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Simon Winchester

Simon Winchester

94 books

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary

by Simon Winchester

3.84 of 121,934

Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded [August 27, 1883]

Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded [August 27, 1883]

by Simon Winchester

3.88 of 21,893

The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology

The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology

by Simon Winchester

3.82 of 14,138

The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World

The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World

by Simon Winchester

4.15 of 6,639

A Crack in the Edge of the World

A Crack in the Edge of the World

by Simon Winchester

3.79 of 7,253

The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary

The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary

by Simon Winchester

3.99 of 5,270

Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms & a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories

Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms & a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories

by Simon Winchester

3.76 of 5,268

The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom

The Man Who Loved China: The Fantastic Story of the Eccentric Scientist Who Unlocked the Mysteries of the Middle Kingdom

by Simon Winchester

3.84 of 4,845

The Men Who United the States: America's Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics and Mavericks, and the Creation of One Nation, Indivisible

The Men Who United the States: America's Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics and Mavericks, and the Creation of One Nation, Indivisible

by Simon Winchester

3.86 of 4,317

Pacific: The Ocean of the Future

Pacific: The Ocean of the Future

by Simon Winchester

4.04 of 4,049

Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World

Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World

by Simon Winchester

3.78 of 3,137

The River at the Center of the World: A Journey Up the Yangtze & Back in Chinese Time

The River at the Center of the World: A Journey Up the Yangtze & Back in Chinese Time

by Simon Winchester

3.93 of 1,867

Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic

Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic

by Simon Winchester

3.84 of 1,804

Outposts: Journeys to the Surviving Relics of the British Empire – The Last Account of the Vanishing Empire

Outposts: Journeys to the Surviving Relics of the British Empire – The Last Account of the Vanishing Empire

by Simon Winchester

3.81 of 1,694

Korea: A Walk Through the Land of Miracles – Vivid True Stories Defining a Nation Through Its History, Geography, and People

Korea: A Walk Through the Land of Miracles – Vivid True Stories Defining a Nation Through Its History, Geography, and People

by Simon Winchester

3.60 of 954

The Alice Behind Wonderland

The Alice Behind Wonderland

by Simon Winchester

3.32 of 905

The Fracture Zone: My Return to the Balkans

The Fracture Zone: My Return to the Balkans

by Simon Winchester

3.62 of 483

The Man with the Electrified Brain: Adventures in Madness

The Man with the Electrified Brain: Adventures in Madness

by Simon Winchester

3.64 of 453