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548641994 |
| CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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OCoLC |
| DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20101108144954.0 |
| FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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100308s2010 nyuab 000 0 eng d |
| LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER |
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| LC control number |
2010932067 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780446579223 |
| INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
044657922X |
| CATALOGING SOURCE |
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BTCTA |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
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BTCTA |
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GO3 |
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ZJI |
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SAP |
| AUTHOR NAME |
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| AUTHOR NAME |
Stewart, Jon, |
| TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
Earth (the book) : |
| Remainder of title |
a visitor's guide to the human race / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
written and edited by Jon Stewart-- [et al.] |
| VARYING FORM OF TITLE |
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| Title proper/short title |
Earth : a visitor's guide to the human race. |
| EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
1st ed. |
| PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
New York, N.Y. : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Grand Central, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
c2010. |
| PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
ix, 244 p. : |
| Other physical details |
ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; |
| Dimensions |
27 cm. |
| FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE |
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| Formatted contents note |
To our alien readers -- To our human readers -- Earth: everything you need to know about this gently-used, pre-owned planet -- Life: a comprehensive guide to things that can be killed -- Man: an introduction to the solar system's original "bad boys" -- The life cycle: we called this living -- Society: how we overcame our basic humanity for the greater good -- Commerce: you didn't have to be crazy to work here ... but it helped -- Religion: we were sure someone was in charge -- Science: discovering nature's majesty, and then fixing it -- Culture: the ultimate expression of our humanity, minus 10% commission -- Final scores -- Why we're not here -- What we left out. |
| SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
Jon Stewart and the writers of The Daily Show embark on a mission to write a book that sums up the human race: What we looked like; what we accomplished; our achievements in society, government, religion, science and culture. Here is the definitive guide to our species--completely unburdened by objectivity, journalistic integrity, or even accuracy. |
| GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
At head of title on cover : Daily Show with Jon Stewart presents. |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Human behavior |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Civilization |
| SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
History |
| ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) |
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| Koha item type |
01. English Non Fiction |
| LOCAL PROCESSING INFORMATION (OCLC) |
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| d |
817 STE |
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314 |
