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Samuel Johnson's Dictionary: Selections from the 1755 Work that Defined the English Language
The Age of Elizabeth in the Age of Johnson
Samuel Johnson's Insults: A Compendium of Snubs, Sneers, Slights, and Effronteries from the Eighteenth-Century Master
Anniversary Essays on Johnson's "Dictionary" (ed. Jack Lynch and Anne McDermott)
Becoming Shakespeare: The Unlikely Afterlife That Turned a Provincial Playwright into the Bard
The English Language: A User's Guide
Deception and Detection in Eighteenth-Century Britain
The Lexicographer's Dilemma: The Evolution of "Proper" English, from Shakespeare to "South Park"
Don't Quit Your Day Job: What the Famous Did That Wasn't
You Could Look It Up: The Reference Shelf from Ancient Babylon to Wikipedia