Christie describes entirely different working methods for every book in her autobiography thus contradicts this claim, more likely from theatre, screen film and TV adaptations that vary perpetrators to keep viewers coming back.

One such site featured in her books is the temple site of Abu Simbel in her book Death on the Nile, as well as the great detail in which she describes life at the dig site in her book Murder in Mesopotamia.

The book describes the German soldiers ' extreme physical and mental stress during the war, and the detachment from civilian life felt by many of these soldiers upon returning home from the front.

In his book The Prophets, Abraham Joshua Heschel describes the unique aspect of the Jewish prophets as compared to other similar figures.

In his book Born Again ( 1976 and 2008 ), Watergate conspirator Chuck Colson describes his path to faith in conjunction with his criminal imprisonment and played a significant role in solidifying the " born again " identity as a cultural construct in the US.

One account from the book describes it being prepared for the casualties at Mons where " the orderlies were just beginning to make Bovril for the wounded, when the Germans deliberately shelled the bearers and ambulance wagons as they were bringing the wounded into the hospital.

Unlike Blackstone and the Restatements, Holmes ' book only briefly discusses what the law is ; rather, Holmes describes the common law process.

In his 1806 book Attempt at a Flora ( Försök til en flora ), Retzius describes how chives are used with pancakes, soups, fish and sandwiches.

Said himself describes his book, Orientalism, as a humanist critique of the enlightenment.

In book three, Adomnán describes different apparitions of the Saint, both that Columba receives and those that are seen by others regarding him.

The Old Testament book of the prophet Habbakuk describes the Chaldeans as " a bitter and swift nation ".

In his 1810 book entitled The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England, Joseph Strutt describes the way pall mall was played in England in the early 17th century: " Pale-maille is a game wherein a round box ball is struck with a mallet through a high arch of iron, which he that can do at the fewest blows, or at the number agreed upon, wins.

Howard once describes him as having a hairy chest and, while comic book interpretations often portray Conan as wearing a loincloth or other minimalist clothing, Howard describes the character as wearing whatever garb is typical for the land and culture in which Conan finds himself.

The book includes several biographies of saints, and describes the process of the New England settlement.

The book describes the general pattern of the past official dynastic historiography on structure, method, order of arrangement, sequence, caption and commentary back to the pre-Qin era.

Those are the things that he describes in this book.

In the book, Dianetics: The Modern Science of Mental Health, Hubbard describes techniques that he suggests can rid individuals of fears and psychosomatic illnesses.

Another prominent source, which Cervantes evidently admires more, is Tirant lo Blanch which the priest describes in Chapter VI of Quixote as " the best book in the world.

Herman describes in his book, Beyond Hypocrisy the principle characteristics of doublespeak ;

In this book, Hofstadter jokingly describes himself as " pilingual " ( meaning that the sum total of the varying degrees of mastery of all the languages that he's studied comes to 3. 14159 ...), as well as an " oligoglot " ( someone who speaks " a few " languages ).

One book describing the MIT train room describes two buttons by the door: labelled foo and bar.

The biblical account of Pentecost in the second chapter of the book of Acts describes the sound of a mighty rushing wind and " divided tongues like fire " coming to rest on the apostles.

The book describes its own structure around ten " toledot " sections ( the " these are the generations of ..." phrases ), but many modern commentators see it in terms of a " primeval history " ( chapters 1 – 11 ) followed by the cycle of Patriarchal stories ( chapters 12 – 50 ).

There, he accidentally encounters the old scholar he assaulted earlier in the book, who, keen on revenge, beats up Alex with the help of his friends.

Hence the " nausea " referred to in the title of the book ; all that he encounters in his everyday life is suffused with a pervasive, even horrible, taste — specifically, his freedom.

The series featured a " flip-cover " format, with 22 pages of the book following the story of the card set and six pages detailing previous encounters leading up to the invasion.

In book I, the young Hadingus encounters " a certain man of great age who had lost an eye " who allies him with Liserus.

The book contained many implausible tales about her encounters with incarnate demons, one of whom was supposed to have written prophecies on her back with its tail, and another who played the piano in the shape of a crocodile.

This 256-page hardcover book contained details of Gygax's original city, its personalities and politics, as well as over thirty encounters outside the city.

The title is somewhat misleading, as the book is mainly concerned with a series of landmark events in Sherson / Sassoon's childhood and youth, and his encounters with various comic characters.

Continuation Bond author Raymond Benson sees aspects of self-doubt entering Bond's mind with the " soft " life he has been leading when he is introduced in the book, as well as the fear he feels when his flight to Istanbul encounters severe turbulence from a storm.

In a group of bamboo slips called " phrase book " (《 语书 》), there were several encounters of the word " Zheng ", they were all reformed as the word " Duan " ( 端 ) instead.

Fan mail begging for Brown's advice on many subjects concerning women's behavior, sexual encounters, health, and beauty flooded her after the book was released.

In his aimless wanderings about the city he encounters a person carrying an advertisement for a magic theatre who gives him a small book, Treatise on the Steppenwolf.

When Buffy encounters Oz, he is the leader of a pack of werewolves who can completely control their wolf forms ; Oz assists in the final battle of the book, set during a full moon.

Beginning in the 1990s, personnel working in the book storage and archives facilities formerly housed in Williams Hall reported encounters with what they believe to be ghost of Milner.

In addition, the book depicts the first of Bean's encounters with Achilles.

Thacker encounters Hollywood star actress Anna Scott ( Julia Roberts ) when she enters his shop to buy a book.

" The trilogy is read by many among those involved in the BDSM community, but Anne Rice told her biographer that she refused the offer to meet with its practitioners face-to-face, and in fact her brief encounters with " those people " resulted in the discontinuation of the Sleeping Beauty series after the third book, because of moral revulsion she felt when she was confronted with the actuality of the practice.

In the book Sign of Chaos ( 1987 ), part of Roger Zelazny's Chronicles of Amber, the protagonist encounters a Bandersnatch.

This refers to Harry's encounters with mermaids in the second Triwizard Task in the fourth book, Goblet of Fire.

" Old John ," Random's assassin whom Merlin encounters at Bloody Bill's, is a reference to the comic book character Grimjack.

It is also implied in the book that Stan remembers more about the children's encounters with It than the others do, sometimes commenting about the Turtle and other events from his time in Derry, though he claims that he doesn't remember what those phrases mean.

She is currently working on a book about the Middle East and her encounters with Israelis and Palestinians.

In his book, Dr. Murphy retells his encounters with multiple demons manifest in a lady named Betty, naming themselves through use of her vocal cords, with names such as " Hellbent " ( its purpose was to ensure Betty's place in Hell ( although it was defeated )); " Unbelief " ( purposed to inspire exactly what it's named for ) and " Destroyer " ( meant to destroy the victim's spirit ).

As Carpentier became acquainted with those among the arts community he had several encounters to meet other famous authors such as Pablo Neruda, who had sent him a draft of his book “ Residencia el la Tierra ” to review ; Guatemalan author Miguel Ángel Asturias, whose work on pre-Columbian mythology influenced his writing ; and Pablo Picasso, an introduction made possible through Carpentier's connection with friends in the arts.

He later encounters Galad Damodred, whom he gives a copy of the book The Way of the Light and then proceeds to accept among the Whitecloak ranks.