Books: Pacific By Simon Winchester

 (Drivebycuriosity) -  I am fan of Simon Winchester. I enjoyed "The Professor And The Madman" (my review ), "The River At The Center Of The World: A Journey Up The Yangtze And Back In Chinese Time" (review ) and "The Alice Behind Wonderland " (review ). His book with the title "Pacific: Silicon Chips and Surfboards, Coral Reefs and Atom Bombs, Brutal Dictators, Fading Empires, and the Coming Collision of the World's Superpowers – An Acclaimed Natural Wonder 
" is not as strong, but worth reading anyway ( amazon).

Winchester structured the text into 10 episodes, all related to the Pacific region: The rise and fall of Sony; American & French nuclear tests on remote Pacific islands, destroying their culture & environment; the culture of surfing; bizarre life forms many miles below the Pacific surface, fed by submarine wells, the Korea war and Kim`s dictatorship - and much more.

"Pacific" is - like the other Winchester books - very well written, entertaining and I learned a lot there. I plan to read more by this amazing author.