The Word Detective: Searching for the Meaning of It All at the Oxford English Dictionary

This delightful memoir is a deeply humane journey through the world of words by a former long time chief editor of the Oxford English Dictionary. Weaving together a joyful celebration of the English language and personal memoir, John Simpson guides readers through the intricacies of language and how words come to be and sometimes disappear.

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