Simon Winchester
Atlantic: The Biography Of An Ocean
$35.00 – Paperback book / Harper Collins
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 ... Buy or find out more →
Outposts
$21.95 – Paperback book / Harper Collins
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 remains of what once made Britain great. He tra... Buy or find out more →
The Surgeon of Crowthorne
$19.95 – Paperback book / Penguin
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 Mur... Buy or find out more →
River At The Centre Of The World
$24.95 – Paperback book / Penguin
The mighty Yangtze splits China in two, between the wheat - growing North and the rice - growing South; almost 500 million people live and work along its banks. In this compelling book, award - winning writer Simon Winch... Buy or find out more →
Map That Changed The World
$25.00 – Paperback book / Penguin
William Smith was not rich or well connected, but his passion for rocks and fossils, and his twenty-year obsession with single-handedly mapping the geology of Britain made him one of the most significant men of the ninet... Buy or find out more →
Crack In The Edge Of The World The Great Earthquake Of 1906
$10.95 – Paperback book / Viking
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 ... Buy or find out more →
Crack In The Edge Of The World The Great American Earthquakeof 1906
$26.95 – Paperback book / Penguin
The international bestselling author of "The Professor and the Madman" and "Krakatoa" takes an adventurous and informative look at earthquakes, focusing on the devastating San Francisco quake of 1906. Abridged. 5 CDs. Buy or find out more →
The Surgeon Of Crowthorne
$9.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
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 Mur... Buy or find out more →
Krakatoa Day The World Exploded
$24.95 – Paperback book / Penguin Books
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 40,000 people. Beyond the pu... Buy or find out more →