`` My mother read a book right after I was born and there was a Lilian in the book she loved and I became Lilian -- and eventually I became Paula ''.

Analysis of variance became widely known after being included in Fisher's 1925 book Statistical Methods for Research Workers.

Pavol's son, James Warhola, became a successful children's book illustrator.

Under this title the book became famous in the English-speaking world.

There is scarcely anything to be said for the possibility of Ambrose having written the book before he became a bishop, and added to it in later years, incorporating remarks of Hilary of Poitiers on Romans.

Meanwhile, the restaurant that inspired both Puck and Tower became a distinguished establishment, popularizing its so called " mantra " in its book by Paul Bertolli and owner Alice Waters, Chez Panisse Cooking, in 1988.

It was Laura Clifford Barney who, by asking questions of ` Abdu ' l-Bahá over many years and many visits to Haifa, compiled what later became the book Some Answered Questions.

Kernighan's name became widely known through co-authorship of the first book on the C programming language with Dennis Ritchie.

Julie Manet became the subject for many of her mother's paintings and a book of her memoirs Growing Up with the Impressionists: The Diary of Julie Manet, was published in 1987.

Originally combined with the Book of Nehemiah in a single book of Ezra-Nehemiah, the two became separated in the early centuries of the Christian era.

Following some success illustrating cards and booklets, Potter wrote and illustrated The Tale of Peter Rabbit publishing it first privately in 1901, and a year later as a small, three-colour illustrated book with Frederick Warne & Co. She became unofficially engaged to her editor Norman Warne in 1905 despite the disapproval of her parents, but he died suddenly a month later, of leukemia.

He became internationally known for his best-selling and controversial book The Skeptical Environmentalist ( 2001 ).

The 120-page book, first published in the United States and then in Britain, was illustrated by Osbert Lancaster and became an instant best seller.

His first book however became a major influence on classical liberalism.

In 1940 Rogers became professor of clinical psychology at Ohio State University, where he wrote his second book, Counseling and Psychotherapy ( 1942 ).

His book, The Chaos of Cults, which was first published in 1938, became a classic in the field as it was repeatedly revised and updated until 1962.

This soon became a regular feature in the Savage Dragon comic book, titled The Savage Dragonbert and Hitler's Brainbert (" Hitler's Brainbert " being both a loose parody of Dogbert as well as the Savage Dragon villain identified as Adolf Hitler's disembodied, superpowered brain ).

As she remarked in her book, " The succession of cheerful, period musicals I made, plus Oscar Levant's highly publicized comment about my virginity (" I knew Doris Day before she became a virgin.

After a ( similarly unsuccessful ) stint in Guangzhou, China, he eventually returned to Portugal and became the first European to publish a book on China in 1569 / 1570.

He was at first impressed with Heidegger and began a book on him, but broke off the project when Heidegger became involved with the Nazis.

In 1950, Gertrude Mary Cox and William Gemmell Cochran published the book Experimental Designs which became the major reference work on the design of experiments for statisticians for years afterwards.

Griswold's book was denounced by those who knew Poe well, but it became a popularly accepted one.

In 1966, Morita wrote a book called Gakureki Muyō Ron ( 学歴無用論, Never Mind School Records ), where he stresses that school records are not important to success or one's business skills.

The winner of the Man Booker Prize is generally assured of international renown and success ; therefore, the prize is of great significance for the book trade.

The first book turned out to be a success, and was listed on the New York Times bestseller list for six months.

The book proved to be an enormous success and established Wyndham as an important exponent of science fiction.

The book was a success, becoming the best-selling children's book of the year.

This book had enjoyed considerable success in the 1520s, when it went through half a dozen editions ( see External links below for facsimiles and translations ) but did not sustain its influence, perhaps owing to its mostly Latin text, Gothic script and many difficult abbreviations.

Sin City was a critical hit in 2005 as well as a box office success, particularly for a hyperviolent comic book adaptation that did not have name recognition comparable to the X-Men or Spider-Man.

Disappointed with the lack of interest from government in Mars exploration and after the success of his book The Case for Mars as well as leadership experience at the National Space Society, Zubrin established the Mars Society in 1998.

The clause requiring book deposits, however, was not seen as a success.

Raimi achieved great critical and commercial success with the blockbuster Spider-Man ( 2002 ), which was adapted from the comic book series of the same name.

President Ronald Reagan helped to fuel the success of The Hunt for Red October when he announced that he enjoyed the book at a televised press conference, calling it " unputdown-able " and a " perfect yarn.

Bentham's book was not an immediate success but his ideas were spread further when Pierre Étienne Louis Dumont translated edited selections from a variety of Bentham's manuscripts into French.

The success of this book spawned a distinctive vampire genre, still popular in the 21st century, with books, films, video games, and television shows.

His book was a smashing success among intellectuals worldwide as it predicted the disintegration of European and American civilization after a violent " age of Caesarism ," arguing by detailed analogies with other civilizations.

Her second book " Das Urteil " (" The Verdict ") from 1975 was a moderate success.

The book became an enormous success, especially in the United States, where Struther went on a lecture tour shortly after the book's release.

As the book met with critical success, Johanna felt estimulated to pursue a career as an authoress — a career on which her livelihood would depend, after the aforementioned financial difficulties.

Much of the success of Marshall's teaching and Principles book derived from his effective use of diagrams, which were soon emulated by other teachers worldwide.

The book was not a success ( and was the last Moomin book to be translated into English ), but the next two installments in the Moomin series, Comet in Moominland ( 1946 ) and Finn Family Moomintroll ( 1948 ), brought Jansson some fame.

On the success of the book, Hoffman was quoted as saying, " It's embarrassing when you try to overthrow the government and you wind up on the Best Seller's List.

" Indeed, an appearance on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson helped to propel the success of the book, as well as Ehrlich's celebrity.

The book was a popular success, selling just over 17, 000 copies — though this was somewhat lower than the total for the previous book, The Emerald City of Oz, and marked the start of a trend in declining sales for the Oz books that would not reverse until The Tin Woodman of Oz in 1918.