Simon Winchester is meticulous about historical accuracy, attention to
detail and one heck of an entertaining storyteller. These seemingly bland
subjects spring off the page (and out of the speakers) and make for
a grand yarn.

1985 - Outposts: Journeys to the Surviving Relics of the British Empire
1998 - The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary
2001 - The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
2003 - The Meaning of Everything . the making of the Oxford English Dictionary
2003 - Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded . the 27 August 1883 eruption of Krakatoa
2005 - A Crack in the Edge of the World: America and the Great California Earthquake of 1906
2008 - The Man Who Loved China . the life of Joseph Needham

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