The signature of all things: a novel
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Solon, Ohio : Findaway World, LLC, [2013].
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Unabridged.
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1 audio media player (21 hr., 30 min.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
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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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English
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9781482948745, 1482948745

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Title from Playaway label.
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Previously recorded under an arrangement with Penguin Group and released by Blackstone Audio, Inc., ℗2013.
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Issued on Playaway, a dedicated audio media player.
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Release date supplied by publisher.
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One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for listening.
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Read by Juliet Stevenson.
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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 (style guide)

Gilbert, E., & Stevenson, J. (2013). The signature of all things: a novel. Unabridged. Solon, Ohio, Findaway World, LLC.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)

Gilbert, Elizabeth, 1969- and Juliet, Stevenson. 2013. The Signature of All Things: A Novel. Solon, Ohio, Findaway World, LLC.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)

Gilbert, Elizabeth, 1969- and Juliet, Stevenson, The Signature of All Things: A Novel. Solon, Ohio, Findaway World, LLC, 2013.

MLA Citation (style guide)

Gilbert, Elizabeth and Juliet Stevenson. The Signature of All Things: A Novel. Unabridged. Solon, Ohio, Findaway World, LLC, 2013.

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