Simon Winchester

65 books

America's Idea of a Good Time by Simon Winchester, Kate Schermerhorn

America's Idea of a Good Time

Simon Winchester, Kate Schermerhorn

108 pages • first pub 2001 (editions)

challenging informative medium-paced
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 adventurous informative medium-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 informative 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
Ein Riss durch die Welt: Amerika und das Erdbeben von San Francisco 1906 by Simon Winchester, Simon Winchester

Ein Riss durch die Welt: Amerika und das Erdbeben von San Francisco 1906

Simon Winchester, Simon Winchester

missing page info • first pub 2005 (editions)

adventurous informative slow-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