{"product_id":"reading-the-oed-isbn-9780399535055","title":"Reading the OED","description":"An obsessive word lover's account of reading the entire \u003ci\u003eOxford English Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e, hailed as \"the \u003ci\u003eSuper Size Me\u003c\/i\u003e of lexicography.\"\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"I'm reading the \u003ci\u003eOED\u003c\/i\u003e so you don't have to,\" says Ammon Shea on his slightly masochistic journey to scale the word lover's Mount Everest: the \u003ci\u003eOxford English Dictionary\u003c\/i\u003e. In 26 chapters filled with sharp wit, sheer delight, and a documentarian's keen eye, Shea shares his year inside the \u003ci\u003eOED\u003c\/i\u003e, delivering a hair-pulling, eye-crossing account of reading every word.\"Oddly inspiring...Shea has walked the wildwood of our gnarled, ancient speech and returned singing incomprehensible sounds in a language that turns out to be our own.\" \u003cbr\u003e-Nicholson Baker, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Delicious...a lively lexicon.\" \u003cbr\u003e-\u003ci\u003eO\u003c\/i\u003e, The Oprah Magazine\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \"Readworthy.\" \u003cbr\u003e-William Safire, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003eAmmon Shea is the author of two previous books on obscure words, \u003ci\u003eDepraved English\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eInsulting English\u003c\/i\u003e (written with Peter Novobatzky). He read his first dictionary, \u003ci\u003eMerriam Webster’s Second International\u003c\/i\u003e, ten years ago, and followed it up with the sequel, \u003ci\u003eWebster’s Third International\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.","brand":"Tarcher","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304868073701,"sku":"NP9780399535055","price":15.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780399535055.jpg?v=1767735453","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/reading-the-oed-isbn-9780399535055","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}