Kendall, Joshua. (2008). The man who made lists: love, death, madness, and the creation of Roget's Thesaurus. New York : Putnam.
Kirkus: Freelance journalist Kendall does his best to jazz up the quiet life of the English polymath who turned finding the right word into a science.
Thursday, February 10, 2011
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