Sentence examples for influence of a book from inspiring English sources

Such has been the lasting influence of a book that sought to demystify madness that The Divided Self is still read as part of A-level psychology courses and as an existentialism model in universities.

By that time he had fallen under the influence of an adventure book called "Nada the Lily" by Rider Haggard about an illegitimate Zulu prince who lived outside his tribe among wild animals.

But for the digital date display of my watch, it might as well be 1985: I'm unapologetically under-the-influence of a rare books librarian and archivist. .

Of course Ms. Zukin has her own critics, who say she perhaps overestimates the city's power to slow gentrification — and the influence of a half-century-old book.

Yet seasonal fluctuations within a year are important, influencing the relative success of a book compared to the rest of the market.

Editors of yesteryear wielded vast influence; a book could go through many, many rewrites before it was deemed worthy of selling to the reading public.

Once you read him, you may discern traces of his influence everywhere (in a book like Teju Cole's "Open City," for example) and may find yourself collecting thoughts and perceptions that qualify as Sebaldian.

(Lord Glasman's other tutor, incidentally, was Steven Lukes, best known for his book Power: A Radical View. The influence of that book on Lord Glasman was profound).

There is a certain amount of debate about the influence of Collins' book on free will and determinism on Voltaire.

The magazine explains the lingering influence of the book this way: "Reading the King James Bible aloud is no longer the cornerstone of an American education, even for the religiously devout…Yet the language of the King James Bible remains our language".

In previous blogs I have referred to perhaps the original major influence of my life, a book I received as a young child titled Jiji Lou, subtitled "The Story of a Cast-Off Doll," by Luline Bowles Mayol.