Angels and Ages : A Short Book about Darwin, Lincoln and Modern Life
by Adam Gopnik
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- as new
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- As New/As New
- ISBN 10
- 1847249299
- ISBN 13
- 9781847249296
- Seller
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Traralgon, Victoria, Australia
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About This Item
Quercus, UK, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. As New/As New. Hardcover. 211 pages. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Quercus, UK, 2009. First Edition. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in as new condition and comes in as new dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket is in excellent condtion. . Pages are clean and unmarked and in excellent condition. This book is an unread copy. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: On 12th February 1809, two men were born an ocean apart: Charles Darwin on an English country estate; Abraham Lincoln in a Kentucky log cabin. They never met, but their great parallel lives would transform society and mankind's understanding of itself. In this bicentennial twin portrait, Adam Gopnik shows how Darwin and Lincoln influenced the way we think about death and time - about the very nature of existence. *** Quantity Available: 16. Category: Biography & Autobiography; History. ISBN/EAN: 9781847249296. Inventory No: 10100635.. 9781847249296
Synopsis
Adam Gopnik has been writing for The New Yorker since 1986. He is a three-time winner of the National Magazine Award for Essays and for Criticism and the George Polk Award for Magazine Reporting. From 1995 to 2000, he lived in Paris; he now lives in New York City with his wife and their two children.
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- Bookseller
- Manyhills Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 10100635
- Title
- Angels and Ages : A Short Book about Darwin, Lincoln and Modern Life
- Author
- Adam Gopnik
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Jacket Condition
- As New
- Quantity Available
- 16
- Edition
- First Edition
- ISBN 10
- 1847249299
- ISBN 13
- 9781847249296
- Publisher
- Quercus
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 2009
- Keywords
- BZDB5 Biography & Autobiography; Angels and Ages : A Short Book about Darwin, Lincoln and Modern Life
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- History; Biography & Autobiography;
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