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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
The word detective The word detective J. A. Simpson "What do you call the part of a dog's back it can't scratch? Can you drink a glass of balderdash? And if, serendipitously, you find yourself in Serendip, then where exactly are you? The answers to al… OL20040487W
The meaning of everything The meaning of everything Simon Winchester Traces the history of the Oxford English Dictionary from its earliest inception through its long path to completion, describes the process of creating a dictionary, and includes anecdotes about its c… OL20545803W
The professor and the madman The professor and the madman Simon Winchester The creation of the Oxford English Dictionary began in 1857, took seventy years to complete, drew from tens of thousands of brilliant minds, and organized the sprawling language into 414,825 precise … OL26172762W
Knox's words Knox's words Boyle, Richard. “The OED’s remit is to document the vocabulary of every part of the world where English is used, and in Sri Lanka as in many other such regions, the roots of this vocabulary are often to be found in … OL5765916W