Throughout, Mr Litan maintains a cheery style, much needed in a hefty book that discusses credit-default swaps and infrastructure.
By the way, Mr. Gross has not bothered to provide end notes for each bit of information because "that would have made a hefty book even fatter".
Patrons will have better luck ordering wine from a hefty book listing a comprehensive selection, some of which is stored in the cellar visible from the staircase landing.
Mr. Mahmoud, the president of Egypt's National Research Institute of Astronomy and Geophysics, publishes a hefty book of tables that lists the precise time and location that the Ramadan moon will appear in various cities throughout the Islamic world.
The CBS rationalization — after all, its payment was little different from a hefty book advance to a controversial figure — shows that the issue of paying for news is rarely black and white.
For if he really were indifferent to his legacy, then why would he sanction the publication of a hefty book called "Conversations With Woody Allen," and why would he have sat for hours and hours of new interviews with Eric Lax, the man who wrote a quasi-authorized biography of him 16 years ago?
Currently about a third of the way through this time and enjoying it a lot – it moves at a cracking pace and, despite the fact that it's a hefty book (700-odd pages) so far none of it feels like padding or like you're not getting to know the characters, even those who only appear briefly.
Not for a hefty book advance: "Mine is trivial compared with Jim's $1.5 million," says Maier. "My goal is to show people how Wall Street really works.
