Both Alfred Harcourt and Donald Brace had written him enthusiastic praise of Elmer Gantry ( any changes could be made in proof, which was already coming from the printer ) and they had ordered 140,000 copies -- the largest first printing of any book in history.

To the newspapers he talked about his unquiet life, about his wish to be a newspaperman once more, about the prevalence of American slang in British speech, about the loquacity of the English and the impossibility of finding quiet in a railway carriage, about his plans to wander for two years `` unless stopped and made to write another book ''.

I made inquiries, I read a book of etiquette.

It must have been with some pleasure and relief that on September 12, 1848, Joseph Brown made the momentous entry in his job book, in his characteristically cryptic style, `` Lucian Sharpe came to work for me this day as an apprentice ''.

In their book, American Skyline, Christopher Tunnard and Henry Hope Reed argue that Franklin Roosevelt's New Deal was what made the modern suburb a possibility -- a fine ironical argument, when you consider how suburbanites tend to vote.

She made better pictures than any book he'd read, but he didn't say so.

Publishers would receive a percentage on the sale of every copy of a book, and the author would receive the rest of the money made.

For example, if an author is paid a modest advance of $ 2000. 00, and their royalty rate is 10 % of a book priced at $ 20. 00-that is, $ 2. 00 per book-the book will need to sell 1000 copies before any further payment will be made.

The large amount of travel done by Christie and Mallowan has not only made for a great writing theme, as shown in her famous novel: The Murder on the Orient Express, but also tied into the idea of archaeology as an adventure that has become so important in today ’ s popular culture as described by Cornelius Holtorf in his book Archaeology is a Brand.

At the end of the novel, Grand says he is much happier ; he has written to Jeanne and made a fresh start on his book.

Perhaps the most unusual thing about the privately operated buses is the fact that they are all highly decorated and personalized, with decaling and home made interior designs that range from comic book scenes, to erotic themes, and even to " Hello Kitty " themes.

Augustus made her record any daily activities she did in the imperial day book and the emperor took severe measures in preventing Agrippina from forming friendships, without his consent.

It should also be noted that Amos preached about two years before a very large earthquake, and made reference to it twice in his book.

Other major ideas in the book of Amos include: social justice and concern for the disadvantaged ; the idea that Israel's covenant with God did not exempt them from accountability for sin ; God is God of all nations ; God is judge of all nations ; God is God of moral righteousness ; God made all people ; God elected Israel and then liberated Israel so that He would be known throughout the world ; election by God means that those elected are responsible to live according to the purposes clearly outlined to them in the covenant ; if God destroys the unjust, a remnant will remain ; and God is free to judge whether to redeem Israel.

The book made many Americans appreciate their country's economic progress and sold over 40, 000 copies, mostly in the U. S.

The second half of the book, " Personal Stories " ( subject to additions, removal and retitling in subsequent editions ), is made of AA members ' redemptive autobiographical sketches.

They were furthered by American Spectator writer David Brock in his 1993 book The Real Anita Hill, though he later recanted the claims he had made, described his book as " character assassination ", and apologized to Hill.

A book is a set of written, printed, illustrated, or blank sheets, made of ink, paper, parchment, or other materials, usually fastened together to hinge at one side.

In the book, she also made comparisons of her close gay friends to today's homosexuals, who " jiggle their bottoms, put their little fingers in the air and with their little castrato voices moan about what those ghastly heteros put them through " and that some contemporary homosexuals behave like " fairground freaks ".

" 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 ".

The book is made up of six court tales and four apocalyptic visions set in the time of the Babylonian captivity.

Attempts have been made to organize the entire book of Daniel with a chiastic structure despite the major break between Daniel 6 and 7, even though there are parallel themes across that break.

This original " book of saviours ," made up of the stories of Ehud, Jael and parts of Gideon, had already been enlarged and transformed into " wars of Yahweh " before being given the final Deuteronomistic revision.

The mysterious deaths, murder conviction of Duane (“ Buck ”) Walker ( aka Wesley G. Walker ) and acquittal of his girlfriend, Stephanie Stearns, made headlines nationwide and led to a best-selling account written by Stearns's defense attorney, Vincent Bugliosi, and Bruce B. Henderson in the true crime book And the Sea Will Tell.

The book contains descriptions of various exotic technologies, such as the chevaline ( a mechanical horse that can fold up and is light enough to be carried one-handed ), and forecasts the use of technologies that are in development today, such as smart paper that can show personalized news headlines.

First, the manuscript was “ sent to the rubricator, who added ( in red or other colors ) the titles, headlines, the initials of chapters and sections, the notes and so on ; and then – if the book was to be illustrated – it was sent to the illuminator .” In the case of manuscripts that were sold commercially, the writing would “ undoubtedly have been discussed initially between the patron and the scribe ( or the scribe ’ s agent ,) but by the time that the written gathering were sent off to the illuminator there was no longer any scope for innovation .”

Examples of such headlines being: " Semicolon declared sexier than comma in grammarian's fête ", or "( City Name ) prints all wrong numbers in phone book, leads to 15 marriages " or quotes from a " Tommy B. Saif Sez.

She is best known as lead author of the influential book The Limits to Growth, which made headlines around the world.

In 1908, after Captain Mahoney ( of the New York City Police Department ) crashed one of Goldman ’ s lectures in Chicago, newspaper headlines read that every popular anarchist had been present for the spectacle, “ with the single exception of Lucy Parsons, with whom Emma Goldman is not on the best of terms .” Goldman reciprocated Parsons ’ s absence by endorsing Frank Harris ' book The Bomb, which was a largely fictional account of the Haymarket Affair and its martyrs road to death.

The unique and quirky nature of this crime story made international headlines and resulted in publicity for Moosehead ; it has also been the basis of a book.

On 23 October 2006, Brandis made headlines when he wanted Good Shepherd Catholic College in Mount Isa to ban from its school library the book " 100 Greatest Tyrants " by British author Andrew Langley, which places Sir Robert Menzies, the longest serving Australian Prime Minister, in such company as Mao Zedong, Adolf Hitler, Pol Pot, Saddam Hussein and Augusto Pinochet.

His 2011 book Suddenly, Last Winter-An Election Diary created headlines for its criticism of Labor Prime Minister Julia Gillard, and praise for Liberal Opposition Leader Tony Abbott.

It is commonly seen in the titles on book covers, in advertisements and in newspaper headlines.

Examples of this would include any continuous reading material, posters, bus cards, billboards, magazine advertising copy, headings in books, business forms and records, titles of articles, books and book chapters, and newspaper headlines .”

In December 2003, the newspaper La Croix made headlines after firing one of its own journalists, Alain Hertoghe, for writing a book that was allegedly damaging to the newspaper's editorial line.

NSORC advises journalists about how to engage the student community in discussion of such issues as National Missile Defense and the Global War on Terrorism and also provides recent headlines and opinions, student articles, book reviews, and downloadable online lectures.

Although she was acquitted on this occasion, the resulting court case in 1987 made headlines for several weeks with lurid tales, some details of which she aired on The Dame Edna Experience in 1988, with co-guests Sir John Mills and Rudolf Nureyev, where she also launched her book, Entertaining at Home.

He can be seen with many other notable Golden Age characters, including Daredevil, Miss Masque, the Green Lama, the Face, the Phantom, the Fighting Yank, and Samson, who headlines the book.

Ex-member of ISKCON Nori Muster, who worked for ten years as a public relations secretary and editor of ISKCON's newspaper, the ISKCON World Review, recalls in her book Betrayal of the spirit: my life behind the headlines of the Hare Krishna movement ( published by the University of Illinois Press in 1997 ):

Don also headlines a chapter on early LA HipHop in the coffee table book “ Vibe ’ s History of HipHop ” ( 09 /

First proposed by Vanity Fair columnist Maureen Orth in her book, " The Importance of Being Famous " ( 2003 ), it is fueled both by the celebrities ' seemingly continual search for fame and attention and the business corporations ' search for catchy headlines and viable name brands that could be sustained by such celebrities.

In publications, text is run horizontally although book titles on spines and some newspaper headlines remain vertical for convenience.

In 2010 the book made headlines when it was withdrawn from the University of Mumbai's English syllabus after complaints from the family of the Hindu nationalist politician Bal Thackeray.