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1. Simon Winchester

The Breath of the Gods

‘A breezy history of the wind… very entertaining’ Sunday Times ‘As Simon Winchester writes in his delightful new book, The Breath of the Gods, these invisible currents of air shape our lives in myriad ways … a thoroughly enjoyable book, brimming over with historical nuggets and contemplations about the future’ New York Times ‘Simon Winchester has found an excellent subject…Winchester is a genial and interesting guide to many different wind-related topics…chatty and informative’ Spectator ‘Fascinating… an erudite and informative read. A wonderful book’ The Tablet ‘Mr Winchester covers everything windy one can conceive of, from aerophone musical instruments to the Mistral as exoneration for murder in France’Country Life ‘Epic … Winchester brings depth to the history of the wind … A splendidly written account of an unseeable force’ Kirkus Reviews (starred review) ‘Beguiling … [Winchester] conveys all this lore in prose that’s colourful and evocative … Readers will savor this’ Publishers Weekly ‘Big nonfiction books that explore the world through the lens of a single object or concept have been popular for decades … but few are as stirring as The Breath of the Gods … Winchester’s exquisitely clear prose leads us into a new understanding of a changing climate and the dangers ahead’ Boston Globe ‘A prolific and bestselling popular historian, Winchester turns his attention to that most powerful of forces: the wind. With his signature entertaining erudition, he explores a subject that has powered the human world since our inception’ New York Times ‘A former reporter, Winchester can find a good story anywhere, and his range is enormous … This time he takes to the air with a study of the phenomenon that shapes Earth’s climate and influences human history’ NPR.org

1. Simon Winchester

The Breath of the Gods

‘A breezy history of the wind… very entertaining’ Sunday Times

1. Jerry Thompson

Cascadia's Fault

1. Simon Winchester

The Breath of the Gods

‘A breezy history of the wind… very entertaining’ Sunday Times ‘As Simon Winchester writes in his delightful new book, The Breath of the Gods, these invisible currents of air shape our lives in myriad ways … a thoroughly enjoyable book, brimming over with historical nuggets and contemplations about the future’ New York Times ‘Simon Winchester has found an excellent subject…Winchester is a genial and interesting guide to many different wind-related topics…chatty and informative’ Spectator ‘Fascinating… an erudite and informative read. A wonderful book’ The Tablet ‘Mr Winchester covers everything windy one can conceive of, from aerophone musical instruments to the Mistral as exoneration for murder in France’Country Life ‘Epic … Winchester brings depth to the history of the wind … A splendidly written account of an unseeable force’ Kirkus Reviews (starred review) ‘Beguiling … [Winchester] conveys all this lore in prose that’s colourful and evocative … Readers will savor this’ Publishers Weekly ‘Big nonfiction books that explore the world through the lens of a single object or concept have been popular for decades … but few are as stirring as The Breath of the Gods … Winchester’s exquisitely clear prose leads us into a new understanding of a changing climate and the dangers ahead’ Boston Globe ‘A prolific and bestselling popular historian, Winchester turns his attention to that most powerful of forces: the wind. With his signature entertaining erudition, he explores a subject that has powered the human world since our inception’ New York Times ‘A former reporter, Winchester can find a good story anywhere, and his range is enormous … This time he takes to the air with a study of the phenomenon that shapes Earth’s climate and influences human history’ NPR.org

1. Simon Winchester

Pacific

Travelling the circumference of the truly gigantic Pacific, Simon Winchester tells the story of the world’s largest body of water, and – in matters economic, political and military – the ocean of the future.

1. Simon , Winchester

Land

?In many ways, Land combines bits and pieces of many of Winchester's previous books into a satisfying, globe-trotting whole. . . . Winchester is, once again, a consummate guide.??Boston Globe The author of The Professor and the Madman, The Map That Changed the World, and The Perfectionists explores the notion of property?bought, earned, or received; in Europe, Africa, North America, or the South Pacific?through human history, how it has shaped us and what it will mean for our future. Land?whether meadow or mountainside, desert or peat bog, parkland or pasture, suburb or city?is central to our existence. It quite literally underlies and underpins everything. Employing the keen intellect, insatiable curiosity, and narrative verve that are the foundations of his previous bestselling works, Simon Winchester examines what we human beings are doing?and have done?with the billions of acres that together make up the solid surface of our planet. Land: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World examines in depth how we acquire land, how we steward it, how and why we fight over it, and finally, how we can, and on occasion do, come to share it. Ultimately, Winchester confronts the essential question: who actually owns the world's land?and why does it matter?