In 1976 Robert K. G. Temple wrote a book called The Sirius Mystery arguing that the Dogon's system reveals precise knowledge of cosmological facts only known by the development of modern astronomy, since they appear to know, from Griaule and Dieterlen's account, that Sirius was part of a binary star system, whose second star, Sirius B, a white dwarf, was however completely invisible to the human eye, ( just as Digitaria is the smallest grain known to the Dogon ), and that it took 50 years to complete its orbit.

* 1976: Robert K. G. Temple ( book, The Sirius Mystery )

* 1996: Murry Hope ( book, The Sirius Connection: Unlocking the Secrets of Ancient Egypt )

The main idea for the plot, that of space probes sent out from Sirius to educate primitive people, is lifted from the 1976 book The Sirius Mystery by Robert K. G. Temple.

In the 1970s a book by Robert Temple titled The Sirius Mystery popularized the traditions of the Dogon concerning Sirius and the Nommos.

Space journalist and skeptic James Oberg collected claims that have appeared concerning Dogon mythology in his 1982 book and concedes that such assumptions of recent acquisition is " entirely circumstantial " and has no foundation in documented evidence and concludes that it seems likely that the Sirius mystery will remain exactly what its title implies ; a mystery.

The Nommo are also mentioned in the second book of Ian Douglas's Legacy Trilogy ( Battlespace ) where the marines encounter the Nommo in the Sirius star system.

* This book features a brief appearance of the Sirius ( in Captain Chester's scenes ), which is later used as the expedition vessel in Red Rackham's Treasure.

The story of Shikasta is retold in the third book of the Canopus series, The Sirian Experiments ( 1980 ), this time from the point of view of Sirius.

Crime writer Paul Kinnet came up with a storyline which starred the Thompsons and had them investigate the disappearance of their farmer friend, on whose farm they can be seen working at the end of the book in much the same way as they did on the Sirius.

Hermione lets Harry and Ron in on the secret near the end of the book, when she and Harry use the Time-Turner to save Sirius Black and Buckbeak.

Sirius Entertainment published a 4-issue comic book mini-series based on the game from 1996-1998.

In his book Geoffrey Ingleton states Norfolk “… started life as the longboat of HMS Sirius ” This is unfounded, it is impossible to widen a boat Ingleton used the above as his reference.

His most recent book, On What Matters ( 2011 ), has already been widely discussed, having circulated in draft form for many years.

In 2011 the book was finally published as On What Matters.

In 2002, Mistry cancelled his United States book tour for his novel Family Matters ( 2002 ) because he and his wife were targeted by security agents at every airport he visited, apparently because Mistry appeared to be Muslim.

* Richard B. Morris, " Benefit of Clergy in American and Related Matters ", University of Pennsylvania Law Review 105 ( 1957 ): 436 ( reviewing 1955 book of same title by George W. Dalzell ).

As a result of his service as the Chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, in 2004 Bob Graham authored the book Intelligence Matters: The CIA, the FBI, Saudi Arabia and the Failure of America's War on Terror.

West, who later called Summers both " uninformed " and " an unprincipled power player " in describing this encounter in his book Democracy Matters ( 2004 ), subsequently returned to Princeton University, where he had taught prior to Harvard University.

* Review of Family Matters by Sonia Chopra for Curled Up With a Good Book ( a book review website ), dated 2002

Dr. Kevin L. Dooley, Assistant Professor of Political Science at Monmouth University has written a book entitled, Politics Still Matters: Globalization, Governance, and the Revival of Regional Minorities, that investigates the developments of Friulans in Italy, along with other languages.

Then his 2006 book Why Darwin Matters: The Case Against Intelligent Design, marshals point-by-point arguments supporting evolution, sharply criticizing Intelligent Design.

His most important work is the book " On Macedonian Matters ", published in Sofia in 1903.

Misirkov's most important writing is undoubtedly the book Za makedonckite raboti ( On Macedonian Matters ) published in 1903 in Sofia, in which he laid down the principles of the modern Macedonian language.

Brian Myers argues in his book The Cleanest Race: How North Koreans See Themselves and Why It Matters that the North Korean ideology of a region bordering China, North Korea, and Russia, should be part of Korea, based on prior Koguryo control of the area.

The book was the prelude to Brock's launching of his organization Media Matters for America, an organization whose stated mission is " to comprehensively monitor, analyze, and correct conservative disinformation in the U. S. media.

" And in Graham's book, Intelligence Matters, obtained by The Herald Saturday, he makes clear that some details of that financial support from Saudi Arabia were in the 27 pages of the congressional inquiry's final report that were blocked from release by the administration, despite the pleas of leaders of both parties on the House and Senate intelligence committees.

This is not unusual for political autobiographies, but in the same period some other political figures were given co-writing credit, as for instance fellow Senator John Edwards gave to writer John Auchard on his book Four Trials and fellow Senator John McCain gave to administrative assistant Mark Salter on his books Faith of My Fathers, Worth the Fighting For, Why Courage Matters, and Character Is Destiny.

Media Matters reported that, in a November 7 interview with Fox News personality Sean Hannity, she contradicted information from her own book.

His most recent book, What Really Matters, ( Oxford University Press, 2006 ) addresses existential dangers and uncertainties that make moral experience, religion, and ethics so crucial to individuals and society today.

According to the Associated Press, an examination of the book conducted by Media Matters for America concluded that " Klein's Attack Book is Poorly Researched, Poorly Written, Poorly-Sourced ".

* " Klein nailed on falsehoods in Al Franken Show grilling " ( With audio interview with Klein on the lies in his book The Truth About Hillary ) Media Matters for America

Wolfson, who many consider to be the father and leader of the same-sex marriage movement, authored the book Why Marriage Matters ; America, Equality, and Gay People's Right to Marry, which Time Out New York magazine called, " Perhaps the most important gay-marriage primer ever written ..." He was listed as one of Time magazine's 100 Most Influential People in the World.

In his book Why Marriage Matters, Wolfson calls marriage " a relationship of emotional and financial interdependence between two people who make a public commitment.

He also co-edited Environmental Ethics: What Really Matters, What Really Works ( Oxford ) with Elizabeth Willott ; a second edition of this book appeared in 2011.

In J. Randy Taraborrelli's book Madonna: An Intimate Biography, she said that the main inspiration behind " Nothing Really Matters ", and " The Power of Good-bye " from the same album, was other people judging and dissecting her creative process.

Interest groups sponsored by the church include Soul Matters groups that focus on monthly worship themes ; several types of meditation groups ; Wellspring groups with nine-month-long programs of daily spiritual practice ; Buddhist groups ; book discussion groups ; and other groups based on topics ranging from Bible study to qi gong, tai chi and poetry.

In his book The Physician ( 1988 ) Noah Gordon tells the story of a young English medical apprentice who disguises himself as a Jew to learn from Avicenna, the great master of his time.

ACCT President and CEO J. Noah Brown has authored a book about the past, present, and future of community colleges called Charting a New Course for Community Colleges: Aligning Policies with Practice.

The story of Noah and the ark is told in chapters 6 – 9 of the book of Genesis, and also told in chapter 71 of the Quran.

It has been claimed that Paley was not a very original thinker and that the philosophical part of his treatise on ethics is “ an assemblage of ideas developed by others and is presented to be learned by students rather than debated by colleagues .” Nevertheless, his book The Principles of Moral and Political Philosophy ( 1785 ) was a required text at Cambridge and Smith says that Paley ’ s writings were “ once as well known in American colleges as were the readers and spellers of William McGuffey and Noah Webster in the elementary schools .” Although now largely missing from the philosophical canon, Schneewind writes that " utilitarianism first became widely known in England through the work of William Paley.

Donnie asks his science teacher Dr. Monnitoff ( Noah Wyle ) about time travel after Frank brings up the topic, and is given the book The Philosophy of Time Travel, written by Roberta Sparrow ( Patience Cleveland ), a former science teacher at the school who is now a seemingly senile old woman.

Noah Webster as a boy studied Dilworth's book, and was inspired partly by it to create his own spelling book on completely different principles, using pictures and stories of interest to children.

In the book of Genesis, Noah sent out a dove after the great flood in order to determine how far the floodwaters had receded.

The book was then lost again in the Deluge of Noah.

While popular belief long held that Detour was shot for about $ 20, 000, Noah Isenberg, in doing research for his book on the film, discovered that the film's actual cost was upwards of $ 100, 000.

But the book in its entirety cannot be so old as shown by chapter 10, covering the descendants of Noah, which contains medieval names for territories and countries, perhaps mostly obviously Franza for France and Lumbardi in Italia for Lombardy.

Neverthelss Noah in his promotional materials did enthusiastically claim that the historian Josephus had said of the Book of Jasher: " by this book are to be understood certain records kept in some safe place on purpose, giving an account of what happened among the Hebrews from year to year, and called Jasher or the upright, on account of the fidelity of the annals.

Tertullian, in several places, speaks of this book with esteem ; and would persuade us, that it was preserved by Noah during the deluge.

The full story of the Ghent Altarpiece and the " Just Judges " panel, along with its role in Camus ' novel, is told in Noah Charney's 2010 book, Stealing the Mystic Lamb: the True Story of the World's Most Coveted Masterpiece.

" Later, the book describes how Nimrod established fire worship and idolatry, then received instruction in divination for three years from Bouniter, the fourth son of Noah.

The book of Genesis identifies the nations of Africa as descendants of Ham son of Noah.

Dissertation on the English Language was a book written by American lexicographer Noah Webster in 1789.

* Travels of Noah – book written in 1601 telling of the travel of Noah's and the re-population of Europe

However, the book of Job itself contains no indication of this, and to the prophet Ezekiel, Yahweh refers to Job as a righteous man of the same calibre as Noah and Daniel.

The book was subsequently adapted into a popular stage play and, in 2001, was made into a film by Richard Lowenstein, starring Noah Taylor, Emily Hamilton and Sophie Lee.

Noah Gordon introducing his new book " The Bodega " in Barcelona.

In the book of Genesis, Noah condemns Ham and his descendents to perpetual servitude: " Cursed be Canaan!

Noah Baumbach ’ s Kicking and Screaming ( 1995 ) pays homage to the first book in McCarthy ’ s Border trilogy when Otis ( Carlos Jacott ) and Chet ( Eric Stoltz ) decide to start a book club.