Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded

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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded

August 27, 1883 (P.S.)

  • 3.80 ·
  • 5 Ratings
  • 24 Want to read
  • 2 Currently reading
  • 11 Have read

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Publisher
Harper Perennial
Language
English
Pages
416

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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 (P.S.)
July 5, 2005, Harper Perennial
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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883 (P.S.)
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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
March 30, 2004, Harper Perennial
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Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded: August 27, 1883
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First Sentence

"Though we think first of Java as an eponym for coffee (or, to some today, a computer language), it is in fact the trading of aromatic tropical spices on which the fortunes of the great island colonizers and western discoverers were first found."

The Physical Object

Format
Paperback
Number of pages
416
Dimensions
8.1 x 5.2 x 1.2 inches
Weight
9.6 ounces

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Open Library
OL9237500M
ISBN 10
0060838590
ISBN 13
9780060838591
OCLC/WorldCat
61770835
Library Thing
14564
Goodreads
25017

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