He felt as I felt about this best of all my books, that it was `` really tops ''.

He must mentally pull the blinds and close the window, so that all that existed was in the books before him.

The two Governments shall have the right at all reasonable times to examine such books and records and all other documents, correspondence, memoranda and other records involving transactions relating to agreed projects.

It is simply that in Taoist tradition -- as in all good mysticisms -- books, words, or any other manifestations that belong to the normal state of consciousness are considered only the surface of experience.

He had dusted each of the books carefully and carried them all to the basement and, trembling at having to open the big furnace, given them up to the flames.

But once Milne had, in his own words, " said goodbye to all that in 70, 000 words " ( the approximate length of his four principal children's books ), he had no intention of producing any reworkings lacking in originality, given that one of the sources of inspiration, his son, was growing older.

Almost all of Agatha Christie's books are whodunits, focusing on the British middle and upper classes.

However, in general, the books only feature mental battles when there is some reason for mind-to-mind contact ( for example, Trump contact ) and magic or Trump is involved in all three of the above conflicts, so it is not clear whether Zelazny intended his characters to have such a power ; the combination of Brand's " living trump " powers and his high Psyche ( as presented in the roleplaying game ) would have guaranteed him victory over Corwin.

He published numerous books on these concepts, all set in a distinctive typography.

In a culture that set a high value on oratory and public performances of all kinds, in which the production of books was very labor-intensive, the majority of the population was illiterate, and where those with the leisure to enjoy literary works also had slaves to read for them, written texts were more likely to be seen as scripts for recitation than as vehicles of silent reflection.

Alcott's published books, all from late in his life, include Tablets ( 1868 ), Concord Days ( 1872 ), New Connecticut ( 1881 ), and Sonnets and Canzonets ( 1882 ).

Since the 1970s, self-help books, psychology, and some modern expressions of Christianity have viewed this disparity in terms of grace being an innate quality within all people who must be inspired or strong enough to find it: something to achieve.

Two aspects of this attitude deserve to be mentioned: 1 ) he did not only study science from books, as other academics did in his day, but actually observed and experimented with nature ( the rumours starting by those who did not understand this are probably at the source of Albert's supposed connections with alchemy and witchcraft ), 2 ) he took from Aristotle the view that scientific method had to be appropriate to the objects of the scientific discipline at hand ( in discussions with Roger Bacon, who, like many 20th century academics, thought that all science should be based on mathematics ).

Problems and Solutions ( Quaestiones ) consists of three books which, although termed " problems and solutions of physical questions ," treat of subjects which are not all physical, and are not all problems.

Alfred sought to remedy this through an ambitious court-centred programme of translating into English the books he deemed " most necessary for all men to know.

Any given bookmaker will weight their odds so that no one customer can cover all outcomes at a profit against their books.

In all, Steinsaltz has authored some 60 books and hundreds of articles on subjects including Talmud, Jewish mysticism, Jewish philosophy, sociology, historical biography, and philosophy.

Athanasius ' letters include one " Letter Concerning the Decrees of the Council of Nicaea " ( De Decretis ), which is an account of the proceedings of that council, and another letter in the year 367 which was the first known listing of the New Testament including all those books now accepted everywhere as the New Testament.

The Book of Alma is the longest of all the books of the Book of Mormon, consisting of 63 chapters.

The body of all written works including books is literature.

The Deuterocanon or biblical apocrypha | Apocrypha are colored differently from the Protocanon ( the Hebrew Bible books which are considered canonical by all ).

Jews, Protestants, and Catholics all use the Masoretic text as the textual basis for their translations of the protocanonical books ( those which are received by both Jews and all Christians ), with various emendations derived from a multiplicity of other ancient witnesses ( such as the Septuagint, the Vulgate, the Dead Sea Scrolls, etc.

At noontime, remembering what the teacher had said about maybe playing with the kids, Jack stayed close to the schoolhouse while all the other big boys, except Charles, went off out the road to play ball.

Or else the North really believes that all Southerners except a few quaint old characters have come around to realizing the errors of their past, and are now at heart sharers of the American Dream, like everybody else.

We now practically read it, all men are created equal except Negroes.

It takes a great deal of abstraction to free oneself from the primitive impression of larger unities of power and influence and to view one's world simply as a collection of sense data arranged in such and such sequence and pattern, devoid of all power to move the feelings and actions except in so far as they present themselves for inspection.

She has rarely been photographed with him and, except for Carl's seventy-fifth anniversary celebration in Chicago in 1953, she has not attended the dozens of banquets, functions, public appearances, and dinners honoring him -- all of this upon her insistence.

But I once again assure all peoples and all nations that the United States, except in defense, will never turn loose this destructive power.

Everything was all very friendly, except when it came to Harry, the youngest brother.

We saw Giuseppe Berto at a party once in a while, tall, lean, nervous and handsome, and, in our opinion, the best novelist of them all except Pavese, and Pavese is dead.

It was going to be hard going all the way because he hadn't written seriously for a while, except for a few stories, was tired of the old method of realismo he had so successfully used in The Sky Is Red.

The Government of India agrees that it will take all possible measures to prevent the resale or transshipment to other countries or the use for other than domestic purposes ( except where such resale, transshipment or use is specifically approved by the Government of the United States of America ), of the surplus agricultural commodities purchased pursuant to the provisions of this Agreement, and to assure that the purchase of such commodities does not result in increased availability of these or like commodities for export from India.

Drill all No. 50 and counter-drill all except the `` A '' pieces size 43.

Shotgun-type rubber recoil pads are standard on all of the Magnums except the

But the Russians use gymnastics as the first step in training for all other sports because it provides training in every basic quality except one, endurance.

A valid American driving license is accepted in all countries except Portugal, Spain, Yugoslavia and Eastern Europe.

As we have noted, however, we are abstracting from changes in all determinants of this level except for changes in the wage rate.

After all, she had come to Spelman Seminary in 1888, and had been since 1891 except for one year, Associate Principal or Dean.

Under the new rules, testimony is taken orally in open court in all cases except those of an extraordinary character.

all were empty except one, and that one was jammed with letters and magazines.

So in the name of justice the magistrate cleared the court of all except officials to allow the captain to elaborate for almost an hour.

It's a solid show but, except for some interim keyboarding by Ernie, it's Al's all the way.

There are 12 of these to choose from, all of them of popular music except for the star release, Pass In Review ( SP-44001 ).

They had large bright eyes, the small upturned noses of all babies everywhere, and hair cropped short except for the long ringlets of paot framing their little white faces.

Then there was North America, where American was the native speech of all except the twenty descendants of French-Canadians living on the Hudson Bay Preserve.