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.
12 audio discs (14 1/4 hr.) : CD audio, digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time
141500
Description
digital optical rda
audio file CD audio rda
Performer
Read by the author.
Credits
Executive producer, Katie Ostrowka ; produced by Rick Harris.
Note
Compact discs, digital recording.
Summary
From New York Times bestselling author Simon Winchester, an expansive look at the world's grandest body of water, the Pacific.
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.