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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded de Simon Winchester

Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded

Autor Simon Winchester
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en Limba Engleză Paperback – 2 iun 2004
Chronicles the destruction of Indonesian island of Krakatoa in 1883. This book describes how one island and its inhabitants were blasted out of existence and how colonial society was turned upside-down in a cataclysm.
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780141005171
ISBN-10: 0141005173
Pagini: 448
Ilustrații: Illustrations, facsims., maps, ports.
Dimensiuni: 133 x 199 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.31 kg
Ediția:N.-A.
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom

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Anonim a dat nota:

Este o carte foarte bună - întrucât privește, cel puțin, obiectul său principal, i.e. erupția vulcanică din 1883; multe detalii, bibliografie solidă, multe ilustrații ! Totuși, nu este o carte perfectă: informațiile autorului în domeniul creaționismului sunt, pot spune, teribil de inexacte; eu, unul, întrucâtva informat în domeniu, nu pot decât să mă întreb DE UNDE le-a...luat...

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Notă biografică

Simon Winchester has had an award-winning 20 year career as Guardian correspondent. He lives in New York and is the Asia-Pacific Editor for Conde Nast Traveler and contributes to a number of American magazines, as well as the Daily Telegraph, the Spectator and the BBC. He has written numerous books. The River at the Centre of the World (Viking 1997/Penguin 1998) has been shortlisted for the 1998 Thomas Cook/Daily Telegraph Travel Book Award.

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Simon Winchester, New York Times bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman, examines the legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa, which was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly forty thousand people. 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. Krakatoa gives us an entirely new perspective on this fascinating and iconic event.
This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

Recenzii

“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