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The author Robert Putnam refers to the value which comes from social networks as social capital in his book “ Bowling Alone: The collapse and Revival of American Community .” He writes that social capital “ makes an enormous difference in our lives ”, that “ a society characterized by generalized reciprocity is more efficient that a distrustful society ” and that economic sociologists have shown a minimized economic wealth if social capital is lacking.
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* Robert Anton Wilson, polymath, author, philosopher, editor, playwright, poet, futurist, civil libertarian, ( edu.
In April 2007, it was reported that imaging analysis had discovered an early commentary on Aristotle's Categories in the Archimedes Palimpsest, and Robert Sharples suggested Alexander as the most likely author.
The author Robert Lee speculated that Teach may therefore have been born into a respectable, wealthy family.
A Burns supper is a celebration of the life and poetry of the poet Robert Burns, author of many Scots poems.
* Robert Graves, author of I, Claudius, also wrote Count Belisarius, a historical novel about Belisarius.
In some accounts, Hermes fathered Pan upon Dryope, daughter of Dryops, for whom he was tending kine, but according to 20th century author Robert Graves ( 1960 ), Pan was far older than Hermes.
Famous authors of the city include Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Muriel Spark, author of The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, James Hogg, author of The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, Ian Rankin, author of the Inspector Rebus series of crime thrillers, J. K. Rowling, the author of Harry Potter, who began her first book in an Edinburgh coffee shop, Adam Smith, economist, born in Kirkcaldy, and author of The Wealth of Nations, Sir Walter Scott, the author of famous titles such as Rob Roy, Ivanhoe and Heart of Midlothian, Robert Louis Stevenson, creator of Treasure Island, Kidnapped and The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Irvine Welsh, author of Trainspotting.
The rules for simulating magic were inspired by the works of fantasy author Jack Vance, and the system as a whole drew upon the work of authors such as Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp, and Fritz Leiber.
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Putnam has been featured in numerous biographies and works of fiction, including an 1876 book by Increase N. Tarbox, acclaimed historian, theologian, and author.
He also wrote for the public and was the author of a " Life of General Israel Putnam ," whose staff he served on.
Putnam described himself as one of Congress's leading supporters of developmental education for children from low-income families and was the author of the Head Start Accountability Bill.
* George Haven Putnam ( 1844 – 1930 ), American soldier, publisher, author, son of George Palmer Putnam
* George P. Putnam ( 1887 – 1950 ), publisher, author, explorer, grandson of George Palmer Putnam, husband of Amelia Earhart
George Palmer Putnam ( September 7, 1887 – January 4, 1950 ) was an American publisher, author and explorer.
For his grandson, the American publisher, author and explorer who lived from 1887 to 1950 and was married to Amelia Earhart, see George P. Putnam.
George Palmer Putnam's grandson and namesake, George P. Putnam ( 1887 – 1950 ), was part of the family business but was also an author and explorer who was married to the famous aviatrix, Amelia Earhart.
TekWar is a series of science fiction novels created by William Shatner and ghost-written by science-fiction author Ron Goulart, published by Putnam.
A senior contributing editor for Glamour, in addition to editorial positions at Self, Inside. com and Book Publishing Report, she had gained attention and favorable reviews as the author of So Many Books, So Little Time: A Year of Passionate Reading ( Putnam, 2003 ), in which she stirred a year's worth of reading into a memoir mix of her personal experiences after a New Year's resolution to read a book each week.
Her sister, Rebecca Kettell Shepard married author and publisher George Haven Putnam, the eldest son of publisher George Palmer Putnam and Victorine Haven Putnam.
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King Alfonso X — named as Affonso in the Cantigas — is also believed to be an author of some of them as he refers himself in first person.
Some scholars have argued that since the author of that letter has not identified himself as an apostle and actually refers to the apostles as a third party, he cannot be identified with the Jude who is listed as one of the Twelve.
For instance, the writing style is different, the author for reasons of humility refers to himself instead as " the disciple whom Jesus loved ," while John in Revelations refers to himself as John at least five times.
Justin does not quote from the Book of Revelation directly, yet he clearly refers to it, naming John as its author ( Dial.
According to them, Sonnet 91 ( which compares the Fair Youth's love to such treasures as high birth, wealth, and horses ) implies that the author is in a position to make such comparisons, and the ' high birth ' he refers to is his own.
Rousseau most commonly refers to 18th-century Swiss author and philosopher Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and it may also refer to:
The Introduction establishes Darwin's credentials as a naturalist and author, then refers to John Herschel's letter suggesting that the origin of species " would be found to be a natural in contradistinction to a miraculous process ":
In a dialogue between Achilles and the Tortoise, the author hints that there is a contrapunctal acrostic in the chapter that refers both to the author ( Hofstadter ) and Bach.
In her novella The First Four Years, American author Laura Ingalls Wilder refers to rhubarb as " pie plant ".
Jefferson often refers to Thomas Jefferson, the third President of the United States and the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence.
# Non-Paid Publishers: The term non paid publisher refers to those publication houses which does not charge author at all to publish the book.
The author of the Book of Nehemiah only refers to Zerubbabel in passing when the author states that: “ These are the priests and the Levites which came back with Zerubbabel son of Shealtiel and with Jeshua ” ( Neh.
In the work by anthropologist Raphael Patai entitled The Hebrew Goddess, the author argues that the term Shekhinah refers to a goddess by comparing and contrasting scriptural and medieval Jewish Kabbalistic source materials.
In the books Junkie and Naked Lunch, author William S. Burroughs refers to soma as a non-addictive, high-quality form of opium said to exist in ancient India.
* Kathleen Flinn, journalist and best-selling author of the culinary memoir The Sharper Your Knife, the Less You Cry, was raised in Davison ; she frequently refers to her experiences growing up on the family farm here as formative to her life as a chef and food writer.
The author William Styron refers to the town in his short story " My Father's House ," first published posthumously in 2009.
A passage in George Orwell's book Homage to Catalonia refers to the author finding what he thought was a primitive harrow in a farm hut in 1930s Spain, but it was in fact a threshing board.
" We " in this sense often refers to " the reader and the author ," since the author often assumes that the reader knows certain principles or previous theorems for the sake of brevity ( or, if not, the reader is prompted to look them up ), for example, so that the author does not need to explicitly write out every step of a mathematical proof.
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