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Have you read The Professor and the Madman? It's on my challenge and I thought it might fit your category 2.

2. Life Stories A. Old Jules by Mari Sandoz B. The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester C. The Age of Wonders; How the Romantic…. by Richard Holmes D. The Glass Castle: A Memoir by Jeannette Walls E. Out of Africa by Isak Dineson F. The Last ...

10. Biography (1) The Professor And The Madman - Simon Winchester (2) Nureyev: His Life - Diane Solway (3) D.H. Lawrence: The Story Of A Marriage - Brenda Maddox (4) Leonardo da Vinci: Aspects Of The Renaissance Genius - Edited by Morris Philipson (5) Mary Renault: A Biography - ...

MsMixte, The Professor and the Madman is an amazing story! The professor relied on the madman for extremely obscure OED entries. Little did the professor know, that the madman could have probably written the entire OED. I'm going to keep an eye out for Cap'n Fatso, but for this time, I ...

The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester sounds like a tempting item from christiguc's library. I think that christiguc (and anyone who enjoys reading cookbooks) might enjoy peeking at Bull cook and authentic historical recipes and practices by George Leonard Herter! Sandyd ...

... Houses: a Memoir of Sorts : by Ian Ferguson 7. Shakespeare's Wife by Germaine Greer 8. Blake by Peter Ackroyd 9. The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester 10.

... Louis Stevenson Virginibus Puerisque And Other Papers by Robert Louis Stevenson The Book of Merlyn by T.H. White The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (P.S.) by Simon Winchester

... & Old English: The Mother Tongue 422--English etymology: Anonyponymous 423--English dictionaries: The Professor and the Madman 428--Standard English usage: Eats, Shoots and Leaves 430--Germanic languages; German: 438--Standard German usage: Handbuch zur De ...

The Professor and the Madman... was really an interesting story, wasn't it? I especially liked the detailing of how the OED was created.

45 - The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary … by Simon Winchester Fantastic story. Highly recommended. One of the most imortant contributors to the OED was in Brodmoor, the English asylum for the criminally insane.

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of The Oxford English Dictionary

... src="http://pics.librarything.com/picsizes/af/f2/aff2efd3be1256f597a30675267434d414f4541.jpg"> Finished The Professor and the Madman this evening. Very interesting and a quick read. I had never really thought about what was involved in the making of a dictionary. Book Count ...

... Potter and the Teenage Angst reread and I think today I will start The Professor and the Madman.

Book #29 The Professor and the Madman ~ Simon Winchester Intrigue related to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary--nonfiction. Book #30 How to Buy a Love of Reading ~ Tanya Egan Gibson Even halfway through this I was asking myself, "Why the hype about this book?" In the ...

423: Reading the OED I'm not sure but I think I may be the only person here who didn't read The Professor and the Madman for this category. This was a fun book, very suited for reading in short increments as I did. For those who read The Know-it-All for 031, this is the same schtick, ...

... by Simon Winchester. History of China, history of science, history of a crank, what's not to like? Also I've read The Professor and the Madman and was well pleased by it. Imaginary Weapons by Sharon Weinberger. Revelation of government silliness tickles me, but I got this ...

Yet another vote in favor of The Professor and the Madman. Although I found it a touch on the slow side, part of that was the timing of when I started it: I was going to Oxford for a two week seminar and thought I'd like to read it before I arrived, but once I started I realized I wanted to ...

... add to it. I think you would enjoy it but I am only about 40 pages in right now. Oh and I'll put my 2 cents in for The Professor and the Madman it has been a few years since I read it but it was such a fascinating story.

64: JP, let me know what you think of The Professor and the Madman. I have been thinking of reading it for a long time.

I'm in the middle of The Illyrian Adventure. I needed something light after finishing The Professor and the Madman.

268 The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary Enjoyable read on the making of my favorite dictionary, the OED. Although the main focus is on the lives and interaction of Minor and Murray, also provides some highlights on the ...

#392 MrsBond - I loved The Professor and the Madman. It is such an amazing story. I'm reading John Adams by David McCullough. It's wonderful, but slow going.

Here are a couple more for 423 (I personally thought the Professor and the Madman was rather a snore, but it definitely beats reading a dictionary!): the Disheveled Dictionary by Karen Elizabeth Gordon, which is short and very entertaining, and Bill Bryson's Troublesome Words, which isn't as ...

Just started reading The Professor and the Madman (Simon Winchester). This has been on Mt. TBR for some time now, decided to pick it up after doing some research using OED. Added Columbine to Mt. TBR based on the above discussion.

I started reading The Professor and the Madman in May, but because May was so full of busy, I'm only halfway through. I had tried listening to this as a book on CD several months ago, but the library CD sounded like a dog had used it as a chew toy.

... the Amazon by David Grann Ghost Train to the Eastern Star by Paul Theroux The Unforgiving Minute by Craig Mullaney The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester The Zookeeper's Wife by Diane Ackerman Descent Into Chaos by Ahmed Rashid The Sex Lives of Cannibals: Adrift in ...

... have to look out for The Man Who Loved China I quite enjoyed his book on Korea (although it was a bit dated) and also The Professor and the Madman. Thanks.

... of us on LT are, there are probably few of us who will actually read a dictionary cover to cover. Never fear, apparently The professor and the madman: a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English Dictionary is 423/ .09221 and is a well written and interesting look at the OE ...

#33: I thought The Professor and the Madman was excellent when I read it a couple of years ago. Glad to see that you enjoyed it!

21. The Professor And The Madman by Simon Winchester Fascinating look at the making of the OED and how one of the main contributors was an American Civil War vet who spent most of his life in an insane asylum. Highly recommended.

400-499 Languages 420 English and Old English The adventures of english 423 English dictionaries The professor and the madman 428 Standard English usage Eats, shoots, and leaves 439 Other Germanic languages Born to kvetch Missing Second Leve ...

The Twyborn Affair 4.5* Highly recommended. The Surgeon of Crowthorne by Simon Winchester 4* Recommended.

The Surgeon of Crowthorne by Simon Winchester The story of the Oxford dictionary and the men who developed it, focussing one of the most important contributors, William Minor an American doctor locked away in Broadmoor for more than forty years, and the man who befriended him, James Murray ...

#144 - Oh look... The Professor and the Madman - I've been eyeing that Simon Winchester book myself. I'll look forward to the review!

#144: Oh, my! More goodies in the house. I loved The Professor and the Madman when I read it several years ago. You will have to let me know if you like it (if you ever get to it, that is).

... We Are Six Ondaatje, Michael – The English Patient O’Shea, Pat – Hounds of the Morrigan Winchester, Simon – The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary Wodehouse, P.G. – Pelican at Blandings ...heeeeeee... *snu ...

The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary by Simon Winchester

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester. Read about ten years ago.

Delirium!!!! Welcome back. So glad to see you. BTW, I loved The Professor and The Madman. A fascinating book about an interesting time and interesting people. I am looking forward to reading what you think of it.

... for me at the post office, courtesy of a dear, kind soul who sent it to me and to whom I'm forever indebted: 1) The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary, by Simon Winchester Such a delightful addition to my ...

Welcome! It's also nice to see someone who's read both The Diaries of Adam and Eve and The Professor and the Madman! Have you also read Winchester's The Meaning of Everything? It's a more overall summary of the history of the OED, a bit drier, but fun for grammarians. And I recommend Siste ...

... Infancy and History along with Potok's My Name is Asher Lev. Next up is Chaos and Night by Montherlant and/or The Professor and the Madman.

Welcome, kleahey! I love the list of books you've read so far. I read The Professor and the Madman quite a while ago and remember it as being very interesting and informative.

During the last two weeks, I finished Ismail Kadare's Het Monster and The surgeon of Crowthorne by Simon Winchester. The first book really surprised me. I read it in a Dutch translation (it's originally in Albanian; I'm not sure if there's an English translation on the market yet). It ...

... - Everybody was so Young *PA Greek, Latin : Homer - The Illiad PE English Language : Simon Winchester - The Professor and the Madman PG Slavic, Baltic, Albanian : Leo Tolstoy - War and Peace PJ Oriental : Rajaa Alsanea - Girls of Riyadh PN Literature (Gen ...

Welcome! Nice list. I've got The Professor and the Madman on the TBR pile. How was it?

... Program by Mortimer Adler Inferno by Dante Alighieri Purgatorio by Dante Alighieri Paradiso by Dante Alighieri The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester Biblioholism: The Literary Addiction by Tom Raabe The Antipeople by Sony Labou Tansi Reading the Ceiling by Dayo Fo ...

... English & Old English Mother Tongue: English and How It Got That Way 423 English dictionaries The Professor and the Madman 428 Standard English usage Eats, Shoots, and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation

I think I got it The surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Love of Words

Count me in on The Professor and the Madman as well. Winchester can be extremely dry reading, but if you like to read about words and, if you're a secret dictionary reader (oh well), this is the ideal read. It is very meticulous, which is probably what drives a lot of readers away, but I loved ...

... We Were Grown-Ups by Anne Tyler 7. The Fire Gospel by Michel Faber 8. The Monster by Ismail Kadare 9. The Surgeon of Crowthorne by Simon Winchester 10. Rivier van vergetelheid by Philippe Claudel 11. Misdaad en straf by Dostoevsky 12. Couples by John U ...

The Time Machine River Out of Eden: A Darwinian View of Life Descartes Bones The Coroner's Lunch The Professor and the Madman

#26-27: I'll chime in on The Professor and the Madman - I thought it was pretty good, actually, but I am one of those people who does like nonfiction. I thought the descriptions of the process gone through to compile the OED very interesting.

Sorry to hear that you did not care so much for The Professor and the Madman. It's been on my wishlist forever and I was planning to actually go ahead and buy it this year. Guess I'll wait a bit longer.

2. The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester. Another Christmas book. I'm not quite sure what to say about this one- it was good, but I still found it difficult to get through. It's about the relationship between the editor of the OED for most of its compilation and one of his most ...

... on the Shore by Haruki Murakami Best Mystery/Thriller: The Coroner’s Lunch by Colin Cotterill Best Non-Fiction: The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester * - Graphic Novel

#91, you may also be interested in how the OED came to be written, and there are two good books about that: The Professor and the Madman and The Meaning of Everything, both by Simon Winchester.

#91, you may also be interested in how the OED came to be written, and there are two good books about that: The Professor and the Madman and The Meaning of Everything, both by Simon Winchester.

... Banner of Heaven by Jon Krakauer -- FINISHED 4. 300 Social Sciences: Iran Awakening by Shirin Ebadi 5. 400 Language: The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester 6. 500 Natural Sciences & Math: The Canon: A Whirligig Tour of the Beautiful Basics of Science by Natalie Angier 7. 600 ...

... Under the Banner of Heaven or an overlap with a Catholic book 4. 300 Social Sciences: Iran Awakening 5. 400 Language: The Professor and the Madman 6. 500 Natural Sciences + Math: The Canon 7. 600 Technology: Julie and Julia or The $64 Tomato 8. 700 The Arts: A Key to English Archi ...

... I've read Gerald Durrell but I don't think I've read Lawrence--but where can I put him! Bookie Awards: I read The Professor and the Madman and though it was wonderful. I've tried a couple of his others but couldn't get into them. I own The Map that Changed the World--an impulse ...

... Peter Hopkirk 3* Night Elie Wiesel 5* Clubland Heroes 3* The Great Crash 1929 4* The Surgeon of Crowthorne Simon Winchester 4* The World of the Sixty-nine Tram Janet McCalman 4* Classics Jane Gleeson-White 2.5* 8. Translated ...

9. Non-fiction 1. The Surgeon of Crowthorne, Simon Winchester 2. Animal, Vegetable, Mineral, Barbara Kingsolver 3. Patrick White, David Marr 4. Super Crunchers, Ian Ayres 5. The Brain that Changes Itself, Norman Doidge (20/01/09) 6. Ex Lib ...

So many interesting choices... I have not read any of these, but my husband thought The Professor and the Madman was only so-so. If I were going to pick for myself, the ones calling me would be The Mummy congress and Leaving Mother Lake, so I'll nudge those.

I will nudge The Professor and the Madman because I enjoyed it, and Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper of Nations because it is a book I would like to read (and it sits somewhere in the house, in one of the TBR piles of my dear SO).

... that David McCullough is a good writer but I am not a huge US history fan, so it still sits on my TBR pile. I enjoyed The Professor and the Madman, and remember thinking he was a good writer; not earth shattering but worthwhile. The War: a memoir by Duras looks intriguing. Two ...

I agree with staffordcastle on The Professor and the Madman. It was a good read, and I am not regretting to have spend my time on it, but some of the other books look at least as promising.

I read The Professor and the Madman too; while I didn't find it tedious, it was not a real exciting read. But I'm interested in words and dictionaries and the Victorian age and that sort of stuff. I would probably nudge 1776 more.

The only one of those I've read is The Professor and the Madman, which got rave reviews all over. I thought it was tedious though. No nudge on that one.

... Larson The War: A Memoir by Marguerite Duras Facing Athens: Encounters with the Modern City by George Sarrinikolaou The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester Gertrude Bell: Queen of the Desert, Shaper ...

... Haddix 33. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings by Maya Angelou 34. Anne of the Island by L.M. Montgomery (audio) 35. The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester 36. Airframe by Michael Crichton 37. The Dragon Heir by Cinda Williams Chima 38. Best New American Voices 2009 39. ...

... The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie The Selling of the President by Joe McGinniss Alexander the Great by Robin Lane Fox The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester The Best Year of their Lives: Kennedy, Johnson and Nixon in 1948 by Lance Morrow and The Emperor by Ryszard Kapuscinsk ...

I pick The Professor and the Madman. A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford Dictionary by Simon Winchester from Sandydog1's library. I got the book a little while ago and it looks fascinating...

... Truman Big Trouble: A Murder in a Small Western sets off a struggle for the soul of America by J. Anthony Lukas The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the making of the OED by Simon Winchester

423 The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester When first compiling the Oxford English Dictionary, its creators requested submissions of literary quotes demonstrating the meaning of the word being defined. The Professor and the Madman recounts the tale of one of the most efficient and ...

45) The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester (audio book) When first compiling the Oxford English Dictionary, its creators requested submissions of literary quotes demonstrating the meaning of the word being defined. The Professor and the Madman recounts the tale of one of the most ...

... very frustrating, I agree. My first bookmooching book arrived today, The Good Soldier by Ford Madox Ford. And I found The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester at the used bookstore too, in excellent condition, very cheap. I've listened to the audio, but I want to read it too - it' ...

I finished The Professor and the Madman yesterday. It was a very good read, but I would have liked it better if I hadn't read it so close on the heels of The Meaning of Everything. I also finished Airframe this morning, a typical Crichton and a fast read. I'm off to go start The Dragon H ...

35. The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester I moved this one up on my TBR list because I liked The Meaning of Everything and wanted to learn more about the stories that were barely mentioned but sounded fascinating as they related to the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary. T ...

... I like seeing a variety of titles, I never know what's going to jump out and sound interesting. As for me, still reading The Professor and the Madman and Airframe. I'll start The Dragon Heir soon, probably as soon as I finish one of the others.

... a result). But then, since I've read it multiple times I can't dislike it much, right? 4.5 stars. Currently reading -- The Professor and the Madman and Airframe Currently listening to -- Pride and Prejudice, starting tonight when I go to bed Books abandoned -- Research-based Reader's ...

>143 karenmarie, I haven't gotten very far in The Professor and the Madman because I was working on those darned library books with due dates. I hope this weekend to get further into it, as it was highly recommended to me by several people here after I said I'd read The Meaning of Everything ...

#55 bell7 - I loved The Professor and the Madman! It was an amazing character study. #93 rocketjk - we've got about 600 or so LPs tucked nicely into a room off the media room. I must admit I haven't looked at them in years, but would be very upset if we had to get rid of them. My husband ...

... and I would definitely consider rereading it someday. For these reason, I'm giving it five stars. Currently reading -- The Professor and the Madman Currently listening to -- Anne of the Island Edited to fix touchstone. Post above was a duplicate.

Reading The Professor and the Madman, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, and listening to Anne of the Island

... but not as good as some of her others. I would easily recommend it to reluctant readers. 4 stars. Currently reading -- The Professor and the Madman and I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings Currently listening to -- Anne of the Island

... Secret (I loved Wildwood Dancing, and so far the sequel about another of the sisters has been just as good), and The Professor and the Madman. I'm working more hours than usual this week, so it'll probably be the same three titles until next weekend.

Just got home from the bookstore. I gave myself a $30 limit and didn't go very far over. I bought: The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester The Great Divorce by C.S. Lewis Fruits Basket Vol. 14 His Majesty's Dragon by Naomi Novik Throne of Jade by Naomi Novik and ...

... series, Alain de Botton's Consolations of Philosophy, John Mortimer's Rumpole and the Penge Bungalow Murders, and The Surgeon of Crowthorne by Simon Winchester.

... Which led me to take back the 3 choices I had grabbed from the 3 for 2 table (basically I wanted to replace my copy of Professor and the Madman so picked up 2 others I was mildly interested in, one of which I though maybe my son already has at his house to which I have a key--and I was ...

#172 MusicMom41 Thanks for the heads up on The Professor and the Madman. Cindy

Alright, I just put The Professor and the Madman on hold (my library doesn't own this book? I could have sworn I shelved it before...). So much for ceasing all library books and trying to whittle down the tbr list of books I own... I'm going now to try to finish Reading the OED before work ...

#170 cindysprocket Oh, but I think these will be worth the effort! The Professor and the Madman might be a good place to start--a really good story that will give you some background for appreciating the other two books. This one is a "fun" read.

Well, more books to add to my wish list.Reading the OED The Meaning of Everything and Professor and the Madman Whoa is me ! My wish list is starting to look like the size of my library.

... of the OED was right up my alley. It kinda got me started on this word book kick that'll probably last a little longer, as The Professor and the Madman is definitely moving near the top of my TBR list.

bell7, What did you think of The meaning of Everything? I thoroughly enjoyed The Professor and the Madman. Talbin, I, too, am throroughly enjoying Kristin Lavransdatter. Good story, good characters, interesting themes, and i am definitley learning a little about Norwegian history and ...

MusicMom, I have read The Meaning of Everything by the same author, but I haven't read The Professor and the Madman yet. I will probably soon, I seem to be on a word tangent lately with my nonfiction reading. :-)

#145 bell7 Wow--I can't wait to fin Reading the OED! I love words and am fascinated by the OED. I assume you've read The Professor and the Madman--I love that book and have read it twice and listened to it once. I'm ready for more! I agree with you on Poisonwood Bible--I put it aside ...

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester

... English yet. On deck is likely Shadow of the wind and I stuck my nose into Simon Winchester's book about the OED The professor and the madman, which looked fascinating....for something completely different, although murder and insanity seem to be part of the bargain.

I'm about to start two new (to me) books. Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut and The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester. I'm easily distracted though, so who knows what else will pop up and demand to be read.

... (200's) Killing Monsters Why Children Need Fantasy, Super Heroes, and Make-Believe Violence (300's) The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (400's) The Sea Around Us (500's) Woman: An Int ...

... by Ian McEwan, 3 by Flannery O'Conner, Utopia by St. Thomas More, Letters from the Earth by Mark Twain, The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester, Visions of Cody by Jack Kerouac, and Remembrance of Things Past: Volume 1 by, of course, Marcel Proust. I ...

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (P.S.) by Simon Winchester

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of The Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester

... Married a Dead Man." Dr. Zhivago decided this was a Case for Three Detectives. So he recruited Miss Pinkerton, The Professor and the Madman to solve the Murder in the Madhouse. During the Investigation, Three Witnesses told them to look Behind the Green Door for The Thin ...

... Crocodile and the Dog by Elizabeth Peters Man With Squirrel by Nicholas Kilmer The Dumb Shall Sing by Stephen Lewis The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester Pigs in Heaven by Barbara Kingsolver

... CD1am, The Professor and the Madman was very interesting to me too. Here (in Australia) it was published under the title The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Love of Words by Simon Winchester.

... Madness, and that sounds like a very interesting book. But the title also reminded me of another book I really liked: The Professor and the Madman.

The Professor and the Madman is an excellent look at the way the Oxford English Dictionary was first complied and the criminally insane doctor who helped write it. Great insight into the making of the dictionary and its leading editor. Uses the story of Dr. Minor to interest the reader. Good read

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (P.S.) by Simon Winchester

I enjoyed The Professor and the Madman. That was actually very interesting. I got a whole column out of it related to my work at my day job...

The Professor and the Madman is very good, amazing story. But there are many good books to choose from. If The Professor doesn't grab you, then I'd go for Albion too. Great books flee

The Senator's Wife by Sue Miller The Abortionist's Daughter by Elisabeth Hyde The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester Miss America by Day by Marilyn Van Derbur Helen Keller's Teacher by Margaret Davidson

... about Alexander Graham Bell, by Seth Shulman Our Eleanor: A Scrapbook, about Eleanor Roosevelt, by Candace Fleming The Professor and the Madman, about James Murray and W.C. Minor, by Simon Winchester Will in the World, about William Shakespeare, by Stephen Greenblatt The Translator: ...

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary (P.S.) by Simon Winchester

... I really enjoyed reading (and re-reading) are Noah's Ark: New England Yankees, and the Endless Quest about Webster's, and The Professor and the Madman about the OED. *it has 'European' and 'Eurotrash' (among others), but not 'Europe'...

Yes, but The Professor and the Madman was fascinating. I'd highly recommend that one.

... from his bedlam is making a major contribution to the Oxford English Dictionary (OED). De gekwelde woordenaar, or The surgeon of Crowthorne or The professor and the madman (speaking of changes in language...) by Simon Winchester

No. 16 The Professor and the Madman 224 pages. I did not enjoy this as much as I thought I would. The writing did not have a good pace and it was not a page turner. I read Winchester's book Krakatoa and I thought that was much better. At the same time I bought this book I bought A Crack ...

... The Wacky World of a Working Writer by Laura Resnick, which is at time hilarious and at other times sobering. I have The Professor and the Madman and Brunelleschi's Dome in my TBR pile. Oh, and London, the Biography by Ackroyd, which I'll have to read first because it's on loan from ...

... as an admirable survey of the geology of Britain. I've previously read Winchester's The Meaning of Everything and The Professor and the Madman (intellectual history is a favorite genre of mine) but I liked this better--earth science is quite interesting to me, although I've never ...

... by Bishop Spong who has seriously the funniest name ever; The Map that Changed the World by the author of The Professor and the Madman. Aaand touchstones suck. Whatever.

... Learner 11. Special topics in calamity physics by Marisha Pessl 12. Dear John by Nicholas Sparks 13. The Surgeon of Crowthorne: a tale of murder, madness and the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester The books I have actually read so far this year will ...

... for Children 2. The Yoga Zoo Adventure 6. 8 Books in Language/Literature 1. Writing with Intent 2. The Professor and the Madman 3. Why not Catch-21? 4. Don't Tell the Grown-Ups: Subversive Children's Literature 7. 8 Books in Fiction (American Authors) ...

423--English dictionaries: The Professor and the Madman 114/1000; 56/100

14. The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester. I have an Oxford mini-theme going on here.

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder Calvin and Hobbes by Bill Waterson A Severe Mercy by Sheldon Vanauken (maybe not quite ...

I read this one The Professor and the Madman and a couple of others that go with it a couple of years ago. What a concept of imprisonment - a separate room for your own library of collectible books and freedom to walk the grounds!!!

... and Culture Knights at Tournament 401 Philosophy & theory The Unfolding of Language 423 English dictionaries The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of The Oxford English Dictionary 427 English language variations Do You Speak American? 915 ...

... (hopefully!) overdelivering...here's what I've read so far this year: 1. Assassination Vacation by Sarah Vowell 2. The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester 3. The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho 4. The Sho ...

Another one down! I've just finished The Professor and the Madman for my "Books from The Reader's Choice" category. I thought the story was pretty interesting and for the most part it was well written. There were a few times when the author went off on a tangent that made my eyes start to ...

... & historical linguistics -- The Power of Babel 420 English & Old English -- Mother Tongue 423 English dictionaries -- The Professor and the Madman 428 Standard English usage -- Eats, Shoots and Leaves

Count another vote for The Meaning of Everything, The Professor and the Madman, The Book on the Bookshelf and The Art of the Bookplate. I really enjoyed The Book Nobody Read: Chasing the Revolutions of Nicolaus Copernicus. The author writes of his quest to see every surviving first ...

... graphical At Home with Books The Rogue of Publisher's Row The Bookaholics' Guide to Book Blogs Horace Liveright The Professor and the Madman Publishing Typo The Business of Books Book Design Wendell Minor Chip Kidd From Cover to Cover Fiction The Paris Pilgri ...

... is actually many many volumes but there is a condensed one. Actually there is a nice history of the OED called The professor and the madman. It was a fascinating read. Dumbledore means bumble bee in Anglo-Saxon actually. . . perambulate perigrinations voluble racoon lily-li ...

... in books that are topical histories (ie Zero or History of the World in 6 Glasses) and books on the language (The Professor and the Madman or Letter Perfect). Though, to be honest, I'm just trying to not look a gift horse in the mouth. :)

... Meaning of Everything has some different material, but in my opinion, all the most interesting information was included in The Professor and the Madman.

I just finished Professor and the Madman, too-I was amazed at how well Winchester balanced the history, lexicography, and the human stories together in this. I thought it was very interesting. Good luck with the balancing act! This is the first time in a very long time I haven't had to ...

... so well about pop culture. This book was funny, touching, and more than I expected. I really like it. Jan 8, 2008 #4 The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester I just finished this and I found it very enjoyable. I highly recommend it to anyone who really loves history, books, ...

LynnB, I've become a bit of a Simon Winchester fan, having read a number of his books, including The professor and the madman. Does the meaning of everything have a lot of different material? Is it worthwhile to read both?

3. The Professor and the Madman

... Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time, Mark Haddon - REPEAT! Books from “The Reader's Choice” 1. The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester 2. The English Patient, Michael Ondaajte 3. Birdsong, Sebastian Faulks 4. Animal Dreams, Barbara Kingsolver 5. ...

... on the bookshelf by Henry Petroski The law of love by Laura Esquivel In the hand of Dante by Nick Tosches The professor and the madman : a tale of murder, insanity, and the making of the Oxford English dictionary by Simon Winchester The St. Nicholas anthology by Henry Stee ...

... Nicholson Baker The Origins of the British by Stephen Oppenheimer The Panda's Thumb by Stephen Jay Gould The Professor and the Madman : a Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester The Return of Martin Guerre by Natali ...

... 420 English & Old English: Mother Tongue 422 English etymology: Much Ado About English 423 English dictionaries: The Professor and the Madman 427 English language variations: Swearing 428 Standard English usage: Eats, Shoots and Leaves 429 Old English: Word-Hoard 422 Fre ...

... is on my TBR shelf. I don't know if this counts, but I also like books that tell about how things were created, like The Professor and the Madman or The Meaning of Everything about the Oxford English Dictionary, or God's Secretaries about the writing of the King James version of the Bi ...

... interest in the subject, Noll makes some very important points for any intellectually minded Christian to consider. 11. The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester This is the charming story of a man locked away in an asylum who becomes a significant contributor to the first Oxford Engl ...

... A History by Anne Applebaum 394 General Customs - Fast Food Nation by Eric Schlosser 423 English Dictionaries - The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester 500 Natural Sciences and Mathematics - A Sand County Almanac by Aldo Leopold 508 Natural History - Cultivating Deli ...

... TBR Language Visible by David Sacks The Mother Tongue by Bill Bryson Le Mot Juste by John Buchanan-Brown The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester (I can't get all the touchstones to work correctly. I'll try later.)

... great! Ooh, sounds good! I may have to move it up the TBR list a bit. The only one on your list that I've read is the Professor and the Madman, which was definitely interesting at the time but somehow not particularly memorable overall. I've also read parts of Herodotus' Histories, which ...

... The Riddles of Culture. 394 General customs Encyclopedia of Food and Culture Vol. 1 423 English dictionaries The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of The Oxford English Dictionary 427 English language variations Do You Speak American? 575 Ph ...

... Words and Rules 420--English and Old English: The Mother Tongue 423--English dictionaries: The Professor and the Madman 427--English language variations: Swearing 500--Natural sciences & mathematics: Science: Good, Bad and Bogus 510--M ...

The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester If you need the full title: The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

... etc. I don't like to count books as read unless I've actually read every word, and I was encouraged to see that The Professor and the Madman counted for English Dictionaries without actually being a dictionary. But it would be difficult to find a book like that for every dictionary ...

... es 400--Language: The Language Instinct 420--English & Old English: The Mother Tongue 423--English dictionaries: The Professor and the Madman 428--Standard English usage: Eats, Shoots and Leaves 438--Standard German usage: Handbuch zur Deutschen Grammatik 458--Standard Italian ...

... Continents by L. Sprague De Camp 422 English Etymology: Word Myths by David Wilton 423 English Dictionaries: The Professor and The Madman by Simon Winchester 428 Standard English Usage: Eats, Shoots and Leaves by Lynne Truss 510 Mathematics: The Man Who Loved Only Nu ...

... The Arabian Nights, Vol. 1 (ed. Jack Zipes) 420 English & Old English: The Mother Tongue 423 English Dictionaries: The Professor and the Madman 428 Standard English Usage: Eats, Shoots and Leaves 470 Italic; Latin: Latin Language and Latin Culture by Joseph Farrell 480 Hellenic ...

#38 I have the OED in the small print edition with two volumes and a magnifying glass -- the one done about 25 years ago. Even then it was pricey at maybe $75.

... Frye's The Great Code : the bible and literature and his Blake study is very good. Also, I couldn't do without the OED. And , I loved the Wind in the Willows as a kid.

... es Northrop Frye literary criticisms; Jeeves by Wodehouse; Wind in the Willows by Grahame; Sherlock Holmes; The Oxford English Dictionary I would have happily included any of Jane Austen's works, the Iliad, the Brontes, etc., but I think of those as great works of literature. ; ...

... in ages. That explains why I kept thinking I ought to know it, however! Do you need another clue for mine? (#199) The Professor and the Madman: a Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester

... I have a thing for fluffy sports romances. Not sure what I'll read next, maybe another Simon Winchester. I have The Professor and the Madman, which is about the making of the Oxford English Dictionary. Lucymaude, is Jonathan Alter the guy with the column in Newsweek who also ...

The Undertaker's Widow The Professor and the Madman The Priest The Night Manager Bring Me the Head of Willie the Mailboy The Caretaker

... Beginner's Guide to Constructing the Universe Creating Choices God's Secretaries about creating the King James Bible The Professor and the Madman about creating the Oxford English Dictionary The Code Book about deciphering codes

... added new books to her library. For some small number of books( 2 perhaps) it would give a message like, "Liz has added The Professor and the Madman and The Iliad to her library/" For larger numbers it would say "Liz has added 25 books to her library." where 25 is a link to a list of ...

Couples by John Updike Oscar and Lucinda Arthur and George Oryx and Crake The Professor and the Madman

... read, perhaps a bit pale at the end, but most engaging overall! Also a fan of Susan Fromberg Schaffer having read The Madness of a Seduced Women three times!

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester The Oxford Book of Children's Verse The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry A Girl Named Zippy: Growing Up Sm ...

Private 12768 Executive Styles in Canada The Master Butchers Singing Club The Professor and the Madman Mistress of the Elgin Marbles

6. The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester Story about the making of the OED--specifically the man who contributed many thousands of words/quotations, sent in to the dictionary's editors from his cell at an insane asylum. Interesting topic, interesting story. There's just something ...

Right now I'm finishing up reading The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester. I should be finished with it by the end of the week (only about 50 more pages to go) then I have a stack of many I need to delve in to. I'm thinking of starting first with Paolo Coehlo's The Alchemist ...

12. The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester

LynnB : I liked The Professor and the Madman Simon Winchester also wrote The Meaning of Everything about the creation of the Oxford dictionary. I would like to read that one as well.

... translating the bible into english. I was hoping God's Secretaries would have had more of that. I have, however, read The Professor and the Madman about how the Oxforf English Disctionary was made and that was fascinating.

... Nicholson Baker The Origins of the British by Stephen Oppenheimer The Panda's Thumb by Stephen Jay Gould The Professor and the Madman : a Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester The Return of Martin Guerre by Natali ...

... Arundhati Roy The Great Transformation by Karen Armstrong The historian : a novel by Elizabeth Kostova The Professor and the Madman : a Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester The Sot-weed Factor by John Barth ...

... Arundhati Roy The Great Transformation by Karen Armstrong The historian : a novel by Elizabeth Kostova The Professor and the Madman : a Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester What Ifs? of American History : Eminent ...

Anything by Simon Winchester such as The Professor and the Madman. Very accessible, reads like a novel.

... John Lewis Gaddis The god of small things by Arundhati Roy The Great Transformation by Karen Armstrong The Professor and the Madman : a Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester What Ifs? of American History : Eminent ...

... John Lewis Gaddis The god of small things by Arundhati Roy The Great Transformation by Karen Armstrong The Professor and the Madman : a Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester What Ifs? of American History : Eminent ...

The Professor and the Madman, by Simon Winchester. A fascinating look at some of the individuals who created the Oxford English Dictionary. Wouldn't have read it otherwise.

I had a long drive today and listened to The Professor and the Madman, narrated by Simon Jones (who also does the Bartimeus trilogy). It was so good. What an amazing story! Regretfully I was only able to get the abridged version, so now I want to buy the book and read the whole thing!

... comfort food - I love listening to my Peters audio books again and again. Rosenblat is a delight. I just downloaded The Professor and the Madman as well as the next Alexander McCall Smith, Blue Shoes and Happiness, so when I'm finished with Harry Potter I have some good listening to ...

... 7. overrated: The Da Vinci Code. Incredibly (to me!), also used more than once to tag Girl with a Pearl Earring and The Professor and the Madman. 8. love: Audrey Niffenegger's The Time Traveler's Wife has a wide lead, which surprised me. 9. marriage (fiction): Pride and Prejudi ...

I highly recommend The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester. It is about the writing of the OED and I found it absolutely fascinating. He wrote another one, called The Meaning of Everything also about the OED. I haven't read that one.

Anyone find books written about the author(s) and construction of dictionaries such as The Oxford English Dictionary and Johnson's Dictionary?

... Press, India, and with Aultbea Publishers, U.K. Their epic fantasy novel Conspiracy of Calaspia forms the first in the Insanity series and is due to be published on 21st November 2006. The British twins, who currently live in Weinfelden, TG, Switzerland, began writing the work aged ...

With all due respect, JPB, it's my impression that Jacobs' The Know-It-All, The Professor and the Madman, and Guns, Germs and Steel are all ostensibly non-fiction the last time I checked, and pretty good ones too.