tome

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Gorgeously produced with a cornucopia of photos and movie stills, this tome clocks in at 501 pages and answers almost every question you ever had about the legendary filmmaker.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 2026

But what I found when I dug into the nearly 500-page tome is that we never should have listened to Attia in the first place.

From Slate • Feb. 26, 2026

Though its subtitle — “The Past, Present, and Future of the Crossword Puzzle” — suggests a history tome, Last approaches the subject essayistically.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025

“In her 1970 tome ‘The Complete Book of Magic and Witchcraft,’ Kathryn Paulsen said, ‘You may fascinate a woman by giving her a piece of cheese.’

From Salon • Oct. 12, 2025

Alas, the only books Penelope had close at hand were the cannibal book, her own book of melancholy German poetry in translation, Alexander’s book of Shakespeare sonnets, and Mr. Gibbon’s tome about the Roman Empire.

From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood