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Smith’s great tome runs to 976 pages in my Modern Library edition, including bibliography, index and a 2½-page statistical appendix on the wasteful subsidies paid to the Scottish exporters of herring.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026
“A Screaming Life” isn’t a massive tome, but it still manages to dive deep when it matters, and also when you least expect it to.
From Salon ● Jun. 9, 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
With its iron bindings, the tome weighed seventy-five pounds.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
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The label, called Tucker Carlson Books, is launching with a slate of tomes by high-profile authors, many of whom are controversial, including actor and comedian Russell Brand and media provocateur Milo Yiannopoulos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 13, 2026
The Berkshire proxy is readable and runs less than 20 pages and compares with the 100-plus page tomes that most big companies issue.
From Barron's ● Mar. 16, 2026
"I looked at each individual part, comparing its appearance to old tomes where scholars drew out the jellyfish anatomy by hand. A real challenge when you look at just how many tangled parts it has."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 1, 2025
Sadly, he only sells enough tomes to keep gas in his beat-up van and pursue his calling as Tulsa’s resident “truthstorian,” a blend of journalist and conspiracist.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2025
Scholars in scarlet robes were hunched at long tables, and they all looked up from their scrolls and tomes, eyes grim with disapproval.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
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