"There's more to the Pacific," Simon Winchester | LIVE from the NYPL

Recorded on October 30th, 2015 at the New York Public Library

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Following the triumph of Atlantic, Simon Winchester offers a stunning account of the Pacific, as told through ten events since 1950 that changed the course of geography and human history. Join Winchester as he gives Paul Holdengräber a tour of the ocean that defines our tomorrow.

SIMON WINCHESTER is the acclaimed author of many books, including The Professor and the Madman, The Men Who United the States, Atlantic, The Man Who Loved China, A Crack in the Edge of the World, and Krakatoa, all of which were New York Times bestsellers and appeared on numerous best and notable lists. In 2006, Winchester was made an officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) by Her Majesty the Queen. He resides in western Massachusetts.