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The Surgeon of Crowthorne
- The Murder, Mystery and Madness of the Oxford English Dictionary
- By: Simon Winchester
- Narrated by: Simon Winchester
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
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The compiling of the OED was a monumental task. It took 50 years, even with the help of numerous contributors. Among the most prolific was William Chester Minor, who sent editor James Murray thousands of extracts. On many occasions, Murray invited this mysterious correspondent to Oxford, but the invitation was always declined. Finally stirred by curiosity, Murray himself went to visit Minor. What he found was shocking: Minor lived in Broadmoor asylum.
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I really tried.
- By Brendan on 03-19-23
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The Surgeon of Crowthorne
- The Murder, Mystery and Madness of the Oxford English Dictionary
- Narrated by: Simon Winchester
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 11-24-17
- Language: English
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An Interview with Simon Winchester
- By: Simon Winchester
- Narrated by: Simon Winchester
- Length: 17 mins
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In this interview, Simon Winchester, the international best-selling author of The Professor and the Madman and Krakatoa, talks about his new book, A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906.
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Winchester as Fascinating an Interviewee as Author
- By Gregory on 06-07-06
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An Interview with Simon Winchester
- Narrated by: Simon Winchester
- Length: 17 mins
- Release date: 10-05-05
- Language: English
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The Professor and the Madman
- By: Simon Winchester
- Narrated by: Simon Jones
- Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins
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The Professor and the Madman is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary - and literary history. The making of the OED was one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the overseeing committee, led by Professor James Murray, was stunned to discover that one man, Dr. W. C. Minor, had submitted more than 10,000.
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The Professor and the Madman
- By Christopher O Baldwin on 03-17-04
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The Professor and the Madman
- Narrated by: Simon Jones
- Length: 2 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 12-16-99
- Language: English
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Pacific: The Ocean of the Future
- By: Simon Winchester
- Narrated by: Simon Winchester
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
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Travelling the circumference of the truly gigantic Pacific, Simon Winchester tells the story of the world's largest body of water and - in matters economic, political and military - the ocean of the future. The Pacific is a world of tsunamis and Magellan, of the Bounty mutiny and the Boeing Company. It is the stuff of the towering Captain Cook and his wide-ranging network of exploring voyages, Robert Louis Stevenson and Admiral Halsey.
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interesting anecdotes with a general theme
- By Anonymous User on 05-10-17
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Pacific: The Ocean of the Future
- Narrated by: Simon Winchester
- Length: 14 hrs and 2 mins
- Release date: 10-22-15
- Language: English
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The Meaning of Everything
- By: Simon Winchester
- Narrated by: Simon Winchester
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The creation of the Oxford English Dictionary was a remarkable achievement, and a story of determination, hard work and inspired research. Simon Winchester, with his characteristic gift for bringing history to life, charts the fascinating life of the OED leading up to the appointment of the first editor, James Murray, in 1879, through to the OED's triumphant publication in 1928 and beyond. The Meaning of Everything is a must for anyone with an interest in language and words.
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The Meaning of Everything
- Narrated by: Simon Winchester
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 07-11-11
- Language: English
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