Large Print Book
Pacific : silicon chips and surfboards, coral reefs and atom bombs, brutal dictators, fading empires, and the coming collision of the world's superpowers / Simon Winchester.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062421630
- ISBN: 0062421638
- Physical Description: xv, 693 pages (large print) : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
- Edition: First HarperLuxe edition.
- Publisher: New York, NY : HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]
- Copyright: ©2015.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 659-693). |
| Formatted Contents Note: | 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. |
| Summary, etc.: | 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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| Subject: | Pacific Ocean > Geography. Pacific Ocean > History. Ocean and civilization. Pacific Ocean > Description and travel. Winchester, Simon > Travel. Large type books. |
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Available copies
- 2 of 2 copies available at GRPL.
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0 current holds with 2 total copies.
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Main | Large Print 909.09823 W721ps (Text) | 31307021772472 | Large Print | Available | - |
| Seymour | Large Print 909.09823 W721ps (Text) | 31307021772480 | Large Print | Available | - |
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Author Notes
Pacific : Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers
Simon Winchester was born in London, England on September 28, 1944. He read geology at St. Catherine's College, Oxford. After graduation in 1966, he joined a Canadian mining company and worked as field geologist in Uganda. The following year he decided to become a journalist. His first reporting job was for The Journal, Newcastle upon Tyne. In 1969, he joined The Guardian and was named Britain's Journalist of the Year in 1971. He also worked for the Daily Mail and the Sunday Times before becoming a freelancer. He is the author of numerous books including In Holy Terror, The River at the Center of the World, The Alice Behind Wonderland, The Professor and the Madman: A Tale of Murder, Insanity, the Making of the Oxford English Dictionary, and.Exactly: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World. In 2006, he was made an Officer of the Order of the British Empire for services to journalism and literature. (Bowker Author Biography)
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