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Moby-Duck

The True Story of 28,800 bath Toys Lost at Sea

By: Donovan Hohn

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Moby-Duck

The True Story of 28,800 bath Toys Lost at Sea

By: Donovan Hohn

When Donovan Hohn first heard the remarkable story of how 28,904 bath toys spilled into the Pacific en route to the US from China and have been washing up along beaches throughout the world ever since, he decided to find out more and assumed he would interview a few oceanographers, talk to some beachcombers and read up on Arctic science and geography. ‘ But questions can be like ocean currents: wade in too far, and they carry you away.’ Setting out on a series of journeys to track the renegade rubber ducks, Moby-Duck is an adventure into the heart of the sea through science, myth, the global economy and some of the worst weather imaginable, and the riveting story of an accidental odyssey which pulled Hohn into the secretive world of shipping conglomerates, the daring terrain of Arctic researchers, the lunatic risks of maverick sailors, and the shadowy domain of Chinese toy factories. With each new discovery, Hohn learns of another loose thread, and with each successive chase he comes closer to understanding where his castaway quarry comes from (and where it is heading… ). In the grand tradition of Tony Horwitz and David Quammen, Moby-Duck is a compulsively readable narrative of whimsy and curiosity for anyone who is interested in obsession, travel, plastic, and that great American novel, Moby-Dick.

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1908526033

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The Inner Coast: Essays

By: Donovan Hohn

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The Inner Coast: Essays

By: Donovan Hohn

Prize-winning essays on our changing place in the natural world by the best-selling author of Moby-Duck. Writing in the grand American tradition of Annie Dillard and Barry Lopez, Donovan Hohn is an “adventurous, inquisitive, and brightly illuminating writer” (New York Times). Since the publication of Moby-Duck a decade ago, Hohn has been widely hailed for his prize-winning essays on the borderlands between the natural and the human. The Inner Coast collects ten of his best, many of them originally published in such magazines as the New York Times Magazine and Harper’s, which feature his physical, historical, and emotional journeys through the American landscape. By turns meditative and comic, adventurous and metaphysical, Hohn writes about the appeal of old tools, the dance between ecology and engineering, the lost art of ice canoeing, and Americans’ complicated love/hate relationship with Thoreau. The Inner Coast marks the return of one of our finest young writers and a stylish exploration of what Guy Davenport called “the geography of the imagination.”

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W. W. Norton & Company

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132400598X

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9781324005988

Moby-Duck

The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea & of the Beachcombers, Oceanograp hers, Environmentalists & Fools Including the Author Who Went in Search of Them

By: Donovan Hohn

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Moby-Duck

The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea & of the Beachcombers, Oceanograp hers, Environmentalists & Fools Including the Author Who Went in Search of Them

By: Donovan Hohn

Selected by The New York Times Book Review as a Notable Book of the Year A revelatory tale of science, adventure, and modern myth. When the writer Donovan Hohn heard of the mysterious loss of thousands of bath toys at sea, he figured he would interview a few oceanographers, talk to a few beachcombers, and read up on Arctic science and geography. But questions can be like ocean currents: wade in too far, and they carry you away. Hohn's accidental odyssey pulls him into the secretive world of shipping conglomerates, the daring work of Arctic researchers, the lunatic risks of maverick sailors, and the shadowy world of Chinese toy factories. Moby-Duck is a journey into the heart of the sea and an adventure through science, myth, the global economy, and some of the worst weather imaginable. With each new discovery, Hohn learns of another loose thread, and with each successive chase, he comes closer to understanding where his castaway quarry comes from and where it goes. In the grand tradition of Tony Horwitz and David Quammen, Moby-Duck is a compulsively readable narrative of whimsy and curiosity.

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Penguin

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110147596X

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9781101475966

Moby-Duck

The True Story of 28,800 bath Toys Lost at Sea

By: Donovan Hohn

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The Inner Coast: Essays

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Moby-Duck

By: Donovan Hohn

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By: Donovan Hohn

La verdadera historia de 28.800 patitos de goma y otros muñecos perdidos en el mar y de los oceanógrafos, ecologistas y demás lunáticos que salieron en su busca. Una odisea accidental. El 10 de enero de 1992 una tormenta sorprendió a un carguero que cruzaba el Pacífico de Hong Kong a Washington. Doce contenedores cayeron al mar. Uno de ellos se abrió y liberó 28.800 bolsitas de juguetes de plástico al mar. 7.200 patitos amarillos, 7.200 ranas verdes, 7.200 castores rojos y 7.200 tortugas azules navegaron las corrientes oceánicas hasta naufragar, ser presa de los animales marinos o quedar varados en playas inexploradas. El periodista Donovan Hohn leyó la noticia y decidió seguir el rastro a los juguetes de plástico. Su aventura lo llevó a lugares tan diversos como China, Alaska, Hawai, Escocia o el Ártico. Su estudió sirvió a miles de biólogos y oceanógrafos en todo el mundo para conocer las corrientes marinas al analizar el camino que habían seguido los patos. Pero descubrió una realidad mucho más aterradora: la de miles de objetos que caen o se tiran al mar todos los años y el peligro que estos suponen para los animales que habitan los océanos. Reseñas: «Yo leo Moby-Duck y recupero la excitación nerviosa de los grandes relatos de viajes que me gustaban tanto en mi adolescencia apocada y sedentaria, los inventados por Verne y Stevenson y los vividos de verdad por tantos exploradores que le revelaban a uno, aunque no hubiera salido de su pueblo, la maravilla de la amplitud y la variedad del mundo». Antonio Muñoz Molina «Una odisea quijotesca que despierta una enigmática curiosidad a la vez que nos descubre una gran problemática. Una obra que recoge lo mejor de las novelas de navegantes con un estilo periodístico locuaz, esta fascinante narración es el Moby-Dock de los patitos de goma a la deriva». Publishers Weekly «Como la novela de la que, al menos en parte, toma su nombre, Moby-Duck es una obra maestra de aventuras, ciencia, exploraciones y muchas más cosas, todo narrado con delicia». Nathaniel Philbrick, autor de The Last Stand «Una crónica finamente urdida... un viaje de descubrimiento delicioso y lleno de arte». Kirkus Reviews «Moby-Duck, una aventura maravillosamente premeditada y picaresca, nos lleva en un viaje transoceánico a través de un mundo moderno amenazado por su propia adicción al plástico. Se trata de un relato enormemente mordaz e ingenioso de héroes, villanos y juguetes de baño». Philip Hoare, autor de The Whale «¿Qué hacer con un libro como Moby-Duck? El punto de partida puede ser una nimiedad pero lo cierto es que es un tema de enorme profundidad y trasfondo medioambiental.Así que esto es lo que tienes que hacer con un libro como Moby-Duck: leerlo dos veces». Tom Bissell, autor de Chasing the Sea

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AGUILAR

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8403012330

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9788403012332

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