The other books are all the kind of thick, dense, researched and reported non-fiction.
At a think tank, it is possible to pass the time by pulling out of your in-box two-inch-thick research reports with titles such as, "India's Urban Awakening: Building Inclusive Cities, Sustaining Economic Growth".
By Steve Coll May 13 , 2010At a think tank, it is possible to pass the time by pulling out of your in-box two-inch-thick research reports with titles such as, "India's Urban Awakening: Building Inclusive Cities, Sustaining Economic Growth".
Ms. Tomalin's work, which the Whitbread judges called "a superb biography by a writer at the height of her powers," is a thick, rigorously researched book.
The old Bernstein was famous for the thick stock-research books it sold to outside investors, but the combined AllianceBernstein fund portfolios also have a large team of analysts -- 210 in all -- to support them.
On a bookshelf opposite were thick binders of research on Romney's top opponents.
With the help of the Republican National Committee, the adviser said, the Bush campaign has assembled a thick book of research into Mr. Gore's debate performances and has even diagrammed Mr. Gore's typical debate response: an expression of empathy for the issue at hand, followed by an explanation of the remedy he is offering, followed by a pointed attack on his opponent's record or proposal.
The interviews also provide a thick description of research utilisation processes allowing us to situate these within their wider context.
"I started building my own models of spaceships, from the '2001' model kit and the 'making-of' book, which was quite thick and well researched".
"Osama bin Laden, I had a file on that guy four inches thick from all the research that I'd done," she said.
And while this is anything but a typical Nola restaurant, it is still big on the region's gorgeously rich seasoning – the French fries are flavoured with truffle oil and the mashed potatoes (I had both, for research purposes) thick with cream and garlic.
