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The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary by Simon Winchester

11 Sep, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, British, Nonfiction

From "aa" to "zyxt" [you'll have to look up the meanings yourself, because you thankfully can], the Oxford English Dictionary is filled with ...

The Map that Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology by Simon Winchester

12 May, by Smithsonian Asian Pacific American Center in Adult Readers, Audio, British, Nonfiction

Even prison did not stop William Smith from his tenacious decades-long journey to create a map that clearly captured in one colorful creation what was buried under England's rolling hills and valleys. Prison is where Simon Winchester, a remarkable chronicler of obscure and near-forgotten but terribly important lives...

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