Pacific

silicon chips and surfboards coral reefs and atom bombs brutal dictators fading empires and the coming collision of the world's superpowers

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
large type - 2015

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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37413316148180 Available Non-fiction Large Print LGE-TYPE 909.0982 WINCHES
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Winchester, Simon (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : HarperLuxe, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]
Edition:First HarperLuxe edition.
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