This book describes fifteen of the most remarkable volcanic eruptions across the centuries along with first-hand accounts of the different ways people reacted to them.
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK“Salman Rushdie’s great grasp of the human tragicomedy– its dimensions, its absurdities and horrors–has made him one of the most intelligent fiction writers in the...
The great romance and fear of bloody revolution--strange blend of idealism and terror--have been superseded by blind faith in the bloodless expansion of human rights and global capitalism. Flying in...