To promote the fellowship, Wilson and other members wrote the initially-titled book, Alcoholics Anonymous: The Story of How More Than One Hundred Men Have Recovered from Alcoholism, from which AA drew its name.

" Bardot's book was also against miscegenation ; made attacks on modern art, which Bardot equated with " shit "; drew similarities between French politicians and weather vanes ; and compared her own beliefs with previous generations who had " given their lives to push out invaders ".

In 1933, Schoenberg wrote an essay " Brahms the Progressive " ( re-written 1947 ), which drew attention to Brahms's fondness for motivic saturation and irregularities of rhythm and phrase ; in his last book ( Structural Functions of Harmony, 1948 ), he analysed Brahms's " enriched harmony " and exploration of remote tonal regions.

When Maroger's book became available, Reginald Marsh drew on Maroger's book-jacket an airplane dropping an atomic bomb on the Maryland Art Institute, a reference to the controversy Maroger was causing in the local press over the abstract art versus realism debate.

The book first drew criticism from Keating's estranged wife, Annita Keating, who said that it understated her contribution, a complaint Watson rejected.

Raised an Orthodox Christian, Kandinsky drew upon the Jewish and Christian stories of Noah's Ark, Jonah and the whale, Christ's resurrection, the four horsemen of the Apocalypse in the book of Revelation, Russian folktales and the common mythological experiences of death and rebirth.

David Sinclair, of the London Times, described in his book The Story of ZZ Top how Linden Hudson drew Billy's attention to the possibility of using a drum machine for the final recording of the Eliminator album.

The publication of the book Silent Spring ( 1962 ) by Rachel Carson drew attention to the impact of chemicals on the natural environment.

When the Holy Office drew the Réflexions morales to the attention of Clement XI, he issued the papal brief Universi dominici ( 1708 ), proscribing the book for " savouring of the Jansenist heresy.

It drew from the book The Small Woman by Alan Burgess.

His next book of poems First Will and Testament drew the attention of James Laughlin, then launching New Directions Publishing as a student at Harvard.

Don Rosa wrote and drew a story regarding the origin of the Junior Woodchucks Guidebook, " Guardians of the Lost Library ", which Comics Buyer's Guide mentioned as possibly the greatest comic book story of all time.

Although the book drew on interviews with Wilson and others ( by Todd Gold ) it is widely believed to be Landy's account of Brian's life.

Some of Stanton's work during this period shows Ditko influence ( see below ), and the introduction to one book of Stanton's work says, " Eric Stanton drew his pictures in India ink, and they were then hand-coloured

Prior to his association with Disney, Van Horn drew and wrote a black and white comic book called " Nervous Rex " for Blackthorne Publishing.

(" I think it was because in the first book I drew myself looking out of the window, and I thought it would be quite nice to have him next door ," said McKee.

* The town figured prominently in the Dean Koontz book Twilight Eyes which featured a character who sought refuge in the circus community and came back to " Gibtown " with them as the traveling season drew to a close

Lester interviewed many of Tatum's contemporaries for the book and drew from many articles published about him.

The chain's promise when winning the contract to operate the three stores, to hire a full-time Irish book buyer was fulfilled by employing an Australian, who will be based in London and not in Dublin, drew adverse criticism.

Bernays also drew on the ideas of the French writer Gustave LeBon, the originator of crowd psychology, and of Wilfred Trotter, who promoted similar ideas in the anglophone world in his book Instincts of the Herd in Peace and War.

At the same time, Adolf Hitler's Mein Kampf drew largely on the propaganda techniques proposed in Le Bon's 1895 book .< ref >

This influence was so strong that later writers sometimes drew from the work without acknowledgment ( such accusations were levelled at Laurence Sterne's book Tristram Shandy ).

The first major motion picture adaptation of a full-length Asimov work was Bicentennial Man ( 1999 ) ( based on the short stories " Bicentennial Man " and " The Positronic Man ", the latter co-written with Robert Silverberg ), although 2004's I, Robot, a film loosely based on Asimov's book of short stories by the same name, drew more attention.

The Shepherd's Monument has been internationally well-known since 1982, when the book The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail drew attention to the mysterious Shugborough inscription.

Middleton's reputation was enhanced by this work ; but, as was later pointed out, he drew largely from a rare book by William Bellenden, De tribus luminibus Romanorum.

Every book followed a different train of thought, from inspiration to solution, according to her autobiography.

Fearless Fosdick — and Capp's other spoofs like " Little Fanny Gooney " ( 1952 ) and " Jack Jawbreaker "— were almost certainly an early inspiration for Harvey Kurtzman's Mad Magazine, which began in 1952 as a comic book that specifically parodied other comics in the same distinctive style and subversive manner.

Tim Severin's book Seeking Robinson Crusoe ( 2002 ) unravels a much wider range of potential sources of inspiration.

A sampler of the book has indicated some inspiration from Charles Dickens life and literature, but it also contains a character called Henry Mayhew: a gentleman who concerns himself with the well-being of the poor, even going so far as to take people in to his home to nurse and feed them on some occasions.

In a later study in Barrett's book, The Committee of Sleep, she describes how some experienced lucid dreamers have learned to remember specific practical goals such as artists looking for inspiration seeking a show of their own work once they become lucid or computer programmers looking for a screen with their desired code.

Chris Claremont, longtime writer of the X-Men comic book, has said that Begin was inspiration for the character Magneto.

* An interview with Judy Golding, the author's daughter, in which she discusses the inspiration for the book, and the reasons for its enduring legacy

On 15 November 2007, at the launch of the book, Young Brave and Beautiful: The Missions of Special Operations Executive Agent Lieutenant Violette Szabo, at The Jersey War Tunnels, the Lieutenant Governor of Jersey said of her, " She's an inspiration to those young people today doing the same work with the risk of the same dangers ".

A long-standing correspondence between New York based author Helene Hanff and the staff of a bookstore on the street, Marks & Co., was the inspiration for the book 84 Charing Cross Road ( 1970 ).

The book was the inspiration for the film of the same name released in 2002, starring Richard Gere.

Biomimicry is defined in her book as a " new science that studies nature's models and then imitates or takes inspiration from these designs and processes to solve human problems ".

Tim Severin's book Seeking Robinson Crusoe ( 2002 ) unravels a much wider and more plausible range of potential sources of inspiration, and concludes by identifying castaway surgeon Henry Pitman as the most likely.

They do not recognize divine authorship or inspiration in any other book in the Jewish Tanakh.

Studios ' Darkwing Duck comic book series begins a four-part story arc deemed " Crisis on Infinite Darkwings ", apparently taking strong inspiration from this series.

Writer Rob Williams has stated that Class War was a major inspiration for his superhero comic book series Cla $$ war.

Oberth became a member of the Verein für Raumschiffahrt ( VfR )-the " Spaceflight Society " – an amateur rocketry group that had taken great inspiration from his book, and Oberth acted as something of a mentor to the enthusiasts who joined the Society.

The inspiration for many Daniel Amos and Taylor songs from the mid-1980s can be found in the book Behold, This Dreamer: Of Reverie, Night, Sleep, Dream, Love-Dreams, Nightmare, Death.

The final chapter, Froid Équateur, was chosen book of the year by the magazine Lire and is acknowledged by the inventor of chess boxing, Iepe Rubingh as the inspiration for the sport.

This concept makes up the framework of the 15th century book Ship of Fools ( 1494 ) by Sebastian Brant, which served as the inspiration for Bosch's famous painting, Ship of Fools: a ship — an entire fleet at first — sets off from Basel to the paradise of fools.

George Eliot also took inspiration from Theophrastus ' Characters, most notably in her book of caricatures, Impressions of Theophrastus Such.

This book presents the band's story behind their inspiration for their fight on poverty in Africa.

In the book " Almodovar on Almodovar " he is quoted saying that the 1950s film " Funny Face " is a central inspiration for his work.

It was reviewed in various newspapers nationwide as |.... something new under the sun ", "... a book more fascinating than the dictionary ", "... a very valuable tool for the reference library ", "... patient plugging away at dry statistics ", "... a happy inspiration that set Joseph Nathan Kane at the task of producing so intriguing a volume.

Hunting Valley was the inspiration for the fictional town of Hunting Hills in the book The Secret Lives of Fortunate Wives by Sarah Strohmeyer.

* The melodic death metal band At the Gates has quotations from the book in the songs " Blinded by Fear ", " Slaughter of the Soul " and " World of Lies " from the Slaughter of the Soul album ; the lyricist / vocalist Tomas Lindberg has cited it as a major lyrical inspiration.