life beliefs on Life and Death by your» 2 - cents worth knowledge (couldn't give a f...)»

Walmart has a great selection of children's books — worth checking out.

Regardless of your personal enjoyment for the books, «Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie» is a great film that's well worth watching.

is a nice, small film with good performances and engaging direction, worth the trip for those who love fact - based historical dramas with lots of sweeping shots of the landscape, and who are more interested in the little personal stories than the great historical ones found in all the text books.

Rabbit - Proof Fence is a nice, small film with good performances and engaging direction, worth the trip for those who love fact - based historical dramas with lots of sweeping shots of the landscape, and who are more interested in the little personal stories than the great historical ones found in all the text books.

Anniversaries, TV shows, movies, documentaries and even little old publishers with good intentions and limited funds can draw people's attention to the wealth of truly classic literature available in individual slices for less than a cup of coffee, but it takes a co-ordinated and sustained effort, based on nothing more or less than a belief in the inherent worth, to individuals, to society and, especially, to children and young people, of great books and of the power of reading.

Comments from some recent users of this book should help convince you to buy it: As an advocate of the What Works agenda, I think this book really is a wake - up call A fantastic insight into the potential for using documents in research Nails twenty years of research in twenty minutes Worth every dime Every student in my class has been told to buy this book... and it's easy to see why Shines a great big light on the power of documents in research Surely this is the best book in its field First class I kept referring to this book in my presentation last week and the audience was ecstatic Education research, usually has little effect on me... Until now... This book is formidable Crushes the concept that education research is rubbish... fantastic insight Blows you away with its power and simplicity Huge reality check, senior school managers at good schools tell the truth, other's don't, won't or can't, and their students suffer.

Positive comments from some recent users of this book include: Most schools are full of documents and data... Dr Slater is among the first to show how they can be used to compare what is said on paper and in interviews... The results will shock you... Dr Slater is a successful high school teacher and an award winning author... and here's why... Fantastic little book, punches well above its weight... Makes it seem so simple... the art of the genius... As an advocate of the What Works agenda, I think this book really is a wake - up call... A fantastic insight into the potential for using documents in research... Nails twenty years of research in twenty minutes... Worth every dime... Every student in my class (6th form) has been told to buy this book... and it's easy to see why... Shines a great big light on the power of documents in research... Surely this is the best book in its field... First class... I kept referring to this book in my presentation last week and the audience was ecstatic... Education research, usually has little effect on me... Until now... This book is formidable... Crushes the concept that education research is rubbish... fantastic insight... Blows you away with its power and simplicity... Huge reality check, senior school managers at good schools tell the truth, other's don't, won't or can't, and their students suffer.

My Women's National Book Association reading group picks a full year's worth of books from the new Great Group Reads list, while my neighborhood group makes book selections a few months out, and we always try to mix up genBook Association reading group picks a full year's worth of books from the new Great Group Reads list, while my neighborhood group makes book selections a few months out, and we always try to mix up genbook selections a few months out, and we always try to mix up genres.

Free stuff is great, and free books and comics are of course even better, but despite this it's worth pointing out that both the titles I mention above are much cheaper than buying a single issue printed comic, let alone a graphic novel (a single issue of a monthly comic from Image may cost up to # 3.95 GBP; but The Kill Screen was initially on sale for half that at # 1.99 for # 1 and Mills released Psychokiller for # 2.49).

And, people should know your book is worth reading because of the great cover you so cleverly chose.

A while back, Roni Loren had a great post on her blog about the price of books and why a good story should be worth more than a cheeseburger.

This is a great piece of equipment that looks sexy, while menus, books and everything loads super quick, and is worth the $ 200.00 + price tag.

eBooks.com is one of the most popular digital book stores around, who have a huge range of ebooks available in many different ebook formats, including EPUB, and with great iPad and Android apps available, they are well worth checking out.

This book may not qualify as one of the great American novels, but it is worth the time and would lend itself to lively discussions with the book clubs.

Seems to me the only reasons a person will «Self publish» is if she is in a great hurry to get a book «out there» in the hands of readers, or if the book is not worth reading (i.e., not good enough for traditional publishers).

Lots of great work is rejected every day due to marketing concerns, and the cold, hard truth is that if your book doesn't look like something that can easily move thousands of copies in its first three months in print, it doesn't matter how good it is: mainstream publishers will think it's not worth their time and effort.

I know of one instance where the author did not get a great review, but the reviewer offered constructive criticism on how to improve the book, and that may well have been worth the cost.

Unfortunately, many of these great books will most likely remain undiscovered in their author's lifetime, largely because they lack some of the basic marketing elements necessary to initially capture and hold the interest of a potential reader, convincing them that your book is worth reading.

While paid e-book subscription services are a great way to get your hands on books you might not buy individually, and they offer the convenience of no due dates, it's at least worth looking into your local library's e-book offerings.

And then I remembered, I had an agent, a great agent, I wrote great books (so all the rejecting editors told me) and yes, you are right, self pub has given my stories a voice and an ear and the chance to be read, when they otherwise would have still been gathering dust on my hard drive, yet, on the other hand this is hard, REALLY HARD, it is SO hard to find your way to a readership as a SP, with limited funds (dwindling)... and the glimmer of trad pub — with their power to splash your name around established circles of readers, and their ability to secure a great number of reviews where, as a self pub, doors have been slammed in my face — becomes temptingly shiny again, (it's like childbirth, you forget all the painful stuff with time)... and it all gets very tempting... almost tempting enough to consider sacrificing one work JUST one artistic premise for the trade off of visibility... and then perhaps, just perhaps THEN, my SP efforts will finally sprout wings... but then I hear you and other say, it wasn't worth it, you'd never do it again, and I sigh... And then I wake up the next morning and think of packing it all in, and going to work for Walmart and steady shitty pay... lol And then along comes this blog post.

So, it's well worth approaching them and saying, «Look, I've got a great artist who's willing to do this, we've got to figure a certain percentage of the sales we've already made, we can definitely make with this graphic novel», all the ancillary benefits; the increased benefit and likelihood of the book being translated to film.

While not as much of an investing book as the first two on the list, it gives great insight into the world of finance that Buffett feels is certainly worth a read.

So it's worth knowing that booking your airport parking with your Birmingham hotel is a great way of saving money.

The concept of «free walking tours (or maybe it's better to say «pay afterwards what you think it was worth to you») exists in many cities worldwide and Beyond Boundaries hopes «to be able to convince at least a few participants of each walking tour to book similar great experiences upcountry as well» says Ma Nandar.

If you have not picked them up you should as the story's are great (episode 6 and 7 of this season of the show borrowed lots of material from the first 2 books albeit not as dark in tone) well worth a read.

The video is worth a look: Among the key points Muller makes are: Michael Mann's «hockey stick» graph is bogus There was a Medieval Warm Period, as warm or warmer than today «Climategate» showed that CRU scientists at the University of East Anglia were cooking the books Gore's film has gross exaggerations and has caused great harm — people feel they have been misled The IPCC is mainly politics — little science; rather than calculating confidence levels, the IPCC voted on them!

The New One Minute Manager was a great book that outlines some simple management tips that are actually pretty hard to put into practice but worth working at, and it's an easy read if you have a stack of books to be read with several started and still unfinished (a habit I can't break).

I've read a great deal of rhetoric on it, so when I spotted Tom Bingham's book at Chapters and perused it I decided it wasn't worth buying.

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.

Music apps and Kindles are great, but if you're eager to get your hands on an album or a physical copy of a book, will you live close enough to one of these stores so that it's worth the trip?