Hakutulokset: Kirjoja kirjailijalta Simon Winchester
yhteensä 83 hakutulosta
Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
The bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and The Map That Changed the World examines the enduring and world-changing effects of the catastrophic eruption off the …
The Surgeon of Crowthorne
An extraordinary tale of madness, genius and obsession, discover the true story of the two remarkable men that led to the making of the Oxford English Dictionary - and literary …
Made in America
A photographic celebration of how things are made, honoring the workers who bring craft, passion, and technological savvy to American manufacturing—both traditional and …
Base Nation
American military bases encircle the globe. More than two decades after the end of the Cold War, the United States still stations its troops at nearly a thousand locations in …
Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories
"Variably genial, cautionary, lyrical, admonitory, terrifying, horrifying and inspiring...A lifetime of thought, travel, reading, imagination and memory inform this affecting …
The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
From the author of the bestselling The Professor and the Madman comes the fascinating story of William Smith, the orphaned son of an English country blacksmith, who became obsessed …
The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
A New York Times Notable Book The Professor and the Madman is an extraordinary tale of madness, genius, and the incredible obsessions of two remarkable men that led to the making …
An Artist in Venice
Filled with wit and insight, this is a fascinating tour of Venice from an artist's perspective. The city of Venice has always provided an almost irresistible lure for both writers …
The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World
"Another gem from one of the world's justly celebrated historians specializing in unusual and always fascinating subjects and people." -- Booklist (starred review)The revered New …