Simon Winchester

• Jan-1991
• / Contemporary Romance
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In the late 1980s, New York Times bestselling author Simon Winchester set out on foot to discover the Republic of Korea - from its southern tip to the North Korean border - in order to set the record straight about this enigmatic and elusiv...

• Dec-1993
• / General Fiction
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• Apr-2003
• / General Fiction
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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 coast of Java of the earth's most dangerous volcano -- Krakatoa. Th...

• Oct-2005
• / General Fiction
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The international bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and Krakatoa vividly brings to life the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake that leveled a city symbolic of America's relentless western expansion. Simon Winchester has also fashioned an ...

• May-2009
• / General Fiction
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• Mar-2013
• / General Fiction
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In sumptuous and illuminating detail, Simon Winchester, the bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman ("Elegant and scrupulous" -- New York Times Book Review) and Krakatoa ("A mesmerizing page-turner" -- Time) brings to l...

• Apr-2023
• / Historical
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From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergarten classes--this is a look at how humans acquire, retain, and pass on information and data, and how technology continues to change our lives and our mi...