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Professor and the Madman, The (Unabridged) Written By - Simon Winchester Narrated By - Simon Winchester Published By : Harper Collins US Runtime : 7 hours 30 minutes Categories : Pre 1900 Arts & Drama Price : $14.95 Buy Now... 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 Other titles you may be interested in Alan Bennett - Untold Stories Part 3: Written On The Body Written By - Alan Bennett Narrated By - Alan Bennett Published By : BBC Audiobooks Ltd Runtime : 2 hours 30 minutes Categories : Biographical Autobiography Arts & Drama Comedy Price : $18.49 Alan Bennett reads five more extracts from Untold Stones, his major collection of new writings Untold Stories. Alan Bennett's first major collection of prose since his bestselling Writing Home. More info... Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man, A Written By - James Joyce Narrated By - Jim Norton Published By : Select Music & Distribution Runtime : 3 hours 55 minutes Categories : Classics Arts & Drama Autobiography Price : $15.49 Joyce describes the early life of Stephen Dedalus. More info... Inside Out - A Personal History of Pink Floyd Written By - Nick Mason Narrated By - Nick Mason Published By : Orion Publishing Group Runtime : 3 hours 20 minutes Categories : Rich & Famous Arts & Drama Price : $15.99 'Rock's little drummer boy grows up into a sex cymbal. With a wit drier than an AA clinic, and a charm more disarming than a UN peace-keeping force, Mason gives us a literary drum solo par excellence More info... Opposite of Fate, The Written By - Amy Tan Narrated By - Amy Tan Published By : Brilliance Audio Inc Runtime : 8 hours 39 minutes Categories : Autobiography Arts & Drama Women Price : $24.95 Amy Tan was born into a family that believed in fate. In The Opposite of Fate: A Book of Musings, she explores this legacy, as well as American circumstances, and finds ways to honor the past while... More info...