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The Wizard and the Volcano

Marc Herman

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Description:When a volcano on the Indonesian island of Java threatens to explode, one man refuses to obey an order to evacuate: the wizard of Mount Merapi. The danger, says the enigmatic resident of the mountain’s heights, lies below, in the plains by the sea. When the prediction soon comes true, the wizard becomes a celebrity and thousands follow his example, abandoning badly-run government camps to return to their homes under the smoking crater—until the mountain explodes, with stunning results.In the tradition of Into the Wild and Endurance, The Wizard and the Volcano is a tense page-turner that reveals how an old man helped one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries rethink how it gives aid to victims. Based on journalist Marc Herman’s extensive on-the-ground reporting, this story, longer than a magazine article, but shorter than a book, carries readers from the creaking seismographs of a geophysical observatory, to thundering meetings of the gods, and finally to the slopes of an erupting volcano, as a high-stakes crisis unfolds.Published on the two-hundred-year anniversary of the largest volcanic blast in recorded history, Indonesia’s deadly Tambora eruption in April 1815, The Wizard and the Volcano is the story of one man who confronts overwhelming forces—a mystic who ultimately proves more human, and more heroic, than anyone could have imagined. ABOUT THE AUTHORMarc Herman is the author of Searching for El Dorado, an account of his travels with gold prospectors in the Amazon forest, and The Shores of Tripoli, a Kindle Single based on his reporting from the Libyan civil war. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Pacific Standard, Slate, Politico, Matter, the Believer, and GQ. A freelance reporter since 1993, he has lived and worked in Oakland, CA, Georgetown, Guyana, Jakarta, Indonesia, and Barcelona, Spain, where he now lives with his family. PRAISE FOR MARC HERMAN'S SEARCHING FOR EL DORADO“Terrific. . . . Each sentence transports us immediately into the jungle, the mine or some dry-goods store deep in the Amazon.” –San Francisco Chronicle“You can’t deny it; [Herman] is good, and he’s found an interesting subject to sharpen his claws on. . . . He blends in perfectly in one of the funkiest countries on earth.” —National Geographic“His ear is terrific: one 45-page chapter, about a road trip with two bickering miners turned truckers, is a comic masterpiece.” —OutsideWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Wizard and the Volcano. To get started finding The Wizard and the Volcano, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: When a volcano on the Indonesian island of Java threatens to explode, one man refuses to obey an order to evacuate: the wizard of Mount Merapi. The danger, says the enigmatic resident of the mountain’s heights, lies below, in the plains by the sea. When the prediction soon comes true, the wizard becomes a celebrity and thousands follow his example, abandoning badly-run government camps to return to their homes under the smoking crater—until the mountain explodes, with stunning results.In the tradition of Into the Wild and Endurance, The Wizard and the Volcano is a tense page-turner that reveals how an old man helped one of the world’s most disaster-prone countries rethink how it gives aid to victims. Based on journalist Marc Herman’s extensive on-the-ground reporting, this story, longer than a magazine article, but shorter than a book, carries readers from the creaking seismographs of a geophysical observatory, to thundering meetings of the gods, and finally to the slopes of an erupting volcano, as a high-stakes crisis unfolds.Published on the two-hundred-year anniversary of the largest volcanic blast in recorded history, Indonesia’s deadly Tambora eruption in April 1815, The Wizard and the Volcano is the story of one man who confronts overwhelming forces—a mystic who ultimately proves more human, and more heroic, than anyone could have imagined. ABOUT THE AUTHORMarc Herman is the author of Searching for El Dorado, an account of his travels with gold prospectors in the Amazon forest, and The Shores of Tripoli, a Kindle Single based on his reporting from the Libyan civil war. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic, Pacific Standard, Slate, Politico, Matter, the Believer, and GQ. A freelance reporter since 1993, he has lived and worked in Oakland, CA, Georgetown, Guyana, Jakarta, Indonesia, and Barcelona, Spain, where he now lives with his family. PRAISE FOR MARC HERMAN'S SEARCHING FOR EL DORADO“Terrific. . . . Each sentence transports us immediately into the jungle, the mine or some dry-goods store deep in the Amazon.” –San Francisco Chronicle“You can’t deny it; [Herman] is good, and he’s found an interesting subject to sharpen his claws on. . . . He blends in perfectly in one of the funkiest countries on earth.” —National Geographic“His ear is terrific: one 45-page chapter, about a road trip with two bickering miners turned truckers, is a comic masterpiece.” —OutsideWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with The Wizard and the Volcano. To get started finding The Wizard and the Volcano, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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