Simon Winchester
Bomb Book and Compass
$32.95 (Trade paperback / Viking )
Before fate intervened, Joseph Needham was a distinguished biochemist performing research at Cambridge University, married to a fellow scientist and an ardent member of the local Communist party. In 1937 he was asked to ... More »
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... 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 Winchester ... 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... More »
Crack In The Edge Of The World The Great American Earthquakeof 1906
$26.95 (Paperback book / Penguin )
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... 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 ... More »
Krakatoa Day The World Exploded
$24.95 (Paperback book / Penguin Books )
Simon Winchester's brilliant chronicle of the destruction of the Indonesian island of Krakatoa in 1883 charts the birth of our modern world. He tells the story of the unrecognized genius who beat Darwin to the discovery ... 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... More »