It's rare for any state to designate an official state book.
His book Retirement, Pensions, and Social Security was designated an outstanding book of the year by Princeton University.
In the context of the scrolls, he argues, this phrase from the Book of Isaiah could designate a political party or dynasty led by a man named Judah.
The Norden brothers have also published a book, Twice as Strong, about their experience and have designated a portion of the book sales to A Leg Forever, helping Tommy and others purchase the expensive prosthetic legs they need, according to WMUR.
Mr. Banks's main character, called the Kid, is legally designated a sex offender, but this book is suspenseful in revealing exactly what made him a pariah.
But a more typical case might be that of Nicholas Wollaston, 74, of Britain, who can be designated a "midlist writer," one whose books have sold respectably but not in huge numbers.
Skinner's secretive employer, a company called Kestrel, assigns him to protect Jae, who has a sixth sense for hidden weaponry and is designated an asset by the book's familiar and overused spy craft jargon.
(I confess, for example, to having at times been strangely moved by the phrase "Caution: Contents May Be Hot"). Maybe especially for the least religious among us, who rarely read a designated holy book, this holy sense can go general.
Boston is developing a core curriculum that will designate specific books for sixth grade and is considering assigned texts for each grade through the 12th.
Sports Illustrated has designated the book "Friday Night Lights," an account of a year the author spent in 1988 following a high school football team in Odessa, Tex., one of the top five sports titles ever, and called it the best book ever written about football -- a verdict that's hard to quarrel with unless you're partial to Roy Blount Jr.'s "About Three Bricks Shy of a Load".
