“I see no better option. But there will be many monster attacks. I would feel better taking a third person. That’s the optimal number for a quest.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Rows and rows of numbers, over and over again, in neat columns, in her small, tight script. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

It was green, white, and blue, the colors of the national flag, and it had number n on the back. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

Instead, students were required to use their real first names, followed by a number, to differentiate them from other students with the same name. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

To dial a number given to you by a man in a cage, to tell the voice on the other end, “I saw him.” Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

The fencers who advanced from this preliminary round were determined by the number of wins and losses in the pools. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

I begin to fill in the little circles with my number two pencil, and the world goes away. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

I cannot point to any number except 10. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

This may mean that the people who lived in what is now France used a base-20 or vigesimal number system. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The blaze goes out of control, spreading to buildings onshore and thence to the Library, where it reduces a large number of scrolls to ashes. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

Suppose, for example, that I played you a number of different musical tones, at random, and asked you to identify each one with a number. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Three was a good number, as was any number divisible by it. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

“My dad’s cell phone number is on each map, so if you find Ziggy or learn anything helpful, you can call him.” A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Your numbers were chosen to fit this remarkable total: One Gross, if I may use the expression. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Those who had gold in their mouths were listed by their number. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile Neel sweated, groaned, and came close to tears a number of times. Tiger Boy 2015-10-01T00:00:00Z

In Elizebeth’s day, huge numbers of these keys were often printed on pads of paper, but they could also be hidden on film, tapes, or parachute silk. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

I had just done the numbers: 14, back to 7, over to 28 . Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The dead numbered in the thousands and there was not a single family that had not lost one of its own. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the number five seat, Stub McMillin realized with astonishment that he was still breathing through his nose after three full miles of rowing. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Shortly after we started working at the quarry, we were joined in Section B by a number of other prominent political prisoners. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cylinder, like the piston of Newcomen’s steam engine, has a number of valves and inlets which open and close with the action of the piston. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Already he has personally packed them into a crate and belted it shut and numbered it with white paint and seen it loaded inside a train car where it sits under twenty-four-hour guard. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The number of these relative tiddlers in Earth-crossing orbits is almost certainly in the hundreds of thousands and possibly in the millions, and they are nearly impossible to track. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

On the scraps are telephone numbers: their only way to contact their mothers. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Pinned with numbers from the Giulia's manifest, they’d filed past a line of health inspectors who’d looked in their eyes and ears, rubbed their scalps, and flipped their eyelids inside out with buttonhooks. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The total signified the number of boyfriends I would have. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t think she’s in the right state of mind to be an active member of this committee. I’m sorry, but this town is not ready for an opening number set to Beyonce.” Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

There were just too many numbers—daily grades, weekly grades, grades for participation, grades for homework, grades for tests—all part of the bewildering Carter grading system under the School Improvement Plan. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I found his father's name in the phone book and dialed the number. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Jay goes, “Mm,” which in black momma speak could mean a number of things. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Any number above four is hrair—“a lot,” or “a thousand.” Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was punching my number in, studying each number, punching with one finger. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I skip a day playing numbers—or maybe a zoot payment or two—I can scrape up a train fare. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Go ask Daddy for Aunt Rose's telephone number.” It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

A symphony, for example, is usually a piece of music written for a fairly large number of instruments. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Take the third number and cover it with a carpet of size 1/4, and so forth. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The innkeeper tells him that Vincent is in his room, number five, on the top floor, opposite the stairs. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He has fought his way out of a number of tight corners by a simple combination of sheer luck and more talented friends. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Burdened with a number of small unmanageable packages and unabashed public adulation, he felt obliged to perform. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Everyone understands numbers. No matter what language you speak, they always mean the same thing. A seven is a seven anywhere in the world.” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Plouffe, who at thirty-nine had a boyish smile and a deep love of numbers and strategy, would manage the overall campaign. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He started with the number seven train that connects Queens to midtown Manhattan, and began experimenting with new techniques to clean off the paint. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Figure 1.66: Any common note length can be divided into an unusual number of equal-length notes and rests, for example by dividing a whole note into three instead of two 11half11 notes. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

I keep going until I get to the park and then I dial his number one more time. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other investigators point to the fact that the chromosomes in cancer tissue are unstable; they tend to be broken or damaged, the number may be erratic, there may even be double sets. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Scene: After an uneventful Thanksgiving dinner, the three friends retire to Jupiter’s bedroom to while away an indeterminate number of hours while the parentals embark on whatever it is parentals embark on. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

He counted numbers on his fingers as if he were making lists. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

“I would have never thought about turning the date into a number.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She glanced around to see if the numbers were in order. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Later I learned a truly skilled worker easily would have produced twice that number. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Louis had battled his way through twenty-seven professional matches with twenty-three knockouts and no defeats to reach his current status as the number one challenger in the world. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Matty had arrived at the homeplace the night before to find the blind man preparing for bed and listening attentively to the low collective moan, clearly a large number of people grieving. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

In the face of such overpowering numbers, what is the likelihood that only one ordinary star, the Sun, is accompanied by an inhabited planet? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I guess that works. I’ll look up the actual number tonight. It could be a good project.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

They would begin to circle, a chain linked loosely, and over the next hour their numbers would grow. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

If we were to throw a dart at the number line, it would never hit a rational number. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

There are a number of ways to establish someone’s approximate survival expectations without actually asking. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

“I love numbers, and I love math. My brain is high-functioning when it comes to numbers. Um...actually, I’m a genius. A math genius.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Billy Preston played a few numbers, and behind him was my dad, a long-haired skinny white hippie playing his horn. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

On the map I could see the number of stops we had to go before we would be getting off. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“We need to state our project as a problem. A problem with numbers.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

But he could count to high numbers, launching himself first with his ten fingers. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We are grateful that you have come to see us,” I said, speaking for the group, “because we have a number of problems which I am certain you will be able to sort out.” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And so the morning of day number 264 begins like every other morning on death row. The Boy Who Dared 2008-02-01T00:00:00Z

If we received such a message we would deduce a civilization out there that was at least fond of prime numbers. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instruction number seven said: “Attach handle ‘H’ here for manual operation in case of power failure or in areas where electricity is unavailable. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Because three is shy, four is rude, and two is, like, your buddy. I hated taking math in school because I always felt bad making numbers who didn’t like each other work together.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

To restrict the number of Jewish immigrants, they toughened their immigration quotas. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Even though there are rational numbers everywhere on the number line, they take up no space at all. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He could play this game, he understood it like he understood the numbers. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Now that Hazel was found, the fire was contained, and the house was clearly a loss, a number of folks wearily started making their way home. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

There were therefore a number of attempts to avoid the conclusion that there had been a big bang. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twenty-three watchmen were supposed to patrol the city’s streets every night, but their numbers had dwindled to a mere handful by the end of the week. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Each library cart was labeled with two laminated cards: one with the name of a team, the other designating a range of Dewey decimal numbers. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The quarters of all the nearby plantations were thoroughly searched and no small number of slaves beaten on principle. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“The number to call back is written right on it, and it’s on your sheet too, if you need people to call back. If someone calls for you, don’t worry, someone’ll find you.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

For a long time, Jean and I had enjoyed a standing, friendly deal that we’d go out and celebrate when either of us hit the numbers. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I’m still stuck. I’ve been trying to crack the code all night, and I can’t figure out what I’m doing wrong. It’s just a bunch of numbers.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Because those numbers sure look like GPS coordinates to me.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

But Lina spread out the big lacy piece and saw that on one edge of it, which was still intact, was a column of numbers. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

These kids could remember complicated strands of numbers and recall words and pictures in correct sequence and quote long passages of poetry. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

“The building has been owned by a number of different people since I moved up here.” Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

We overhear Rae telling the chef to make our order priority number one because “there are Deckers at the table.” They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

He told them that he never left New Orleans during storms, and that he had a number of properties he wanted to watch over. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

SS officers, pen in hand, recorded the number of men leaving. Night 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

We went out to where they posted the numbers and the bell rang to pay off and they put up 18.50 after Japalac to win. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I need the luck of a prime number. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I had violated any number of university regulations. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

That even this narrow hallway of a shop could be appropriated as the numbers swell. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

At first her questions were legitimate enough: Arithmetic, spelling, languages, geography, and the sort of purposeful confusion—about ringing numbers and underlining words—in which some psychologists place particular store. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, sure. There are any number of scenarios that could lead to the extinction of all life on Earth.” We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

I was along the conveyor belt where the numbers were painted. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

They divide only a finite number of times, then stop growing and begin to die. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

He wrote 7 as the answer to question number 1. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I reached into my pocket, grabbed my cell phone, and dialed the number that Margo recited to me. Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

The city’s newspapers loved to crow about the startling increase in the number of workers employed by Chicago’s industries, especially meat-packing. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

The flyer was crisp and all the numbered tags remained intact. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The bottom number tells you what kind of note gets a beat. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

“I am still number seventy-eight on the permanent hire list,” he said. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

And I hadn’t even counted prime numbers first. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

To Fenn, the smallpox historian, the squabble over the number of deaths and the degree of blame obscures something more important. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Francie bought a sheet of writing paper and an envelope for a penny and carefully wrote an application and addressed it to the ad’s box number. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rule number three: This whole thing is not your fault. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

He was welcoming the crowds with folksy numbers he played on the instruments—washboard, harmonica, drums, cymbals—lashed to various parts of his body. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

"Car number two," the father went on, "cost me one hundred and eighteen pounds and sold for seven hundred and sixty. Got it?" Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Described below are a number of the other important differences between Jim Crow and mass incarceration. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Yet Clear Lake is typical of a large and growing number of situations where solution of an obvious and often trivial problem creates a far more serious but conveniently less tangible one. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He’d written all the facts and numbers in the center of the board, but he’d also painted a border of smiling eggs to add an “artistic design element.” The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I asked Mr. Grant, pointing at his big numbers, and he nodded. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Tia waved at the cheering crowd as she ran in place, a number four forming in midair in sparkling lights courtesy of trained fireflies. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z

The phone number was circled in black marker. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Our 1,600 ships were the largest armada in history, and the number of our troops was even bigger than the force that landed on the beaches of Normandy in Europe. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

On a number of occasions, tribesmen and kinsmen from the Transkei visited me in Orlando to complain about chiefs collaborating with the government. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first is that of the 28 percent who got inoculated, an equal number were from the high-fear and the low-fear group. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I exit the Block on the far side, a soldier congratulates me, stamps my hand with squad number 451, and tells me to report to Command. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

"I already ran the numbers. At best I could get twenty-five meters per second. Even if I could get to forty-two, I'd need another forty-two to match Hermes when I came back." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m afraid you have the wrong number,” she said. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

So he doubted the accuracy of the numbers. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Anyway, we danced about four numbers, and then I turned off the radio. The Catcher in the Rye 1951-07-16T00:00:00Z

List upon list of phone numbers and email addresses were taped up to the lower half, interspersed with handwritten notes held up with thumbtacks pressed directly into the wall. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

That'd earn him a straight shot to the number two spot. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

The information lady looks at the numbers and words written like ant trails on the back of my card. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

But not every musical system in the world opted for the same number of subdivisions. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

A slur is marked by a curved line joining any number of notes. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Probably the drawers hold any number of nightgowns, but I just strip off my shirt and pants and climb into bed in my underwear. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I’ve got an e-ticket number. I was supposed to be traveling on Friday but I have to go today. There was a death in my family.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“Abraham Lincoln, but—” “Correct! Riddle number four. How much—” “Hold up!” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

The class made a bunch of noise at this big number—“Ooh,” and “Wow! ” and stuff like that—and Nick lost his concentration. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

As we walked around the city center, the numbers of people and cars increased. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Speaking of gender issues, why did you ask your father about the number of square feet in an acre? Why not your mother?” Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Other studies, which analyze plumes of gas or the number of gravitational lenses in a given field of view, also support the supernova results, implying that the cosmos will expand forever. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

That number depends on how long each victim remains capable of infecting new victims, and how efficiently the microbe is transferred from one victim to the next. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

The bandmaster signals the band into a fast number, and Rosie moves the ball a dozen feet. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

A number hovers over each stall, telling me how many people are currently considering purchases at that vendor. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The information lady gives us another number, 36, and points to window four. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“My own creation with a secret ingredient. Especially made for my number one daughter and her friend.” Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Cantor’s theory would show that Kronecker's precious integers—and even the rational numbers—were nothing at all. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

A number's value comes from its place on the number line—from its position compared with other numbers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Unlike the Egyptians, the Greeks outgrew this primitive way of writing numbers and developed a more sophisticated system. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Then he wrote their home phone number, sending up a quick prayer that his sisters wouldn’t be the ones to answer the phone if anyone called with bad news. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

Two hours later, around eight o’clock, I stood by the side of the road waiting for school bus number twenty. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t even know Pigeon’s cell phone number, so I can’t call him back. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

WL I was young, before I could tell numbers and operate a scales and so record the weight of my own excrement, the men of the house daily performed this calculation for me. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

I was ashamed to have to admit that I had never played the numbers. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if my world had multiplied many times in size, numbers, and wealth. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

The two girlfriends climb the stairs, led straight to the right place more by the stride piano pouring over the door saddle than their recollection of the apartment number. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Muses were nine in number, the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, Memory. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

As further punishment, he increased the number of rituals I had to participate in. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was the false safety of numbers that gave the three officers the bravado to rush the car. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

For its first one hundred years, it was thinly populated, rarely numbering more than ten thousand people. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

And the other five numbers, well, they were her new phone number. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The bailiff read out my case number, and the judge looked up at me. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“So I’m sure that if he has a certain number of years yet to live he’ll make a name for himself.” Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

We’re issued a number and join other families and new arrivals waiting outside. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Each picture flashed up a different number of times, and then came a different three: camel, garden, moon. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before they returned to the village, the old man went to a number of secret places which he knew and collected roots and other substances that he would need for his work. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

“I hope Drew Young has the phone number of a good orthopedist. He’s going to need it if he keeps falling for Silva’s ankle-breakers.” Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

And the ratio of anything to zero—a number divided by zero—can destroy logic. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Home,” “school,” and “work” were there, but there was also “traveling,” “lost,” “hospital,” “prison,” and, in the position where the number twelve would be on a normal clock, “mortal peril.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Aristotle and later philosophers would insist that there could not be an infinite number of nested spheres. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Like a Manichaean nightmare, the two sit on opposite poles of the number sphere, sucking numbers in like tiny black holes. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

And a growing number of tissue “donors” are suing for control of their samples and the DNA inside them. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

When basketball season began, there was an inexplicable discrepancy between the number of ten-cent tickets sold and the considerably larger number of kids in the bleachers. Unbroken 2010-11-16T00:00:00Z

Apa, you have to give back the number, I say again. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Surprising numbers of them seemed to want to see something historic here—that elusive sweep of the Hudson—even if it was a western crew that accomplished the feat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

In addition to geology, there were a number of other reasons for us to take trips. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

In truth, Ashley has tricked herself into thinking she’s “allergic” to a number of things, as a way of narrowing down her diet. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

They waited patiently in a ring around the building while their numbers increased, more hovercars landing every minute. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Your ironmen fought bravely, my lady, but we had many times your numbers, and we took you unawares. Winterfell will know that we are coming. And Roose Bolton has as many men as we do.” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

It’s soft and thin under my fingers, full of notes and numbers. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

Even so, he went to a phone booth, looked through the directory, and found the number to the local FBI. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

The faded sticker on the metal bottom of the controller unit has the same numbers. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

A number of the authors’ names have been starred with penciled asterisks by previous readers, but there is no sign or mark by Nikolai Gogol’s name. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

During the first two decades after the war for independence from Britain, large numbers of first- and second-generation Ulster Scots moved westward into the Ohio Valley, western Virginia, Kentucky, and Tennessee. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

The only thing on it was a small drawing of a black bird in front of a bridge and ocean waves, and a short string of numbers. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He dug it out of his pocket and checked the number: his mom. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

Over the next couple of years, Charles had the drawing room made bigger and added a kitchen wing so there would be more room for the growing number of servants. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

To indicate the number of atoms in a molecule, Berzelius employed a superscript notation, as in H2O. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Because the city’s numbers kept increasing, the forest could not return. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

We saw what happened when you multiply a number by zero: the number line is destroyed. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Hey,” I said, continuing my journey into stupidity, “Do any of you guys know my home phone number? I think it’s got a twenty-four in it, too.” Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Since they weren’t actual books with spines, none of the covers included their call numbers. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

They were both old and round, and they lived in their flat with a number of ageing Highland terriers who had names like Hamish and Andrew and Jock. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

They believed that these numbers could be related to a Chinese code book. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

You might think there are hundreds or even thousands of ways in which one thought can lead to another, but in fact the number is far smaller. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

The horizontal rows, meanwhile, arrange the chemicals in ascending order by the number of protons in their nuclei–what is known as their atomic number. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

It was a paperback prose translation, abridged, set loose from its numbers, robbed of the music of the ancient Greek but—as far as I was concerned—still a terrific read. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When he had finished all the operatic numbers, he stopped. The Cricket in Times Square 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite this, we kept our trips outside our community to a very small number. March Forward, Girl 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

The number 3 bus lets you off at the comer, but the 3A turns, so you have to get off... The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

As she types in numbers, the line on the screen changes. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

A number of them live alone, as Ashima does now, because they are divorced. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He telephoned our house and left a message with his phone number, requesting an interview. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

“People come from everywhere to get me to stand in for ’em at drawings and give them numbers to play. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

On the center of Aru’s palm, the number eight was already beginning to change form....She was running out of time. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

In other words, the only time we were interesting was when we were accused of atrocities or being slaughtered in prodigious numbers. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

The problem’s often phrased in terms of a large number of men who check their hats at a restaurant, whereupon the attendant promptly scrambles the hat- check numbers randomly. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Everyone except for me because, number one, I don’t want to puke. Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

When the second course arrived they noticed a number of unfamiliar desserts too. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

I could count on one hand the number of times I'd heard my parents fight. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

The agency scrambled to keep up with the production miracle that was the American aircraft industry, which had gone from the country’s forty-third largest industry in 1938 to the worlds number one by 1943. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

In an effort to address the rampant joblessness among black men labeled criminals, a growing number of advocates in recent years have launched Ban the Box campaigns. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

It was awkward to require Social Security numbers from any parent or caregiver who was going to drive a kid over to our house to play. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“A devoted Swirly carries Flush paraphernalia at all times. That’s rule number one. Rule number two is Flush adornment makes the world a better place. Besides, sticker slapping never hurt anyone.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

And I remembered that while a traditional magic square always adds up to fifteen, if you use a number twice, or leave one out, you can make a square that adds up to something else. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I raced down the block from where the number eight bus dropped me off, around the corner from our house. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

No civilization can possibly survive to an interstellar space- faring phase unless it limits its numbers. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’ll have to go to window three. Here is your number.” A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

“Irrational” originally meant only that a number could not be expressed as a ratio. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

All Pearl could see was a string of numbers, but it meant something to Trip. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

The notes come out clean, thunderous, pitch-defying, until that number is permanently etched in my memory. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I knew that they had followed her and searched the house on a number of occasions. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The loudly buzzing syrphid fly, often mistaken for a bee, lays its eggs on leaves of aphis-infested plants; the hatching larvae then consume immense numbers of aphids. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

But they wanted to soothe my parents, and they asked Shannon if she would give them a phone number so they could call me. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

But on the number sphere, the two curves are duplicates of each other; they are mirror images. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Stay here,” I say, leaving him beside the door of number 3. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Lilienthal was to become amazed at the number and variety of Lawrence’s patrons. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

“It was supposed to be your son, Simon. When I called, he remembered, but he’d already made other plans. There was no answer at the other numbers.” Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

“There will be no more requests to leave granted until our numbers are full. Is that understood?” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

In a toy safe opened by six secret numbers she stored letters and postcards. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Papa had already given me a paper with the phone number to our house, which I knew by heart, and the phone number to his job. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

He felt no reaction to rule number 7 at all. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“So, this is it. Bedroom, bathroom, I’ve got the Wi-Fi password written down, and you have my number. You guys are going on a tour tomorrow, right?” Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Few researchers today accept Dobyns’s estimates—they seem extreme—but most believe that native numbers were far higher than estimated by previous generations. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Nor did he supply the darkroom facilities that hotels closest to Jackson Park had begun installing to serve the growing number of amateur photographers, so-called “Kodak fiends,” who carried the newest portable cameras. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“What is your best estimate of the number of Indochinese that we will kill, pursuing your policy in the next twelve months?” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

We said we dialed the number by accident, and the police let us off the hook with a warning. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

Others prefer scientific pitch notation, which simply labels the octaves with numbers, starting with C1 for the lowest C on a full-sized keyboard. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Rushing is my number one problem, and since figuring that out, I actually began slowing my prayers and working on my “conscious awareness,” as Ghazali calls it. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

When we at last pulled into my driveway, I asked for his phone and typed my number into it. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

A number of YouTube videos provide comparisons that you can listen to, for example comparisons of just intonation and equal temperament, or comparisons of various temperaments. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

This troublesome number crushes the number line into a point. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

So far both he and Alex had hit the number ten thousand every single day. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I pull out my phone and scroll through the numbers until I get to Kim’s number, which I put into my phone under the name Pizza in case anyone found it. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

The second and critically limiting fact is the small number of inspectors on its staff — fewer than 600 men for all its varied work. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

We were the first he numbered; he went by, detecting nothing. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

The little boy with the time, number forty-five, gets called to the audition room, and I watch him take in a library’s worth of sheet music, and a hula hoop and a DVD. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

“Janna, I know your number one concern is privacy. What if I make a promise that nothing will change in terms of that. I’ll treat your space as a separate room. Completely.” Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

So I had my eye on Harry C. I chose him for a number of reasons. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mom looks at the top of the aisles for our seat number. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

He’d take careful note of the line number, and then check the table of contents to see how many poems had come before this one. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

By now the people upon the road had swollen to such great numbers, the press became intense. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

When they got to Placer Street—which they'd practically run to after figuring out the numbers—they stopped on the corner, out of breath, and organized the candy. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

A small number of those people admitted to panicking. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Mayor Clarkson’s greatest concern was the mounting number of penniless people in Philadelphia. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Dad said a cult following was a fan club of something that wasn’t mainstream, which means something that only a certain number of people like. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

The number of Lethifold victims is almost impossible to calculate since it leaves no clues to its presence behind it. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, hi....How did you get my number?” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

He was the dude in line trying to get her phone number. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Everywhere you look in the eastern forests, trees are dying in colossal numbers. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Then she unfolded a yellow Western Union form from her pocket and began reading out the numbers. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

"Right. A bunch. I guess negative numbers are still numbers," Bryson razzed. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

One by one we were taken from our cages, held gently but firmly by Dr. Schultz while Julie fastened around each of our necks a narrow ribbon of yellow plastic bearing a number. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

I did not know at the time how familiar the address — house number 802, Brandfort — would one day become to me. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kit and Judith met a fair number of farmers and their wives traveling along South Road and ranging along the bank of the river. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Even more challenging, the optimal number of connectives depends on the expertise of the reader. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

We might get all Lord of the Flies on the number 7 train. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

He’d stop and scribble some numbers down on a small spiral notepad and then measure again, and say something like “Better safe than sorry.” Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

They are inundated with music emitting from a wide array of electronic devices, toys, and computers offering a limitless number of musical selections. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

He believed in an infinite number of worlds, all inhabited, and all subject to cycles of dissolution and regeneration. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doors open off it, with numbers on them: a hundred and one. a hundred and two, the way you count during a thunderstorm, to see how close you are to being struck. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

I signed my name and left a phone number and an e-mail address. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I stare at Matilde’s message, the neat, round letters and numbers that I already know by heart. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead of a tracking number there were six symbols: Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He returned to Spain with gold and a number of Arawak people he had enslaved. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

But the point is, numbers are what I understand. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Since I’m hitting everything he throws up, he starts increasing the number of birds he sends airborne. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Once on the sixth floor she searched alertly for the number in her address book. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

If they were sounds, they would be echoes, of something that happened millions of years ago: a word made of numbers. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

They only attacked when they had vastly superior numbers, and usually under the cover of darkness. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

She took people’s tickets, tore off a piece, and then said, “Number one, that way,” and pointed down the hall, or “That’s in number seven, down that way,” and pointed off the other direction. Girls Like Us 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

There were a leather divan and a number of easy chairs. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Were going to fine-tune the musical numbers this morning. Big ensemble numbers first, and then we’ll split into smaller groups. We break for pizza at noon, and after that, we run through the whole caboodle.” Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

“How did you know it was the church? You memorize phone numbers?” As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

In an infinite universe, every point can be regarded as the center, because every point has an infinite number of stars on each side of it. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I called him but got sent so quickly to voice mail that I knew he had seen my number and declined. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

“Didn’t need to. Just sent me a confirmation number. Electronic ticket. All I have to do is turn up at the airport in a month and show ’em my ID, and I’m outta here.” American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z

“Oh! It’s any number up, and zero over. It’s any number divided by zero!” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

“The fact is,” Sticky said in a defeated tone, “there are an infinite number of things that we aren’t.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Her mom gave me Dri’s new mobile number, but I didn’t call it. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Now, centuries later, it had decided to invite a number of experts to advise it on cosmology. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ignatius watched as Mr. Clyde jotted some numbers on a pad. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I could scarce credit the number, but it was on everyone’s lips. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside the bus shelter is a sign with letters and numbers. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

It was the centerpiece of Mrs. Atanabi’s whole dance number, what she used to transition from one dance style to the next. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

They had an influence out of all proportion to their numbers....While always posing as a woman's protest, the real strength of the movement was in the men. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The government argued for a narrow definition, wanting to restrict the number of our people who would qualify for an indemnity. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

After a couple of blocks, the number of people on the sidewalk has swelled. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“When you finish up the paperwork,” she said to Mom, “we’ll be in room number 3.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Benches and trestle tables ran along either side of the hall, with room for fifty men... though twice that number had squeezed themselves inside. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

Below Big Brother comes the Inner Party, its numbers limited to six millions, or something less than two per cent of the population of Oceania. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

At the end of this campaign, five thousand Cherokees were made refugees, and the number of deaths remained uncounted. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

A considerable amount of floor space was devoted to a vast number of unmarked, sealed cardboard boxes, amongst which stood Harry’s school trunk. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Bliss announced that the president wanted to reduce the number of doctors around him. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

I check the numbers against the sheet in my hand. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

There were a certain number of bottles on it. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

In 1959 several British and French research teams found their independent studies pointing to a common conclusion — that some of humanity’s ills are caused by a disturbance of the normal chromosome number. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Now there were multiple phone companies and different numbers. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Of course, I could read the numbers on the coins, but that was not the same as understanding the values. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

At first, all I could see were the red numbers on our alarm clock. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

It has happened also because, for reasons to be described later, destructive insects often undergo a “flareback,” or resurgence, after spraying, in numbers greater than before. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

On it were stamped many numbers and her name in gold. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

But a tiny number— about one in eight thousand—bounced back at a sharp angle, some even ricocheting directly back at the source. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z

She would tap her lingers while I prayed, and seemed vexed by the number of animals for whom I asked safety. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“This,” she said, “is the Big Quiet Chair. I call it step number one. The first thing I want to find out is how long you can sit still.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Isa started a new etude, making a number of mistakes along the way. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

I still read gobs of comics and an increasing number of trashy novels that promised any amount of sex content. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

We watched the number of our subscribers go up, and that made us even more giddy when we were together. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Sure, write down your email address or phone number and I’ll let you know if I remember anything. Can I see the picture again, before you go?” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“I just read all the parts to side number one. Because they gave me all the lines.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Janelle stood, waving a card with the number one on it. George 2015-08-25T00:00:00Z

And every fall a great number of men set out to prove that without talent, training, knowledge, or practice they are dead shots with rifle or shotgun. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

A certificate would be sent to subscribers and a book with their names and cosmic numbers would be registered in the Library of Congress. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She also destroyed the address books with her friends’ phone numbers, her most treasured love letters and even her photographs of Miguel. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

While radar stops were relatively consistent with the percentage of minority violators, discretionary stops made by officers involved in drug interdiction resulted in double the number of stops of minorities. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Each number represented something different: the six, a ship; the five, a captain; and the four, a crew. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

“Geez, her touching the crystal is trending at number one! Can you believe that?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

“How can a number have roots?” he told Mr. Keeney, the homeroom teacher who was also his math instructor. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

Cautious estimates begin at eighteen million casualties, but the number may even be as high as forty-five million. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

With some trepidation, Bloom told him the number: “A thousand dollars a week.” The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Below that was an address—a number and the name of a street that sounded familiar. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

But it does not, and while I couldn’t crunch the numbers or plumb the history back then, I sensed that the fear that marked West Baltimore could not be explained by the schools. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

Each of these partial theories describes and predicts a certain limited class of observations, neglecting the effects of other quantities, or representing them by simple sets of numbers. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A substantial number of the remaining 98 per cent were engaged in research on chemical insecticides. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“All right, then. But if you change your mind, please feel free to call me. Can I leave my number?” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I could read, write, and figure numbers faster than most. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Arithmancy looks terrible,” said Harry, picking up a very complicated-looking number chart. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

But we were missing an important number—the specific impulse of zincoshine. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

In the fifteen years since George Gey had first grown HeLa, the number of published articles involving cell culture had more than tripled each year. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Hsu was the University of Texas geneticist whose earlier work with HeLa and other cells had made it possible to discover the correct number of human chromosomes. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

They made a list of all the famous players from each of the teams, then added pi to each famous player’s jersey number, but didn’t know what to look for after that. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He's not real, Ekon reminded himself as the numbers filled his mind. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

In the German boat, Gerd Vols toppled backward into the lap of the number seven man, Herbert Schmidt, who had raised a triumphant fist high over his head. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

“Fifteen minutes. Then whoever we shoot wakes up. And remember, we have a limited number of rounds.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Nazi wrote down my name and number and nodded me on. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, will you write your number then, if you remember it?” she asked. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Four continues, “The number of fears you have in your landscape varies according to how many you have.” Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

With the most common spelling of the name, Brittany, at number eighteen among high-end families and number five among low-end families, it is surely approaching its pull date. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

“Oh, you are. Of course you are. Well, you have my number anyhow,” he said. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Though the bureau estimated that there were twenty-four Osage murders, the real number was undoubtedly higher. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

She took the three hoarded office telephone books out of some recess in her desk and, studying the pages with a magnifying glass, gave them a number. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I mean, it’s going to be hard to call me without the phone number.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

It was not only their numbers; there was also something insect­like about the clicking, whirring sound of their wings. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

This time I watched his fingers, on each number, and checked the numbers that came up in the window. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Coming in at number fourteen in the rankings, I’d missed making the thirteen-woman team by a hair, but it might as well have been a mile. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

“Your mother is welcome to call me if she wants any other suggestions. Brandon’s mom has my number.” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

They had more than tripled their numbers with all the imps they had reclaimed. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Fingers ran down the pages, locating the panel and line number of beloved sons, fallen buddies, fathers who never came home. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Even for Kumalo that was a very large number of cattle, but he agreed with the father that he would give them to him in return for the privilege of marrying his daughter. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

He loved numbers and what they did and even how they looked, and sometimes he couldn’t figure out why the rest of us didn’t love them as much as he did. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

To Cavalieri, every area, like that of the triangle, is made up of an infinite number of zero-width lines, and a volume is made up of an infinite number of zero-height planes. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I was thinking about that, trying to imagine a number that large. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

After the fine was enacted, the number of late pickups promptly went . . . up. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

As I went through a metal turnstile, the ‘person- counter’ clicked to a new daily number: 20,054. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The total number of bison, say, seems to have gone down quite a bit, but they wanted to have them available for hunting in the prairie a couple days' journey away.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

There were a large number of broken blood vessels in the whites of the deceased’s eyes. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Calder got a recording saying that Tommy’s number had been disconnected. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

Jess was torn between two — one a long, strapless, basic black number, the other a knee-length electric blue with spaghetti straps. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

If it was a success any number of men were willing to dig down to put money in. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

You might as well have asked them to name the atomic numbers of all the inert gases. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The nights without number she spent up in the miserable loft, tossing about, kicking the woman next to her, devising ways off the plantation. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

They were in a race and knew it, because they knew from bitter experience that Colonel Cathcart might raise the number of missions again at any time. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The southern people were angry with the Arab government about a number of things. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

If we bring it close to the uranium ore, which is emitting helium nuclei in a spontaneous nuclear decay, the count rate, the number of clicks per minute, increases dramatically. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then he remembers that his parents can’t possibly reach him: he has not given them the number, and the Radiffs are unlisted. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But this time, I needed a way to get the numbers onto something portable. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Less than half that number now remained, but some showed great promise. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

With a disproportionate number of Hampton citizens earning a living from the liquor industry in the early days of the twentieth century, the alcohol drought that was rolling across the country was potentially devastating. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Indeed, when the economists eliminated the $3 fine in the seventeenth week of their study, the number of late-arriving parents didn’t change. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

All numbers in the complex plane suffer this fate. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Her hand shook as she punched in the number. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

By the mid-2000s, he predicted, their numbers would double or even triple, unleashing a tidal wave of violence across the nation. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

In number six, over the crowd noise, Shorty Hunt could hear someone on a radio, yelling frantically. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

What the California names data suggest is that an overwhelming number of parents use a name to signal their own expectations of how successful their children will be. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

I wanted him to give me a telephone number that I could use to call God directly and get the straight scoop. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Under cover of a particularly jazzy number called “A Cauldron Full of Hot, Strong Love,” Fred and George started a game of Exploding Snap with Ginny. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

I’d sit across from him, say what’s up, chat about writing, find out if he’s into guys, call him pretty, pray he calls me pretty back, get his phone number, fall in love. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

I, meanwhile, reached out to the country’s most powerful CEOs, generating commitments to hire a significant number of veterans and military spouses. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

He picked up the receiver and punched in a New York number—his mom’s apartment. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I hurried to number twenty and knocked on the door. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

The “body count” was the number of enemy fighters killed. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Twenty-eight percent of the women on the site said they were blond, a number far beyond the national average, which indicates a lot of dyeing, or lying, or both. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

There were numbered circles running down the left side, one to six. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

Anyways, long as they got me stuck in here and I gotta make calls home I’m gonna dial a fake number. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

Thankfully, a number of people did respond, inviting me to have lunch or come in for a meeting, even if they had no job to offer. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Math makes sense. So maybe we could use numbers to express our problem and even the solution.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

And so he dictated elaborate and specific demands that it was then Lazlo’s duty to fulfill, with the help of a number of locals Suheyla organized to assist him. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Some of the partners were pretty serious about it all, and they sat there numbering their pads. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Carl Sagan calculated the number of probable planets in the universe at large at 10 billion trillion–a number vastly beyond imagining. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

Today’s lecture was on presidential sex scandals through history, and he texts Nora: numbers on one of us getting involved in a sex scandal before the end of second term? Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

A number of them soon found that attending to his erotic desires, despite his dwarfish stature and misshapen physique, went a long way toward enhancing their career prospects. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Like imaginary numbers, we can’t see them or feel them or smell them, even though they are necessary for doing calculations. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She was constantly surprised by the number of colored people that she saw, by their speech, and the fine clothes that they wore. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Like squares and triangles, lines were number-shapes, so dividing a string into two parts was the same as taking a ratio of two numbers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Accused number one, Nelson Mandela, do you plead guilty or not guilty?” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Probably calling me his number one fan or some annoying title that only Khalil can think of. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Price tags with large numbers sat next to each piece of jewelry. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

"Then we just clear off,” grins Leer, "he can try to read our regimental numbers here,” and smacks his behind. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

She carried the telephone as far down the hall as she could, and for the fourth time that day, she dialed Santa Battaglia’s number. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

His hand shook almost uncontrollably as he dialed the hospital number. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

He’d love to see math and numbers the way I do—in everything from the stars to building construction to ripples on a lake. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

There was a sharp climb now, too, in the number of Muslim- owned small businesses. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

As a result, in Greek mathematics there was no significant distinction between shapes and numbers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I get to number twenty-three and it’s then that I lose my nerve. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

TMV was constructed from a large number of identical subunits. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

When we filed an application through my uncle, my sister and I were finally issued work permits, which we were able to use to obtain our own Social Security numbers. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Nico,” Frank said, “keep trying to raise the dead. We need more numbers.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Theon's father numbered among his titles the style of Lord Reaper, and the Greyjoy words boasted that We Do Not Sow. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

With its many new facilities coming into operation, the laboratory again cast its net for the female alchemists who could turn the numbers from testing into aeronautical gold. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

She grabbed my arm, whipped out a permanent marker, and wrote a phone number on my hand. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

There is an obvious reason why we focus on those particular facts: blacks are the sole native Africans familiar to most Americans, because they were brought in large numbers as slaves to the United States. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I stared at the phone number Rachel Elizabeth Dare had scrawled on my hand. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Or she could sell a few of the buildings, bring it down to a number she could manage on her own. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

I asked him if he could tell me the number of the house in Piccadilly, to which he replied:— Dracula 1897-05-26T00:00:00Z

Coach’s talk about the team will sound a little different to Terrell now that he’s no longer the number one option. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I left a message a while back. It’s a 646 number. So you can ping me if you detach—unattach, whatever it is. Okay?” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

As the boys and Luma debated, Kanue took Luma’s cell phone and quietly began to scroll through her contacts list, writing down the phone numbers of his teammates and other kids whose names he recognized. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

While the lady punches out numbers on her phone, I scan the Sears Merchandise Group map and directory on the wall behind the desk. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We will be having new opportunities to learn more about the physiology of death at first hand, from the increasing numbers of cardiac patients who have been through the whole process and then back again. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

There will also be a very large number of stars, which are just like our own sun but much farther from us. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frightening prey so that a large number flee into a greater destruction. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

There were a lot of numbers and words like deduction and revenue and net. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

"I know your number by heart," she said. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

“Yeah, they probably got the wrong number or something. Thanks a lot, you hear. I appreciate it. Tell Alicia maybe some other time.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The coach barked the number of the next play, a play designed to suck in Carter, the big beefy varsity guard who looked as if he could chew freshmen up and spit them out. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And the numbers for the day had come out already, so betting time was over. Bodega Dreams 2000-03-14T00:00:00Z

This institution, which contained only about one-tenth the number of volumes in the Museum, seems to have been dedicated to public use. Circumference 2008-11-25T00:00:00Z

They were the daughters of Atlas, seven in number. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

As expected, Anthony took charge and strengthened the new organization, bringing in a number of wealthy women to support the mission. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

“Give me your number and I’ll send this to you,” she says. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Festooned with equations and numbers, it was intimidating to read, even for experts. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

In theory, a detective in Cincinnati could telegraph a few distinctive numbers to investigators in New York with the expectation that if a match existed, New York would find it. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Max had made all the partners exchange phone numbers, so she had Rishi’s in her contacts already. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

“I have recorded the reasons for the conclusions I have come to. I do not propose to read them out. “Accused number one is found guilty on all four counts. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

European settlement reduced the number of Aborigines by two means. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

We knew that people would be coming in large numbers. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

Others had music videos or numbers going across. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

With all those numbers and suits in my mind, there wasn’t room for anything else. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In 1956, only 5 species of these mosquitoes displayed resistance; by early i960 the number had risen from 5 to 28! Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The number of juggled balls decreases until the juggler himself vanishes. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“She won’t ever call a number that didn’t answer. She’s probably dialing other houses in town right now! And here I sit Wait a minute!” The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

Our numbers seem to hold them back from physical assaults, but more shouting matches are starting to break out along the border that is quickly forming. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“We need to stamp the inside of your wrist with your ID number.” Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

But the numbers remained, declaring a truth unclouded by prejudice. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Francis looked for numbers on the mailboxes, nosing into one false trail after another and backing out again, cursing, grinding the gears. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

And the cell phone—with all those numbers in its memory. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The ratio of zero to anything—zero divided by a number—is always zero; the other number is completely consumed by the zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Within an hour, the number doubled, and red, blue, and yellow kites glided and spun in the sky. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Pudgy grim smoking women played bingo in a closed-off bit where a spangle-jacketed man calls out numbers and smiles like a bee. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

A number of the newer regulations regarding study and free time were immediately rescinded. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still do our numbers swell with those who flee to join us. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The people who might have told me were long forgotten, their phone numbers buried in some packed-away box in the attic. Tuesdays with Morrie 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the more I stare at the numbers, the more they seem to fit. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

These irrational numbers were an unavoidable consequence of Greek mathematics. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Each of them was numbered, in case Charles couldn’t figure out which books they would’ve been hidden in. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

She also met the Mounties’ Chinese interpreter, Dr. Henry Leong, who knew a “staggering number” of Chinese dialects. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

There was a small waiting area with seats and tables and two big doors with numbers over them. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m a straight-A student,” number fifty-nine says, a boy whose socks are pulled so high, he may’ve actually lost a bet with someone. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Multiplying the average by the number of Tododahos, the two researchers estimated that the alliance was probably founded in the middle of the twelfth century. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

I asked, because the numbers nine, five, and eight meant nothing to me. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z

But the fact is, once I had sat down to supper at their table, once a number of their neighbours had come calling, a most discomforting set of events began to unfold around me. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“So, first you want to divide the numbers to figure out what the cost per ounce is, then you want...” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

“But about Billy, it’s not his imagination. Other people see letters and numbers in color. I do, in fact.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Oh, she could have accidentally hurt him, but he could have stopped her in any number of ways. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh, right, right,” he said, but his eyes had already traveled to the massive staircase, and the huge number of family photos that lined the wall next to it. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

But I thought the receptionist might recognize the box number, so I said, "I better pay now," and peeled five dollar notes off the roll in my pocketbook. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

A poster on the wall in the office cheerily displays the number of calories burned per minute at our various tasks, ranging from about 3.5 for dusting to 7 for vacuuming. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

A strong streak of romanticism runs through mathematics, manifesting itself most clearly in the most fundamental areas of mathematics, number theory and logic. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once in a while there would be mention of our own killed, but the numbers didn’t seem to even match the numbers I saw in the hospital unit. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that the numbers one through ten were always on the top side. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

The greater number were on the right, where the Firienfeld was wider; and on the left there was a smaller camp, in the midst of which stood a tall pavilion. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Notes with a close relationship have frequencies that can be written as a ratiol2 of two small whole numbers; the smaller the numbers, the more closely related the notes are. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

This was an impressive number, but there was no room for complacency. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was too bad she didn’t include her cell phone number, but why would she? Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

All of them were wearing white uniforms, with a different colored X marked on each of their backs and a number written in black above it. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

Soon the number of people who could grasp relativity had been reduced even further in the popular imagination–and the scientific establishment, it must be said, did little to disturb the myth. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I don’t move because the number on the house still reads 8800. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“Nobody wants to come to Alcatraz. But at least you don’t have a number printed on your back and no bracelets either.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

I figured he meant he wasn’t set up for shipping, so I offered him my FedEx account number. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“Thirteen numbers, same as the phone number on the clue,” she said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

But people did not foresee that the number of children would increase, meaning that the extra wheat would have to be shared between more children. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Enrique has seen him take a number of men and boys across the river, always at night, usually one or two at a time, paddling furiously in their inner tubes. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

Remember the chocolate cake study, the one that looked at the nutrition choices made by someone asked to remember numbers? A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

He predicted that the painting family would soon produce a number of landscapes. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was then I understood that the days of Colonel Garcia and all those like him are numbered, because they have not been able to destroy the spirit of these women. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

A number of my former students now worked with the public defender's office in New Orleans, and they, too, had come to court and were cheering. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Now I do not doubt that Mr Neighbours had good organizational skills; he did, I understand, mastermind a number of large occasions with conspicuous style. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

That means sit and wait till your number is called. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Should your collection of people be organized into a single group, or broken down into a small or large number of groups? Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

We know a fair amount about the early factors in the equation, the numbers of stars and planetary systems. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every day, the little gray-furred beasts would scurry tormentingly through the branches that hung outside the nursery windows, which threw all Penelope’s attempts to teach odd and even numbers into chaos. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

“Accused number two, Walter Sisulu, do you plead guilty or not guilty?” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pattie had been given a telephone number for the Kern County Department of Children's Services. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

She poked her head in the room, looked at me, then at my hand and saw it was wrapped, shook her head, closed the door, and headed off to job number two. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

In fact, drinking was number one on her don’t list, and if my stepfather drank too much, she’d scream at him on the way home. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

On February 18, weekly US casualty figures hit their highest number ever in the war—a staggering 543 Americans were killed and 2,547 wounded in just seven days of fighting. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Every number has its own color and shape. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s not just old people. I see young mothers buying it. I see teenagers buying it. You want to know the truth? This entire country can’t do number two!” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“The reporter left her name and number and asked that you call her when you have a chance. ” All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

He turned the same charm he had used to gather pupils for his Spanish dance class to collecting a growing number of disciples. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over time, a growing number of suffragists objected to the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union’s judgmental approach to reform. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

Gulls and crows in equal numbers follow a tractor through its wake of dust. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

I had a number of relations who were mineworkers, and during the week of the strike I visited them, discussed the issues, and expressed my support. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The caribou population increased, and this in turn increased the number of wolves who prey on the caribou. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

In this camp, instead of having individual bunks in the endless rows of numbered barracks, eight prisoners had to crowd together at night on each of the eight-foot-wide three-tiered wooden platforms that lined the walls. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

“I suppose she took marks off for your shoulder. Mr. Crouch came next. He shot a number nine into the air. “Looking good!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Almost at once, steer number 534 moseyed over to the fence and made eye contact with me. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

He married twice and had children, although we were never certain of the number. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

The flyer was crisp and all the numbered tags remained intact. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He had already dialed the number by the time I said yes. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the rest of the night the only sounds are the sounds I decide to make: writing numbers, spitting toothpaste, walking like a cat to my room, closing my bedroom door, flipping pages. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

‘They will return. And more are coming. There are others. I know their number. I know these Riders.’ The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

California had drawn the most favorable lane— lane number one, nearest the western bank of the river, where the current was least likely to affect a boat. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

They were under court order to hire a certain number of black employees, but in my particular office, I was the only black person. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The only used drawer in the bureau contained a jar of Vick’s Vaporub, Kleenex, an electric heating pad, a number of white nightgowns, and white cotton socks. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And you’ve been associating colors with letters and numbers ever since.” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Grizzlies, by contrast, number no more than 35,000 in the whole of North America, and just 1,000 in the mainland United States, principally in and around Yellowstone National Park. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Three’s the usual number for a lettuce party,” said Bigwig. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Fortunately, he’d saved the phone number of the reptile wrangler who had successfully removed the alligators from the toilets. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I want Aunt Rose’s telephone number,” I said, happy to get it out. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

And to Pythagoras the connection between shapes and numbers was deep and mystical. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The white mobsters had the numbers racket split into specific areas. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

A Heuer with a brown face and gold numbers, on a black leather band. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Most of the Central Americans go to reunite with a parent, say counselors at a detention center in Texas where the INS houses the largest number of the unaccompanied children it catches. Enrique's Journey 2006-02-21T00:00:00Z

I will stab my enemy an unnecessary number of times, making some of the blows feeble and ineffective, and I will drop this handkerchief where no one can miss it.’ Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

At the Watermelon Feed that year, she hadn’t worn his number on her jersey, which angered him. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

In one of the buildings surrounding the courtyard was a door marked with the number 109. Bomb 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can tell I’ve almost won when my mom murmurs, “I wonder where you can buy fake Social Security numbers?” Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I mulled over my options and finally just wrote down my phone number. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

You slid rows of numbered squares about inside a tray, trying to get them into the right order. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

First we decided we wanted to count ten-centimeter-by-ten-centimeter squares, which was my suggestion after Mr. Terupt talked to us about sampling and how our government gets population numbers. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

“He called me, he just heard I hit the big number, and he figured right I’d be quitting.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Musicians were identified not by name but by number. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

So Harry waved a gloomy good-bye to Nearly Headless Nick and followed Filch back downstairs, doubling the number of muddy footprints on the floor. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

I noticed that an unusual number of blacks were present, mostly tennis players from Soweto and Pretoria. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any number of alterations can be listed, making some chord symbols quite long. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

It’s all but impossible to reach that number all by yourself by the time you’re a young adult. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

In order to get the maximum number of presents, Sally had invited every single person in our class. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In musicals, it doesn’t matter how many performers are in a number—all eyes turn to Britney. Drama High 2013-09-26T00:00:00Z

The senders simply forgot that things like names and street numbers were necessary for the successful delivery of mail. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Her dad’s number was listed in the book. Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe 2012-02-21T00:00:00Z

“Why, you pile up your hands, choose a number, and draw out in turn, and the person who draws at the number has to answer truly any question put by the rest. It’s great fun.” Little Women 1868-01-01T00:00:00Z

The answers fly into my head in a swirl of colorful number shapes. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Divide by a number and you undo the multiplication: a tick mark that had been stretched to a new place on the number line resumes its original position. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Imagine further that each of the 2.2 million Philadelphians is a letter to be delivered to the mailbox whose label corresponds to the number of hairs on his or her head. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can we limit the number of pictures you take of me?” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Eventually she came to the numbers that indicated the hexagram she was being given, the group of six broken or unbroken lines, and then she looked up the meaning. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I mused on the funeral day, the coffin, the hearse, the black train of tenants and servants—few was the number of relatives—the gaping vault, the silent church, the solemn service. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z

Now he closed the accounts book in Sonny’s Shop and gave up on the column of numbers. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they spread into the Congo Basin’s equatorial forest zone, cleared gardens, and increased in numbers, they began to engulf the Pygmy hunter-gatherers and compress them into the forest itself. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

No small number of them married the men they worked with; the laboratory’s success as a matchmaking service rivaled its research prowess. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

We drive down the dirt road and pass numbered wooden signs marking unpaved driveways that bend and disappear into the woods. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gift number three was a set of watercolor paints and some paper. The Perks of Being a Wallflower 1999-02-01T00:00:00Z

As we become fluent readers we file away in memory tens of thousands of common word pairs, such as horse race, hunt ducks, cotton clothing, fat people, prime number, old man, and data point. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I don’t know. Like the letter a or the number four?” A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

With no way to know how much time passed, Sheed measured his effort in the number of yearbooks he’d painstakingly searched page by page. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Action number two: He grabbed my wrist then put his hand on my shoulder. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Descartes realized that he could not start his two reference lines, or axes, with the number 1. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

They transformed it, changing its role from mere placeholder to number. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Mine is the last number they call today, the team so clearly distraught at the lack of special skills displayed before them, they’re just going to chuck our whole group. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

A little ways down the line, other guys run a roller over the raised part, the letters and numbers, turning them white. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Here’s a nice number for you, “Going Home.” Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Landau explains that not everyone has the same number of taste buds. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The number one rule in the ’hood is that snitching ain’t allowed. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Ralph watched with puzzled interest while the class worked with numbers and words. Ralph S. Mouse 1992-08-01T00:00:00Z

On an impulse he turned off Main Street and walked up Central Avenue to number 130, the high white house of Ernest Steinbeck. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Then I called the phone number at the back,” finished Helen. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Thirteen numbers, same as the phone number on the clue,” she said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Virgil spent his hour with Ms. Giegrich, learning about numbers, and Valencia spent her time with Mr. King, although Virgil wasn’t sure what Valencia needed to learn; she seemed pretty smart. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Ten thousand hours is the magic number of greatness. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Nathan had smiled when he saw that number, and that had given me hope. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

You too can make up your own very large numbers and give them strange names. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

My unlisted home telephone number somehow got out. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was like they were surrounded by bots all shouting out numbers, which was both weird and cool. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

A number of fashionably dressed young men, as well as the usual dockhands and porters, were crowding about to welcome her. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

He asked me a great number of questions—viz. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

She can’t bear to see the numbers moving forward, five to six, six to seven, seven to eight. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

The big number probably comes as no surprise and, doubtless, much of those unwanted missives are blocked. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

“And there’s no use complaining about the number of missions we have to fly. If the colonel says we have to fly fifty-five missions, we have to fly them.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He’d always done well in his classes, he was insatiably curious about any number of subjects, and he liked the idea of testing his intellectual abilities. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Her voice incited others, and now large numbers of people were calling out, “Close Village! Close the border!” Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z

I was expecting to see Arthur Bauer trotting out with him, but number 4 was still standing there on the sideline with the other clean uniforms. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ranked number one in his class at Permian, he moved ef-fortlessly between the world of the football and the academic elite. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She sounded nervous. She wanted to talk with you—” “Did she leave a number? I’ll call her back—” “No, she didn’t leave any number. She said to tell you not to make any prejudgments.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

When I was about to turn ten years old, the most significant thing about that number was that it was double-digits. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

However, one can increase one’s chances of detecting a decay by observing a large amount of matter containing a very large number of protons. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have their phone number, and I’m ready. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

The number must be few, since your hope is in speed and secrecy. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Jule saw the cell number and used her general American accent. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The onset of World War II and a number of internal scandals once again laid the Klan low. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

The task of the algebra student is to figure out what number x is. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I noticed a number of inconsistencies in his story, and I asked him the make of his car. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The phone’s screen lit up, ready for the next number. The Honest Truth 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Throughout the proceedings the prosecutor and the magistrate repeatedly inquired about the number of witnesses I intended to call. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

I keyed her number into my contacts and texted her my address. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z

And in any case the exact number does not affect what she regards as the key point. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The butler gave me his office address on Broadway and I called Information, but by the time I had the number it was long after five and no one answered the phone. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

In this ten-note example from Corelli, all the keyboard player has in front of him or her is the bass line notes, borrowed from the cello player, and those extra numbers above it. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

“At school? Actually, the thing is, I think he did give me that number too, but I’ve lost it—” “You sure lose a lot of things,” he said. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

For example, if one were to keep track of the proportion of the time that the number of heads exceeded the number of tails, one might be surprised that it is rarely close to half. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

To be fair, I knew many men who had registered, as required, but their numbers had not yet been called. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

He promised me that I’d always have a job at the Chili Bowl and asked me to give Ellen his number. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

“I saw the access codes to the computer servers the League wants access to. I have a photographic memory, and I’m good with numbers and codes.” The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

She wanted to come back herself, but Zeus was not going to let his number one strategist leave his side while we’re bat- tling Typhon. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

“You’re a retardo, so you probably don’t know, but five times five equals the number of times I made out with your sister.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

“Sweet mercy, Prince O., I pray you, don’t torment your own self. You ain’t going to find a father through numbers.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

It seemed like weeks went by before you finally asked for my number. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

With Vivian hovering at her shoulder, Molly goes to the site and signs in on her own account: click, click, credit card number, address, click . . . okay, free shipping? Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z

My three younger brothers, my baby sister, and quite a number of my cousins had followed my lead. Code Talker: A Novel About the Navajo Marines of World War Two 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Delsa looked up from the numbers she wrote in her composition book. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

The three chords in question can be expressed as the numbers I, IV and V because they are the triads that belong to the first, fourth and fifth notes of the major or minor scale. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

There are a number of items that are prohibited. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The simplest was a three-by-three square, with the numbers 1 to 9 arranged so that every row, column and diagonal added up to 15. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Mark number three!” came a voice from the Blue Springs sideline, calling out Bien’s number. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

She got a carpenter to put together a number of slim tall stepladders and she placed one of these against each table in the house so that I could climb up whenever I wanted to. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z

Though Jelly Roll called a lot of his numbers ‘Blues’, we now know this as the beginning of a distinct genre of its own: jazz. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

I built a qantara of seven flat stones by the door, the number of our family members. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z

“I tell you once: it the truth. You play that number, that number will come to you!” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

I asked the English-speaking one if he would please do me the favor of telephoning Dr. Omar Azzam at the number I had. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

In certain diseases and abnormalities studied by these investigators the number differed from the normal. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

“It’s a means of determining the relative merits of propellants. By using the number denoting the specific impulse, calculations can be made to determine the exhaust velocity of a rocket and ultimately its overall performance.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

At least, not an official one, with numbers. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over time, primitive languages evolved to distinguish between one, two, and many, and eventually one, two, three, many, but didn’t have terms for higher numbers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The debate continued for years, and a number of men voted in favor of circumcision in a very direct way. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The husband takes the number, but the wife is still not satisfied with the answer. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

One thing I know about, because Mum has shown me, is getting an unknown number through Directory Enquiries. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It seems that Sirius knew what he was doing. You are the rightful owner of number twelve, Grimmauld Place and of Kreacher.” Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Always, as they fed, one of their number was on guard, its head erect and snakelike. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Consider some activity which results in a certain number of deaths per year; say, automobile driving: one American in 5,300 dies each year due to a car crash. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

She winds her way through to me as the band pipes up with a fresh jiving number. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Of course I am not checking the ten or more digit UPC numbers, which lie just under the bar codes—nobody does. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

For everyday numbers to make sense, they have to have something called the distributive property, which is best seen through an example. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He writes down the number of telegrams he delivers and how far he travels. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

In the South, where the number of blacks was so much larger, it was unthinkable. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

As the days marched along, burials rose in number, reaching eighty on September 17. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“This one’s a — a — a ten? Ah yes, I see the little number on it now.... So this is a five?” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

See, he’s got some great gals, like Holly and Liza, but there’s a certain number of malcontents and he just wishes they’d stop their complaining. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The numbers, however, should not appear until eleven a.m. Sunday. Is that clear?” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“It’s the traps, isn’t it? The number of steps you took would bring you almost exactly to the one behind the Institute Control Building.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The many unmade bunks with torn, faded blankets hanging limply from the sides suggested that a great number of men lived there. Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

I also formed close friendships with a number of Indian students. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If I can’t sing here in front of this small number of people, what in the world will I do when there’s three hundred people in the audience? Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

“Okay, Nate,” Rex says, “let’s just take a quick look at side number one, and then we can be on our way.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

I like to maintain that the number of intermediates linking me to these historical figures is one: Russell. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

We randomly choose a path and take it, having no idea what number we’re headed for. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

I told them about the number of documented deaths. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

“Maybe it’s not supposed to be a phone number. Maybe it means something else. A math equation? A cipher?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“A number designed to rank my intelligence in relation to the entire human population,” said Jake. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

As he pulled into the driveway of number four, the first thing he saw — and it didn’t improve his mood — was the tabby cat he’d spotted that morning. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The idea of reading a number of good books in a row added something to the process. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

The blast brought a number of police officers to the area to search for the bomb site. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I recognized a leg or two, various patches of hide, parts of a head, a great number of bones. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

Rivera repeated “Thank you” anytime my mom gave her an opening, and finally my mom wrapped up by telling her our unit number and encouraging them to stop by anytime. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Though counting abilities were rare in the ancient world, numbers and the fundamentals of counting always developed before writing and reading. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The gods let her choose a husband from their number, but they had one condition: they told her that she could not choose her husband by seeing his face. Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

“The notice didn’t even list a telephone number for questions. It’s a bit out of the ordinary, don’t you think?” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re not obliged to go through no number, you know. Not for me. Everybody knows you’re brave when you want to be.” Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t believe an eight has been out this month,” she says, thinking about the daily number combinations. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The numbers at the top of the letter. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But what she noticed first was a bright red wooden tray with a number of rings on it. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

I make sure to write down their phone number so I can call them. Free Lunch 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

Was it, as a number of interested scientists believed, just the human fascination with patterns? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

In the excitement of hurling the ball, she couldn’t remember how to say the higher numbers, especially after she had missed every ball when the other team called “eight.” In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

The real numbers are a bigger infinity than the rational numbers. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Post-its with the number of days to his birthday would mysteriously appear on his parents’ bathroom mirror. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

In Utah, as elsewhere, teen drivers caused a disproportionate number of crashes. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

A number of onlookers cry out in alarm. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

But I’m really excited to get all the numbers and data. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Inquiry of the telephone company revealed that a “Mrs. Small” had called and requested that the service for that number be disconnected, “for vacation.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No, I was born in Karachi. But I did live in Kabul for a number of years. Shar-e-Nau, near the Haji Yaghoub Mosque,” Faisal said. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I pulled Gran’s card from my shorts pocket and keyed in the number. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

“It’s only numbers,” he says, quietly enough that Hauptmann cannot hear. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

If we think we can beat Independence Junior High — the defending champions, the number one seed, the only other undefeated team — then we will. The Crossover 2014-03-18T00:00:00Z

The one assigned that number had to catch the ball to win a point for his team. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

There was even a commandment to take care of it, number five: “The only one of the Ten Commandments with a promise attached.” Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

On each scrap of paper, I wrote a number and location. Willodeen 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

With a three-by-three grid and the numbers one to nine, the solution was always fifteen. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The officers were under tremendous pressure from their commander to keep their arrest numbers up, and all of the officers were aware that their jobs depended on the renewal of a federal grant. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

Then the two hunters would return and adjust the numbers again. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

Fred and George bewitched a number of purple lanterns, all emblazoned with a large number 17, to hang in midair over the guests. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

And he said, “Has your mother got a telephone number?” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He tried to time it, but couldn’t transpose the number of beats per minute measured on his digital watch into a pulse rate because he couldn’t think. The River 1991-06-01T00:00:00Z

He asked her name, age, school, her phone number, and address, barking his questions. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I pull up the sleeve on my left arm and show her the tattoo of my number: A28865. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The gypsy moth had reappeared there in numbers. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Then imaginary numbers are represented by a line going up and down the page, with i, 2i, etc. above the middle, and —i, —2i, etc. below. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

What Bhaskara and others realized was that when you square a positive number, you get a positive number back; 2 times 2 equals 4, for instance. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The members went street by street to catalogue the number of houses boarded up, infected, and open. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

But that would be too many numbers and I might not ever fall asleep. Betty Before X 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Next to my name was the number nineteen. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

Stones in different columns have different values, and by manipulating them a skilled user can add large numbers with great speed. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“How about this? Only x number of animals are adopted each month from the local shelter.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Not that I need the phone numbers saved. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

“See that number tucked into the corner? Type that in the next time the home screen asks you for your password.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

But he knew his days at Trinity would be numbered if he walked into that group of jubilant guys and told them to erase the fifty beside his name. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

More precisely, these ratios had to be written in the form a/b, where a and b were nice, neat counting numbers like 1, 2, or 47. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

It was here that the penguins added a little novelty number of their own to the program. Mr. Popper's Penguins 1938-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Now look at number seven in the table.” Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

“I learned from other prisoners that in some camps they tattooed your number on your arm,” Jack said. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

I dropped in more change and dialed my mom’s number again. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

She could count the number of times she had been down the mountain on her hand. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

He had already told me that his job number was for emergencies only and not for “how you doing” chats. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

These numbers are engraved twice on an oval metal disc we wear around our neck. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

You can make them all the same if you multiply by the right number. Slam! 1996-11-01T00:00:00Z

The surprising number of consecutive runs of heads or tails of various lengths give rise to further counter-intuitive notions. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The government tried a number of underhanded means to interrupt the campaign. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

If you still feel like picking number 2, it’s because ing words are chameleons. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He is,” Rex Rollins, now the color of an overripe grape, says, “to be honest, Garret, being considered for a number of tracks.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

The messages were rising in number, and they were getting harder to crack. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Reducing a complex intelligence or the economy to numbers on a scale, whether I.Q. or GNP, is myopic at best and many times simply ludicrous. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Not just a mere placeholder zero that represents an empty space on the abacus, but zero the number. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Although the majority of professional musicians were men, contemporary paintings show that a huge number of amateur musicians were women. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

A few minutes later, I said, “What did you say that registration number was?” Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

For though the cat was number one, there were other things in the woods that chased mice. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

“It is a number of procedures designed to uncover truths. I believe it is pronounced ‘tor-turé.’ Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

The number of dead floating cells had increased twenty times! The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

A great deal of time is required, even after a single spraying, for most of these insects to build up sufficient numbers to support a normal salmon population — time measured in years rather than months. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I typed in each number of the credit card, my dad’s full name, the expiration date. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

There are only three numbers besides my own that I’ve memorized: My parents’ cells. Internment 2019-03-07T00:00:00Z

But Cantor’s hierarchy of infinities would tell a different tale: it would show just how little space the rational numbers take up on the number line. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

A number of them had hopped planes to join me for unglamorous stops on the campaign trail, giving me emotional ballast when I needed it most. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

My mother stuck with her classes, trying not to break down in biology and doing her best to keep the numbers straight in calculus. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

And the guard would laugh and say “I don’t know no names; I only know numbers. Besides, you can’t visit here, you can only visit in jail.” Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

For very big or very small numbers, so-called scientific notation is often clearer and easier to work with than standard notation and I’ll therefore sometimes use it. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, Simitian pointed out that the California Highway Patrol had been collecting data since 2001 and found that cell phone use was the number one cause each year in distractions leading to car accidents. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

She dials the number, listens as it rings four times. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Clearly, the rules of the drug war game are designed to allow for the roundup of an unprecedented number of Americans. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The cinema man's lips twitch numbers as he paces down the pavement, slow as a coffin bearer. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

"Not too fast," the son said, writing the numbers down. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

A decade later Cieza de Leon saw the battleground and from the wreckage and unburied remains thought the dead could have numbered sixteen thousand. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

One minute we’re all going nuts with pure joy at hitting six million, and then we all get quiet as we remember what that number represents. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

I took the number to get rid of him. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Among other things the law justifies is the experimenter’s belief that the average of a bunch of measurements of some quantity should approach the true value of the quantity as the number of measurements increases. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I collect our offerings—the stubs of her SAT number 2 pencils and four broken guitar strings. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

Still, every morning she would examine Ching Chow, a daily cartoon that supposedly gave lucky numbers. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

We were lined up in row upon row while the Nazis checked the numbers on our uniforms against the tally on their clipboards. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

On a hunch, Mrs. Richardson looked up the number for the registrar at the New York School of Fine Arts. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He sends me his phone number and I’m tempted to call it to make sure he’s the one who picks up, and not some creep who’s paying him to collect addresses of young vulnerable guys. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Although the Bush administration talks about legalizing some Mexicans with a guest worker program, there is opposition to another amnesty, and the number of Mexicans illegally living in the United States continues to soar. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

“I’m sure that Mrs. Bigio will have made a sufficient number.” The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

He was a big man now; he would not, of course, pick up a call from an unknown number. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

They exchange phone numbers and then Mom leaves. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

"A friend. He didn't know our apartment number." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You have to make an appointment I’ll text you the number.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

It was like the opening number of the Miss Teen Dream Pageant with every girl knowing her steps, every girl in perfect sync with her sisters. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

"It's just that I don't find it very difficult to multiply one number by another." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

“You know. It’s a screen with a three-dimensional picture in it. You say the number, and the operator dials it for you.” The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Greenberg, who already owned a similar number of houses in the section, was expanding his holdings to exploit the housing crunch caused by urban renewal. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I would go back to the past, like a couple years ago, with the winning lottery numbers for my mom. Change the game up for us.” What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

But today, my third day being twelve, I whisper to Andrew: “I’ll help. At lunch, I’ll show you why numbers and letters mean.” Ninth Ward 2010-08-16T00:00:00Z

I phoned Scott’s number an hour ago, again a few minutes ago. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was so grateful I bought a number of paperback books—works of Maritain, Aquinas and Christopher Dawson. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

A number of things are kept there: stockpiles of metal used by the convicts to manufacture automobile license plates, lumber, old machinery, baseball paraphernalia—and also an unpainted wooden gallows that smells faintly of pine. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t suppose you remember his phone number?” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

There was a major battle nearby, and a number of wounded were brought back to the camp. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

One is the first counting number, two is the second counting number, and three is the third. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The resulting freshets carried streams of fresh water far out to sea and drew in unusual numbers of salmon. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Mary Gearhart, a small, pleasant woman, worked at a number of restaurants before finding a job in a German hotel in Martinsburg, West Virginia. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

By hour number two, he wanted to bang his head against the wall. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

On the other hand, there are a very large number of arrangements in which the pieces are disordered and don’t make a picture. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

The games were played in a small, high-ceilinged room at the end of the hallway, probably to limit the number of spectators, which had grown to several dozen while Bobby was playing the younger men. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

His number one priority was smoking his next cigarette. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

“We just didn’t have the number of beds we needed to deal with patients with chest pain. We were constantly fighting about which patient needs what.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

“Er—what else do you know about numbers?” Carry On, Mr. Bowditch 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d already done a disappointing job on my physics exam, so I would have to get a perfect score on this exam if I was going to take the number one spot back from Malka-e-Noor. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

On February 20, rowing hard in a heavy snow and a steady east wind, number two and number one came in about even. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The entries in their phones are completely divorced from the ten-digit numbers that make calling people possible. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Ask for two or ten or three hundred melons, and the number lets you off the hook by replacing the article altogether. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

The number of rings indicated the location of the alarm box. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

Marly couldn’t think what the difference might be with those numbers, only that one was lots bigger than the other. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

He also saw that “On the Come Up” is the number one song on Dat Cloud. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Over the years he had saved Izzy from her own stupidity—as he thought of it—a number of times, but this, for him, was a new record. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

It was easier to think about numbers than to think about the fact that Kamau hadn’t actually answered his question. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

She gave me three phone numbers: her father; her oldest brother, Lawrence; and her brother David Jr.’s pager. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

In the beginning, the lectures were not systemized, but within a number of months there was a set curriculum. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Since getting in the way meant standing between guns and innocents, and saved a great number of lives.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

They stuck me with a needle, inflated me like a state-fair balloon, and shipped me off to a hospital with steel-eyed nurses who wrote down every bad number. Wintergirls 2009-03-19T00:00:00Z

He ate breakfast as he always did, by the number. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

And right when Mrs. Stevens would think it was over, Cynthia would lift up and ask, "You know what I would do if I was a negative number?" Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

Some of those absent had good excuses, such as having to attend to an increasing number of patients ill with the fever. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Once numbers shed their geometric significance, mathematicians no longer had to worry about mathematical operations making geometric sense. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“I’m going to give you my number at the office. Call me if you ever run into trouble, alright?” The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

The long latent period of most cancers is the time required for the infinite number of cell divisions during which fermentation is gradually increasing after the initial damage to respiration. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I can count the number of times I’ve cried as an adult on one hand. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Gradually a small number of scientists ventured into the region. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

So Mom decided Dad and I should go into town to the library to look up the lady’s number, while she got some work done for once. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Miss Lucy worked in a room down the hallway from number 18’s common room. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

“We’re going to figure out the number of blades of grass in the soccer field,” he announced one day. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Accordingly, the fry of 1955 grew very fast and survived in exceptional numbers. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Unlike Nora, I’m terrible at memorizing people’s apartment numbers, so I look at the directory in the lobby’s vestibule. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“I don’t know. Can you arrange away that dead little girl off of my kitchen table, Pastor? Work out a Lazarus number?” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Before I can comment about how weird he’s acting, he hands me the phone and a phone number scrawled on a sky-blue piece of notepaper. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

We can all look at that number and rightly be horrified. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

I didn’t see her put the scrap of paper, the one that had been stuck on our fridge since the day Stan died, the one with my uncle’s phone number on it, onto my desk. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

“I received a hill history of your grades there. Perfect scores—you’ve already finished most of your courses in half the number of years, yes? They also say you’re quite a troublemaker. Is this true?” Legend 2011-11-29T00:00:00Z

Altogether, according to John McPhee, these number in the "tens of dozens." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The quarter was gone; besides, I had forgotten the number. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The jump and the run had really done a number. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

But once the threshold of “several hundred,” below which everyone can know everyone else, has been crossed, increasing numbers of dyads become pairs of unrelated strangers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

One evening, the men, who were joined by Jan Timman from Holland, the number three-ranked chess player in the world, went off to what Broodhaers described as a “raunchy” nightclub in downtown Brussels. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

"Stone walls cannot be fired. How are we to take them? We do not have the numbers to storm even a small castle." A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

They had apparently gone shopping at the Barrachina souvenir shop, where they’d replaced their dirty tattered shirts with loud tropical numbers. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

“My to-do list,” I explain, crossing off number 12, “Work out,” and heading to the very bottom of my list to write “Will drawing.” Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I stoically cast on the requisite number of stitches, recalling the pair of socks I’d finally finished and sent to Charlie. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

“Crunching numbers,” however, wasn’t as fun as it sounded. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Nor could the Babylonians add or subtract with zero, let alone use zero to enter the realm of negative numbers. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

His father walked toward him wearing an orange jumpsuit with his prisoner number across the chest. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

Wine could conceal any number of advanced poisons—but which one was it? Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I waited for ages, and was just about to leave when finally she hung up, and I dug in my pocket for a quarter and dialed the twins’ number. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

She had four passports, four driver’s licenses, three wigs, several thousand dollars in cash, and a credit card number belonging to Forrest Smith-Martin that would do for buying plane tickets. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I reach over to grab my pocket notebook, crossing off number 14 and trying to get the feeling of calm that usually comes from finishing to-do list items, but it doesn’t come. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Before they got their names and numbers in that book, they were missing in action and probably dead. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are many more people than the numbers I know to count them with. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The lazy Susan in the center held a strange combination of items—a number of prescription drugs, a set of binoculars on top of a bird guide, and an animal bone. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

These numbers were all six digits in length, and they also began with the numeral “6,” so everyone began calling them the Sixers. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Big Numbers, Small Probabilities People’s facility with numbers ranges from the aristocratic to the Ramanujanian, but it’s an unfortunate fact that most are on the aristocrats’ side of our old Mainer. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

By comparison, the total number of atoms in your body is about 1028, and the total number of elementary particles—protons and neutrons and electrons—in the observable universe is about 1080. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she gave it to me, a magical number: I put it with her name in all caps on my phone. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

A moment later, Harry had given a loud yell and leapt out of his camp bed; the package contained a large number of maggots. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The most wrenching thing, however, was our shrunken size: three days earlier, when we had ascended this terrain we’d numbered eleven; now there were only six of us. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

When you reach it, turn ninety degrees to the right and take the same number of steps. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

That afternoon, I discovered that my cell had been moved from number 4, near the entrance of the passageway, to number 18, at the back. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Bueno, look for the number four on the box, and that will be the house you want.” Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Because the hospital cells were off limits to the general population, we had a number of traveling prisoners stay with us. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

The number of homeless people seemed to have increased drastically. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

And as I punch in her phone number, I'm being careful. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Surely the number of donors would have changed dramatically. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Rachel pressed a code into the number pad and it swung open. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

He never wrote down your number; even in the case of combination plays, he would just nod. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Both numbers are tallied for the final event score, with anything above fifteen points usually in medal range. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

When the man finished the number, he reached out and touched the collar of her dress, smoothing it down gently. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

To draft a telegram, you wrote down the numbers for each character you wanted, and then you sent the string of numbers. The Woman All Spies Fear 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z

Inside number 402, I found an old woman who told me right away she had wasted her time waiting for me all week. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

She heard Laxmi dialing directory assistance, asking for the number of a beauty salon. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

The nurse records our names and the numbers from our passes on the Compudoc, to see if we are who we are supposed to be. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

A mask, flight, numbers in the millions producing numbers in the millions? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

In his investigations among fossil skulls, her colleague Oliver Payne had discovered that around thirty thousand years ago a great increase had taken place in the number of shadow particles associated with human remains. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

And new problems had arisen as insects once present only in insignificant numbers had increased to the status of serious pests. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

The exact number of miles between Thomas and me. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Each miner had two brass medals with a number stamped on it. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

It was only printing that ensured that a significant number of astronomers had access to Regiomontanus’s text on parallax after 1531. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

“She loves numbers is all. That’s always what she talks about.” Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because the chromosome number for a given species is constant, the egg and the sperm, which are to unite to form a new individual, must carry to their union only half the species number. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I figured I'd go down and ask the desk clerk if he could give me Burroughs's room number. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

Like the number of squares on a chessboard—an irony that nevertheless cannot be pressed too far—he was sixty-four. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

I need a job and an apartment, but to get a job I need an address and a phone number and to get an apartment it helps to have evidence of stable employment. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

In contrast, New Guineans have been living in societies where human numbers were too low for epidemic diseases of dense populations to evolve. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

Before that numbers were hopelessly unreliable, and no one bothered to produce population figures for whole countries. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

She thinks I am Chinese or Japanese because I always order in English or by number or by pointing to what I want on another table. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“All is arranged. Yours is the upper berth, the number 7. We start in one minute.” Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

The settlement included a number of religious shrines, the earliest found so far, and on their plaster-covered walls we encounter the earliest paintings on a man-made surface. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the first stage, a small number of well-trained volunteers would break selected laws in a handful of urban areas. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There’s radio chatter and routine business, and then the flight engineer cries out, “Flameout on engine number four!” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

They came together and fell apart, connecting and disconnecting to form an infinite number of shapes. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

I found her phone number on her department’s page. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Surely you don’t think numbers are as important as words?” he heard Azaz shout from the distance. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

What is the expected number of tests the director will have to perform if he pools the blood samples? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sam Gardiner’s blast of buckshot brought a number of people to their senses and gave to a number of others the blessed gift of a night’s sleep free of anxiety and terror. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was counting the numbers off as if I was running down a huge flight of stairs, and staring at the color photos of a car crash on the front of the newspaper. Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Surely. He can do any number of tricks. Would you like to see some?” I, Robot 1950-12-02T00:00:00Z

That low number was useful in justifying the white conquest of what could be viewed as an almost empty continent. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

We assembled in groups according to our barracks' number and were counted and recounted while short-tempered, cruel guards harassed us. The Boy on the Wooden Box 2013-08-27T00:00:00Z

Billie, at the microphone, had just finished a number when she saw Jean and me. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each evening, when Donovan arrived back in West Berlin, he would dial a phone number and announce, "Jim D. is back." Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z

And then he tells us how many people get on and off and we have to add and subtract the numbers in our head. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The sphere was constructed from five concentric rings, each inscribed with zodiac symbols—the bull, the scorpion, et cetera—and seemingly random numbers and letters. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He was one of a number of men overwhelmed by burning oil on a sinking ferry off Dunkirk. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

It seemed as though he still counted amongst that number despite his dismissal. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

The first was built largely around a core of last year’s freshmen: Don Hume, the big powerful stroke; Gordy Adam at number seven; William Seaman at number six; and Johnny White at number four. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

I sign my name next to a number with many zeros, to promise payment. Taste of Salt: A Story of Modern Haiti 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

IN 1946, a number of critical events occurred that shaped my political development and the direction of the struggle. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Yet standing there, I realized once again that number 534, despite his name, was not a machine. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

And truth be told, I appreciated my father’s high expectations that I should shoot for being number one. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

A list handed out to us on our last day by the personnel department showed that it was purely a matter of numbers. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

A number of stray carts wandered across the parking lot aimlessly, carried this and that way depending on each moody gust of wind. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

When we talk about infinity we are talking about a quantity greater than any number, no matter how large. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he tried to calculate the number of porcelain bricks in the walls of the cell. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Outside, we walked over to a compost bin, where J.T. dumped the contents of his pillowcase and made a body count, noting the number on a piece of paper. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Many levels have been left blank for users to input their own information—words, sentences, phone numbers, even pictures. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

Instead of all number equations, the problems have the letter X where a number should go. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

This is taking a long time, much longer than she ever imagined, which is likely going to be problem number three. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

“You're hardheaded, but you’re smart. You can read better than any of us. And the way you do those numbers, all in your head...” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She laughed when I asked how librarians can remember titles, writers, and numbers too. Finding Langston 2018-08-14T00:00:00Z

But after a certain number of rabbits had been pogrommed, an almost supernatural peace descended over the neighboring barnyard. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I can see only a few police cars parked on the periphery, their number scattered about the crowd. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

But Jaden and Jenny were staring at me, so I dialed the number and sat there listening to it ring, wishing I could just hang up. We Were Here 2009-10-05T00:00:00Z

After leaving Sidelsky, I had investigated a number of white firms — there were, of course, no African law firms. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first person to make explicit the idea of a large—indeed, an infinite—number of other worlds in orbit about other suns seems to have been Giordano Bruno. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any number of pictures showed various members of the family, who had received discipline within a matter of seconds before the shutter clicked, looking anything but pleasant in the swivel seats of the car. Cheaper by the Dozen 1948-01-01T00:00:00Z

A number of hands go up, but not mine. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

There were oversize black-and-white numbers taped to hallway walls, signs screaming at passersby to count down the days until the first game of the season. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

Finally, he embarked on a number of prolonged trips to Mecca and the newly independent African states through the good offices of the representatives of the Arab League in the United States. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were no times, no dates, no license plate numbers. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Regardless of whether the engineers conducted a test in a wind tunnel or in free flight, the output was the same: torrents, scads, bundles, reams, masses, mounds, jumbles, piles, and goo-gobs of numbers. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

“Oh, I typed in the license plate number of that black car. I don’t know what you can do with it, but I figured what the heck.” Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Though exact numbers aren’t known, some experts claim that the total number of victims may have doubled to 200,000 or more. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

Aside from the mayor, the committee was made up of twenty-six individuals, though illness and death soon reduced their numbers. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

On a low coffee table, with circular and semicircular stains bitten into the dark veneer, lay a few wilted numbers of Time and Life. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

“It’s the Dewey decimal number for fairy tales.” Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

And then, when I had only thirty minutes to make my escape, the numbers changed. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

They will bet on the odd or even number of mourners at a funeral. The Sound and the Fury 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a phone number on the bottom. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Quinn gives me the room number and when I find Erin her eyes are closed. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

As he left the gymnasium, he noticed a large number of parked cars sitting beneath the street lights outside the locker room door. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Positive numbers if the boy is more attracted to the girl; negative if vice versa. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

Now that the number of soldiers has multiplied, they wield more power and the chief’s role has been reduced to that of a manager. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hearing this, Malcolm X said drily, “You think I ought to send him a telegram with my telephone number?” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Phone numbers that have been scratched out with keys. Speak 1999-10-01T00:00:00Z

A 1986 Gallup poll reports that 52 percent of American teenagers believe in it, and a distressing number of people in all walks of life seem to accept at least some of its ancient claims. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’ve seen a number of pets live long, healthy lives with diabetes,” he said. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Apparently, this branch of the cult only traveled in groups of seven or twelve, as per musical mathematics—but they were willing to break the rule and add her to their number. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Moss turned back to the crowd and could make out a number of people crying. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“So what do I need? 100? Every time you double the number, you get halfway to the y axis. But it never gets there...” Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Even in the deep bush, where you could die any number of ways, the war was nakedly and aggressively boring. The Things They Carried 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I thought you’d be more excited. I even got Paul’s email and phone number so you can ask him questions. You’re made for this school, Lucy.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Army surplus dog tag around his neck, engraved with his name, address, and telephone number. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The act of bringing together after a difference, as in to reconcile numbers on a balance sheet; resolution. The Lemonade War 2007-04-23T00:00:00Z

A number of exposition directors held General Electric stock and urged William Baker, president of the fair since Lyman Gage’s April retirement, to accept the bid. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“Oh, right—your company is number two in the turncorner industry.” Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Well, it doesn't matter what I think. Pastor Snyder is the Sheriff’s father, and the real power in town. The preacher makes the final decision on all matters. These numbers are for him.” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

“Can you show me the biggest number there is?” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Thus an Italian opera, typically, was a series of well-defined ‘numbers’, a glorified variety show, with something for everyone and plenty of opportunity for lead singers to have their turn at impressing the audience. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

In the license plate shop where our gang worked, he operated the machine that stamped out the numbers. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It is true she is very pretty, but a man like myself can acquire any number of beautiful women.” The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

So these sailors stayed in San Francisco, growing in number and attracting others, until the city became the gay capital, the homosexual Hauptstadt. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In addition, a news report showed that over the past six years the number of employed workers in Odessa had dropped by 22,400, from 65,200 to 42,800. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

A far greater number came as sightseers, which is why policemen had to be stationed at the door to regulate the flow of visitors. The Great Fire 1995-04-01T00:00:00Z

I see his eyes—both the live one and the dead one—in the numbers of the ticking clock, in the motivational posters on the walls. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

Soon all traces of Dictionopolis had vanished in the distance and all those strange and unknown lands that lay between the kingdom of words and the kingdom of numbers stretched before them. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

He gave the woman his phone number, and only after he heard the sound of the phone on the other end hanging up did he put the phone down. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

I open up my own email account, then type out her name, her phone number, her email address, as well as Justin’s email and password. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

The band plays soft numbers down in the band area. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He nods up at the numbers above my head. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A number of Confederate deserters were captured by the Union forces, and they said that another Confederate general, James Longstreet, had come to Lee’s defense with massive reinforcements. Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Eaves has written down all the jobs in his union diary but hasn’t yet found the number when a different sergeant shouts: “On the lineup!” Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Most of those people lived in shoreline communities, where rising numbers were beginning to change agriculture from an option to a necessity. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The number 70 is circled beside my name with a C—. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

Other studies show different numbers, but the same trend—a big disparity that opened over their lifetimes. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

No numbers or letters or symbols printed around either one or hidden inside. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

They rode past the blackened bones of houses and barns without number, chimneys sticking up like grave markers, the husked stone walls of ravaged mills and granaries. The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

But a few gunters were successful, and at the bottom of the Scoreboard, listed after the High Five and the dozens of IOI employee numbers, new avatar names began to appear. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

We were arranged in alphabetical order according to the docket and accused number one was Farid Adams, of the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The record number of strikes would lead to an awareness of the plight of the American worker and to union recognition. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

We may be like the genetically different lines of mice, or like Hayflick’s different tissue-culture lines, programmed to die after a predetermined number of days, clocked by their genomes. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Countless numbers of people dead in subways and in cars from tunnel flooding. The Dead and the Gone 2008-05-04T00:00:00Z

It was a number for Child Protective Services. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

To ensure a fair competition, each entry was given a number, and the applicant’s name was sealed in an envelope taped on the back of their design. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

And the account number was saved on his computer. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

A number of well-known doctors had abandoned their patients and scampered to safer air; ten others had died, while still more were ill and could not receive patients. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

Kronecker hated the irrationals, but they take up all the space in the number line. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Even after the term of punishment expires, some states deny the right to vote for a period ranging from a number of years to the rest of one’s life. The New Jim Crow 2010-01-05T00:00:00Z

The two weeks in the hospital had done a number on me. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

This is possibly, definitely the number one best thing that’s ever happened to me. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

What linguists call speech rate — the number of speech sounds per second — equalizes. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

She sensed, and hoped she was wrong, that he did not want to give her his number. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

While someone pins the number 12 on my back, I do a quick assessment. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

It is a matter of common experience that one can describe the position of a point in space by three numbers, or coordinates. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’d imagined today going badly in any number of different ways, but wow, wow, I had not been expecting this. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

How much better sundown would be than the end of a day in the restaurant, where a good day’s work was marked by the number of dirty plates and the weight of the garbage bin. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Let me send you their number, Jake. This will put you right through to their earpieces when you need them.” The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

“I just don’t understand why this younger generation can’t just respect the process,” he said, and that was met with a number of boos and hisses. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

What math I was ever taught I learned doing the breakfast dishes and listening to Mother explain, over and over, what a fraction is or how to use negative numbers. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Give the number of a pay phone where the friend can call in a few minutes.” Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

Dozens of additional lynchings had taken place in neighboring counties—and the true power of those lynchings far exceeded their number. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

My phone number just rolls out of my mouth. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

I look down at my list of recorded numbers that Zero had bet. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

We mustn’t swoon over every extraordinary number that comes before us, but it is perhaps worth latching on to one from time to time just to be reminded of their ungraspable and amazing breadth. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

The number of inmates has tripled in the last twenty-five years, and rates of incarceration keep climbing. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Afterward, he gave me his phone number and asked me to call him if I needed help getting around the city. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

What she had to do was submit a query about the catalog number of a particular book, which would tell him that she wanted to pass a message to the service. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

Imagine that there is a large stadium filled with people and you want to know whether there are more seats, more people, or an equal number of both. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Not so when we are upon fatigue: When we dig, bind, do any of the work of entrenchment—these things I know from long practice—I am one of the number. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

The green numbers on the stove say it’s now two in the morning. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Aegon Dragonlord had perhaps a fifth that number, the chroniclers said, and most of those were conscripts from the ranks of the last king he had slain, their loyalties uncertain. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The Muscogee, or Creek, Confederacy included a number of Indigenous nations with homelands that covered much of present-day Georgia, Alabama, and parts of northern Florida. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

“Let them come. This place can stand against twenty times our number, so long as we are well provisioned. And you say there is a way in and out by sea?” A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I fold the worn paper with Matilde’s phone number on it, turn away from the shop, and trudge home. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

He counted under his breath, keeping track of the number of knots. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

These are big increases, but they are also still tiny, tiny numbers. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

Lillian spent a full, enervating day on the telephone notifying a staggering number of relatives on both sides of the family. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt a number of eyes latch onto us immediately, but I didn’t care. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z

The old farmhouse—the heart of the Cottages—had a number of fireplaces where we could burn the split logs stacked in the outer barns. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t just the color that was different—so were the number and pattern of the dots. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

The more one thought about such numbers, in effect, the more one realized that further thought was futile. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

Before them, Rocky stabbed his finger against the screen, hitting numbers. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Of the African languages, Zulu has the largest number of native speakers, but we couldn’t keep that without also having Xhosa and Tswana and Ndebele. Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

He doesn’t do much boasting about himself—but by interpellating the crowd in particular terms, Antony is casting himself as one of their number.* Words Like Loaded Pistols 2011-10-20T00:00:00Z

Publicity, of course, tends to obscure these numbers, but like the Surgeon General’s warning on cigarette packages, the figures would eventually begin to filter into the public consciousness. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Because every fifteen minutes, the animated ceiling looped through call numbers for every Dewey decimal room in the library. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

The card was black and had a cell number in silver writing. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Fifteen thousand lives: that happens to be about the same number of people who die in homicides in the United States every year. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

Weeks before the Tap-Out, Camille led a protest at the county government offices in Santa Ana, backed by a record number of participants—all members of her college’s student body. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Rex Rollins claps at us again, to quiet the rumble, and Monica and Garret begin at one end of the room, near the smaller numbers. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

She laughs for a second and says, “No, the inmate’s ID number. Who are you here to see?” Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Any number can be written as a string of zeros and ones; to Leibniz, this was the creation ex nihilo, the creation of the universe out of nothing more than God/1 and void/0. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Death row prisoner number five forty-one, you have a visitor. “Please make this a short visit, ma’am, the priest will be here any minute to give the prisoner his last meal and his last cigarette. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

The pleasant voice of the answering machine that never had to feel sorrow or pain answered cheerfully, “You have reached the Washington residence. Please leave your number, and have a nice day!” Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

An overhead projector beamed a movie onto dummy number two, turning it into a perky woman who looked like a flight attendant. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

“Yes, but as you saw...a number of board members have elected...” Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

In this way a number of rash young men met their death. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

“And, Joe, you said not every minority is visible, remember? Think about it, Addie, what makes a minority? It’s numbers, right? The majority is the larger percentage, the minority the smaller.” The Misfits 2001-10-01T00:00:00Z

One could predict the approximate number of times that the result would be A or B, but one could not predict the specific result of an individual measurement. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Check out the sections for numbers the cards wouldn’t give us.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

During these years he engaged in a number of different steam-engine experiments, the high point of which was the construction of a steam-powered carriage which ran around the floor of his parlour. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

The brand wasn’t like American brands, which were initials or letters or even numbers; it looked like a big butterfly with its wings outstretched, or two loops of rope tied together in the center. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” he said, “but make sure you leave me the number of whoever you go with.” Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

People swarming in, cities doubling and trebling in numbers of inhabitants, while the fiscal guardians groan over the increasing weight of improvements and the need to care for a large new spate of indigents. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

I recognize her deep voice from all those long-distance phone calls with the 313 number. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

“You have until then to sleep. Turn left at the intersection in front of you and proceed to your assigned hab-unit, number 42G.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Though I wasn’t great with my numbers, I handed him a bill like I was sure of things so that he wouldn’t think to try to cheat me on the change. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He seized the gun which always stood in a corner of his bedroom, and let fly a charge of number 6 shot into the darkness. Animal Farm: A Fairy Story 1945-08-17T00:00:00Z

“DeVante came over to me, right before it got crazy. He asked for my number.” The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

“Had I paid attention to numbers, General ...” Lee left the rest unsaid. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m good at math. I’m great with numbers. But I don’t know why this bothers you, Maddie. That is something I can’t figure out.” The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

But that was not for being number one in the class. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

I watched the house numbers until we got to the hundreds. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

After that, it was no longer acceptable to ask a guy to Sadie Hawkins by baking him a plate of cookies or by wearing a T-shirt with his football number on the back. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Even reciting prime numbers didn’t calm me down. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Genie, you holler out the number that red hand lands on. And I’ll tell ’em how much they owe. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I asked, “Shall I someday be called by a number?” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Macon Dead remembered—not the woman, but the circumstances at number three. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some physicians estimate that a third or more of their patients show signs of some form of sensitivity, and that the number is growing. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

He said as soon as he hit a number, he would use the winnings to organize his band. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

It felt the same this morning when I dialed his number, like falling through the dark, not knowing when you’re going to hit the ground. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bobby claimed that his system would actually reduce the number of draws, that it would produce games in which the players would take more chances, trying to achieve wins rather than half points. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

When you square a negative number, you still get a positive number: –2 times –2 also equals 4. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

A number of these kids have the slightly dull, vacant look of people on drugs, and I wonder what they’re taking to keep them here and breathing. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

The word AGE glows and the number five appears. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

When the authorities discovered a number of these communications, they took the extraordinary measure of rationing toilet paper. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some numbers cannot be expressed as a simple ratio of a/b. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He was too focused on the fact that the library cards were, once again, numbered. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

I consider this my lucky shirt because it has a prime number of stripes: 17. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

To estimate native numbers before Columbus, one thus had to multiply census figures from those times by a factor of twenty or more. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Three: my good old friends the prime numbers. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a cipher, each letter in a message is replaced by another letter or a number. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was maybe halfway in the number before I became aware of how she danced. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

He puts the paper back down and cups his chin with one hand; the other hand punches numbers into a calculator. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

But pretty soon, he and G’ma are stopping to refuel the RV and to go number two—nobody wants to empty that from the tank—in Birmingham, Alabama. Clean Getaway 2020-01-07T00:00:00Z

If only he were as good with women as he is with numbers. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

The men represented only a fraction of the number Octavian had previously promised to Mark Antony but had never supplied. Sterling Biographies®: Cleopatra: Egypt's Last and Greatest Queen 2009-02-03T00:00:00Z

Berrange said that he wanted to read Murray a number of passages from various documents and then have Murray label them communistic or not. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She made it when our first-born was preparing. What with our children and friends’, this rope has pulled a great number of people into the world.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

It is not difficult to identify a number of relevant factors. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

He had a skillful worker in wood make a huge wooden horse which was hollow and so big that it could hold a number of men. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, it predicts a number of different possible outcomes and tells us how likely each of these is. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A number of the boys on the basketball team knew Richard, and they had come to practice after his arrest talking about what happened. The 57 Bus 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

She walked up to me and handed me the drawing and the silk blue ribbon that had a number one printed on it in gold. The Circuit: Stories from the Life of a Migrant Child 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Any batch of number 2 corn was guaranteed to be as good as any other number 2 field corn. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

When these amateurs heard that the ancestors of Indians must have come to the Americas thousands of years ago, a surprising number of them decided to hunt for the evidence that would prove it. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Unknown to me, I was being watched by a number of warders, who later said that my reaction confirmed that I knew a manuscript had been there. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Just as Indian mathematicians accepted zero while Europeans rejected it for centuries, the East embraced negative numbers while the West tried to ignore them. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“But there are two numbers on this card,” said Sierra. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Sometime tomorrow Kara’s and Locke’s futures will be cemented, and I will become something less than genuine, like the first in a numbered series of art prints. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Yesterday we passed four hundred thousand, but the number has to be even higher than that now. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Counted the right number of strips on the disc that separated one song from the next. P.S. Be Eleven 2013-05-21T00:00:00Z

When I look at the screen, I see about five million missed texts from my mom, but there are also two messages from a number I don’t recognize. Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Adding a number to infinity leaves infinity unchanged. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

And number eighty-eight—still in the splits!—spins out of them, onto her back, and yells “Faster!” to Sammy, which gets a nice big laugh out of Mark and Marc, the bearded boys. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Tidings was in his glory in the parking lot, handing out numbers to each driver, gesturing with wide sweeps of his arms, getting everybody ready to line up. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Forgive me! Of course you need to know the terms. I am utterly hopeless with numbers, but Lord Ashton drew this up for your perusal before he left for business this morning.” The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

The number of my sister wives would depend on my husband’s righteousness: the more nobly he lived, the more wives he would be given. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

“Yeah. He emailed me. See? I called your number six days ago.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

The number, which is between one and twelve, one being irredeemably bad and twelve being unattainably high, signifies the promise of the tribute. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Keira,” I say, “do me a favor and look up a number for me.” Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

After school, I called Monday’s number five times and the automatic lady told me once again that I was wrong. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

She punched a string of numbers on the key pad, and the building’s central computer noticed that Jaax Nancy was attempting entry. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

He believed that a large number of worlds had formed spontaneously out of diffuse matter in space, evolved and then decayed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

She remembered years ago how she had treated herself to a game at the stadium, and that she had ticket number six in the center section over home plate, row B, next to seat seven. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

Except for the beautiful fairy and a number of giants, everyone started back to the house, including Father. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

Many Osage had come to believe that local authorities were colluding with the killers and that only an outside force like Davis could cut through the corruption and solve the growing number of cases. Killers of the Flower Moon 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

After rowing in the number three and four shells all fall, Joe couldn’t fathom why he had suddenly been promoted. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Her- schel had been misled because of the copious amount of obscuring dust in the direction of Sagittarius; he had no way to know of the enormous numbers of stars beyond. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

As Aunt Marge started to make herself at home, Harry caught himself thinking almost longingly of life at number four without her. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Apollonius of Rhodes told at length the Quest of the Golden Fleece, and in connection with the story a number of other myths. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

The advent of mechanized fishing in the 1920s drastically reduced the number of cod from the Gulf of Maine to the Grand Banks. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The winning numbers hover in the middle of the screen, suspended against a brilliant blue background. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

After a few numbers, everyone was covered in sweat and laughing. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The numbers come in, and Windy stays out. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

If our new number were equal to the first number on the list, it would also have a first digit of 3—but we can easily prevent that from happening. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She purchased the dress, and as soon as we got home, I mustered all my courage and dialed Evan's phone number. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

It asks my birthdate and address, my parents’ names and phone numbers, my health insurance. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Now someone is calling the number of our company, it is, yes, the Company Commander, he has come through, then; his arm is in a sling. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

By Friday a number of the fourth- and fifth-grade boys had already drifted away to play King of the Mountain on the slope between the two fields. Bridge to Terabithia 1997-10-21T00:00:00Z

The family, which has befriended a number of North Korean immigrants, lives in Riverside, a city sixty miles east of Torrance. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

He was able to file all the numbers in his head, and write them down for the banker only when he turned in his money. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her place already was luxurious, with a bowling alley where the pins were bottles of chilled champagne, but now she resolved to increase the number of bedrooms and double her staff. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

“That’s okay. Potassium nitrate has much the same property and exactly the same number of oxygen atoms as potassium chlorate. Mix saltpeter and sugar and we should get the same reaction we just saw.” October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

As it turns out, the average number of items answered on that questionnaire varies from country to country. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

A board with fifty numbered hooks and a prize hanging from each hook, hung behind the counter. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Demand for in-house care far exceeded the number of nurses available. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

With its soaring steeples, stained glass windows and chiming bells, it was a way more mainstream affair than the little white clapboard number that had spirited Stan away. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

Two aristocrats are out horseback riding and one challenges the other to see which can come up with the larger number. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

They could coerce some of us into fighting with misinformation, or by appealing to greed—any number of ways. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

After setting a ten-minute timer on the microwave, I lifted the phone from its cradle and dialed Thomas’s number. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Fred had long seemed to think that his little brother was just a bit inept, and that he needed to set him straight on any number of things. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

If one is accused of a lie and it turns out to be the truth, there is a backlog that will last a long time and protect a number of untruths. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The mixture of letters, numbers, and symbols was like no language Malcolm had ever seen. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

The first one is number 3 in the series. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

Later that afternoon, a detachment returned through the gates with two of their number dead, arms sprawling, the hair on one a ruddy sop. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

Courts have repeatedly found the prison unconstitutionally overcrowded, with almost twice the number of women incarcerated as it was designed to hold. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

“That right there’s the number one supply we get,” Minho announced. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

But that’s the kind of luck we have—dumb dead relatives who go outta their way to interrupt your good-night’s sleep to give you a lucky number that only brings you bad luck. The Skin I'm In 1998-10-16T00:00:00Z

But being number Eleven had served her well when she was young. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

He kept all their phone numbers on hand and called them personally to sway their opinions and make each one feel like a privileged insider with a sensational scoop. Seabiscuit: An American Legend 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

The first beat is usually the strongest, and in most music, most of the bars have the same number of beats. Understanding Basic Music Theory 2018-01-28T00:00:00Z

And the number of surrendered guns is no match for even the number of new guns simultaneously coming to market. Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything 2005-04-12T00:00:00Z

All I need is two room numbers, then I can get out of here. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“That’s why we reserved that dormitory for residents with nervous disorders. It doesn’t make sense for them to mix with the larger population. In number 40, they can get the care they require.” The Underground Railroad: A Novel 2016-08-02T00:00:00Z

Which is calculated as a number between 0 and 5 based on the difference in attraction to each other. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z

After Ms. Kathy found Ellie Farmers number, they spoke to Mrs. Farmer on the phone, and she suggested they visit in person. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

He quickly and quietly sang the requested number a capella. The Serpent King 2016-03-08T00:00:00Z

Scratching numbers into the dust on the seat, I started the math, but John jumped in right quick with, “We need one hundred sixty bricks? I’ll be here until January!” Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

“If you use imaginary numbers, you don’t need to know where ‘C’ is to find ‘T.’ The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

I thought, trying to comprehend a number so big. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

There was a three-tiered pink-and-white cake, draped in fondant and topped with a sugar figurine of a baby holding the number 1 in its chubby hands. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Rowan took his time crunching the numbers, knowing that every second taken was a second of life he bought for Kohl. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

As a panicked response to hunger and starvation, barter trade ran wild and private markets exploded in number and importance. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

The arresting analogy that is always made is that the number of people in the world who are actively searching for asteroids is fewer than the staff of a typical McDonald’s restaurant. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

I dropped my pencil and stopped studying about whole numbers to lean over the worktable. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I learned that he could be reached at a fax number in Big Sky, Montana, so I sent him a fax. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Probably the first medical use of modern insecticides occurred in Italy in 1943 when the Allied Military Government launched a successful attack on typhus by dusting enormous numbers of people with DDT. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

It is very possible there were a number of other instances of this sort which I have now forgotten. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Since the first number on the list starts with a 3 and our new number starts with a 2, we know that the two numbers are different. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He reads from the square of paper in the same onerous voice he used for ours, informing Panem that in honor of the Quarter Quell, there will be twice the number of tributes. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

She was anxious to hear about Charles and asked a number of questions, to most of which she didn’t receive any response at all. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Burger saw Adolf Hitler a number of times and even shook hands with him. Nazi Saboteurs 2019-12-03T00:00:00Z

She would not abandon a daughter to this life, but train her to read the columns of blood and numbers in men’s eyes, to understand the morphology of survival. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I’m sitting on my own, scrolling through my new phone, adding numbers, when someone moves into my peripheral vision. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Father regularly sedated a number of the animals to lessen their stress. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

The quadratic formula has been known for centuries; the ninth-century mathematician al-Khowarizmi knew how to solve almost every quadratic equation, though he didn’t seem to consider negative numbers as roots. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

The number N might even be as small as 1. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

But the endless stream of letters and symbols and numbers in Mom’s letter made no sense to Emma at all. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Since I made no secret of my project, a number of controversies arose among my friends and advisers. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

My mother had concluded our conversation the week before by saying, “An old friend told me that he’s very sick. I asked my friend to pass on your number to his wife.” Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

One of the important mammal species hunted for meat, the gazelle, originally lived in huge herds but was overexploited by the growing human population and reduced to low numbers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It was built upon rational numbers and implied the existence of God. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She knew he put in an enormous number of hours during the football season and that he was under constant pressure to produce a superb football team. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Maybe we had solved a mystery deeper than a tattoo number. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z

The final buyers were a number of zoos, mainly the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago and the soon-to-open Minnesota Zoo, but odd animals were going to Los Angeles, Louisville, Oklahoma City and Cincinnati. Life of Pi 2001-09-01T00:00:00Z

And yet, I thought, watching a numbers runner paying off a bet, this is one place that the Brotherhood definitely penetrated. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Less than half of all African children of school age attended any school at all, and only a tiny number of Africans were graduated from high school. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

So I give her our phone number, thank her again, and set out to find Fiona, because her heat of the 800-meter has just been called. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

In Sister Julianna’s company, on tours of North Carolina tobacco plantations, Farmer met a number of Haitians. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

He’s blocked her number and has no interest in reaching out. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I closed them behind me and dialed Henry’s number, half-expecting he wouldn’t answer but to my surprise he did, on the second ring. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I tapped my finger on the number so my phone would start calling and then quickly put it to my ear before I could change my mind. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

“Nineteen, thirty-one, twenty-seven, fourteen, thirty-nine. This week’s lucky numbers are ten, fourteen, nineteen, twenty-seven, thirty-one, thirty-nine. Thank you for playing Superlotto.” A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Yes, the police, detectives, and officers had found a number of leads on Booth’s accomplices, but none led to Booth. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She practiced Park's number, her finger sliding across the dial. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

Born in 1596 in the middle of France, Descartes would bring zero to the center of the number line, and he would seek a proof of God in the void and the infinite. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He had numbers for all of the different tactical move he had taught us, so when we were at a match he could shout a number to us and we’d know what to do. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

"And is this the same aunt Ethel whose telephone number is on the list on the wall by your kitchen telephone?" Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

With prisons so much in the news, costing so much money, and confining such unprecedented numbers of people, it seemed to me that their operations should be completely transparent. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The number of white handkerchiefs on the line indicated which of six coves Brewster and his boat were hiding in. George Washington, Spymaster 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once you got into the teens, your intelligence was in question, especially as the numbers rose to the high teens. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

Taking out the crumpled paper, I looked at the telephone number. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t be so dramatic. I think they want experienced insiders to do stories that are about more than just the number of Biafran dead.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

Turns out not using the number is harder than Jus anticipates, especially when he’s alone with nothing but memories of his homeboy. Dear Martin 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

Of course, one seeks to provide a general, sustained service to one's employer, the value of which could never be reduced to a number of specific instances - such as that concerning Lord Halifax. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’ll have to look up the number when I get home. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

I’d been to a fair number of Barack’s political events by now and had seen him interact many times with big groups of constituents. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“Tell me your mama’s phone number, and I will call her.” Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

The largest contingent consisted of gym porters, and because many were longtime inmates and there was power in numbers, they were especially demanding. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When later there is a resurgence of the insect population, as almost always happens, the birds are not there to keep their numbers in check. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

A googolplex is precisely as far from infinity as is the number one. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

He takes out a small notepad from his jacket pocket and starts scribbling some numbers down. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

The number of kids signing up for tesserae soars, but they often don’t receive their grain. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

Every day we learned new letters and new numbers. Lost Boy, Lost Girl 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

In case of attack, Tisquantum claimed, he could respond with an equal number of Indian troops—and the Pilgrims, who might be able to intimidate the enemy. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Like, does “What’s good with your number” really bag the ladies? The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

“We are talking about enormous numbers of people,” she told me. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

And in the course of his distinguished career he’d formulated a number of unorthodox, very strongly held opinions about how the mountain should be ascended. Into Thin Air 1996-08-01T00:00:00Z

Many of them, put together just after epidemics, would have represented population nadirs, not approximations of precontact numbers. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

What made the tape so special for me was this one particular song: track number three, “Never Let Me Go.” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then we start taking tiles, throwing the dice, counting back on the wall to the right number of spots where our chosen tiles lie. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It must be because of the zero. I’ve never seen a phone number start with a zero,” she said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Doc Daneeka was personally familiar with a number of things that were drastically wrong. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Large numbers of malignant tumors are discovered clinically in children under the age of five, but it is an even grimmer fact that significant numbers of such growths are present at or before birth. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Not when we moved into number twenty-three, a roomier, lovelier house than I’d imagined I’d live in at the tender age of twenty-six. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Twelve of the fire performers quietly enter the courtyard with small platforms that they set up along the perimeter like numbers on a clock. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

However you come about the numbers, and however often, everybody plays. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

A number twenty times that size still would have been woefully insufficient. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

We can think it through: What could dividing a number into zero parts actually mean? The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

He has painted my tongue blue so that we can easily count the number of whitish taste buds inside the circle of the reinforcement. Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It seems odd that a number of men wanted to marry her because she could hunt and shoot and wrestle, but it was so; she had a great many suitors. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I squeal my happy surprise and point to the lucky number on my sheet. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Worn out by the bickering, a surprising number of people eventually caved in. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

I merely felt drawn in by those rattling, loose numbers needing their call to order. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I have no trouble memorizing sequences of numbers!” Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

He counted seven large, number 10, cans of food: two of chili, two of beef stew, two of vegetable soup, and one of fruit cocktail. The Voyage Of The Frog 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her life is all about numbers, and her demeanor is as severe as her haircut, which is a dark, straight, asymmetrical bob. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

I showed her the pages I had written so far, with the diagram of the universe and the map of the street and the prime numbers. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled the car off the Outer Drive at Seventh Street, drove north on Michigan Boulevard to Lake Street, then headed west for two blocks, looking for number 16. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Not only did you ace the quiz, but your bonus answer to question number four was hysterical.” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z

I look at the house numbers until I reach the one that might have my mother inside. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It stops abruptly, the brakes yell at my feet, and I manage to stop a few inches from the kombi’s number plate. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

For the first time ever, Lefty consulted Desdemona’s dream book, in the hope of calculating a winning number on the abacus of his unconscious. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

“This time we told people which glass was Christian Brothers and which glass was E & J. Now you are having sensation transference from the name, and this time Christian Brothers’ numbers are up.” Blink 2005-01-11T00:00:00Z

Supposed that one counts the number of cases of some particular infectious disease in some geographic area, and watches how the numbers change with time. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“And I believe that ship, in basin number nine, the very big one, is ours.” Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

The number of North Koreans seeking asylum in South Korea has increased nearly every year since 1995. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

In spite of the severe repression, a number of new ANC branches sprang up in the Zeerust area, one of them having recruited about two thousand members. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their coats all had brass buttons or tinsel or piping or numbers or stripes or eagles or moons or stars dangling from them. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stop for a moment outside number twenty-three and think about ringing the doorbell. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

And that revelation has barely registered when I notice the collar with the number 1 inlaid with jewels and the whole horrible thing hits me. The Hunger Games 2008-09-14T00:00:00Z

“You got twenty-four hours,” Felix said, then handed Armpit a business card with his phone number on it. Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

While agricultural workers starved in Ukraine, record numbers of laborers produced factory goods. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

I wanted to give them my father’s number, I wanted to write a question, but everything came out all jum-bled. Malala: The Girl Who Stood Up for Education and Changed the World 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

If I dropped a sign or added two numbers wrong, I might never wake up. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Other times their numbers swelled, and I’d see men hanging out of the windows, relaxing on the roof, urinating against the nursery’s mural wall. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She delivered the finished assignment to him just as she completed her work for Dorothy Vaughan, double-checking all numbers, confident that they were correct. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

I used to wish we lived at the very top, like Sneaky, but Daddy always said there was something special about the number seven. Isaiah Dunn Is My Hero 2020-08-18T00:00:00Z

Time doesn't fly—it flaps, the numbers turning on a wheel that operates much like the gears on a stretching rack. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

When they were talking on a phone they made twice the number of errors as when they were listening to the radio. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

We ended up beating them pretty badly, though, 42-12, and the coolest thing was that Coach M said he wasn’t going to let anyone wear Kevin’s number for the rest of the season. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The hollows and wights would return for Miss Peregrine, and in ever-greater numbers. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Jet Stone Girl and Jet Stone Boy held each other’s hands and were staring at the stars that were appearing in greater and greater numbers by the second. Healer of the Water Monster 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z

The keys are also still in it, which is the number one sin any cabdriver can make in pursuit of a runner. I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

I had to read those lines a number of times before I understood them. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

"Denys Mallister writes that the mountain people are moving south, slipping past the Shadow Tower in numbers greater than ever before. They are running, my lord . . . but running from what!" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

I’m not going to list names; I’d have to include some of those most prominent then in popular music, even a number of them around today. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched as the man ahead of me had letters and numbers carved into his skin in black ink with an electric needle. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

Our father praised Laertes’ schoolwork, but when I showed him my neat rows of numbers, he only patted my head as if I were his dog. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The claim went back to Pythagoras and Plato, but Renaissance Platonists had been interested in number mysticism rather than real mathematics. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z

Consider, too, the Dobynsesque procedure for recovering original population numbers: applying an assumed death rate, usually 95 percent, to the observed population nadir. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

But insecticides and weed killers are brought into intimate contact with large numbers of people. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

But I also see Russ is wearing number 21—my number—and I can’t help but feel threatened. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

From a narrow evolutionary perspective, which measures success by the number of DNA copies, the Agricultural Revolution was a wonderful boon for chickens, cattle, pigs and sheep. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

“She got a UK phone, with a different number.” Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Up in the apartment, as I pick up the phone, I’m already asking myself why I’m dialing the number. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He and a number of others began to teach themselves how to use this strange new device. Outliers 2008-11-18T00:00:00Z

Dead earthworms had been seen in numbers after a gentle rain; probably the robins had fed on the poisoned worms. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

I’m scared to look at all the numbers. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

When I entered my employee number my indent profile appeared on the display, along with a mug shot they’d taken of me during my initial processing. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Bobby proposed a new approach whereby a match would consist of an unlimited number of games, and the first player who scored ten wins would be named the winner. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

Everything just flew by me: the teacher’s words, the numbers on the page, the letters in my reader. Full of Beans 2016-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why don’t you write the box number down?” The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

She devised a game in which each number was a family member and the “answer” made a family grouping with a story to it. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mathematicians in India first used zero in its contemporary sense—a number, not a placeholder—sometime in the first few centuries a.d. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The driver got out and struck a match and went door to door, holding up the flame to read the numbers. Most Dangerous: Daniel Ellsberg and the Secret History of the Vietnam War 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

We stopped on the New York State Thruway for gas, within sight of a number of large tractor-trailer rigs. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

For the Orcs were greater in number than we counted on. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

There are an infinite number of regular polygons, but only five regular solids. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

I drove the knife down into his body and as I did this I was suddenly covered, or so it seemed, with a countless number of leeches, sucking at my skin. Island of the Blue Dolphins 1960-01-01T00:00:00Z

The screen lights up with a number I don’t recognize. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

As you may recall, this axiom says that any number added to itself over and over again can exceed any other number. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

I invite you, if you disagree with my estimates below, to make your own choices and see what implications your alternative suggestions have for the number of advanced civilizations in the Galaxy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once a week or so, if I found a quiet moment, I’d pick up the phone and dial the number for our apartment on Euclid. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

“A devoted Swirly carries Flush paraphernalia at all times. That’s rule number one. Rule number two is Flush adornment makes the world a better place. Besides, sticker slapping never hurt anyone.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I only knew two numbers by heart: Monday’s and my own. Monday's Not Coming 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He counted, sometimes repeating a number or even backing up if he thought somebody hadn’t done a good job. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rush then noted that in recent days he had seen “an unusual number of bilious fevers, accompanied with symptoms of uncommon malignity.” An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

She had flipped past it the first time, assuming it had the registration number listed as was typical. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The police had used her successfully in a number of missing-person cases. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I was on Shreddie number three, and the radio weather forecast was saying it was set fair but with a risk of showers in the southeast. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

I have no idea how much money that is since my Urdu is especially terrible when it comes to numbers. Amina's Song 2021-03-09T00:00:00Z

Women sucked their bottom lips and put little red disks down in numbered squares. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

I think back to when I got my temperature taken on intake this morning, the flashing numbers on the thermometer blaring out a strong 102. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

“The camps were different, yet alike. Same overcrowded barracks, each with a Some of the concentration camps, including Gross-Rosen, had the ironic words “Work Makes One Free” above their entrances. number. Surviving Hitler: A Boy in the Nazi Death Camps 2001-03-01T00:00:00Z

I told him that I had left it at home by mistake, and casually recited a fictitious pass number. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Algebra presented another way of looking at numbers, entirely divorced from the Greek geometric ideas. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Meanwhile the Cosmos is rich beyond measure: the total number of stars in the universe is greater than all the grains of sand on all the beaches of the planet Earth. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

The numbers were flying too fast and furious. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

Encouraged by the increasing number of discoveries, Figgins’s estimation of their import was growing almost daily. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Shaking his head, he went on, “It’s still a mystery to me how you manage to come out number one in the class. What’s the problem?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hurried along the sidewalk and found her own bus, number fifteen. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

There was a number to call when they were done with the boat. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

After a couple of slow numbers cooled the place off, they brought on Dinah Washington. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the music twanged to a stop, and we heard Lenny's voice announcing the next number. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

A number of people remembered having heard an explosion early in the morning, before daylight. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“You have to dig for them. Don’t you know anything at all about numbers?” The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z

Didn’t say much else when I told him how to cut into the clay and haul it up, until he had a good number of the bricks in the wagon. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

My brain holds on to numbers, though, and I dial his from memory. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

What we were supposed to be doing was what they called an interdiction number. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When scythes’ numbers become lopsided, they are disciplined by the High Blade, and are assigned their gleanings for the next year rather than being allowed to choose for themselves. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I immediately look back down at the glaring digital numbers on the bike, trying to ignore the red creeping slowly up my face. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

There were a leather divan and a number of easy chairs. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

It must have been towards the end of 1920 that Lord Darlington made the first of a number of trips to Berlin himself, and I can remember the profound effect it had on him. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

On August 13, after a number of long speeches, the Senate approved ratification of the Nineteenth Amendment by a vote of 25 to 4. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

The crawlers had numbers—huge numbers, compared with the humans. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Call my brother,” I said, and gave her the number. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Despite my immediate protests, she dials his number and, when he answers, says she has a friend in town that she wants him to meet. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Everything about this place is designed to break you down until you’re nothing but a number. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

In the crowd were women, children, and a number of men with swords at their belts and rifles slung on their shoulders. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no way for me to give her a phone number. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

You met the minimum number of good deeds, so you get to avoid premature balding in your next life. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Sergio took the phone, and even though he had known the number all his life, he repeated it to himself with every step he took. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Then I remembered my promise to call him after reading The Price of Dawn, so I found his number on its title page and texted him. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

I laid them all out in front of me in short rows, took a deep breath, pictured the lions at the zoo and dialed Liz’s number. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

As indentured servants, people agreed to work for employers for a set number of years, after which the agreement ended and the person was free to find other work. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States 2019-07-01T00:00:00Z

With a sigh he pulled his phone from his coat pocket and punched in the number of the Sandwirth. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Another widespread misconception is that numbers depersonalize or somehow diminish individuality. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

To his dwindling number of confreres, McCandless appeared to grow more intense with each passing month. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her first move was to go round to the various teachers who taught the senior class and borrow from them a number of text-books, books on algebra, geometry, French, English Literature and the like. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

She told me to put my number in her phone. The Boy in the Black Suit 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

All they did was move paper around and adjust numbers. Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z

And probably WAY too many books about number two. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z

To protect their anonymity and illustrate the universality of their experiences, we decided to number each diary entry rather than attach a name. The Freedom Writers Diary 1999-10-12T00:00:00Z

The first Bantu pioneers probably were few in number, selected wet-forest areas suitable for their yam agriculture, and leapfrogged over drier areas, which they left to Khoisan herders and hunter-gatherers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“There was a number on the website. I just gave them her name,” I lie. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

For the rest, I’ve been thoroughly spoiled and have received a number of lovely presents, including a big book on my favorite subject, Greek and Roman mythology. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Or if she’s started on her prop for the opening number. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But the New Jersey Bell Telephone Company later said that the number of calls placed that night had increased by just 6 or 7 percent. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

Accused number two is found guilty on all four counts. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a large number of things to be bought for the cocktail party, and she also hoped to find a smart, new dress. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z

It is the story of the people who battled over the meaning of the mysterious number—the scholars and mystics, the scientists and clergymen—who each tried to understand zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

“All he ever seemed to want was knowledge—numbers to crunch, history to learn, information to file away and use later....” Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

I don’t know the exact number because we don’t count people. Facing the Lion 2003-01-01T00:00:00Z

He checked some numbers and fluids, pulled back Mr. Terupt’s eyelids to look at his pupils with his penlight, and then started to leave. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

Tex took me to a phone booth and I dialed zero and told the operator the number and yes, this was a collect call. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

A summer visitor enters a hardware store in Maine and buys a large number of expensive items. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Can he come over? For dinner someday soon? He gave me his telephone number and I gave him ours!” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

Various numbers controllers, Small’s regulars, had offered me jobs as a runner. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

We must be moving closer to crucial targets, because the number of pods has noticeably increased. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

And in addition to the credits, my avatar received an equal number of experience points for obtaining the coins. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

For a number of years California rice growers have been treating seed with DDT as protection against tadpole shrimp and scavenger beetles which sometimes damage seedling rice. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

A number of top fashion models had it. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The house was somewhat musty and abandoned, like everything in sight, and needed a number of repairs, but its former dignity and fin de siecle charms were intact. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

At some length, I responded, “If you are asked, you may relate that most of our numbers shall swear fealty to whoever offers emancipation with the greatest celerity.” The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

In addition to these questions, which we hoped Gemini would answer, there were also a number of hazards involved in going to the moon. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“He’s going number two,” Mary Anne said with delicacy. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though Nsia was not among their number, Dr. Trefusis had clamored for a place aboard their skiff, that he might come and inquire after our health and our part in the battle. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He had not even bothered to scribble numbers on the back of a napkin. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

"Car number three cost one hundred and eleven pounds and sold for nine hundred and ninety-nine pounds and fifty pence." Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

Thus she could slowly, steadily, increase the number of runaways from that one area. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kevin stayed on the sidelines wearing the number four jersey with his arm in a sling. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

Mama’s betting on the numbers, her chasing dreams, was out of control, and he knew it. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z

Is that how people introduce themselves around here, by their apartment numbers? A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

Not that I intend to call the numbers on the cards, but it’s something to collect. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

He would not fire a number of white employees at City Hall and replace them with blacks, and he could not impose a hiring quota for black clerks at a downtown store. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

The phone number to call if there’s an emergency. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Then correlate with math by switching to numbers. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Of course, my room number—seven—told me nothing, but I think I’d already guessed where I would be sleeping. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Instead, the three of us held hands with the number 16 pressed between Twig and me, and it wasn’t even weird or embarrassing. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Well, have you called him? I put his number on the fridge for you.” Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

In the space of a year, from 1995 to 1996, the number of children born with the disease increased by 500 percent. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Studies show that measles is likely to die out in any human population numbering fewer than half a million people. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

It seemed impossible at first, because the number was so huge and their town was so small. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

And you, lucky number thirteen, you can take the tapes straight to hell. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

A number of noteworthy Greek dramas are even about music. The Story of Music 2012-12-25T00:00:00Z

It is a lot faster to tally the number of marks in groups than it is to count them one by one. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She liked the way he sometimes saw the world in numbers, she liked the way he walked. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

A number of years ago I had some experience with being alone. Travels with Charley in Search of America 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Case number 32,101 was heard on October 20, 1977, in Fort Bend County District Court in the Houston suburb of Richmond. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

Since the Macassans thus came only in small numbers and for temporary visits and never penetrated inland, just a few groups of Australians on a small stretch of coast were exposed to them. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Unfortunately,” said Andrew, “they’ve temporarily erased the book’s call number from the database.” Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

After my mom had to race back to work, I found Calista’s phone number on the list of emergency contacts on the bulletin board in the kitchen. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“It must be because of the zero. I’ve never seen a phone number start with a zero,” she said. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Maybe it’s not supposed to be a phone number. Maybe it means something else. A math equation? A cipher?” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

As the guards were reduced in number, our attackers revved up a full campaign against us. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I wait for the bus, some man with holes in his jacket and a bottle in his hand comes up to me and says, “You got a number, Jade?” Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

Pilate had no telephone and no number on her house. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moine’s argument is that what separates a great salesman from an average one is the number and quality of answers they have to the objections commonly raised by potential clients. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Twenty-three swings,” Twig announced when the pendulum stopped, and we all paused to record the number. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

Particularly surprising is the large number of species of African and American mammals that were never domesticated, despite their having Eurasian close relatives or counterparts that were domesticated. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

I end the call and look up Sarah’s number. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z

Great numbers of militia met together in full sight of our encampments and fleet, that they might spy upon us and confer. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

A band of warriors followed her, among them a number of maidens. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

I take the orange and white ticket with the six magic numbers out of Uhmma’s purse. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Cooking vastly increased the number of plants and animals we could eat. The Omnivore's Dilemma 2006-04-11T00:00:00Z

“All right, well, thank you anyway, I guess. If you think of anything else, can you please call me back at this number? Really, it’s important.” I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z

The only luck I had was that the lady hadn’t given my parents her phone number or email address or anything. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Some children were running up and down the aisle, laughing and shouting, and a number of younger men lounged near the door, talking loudly and gesticulating with their hands. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

Many parents restrict media viewing, for families with access, limiting the number of films they see as well as the hours spent watching television, listening to radio, and playing video games. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Because it seemed like it should be a good thing, that I didn’t have that long-word-x reading disorder, that my brain didn’t mix up letters and numbers on the page. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Fair number of them are Tehlins. Do they feel the same way?” The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She found a number of large grasshoppers, pulled off the heads to remove the guts, and roasted them on a flat stone over the fire. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

I put the number in my brain and tried to keep it there while I chewed my egg roll. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“Oya, book people, go. Make sure you change those number plates.” Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

“You can also call me anytime, day or night. My cell phone number is on the card.” Love, Hate & Other Filters 2018-01-16T00:00:00Z

I remember the seven days Harry lived and fill in the bubble next to the number 7. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

If he could find out who the number belonged to, he could try to prove what the phone records seemed to show: that Reggie was texting during the accident, or right around it. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Those numbers are so enormous they’re almost meaningless, even to an adult. A Thousand Sisters 2019-01-22T00:00:00Z

One year made momentous not only by the number of vital and transformative events and developments that took place, but by the fact that almost all of them were inexorably connected. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

“Let him in to see number five. He’ll knock when he’s ready to leave. Mind you don’t accidentally shoot him.” The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

When Malcolm X reached home in Long Island, one of his followers, telephoning him there, got, instead, a telephone company operator who said that the OL 1-6320 number was “disconnected.” The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nehemia had been deceitful about her language skills, and how much she knew about the Wyrdmarks, but she could have any number of reasons for that. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The ANC was criticized by a number of Africanist members who accused the leadership of protecting the interests of the landlords at the expense of the tenants. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

She recruited working women, set up lecture tours for British suffragettes, and brought in a number of wealthy supporters to the cause. Votes for Women! 2018-02-13T00:00:00Z

I write my resolution in black Sharpie marker on top of a background made out of cut-up scriptures, words from newspaper headlines, and numbers from last year’s calendar. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She picked it up again, and was about to give the operator her mother’s number before she dropped it back. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z

The 2000 census revealed that one-third of Clarkston’s population was foreign-born, though almost everyone suspected the number was higher because census estimates did not account for large numbers of refugees and immigrants living together. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

By the end of the meeting, Connie had pushed her phone number and email address on me and I think I’d offered to serve on her committee to present ideas to the school board. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

But when I was recognized, I was met with surprise and joy by a number of villagers. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though no fan of the Inka, he conceded that “only a very small number of empires throughout the whole world have succeeded in achieving this feat.” 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

Off go the numbers, winging out across rooftops, across the sea, flying to who knows what destinations. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

“I almost think they did me a favor. Ten seems an excessive number of fingers to keep track of. And so many nails to pare!” Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

I wait for Pi to do number 1 and number 2. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

If Hannah’s name and number had shown up on my list, would I have called her? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

The human computers crunching all of those numbers—now that the astronauts understood. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Any number of things could cause this condition, such as poor diet, excess drinking, poison, or a dog bite, to name just a few. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

He’d sometimes been locked in the crypt overnight with only the skulls of dead monks for company, and he couldn’t even count the number of times he’d been called stupid or worthless or worse. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

So far, he hasn't written anything down, because I've told him the same thing I've told everyone else: I can't remember my name, address, phone number, or the names of my parents. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I saw a number of labels for familiar organs—liver, kidney, intestines—but there was nothing human-like about the way the shark’s organs were arranged. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

Even though I do not remember instigating the investigations, the Mosses later claimed that I had called in nine “false” abuse reports using the hotline number. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

They were heavy constructions of plywood, a sanded dowel for backstroke starts, puke-green carpet torn from somebody's basement stapled into the sloping tops for traction, and lane numbers spray-painted in orange on the backs. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

“Well,” I said out loud to no one, “you saved Sal’s life, but you failed miserably with goal number two.” When You Reach Me 2009-07-14T00:00:00Z

Platters of duck and partridge, rabbit and bird eggs, and seasoned venison passed by in dizzying numbers. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Not long after that, algebraists learned to accept negative numbers as valid solutions to equations. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She perused Aviation Week, trying to connect the dots between the latest industry advance and the torrent of numbers flowing through her calculating machine. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

It was just like “Trap the Birdie,” except instead of throwing up feathers stuck inside the hole of a coin, the player bounced a ball against the step and called out a mystery number. In the Year of the Boar and Jackie Robinson 1984-10-12T00:00:00Z

“I believe you might have to take a number.” A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z

We also had a TV show on day number 2, using our TV camera to show the people back home what their puny little planet looked like from 130,000 miles away. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Another woman swears that her numbers not only have color, but also have personalities. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Considering the number of such devices that are in use, and the scarcity of warnings such as this, do we need to wonder why our public waters are contaminated? Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Who would have thought that such a melange of black and white, male and female, blue-collar and white-collar workers, those who worked with their hands and those who worked with numbers, was actually possible? Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Nobody moved to stop the men, although a number of people, villagers and newcomers alike, went outside to spectate. Stardust 1998-10-01T00:00:00Z

She reached under the desk and pulled out another thick book called Standard Highway Mileage Guide and turned to a page that had a million numbers and city names on it. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

But an overwhelming number have been inspired by the American example—or, as it should perhaps be called, the Native American example, for among its fonts is Native American culture, especially that of the Haudenosaunee. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

“We lost a lot of folks though. Seems they executed a number of prisoners and sold the rest into slavery.” Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Engine, engine number nine, running down Chicago line. The House on Mango Street 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

“The largest number in any dwelling in Britain, I believe. Over a hundred.” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Three thirty-nine, that was the number of the homeroom on my card; I was assigned to the third floor. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But who cares? All I have to do is look at Mom’s cell phone or the microwave, and it will tell me right away, with the numbers.” Hello, Universe 2017-03-14T00:00:00Z

Without friends and a packed schedule to keep me busy, keeping track of time and numbers has become a prime source of entertainment. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

They passed down a number of door-lined corridors, which must be the Recruiter quarters and Executive suites. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

There were a number of these and they were in no way inferior to the others in size and strength, but they were not purely destructive. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

There are fascinating ideas all over the place, irresistible experiments beyond numbering, all sorts of new ways into the maze of problems. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I wonder why he gave you this phone number,” he said. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

As though they had exchanged numbers and not words. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She complied with their request and gave them particulars, like Keith’s Social Security number and a bunch of dates and names she rattled off. A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age 2014-09-23T00:00:00Z

Were you responsible for my number one draft pick status? Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“She just needs to sleep. She’ll be down the street—number thirty-seven. Come visit tomorrow.” Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t perfect—it was garishly decorated—but it had the right number of rooms and a decent yard that they would be able to see when they sat in the back of the house. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

A number of predators — wolves, pumas, and coyotes — prevented the deer from outrunning their food supply. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

Only the little red broken-line numbers on her alarm clock cut the darkness. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

He was going to wait for the postman on the corner of Privet Drive and get the letters for number four first. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Zero divided by zero can equal any number in the universe. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

An infinite sum of numbers can be infinite, even if the numbers themselves approach zero. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

He added one to the number of things in it that were almost more than God had any right to expect of him. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

She'd had a number of jobs over the years, but had never taken a break between them. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was hardly necessary to enquire the way, for quite a number of pilgrims and monks from Gotama’s followers were on the way to Jetavana. Siddhartha 1922-01-01T00:00:00Z

The phone started speaking in a robot voice, calling out the numbers of whoever was on the line. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I imagine him leaving me no note, no number, no word. Please Ignore Vera Dietz 2012-10-12T00:00:00Z

She had a remarkable memory for numbers but forgot names as soon as she heard them. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

We followed Og through a maze of carpeted hallways until we reached a row of seven circular doorways, each numbered. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Mona began to pull out a number of boxes and handed them to Taisin. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

She leapt to her feet and hurried to the fire, where a number of people were sitting and drinking and talking and occasionally stirring a big pot of stew. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

“While there are a number of trees here that could be used for this purpose,” she says, “I thought this might be more appropriate.” The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I look down at the number 21 on my practice jersey, the number I’ve been wearing since freshman year. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Score was never kept, and the number of players might vary from one to thirty-five. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

The numbers began to take on a life of their own, which was at the same time the life he gave them. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I ran the numbers. They all check out. It is brilliant course. Amazing." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Below the boiler on the hill there were numbers of large pipes also abandoned by the Hediondo. Cannery Row 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man who sold it to her said that the less expensive ones with bogus numbers wouldn’t get past background checks and college applications. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

We resolved that in the interest of unity, each individual along the passageway would inform any visitor that while everyone had individual complaints, the prisoner in number 18 would speak for all. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Otis never would have solved that one as fast as you did. But then again, Otis always said he was allergic to numbers.” Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

The complainant’s ID was PRIVATE, but I just ran the number. Adrift 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was no Lannister crimson to be seen, but Ned was reassured by the number of gold cloaks visible on the ramparts and at the gates. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

He made a fire, and on the fire he put a number of stones. The Girl Who Married a Lion: and Other Tales from Africa 2004-12-07T00:00:00Z

Ordinarily he talked little, and the number of words which came from him now indicated that this was a turning point in his life. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

But I also know that, no matter what, I’d never trade my grammy and our life together for whatever is behind door number two. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

I put holes like where clock numbers go. The Truth as Told by Mason Buttle 2018-01-23T00:00:00Z

So he wrote her again, giving her all of his phone numbers, his three cell phones, his office phone, and his home landline. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

The prospect of a general and permanent lowering of environmental resistance becomes grimly and increasingly real with each passing year as the number, variety, and destructiveness of insecticides grows. Silent Spring 1962-09-27T00:00:00Z

And I was busy at school, driven by the desire to make mine the magic of letters and numbers. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

That was number 14 on today’s to-do list, and I’m pretty proud of how it turned out. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The voice led her to a door with the number 323 on it, and underneath the number was a white card. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

As you proceed from one level to the next, the tunnels take on gradually more complex geometric shapes, and the number of enemies and obstacles crawling up toward you multiplies drastically. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

“I wonder why he didn’t give you his number at school.” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

On the morning of January 27, 1945, Soviet troops entered the camps and liberated the remaining seven thousand prisoners—a minuscule remnant of the number killed and buried in the camp. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z

He dialed—by memory—the number of the false-animal shop at which he had gotten his ersatz sheep. Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? 1968-01-02T00:00:00Z

The neat writing within indicated salary, number of holidays, sick leave, and so forth. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

They were simplyscaled back, the number of clinicians cut from seventeen to ten. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The book was gratefully received by those who took an active interest in geology, which in 1802 was not a large number. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z

On Wednesday morning, the band of three hundred reached the point where the highway widened back to four lanes, ending the court’s limitation on the number of marchers. Because They Marched 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

Modern mathematicians know that the terms have a limit; the numbers 1, 1/2, 1/4, 1/8, 1/16, and so forth are approaching zero as their limit. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Carefully, he swiped the cracked screen, dialed the number, then put the phone on speaker so Tad could hear. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The method used to assign numbers to letters was not specified, however, and so it’s not entirely clear to whom the number refers. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

I give her Kelsea’s home phone number, figuring there will be no obvious record of it, and that it can always be discounted as a wrong number. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

“We will leave a small number of warriors to keep the barricaded soldiers from leaving. All other warriors should ride fast to meet the new attack.” In the Footsteps of Crazy Horse 2015-11-10T00:00:00Z

Doctors were thoroughly baffled by yellow fever, but curiosity and fear drove a number of them to continue to investigate and speculate on its cause, spread, and treatment. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z

“Sarah, can you get the phone numbers of Nia and Aaron out of my cell? And look through the recent missed calls for something from Manhattan; I have to call my science teacher.” It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

Because of his unusual caution, the following seven games, numbers fourteen to twenty, were all draws. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

The numbers in Haiti had grown to about 400, and to 120 in Peru, and PIH was about to inherit 15 employees in Russia, which included a presence in Siberia as well as Moscow. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

She gave Beatrice her cell phone number and promised to be reachable. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

As the monkey trade was established throughout central Africa, the native workers in the system, the monkey trappers and handlers, were exposed to large numbers of wild monkeys, some of which were carrying unusual viruses. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, it occurs so infrequently and involves such a relatively small number of species, considering the huge population of bacteria on the earth, that it has a freakish aspect. The Lives of a Cell 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

But there were any number of things that would seem incredible about Dumbledore; that he had once received bottom marks in a Transfiguration test, for instance, or had taken up goat-charming like Aberforth.... Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Any number of things need to be arranged, then rearranged, then go wrong at the last minute. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z

The emperor sent curacas, special men to take a census of the number of births and deaths and marriages that had taken place during the year. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Clara had lost count of the number of mouths she fed and the expenses of the house. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

My number was 113, which is not a particularly lucky number. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

I have not gone to it, however, for my story, but to the Elder Edda, where the love and death of Sigurd and Brynhild and Gudrun are the subject of a number of the poems. Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes 1942-01-01T00:00:00Z

We could not control our enemies’ number, strength, nor weaponry. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The Indian system of numbering allowed them to use fancy tricks to add, subtract, multiply, and divide numbers without using an abacus to help them. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

Numbers runners often had hyped addicts who had hit, who were so dragged that, when challenged, they really couldn’t be sure if they had played a certain number. The Autobiography of Malcolm X 1965-01-01T00:00:00Z

For astronomical purposes the Greeks adopted a sexagesimal number system and even divided hours into 60 minutes, and minutes into 60 seconds. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

But a great number of “black” people already are beige. Between the World and Me 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

The new numbers didn’t catch on, even though a tenth-century pope, Sylvester II, was an admirer of them. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

As though to harmonize with the general mood, the rocket bombs had been killing larger numbers of people than usual. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

By nightfall, this camp should be in A number one order. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Any number of reasons could be delaying things. The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shrugged and gave me a fed-up smile, but he did try the number again. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

And since everyone at school already had a perverted image of me after Justin’s little number, I was the perfect choice, wasn’t I? Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Grace just held out her hand for his phone, then input her number. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

He thought he was going the right direction, but there were no house numbers. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

“A good story will always sell, book or movie or man. Political lesson number one.” Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grab his phone, and my hands are practically vibrating with total fury as I punch my number into his contacts. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Many of its fifty-two thousand accounts were offshore holdings, secretly deposited—many without names, just numbers—as tax havens for American citizens. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

“Of course it does. And if that doesn’t work, point out the great number of American families that depend on it for income.” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

And no one need fear that the numbers are being cooked either, since they appear in the prestigious Wall Street Journal, as well as in more plebeian papers. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Germans were writing on the cars with blue chalk—the number of persons in each car, their rank, their nationality, the date on which they had been put aboard. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every book had a similar but unique number. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

It also shows that Mr. Jeavons was wrong and numbers are sometimes very complicated and not very straightforward at all. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

On the map, the school campuses appeared as thousands of identical numbered rectangles dotting the planet’s surface. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Mr. Terupt had us estimate the final number when we only had five. Because of Mr. Terupt 2010-10-11T00:00:00Z

At our house, number 8115 Orlando West, a large party of friends and family were there to welcome us back. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Each segment of the wheel is called a wing, and every wing is for a certain subject area and is named with a number. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

If you think of what happened on the number two train this way, the shooting begins to feel inevitable. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He saw a place where the great panacea of school integration had turned into a numbers game in which the blacks and the Hispanics ended up paying the greater price. Friday Night Lights: A Town, A Team, And A Dream 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

But in the next three weeks, an unusual number of monkeys began to die at the Reston monkey house. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

And it means that sometimes a whole population of frogs, or worms, or people, can die for no reason whatsoever, just because that is the way the numbers work. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

However, indigenous germs and food producers prevented Europeans from settling most of this region in significant numbers. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies 1997-03-01T00:00:00Z

He wondered who his opposite number was, the colonel on the far right, the last man on the right of the Union line. The Killer Angels: The Classic Novel of the Civil War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

About 1,200 Confederate horsemen wait to attack Washburn’s cavalry and infantry, which together number slightly more than 800—but only about 80 of those are cavalry. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

Later, I try to call Albert, but a recording says that the number is no longer in service, and I worry that he had to move away or something. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

The only way to tell these corporate drones apart was by checking the six-digit employee number stamped on their right breast, just beneath the lOI corporate logo. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

The number may, however, be estimated at from twenty to fifty, seventy, eighty, ninety, or an hundred and more. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Me: "The rule of nines. If you add up all those numbers, the body parts, you get ninety-nine percent. What's the other one percent?" Burning Blue 2012-10-25T00:00:00Z

I don’t know Mom’s cell phone number without looking it up, even though I call it all the time. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

That’s how numbers work in rugby: a player doesn’t pick his number,his position on the team determines that, and it’s something that never gets messed with. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

First you write down all the positive whole numbers in the world. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But after school started, after Hannah, I was a stranger with a secondhand phone and someone named Mabel had the wrong number. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

When I finally spat out that last number—the correct number!—I smiled so big. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Since farming created the conditions for swift demographic growth, farmers could usually overcome foragers by sheer weight of numbers. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emma found that it was not Mr. Weston’s fault that the number of privy councillors was not yet larger. Emma 1815-12-23T00:00:00Z

He and the other Jews were good citizens who even followed the growing number of Nuremberg Race Laws. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

In these cases, one mixes pseudorandom numbers from several computers, then incorporates the physical indeterminacy of randomly fluctuating voltages from a “white noise” source. Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

To make things more concrete, let’s put some numbers on the problem. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z

She was sensible enough to sit out jitterbug numbers and avoid music with a South American taint, and Henry said when she learned to talk and dance at the same time she’d be a hit. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z

She held her finger over the last number and looked at him. Orbiting Jupiter 2015-10-06T00:00:00Z

This time he led the way, for the bard admitted—after a number of harp strings had snapped—that he had not been able to keep all Medwyn’s directions in his head. The Book of Three 1964-03-12T00:00:00Z

When he said no, my morale skyrocketed, for I suspected that we now had the answer to the riddle of why the number of purine residues exactly equaled the number of pyrimidine residues. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z

In the mid-1960s, with “dreams of working at NASA,” greater numbers of black college students found their way to Langley. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

Emily continued to puzzle over the number clue Friday and throughout the weekend. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“Isn’t it nice the way numbers can keep you company?” Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Her calculations were correct, based on the wrong numbers Becker had given her. Hidden Figures 2016-09-06T00:00:00Z

For the next three days, alone or in numbers, families mourn their children and their neighbors’ children. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She could see a number of cars, some up in the air on gleaming steel poles, others over pits in the ground, and still others parked here and there. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

He found himself ostracized in the squadron by men who cursed his memory foully for having supplied Colonel Cathcart with provocation to raise the number of combat missions. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

“You didn’t leave a number where you could be reached. Otherwise I would have called you back.” Joey Pigza Swallowed the Key 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the 1960s, however, interest in the large-scale problems of astronomy and cosmology was revived by a great increase in the number and range of astronomical observations brought about by the application of modern technology. A Brief History of Time: And Other Essays 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

And they came to a shed where a corporal with only one arm and one eye wrote the name and serial number of each prisoner in a big, red ledger. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

The number of dead people just seemed to increase. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Just then the number 25 bus screeches to a halt in front of the bodega, coughing out a thick puff of black smoke before the doors open. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

He took the phone and dialed the number. The Parker Inheritance 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

“All Sunshine Buddies have each other’s numbers. Who cares?” Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She was holding the bowl with the numbers in it, and she was watching me, too. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

Use fewer for a smaller number of individual things; use less for a smaller quantity of one thing. Woe Is I 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

That left two on the platter: a large crab with a faded orange color, and number eleven, which had the torn-off leg. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Baltimore County, the number was as high as 85 percent in some years. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

As I fasten the iridescent black buttons, I catch notice of the number tattooed on my arm—A28865—from the day I lost my name in a distant world. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Because seamstresses were paid by the number of garments they sewed each day, the lost hour was precious. Fannie Never Flinched 2016-11-21T00:00:00Z

The men revolve, one step at a time, until compass needles point to 34, the number coding for Detroit. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

They both study the number in his hand. A Step from Heaven 2001-04-30T00:00:00Z

Other common determiners include articles, as in the cat and this boy; quantifiers, as in some nights and all people; and numbers, as in sixteen tons. The Sense of Style 2014-09-04T00:00:00Z

Typing my social security number and not finding my name in the database that evening was a weird sort of relief. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

I looked at the number for a long time. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

Everyone hoped attendance would continue rising and that the number of people drawn to the closing ceremony of October 30 would break the record set on Chicago Day. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z

Technology, however, has also increased the number of opportunities we have to hear music. Music and the Child 2016-06-14T00:00:00Z

Under Bratton, the number of ejections from subway stations — for drunkenness, or improper behavior — tripled within his first few months in office. The Tipping Point 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

It's absurd that we are free to determine our method and criteria for gleaning, but not the number of gleanings we accomplish. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

Vet number two tested her blood and phoned me a few days later suggesting I consider euthanasia. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z

There were a number of good things going on. Escape from Camp 14: One Man's Remarkable Odyssey from North Korea to Freedom in the West 2013-03-26T00:00:00Z

And it was a system that Indians were abandoning in ever-rising numbers at the time when Europeans came. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

It took most of the walk across campus before I understood what she’d said, then I checked my course schedule and, for the first time, noticed the numbers next to the course names. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Look at the number of motor-cars now that followed the riders from town to town in a road race. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

He types in a series of numbers on a keypad outside the next door, and it opens. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

I didn’t have his number, or I would have texted him. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

Since the numbers are chosen at random, what’s done when a business phone is reached? Innumeracy: Mathematical Illiteracy and Its Consequences 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

A Nazi came around, checking our numbers against a clipboard. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

As they approached the forum, Percy was struck by the sheer number of people. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

But the phone number is blocked out, and the caller ID just says “Surprise.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Amari was surprised to notice a number of children in their area. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had no shoes at all and his feet were wrapped in rags and cardboard tied with green twine and any number of layers of vile clothing showed through the tears and holes in it. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I spoke to him on a number of occasions urging him to let his people decide, but he would not listen. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

The maximum number of NeuroLink users will be online around the world at the height of this final game. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I want to shout at them, but the number of guns hinting in our direction makes me think it's better to stay quiet. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

All one knew was that every quarter astronomical numbers of boots were produced on paper, while perhaps half the population of Oceania went barefoot. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z