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Author: Simon Winchester ,
Soun Vannithone
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint: Penguin Books Ltd
Dimensions:
Width: 13.00cm
, Height: 2.50cm
, Length: 19.80cm
Weight: 0.308kg
ISBN: 9780141005171
ISBN 10: 0141005173
Pages: 448
Publication Date: 03 June 2004
Audience:
General/trade
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General
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active
Availability: To order
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Reviews
A good read. --Washington Post Book World A rattling good read. --Boston Sunday Globe A real-life story bigger than any Hollywood blockbuster. --Entertainment Weekly Brilliant...One of the best books ever written about the history and significance of a natural disaster. --New York Times Krakatoa is a pleasure from beginning to end. --Boston Sunday Globe Masterful build-up of literary and geological tension. --The Economist Supremely well told: a fine exception to the dull run of most geological writing. starred Kirkus Review--Kirkus Review (starred review) The rich and fascinating KRAKATOA confirms [Winchester's] preeminence. Janet Maslin--International Herald Tribune Winchester dramatically delivers...the book is absorbing... --Daily News Winchester once again demonstrates a keen knack for balancing rich and often rigorous historical detail with dramatic tension and storytelling. --Publishers Weekly (starred review) Winchester scores. (byline Baltimore Sun, printed in Pittsburg Post-Gazette)--Baltimore Sun 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 A good read. --Washington Post Book World A rattling good read. --Boston Sunday Globe A real-life story bigger than any Hollywood blockbuster. --Entertainment Weekly Brilliant...One of the best books ever written about the history and significance of a natural disaster. --New York Times Krakatoa is a pleasure from beginning to end. --Boston Sunday Globe Masterful build-up of literary and geological tension. --The Economist Supremely well told: a fine exception to the dull run of most geological writing. starred Kirkus Review--Kirkus Review (starred review) The rich and fascinating KRAKATOA confirms [Winchester s] preeminence. Janet Maslin--International Herald Tribune Winchester dramatically delivers...the book is absorbing... --Daily News Winchester once again demonstrates a keen knack for balancing rich and often rigorous historical detail with dramatic tension and storytelling. --Publishers Weekly (starred review) Winchester s exceptional attention to detail never falters. --San Francisco Chronicle Winchester scores. (byline Baltimore Sun, printed in Pittsburg Post-Gazette)--Baltimore Sun Winchester...is noted for his ability to turn scholarly history into engrossing narrative. --Chicago Sun-Times A good read. -- Washington Post Book World A rattling good read. -- Boston Sunday Globe Krakatoa is a pleasure from beginning to end. -- Boston Sunday Globe
Supremely well told: a fine exception to the dull run of most geological writing. starred Kirkus Review--Kirkus Review (starred review)
Author Information
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.
