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Krakatau: The Day the World Exploded : Simon Winchester | 2005 Trade Paperback-
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- Artikelzustand
- Gut
- Hinweise des Verkäufers
- “Some reading wear, spine creased, minor edge wear.”
- Narrative Type
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Product Identifiers
Publisher
HarperCollins
ISBN-10
0060838590
ISBN-13
9780060838591
eBay Product ID (ePID)
45423492
Product Key Features
Book Title
Krakatoa : the Day the World Exploded: August 27 1883
Number of Pages
464 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2005
Topic
Asia / Southeast Asia, Earth Sciences / Seismology & Volcanism, Social History, Earth Sciences / Geology, Earthquakes & Volcanoes
Genre
Nature, Science, History
Format
Trade Paperback
Dimensions
Item Height
1 in
Item Weight
12.2 Oz
Item Length
8 in
Item Width
5.3 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
Reviews
"Brilliant...One of the best books ever written about the history and significance of a natural disaster." -- New York Times "Supremely well told: a fine exception to the dull run of most geological writing." starred Kirkus Review -- Kirkus Review (starred review) "Winchester once again demonstrates a keen knack for balancing rich and often rigorous historical detail with dramatic tension and storytelling." -- Publishers Weekly (starred review) "A good read." -- Washington Post Book World "Masterful build-up of literary and geological tension." -- The Economist "A real-life story bigger than any Hollywood blockbuster." -- Entertainment Weekly "Winchester...is noted for his ability to turn scholarly history into engrossing narrative." -- Chicago Sun-Times "Winchester's exceptional attention to detail never falters." -- San Francisco Chronicle "Winchester scores." (byline Baltimore Sun, printed in Pittsburg Post-Gazette) -- Baltimore Sun "Winchester dramatically delivers...the book is absorbing..." -- Daily News "A rattling good read." -- Boston Sunday Globe "Krakatoa is a pleasure from beginning to end." -- Boston Sunday Globe "The rich and fascinating KRAKATOA confirms [Winchester's] preeminence. Janet Maslin -- International Herald Tribune, Brilliant...One of the best books ever written about the history and significance of a natural disaster., Winchester once again demonstrates a keen knack for balancing rich and often rigorous historical detail with dramatic tension and storytelling., "Supremely well told: a fine exception to the dull run of most geological writing." starred Kirkus Review
Synopsis
The bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and The Map That Changed the World examines the enduring and world-changing effects of the catastrophic eruption off the coast of Java of the earth's most dangerous volcano -- Krakatoa. The legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa -- the name has since become a byword for a cataclysmic disaster -- was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly forty thousand people. Beyond the purely physical horrors of an event that has only very recently been properly understood, the eruption changed the world in more ways than could possibly be imagined. Dust swirled round die planet for years, causing temperatures to plummet and sunsets to turn vivid with lurid and unsettling displays of light. The effects of the immense waves were felt as far away as France. Barometers in Bogot and Washington, D.C., went haywire. Bodies were washed up in Zanzibar. The sound of the island's destruction was heard in Australia and India and on islands thousands of miles away. Most significant of all -- in view of today's new political climate -- the eruption helped to trigger in Java a wave of murderous anti-Western militancy among fundamentalist Muslims: one of the first outbreaks of Islamic-inspired killings anywhere. Simon Winchester's long experience in the world wandering as well as his knowledge of history and geology give us an entirely new perspective on this fascinating and iconic event as he brings it telling back to life., The bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and The Map That Changed the World examines the enduring and world-changing effects of the catastrophic eruption off the coast of Java of the earth's most dangerous volcano -- Krakatoa. The legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa -- the name has since become a byword for a cataclysmic disaster -- was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly forty thousand people. Beyond the purely physical horrors of an event that has only very recently been properly understood, the eruption changed the world in more ways than could possibly be imagined. Dust swirled round die planet for years, causing temperatures to plummet and sunsets to turn vivid with lurid and unsettling displays of light. The effects of the immense waves were felt as far away as France. Barometers in Bogotá and Washington, D.C., went haywire. Bodies were washed up in Zanzibar. The sound of the island's destruction was heard in Australia and India and on islands thousands of miles away. Most significant of all -- in view of today's new political climate -- the eruption helped to trigger in Java a wave of murderous anti-Western militancy among fundamentalist Muslims: one of the first outbreaks of Islamic-inspired killings anywhere. Simon Winchester's long experience in the world wandering as well as his knowledge of history and geology give us an entirely new perspective on this fascinating and iconic event as he brings it telling back to life.
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