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CONTROL NUMBER |
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000042149485 |
CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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CaOOAMICUS |
DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20131031 .0 |
FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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130522s2013 nyua 000 1 eng d |
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
LC control number |
2013017045 |
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9780670024858 (hc.) |
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
0670024856 |
INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
International Standard Book Number |
9780670024858 (hardback) |
CATALOGING SOURCE |
Original cataloging agency |
CaOW |
Language of cataloging |
eng |
GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
Geographic area code |
n-us--- |
LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CALL NUMBER |
Classification number |
PS3557.I3415 |
Item number |
S54 2013 |
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
F GIL |
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
813/.54 |
Edition number |
23 |
OTHER CLASSIFICATION NUMBER |
Classification number |
FIC019000 |
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FIC014000 |
Source of number |
bisacsh |
AUTHOR NAME |
AUTHOR NAME |
Gilbert, Elizabeth, |
TITLE STATEMENT |
Title |
The signature of all things / |
Statement of responsibility, etc |
Elizabeth Gilbert. |
PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York : |
Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Viking/Penguin Group, |
Date of publication, distribution, etc |
c2013. |
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
Extent |
501 p. : |
Other physical details |
ill. ; |
Dimensions |
24 cm. |
SUMMARY, ETC. |
Summary, etc |
"Spanning much of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the novel follows the fortunes of the extraordinary Whittaker family as led by the enterprising Henry Whittaker - a poor-born Englishman who makes a great fortune in the South American quinine trade, eventually becoming the richest man in Philadelphia. Born in 1800, Henry's brilliant daughter, Alma (who inherits both her father's money and his mind), ultimately becomes a botanist of considerable gifts herself. As Alma's research takes her deeper into the mysteries of evolution, she falls in love with a man named Ambrose Pike who makes incomparable paintings of orchids and who draws her in the exact opposite direction - into the realm of the spiritual, the divine, and the magical. Alma is a clear-minded scientist; Ambrose a utopian artist - but what unites this unlikely couple is a desperate need to understand the workings of this world and the mechanisms behind all life. "--Publisher. |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Women botanists |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Painters |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Enlightenment |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Artists' spouses |
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Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Industrial revolution |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
FICTION / Literary. |
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
FICTION / Historical. |
ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
Koha item type |
02. English Fiction |