D. and it takes a really gripping book for me to make it through, but all of these passed the test!
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The one thought Richards had that summed up this book for me was his observation on the type of advice people give.
Even so, I got a book flung at me for talking in class by our inspirational English teacher, an ex-army man.
She's organising a tribute book for Adam and has asked me to write a page for him.
However, when that person responds enthusiastically, and then asks for a copy of my book, or for more information, or wants me to do more research, or even strings me along for weeks with emails promising work or coverage, and then that person takes a nose dive off the planet, well, that is when I get mad.
"The King said from the beginning the book would be dangerous for him and for me, " says Stevenson.
That was one of the purposes for me to write this book.
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Garr drew upon his experience of Japan and its traditions to create Presentation Zen, for me the single best book on creating slides, period.
In my case, for Dummies had already tentatively decided to launch a for Dummies mediation title when they contacted me and a dozen other possible authors for the book.
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"Man, I really feel your work on Pac, " he gently stated, referring to my book Holler If You Hear Me: Searching for Tupac Shakur.
For me I always like to book my next vacation as soon as I come back from one so I always have reservations for my next adventure on my calendar.
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Should it be easier for me to grab a fair use excerpt in return for a link to her book?
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The Foundling Museum in London is my favourite museum and it's been inspirational for me because I've just written a book about a Victorian foundling child called Hetty Feather.
For me one of the fun things about writing the book was getting just a quote from all these different writers.
Decades ago, when I first began collecting books and letters by Sir Winston Churchill, she enthusiastically arranged a luncheon for me with one of New York's premier book dealers, who whetted my appetite by selling me, at bargain prices, several outstanding signed Churchill first editions.
Whether a book of that nature, the impact it has is sort of not for me to decide.
Once I understood the source of my discomfort, I resisted the urge to drop a name or tell people I had just given a talk or written a book or something else to identify a solid role for myself that would make me look and feel good.
But months later, after the letter arrived and I traced its arc and came to land with a soft thud in an enchanted forest, and after I had listened to all the stories contained in this book and written them down for you, that one story came back to me.
To know that the book has touched the lives of others has been the greatest joy for my father and me.
As for me, the anxiety and loneliness of childhood that I describe in my book, "Tiger Babies Strike Back, " has caused an uproar in my family.
The irony that being a book lover would be a handicap for someone in the business of books is not lost on me, by the way.
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After ordering back copies of trade pub- lications and a book on operating vending machines, I was prepared for the presentation Antares wanted to make to me.
It is enough for me to suspend my consulting practice and focus full time on writing the book and will be sufficient to get it designed, edited and published in hardcover and ebook formats.
About five years ago, the general, who had read my book, Start with No, invited me to discuss business-leadership and negotiation topics for a taped television program, in Tampa, FL. And because we were both veterans, we shared a great conversation afterwards.
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Hsieh once told me the same thing when I interviewed him a few years ago for a book I was writing.
Not that I'm necessarily equating the two in terms of literary merit, but I remember when I discovered "The Hardy Boys" in fifth or sixth grade: After reading the first book, I was so smitten I begged my parents to buy me the remaining fortysomething volumes for my birthday.
But someone unexpectedly sent me The Rum Diary and, desperate for brainfood Sunday morning, I grabbed the book on my way out to coffee.
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They were up with me on the podium that night, playing baseball for the Yankees, writing the book they never wrote or getting the girl they never got.
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