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Simon Winchester

Simon Winchester

62 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 122,800

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

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

by Simon Winchester

3.88 of 22,085

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

3.81 of 14,221

The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World

The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World

by Simon Winchester

4.15 of 6,779

A Crack in the Edge of the World

A Crack in the Edge of the World

by Simon Winchester

3.79 of 7,295

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 5,310

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 5,296

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 4,873

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 4,339

Pacific: The Ocean of the Future

Pacific: The Ocean of the Future

by Simon Winchester

4.04 of 4,106

Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World

Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World

by Simon Winchester

3.79 of 3,220

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 1,878

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 1,869

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 1,700

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

3.61 of 962

The Alice Behind Wonderland

The Alice Behind Wonderland

by Simon Winchester

3.31 of 912

The Breath of the Gods: The History and Future of the Wind

The Breath of the Gods: The History and Future of the Wind

by Simon Winchester

3.81 of 518

The Fracture Zone: My Return to the Balkans – A Journey Into War, Chaos, and Violence in a Beautiful Region on the Brink

The Fracture Zone: My Return to the Balkans – A Journey Into War, Chaos, and Violence in a Beautiful Region on the Brink

by Simon Winchester

3.62 of 488