Pacific : silicon chips and surfboards, coral reefs and atom bombs, brutal dictators, fading rmpires, and the coming collision of the world's superpowers / Simon Winchester.
Publication details: New York : HarperLuxe, 2015.Edition: First HarperLuxe edition ; [large print edition]Description: 693 pages (large print) : maps, illustrations ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780062421630
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Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
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LP 900 - 999 | Hanover Public Library Shelves | LP 909.09 WINC (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 31906001011700 |
Incudes bibliographical references (pages [659]-693).
The great thermonuclear sea -- Mr. Ibuka's radio revolution -- The ecstasies of wave-riding -- A dire and dangerous irritation -- Farewell, all my friends and foes -- Echoes of distant thunder -- How goes the lucky country? -- The fires in the deep -- A fragile and uncertain sea -- Of masters and commanders -- Epilogue: the call of the running tide.
The New York Times best-selling author of The Men Who United the States traces the geological history of the Pacific Ocean to assess its relationship with humans and indelible role in the modern world.
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