Simon Garfield ist Journalist (u. a. BBC, The Independent, The Observer) und Autor zahlreicher erfolgreicher internationaler Sachbücher. Ihm wurde der Somerset Maugham Award verliehen und sein Buch „Karten! Ein Buch über Entdecker, geniale Kartografen und Berge, die es nie gab“ wurde von „Bild der Wissenschaft“ zum „Wissensbuch des Jahres 2014“ gewählt. Er lebt in London und St. Ives, Cornwall.
23 Ebooks by Simon Garfield
Simon Garfield: Wrestling
'A brilliant oral history of the golden age of British wrestling and magnificent wider social history.' Richard Osman The classic account of the men and women who used to fight each other …
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€8.83
Simon Garfield: Error World
An obsessively readable memoir about the passions—and perils—of collecting, from the New York Times–bestselling author of Just My Type. From the Penny Red to the Blue …
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English
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€25.04
Simon Garfield: Timekeepers
By the
bestselling author of Just My Type: a “thoroughly enjoyable and illuminating” journey into the concept of time “stuffed with fascinating material” (Observer, UK).
Timekeepers&#x …
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€8.92
Chris Barker & Bessie Moore: My Dear Bessie
In September 1943, a twenty-nine-year-old postal clerk from North London named Chris Barker found a spare hour to write to a work colleague named Bessie Moore. His letter was innocent enough, but …
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€10.00
Simon Garfield: Just My Type
Just My Type is not just a font book, but a book of stories. About how Helvetica and Comic Sans took over the world. About why Barack Obama opted for Gotham, while Amy Winehouse found her soul in 30s …
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English
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€8.49
Simon Garfield: On The Map
Maps fascinate us. They chart our understanding of the world and they log our progress, but above all they tell our stories. From the early sketches of philosophers and explorers through to Google Ma …
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€12.99
Simon Garfield: To the Letter
Every letter contains a miniature story, and here are some of the greatest. From Oscar Wilde”s unconventional method of using the mail to cycling enthusiast Reginald Bray”s quest to post himself, …
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€9.97
Jean Lucey Pratt: Notable Woman
A glorious gut-wrenching read . . . A Notable Woman makes my heart sing. Jean’s diaries are a life in its entirety, in all its glorious mess” (The Pool). In April …
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English
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€18.78
Simon Garfield: In Miniature
In Miniature is a delightful, entertaining and illuminating investigation into our peculiar fascination with making things small, and what small things tell us about the world at large. Here you will …
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€9.99
Simon Garfield: Mauve
1856. Eighteen-year-old chemistry student William Perkin”s experiment has gone horribly wrong. But the deep brown sludge his botched project has produced has an unexpected power: the power to dye …
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€9.97
Simon Garfield: Das Universum in der Westentasche – Die große Welt der kleinen Dinge
»Wie groß ist das kleinste Buch der Welt, und wie in aller Welt schlägt man es auf?« – Kultautor Simon Garfield über die Macht und Magie von Miniaturen
Ob Rod Stewarts Modelleisenbahn, Hamburgs ers …
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German
€12.99
Simon Garfield: Dog’s Best Friend
‘DOG’S BEST FRIEND is as fascinating, funny and wise as we’ve come to expect from Simon Garfield. More than that, it’s a book that asks profound questions about what it means to be canine’ ANDY …
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€3.99
Simon Garfield: The End of Innocence
** With a new introduction by Russell T Davies **A new edition of the award-winning, ground-breaking account of the early AIDS crisis in Britain.'Masterful.' Jonathan Dean, Sunday …
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€8.26
Simon Garfield: Des Hundes bester Freund
Wie gut kennen wir unsere Hunde wirklich? Simon Garfield sieht eines Tages seinen Labrador-Retriever Ludo an und beginnt sich zu fragen, warum gerade dieses Tier zu seinen Füßen liegt. Wie und warum …
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German
€16.99
Simon Garfield: All the Knowledge in the World
‘Witty and geekily eclectic’ The Times An erudite and amusing exploration’ Financial Times’Full of jawdropping facts’ Mail on Sunday’Remarkable . . . engrossing’ Sunday Times’A pleasure’ Spectator’An …
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€0.99
Simon Garfield: Mauve
Mauve is the beguiling story of a man who invented a colour, and in the process transformed the world around him. Before 1856, artificial colour was derived with difficulty and at enormous expense …
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€9.97
Simon Garfield: Albertus
One of the most beautiful handcrafted typefaces in the world, Albertus is also one of the most enduring. The face of thousands of book jackets, and the chosen look for David Bowie, Coldplay, Star …
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€9.49
Simon Garfield: Comic Sans
Comic Sans is one of the most used and most reviled typefaces of the digital age. How was it made? How could it spawn a movement to ban it and yet still be so widely promoted by educators? What does …
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English
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€9.49
Simon Garfield: Baskerville
The classic elegant English typeface, still widely used as a book text more than 250 years since its creation. Baskerville is a transitional design, poised between the first metal types and modern …
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€9.49
Simon Garfield: Baskerville: The Biography of a Typeface (The ABC of Fonts Series)
A compact and charming history of the classic Enlightenment font by the New York Times best-selling author of Just My Type.
When Baskerville was first created in 1757, there was concern that it wou …
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English
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€21.99
Simon Garfield: Albertus: The Biography of a Typeface (The ABC of Fonts Series)
A compact and charming history of the beloved handcrafted font by the New York Times best-selling author of Just My Type.
Albertus, first carved on a bronze tablet in the 1930s by German Jewish ref …
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English
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€17.99
Simon Garfield: Comic Sans: The Biography of a Typeface (The ABC of Fonts Series)
A compact and charming handsome history of the font we love to hate by the New York Times best-selling author of Just My Type.
Since its accidental creation at Microsoft in the mid-1990s, Comic San …
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English
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€21.99
