book

The Oxford American College Dictionary;      424 words ...book / boŏk / • n. 1. a written or printed work consisting of pages glued or sewn together...x220E;  the libretto of an opera or musical, or the script of a play. ∎  ( the book ) the local telephone directory. ∎  ( the Book ) the Bible. ∎  informal a ...

Gospel message to reach 48 million children and youth worldwide; Book of...

Westside Gazette;  February 26, 2003 ;     457 words ...In January, Book of Hope International announced their World...their public schools. The campaign, said Book of Hope President Bob Hoskins, will allow...efforts in many new world locales. In 2003, Book of Hope will establish distribution in several...

Two Guys And a Chick Touch Off Dispute; Book About Same-Sex Penguin...

The Washington Post;  February 17, 2008 ;     700+ words ...A children's book about two male penguins that hatch and parent a chick...choices. Some are calling for an overhaul of the book review policy. Besides, many say, what could be wrong with a book about penguins? The book is based "on a true story...

The Book of Amos: A Commentary

Interpretation;  July 1, 2000 ;     700+ words ...The Book of Amos: A Commentary by Jorg Jeremias Translated...already strong list of commentaries on the Book of Amos. It is a fine supplement to, but...contemporary literary questions concerning the book, while at the same time not abandoning the...

Book on youth and sex causes stir

The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel;  April 4, 2002 ;     613 words ...Book on youth and sex causes stir Author defends work that is...New York -- A month before its publication, a provocative book about children's sexuality is being denounced by some as...for action against the University of Minnesota Press. The book, "Harmful to Minors: The Perils of Protecting Children ...

The Mystery is Solved! First Book Campaign Reveals Nancy Drew Got Kids...

U.S. Newswire;  August 3, 2007 ;     644 words ...To: BOOK EDITORS Contact: Beth Bingham of First Book, +1-202-639-0147, bbingham@FirstBook.org WASHINGTON, Aug. 3...turned many adults into lifelong readers -- Nancy Drew. First Book, the award- winning children's literacy organization that provides...

A Book of Books

Artforum;  January 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ...A Book of Books, by Abelardo Morell, preface by Nicholson Baker. New York: Bulfinch...If, as Mallarme, wrote, "Everything in the world exists to end up in a book," then that book-with its vast, enfolded domain-would require another book to contain...

Fears over new interest in book that inspired Hitler

The Sunday Herald;  January 12, 2003 ;     539 words ...A controversial book that was used by Hitler to discredit Jews...Germany. The controversy that surrounds the book is so great that many countries, including...general circulation. But now demand for the book is reported to be rising again. It has...

Tracewski book hooks fishermen

Bangor Daily News Bangor, ME;  June 12, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Every now and then, a book comes along that makes other writers pay...n't like to say. I wish I had written that book. Most of the time, we conveniently convince ourselves that if we had written the book, we would have done it differently. And...

Thematic Threads in the Book of the Twelve

Journal of Biblical Literature;  October 1, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Thematic Threads in the Book of the Twelve, edited by Paul L. Redditt...1999 and 2002 in the "Formation of the Book of the Twelve Seminar" of the Society...questions: Is it meaningful to read the Book of the Twelve (i.e., the Minor Prophets...

Brought to book; If there was a fire, which book would you save from the...

The Birmingham Post (England);  October 18, 2003 ;     700+ words ...What makes a great book? That is a question that will have been...objective criteria for judging a great book or is it as personal a matter as the way...tea school of literary criticism. As a book-seller she knows there is a difference...

Reading the Book of Jeremiah: A Search for Coherence

The Catholic Biblical Quarterly;  July 1, 2006 ;     633 words ...MARTIN KESSLER (ed.), Reading the Book of Jeremiah: A Search for Coherence (Winona...coherence in the polyphonic voice of the Book of Jeremiah. Written by a group of scholars...are infrequent. Emphasis is on how the Book of Jeremiah, through its disparate parts...

Library panel rejects pleas to drop book

Evanston Review (IL);  May 27, 2004 ;     700+ words ...Curiously, the library book provoking a complaint of excessive violence last...readers. Rather, the Evanston Library Board's first book appeal in at least 25 years centered on a 1979 picture book, "Pinkerton Behave," that rubbed up against present-d...

`Catch Me If You Can' good movie, great book

Herald News, The (Joliet, IL);  March 26, 2003 ;     431 words ...The book "Catch Me If You Can" is the true story of...all before he was caught at age 21. The book tells of Abagnale's lavish lifestyle that...businesses and people. Once I started reading the book, I couldn't put it down. One thing I liked...

Book removed from school after complaint

Naperville Sun, The (IL);  October 19, 2001 ;     700+ words ...This book was removed from the school library at Lincoln...parent complaint. Principal Dan Brace said the book never should have made it on the shelves...her 13-year-old daughter when she noticed a book with a curious title laying on the girl's...