Simon Winchester

Why Is Simon Winchester So Popular?

Slate Magazine | Nathan Heller | Posted 05.30.2011

Read More: Authors, The Alice Behind Wonderland, The Professor and the Madman, In Holy Terror, Simon Winchester, Books News

Simon Winchester, the author of The Professor and the Madman and other best-selling works of popular history, came out with his last book in the fall,...

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Earthquake Threat: Is California Next?

2011-03-16-Screenshot20110316at9.39.25AM.jpeg | Susanne Rust | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Colleen Dalton, Andrew Michael, John Rundle, California Earthquake, New Zealand Earthquake, Japan Earthquake, Simon Winchester, San Andreas Fault, Cascadia Fault, Los Angeles News

This story comes courtesy of California Watch. By Susanne Rust In just the past year, three major earthquakes have rocked the Pacific Plate. ...

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Larry Ashmead Dies

nytimes.com | DOUGLAS MARTIN | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Bestsellers, Book Publishing, Quentin Crisp, Harpercollins, Doubleday, Susan Isaacs, Simon Winchester, Tony Hillerman, Simon and Schuster, Larry Ashmead, Books News

A 9-year-old boy once visited his local library in Rochester to hear a mystery writer read from her book. But what particularly thrilled him was to le...

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