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Simon Winchester

Born September 28, 1944

Author and journalist Simon Winchester was born in England but favours the United States.

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Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic

Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic

2023

Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World

Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World

2021

The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World

The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World

2018

Pacific: The Ocean of the Future

Pacific: The Ocean of the Future

2015

The Men Who United the States: America's Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics and Mavericks, and the Creation of One Nation, Indivisible

The Men Who United the States: America's Explorers, Inventors, Eccentrics and Mavericks, and the Creation of One Nation, Indivisible

2013

A Moveable Feast

A Moveable Feast

2011

with Andrew Zimmern and Anthony Bourdain

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

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

2009

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

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

2008

A Crack in the Edge of the World

A Crack in the Edge of the World

2005

Lonely Planet the Kindness of Strangers 3

Lonely Planet the Kindness of Strangers 3

2003

with Tim Cahill and Dave Eggers

Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883

Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883

2003

The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary

The Meaning of Everything: The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary

2003

The Map that Changed the World: William Smith & the Birth of Modern Geology

The Map that Changed the World: William Smith & the Birth of Modern Geology

2001

The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Oxford English Dictionary

The Surgeon of Crowthorne: A Tale of Murder, Madness and the Oxford English Dictionary

1998

The River At The Centre Of The World

The River At The Centre Of The World

1996

Korea: A Walk Through the Land of Miracles

Korea: A Walk Through the Land of Miracles

1988

Outposts: Journeys to the Surviving Relics of the British Empire

Outposts: Journeys to the Surviving Relics of the British Empire

1985