Simon Winchester

57 books

American Heartbeat: Some Notes from a Midwestern Journey by Simon Winchester
American Heartbeat: Some Notes from a Midwestern Journey
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Simon Winchester

American Heartbeat: Some Notes from a Midwestern Journey

Simon Winchester

202 pages • first pub 1976 (editions)

informative medium-paced
Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms & a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories by Simon Winchester

Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms & a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories

Simon Winchester

495 pages • first pub 2009 (editions)

nonfiction history science travel adventurous informative slow-paced
Bomb, Book & Compass: Joseph Needham &the Great Secrets of China by Simon Winchester

Bomb, Book & Compass: Joseph Needham &the Great Secrets of China

Simon Winchester

317 pages • first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction biography history informative fast-paced
By Rail and By Sea by Simon Winchester, Scott Connaroe

By Rail and By Sea

Simon Winchester, Scott Connaroe

144 pages • first pub 2014 (editions)

informative reflective medium-paced
Cascadia's Fault: The Coming Earthquake and Tsunami That Could Devastate North America by Jerry Thompson

Cascadia's Fault: The Coming Earthquake and Tsunami That Could Devastate North America

Jerry Thompson

372 pages • first pub 2011 (editions)

nonfiction science challenging informative reflective slow-paced
A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906 by Simon Winchester

A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906

Simon Winchester

462 pages • first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction history science adventurous slow-paced
A Dictionary of Modern English Usage by Henry Fowler

A Dictionary of Modern English Usage

Henry Fowler

742 pages • first pub 1926 (editions)

nonfiction reference funny informative lighthearted medium-paced
The End of the River by Simon Winchester

The End of the River

Simon Winchester

44 pages • first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction informative slow-paced
Exactly: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World by Simon Winchester

Exactly: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World

Simon Winchester

336 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction history science technology adventurous informative slow-paced
The Fracture Zone: My Return to the Balkans by Simon Winchester

The Fracture Zone: My Return to the Balkans

Simon Winchester

272 pages • first pub 1999 (editions)

nonfiction history travel informative slow-paced