03696cam a2200385 4500 233387358 TxAuBib 20150605120000.0 ||||||s2010||||||||||||||||||||||||und|u 9780062020109 0062020102 B003VIWNTE Amazon 0dca26c4-ff43-4359-a31e-eb6fd0b0bea6 OverDrive (Reserve ID) 454277 OverDrive (Product ID) 454277 OverDrive (Product ID) TxAuBib Winchester, Simon. Atlantic [Libby] : Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms, and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories. HarperCollins, 2010. Format: OverDrive Adobe EPUB eBook, Filesize: 3235kB. Format: OverDrive Kindle Book. Format: OverDrive OverDrive Read. History. Nonfiction. HTML:<p>"Winchester brings a knowledge as vast and deep as his subject to this history of the Atlantic Ocean."</p>. Entertainment Weekly. HTML:<p>Blending history and anecdote, geography and reminiscence, science and exposition, the <i>New York Times</i> bestselling author of <i>Krakatoa</i> tells the breathtaking saga of the magnificent Atlantic Ocean, setting it against the backdrop of mankind's intellectual evolution</p> <p>Until a thousand years ago, no humans ventured into the Atlantic or imagined traversing its vast infinity. But once the first daring mariners successfully navigated to far shores--whether it was the Vikings, the Irish, the Chinese, Christopher Columbus in the north, or the Portuguese and the Spanish in the south--the Atlantic evolved in the world's growing consciousness of itself as an enclosed body of water bounded by the Americas to the West, and by Europe and Africa to the East. <i>Atlantic</i> is a biography of this immense space, of a sea which has defined and determined so much about the lives of the millions who live beside or near its tens of thousands of miles of coast.</p> <p>The Atlantic has been central to the ambitions of explorers, scientists and warriors, and it continues to affect our character, attitudes, and dreams. Poets to potentates, seers to sailors, fishermen to foresters--all have a relationship with this great body of blue-green sea and regard her as friend or foe, adversary or ally, depending on circumstance or fortune. Simon Winchester chronicles that relationship, making the Atlantic come vividly alive. Spanning from the earth's geological origins to the age of exploration, World War II battles to modern pollution, his narrative is epic and awe-inspiring.</p>. Media Type: eBook. Importer Version: 2014-01-08.01 Import Date: 2015-08-05 20:00:03. http://camellia.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=0dca26c4-ff43-4359-a31e-eb6fd0b0bea6 http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0293-1/0DC/A26/C4/Atlantic9780062020109.epub Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0DCA26C4-FF43-4359-A31E-EB6FD0B0BEA6&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Adobe EPUB eBook) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0293-1/0DC/A26/C4/Atlantic9780062020109.epub Excerpt (Kindle Book) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0DCA26C4-FF43-4359-A31E-EB6FD0B0BEA6&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (Kindle Book) http://excerpts.cdn.overdrive.com/FormatType-410/0293-1/0DC/A26/C4/Atlantic9780062020109.epub Excerpt (OverDrive Read) https://samples.overdrive.com/?crid=0DCA26C4-FF43-4359-A31E-EB6FD0B0BEA6&.epub-sample.overdrive.com Excerpt (OverDrive Read)