Sentence examples for book by comparison from inspiring English sources

(Tom Scheerer's book, by comparison, had a first print run of 10,000 copies, and Mr. Magowan has ordered a second printing).

(McShane and Tarr's book, by comparison, offered not so much a history as a congeries of details, though some of the details were splendid, as for example the story of Louis Napoleon, the first Percheron stallion imported to America, who serviced hundreds of mares with what was said to be "perfect gentleness").

Overall, the book suffers by comparison to travel titles that similarly try to cover a large part of African experience, such as Theroux's own Dark Star Safari (2002) or Dan Jacobson's The Electronic Elephant (1994).

"Omeros", his 1990 novel-length masterpiece, for example, was represented by an extract no more than a tenth of the original.In this section Blame game A novel view All geek to them Pessimists v optimists In full flight In the round ReprintsHis new book, "White Egrets", by comparison, is a magnificent, late achievement.

I used to say that my books were my children, but now that I have actual children I've found that books are by comparison rather pliable and accommodating, if somewhat less affectionate.

Makes my book seem dull by comparison".

The history needs scarcely any embellishment, though he tells it with flair: the simple facts of SAS activity make the "ripping yarns" of comic book heroes pale by comparison.

Though a bit more modulation to the shouting might help, Doctors and Nurses is a novel bracingly alive, making more polite books seem cadaverous by comparison.

Five minutes into the second half he was booked for a by comparison innocuous clash with De Gea by a referee who may have watched a replay of the first flooring during half-time.

At the end of this three-volume study the reader can only conclude that the communist victory of 1949 was a tragedy for China.Mr MacFarquhar's careful but devastating prose and his insights make the other books seem shallow by comparison.

After a vintage year in 2007 for nature books, 2008 has been, by comparison, quiet.