In his career at the guardian newspaper, winchester covered numerous significant events, including bloody sunday and the watergate scandal. Everything, according to wikipedia 2010 and canals. Depending on the readers familiarity with certain countries, technologies or histories, these can bog down quickly in repetitive or overindulgence of detail. Winchester has written or contributed to more than a dozen nonfiction books, has written one novel, and has. Winchester is a superb author who writes on many diverse topics. May 07, 2018 in the perfectionists simon winchester looks at history of precision engineering. View the profiles of people named simon winchester. Simon winchesters other books include the professor and the madman, the men who united the states, the map that changed the world, the man who loved china, a crack in the edge of the world, krakatoa, and pacific.
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A modernday melville, he takes to the waters in pursuit of a largerthanlife creature, adeptly capturing his prey in the engaging atlantic. Oct 04, 2016 his current book is the criticallyacclaimed pacific and the coming collision of the worlds superpowers, due out in paperback october 24. Like michenor, he can make people, circumstances, events and geography come. He is the author of many highly acclaimed and bestsellng works of nonfiction. Discount prices on books by simon winchester, including titles like the professor and the madman movie tiein. Pacific is simon winchesters latest bigpicture book. Shes also dean winchester s only daughter, conceived during a onenightstand on a hunt when he was 20. Silicon chips and surfboards, coral reefs and atom bombs, brutal dictators, fading october 18, 20 the men who united the states. What links the such disparate cultures as australia and japan, korea and the west coasts of north and south america. The pacific by simon winchester 19910221 hardcover january 1, 1818 see all formats and editions hide other formats and editions. Simon winchester, new york times bestselling author of the professor and the madman, examines the legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcanoisland of krakatoa, which was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly forty thousand people. Oct 08, 2010 winchester was fortunate to catch the last hoot of that majestic period, taking a berth on the empress of britain in 1963, where he stumbled upon a lost world of civilised travel. View simon winchesters profile on linkedin, the worlds largest professional community. He was made an officer of the order of the british empire obe for services to journalism and literature in the new year honours list for 2006.
Simon winchesters pacific tales abc conversations with. The ocean of the future 1st edition by winchester, simon isbn. Oct 29, 2015 this tension between major powers in the pacific is highlighted in a new book by bestselling author simon winchester. A survey of the pacific includes chapters on coral reefs, thermonuclear. The hokulea is built in the tradition of the ancient hawaiian doublehulled voyaging canoe known as waa kaulua. He discusses plate tectonics, general geological principles, and the underlying geology of the region in a lucid, and entertaining manner and manages to make some fairly technical stuff very accessible to the layman. Pacific is really a set of essays by the author about historical events and people centered around the pacific ocean. Now that mayas mother is dead, shes been put into the care of dean.
Following his acclaimed atlantic and the men who united the states, new york times bestselling author simon winchester offers an enthralling biography of the pacific ocean and its role in the modern world, exploring our relationship with this imposing force of nature as the mediterranean shaped the classical world, and the atlantic connected. Everyday low prices and free delivery on eligible orders. Silicon chips and surfboards, coral reefs and atom bombs, brutal. Silicon chips and surfboards, coral reefs and atom. Pacific from the bestselling author simon winchester comes this account of the atomic tests on the atoll of bikini, the rise of surfboards, the digital revolution from japan to silicon valley, alarming discoveries on the great barrier reef. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. Further information, and to listen or download audio facebook. Nov 11, 2010 lisa mullins talks with author simon winchester about his new book, iatlantic. Only simon winchester, the bestselling author of the professor and the madman and krakatoa, would have the tenacity and the talent to tackle a biography of the atlantic ocean. A more appropriate title might be miscellaneous essays about asia, australia and the pacific. Simon winchester author, the professor and the madman. Pacific is simon winchesters latest bigpicture book the. The once and future ocean, will be published around the world in september and october 2015.
A highbrow out to educate middlebrows, winchester writes books like. Dec 07, 2015 simon winchester discussed his book at a national committee event on november 23 in new york city. Booked the three seater to watch despicable me 3 and was disappointed to find three foreign kids had nabbed it and were unwilling to move. To encompass this vastness in one book, winchester selects a series of key moments in the pacifics recent history. Winchester has written or contributed to more than a dozen nonfiction books, has written one novel, and has contributed to several travel magazines, among them. Simon winchester is the new york times bestselling author of the professor and the madman.
Winchester offers insight into the pacific s central importance in the 21st century through 10 closeups of historic moments, trends and challenges from the oceans postww2 history. Winchester offers a bar menu where you can have a drink or order hot food or snacks in our foyer bar. Silicon chips and surfboards, coral reefs and atom bombs, brutal dictators, fading empires, and the coming collision of the worlds. He was a foreign correspondent for more than thirty years includng twelve years for the guardian in asia, reporting on the hong kong handover to china for the newspaper in 1997, and twenty years as the asia editor for conde nast traveler. Simon winchester was born on september 28, 1944 in england. In pacific, author simon winchester closes with the image of the vessel hokulea, which he views as a symbol of hope for the people of the pacific islands and a physical manifestation of a return of respect for indigenous traditions. Simon winchester, obe, a british writer, journalist and broadcaster, was born in north london on 28th september 1944, the only child of bernard and andree winchester nee dewael. By nina maclaughlin globe correspondent, october 24, 2015, 6.
He is a writer, known for the professor and the madman 2019, truth in numbers. Winchester s latest is a rollicking work of pop science that entertains and informs. Simon winchesters latest book, pacific, is based on a fairly simple westwardfocused premise. Winchester achieves this spooky feat partly through numbers. Well, basically, its about the making of the oxford english dictionary in the latter half of the 19th century and the fact that one of the many, many volunteers that was working to collect illustrative quotations turned out to be, but unbeknown to the editors, a lunatic american murderer, who did all the work on the dictionary for. He starts in 1950 with a bravura chapter, the great thermonuclear sea. Simon winchesters latest book, pacific, is based on a fairly simple westward focused premise. Oct 27, 2015 one of library journals 10 best books of 2015. What makes the book so good is the scientific detail, chiefly geological, that winchester presents to the reader. Nov 22, 2015 winchester was inspired by a book of essays published by the austrian writer stefan zweig in 1927, dealing with what winchester calls the seminal moments in the tide of human experience.
Simon winchester conversations with richard fidler abc. Join facebook to connect with simon winchester and others you may know. Pacific simon winchester ebook harpercollins publishers. The pacific is a world of tsunamis and magellan, of the bounty mutiny and the boeing company. A modernday melville, he takes to the waters in pursuit of a largerthanlife creature, adeptly capturing his prey in the engaging atlantic winchester first focuses on the geological history of the atlantic. Simon winchester, who is married to the former npr producer setsuko sato, lives in new york and on a small farm in the berkshires. Simon winchester s other books include the professor and the madman, the men who united the states, the map that changed the world, the man who loved china, a crack in the edge of the world, krakatoa, and pacific. Simon winchester offers an enthralling biography of the pacific ocean and its role. Winchester takes us on a chronological journey starting with the testing of abombs at the bikini atoll in the 40s and 50s and ending with the eruption of mt. But shes stubborn, smart, and knows about the supernatural. The former asian correspondent explores the unique geographical and historical forces that shape the pacific ocean.
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