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Audiobooks English language Etymology Lexicographers Great Britain Biography Minor, William Chester Nationalism United States History Needham, Joseph 1900-1995 Psychiatric hospital patients Great Britain Biography Science China History Sir Murray, James Augustus Henry 1837-1915 Friends and associates United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Veterans BiographyWinchester, Simon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Prentice Hall Press 1985
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 910.09 WINWinchester, Simon.
Summary: A portrait of the mid-twentieth-century scientist and adventurer traces his British government mission to China, his love affair with visiting student Lu Gwei-Djen, and his pivotal influence on the Western world's understanding of China's culture and history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperLuxe 2008
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Summary: The author follows in the footsteps of America's most essential explorers, thinkers, and innovators to offer a new perspective on how the most powerful nation on Earth came together.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 WINWinchester, Simon.
Summary: Blending history and anecdote, geography and reminiscence, science and exposition, the author of Krakatoa tells the breathtaking saga of the magnificent Atlantic Ocean, setting it against the backdrop of mankind's intellectual evolution. Until a thousand years ago, no humans ventured into the Atlantic or imagined traversing its vast infinity. But once the first daring mariners successfully...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow 2010
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Summary: Simon Winchester profiles the life and work of Joseph Needham, a man who, in the mid-20th century, dedicated his life to studying the history of Chinese science. He would go on to write the definitive history of China's scientific progress.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2008
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 Needham 2008Winchester, Simon.
Summary: Looks at the making of the Oxford English dictionary.
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperPerennial 2005
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Summary: Describes how more than ten thousand definitions were submitted for the first Oxford English Dictionary from Dr. W.C. Minor, an American Civil War criminal who was considered both a genius and a lunatic.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2005