Sentence examples for tough guide from inspiring English sources

This questioning became overt with the publication of The Tough Guide to Fantasyland (1996).

The Oxford-educated Wynne Jones has been working this vein for a longer time and knows enough about the genre she works within to have published a "Tough Guide to Fantasyland," a wicked survey of the clichés lurking there.

Her skeptical outlook extended to the genre of fiction in which she wrote, and in 1996 she published "The Tough Guide to Fantasyland," a spoof, in the form of a guidebook, of the entire universe of fantasy novels and their too-often-shared conventions.

With a sassy cover featuring a drawing of a slender young woman wearing a tight-fitting body suit and hoop earrings, and holding a pair of oversize sunglasses, the book, by Rory Freedman and Kim Barnouin, promises a "no-nonsense, tough-love guide for savvy girls".

I was disappointed, but I think bad days are tougher on the guide than the customer.

Yet this is a thoughtful guide, tough-minded and up to date, for people who think they can write well but are willing to believe that they could write better.

The Tribune editorial page, which endorsed Mr. Obama four years ago but went with President George W. Bush before that, concludes: "Therefore, our endorsement must go to the incumbent, a competent leader who, against tough odds, has guided the country through catastrophe and set a course that, while rocky, is pointing toward a brighter day.

A friend recently posted a "guide to tough decisions", which started with: "Don't take money, directly or indirectly, from governments that systematically abuse human rights".

And with that frame of mind, I am ready to begin making the pro/con lists, the visits and the tough decisions that will guide me toward shrinking my list until the best match for me becomes clear.

DR MITCHEL DANIELSON Tough Love: A Rough Guide to Rough Sex (Blackstock Books) by T. Feely is available now in specialist bookshops.  .

Annie Murphy Pau; has called Tough's book "a guide to the ironies and perversities of income inequality in America".