The Meaning Of Everything by Simon Winchester

The Meaning Of Everything

Simon Winchester

260 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction biography history funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
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'The greatest enterprise of its kind in history,' was the verdict of British prime minister Stanley Baldwin in June 1928 when The Oxford English Dictionary was finally published. With its 15,490 pages and nearly two million quotations, it was inde...

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