From best-selling author Simon Winchester comes the  immense and thrilling story of the world's most mysterious and  breathtaking natural wonder: the Atlantic Ocean.

Atlantic is a biography of a tremendous space that has been central to the  ambitions of explorers, scientists, and warriors, and continues to  affect profoundly our character, attitudes, and dreams. Spanning the  ocean's story, from its geological origins to the age of exploration,  from World War II battles to today's struggles with pollution and  over-fishing, Winchester's narrative is epic, intimate, and awe  inspiring.