DESPITE bulging order books, the mood at Airbus and Boeing is far from celebratory.
But the book's mood is mostly gusty and bleak: "Here, in Manhattan, I lead a tight life / and a cold one, my soles stiffen with ice / even through woollen socks..
But the book's mood is mostly gusty and bleak: "Here, in Manhattan, I lead a tight life / and a cold one, my soles stiffen with ice / even through woollen socks...
It was kind of a revelation for me to acknowledge, through Oz's book, that mood could be so influenced by when and where you live, and the feelings of that time and place about feelings.
He criticized the "unintentionally goofy" images of the Mohrg Barbarian and Wight archer, but commended the "sepia-tinged" work of Wayne England as fitting the book's mood.
Mal Peet's Tamar (2005), winner of the CILIP Carnegie Medal for children's books, echoed the mood of adult novels, with their current emphasis on the long-range impact of historical forces in shaping the lives of individuals.
The reforms seem to have captured the public mood: books with titles like "Changing Japan, the Poorest Nation for Return-on-Equity" are flying off the shelves.A prized skill for leaders in Japan lies in being able to "read the air", or to sense what is important but unstated.
I mention the amount of sex in the book, and the mood changes.
Photographs of horses by Michael Eastman dominate a ledger-size mood book in Francisco Costa's studio.
Otherwise all my energy goes into reading the book and the mood is lost.
So when I heard that a study published this month had found that reading books improves the moods of adolescents, I became curious.
