Simon Winchester Forfatter
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The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Oxford English Dictionary (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The making of the "Oxford English Dictionary" was a monumental 50 year task requiring thousands of volunteers. One of... Læs mere
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Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
From the bestselling author Simon Winchester, a human history of land around the world: who mapped it, owned it, stole it, cared for it, fought for it and gave it back.
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The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder,Madness and the Oxford English Dictionary (Bog, Paperback, Engelsk)
The making of the "Oxford English Dictionary" was a monumental 50 year task requiring thousands of volunteers. One of... Læs mere
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Exactly: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2018 Bestselling author Simon Winchester writes a magnificent history of the pioneering engineers who developed precision machinery to allow us to see as far as the moon and as close as the Higgs boson.
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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Chronicles the destruction of Indonesian island of Krakatoa in 1883. This book describes how one island and its inhabitants were blasted out of existence and how colonial society was turned upside-down in a cataclysm.
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The Map That Changed the World: A Tale of Rocks, Ruin and Redemption (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Hidden behind velvet curtains above a stairway in a house in London's Piccadilly is an enormous and beautiful hand-coloured map - the... Læs mere
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Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
From the bestselling author Simon Winchester, a human history of land around the world: who mapped it, owned it, stole it, cared for it, fought for it and gave it back.
Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage -
Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: from Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
‘A delightful compendium of the kind of facts you immediately want to share with anyone you encounter’ New York Times ‘An ebullient, irrepressible spirit invests this book. It is erudite and sprightly’Sunday Times
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The Breath of the Gods: The History and Future of the Wind (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Sunday Times bestselling author Simon Winchester returns with a thought-provoking history of the wind, written in his edifying and entertaining style.
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The Men Who United the States (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
From bestselling author Simon Winchester, the extraordinary story of how America was united into a single nation.
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Atlantic: A Vast Ocean of a Million Stories (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The definitive biography of the world's most important body of water – the Atlantic.
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Pacific: The Ocean of the Future (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Travelling the circumference of the truly gigantic Pacific, Simon Winchester tells the story of the world’s largest body of water, and – in matters economic, political and military – the ocean of the future.
Levering: 6 - 9 hverdage
