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Atlantic

Great Sea Battles, Heroic Discoveries, Titanic Storms,and a Vast Ocean of a Million Stories

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Atlantic

By: Simon Winchester
Narrated by: Simon Winchester
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""Variably genial, cautionary, lyrical, admonitory, terrifying, horrifying and inspiring…A lifetime of thought, travel, reading, imagination and memory inform this affecting account."" —Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

Blending history and anecdote, geography and reminiscence, science and exposition, New York Times bestselling author Simon Winchester tells the breathtaking saga of the Atlantic Ocean. A gifted storyteller and consummate historian, Winchester sets the great blue sea's epic narrative against the backdrop of mankind's intellectual evolution, telling not only the story of an ocean, but the story of civilization. Fans of Winchester's Krakatoa, The Man Who Loved China, and The Professor and the Madman will love this masterful, penetrating, and resonant tale of humanity finding its way across the ocean of history.

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Well another brilliantly researched book by Simon and narrated beautifully by him
I have read most of his books and love them all

Brilliant

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Another wonderful book by Simon Winchester. Beautifully written, well narrated, and full of fascinating tales. Highly recommended.

Enjoyed every minute

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A masterfully written epic. A must read (along with the same author's book on the Pacific) if you want to better understand the world that existed before you, the one you currently live in, and the one that will continue to exist long after you. One gets the sense that the author lived and experienced this book, as opposed to merely researching it.

Masterful

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Simon Winchester is one of those few authors who reads his books as well as he writes them. But this book didn't quite hit the spot for me. Whilst impeccably narrated, it covers just too much and I have needed to read this across several sittings. Winchester covers the Atlantic itself - its geology, literature, trade and much more. It is well researched, and extensively covers the various environmental disasters which have seriously threatened the long term survival of the Atlantic. Winchesterclearly loves the Atlantic and everything about it, and the book is therefore a genuinely thought through attempt to chronicle the Atlantic Ocean's many dimentions in a way which isaccessible and informative.

Title accurately defines this book.

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