Dennis Duncan’s entertaining and informative “Index, A History of the” moves from the 13th-century origins of the form to the world of digital search engines. By Jennifer Szalai When you purchase an ...

Earlier today, I solicited comments about the value of book indexes. The responses were overwhelming: readers like them! Here are a smattering of the emails: Regarding book indexes, I still use them, ...

Almost all books come with indexes in the back. These sections identify the most frequently-used words in the book, and list the pages those words appear on. Authors (generally) do not create these ...

In 1966, William F. Buckley published a memoir about his quixotic run for mayor of New York the previous year. Among the people to whom he gave the book as a gift was his sometimes friendly, sometimes ...

Duncan (coeditor, Book Parts), a lecturer in English at University College London, mixes humor and scholarship to brilliant effect in this accessible deep dive into the history of indexes. Contending ...

The Highland Historical Society is reminding all that the index for the 1987 Highland Sesquicentennial Book is ready for purchase. It is available for $10 at The Giving Tree, Lee’s Fine Jewelry, Loans ...

When you purchase an independently reviewed book through our site, we earn an affiliate commission. By Margalit Fox INDEX, A HISTORY OF THE A Bookish Adventure From Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital ...

Host Scott Tong speaks with Dennis Duncan, author of "Index, a History of the: A Bookish Adventure from Medieval Manuscripts to the Digital Age." The new book explores the development of those things ...

Index, A History of the. By Dennis Duncan. Allen Lane; 352 pages; £20. To be published in America by W.W. Norton in February; $30 PRODUCING AN INDEX is like squeezing “a grape in a winepress”, wrote a ...

Alaska-Centrism, Notations Of TNR: "Lower 48 States 14, 16, 17, 42, 93, 125, 169, 207, 208, 274, 332, 346, 349," "Moose, Holding eyeballs of 300" Slate: "Alaska ...