The Wave :In Pursuit of the Oceans' Greatest Furies
The Wave :In Pursuit of the Oceans' Greatest Furies
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Published:
7 July, 2011
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Description
Some people are drawn towards nature at its most extreme - and it doesn't get more extreme than giant waves.
These deadly waves have a strangely hypnotic pull on two types of person: for scientists and super-surfers, rogue waves are a grail, and they will go to dangerous lengths to hunt them down.
This is a white-knuckle ride with the men who live to catch rogue waves. It zips from Lloyds of London to rusty oil rigs, tropical Tahitian surf shacks to super-computer data labs. Find out what happens when nature confronts nature at her most ferocious.
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9780099531760 |
| ISBN10 | 0099531763 |
| Number Of Pages | 368 |
| Item Weight | 279 g |
| Product Dimensions | 129 x 198 x 23 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Vintage Publishing |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
An enthralling story of... pursuit of the most mesmerizing- and terrifying- freaks of nature ever seen * Sunday Times *
Arguably the best book yet written about big-wave surfing * Times Literary Supplement *
Fascinating, heroic, dazzling, terrifying, amazing, mesmerizing, instructive, enlightening, superb. This is the Dragon Tattoo, Moby-Dick, Into Thin Air for our time * Globe and Mail *
Examines big waves from every angle, and goes in deep with... mariners, wave scientists and extreme surfers... [A] wonderfully vivid, kinetic narrative * New York Times Book Review *
Immensely powerful, beautiful, addictive and, yes, incredibly thrilling... Like a surfer who is happily hooked, the reader simply won't be able to get enough of it * San Francisco Chronicle *
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Author's Bio
Susan Casey, the author of the New York Times bestseller The Devil's Teeth, is the Editor-in-Chief of O, the Oprah Magazine, and has also served as creative director of Outside magazine.