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Word by Word
- The Secret Life of Dictionaries
- By: Kory Stamper
- Narrated by: Kory Stamper
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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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 usage in an ever-changing language.
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Word by Word
- The Secret Life of Dictionaries
- Narrated by: Kory Stamper
- Length: 9 hrs and 48 mins
- Release date: 14-03-2017
- Language: English
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$26.99 or free with 30-day trial
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True Color
- The Strange and Spectacular History of Defining Color--from Azure to Zinc Pink
- By: Kory Stamper
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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Filled with captivating facts about color words and colors themselves—did you know that the word “puke” used to be a highly fashionable color before it was associated with vomit?—and fueled by Stamper’s inexhaustible curiosity, True Color will transform the way you see the world, from black-and-white to Technicolor.
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True Color
- The Strange and Spectacular History of Defining Color--from Azure to Zinc Pink
- Length: 10 hrs
- Release date: 31-03-2026
- Language: English
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$26.99 or listen with Premium Plus when released
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