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It’s a peculiarly hefty tome if you buy Sellers’s own oft-repeated claim that he had no personality of his own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 12, 2026
For historians and rubbernecking readers alike, “All the President’s Men” would be a necessary tome, a how-to on exposing corruption.
From Salon ● Mar. 7, 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
Federline responds to the stories and accusations that Spears tells in her 2023 tome, in which she describes being financially and emotionally controlled by those closest to her.
From BBC ● Oct. 24, 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
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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
“The Difference Between God and Larry Ellison” is the title of a 1997 biography — one of at least 10 tomes examining the life of Larry.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 6, 2025
Splitting franchise films into two parts made sense for young adult books like “Harry Potter,” “Twilight” and “The Hunger Games,” given that each series boasted thicker tomes with each subsequent release.
From Salon ● Nov. 21, 2025
He plowed through graphic-design books and tomes of logos featuring obscure examples like Hungarian oil companies from the ’80s.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2025
And then they brought out their largest tomes bound in gold, the leather covers stamped with the five-cornered star of the Concordian Empire, and threw open the heavy covers.
From "Ash" by Malinda Lo
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