Word by Word : The Secret Life of Dictionaries Condition:Very Good Shortlisted for the 2015 Man

Shortlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize

Edited by Michael Mohammed Ahmad

whose magic powers are strictly confined to pen and paper) and Boaz Lavie

Young Satyavati must walk on thorns to reach her destiny in a world ruled by men

Word by Word : The Secret Life of Dictionaries Condition:Very Good Shortlisted for the 2015 ManBrimming with intelligence and personality, a vastly entertaining account of how dictionaries are made a must read for word mavens. While most of us might take dictionaries for granted, the process of writing them is in fact as lively and dynamic as language itself. With sharp wit and irreverence, Kory Stamper cracks open the complex, obsessive world of lexicography from the agonizing decisions about what and how to define, to the knotty questions of