Available November 18!
The Breath of the Gods: The History and Future of the Wind
Knowing What We Know:
The Transmission of Knowledge
From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
"The acclaimed Winchester leaps nimbly from cuneiform writings through Gutenberg to Google and Wikipedia as he examines Knowing What We Know—that is, how we acquire, retain, and pass on information—and how technology’s current capability to do those things for us might be threatening our ability to think." — Library Journal
“Erudite, digressive, and brimming with fascinating information.” — Kirkus Reviews
LAND: How the Hunger for Ownership Shaped the Modern World
The End of The River
The Man with the Electrified Brain
Mississippi River: Headwaters and Heartland to Delta and Gulf
by David Freese—I wrote the essay
When the Sky Breaks
Junior Library Guild Selection!
Paperback of Pacific
New York Times Bestseller!
SIMON WINCHESTER is the New York Times best-selling author of The Professor and the Madman. His recent titles include The Perfectionists and Land. Winchester was awarded an Order of the British Empire (OBE) for his services to journalism and literature. He lives in Massachusetts and New York City.
Word of the Week
Arcanum. By chance my ceramicist-wife put a hand-thrown porcelain lampshade into our kiln today, reminding me of this classic book of ten years ago, The Arcanum, in which Janet Gleeson recounted the obsessive European quest to copy the marvels of Chinese craftsmanship. She chose the title from the Latin for a hidden thing, a mystery, one of the most sought-after secrets of the alchemists. The Chinese arcanum was all bound up in the proportions, widely known now, and which I trust Mrs. W. got right in her pure white lampshade, cooking away steadily today..