Atlantic: Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories - Brossura

Winchester, Simon

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ISBN 10: 006200249X ISBN 13: 9780062002495

Casa editrice: Harperluxe, 2010

Riassunto

Blending history and anecdote, geography and reminiscence, science and exposition, the best-selling author of Krakatoa tells the breathtaking saga of the Atlantic Ocean, setting it against the backdrop of mankind’s intellectual evolution. (General history). Simultaneous.

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Recensione:

“Winchester brings a knowledge as vast and deep as his subject to this history of the Atlantic Ocean.” (Entertainment Weekly)

L'autore:

Simon Winchester is the acclaimed author of many books, including The Professor and the Madman, The Men Who United the States, The Map That Changed the World, The Man Who Loved China, A Crack in the Edge of the World, and Krakatoa, all of which were New York Times bestsellers and appeared on numerous best and notable lists. In 2006, Winchester was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Her Majesty the Queen. He resides in western Massachusetts.

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• Editore: Harperluxe
• Data di pubblicazione: 2010
• ISBN 10: 006200249X
• ISBN 13: 9780062002495
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 677