The signature of all things a novel
(Playaway)

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Published
[Ashland, Or.] : Blackstone Audio ;, 2012.
Edition
Unabridged.
ISBN
9781482948745, 1482948745
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (21 hr., 30 min.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Status
Adult Playaways Fiction (3rd floor)
SMP-F GILBERT, E
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Published
[Ashland, Or.] : Blackstone Audio ;, 2012.
Format
Playaway
Edition
Unabridged.
Language
English
ISBN
9781482948745, 1482948745

Notes

General Note
Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.
General Note
1 AAA battery and head phones required for use, but not supplied by library.
Participants/Performers
Read by Juliet Stevenson.
Description
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.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Gilbert, E., & Stevenson, J. (2012). The signature of all things: a novel (Unabridged.). Blackstone Audio ;.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gilbert, Elizabeth, 1969- and Juliet. Stevenson. 2012. The Signature of All Things: A Novel. Blackstone Audio.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Gilbert, Elizabeth, 1969- and Juliet. Stevenson. The Signature of All Things: A Novel Blackstone Audio, 2012.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Gilbert, Elizabeth, and Juliet Stevenson. The Signature of All Things: A Novel Unabridged., Blackstone Audio ;, 2012.

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