cover image Pacific Rising: The Emergence of a New World Culture

Pacific Rising: The Emergence of a New World Culture

Simon Winchester. Touchstone Books, $14 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-671-78004-3

A delightful and informative look at the complicated mosaic of peoples, religions and histories of some of the countries in and around the world's largest ocean, and at the Pacific Ocean itself. Maps. (July)