Ghosts of Vesuvius - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ghosts of Vesuvius write by Charles R. Pellegrino. This book was released on 2005-08-09. Ghosts of Vesuvius available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A fascinating look at Pompeii, Herculaneum and the Vesuvius eruption in comparison with other historically significant volcanic eruptions, including the World Trade Center disaster. The eruption of Mount Vesuvius in AD 79, which obliterated the Roman towns of Pompeii and Herculaneum, was a disaster that resounds to this day. Now palaeontologist Charles Pellegrino presents a wealth of new knowledge about the doomed towns – and brings to vivid life the people, their last moments, and the aftermath. The lessons learned from modern scrutiny of that ancient eruption produce disturbing echoes in the present. Dr Pellegrino, who worked at Ground Zero in the aftermath of the 9/11 attack, shares his unique knowledge of the strange physics of volcanic 'downblast' and 'collapse column', drawing a direct link from past to present, and providing readers with a poignant glimpse into the last moments of the 'American Vesuvius'.
Ghosts of Vesuvius
Ghosts of Vesuvius - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ghosts of Vesuvius write by Charles R. Pellegrino. This book was released on 2004. Ghosts of Vesuvius available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An examination of the disasters at Pompeii and Herculaneum discusses what forensic archaeology and new findings in volcano physics reveal about modern events, including the "collapse column" at the World Trade Center.
Ghosts of the Titanic
Ghosts of the Titanic - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ghosts of the Titanic write by Charles R. Pellegrino. This book was released on 2001-07-01. Ghosts of the Titanic available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A member of the team that discovered the Titanic on the ocean floor recreates the final day of the ship in detail, using new technology to peer deeper into the ship than anyone has ever looked.
The Shadow of Vesuvius: A Life of Pliny
The Shadow of Vesuvius: A Life of Pliny - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Shadow of Vesuvius: A Life of Pliny write by Daisy Dunn. This book was released on 2019-12-10. The Shadow of Vesuvius: A Life of Pliny available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. “A wonderfully rich, witty, insightful, and wide-ranging portrait of the two Plinys and their world.”—Sarah Bakewell, author of How to Live When Pliny the Elder perished at Stabiae during the eruption of Vesuvius in 79 AD, he left behind an enormous compendium of knowledge, his thirty-seven-volume Natural History, and a teenaged nephew who revered him as a father. Grieving his loss, Pliny the Younger inherited the Elder’s notebooks—filled with pearls of wisdom—and his legacy. At its heart, The Shadow of Vesuvius is a literary biography of the younger man, who would grow up to become a lawyer, senator, poet, collector of villas, and chronicler of the Roman Empire from the dire days of terror under Emperor Domitian to the gentler times of Emperor Trajan. A biography that will appeal to lovers of Mary Beard books, it is also a moving narrative about the profound influence of a father figure on his adopted son. Interweaving the younger Pliny’s Letters with extracts from the Elder’s Natural History, Daisy Dunn paints a vivid, compellingly readable portrait of two of antiquity’s greatest minds.
Ashen Sky
Ashen Sky - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Ashen Sky write by . This book was released on 2007. Ashen Sky available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Barry Moser's extraordinarily detailed and evocative relief engravings decorate this translation of Pliny the Younger's two famous letters to Tacitus about the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79 and the death of his uncle, Pliny the Elder. Printed in black and white, the engravings are works of art that illustrate various descriptions in the letters. The text includes a brief description of the eruption of the volcano, concise biographies of Tacitus and of both Plinys, and a summary of how the texts of the two letters have survived until today.
