![]() "synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title. This book is one of the great untold stories of literature." The spine is tight and straight, the pages are free of markings and tears. Simon Winchester tracks down this uplifting tale of tragedy, genius and passion in all its bizarre and fascinating detail. Minor was a millionaire American Civil War surgeon turned lunatic, imprisoned in Broadmoor Asylum for murder, who had dedicated his entire cell bound life to work on the English language. Minor, who astonished and dismayed everyone by declining ever to come to Oxford to receive his congratulations until, reputedly, his refusals eventually prompted the Dictionary's editor, James Murray, to travel down to Crowthorne, in Berkshire to meet him. Only light shelfwear on the jacket."The making of the Oxford English Dictionary was a monumental fifty year task requiring the assistance of thousands of volunteers. Right down to the final Postscript, Simon keeps you enthralled with this compelling narrative. Simon Winchester is a master of his craft - every page is written with sensitivity and takes you into other worlds. ![]() Viking, Published by the Penguin Group, Penguin Books, ltd. This book was recommended to me by lucky chance, as otherwise I may never have discovered the delight of reading The Surgeon of Crowthorne. The boards are cloth black with gilt lettering on the spine. ![]()
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Heimans and Timms first explained “new power” in a much-touted 2014 Harvard Business Review article. In its pages, you’ll find analyses of Black Lives Matter, the ice-bucket challenge, and other cause-related movements that have sprung up unexpectedly and raced across the globe on the wings of social media. ![]() The mission of their book: rally the good guys, explain new power, and provide models for how it works. Many charities and other agents for good, meanwhile, have yet to show up for the fight. ![]() Heimans and Timms aren’t alarmists, but they worry that the forces of evil - ISIS among them - are deploying advanced “new power” with increasing skill. well, “the dustbin of history” is the phrase that comes to mind. Those who can mobilize people behind a cause or idea will win, they say. “The future will be a battle over mobilization,” Jeremy Heimans and Henry Timms write in the opening pages of their new book, New Power: How Power Works in Our Hyperconnected World - and How to Make It Work for You. Photo by Michael Creagh Henry Timms and Jeremy Heimans warn that “bad actors” such as ISIS are using “new power” to great effect, and people trying to do good in the world need to get on board. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The book begins by alternating between two separate stories observed by the narrator. A strange mashup of Victorian romance, twee fairy tale and theological treatise, the book is narrated by an elderly man who moves to the country for his health, and finds himself caught up between reality and an increasingly lurid lucid dream. 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