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The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary by Author and Historian Simon Winchester
$35.00 AUD
Category: History
From the bestselling author of "The Professor and the Madman, The Map That Changed the World," and "Krakatoa" comes a wonderful celebration of the English language and of its treasure house, the "Oxford English Dictionary."
The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
"A wonderful story... It has all the ingredients of one of Patrick McGrath's icily stylish novels: madness, violence, arcane obsessions, weird learning, ghastly comedy" - John Banville, Literary Review. Two distinguished-looking Victorians, both learned and serious, yet from very different worlds: one a ...Show more
The Surgeon of Crowthorne: Popular Penguins by Simon Winchester
$14.99 AUD
Category: History | Series: Popular Penguins Ser.
Simon Winchester'sThe Surgeon of Crowthorne was an international bestseller and tells an extraordinary true story of murder, madness and an extraordinary friendship in the nineteenth century. It is the tale of James Murray, the compiler of the first Oxford English Dictionary, and his most valued helper- ...Show more