Bibliograph

The way the world works, essays, Nicholson Baker

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The way the world works, essays, Nicholson Baker

Language

eng

resource.biographical

contains biographical information

Index

no index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The way the world works

Responsibility statement

Nicholson Baker

Sub title

essays

Summary

"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." -- Publisher

Table Of Contents

Life -- Reading -- Libraries and newspapers -- Technology -- War -- Last essay

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