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008 120119s2012 nyu 000 edeng
010 $a 2011052741
020 $a9781416572473 (hbk.)
020 $a1416572473 (hbk.)
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050 00 $aPS3552.A4325$bW39 2012
082 00 $a814/.54$223
100 1 $aBaker, Nicholson.
245 14 $aThe way the world works :$bessays /$cNicholson Baker.
250 $a1st Simon & Schuster hardcover ed.
260 $aNew York :$bSimon & Schuster,$cc2012.
300 $ax, 317 p. ;$c22 cm.
520 $a"Baker's second nonfiction collection, ranges over the map of life to examine what troubles us, what eases our pain, and what brings us joy. Baker moves 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. He writes about kite string and about the moment he met his wife, and he surveys our fascination with video games while attempting to beat his teenage son at "Modern Warfare 2." In a celebrated essay on Wikipedia, Baker describes his efforts to stem the tide of encyclopedic deletionism; in another, he charts the rise of e-readers; in a third he chronicles his Freedom of Information lawsuit against the San Francisco Public Library."--Provided by publisher.
505 00 $tLife:$tString --$tCoins --$tHow I met my wife --$tLa mer --$tWhy I like the telephone --$tWhat happened on April 29, 1994 --$tSunday at the dump --$tWriting wearing earplugs --$tOne summer.$tReading:$tThorin son of Thráin --$tNarrow ruled --$tInky burden --$tNo step --$tI said to myself --$tDefoe, truthteller --$tFrom A to Zyxt --$tThe nod --$tDavid Remnick.$tLibraries and newspapers:$tTruckin' for the future --$tIf libraries don't do it, who will? --$tReading the paper --$tThe Times in 1951 --$tTake a look at this airship! --$tSex and the city, circa 1840.$tTechnology:$tGrab me a gondola --$tThe charms of Wikipedia --$tKindle 2 --$tPapermakers --$tGoogle's earth --$tSteve Jobs.$tWar:$tWhy I'm a pacifist --$tWe don't know the language we don't know --$tPainkiller deathstreak.$tLast essay:$tMowing.
650 0 $aAmerican essays.
852 00 $bglx$hPS3552.A4325$iW39 2012