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The Man Who Loved China by: Simon Winchester List Price: CDN$ 29.95 City Travel Guides Price: CDN$ 18.87 You Save: CDN$11.08 (37%)Prices subject to change. |
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Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 509.2 EAN: 9780060884598 ISBN: 0060884592 Label: Harper Manufacturer: Harper Number Of Pages: 336 Publication Date: May 06, 2008 Publisher: Harper Release Date: May 06, 2008 Studio: Harper Sales Rank: 5243 Related Items:
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 Rating: - everything this man writes is excellenteverything this man writes is excellent. This book is no exception. You will have hours of genuine entertainment ahead of you. I only wish I had not read it so that I could start it again. Rating: - An Amusing Riddle of a ManOver the past decade, the English biographer, Simon Winchester, has become famous for probing the lives of the certifiably delusional, the mildly eccentric, the politically obsessed and the naturally traumatized. His latest offering, "The Man Who Loved China", is no different. If you read it, you will be treated to a story that encompasses two continents, the brilliant notions of an intellectual dedicated to bringing the past into line with the present, and a 20th century world rivened by ideological conflict. The life of Cambridge University's Dr. Joseph Needham - socialist, free-thinker, and polymath extraordinaire - becomes that focus in which you will move through modern times on a path rarely traveled. For starters, Winchester introduces ... Read More: Rating: - 19 And CountingThere are 2 facets of Simon Winchesters work that make him one of my favorite authors. Firstly, he brings amazing players in History forward that I very often have never heard of. Secondly, he makes reading History tremendously fascinating. The latter should be a given, how can our past be anything but fascinating? The reality is that History books can be painful to read. Noel Joseph Terrence Montgomery Needham is the subject of Mr. Winchesters 19th work, sound familiar? Not to me. However by the end of the book I look forward to seeking out more about this man as Mr. Winchester has a knack for catalyzing a readers interest well beyond the book he offers. Professor Needham was a astonishing man who filled his 94 years with remarkable ... Read More: |
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