Comic, skeptic, cyber-sleuth, syndicated columnist, and inspired wordsmith, Evan Morris is the Word Detective. He's an etymologist with a sense …
'The greatest enterprise of its kind in history, ' was the verdict of British prime minister Stanley Baldwin in June …
So far there have been few attempts at a systematic study of the history of popular dictionaries. A dictionary like …
In this book Werner Hüllen examines Roget's Thesaurus in relation to linguistics, philosophy and history. He explores the influence of …
In the tradition of The Professor and the Madman, a "brisk and vivid"( Los Angeles Times) account of an obsessive …
