The Professor and the Madman, masterfully researched and eloquently written, 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 compilation of the OED, begun in 1857, was one of the most ambitious projects ever undertaken. As definitions were collected, the overseeing committee, led by Professor James Murray, discovered that one man, Dr. W.C. Minor, had submitted more than ten thousand.
When the committee insisted on honoring him, a shocking truth came to light: Dr. Minor, an American Civil War veteran, was also an inmate at an asylum for the criminally insane.
This audio also includes a conversation between Simon Winchester and John Simpson, editor of the Oxford English Dictionary.
Professor John T. Sanders
Peformed By : Edwin Newman
Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 3 hours
Categories : Ancient
Pre 1900
20th Century
Biographical
Knowledge & Learning
$12.95
The concept of the atom—the smallest physical building block of nature—has been around at least since ancient Greece. Leucippus and Democritus conceived of a mechanical or physical atom... More info... |
Dr. Michael Ghiselin
Peformed By : Edwin Newman
Blackstone Audio Inc
Runtime : 3 hours
Categories : Biographical
Ancient
Pre 1900
20th Century
Knowledge & Learning
$12.95
Charles Darwin (1809-1882) published in 1859 a vastly important work: On The Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection, or the Preservation of Favoured Races in the Struggle for Life. Darwin ... More info... |
Fergus M Bordewich
Peformed By : Fergus M. Bordewich
Harper Collins US
Runtime : 6 hours
Categories : American
Social & Economic
Pre 1900
$29.95 $19.95
An important book of epic scope on America's first racially integrated, religiously inspired movement for change. More info... |
Various
Peformed By : Full Cast Production
Appleseed Audio
Runtime : 2 hours
Categories : American
Pre 1900
Military
$19.95 $13.00
Learn about the Pilgrims, the American Revolution, and the War of 1812 in this educational full-cast presentation. More info... |
Stephen E. Ambrose
Peformed By : Cotter Smith
Simon & Schuster
Runtime : 4 hours 30 minutes
Categories : American
Pre 1900
Adventurers & Explorers
Historical
$30.00 $15.95
In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson selected his personal secretary, Captain Meriwether Lewis, to lead a voyage up the Missouri River. More info...
Written By : Pete McCarthy
Narrated By : Pete McCarthy
Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks
Length : 2 hours
Type : Autobiography
Biographical
Travel
Price : $16.75
The audio of the million-selling book - Pete McCarthy's hilarious journey in search of his Irish roots.
McCarthy's tale of his hilarious trip around Ireland has gained thousands of fans all over the world.
Pete was born in Warrington to an Irish mother and an English father and spent happy summer holidays in Cork. Years later, reflecting on the many places he has visited as a travel broadcaster, Pete admits that he feels more at home in Ireland than anywhere. To find out whether this is due to rose-coloured spectacles or to a deeper tie with the country of his ancestors, Pete sets off on a trip around Ireland and discovers that it has changed in surprising ways.
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