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The Professor and the Madman - Simon Winchester - Book
The Professor and the Madman
Simon Winchester

The fascinating true story about the relationship between the man who compiled the first Oxford English Dictionary and his major collaborator, an imprisoned murderer. A "New York Times"......  read more

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The Man Who Loved China - Simon Winchester - Book
The Man Who Loved China
Simon Winchester

In 1937 eccentric Cambridge biochemist Joseph Needham fell in love with a Chinese student, and then shortly later with China itself, a country and culture that was still mostly unfamiliar......  read more

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The Meaning of Everything - Simon Winchester - Book
The Meaning of Everything
Simon Winchester

Begun in 1857, the Oxford English Dictionary (fondly known as the O.E.D.) was finished in the 1920s, and has become the definitive source for the meaning and, more importantly, the......  read more

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Krakatoa - Simon Winchester - Book
Krakatoa
Simon Winchester

Winchester, author of THE MAP THAT CHANGED THE WORLD, here revisits the volcanic explosion at Krakatoa that shook the world. The story of this cataclysmic event covers most of the......  read more

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The Map That Changed the World - Simon Winchester - Book
The Map That Changed the World
Simon Winchester

Winchester, acclaimed for THE PROFESSOR AND THE MADMAN, tells the story of William Smith, who in 1815 - - despite his lower - class status - - laid the foundations for modern geology.......  read more

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Lonely Planet Simon Winchester's Calcutta - Simon Winchester - Book
Lonely Planet Simon Winchester's Calcutta
Simon Winchester

  

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Outposts - Simon Winchester - Book
Outposts
Simon Winchester

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......  read more

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The Fracture Zone - Simon Winchester - Book
The Fracture Zone
Simon Winchester

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<......  read more

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The River at the Center of the World - Simon Winchester - Book
The River at the Center of the World
Simon Winchester

A trip on the Yangtze River, the symbolic heart of China, that is more than a travel narrative; Simon Winchester's long fascination not only with China's landscape but with its people......  read more

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Prison Diary, Argentina - Simon Winchester - Book
Prison Diary, Argentina
Simon Winchester

A British journalist recounts his experiences in an Argentinian jail during the Falklands War on suspicion of spying.  read more

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The Sun Never Sets - Simon Winchester - Book
The Sun Never Sets
Simon Winchester

The author recounts his experiences traveling to Diego Garcia, Tristan, Gibraltar, Ascension Island, St. Helena, Hong Kong, Bermuda, the British West Indies, the Falklands, and Pitcairn......  read more

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A Crack In The Edge Of The World - Simon Winchester - Book
A Crack In The Edge Of The World
Simon Winchester

The San Andreas fault runs along the coast of California. In April, 1906, it cracked, resulting in the devastating earthquake, measuring 8.25 on the Richter scale, that leveled much......  read more

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The Day the World Exploded - Simon Winchester - Book
The Day the World Exploded
Simon Winchester

Offers the true story of one of the world's largest volcanic eruption that took place on the island of Krakatoa in 1883, killing thirty thousand people, destroying the island, and......  read more

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Professor And The Madman - Simon Winchester - Book
Professor And The Madman
Simon Winchester

  

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Their Noble Lordships - Simon Winchester - Book
Their Noble Lordships
Simon Winchester

A study of the hereditary peers of Great Britain, their history, their place in British society, and their varied lifestyles concludes that the hereditary aristocracy should be abolished.  read more

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