The Way the World Works
by Nicholson Baker
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- Fine
- Paperback
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1416572481
- ISBN 13
- 9781416572480
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About This Item
Aug 2013 1st stated 1st paperback edition 1st printing with full number line flatsigned by the author on the title page. In fine condition .
Synopsis
From political controversy to the intimacy of his own life, from forgotten heroes of pacifism to airplane wings, telephones, paper mills, David Remnick, Joseph Pulitzer, the OED , and the manufacture of the Venetian gondola, Nicholson Baker ranges over the map of life to examine what troubles us, what eases our pain, and what brings us joy. The Way the World Works is a keen-minded, generous-spirited compendium by a modern American master.
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- Dave's Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9172
- Title
- The Way the World Works
- Author
- Nicholson Baker
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1416572481
- ISBN 13
- 9781416572480
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Date Published
- 2013-08-20
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