Resultaten voor 'simon winchester'

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  1. Land
    1. Simon Winchester

    Land

    How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World
    € 37,50
  2. Land
    1. Simon Winchester

    Land

    How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World
    € 32,95
  3. The Trilogy of North American Waters
    1. David Freese
    2. Simon Winchester

    The Trilogy of North American Waters

    West Coast, East Coast, Mississippi River
    € 137,50
  4. Lonely Planet By the Seat of My Pants
    1. Wickham Boyle
    2. Tim Cahill
    3. Joshua Clark

    Lonely Planet By the Seat of My Pants

    31 Memorabe Travel Stories | Close Encounters to Laugh Out Loud Misadventures | As Told by Famous Writers Travellers & Storytellers

    Lonely Planet knows that some of life's funniest experiences happen on the road. Whether they take the form of unexpected detours, unintended adventures, unidentifiable dinners or unforgettable encounters, they can give birth to our most found travel lessons, and our most memorable - and hilarious - travel stories.

    € 12,50
  5. Krakatoa
    1. Simon Winchester

    Krakatoa

    The Day the World Exploded

    Chronicles the destruction of Indonesian island of Krakatoa in 1883. This book describes how one island and its inhabitants were blasted out of existence and how colonial society was turned upside-down in a cataclysm.

    € 17,95
  6. The Map That Changed the World
    1. Simon Winchester

    The Map That Changed the World

    A Tale of Rocks, Ruin and Redemption

    Hidden behind velvet curtains above a stairway in a house in London's Piccadilly is an enormous and beautiful hand-coloured map - the first geological map of anywhere in the world. Its maker was a farmer's son named William Smith. Born in 1769 his life was beset by troubles. This title tells his story.

    € 17,95
  7. Base Nation
    1. Vine, David

    Base Nation

    How U.S. Military Bases Abroad Harm America and the World

    From Italy to the Indian Ocean, from Japan to Honduras, a Far-Reaching Examination of the Perils of American Military Bases Overseas

    € 20,95
  8. Krakatoa
    1. Simon Winchester

    Krakatoa

    The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
    € 22,95
  9. Exactly
    1. Simon Winchester

    Exactly

    How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World

    SHORTLISTED FOR THE ROYAL SOCIETY SCIENCE BOOK PRIZE 2018 Bestselling author Simon Winchester writes a magnificent history of the pioneering engineers who developed precision machinery to allow us to see as far as the moon and as close as the Higgs boson.

    € 17,95
  10. The Meaning of Everything
    1. Simon Winchester

    The Meaning of Everything

    The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary

    The creation of the first Oxford English Dictionary was an extraordinary endeavour, lasting over 70 years. In The Professor and the Madman, Simon Winchester recounted one fascinating episode; in The Meaning of Everything, he tells the whole story of the host of characters who carried out 'the greatest enterprise of its kind in history'.

    € 18,50
  11. Atlantic
    1. Simon Winchester

    Atlantic

    A Vast Ocean of a Million Stories

    The definitive biography of the world's most important body of water – the Atlantic.

    € 23,50
  12. The Map That Changed the World
    1. Simon Winchester

    The Map That Changed the World

    William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
    € 16,50