Harper, November 2025. Hardcover. A new copy. New York Times bestselling author Simon Winchester returns with a thought-provoking history of the wind, written in his edifying and entertaining style. What is going on with our atmosphere? The headlines are filled with news of devastating hurricanes, murderous tornadoes, and cataclysmic fires.....
Harper Perennial, May 2009. Trade Paperback. Very good paperback copy. In sumptuous and illuminating detail, Simon Winchester, the bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman ("Elegant and scrupulous"--New York Times Book Review) and Krakatoa ("A mesmerizing page-turner"--Time) brings to life the extraordinary story of Joseph Needham, the brilliant Cambridge.....
Oxford University Press, 2003. First Edition. Trade Paperback. First edition (first printing). A fine copy in a fine dust jacket. 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.....
The Folio Society, 2014. First Edition Thus. Hardcover. 199 pages. Text of this edition follows that of the paperback edition by Penguin Books in 1999, with minor emendations. First Folio Society edition (first printing). A fine copy; no dust jacket. In publisher's origingal slipcase.