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David Winder may refer to: David F. Winder (1946–1970), United States Army Vietnam War medic posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor David Kent Winder (1932–2009), United States federal judge David Winder (artist) (1824–1912), British portrait painter. Discover the David Wind popular books. Find the top 100 most popular David Wind books.

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  • South Wind Through the Kitchen synopsis, comments

    South Wind Through the Kitchen

    Elizabeth David

    A posthumous collection of recipes and articlesrecommended by her friends and fansfrom “the best food writer of her time” (Jane Grigson, The Times Literary Supplement).   Befo...

  • The Journey Through Wales and the Description of Wales synopsis, comments

    The Journey Through Wales and the Description of Wales

    Gerald Of Wales, Betty Radice & Lewis Thorpe

    Scholar, churchman, diplomat and theologian, Gerald of Wales was one of the most fascinating figures of the Middle Ages and The Journey Through Wales describes his eventful tour of...

  • Night Walks synopsis, comments

    Night Walks

    Charles Dickens

    Charles Dickens describes in Night Walks his time as an insomniac, when he decided to cure himself by walking through London in the small hours, and discovered homelessness, drunke...

  • Rising Sun Victorious synopsis, comments

    Rising Sun Victorious

    Peter G. Tsouras

    In war, victory can be held hostage to seemingly insignificant incidents–chance events, opportunities seized or cast aside–that can derail the most brilliant military strategies an...

  • Desperately Killing Suzanne synopsis, comments

    Desperately Killing Suzanne

    David Wind

    Suspense, Mystery, and Death follow Suzanne everywhereA beloved TV star at six; A Hollywood scream queen at eighteen; married to a famous author and living the life of a celebrity....

  • The Wind that Sweeps the Stars synopsis, comments

    The Wind that Sweeps the Stars

    Greg Keyes

    A taut high fantasy as an assassin must destroy an empire from within, eliminating wizards, their demons, and even the emperor. For the livesfor the very soulsof her people, she mu...

  • The Verge Practice synopsis, comments

    The Verge Practice

    Barry Maitland

    In The Verge Practice, Kathy Kolla and David Brock, Scotland Yard’s superlative detective duo, take on a puzzling case in the posh world of bigname international architecture, and ...

  • The Major Works synopsis, comments

    The Major Works

    C. Patrides & Thomas Brown

    Sir Thomas Browne (160582) was a writer of breathtaking range and learning, whose works demonstrate a warm and humorous view of human nature. Religio Medici is a fascinating, witty...

  • Oliver Twist synopsis, comments

    Oliver Twist

    Charles Dickens

    With an essay by Graham Greene.'A parish child the orphan of a workhouse the humble, halfstarved drudge to be cuffed and buffeted through the world, despised by all, and pitied ...

  • Coen Brothers - Virgin Film synopsis, comments

    Coen Brothers - Virgin Film

    Eddie Robson

    Joel and Ethan Coen make up one of the most original and unconventional moviemaking partnerships to come out of America at the end of the 20th century. From their debut tour de for...

  • Waiting For Doggo synopsis, comments

    Waiting For Doggo

    Mark Mills

    It takes one scruffy dog to show a man how to fall in love...Noone ever called Dan a pushover. But then noone ever called him fasttrack either. He likes driving slowly, playing Sud...

  • Damn Good Chinese Food synopsis, comments

    Damn Good Chinese Food

    Chris Cheung & Maneet Chauhan

    From acclaimed chef Chris Cheung comes a cookbook inspired by growing up in New York's Chinatownwith a foreword by Maneet Chauhan, celebrity chef, author, and judge on Th...

  • The Devil Himself synopsis, comments

    The Devil Himself

    Peter Farris

    For Fans of Brian Panowich and Ron Rash. Southern Noir at its finest, The Devil Himself, sizzles with pageburning suspense and bewitching characters. Deep in the forest o...

  • The Unofficial Guide to Game of Thrones synopsis, comments

    The Unofficial Guide to Game of Thrones

    Kim Renfro

    The everythingyoumissed, wantedtoknowmoreabout, and can’tgetenough guide to the Game of Thrones television seriesfrom the first episode to the epic finale. Valar morghulis!Spanning...

  • Second Wind synopsis, comments

    Second Wind

    Dr. Bill Thomas

    From one of the most original and innovative thinkers in medicine, this “stirring and splendid book” (Wall Street Journal) offers groundbreaking insight to the postwar generation o...

  • Star Winds synopsis, comments

    Star Winds

    Barrington J. Bayley

    The sails were the product of the Old Technology, lost long ago in the depleted Earth, and they were priceless. For with those fantastic sheets of etheric material, ships could sai...

  • The Morrisy Manifest synopsis, comments

    The Morrisy Manifest

    David Wind

    A Political and International Espionage Thriller!The treaty was the culmination of Steven Morrisy's career. The hours of negotiation and coded messages between the United States, t...

  • The Rig Veda synopsis, comments

    The Rig Veda

    Wendy Doniger

    The earliest of the four Hindu religious scriptures known as the Vedas, and the first extensive composition to survive in any IndoEuropean language, the Rig Veda (c. 1200900 BC) is...

  • Searching for Savanna synopsis, comments

    Searching for Savanna

    Mona Gable

    A gripping and illuminating investigation “that is far overdue” (Rachel Louise Snyder, author of No Visible Bruises) into the disappearance of Savanna LaFontaineGreywind when she w...

  • Sociolinguistics synopsis, comments

    Sociolinguistics

    Peter Trudgill

    This is a classic book on a fascinating subject. Peter Trudgill examines the close link between language and society and the many factors that influence the way we speak. These ran...

  • In a Hard Wind synopsis, comments

    In a Hard Wind

    David Housewright

    Once a homicide detective in St. Paul, Minnesota, Rushmore McKenzie is, through a series of unlikely events, both a millionaire and an occasional private investigator. As an unoffi...

  • Reveries of the Solitary Walker synopsis, comments

    Reveries of the Solitary Walker

    Jean-Jacques Rousseau & Peter France

    After a period of forced exile and solitary wandering brought about by his radical views on religion and politics, JeanJacques Rousseau returned to Paris in 1770. Here, in the last...

  • Short Stories in Italian synopsis, comments

    Short Stories in Italian

    Nick Roberts

    This is an all new version of the popular PARALLEL TEXT series, containing eight pieces of contemporary fiction in the original Italian and in English translation. Including storie...

  • The Lost Boys of Montauk synopsis, comments

    The Lost Boys of Montauk

    Amanda M. Fairbanks

    An immersive account of a tragedy at sea whose repercussions haunt its survivors to this day, lauded by New York Times bestselling author Ron Suskind as “an honest and touching boo...

  • Silvermeadow synopsis, comments

    Silvermeadow

    Barry Maitland

    Two Cases. One location. The first case, a girl gone missing, seems a decidedly local affair. The second, the return of a violent criminal who had fled the country, instantly attra...

  • Wide-Eyed and Legless synopsis, comments

    Wide-Eyed and Legless

    Jeff Connor

    A fastpaced, flyonthewall story of courage, endurance, bungling, rows and cheating in sport's greatest marathonIn 1987, the Tour de France was won by Irishman Stephen Roche. It w...

  • Elton John All the Songs synopsis, comments

    Elton John All the Songs

    Romuald Ollivier & Olivier Roubin

    This firstofitskind catalog of Elton John’s decadeslong career tells the story of one of rock's alltime greatest artists, albumbyalbum and trackbytrack. Organized chronologically a...

  • Clarissa, or the History of A Young Lady synopsis, comments

    Clarissa, or the History of A Young Lady

    Samuel Richardson & Angus Ross

    Pressured by her unscrupulous family to marry a wealthy man she detests, the young Clarissa Harlowe is tricked into fleeing with the witty and debonair Robert Lovelace and places h...

  • The Chalon Heads synopsis, comments

    The Chalon Heads

    Barry Maitland

    When the Daily Mirror called The Chalon Heads “one of the bestcrafted, bestplotted, and most convincing British thrillers for decades,” you knew it had to be good. David Brock and ...

  • The Sokova Convention synopsis, comments

    The Sokova Convention

    David Wind

    A Late 20th Century Political Espionage Novel: an Action, Suspense, and Spy thrillerFor almost a half century, the KGB kept secret the most devastating political plot the Soviets ...

  • The Penguin Social History of Britain synopsis, comments

    The Penguin Social History of Britain

    Roy Porter

    A portrait of 18th century England, from its princes to its paupers, from its metropolis to its smallest hamlet. The topics covered include diet, housing, prisons, rural festivals...