Word: blurbed
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...Dawkins, whom the book’s publicity blurb refers to as “the world’s most prominent atheist,” has penned a stunning and oddly convincing (for the most part) argument against religion with his latest release, “The God Delusion.” This provocative book dissects religion from head-to-toe: he debunks all known arguments in support of the existence of supernatural deities and then presents a flood of reasons explaining “why there almost certainly...
...SELF-PUBLISHING Blurb Soon those old-fogy relatives of yours who still don't have Internet access (or even a computer) will be able to experience the brilliance of your blog without compromising their Luddite principals. Blurb's "slurper" tool uploads the contents of your blog (up to 400 8x10 printed pages worth) and reformats it into book form. You choose the design layout and other particulars; the company ships you the finished product (full color, hardcover, bound, with custom dust jacket for $29.95 to $79.95 depending on number of pages) then makes your book available on the site...
...hope you can get to Anthology to soak up the atmosphere of the NYAFF. And if not, go to Subway?s website to savor the blurb-writing skills of Grady Hendrix, the savviest young writer on film I know, east or west. One little pity: there?s not a Hong Kong film in this year?s bundle. But there are plenty worth considering. Let?s check out a few of them...
...attendees of this past October’s infamous dessert riot, this Harvard Yearbook description may seem to describe Harvard College Libraries’ (HCL) decision to keep Lamont open 24 hours a day on weekdays. But this year-in-review blurb was actually written 50 years ago, celebrating a successful student campaign in 1955-6 to extend the undergraduate library’s weekday closing time from 10 p.m. to the wee hour of midnight throughout the school year...
...think that the title of the Harvard Ballet Company’s (HBC) spring show, “Pointe/Counterpointe” is simply a clever, if slightly hackneyed, pun, HBC’s Facebook group promoting the show assures that such is not the case. According to a blurb on the website, the show will fulfill viewers’ hopes if they have “ever wanted to see what happens when ballet dancers took off those pointe shoes.” Indeed, “Pointe/Counterpointe” promises to be a mixture of classic, contemporary...