Do you ever search in vain for exactly the right word? Perhaps you want to
articulate the vague desire to be far away. Or you can’t quite convey that odd
urge to go outside and check to see if anyone is coming. Maybe you’re
struggling to express...
From the best-selling author of The Professor and the Madman, The Map That Changed the World, and Krakatoa comes a truly wonderful celebration of the English language and of its unrivaled treasure house, the Oxford English Dictionary....