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The setback was temporary, and the third book recounts the growth of Christianity in Northumbria under kings Oswald of Northumbria and Oswy.
The fourth book begins with the consecration of Theodore as Archbishop of Canterbury, and recounts Wilfrid's efforts to bring Christianity to the kingdom of Sussex.
The " patriarchal history " recounts the events of the major patriarchs Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, to whom God reveals himself and to whom the promise of descendants and land is made, while the story of Joseph serves to take the Israelites into Egypt in preparation for the next book, Exodus.
Nora Titone, in her book My Thoughts Be Bloody, recounts how the shame and ambition of Junius Brutus Booth's two illegitimate actor sons, Edwin and John Wilkes Booth, would eventually spur them to strive, as rivals, for achievement and acclaim — Edwin, a Unionist, and John Wilkes, the assassin of Abraham Lincoln.
As he recounts in the Champlin book, Frankenheimer used the production's desperation to his advantage in negotiations.
The book of 1 Kings recounts how Solomon prays for wisdom:
In his 2004 book Two Sides of the Moon, Alexey Leonov recounts that he was flying a helicopter in the same area that day when he heard " two loud booms in the distance.
He recounts the events of his investigation in his book Candiru: Life and Legend of the Bloodsucking Catfishes.
The remainder of the book recounts events occurring in the months after the revolution in May 2076, and a week or so of events in October 2076 leading up to capitulation by Earth.
Czech writer Arnošt Lustig recounts in his book 3x18 that Joseph Heller told him that he would never have written Catch-22 had he not first read The Good Soldier Švejk by Jaroslav Hašek.
The book recounts the tale of a party of dwarves ( consisting of a few of the original residents of the Lonely Mountain and their descendants ) and Bilbo Baggins ( the titular hobbit ) to recapture the mountain and kill the dragon.
In his undelivered speech " How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later ", Dick recounts how in describing an incident at the end of the book ( end of chapter 27 ) to an Episcopalian priest, the priest noted its striking similarity to a scene in the Books of Acts in the Bible.
More recently, Simon R. Green included references to " The Philadelphia Experiment " in his book The Spy Who Haunted Me, while Paul Violette's book Secrets of Anti-Gravity Propulsion recounts some mysterious involvement of the physicist Thomas Townsend Brown of the Philadelphia Navy yard.
Anecdotal evidence suggest that racism was a key factor — in his book on the history of Australian radio, author and broadcaster Wayne Mac recounts that when a local Melbourne DJ of the 1960s played the new Ike and Tina Turner single " River Deep Mountain High " it was immediately pulled from the playlist by the station's program manager for being " too noisy and too black ".
In chapter 23 of the Prose Edda book Gylfaginning, the enthroned figure of High details that Njörðr's wife is Skaði, that she is the daughter of the jötunn Þjazi, and recounts a tale involving the two.
In chapter 56 of the Prose Edda book Skáldskaparmál, Bragi recounts to Ægir how the gods killed Þjazi.
Fessenden's wife Helen recounts the broadcast in her book Fessenden: Builder of Tomorrows ( 1940 ), eight years after Fessenden's death.
Joinville recounts equally the high deeds of Saint Louis, in particular the unfolding of the Seventh Crusade and the following stay in the Holy Land, which occupies most of the book.
" In his book On Writing, Stephen King recounts his experience working for John Gould at the Lisbon Enterprise, a weekly newspaper that Gould published.
** The book of Acts, written by Luke, recounts the early history of the Christian movement.
In the book The History of Sicily from the Earliest Times the author recounts the tale slightly differently.
This non-canonical book recounts the preaching and miracles of Philip.
In her book Gangster's Moll, Marilyn Wisbey recounts that on 8 June 1988, after returning home from a visit to an abortion clinic and lying down for a nap they were raided by the Drugs Squad.
This book recounts a very detailed version of the story based on an exclusive account given by eight of the then-paroled robbers ( Edwards, Goody, Hussey, Wisby, Welch, James, White and Cordrey with contradictory versions by Reynolds and Biggs ).

book and author's
Of many passages in the book that exemplify the author's vivid style, the characterizations of the two plebeian dictators whose crimes make those of crowned autocrats pale by comparison may be selected.
An author's contract may specify, for example, that they will earn 10 % of the retail price of each book sold.
An author's book must earn out their advance before any further royalties are paid.
ISBN 0-12-633951-1 ( The author's site on this book ).
The book covers the period from the time of the Yellow Emperor until the author's own time.
Diogo Cão is the subject of Padrão, one of the most well-known poems in Fernando Pessoa's book Mensagem, the only one published during the author's lifetime.
In the same year R. T. Gould published a book, the first of many that describe the author's personal investigation and collected record of additional reports pre-dating 1933.
The book calls for the abolition or privatization of all government functions, details suggestions for many specific instances of privatization, explores the consequences of libertarian thought, examples of libertarian society ( such as the Icelandic Commonwealth ), and offers the author's personal statement about why he became a libertarian.
* 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
The book presents the author's composite account of what it is like to die.
Karel Sýs wrote about him on the back-cover of his book Chata v Jezerní kotlině: " I think, that both meaning and effect of his work lies in moral purity based upon author's experience.
Individual reviewers labeled the book " sickening ", criticised its " stupid cruelties ", and called the author's imagination " diseased ".
Binoche has said her inspirations for the role were her friend and coach Vernice Klier who suffered a similar tragedy, and the book The Black Veil by Anny Duperey which deals with the author's grief at losing her parents at a young age.
English editions of the book were published in the USA and UK in May 2002, exactly one year after the author's death.
The book was also influenced by the author's membership in the Oulipo ; the structure of the text is said to be an adaptation of the structural semiology of A. J.
Oliver argues that the version of the play in the 1623 First Folio was most likely taken not from a prompt book, or a transcript, but from the author's own foul papers ( probably with some annotations by the book keeper ), which he argues bear signs of edits, primarily related to Hortensio.
The realm is of significant importance in the author's most famous book, The Lord of the Rings.
On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft by Stephen King, published in 2000, is a memoir of the prolific author's experiences as a writer, and also serves as a guide book for those who choose to enter the craft.
The book is an objective study of the conceptual metaphors underlying conservative and liberal politics although the closing section is devoted to the author's personal views.
The word " Codex " in the title means " book " ( from Latin caudex ), and " Seraphinianus " is derived from the author's last name, Serafini.
The three-volume book is a narrative relying on eyewitness testimony and primary research material, as well as the author's own experiences as a prisoner in a gulag labor camp.
The book is a work of fiction inspired by the author's eccentric aunt, Marion Tanner, whose life and outlook in many ways mirrored those of Mame.
* The township's web site has a wealth of information on the history of Bethel reproduced, with the author's permission, from the book " Bethel Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Thru Three Centuries.
An abbreviation of this work, which as a book of travel is even more delightful than its predecessors, was published in 1894, shortly after the author's death, with a brief introductory notice by Lord Aberdare.

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