by the book

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Perhaps this is best illustrated by the book’s seemingly benign advice: He promotes an exercise regimen consisting of three different kinds of training over at least 10 hours a week.

From Slate

There is a second, diffuse—seemingly unintentional—sadness revealed by the book that is something closer to cultural or civilizational loss.

From The Wall Street Journal

“It’s Auntie North’s office. She lets me do my homework here. Lately she’s been so busy, I spend all night here until she’s done with work. Things have been quiet. There isn’t a lot of information about Ella St. Clay. Who she was or why she wrote this book. Sometimes it helps finding things out about the author to search for clues. You must see magical things all the time if you were deemed worthy by the book.”

From Literature

It was on the back of the checkout card with the other kids who’d been chosen by the book.

From Literature

She is the author of nine books, including "100 Things We’ve Lost to the Internet," "How to Raise a Reader," "My Life with Bob: Flawed Heroine Keeps Book of Books, Plot Ensues," "By the Book: Writers on Literature and the Literary Life," "Parenting, Inc.,"

From The Wall Street Journal