The Resource Krakatoa : the day the world exploded, August 27, 1883, Simon Winchester, (electronic resource)
Krakatoa : the day the world exploded, August 27, 1883, Simon Winchester, (electronic resource)
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- Summary
- The legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa, the name has since become a by-word for a cataclysmic disaster, was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly 40,000 people. Beyond the purely physical horrors of an event which has only very recently become properly understood, the eruption changed the world in more ways than could possibly be imagined. Dust swirled round the world for years, causing temperatures to plummet and sunsets to turn vivid with lurid and unsettling displays of light. The effects of the immense waves were felt as far away as France. Barometers in Bogota and Washington went haywire. Bodies were washed up in Zanzibar. The sound of island's destruction was heard in Australia and India and on islands thousands of miles away. Most significantly of all, in view of today's new political climate, the eruption helped to trigger a wave of murderous anti-western militancy by fundamentalist Muslims in Java
- Language
- eng
- Note
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- Downloadable audio file
- Title from: Title details screen
- Unabridged
- Duration: 11:61:51
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- Label
- Krakatoa : the day the world exploded, August 27, 1883
- Title
- Krakatoa
- Title remainder
- the day the world exploded, August 27, 1883
- Statement of responsibility
- Simon Winchester
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- The legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa, the name has since become a by-word for a cataclysmic disaster, was followed by an immense tsunami that killed nearly 40,000 people. Beyond the purely physical horrors of an event which has only very recently become properly understood, the eruption changed the world in more ways than could possibly be imagined. Dust swirled round the world for years, causing temperatures to plummet and sunsets to turn vivid with lurid and unsettling displays of light. The effects of the immense waves were felt as far away as France. Barometers in Bogota and Washington went haywire. Bodies were washed up in Zanzibar. The sound of island's destruction was heard in Australia and India and on islands thousands of miles away. Most significantly of all, in view of today's new political climate, the eruption helped to trigger a wave of murderous anti-western militancy by fundamentalist Muslims in Java
- Accompanying matter
- technical information on music
- Cataloging source
- TEFOD
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- Winchester, Simon
- Dewey number
- 551.21/09598
- LC call number
- QE523.K73
- LC item number
- W56 2004ab
- PerformerNote
- Read by Simon Winchester
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- Volcanoes
- Krakatoa (Indonesia)
- Label
- Krakatoa : the day the world exploded, August 27, 1883, Simon Winchester, (electronic resource)
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- Note
-
- Downloadable audio file
- Title from: Title details screen
- Unabridged
- Duration: 11:61:51
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Color
- not applicable
- Configuration of playback channels
- stereophonic
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- unknown
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- electronic
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- sound
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- Specific material designation
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- System control number
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- ocm65191895
- (OCoLC)491743
- System details
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- Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 172903 KB)
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Tape configuration
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- Tape width
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- Label
- Krakatoa : the day the world exploded, August 27, 1883, Simon Winchester, (electronic resource)
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- Note
-
- Downloadable audio file
- Title from: Title details screen
- Unabridged
- Duration: 11:61:51
- Antecedent source
- unknown
- Capture and storage technique
- digital storage
- Color
- not applicable
- Configuration of playback channels
- stereophonic
- Dimensions
-
- not applicable
- unknown
- File format
- unknown
- Form of item
- electronic
- Groove width / pitch
- not applicable
- Level of compression
- unknown
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
- de582d0f-5398-4b85-a661-cfbc32033deb
- Quality assurance targets
- unknown
- Reformatting quality
- unknown
- Sound
- sound
- Special playback characteristics
- digital recording
- Specific material designation
-
- other
- remote
- Speed
- unknown
- System control number
-
- ocm65191895
- (OCoLC)491743
- System details
-
- Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 172903 KB)
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Tape configuration
- not applicable
- Tape width
- not applicable
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