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Part homage to the greatest reference work of all time, the Oxford English Dictionary , part mystery, part intellectual history of Victorian England, The Professor and the ... More
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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, humor, the exotic and ... More
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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 ... More
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The Map That Changed the World is, at its foundation, a very human tale of endurance and achievement, of one man s dedication in the face of ruin and homelessness. The world ... More
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In this first US edition, the author of the The Map That Changed the World portrays the 19th-century eruption of a Javanese volcano that still has global repercussions in both ... More
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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, the city lay in ruins. ... More
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From the bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman, The Map That Changed the World, and Krakatoa Writing with marvelous brio, Simon Winchester first serves up a ... More
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Part homage to the greatest reference work of all time, the Oxford English Dictionary , part mystery, part intellectual history of Victorian England, The Professor and the ... More
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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 ... More
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