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Fortune Smiles by Adam Johnson
Title: Commercial Geography: based on the latest researches and statistical returns. A complete manual of the countries of the world . their natural productions . manufactures, etc. . Translated by F. Muirhead . With a map of the chief trade routes.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The GENERAL HISTORICAL collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This varied collection includes material that gives readers a 19th century view of the world. Topics include health, education, economics, agriculture, environment, technology, culture, politics, labour and industry, mining, penal policy, and social order. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library Zehden, Carl; Muirhead, Findlay; 1889. 600 p.; 8 . 10002.e.1.Adam Johnson is the author of The Orphan Master s Son, winner of the Pulitzer Prize in fiction, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, and the California Book Award, and finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. It was named one of the best books of the year by more than a dozen publications, including The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and Entertainment Weekly. Johnson s other awards include a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Writers Award, a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship, and a Stegner Fellowship; he was also a finalist for the New York Public Library s Young Lions Award. His previous books are Emporium, a short story collection, and the novel Parasites Like Us. Johnson teaches creative writing at Stanford University and lives in San Francisco with his wife and children.
SKU | GOR008118583 |
ISBN 13 | 9780812997477 |
ISBN 10 | 0812997476 |
Title | Fortune Smiles |
Author | Adam Johnson |
Condition | very good |
Binding type | Hardback |
Publisher | Random House |
Year published | 2015-08-18 |
Number of pages | 320 |
Prizes | Winner of National Book Awards (Fiction) 2015, Winner of ALA Notable Books (Fiction) 2016, Winner of Story Prize (Fiction Collection) 2016, Commended for L.A. Times Book Prize (Fiction) 2015 |
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