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The Surgeon of Crowthorne - Simon Winchester
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- Přes 40 knihkupectví v Česku
- Osobní odběr na prodejně zdarma
- Výborné hodnocení zákazníků na Heurece
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An extraordinary tale of madness, genius and obsession, discover the true story of the two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary - and literary history!The compilation of the Oxford English Dictionary, 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 of those words. But when the... Zobrazit více