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book

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n. 书籍；卷；帐簿；名册；工作簿
vt. 预订；登记
n. (Book)人名；(中)卜(广东话·威妥玛)；(朝)北；(英)布克；(瑞典)博克

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In his book, Team of Teams, General Stanley McChrystal describes how the army's hierarchical structure hindered its operations during the early stages of the Iraq war.

In fact, there is almost no hard evidence for midlife crisis other than a few small pilot studies conducted decades ago, Barbara Hagerty writes in her new book, Life Reimagined.

I could imagine what the teacher was saying or what it looked like in the book.

The first rule—examine your life—is the common thread that runs through the entire book.

The book is co-authored by Long Island University's philosophy professor Michael Soupios and economics professor Panos Mourdoukoutas.

Is it possible to enjoy a peaceful life in a world that is increasingly challenged by threats and uncertainties from wars, terrorism, economic crises and a widespread outbreak of infectious diseases? The answer is yes, according to a new book The 10 Golden Rules: Ancient Wisdom from the Greek Philosophers on Living a Good Life.

In post-war Japan, the economy wasn’t doing so great, so you couldn’t get everyday-use items like household cleaners, says Lisa Katayama, author of Urawaza, a book named after the Japanese term for clever lifestyle tips and tricks, So people looked for ways to do with what they had.

But you can't force the child to think carefully, enjoy books, digest complex information, or develop a taste for learning.

He could not watch television except for two programs aweek, could not play with his friends after school until he finished his homework, and had to read two books a week and write book reports about them.

And he’s also the author of three books.

"In fact, there is almost no hard evidence for midlife crisis other than a few small pilot studies conducted decades ago," Barbara Hagerty writes in her new book, life Reimagined.

Although Leslie's book isn't about politics, he doesn't entirely shy away from the problem.

Betsan Corkhill, a wellness coach in Bath, England, and author of the book Knit for Health and Wellness, established a website, Stitchlinks, to explore the value of what she calls therapeutic knitting.

But because it's all digital it eliminates the used book market and eliminates any sharing and because homework and tests are through an access code, it eliminates any ability to opt out.

Careme would often spend his free afternoons at the nearby National library reading book on art and architecture.

Elsewhere in the book, Leslie writes: Google aims to save you from the thirst of curiosity altogether.

Great, I'll book the tickets online.

He could not watch television except for two programs a week, could not play with his friends after school until he finished his homework, and had to read two books a week and write book reports about them.

In 2011, a University of North Carolina business professor named John Kasarda published a book called Aerotropolis: The Way We'll live Next.

In his book, Team of Teams, General Stanley McChrystal describe show the army's hierarchical structure hindered its operations during the early stages of the Iraq war.

The answer is yes, according to a new book The 10 Golden Rules: Ancient wisdom from the Greek Philosophers on living a Good life.

The first rule — examine your life — is the common thread that runs through the entire book.

The journalist Ian Leslie, in his new and enjoyable book Curious: The Desire to Know and Why Your Future Depends on it, insists that the answer to that last question is "Yes".

When the students came in, sharpened pencils in hand, there was not a blue book in sight.

Middle-class and higher-income parents see their children as projects in need of careful cultivation, says Annette Lareau, whose groundbreaking research on the topic was published in her book Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race and Family Life.

Mr.Ishiguro, have you ever found one of your books at a secondhand bookstore? According to a study of race and equity in education, black athletes are dropping out of college across the country at alarming rates.

Mr.De Keyzer, I’m a great lover of your book Moments Before the Flood.

Many even think their parents are cool! Although more than a third have an object in their rooms they would like to keep secret from their parents, rarely is it anything more alarming than a diary or offcolor ( ' , 低俗的) book or CD.

Laura Hamilton, the author of a study on parents who pay for college, will argue in a forthcoming book that college administrations arc overly concerned with the social and athletic activities of their students.

Professor of Sociology at WashingtonUniversity, has written numerous articles and books on the issues facing older Americans in our graying society for the past 15 years.

After studying these products for several years, I wrote a book about how they do it.

Although more than a third have an object in their rooms they would like to keep secret from their parents, rarely is it anything more alarming than a diary or off-color 低俗的 book or CD.

Her hands-on examples make her book a truly interactive read.

Her new book Swell inter-weaves her own story with a history of female pioneers who accomplished remarkable feats and paved the way for future generations.

I began working on my latest book, The Buried giant, in 2004.

I like how the book is clearly written with each chapter brought to life by pieces of fascinating knowledge.

In 1892, The Gentlewoman's Book of Sports described a woman swimming in a heavy dress, boots, hat, gloves and carrying an umbrella.

In an 1801 drawing from his book, General Zoology Amphibia, George Shaw, an English botanist and zoologist, credited Merian for describing a frog in the account of her South American expedition, and named the young tree frog after her in his portrayal of

I've often stopped writing a book and left it for a few years.

Laura Hamilton, the author of a study on parents who pay for college, will argue in a forthcoming book that college administrations are overly concerned with the social and athletic activities of their students.

middle-class and higher-income parents see their children as projects in need of careful cultivation, says Annette Lareau, whose groundbreaking research on the topic was published in her book Unequal Childhoods: Class, Race and Family life.

Most early books were printed in Latin, but the market for Latin was limited, and in its pursuit of larger markets, the book trade soon produced translations into the national languages emerging at the time.

Once purchased and trained, this would allow the casual user to save money and time, freeing up precious space in our busy lives to read a good book.

Otherwise, you'll be writing a book.

Perhaps one explanation for her mistakes is that she cut short her Suriname trip after getting bick, and completed the book at home in Amsterdam.

right from the start, book printing and publishing were organized on capitalist lines.

She just published a book on the subject which is reckoned to be quite good.

So I started practicing the various practical steps mentioned by the author in the book, and began to revolt against the very idea of being too busy.

The earliest printed book we know today appeared in China in the year 868, and metal type was in use in Korea at the beginning of the 1'th century, but it was in Germany around the year 1450 that a printing press using movable metal type was invented.

The retail industry is getting "reinvented" as we describe in our new book Matchmakers.

Then, one day, I came across a book, called In Praise of Slowness, and realized that being busy is not only detrimental, but also has the danger of turning life into an endless race.

You wrote in the book: "I don't want to photograph the disaster."

A website links people through books.

According to the passage, children's fear and dislike of books may result from being made to read aloud before others.

Admission is at normal charges and you don't need to book.

After having taught fifth-grade classes for four years, I decided to try all costs to rid them of their fear and dislike of books, and to get them to read oftener and more adventurously.

After reading some history books on how the first group of Chinese immigrants survived in America of the 19th century, she has become keen on her own family history and that of others.

Alia knew that if the books were to be safe, they must be moved again while the city was quiet.

All through the night, Alia, Anis, his brothers and neighbours took the books from the library, passed them over the seven-foot wall and hid them in the restaurant.

An endless number of books and movies qualify as love stories in popular culture.

And I've found that the possibilities that lie within books are limitless.

And years later, she was proud that her son had read thousands of books, was awarded a PhD in literature, and authored his own books, articles, poetry and fiction.

Anis who owned a restaurant agreed to hide some books.

Another patient noticed what I was reading and struck up a conversation with me because he had one of his books with him as well.

As a result, I've always kept up with the newspapers, faithfully read news magazines and learned to really enjoy books, all of which have been an invaluable help to me in radio and television reporting.

As you go through this book, you will find that each of the millions of people who lived through world war ii had a different experience.

Aunt Dede, a teacher, had read the book to her students, and they loved it.

Berger explains in his new book, "contagious: why things catch on."

Big ideas for little kids includes everything a teacher, a parent or a college student needs to teach philosophy to elementary school children from picture books.

Book reports weren't written until the final threat.

Bookcrossing provides an identification number to stick inside the book.

Books could be incredibly wonderful and I was going to read them.

Brooks gained fame for several books.

Bruce Pederson, the managing director of Bookcrossing, says, "the two things that change your life are the people you meet and books you read."

Bruce Peterson says the idea is for people not to be selfish by keeping a book to gather dust on a shelf at home.

But Brooks has structured his book in an unorthodox (非常规的), and perhaps unfortunate way.

But he later said, "those two books were my companions by day, and under my pillow at night."

But more than thirty books came up when I typed in ‘Hollywood comedies'.

But other books require a bit more work on your part.

By the way, how many books can I borrow at a time?

Com turns the page on the traditional idea of a book group.

Considering this, you might expect the book to be a dry recitation of facts.

Data shows that kids and teens who do read frequently, compared to infrequent readers, have more books in the home, more books purchased for them, parents who read more often, and parents who set aside time for them to read.

Demonstrate the value of Brooks's new book.

DDriven by heaven-knows-what motives, he determines to write a book.

During the last few years, business executives and book writers looking for a new way to advise corporate America have been exploiting Shakespeare's wisdom for profitable ends.

E-mails are then sent to the bookcrossing to keep them updated about where their books have been found.

Everyone is supposed to put books back to the shelves when the closing bell is sounded.

From the very beginning of school, we make books and reading a constant source of possible failure and public humiliation.

Gilbert, presented Dario's mother with a book of piano music by Chopin.

He identified with the story in the book.

He was actually a published author, and he was currently working on a new book.

He wrote many children' s books, nearly half of which were published in the 1990s.

Her library used to be a meeting place for all who loved books and liked to share knowledge.

Her popular 1962 book Silent Spring raised awareness of the dangers of pollution and the harmful effects of chemicals on humans and on the world's lakes and oceans.

Hey look! Just six books came up.

His latest book the social animal, however, is more ambitious and serious than his earlier books.

His recently published book, a Grammar of Thangmi with an ethnolinguistic introduction to the speakers and their culture, grows out of his experience living, working, and raising a family in a village in Nepal.

His son couldn't write his book reports.

How different is our mean-spirited, picky insistence that every child get every last little scrap of "understanding" that can be dug out of a book.

How many books published in 2015 are found in this search?

However, it is also hard to keep a code book secret for long.

However, there's only so much that prep books, websites, and older friends can teach.

I absent-mindedly turned the pages of the phone book and came across a city map.

I am not going to ask you questions to find out whether you understand the books or not.

I have read all your books.

I hope you like the book I lent you.

I must have always known reading was very important because the first memories I have as a child deal with books.

I suddenly realized something: I had read a book, and I had loved reading that book.

I think I'll get started with these books.

I want to check out these books.

I was required to read one of Bernie Siegel's books in college and was hooked on his positivity from that moment on.

I would like you to read a lot of books this year, but I want you to read them only for pleasure.

I'd like to book a room with a double bed.

If you understand enough of a book to enjoy it and want to go on reading it, that's enough for me.

I'm a new student, and I want to borrow some books.

It is lucky we booked a room, or we would have nowhere to stay now.

It is very hard to break a code without the code book.

It was a thick enough book.

It was on the desk with my book a moment ago.

Jane's grandmother had wanted to write a children's book for many years, but one thing or another always got in the way.

Jo usmar is a writer for cosmopolitan and co-author of the this book will series of lifestyle books.

Jordan Axani, said he and his then girlfriend, Elizabeth Gallagher, booked heavily discounted round-the-world air tickets in May.

Just as I got to the school gate, I realised I had left my book in the cafe.

Marian Bechtel sits at west palm beach's bar louie counter by herself, quietly reading her e-book as she waits for her salad.

Mary has been working really hard on his book and thinks he'll have finished it by Friday.

Material thing from me and left me torn bare, an empty page at the end of a partly written book.

Members go on the site and register the books they own and would like to share.

Members leave books on park benches and buses, in train stations and coffee shops.

One day when I was 12, my mother gave me an order: I was to walk to the public library, and borrow at least one book for the summer.

One day, she was reading at her desk, from a glimpse of the illustrations I thought I knew what the book was.

One early morning, I went into the living room to find my mother reading a thick book called best loved poems to read again and again.

One morning, I had to book an immediate flight home for a family emergency.

One of the effective ways to build vocabulary is to read good books.

Ordered over a week ago, the books are expected to arrive any time now.

Painters, digital media experts, photographers, booking agents and promoters are hired to sell tickets and promote the event.

People who find a book can also leave a journal entry describing what they thought of it.

Sam & joe's had it all一books, candy, toys, baseball cards, puzzles and games.

Samuel, the tallest boy in our class, can easily reach the books on the top shelf.

Secretly, she brought books home every night, filling her car late after work.

She asked me whether I had returned the books to the library, and I admitted that I hadn't.

She had asked the government for permission to move the books to a safe place, but they refused.

She learned to appreciate some parts of the difficult books.

So I carried around a book, and each night, just to be like her, I would pretend to be reading.

So she hired a truck to bring all the books to the houses of friends in the suburbs.

So they've booked a holiday in Brazil.

So, I read some books on fish.

That dog was my dog, and I was the little boy in the book.

That former prisoner was cervantes, and the book was don quixote.

That's when a fantastic life-changing idea popped into head: if I could get more money, I could buy more books l liked, buy anything l wanted.

According to many books and articles, New England’s leaders established the basic themes and preoccupations of an unfolding, dominant Puritan tradition in American intellectual life.

Yet only one of his books is now in print, and his vast body of writings on music is unknown save to specialists.

To read such books today is to marvel at the fact that their learned contents were once deemed suitable for publication in general-circulation dailies.

In his book The Tipping Point,Malcolm Aladuell argues that social epidemics are driven in large part by the acting of a tiny minority of special individuals,often called influentials,who are unusually informed,persuasive,or well-connected.

But bank’s shares trade below their book value, suggesting that investors are skeptical.

And dead markets partly reflect the paralysis of banks which will not sell assets for fear of booking losses, yet are reluctant to buy all those supposed bargains.

With its theme that “Mind is the master weaver，” creating our inner character and outer circumstances， the book As a Man Thinking by James Allen is an in-depth exploration of the central idea of self-help writing.

The sobering aspect of Allen‘s book is that we have no one else to blame for our present condition except ourselves.

Part of the fame of Allen‘s book is its contention that “Circumstances do not make a person， they reveal him.

The subtle and intelligent little book The Marketplace of Ideas: Reform and Resistance in the American University should be read by every student thinking of applying to take a doctoral degree.

At Harvard, Mr.Menand notes, “the great books are read because they have been read”—they form a sort of social glue.

But in her new book Join the Club, Tina Rosenberg contends that peer pressure can also be a positive force through what she calls the social cure, in which organizations and officials use the power of group dynamics to help individuals improve their lives and possibly the word.

such dimensions of read suggest-as others introduced later in the book will also do-that we bring an implicit ( ' , often unacknowledged) agenda to any act of reading.

The comic novel, The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, appeared serially in 1836 and 1837, and was first published in book form in 1837.

"Carry a book with you at all times" can actually work, too-providing you dip in often enough, so that reading becomes the default state from which you temporarily surface to take care of business, before dropping back down.

As Hagel notes, Brynjolfsson and McAfee indeed touched on this point in their book.

But banks' shares trade below their book value, suggesting that investors are skeptical.

But in her new book Join the Club, Tina Rosenberg contends that peer pressure can also be a positive force through what she calls the social cure, in which organizations and officials use the power of group dynamics to help individuals improve their li

But most people will come away from this book believing it was money well spent.

In his book The tipping Point, Malcolm Gladwell argues that "social epidemics" are driven in large part by the actions of a tiny minority of special individuals, often called influentials, who are unusually informed, persuasive, or well-connected.

No mind-set could be worse for losing yourself in a book.

Sociologist Catherine Kohler riessman reports in her new book divorce Talk that most of the women she interviewed — but only a few of the men — gave lack of communication as the reason for their divorces.

Such dimensions of reading suggest 一 as others introduced later in the book will also do 一 that we bring an implicit agenda to any act of reading.

The lesson is not that you should make your personal life an open book, but rather, when given the option to offer up details about yourself or painstakingly conceal them, you should just be honest.

This argument has attracted a lot of attention, via the success of the book Race Against the Machine, by Erik Brynjolfsson and Andrew McAfee, who both hail from MTI's Center for Digital Business.