Author: Simon Winchester
Publisher: Lonely Planet
Keywords: writer, amp, place, calcutta, winchester, planet, simon, lonely
Number of Pages: 304
Published: 2004-10-01
List price: $14.99
ISBN-10: 1740595874
ISBN-13: 9781740595872

Calcutta is a city in a state of permanent surprise, where amazement is around every crumbling corner, and astonishment lurks over every rickshow-puller’s shoulder. It is a city that never ceases to shock those who pass through, and it is also a city that manages to delight and enthrall those who are stalwart enough to stay and brave enough to make an effort to look, and to see.Best-selling writer Simon Winchester explores his love-hate relationship with Calcutta, a city that provokes intense reactions in all who visit. Collaborating with his son Rupert, Simon muses on his time spent in

Author: Simon Winchester
Publisher: HarperCollins
Keywords: madman, professor
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 1998-09-01
List price: $23.00
ISBN-10: 0060175966
ISBN-13: 9780060175962

Mysterious (mistîe · ries), a. [f. L. mystérium Mysteryi + ous. Cf. F. mystérieux.] 1. Full of or fraught with mystery; wrapt in mystery; hidden from human knowledge or understanding; impossible or difficult to explain, solve, or discover; of obscure origin, nature, or purpose. It is known as one of the greatest literary achievements in the history of English letters. The creation of the Oxford English Dictionary began in 1857, took seventy years to complete, drew from tens of thousands of brilliant minds, and organized the sprawling language into 414,825 precise definitions. But hidden wi

Author: Simon Winchester
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: wonderland, alice
Number of Pages: 128
Published: 2011-03-17
List price: $16.95
ISBN-10: 0195396197
ISBN-13: 9780195396195

Author: Simon Winchester
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Keywords: miracles, land, walk, korea
Number of Pages: 336
Published: 2005-05-31
List price: $13.99
ISBN-10: 0060750448
ISBN-13: 9780060750442

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 elusive land. Fascinating for its vivid presentation of historical and geographic detail, Korea is that rare book that actually defines a nation and its people. Winchester’s gift for capturing engaging characters in true, compelling stories provides us with a treasury of enchanting and informed insight on the culture, language, history, and politics of thi

Author: Simon Winchester
Publisher: Harper Perennial
Keywords: balkans, return, zone, fracture
Number of Pages: 272
Published: 2000-10-01
List price: $13.00
ISBN-10: 0060954949
ISBN-13: 9780060954949

A True Portrait of One of the World’s Most Chaotic and Beautiful Regions That Explains Why Violence Has Always Occurred There--And Why It May Continue For Years To ComeThe vast and mountainous area that makes up the Balkans is rife with discord, both cultural and topographical. And, as Simon Winchester superbly demonstrates in this intimate portrait of the region, much of the political strife of the past century can be traced to its inherent contrasts. With the aid of a guide and linguist, Winchester traveled deep into the region’s most troublesome areas--including Slovenia, Croati

Author: Simon Winchester
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: english, dictionary, oxford, story, everything, meaning
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2003-10-02
List price: $26.00
ISBN-10: 0198607024
ISBN-13: 9780198607021

From the best-selling author of The Professor and the Madman, The Map That Changed the World, and Krakatoa comes a truly wonderful celebration of the English language and of its unrivaled treasure house, the Oxford English Dictionary. Writing with marvelous brio, Winchester first serves up a lightning history of the English language--’so vast, so sprawling, so wonderfully unwieldy’--and pays homage to the great dictionary makers, from ’the irredeemably famous’ Samuel Johnson to the ’short, pale, smug and boastful’ schoolmaster from New Hartford, Noah Webster

Author: Simon Winchester
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: english, dictionary, oxford, story, everything, meaning
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 2004-10-14
List price: $19.99
ISBN-10: 019517500X
ISBN-13: 9780195175004

From the best-selling author of The Professor and the Madman, The Map That Changed the World, and Krakatoa comes a truly wonderful celebration of the English language and of its unrivaled treasure house, the Oxford English Dictionary. Writing with marvelous brio, Winchester first serves up a lightning history of the English language--"so vast, so sprawling, so wonderfully unwieldy"--and pays homage to the great dictionary makers, from "the irredeemably famous" Samuel Johnson to the "short, pale, smug and boastful" schoolmaster from New Hartford, Noah Webster. He then turns his unmatched talent