SWP00-14 Simon Winchester - Pacific.nfo
General Information
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Title: Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers
Author: Simon Winchester
Read By: Simon Winchester
Copyright: 2015
Audiobook Copyright: 2015
Genre: Nonfiction - History
Publisher: Harper Audio
Abridged: No
Original Media Information
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Media: Digital
Length each: Original CD lengths
Source: Overdrive MP3
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Number of MP3s: 14
Total Duration: 14:02:28
Total MP3 Size: 386.71
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Book Description
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Publisher's Summary
Following his acclaimed Atlantic and The Men Who United the States,
New York Times best-selling author Simon Winchester offers an enthralling
biography of the Pacific Ocean and its role in the modern world, exploring
our relationship with this imposing force of nature.
As the Mediterranean shaped the classical world and the Atlantic connected
Europe to the New World, the Pacific Ocean defines our tomorrow. With
China on the rise, so, too, are the American cities of the West Coast,
including Seattle, San Francisco, and the long cluster of towns down
the Silicon Valley.
Today the Pacific is ascendant. Its geological history has long transformed
us - tremendous earthquakes, volcanoes, and tsunamis - but its human
history, from a Western perspective, is quite young, beginning with
Magellan's 16th-century circumnavigation. It is a natural wonder whose
most fascinating history is currently being made.
In telling the story of the Pacific, Simon Winchester takes us from
the Bering Strait to Cape Horn, from the Yangtze River to the Panama
Canal, and to the many small islands and archipelagos that lie in between.
He observes the fall of a dictator in Manila, visits aboriginals in
Northern Queensland, and is jailed in Tierra del Fuego, the land at
the end of the world. His journey encompasses a trip down the Alaska
Highway, a stop at the isolated Pitcairn Islands, a trek across South
Korea, and a glimpse of its mysterious northern neighbor.
Winchester's personal experience is vast and his storytelling second
to none. And his historical understanding of the region is formidable,
making Pacific a paean to this magnificent sea of beauty, myth, and
imagination that is transforming our lives.
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