The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary

Name: The Meaning of Everything
Rating: 4.00 (2 reviews)

by Author and Historian Simon Winchester

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The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary

by Author and Historian Simon Winchester

2 ratings • 1 review • 2 shelved

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ISBN10 019517500X
ISBN13 9780195175004
Publish Date 14 October 2004 (first published 7 October 2003)
Publish Status Out of Print
Out of Print 13 March 2021
Publish Country US
Imprint Oxford University Press, USA

Format Paperback (US Trade)
Pages 288
Language English

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Michael @ Knowledge Lost

Written on Mar 13, 2011

I did really enjoy the subject matter of this book, but the writing was too dry, it felt like I was reading Wikipedia. If you are interested in the subject I still recommend [b:The Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way|29|The Mother Tongue English and How It Got That Way|Bill Bryson|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156042888s/29.jpg|2170063] and maybe [b:The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary|25019|The Professor and the Madman A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary|Simon Winchester|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1167571834s/25019.jpg|1628566]