Winchester Simon
ISBN:9780141011585
The seventeenth-century philosopher-statesman Francis Bacon famously declared that nothing had changed the world more profoundly than three great inventions: gunpowder...
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Winchester Simon
ISBN:9780670913787
Before fate intervened, Joseph Needham was a distinguished biochemist at Cambridge University, married to a fellow scientist. In 1937 he was asked to supervise a young Chinese student named Lu Gwei-Djen...
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Winchester Simon
ISBN:9780670914876
A burgeoning new city is built on the dreams of the American gold rush. It is also built upon a landscape that has been stretching, sliding and breaking apart for millennia. In 1906 the dreams of this city came crashing down beneath the wave of a horrifying earthquake that turned roads into great rippling rivers...
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Winchester Simon
ISBN:9780141016344
A burgeoning new city is built on the dreams of the American gold rush. It is also built upon a landscape that has been stretching, sliding and breaking apart for millennia. In 1906 the dreams of this city...
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Winchester Simon
ISBN:9780670914937
A burgeoning new city is built on the dreams of the American gold rush. It is also built upon a landscape that has been stretching, sliding and breaking apart for a millennia...
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Winchester Simon
ISBN:9780670889556
In 1976, Simon Winchester visited Kosovo and took a picnic in the water-meadows of the Lepenec river. Today the same field is a grotesque site. This text weaves together history...
Format:Hardback Pages:288
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Winchester Simon
ISBN:9780141011912
In 1988 Simon Winchester, author of The Surgeon of Crowthorne and The Map that Changed the World, set out on foot to discover the Republic of Korea...
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Winchester Simon
ISBN:9780141005171
In August 1883 there was a series of volcanic eruptions on the island of Krakatoa - these were so extreme that the effects were heard and felt over ten per cent of the Earth's surface...
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Winchester Simon
ISBN:9780670914302
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Winchester Simon
ISBN:9780670914289
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Winchester Simon
ISBN:9780140280395
Simon Winchester, best-selling author of "The Surgeon of Crowthorne" and himself the holder of a degree in geology, enters the dramatic world of "Strata Smith" to tell his moving and inspiring story. Celebrating the unique geology of the British Isles...
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Winchester Simon
ISBN:9780670884070
In the summer of 1815 an extraordinary hand-painted map was published in London. Some eight feet tall and six feet wide, brightly coloured - in sea-blue...
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Winchester Simon
ISBN:9780141803289
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Winchester Simon
ISBN:9780141011899
This is the reissue of a Simon Winchester classic. In 1985 Simon Winchester, struck by a sudden need to discover exactly what was left of the British Empire travelled 100...
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Winchester Simon
ISBN:9780670863181
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Winchester Simon
ISBN:9780140249125
Rising in the mountains of the Tibetan border, the symbolic heart of China pierces 3,900 miles of rugged country before debouching into the oily swells of the East China Sea. Connecting China's heartland cities with the volatile coastal giant...
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Winchester Simon
ISBN:9780734305664
Three stories of discovery and adventure all delightfully presented in this hardback edition....
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Winchester Simon
ISBN:9780141801834
W.C. Minor was one of the keenest volunteers involved in the making of the Oxford English Dictionary. What the OED's editor, James Murray, didn't realize was that he was also a millionaire...
Format:CD-Audio Pages:3
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Winchester Simon
ISBN:9780140868630
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Winchester Simon
ISBN:9780670878628
One of the keenest volunteers in the making of the Oxford English Dictionary was a W C Minor. His refusal to go to Oxford to receive his congratulations led to the editor going to meet him in Berkshire...
Format:Hardback Pages:224
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Winchester Simon
ISBN:9780141037714
Simon Winchester's The Surgeon of Crowthorne was an international bestseller and tells an extraordinary true story of murder, madness and an extraordinary friendship in the nineteenth century. It is the tale of James Murray...
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Simon Winchester;Simon Winchester SimonWinchester
ISBN:9780060592387
From the bestselling author of
"The Professor and the Madman,
The Map That Changed the World, "and "Krakatoa"
Writing with marvelous brio...
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Simon Winchester;Simon Winchester SimonWinchester
ISBN:9780060592356
From the bestselling author of
"The Professor and the Madman,
The Map That Changed the World, "and "Krakatoa"
Writing with marvelous brio...
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Simon Winchester
ISBN:9780060572006
Unleashed by ancient geologic forces, a magnitude 8.25 earthquake rocked San Francisco in the early hours of April 18, 1906. Less than a minute later...
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Simon Winchester
ISBN:9780792737643
In the early morning hours of April 18, 1906, San Francisco was overcome by the violent shocks of an enormous earthquake, registering 8.25 on the Richter scale. The tremors and rumbling...
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Simon Winchester
ISBN:9780195396195
On a summer's day in 1858, in a garden behind Christ Church College in Oxford, Charles Dodgson, a lecturer in mathematics, photographed six-year-old Alice Liddell...
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Kate Schermerhorn;Kate Winchester SimonSchermerhorn
ISBN:9781899235483
A rollercoaster ride of the absurd combining the photographs of Kate Schermerhorn and the writing of Simon Winchester in a compelling and hilarious exploration of this search for fun. We see people bungee jump...
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Simon Winchester
ISBN:9780062002495
Atlantic is a biography of a tremendous space that has been central to the ambitions of explorers, scientists, and warriors, and continues to affect our character...
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Winchester Simon
ISBN:9780007341399
One hundred and ninety million years ago, the shifting of two of the world?s tectonic plates led to the creation of an immense chasm. This giant gash in the flanks of the planet slowly opened up and eventually evolved into the most important and most travelled ocean in our world. In this utterly original biography...
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Simon Winchester
ISBN:9780061702587
Blending history and anecdote, geography and reminiscence, science and exposition, the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Krakatoa" tells the breathtaking saga of the magnificent Atlantic Ocean...
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Winchester Simon
ISBN:9780007364596
In a narrative tour de force, Simon Winchester dramatises the life of the Atlantic Ocean, from its birth in the farther recesses of geological time to its eventual extinction millions of years in the future. At the core of the book is the story of mankind?s complex relationship with this immense sea...
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Winchester Simon
ISBN:9780007341375
In a narrative tour de force, Simon Winchester dramatises the life of the Atlantic Ocean, from its birth in the farther recesses of geological time to its eventual extinction millions of years in the future. At the core of the book is the story of mankind?s complex relationship with this immense sea...
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Simon Winchester
ISBN:9780061702624
Blending history and anecdote, geography and reminiscence, science and exposition, the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Krakatoa" tells the breathtaking saga of the magnificent Atlantic Ocean...
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Simon Winchester
ISBN:9780670913794
Joseph Needham and the Great Secrets of China
The seventeenth-century philosopher-statesman Francis Bacon famously declared that nothing had changed the world more profoundly than three great discoveries: printing...
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Simon Winchester
ISBN:9780060750442
In the late 1980s, New York Times bestselling author Simon Winchester set out on foot to discover the Republic of Korea -- from its southern tip to the North Korean border -- in order to set the record straight about this enigmatic and elusive land.
Fascinating for its vivid presentation of historical and geographic detail...
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Simon Winchester
ISBN:9780060838591
Simon Winchester, New York Times bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman, examines the legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa...
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Simon Winchester
ISBN:9780066212852
The bestselling author of "The Professor and the Madman" and "The Map That Changed the World" examines the enduring and world-changing effects of the catastrophic eruption off the coast of Java of the earth's most dangerous volcano -- Krakatoa...
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Simon Winchester
ISBN:9780060530662
The legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa -- the name has since become a by-word for a cataclysmic disaster -- was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly 40...
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Simon Winchester
ISBN:9781417629183
Simon Winchester, struck by a sudden need to discover exactly what was left of the British Empire, set out across the globe to visit the far-flung islands that are all that remain of what once made Britain great. He traveled 100...
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Simon Winchester
ISBN:9780060598617
Simon Winchester, struck by a sudden need to discover exactly what was left of the British Empire, set out across the globe to visit the far-flung islands that are all that remain of what once made Britain great. He traveled 100...
Format:Paperback Pages:362
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Simon Winchester
ISBN:9781417692644
The Professor and the Madman, masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary -- and literary history. The compilation of the OED began in 1857...
Pages:242
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Simon Winchester
ISBN:9780141016313
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Simon Winchester
ISBN:9780618858668
Acclaimed writer Simon Winchester brings his keen literary eye to this year's volume of the finest travel writing from the past year. "Full of insights...
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Simon Winchester;Dwight Jon Zimmerman
ISBN:9780061239830
Eruptions.
Explosions.
Shock waves.
Tsunamis.
The almighty explosion that destroyed the volcano island of Krakatoa was followed by an immense tsunami that killed more than thirty thousand people. The effects of the waves were felt as far away as France...
Format:Library Binding Pages:96
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Simon Winchester;Dwight Jon Chin JasonZimmerman
ISBN:9780061239823
Eruptions.
Explosions.
Shock waves.
Tsunamis.
The almighty explosion that destroyed the volcano island of Krakatoa was followed by an immense tsunami that killed more than thirty thousand people. The effects of the waves were felt as far away as France...
Format:Hardcover Pages:96
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Simon Winchester
ISBN:9780060543242
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Simon Winchester
ISBN:9780060954949
A True Portrait of One of the World's Most Chaotic and Beautiful Regions That Explains Why Violence Has Always Occurred There--And Why It May Continue For Years To Come
The vast and mountainous area that makes up the Balkans is rife with discord...
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Simon Winchester
ISBN:9780060884611
In sumptuous and illuminating detail, Simon Winchester, bestselling author of "The Professor and the Madman," brings to life the extraordinary story of Joseph Needham--the brilliant Cambridge scientist...
Format:Paperback Pages:316
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Simon Winchester
ISBN:9780061562761
In sumptuous and illuminating detail, Simon Winchester, the bestselling author of "The Professor and the Madman" ("Elegant and scrupulous"--"New York Times Book Review") and "Krakatoa" ("A mesmerizing page-turner"--"Time") brings to life the extraordinary story of Joseph Needham...
Format:Paperback Pages:478
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Simon Winchester
ISBN:9780060884598
In sumptuous and illuminating detail, Simon Winchester, the bestselling author of "The Professor and the Madman" ("Elegant and scrupulous"--"New York Times Book Review") and "Krakatoa" ("A mesmerizing page-turner"--"Time") brings to life the extraordinary story of Joseph Needham...
Format:Hardcover Pages:316
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Simon Winchester
ISBN:9780060931803
In 1793, a canal digger named William Smith made a startling discovery. He found that by tracing the placement of fossils, which he uncovered in his excavations...
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Simon Winchester
ISBN:9780061767906
In 1793, a canal digger named William Smith made a startling discovery. He found that by tracing the placement of fossils, which he uncovered in his excavations...
Format:Paperback Pages:329
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Simon Winchester
ISBN:9780195175004
From the best-selling author of The Professor and the Madman, The Map That Changed the World, and Krakatoa comes a truly wonderful celebration of the English language and of its unrivaled treasure house...
Format:Paperback Pages:288
USD $22.43
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Simon Winchester
ISBN:9780060839789
The Professor and the Madman, masterfully researched and eloquently written, is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary -- and literary history. The compilation of the OED began in 1857...
Format:Paperback Pages:242
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Simon Winchester
ISBN:9780060175962
Mysterious (mistie - ries), a. f. L. mysterium Mysteryi ] ous. Cf. F. mysterieux.]
1. Full of or fraught with mystery; wrapt in mystery; hidden from human knowledge or understanding; impossible or difficult to explain...
Format:Hardcover Pages:256
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Simon Winchester
ISBN:9780312423377
Rising in the mountains of the Tibetan border, the symbolic heart of China pierces 3,900 miles of rugged country before debouching into the oily swells of the East China Sea. Connecting China's heartland cities with the volatile coastal giant...
Format:Paperback Pages:414
USD $17.17
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