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Author Winchester, Simon, author.

Title 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.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2015]
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 Avon Free Public Library - Adult Department  909.0982 WINCHESTER    Check Shelf
 Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Non Fiction  909.09 WINCHESTER    Check Shelf
 Bloomfield, Prosser Library - Adult Department  909.09 WIN    Storage
 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  909.0982 WINCHESTER    Check Shelf
 Burlington Public Library - Adult Department  909.098 Winchester    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  909.0982 WINCHESTER    Check Shelf
 Cheshire Public Library - Adult Department Lower Level  909.0982 WINCHESTER    Check Shelf
 Enfield, Main Library - Adult Department  909 WIN    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  909.098 WIN    Check Shelf
 Glastonbury, Welles-Turner Memorial Library - Adult Department  909.09 WINCHESTER    Check Shelf

Edition First edition.
Description xiv, 492 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents 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 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.
Subject Pacific Ocean -- Geography.
Pacific Ocean -- History.
Ocean and civilization.
Pacific Ocean -- Description and travel.
Winchester, Simon -- Travel.
Winchester, Simon. (OCoLC)fst00004942
Geography. (OCoLC)fst00940469
Ocean and civilization. (OCoLC)fst01043465
Travel. (OCoLC)fst01155558
Pacific Ocean. (OCoLC)fst01243528
Genre/Form History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
ISBN 9780062315410 (hardcover)
0062315412 (hardcover)
9780062315427 (paperback)
0062315420 (paperback)
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