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    Title
    Krakatoa
    Subtitle
    The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
    Authors and contributors
    By (author) Simon Winchester
    Physical properties
    Format: Paperback
    Number of pages: 416
    Width: 140 mm
    Height: 206 mm
    Thickness: 28 mm
    Weight: 349 g
    Audience
    General/trade
    Language
    English
    ISBN
    ISBN 13: 9780060838591
    ISBN 10: 0060838590
    Classifications
    BISAC category code: NAT023000
    BIC geographical qualifier: 1FM
    Dewey: 551.21095982
    Nielsen BookScan Product Class: T5.2
    BISAC category code: NAT009000
    BISAC category code: HIS048000
    BIC subject category: RNR
    BISAC category code: HIS037000
    BISAC category code: HIS017000
    BISAC category code: SCI031000
    Publisher
    HarperCollins Publishers Inc
    Imprint name
    HarperCollins Publishers
    Publication date
    15 July 2005
    Publication City/Country
    New York, NY/US
    Main description
    Simon Winchester, New York Times bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman, examines the legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa, which was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly forty thousand people. The effects of the immense waves were felt as far away as France. Barometers in Bogotá and Washington, D.C., went haywire. Bodies were washed up in Zanzibar. The sound of the island's destruction was heard in Australia and India and on islands thousands of miles away. Most significant of all -- in view of today's new political climate -- the eruption helped to trigger in Java a wave of murderous anti-Western militancy among fundamentalist Muslims, one of the first outbreaks of Islamic-inspired killings anywhere. Krakatoa gives us an entirely new perspective on this fascinating and iconic event. This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.
    Review quote
    "Supremely well told: a fine exception to the dull run of most geological writing." starred Kirkus Review--Kirkus Review (starred review)