crack a book

At some point during his busy schedule, Israel found the time to write a book, titled The Global War on Morris.

The supernaturalist alleges that religion was revealed to man by God, and that the form of this revelation is a sacred book.

But Mrs. Dodd, the present vicar's wife, retained the precious prerogative of choosing the book to be read at the monthly Dorcas.

A small book, bound in full purple calf, lay half hidden in a nest of fine tissue paper on the dressing-table.

She did not need a great cook-book; She knew how much and what it took To make things good and sweet and light.

Now-a-days it is the bankrupt who flouts, and his too confiding creditors who are jeered and laughed at.