Krakatoa: The Day the World Exploded, 27th August 1883
Author Simon Winchester
Publisher: HarperCollins

Imagine, if you will, an ascending road before you leading to the peak of a wellknown mountain. A myriad of byways intersect that road, and at each junction lays more and more information, more and more extra-ordinary tangents. This eye-opening journey is led by Simon Winchester, a scholar who draws together the work of renowned sage Antoin