The Mountain That Woke
A Human History of VolcanoesBy Oscar Solomon
Length1h 11m
About this audiobook
A farmer goes to his field. By the following morning, a volcano is growing where his crops had been.
Volcanoes can overturn our most basic sense of permanence. Mountains break apart, cities disappear beneath ash, and molten rock crosses land that families have worked for generations. Yet people return to live beside them.
From the birth of Parícutin to the destruction of Pompeii and the difficult business of recognising a warning, Oscar Solomon follows the witnesses, beliefs and discoveries that shaped our understanding of volcanoes. The Mountain That Woke reveals a living Earth whose power to destroy is inseparable from its power to build.
Audiobook details
GenreScience and Nature, History
Length1 hr 11 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 21, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Prologue: The Mountain That Wasn’T There Yesterday
2Chapter One: The Gods Below
3Chapter Two: The Cloud Like A Tree
4Chapter Three: Into The Mouth Of Hell
5Chapter Four: When The Volcano Left The Mountain
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6Chapter Five: The City That Thought It Was Safe
7Chapter Six: Listening To A Mountain
8Chapter Seven: The Warning
9Epilogue: The Church In The Lava
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