Random House Word Menu is a useful reference tool for anyone looking to be precise in her writing or conversation.

The book is divided into subject areas like ‘the sciences,’ ‘social order,’ ‘cognition,’ and much more. After each word, a brief description is given.

In some ways, Random House Word Menu feels quite similar to the ubiquitous Dewey Decimal system used by librarians.

With this book in hand, I could see researchers being able to find specific volumes more easily because the search terms are at his fingertips. He would then be able to give that information to a librarian, or utilize it himself if he knows the library system, in order to find exactly what he needs.

However, I tried to look up the word, ‘librarian,’ in the Word Menu and it wasn’t there! Oversight or purposeful act- you tell me.

I suppose author Stephen Glazier wouldn’t want to give too many tools to those book dragons. Who knows what they would do next…

Highly recommended for reference purposes. The only thing that would make this better would be if the book was digital and could be updated with minimal time, effort and resources. Until then, the physical tome will have to suffice.

Thanks for reading!

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