Document Type
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BL
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Record Number
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1001125
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Doc. No
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b755495
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Main Entry
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Kingsolver, Barbara.
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Title & Author
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The poisonwood Bible : : a novel /\ Barbara Kingsolver.
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Edition Statement
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1st HarperPerennial ed.
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Publication Statement
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New York :: HarperPerennial,, 1999, ©1998.
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Series Statement
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Oprah's book club
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Page. NO
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x, 546 pages ;; 21 cm
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ISBN
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0060175400
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: 0060512822
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: 0060786507
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: 0060930535
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: 9780060175405
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: 9780060512828
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: 9780060786502
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: 9780060930530
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Bibliographies/Indexes
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 545-546).
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Contents
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bk. 1. Genesis -- bk. 2. The revelation -- bk. 3. The judges -- bk. 4. Bel and the serpent -- bk. 5. Exodus -- bk. 6. Song of the three children -- bk. 7. The eyes in the trees.
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Abstract
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The tale of one family's tragic undoing and remarkable reconstruction over the course of three decades in post-colonial Africa. An evangelical minister discovers that everything--from garden seeds to Scripture--is transformed on African soil.
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Subject
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Americans-- Congo (Democratic Republic), Fiction.
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Families-- Congo (Democratic Republic), Fiction.
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Missionaries-- Congo (Democratic Republic), Fiction.
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Americans-- Africa, Fiction.
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Americans-- Congo, Fiction.
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Baptists-- Congo, Fiction.
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Christian missionaries-- Congo, Fiction.
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Colonialism-- Congo, Fiction.
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Culture conflict-- Congo, Fiction.
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Family.
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Fictional Works Publication Type
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Americans.
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Families.
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Missionaries.
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Congo (Democratic Republic), History, 1960-1997, Fiction.
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Subject
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Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Subject
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Congo (Democratic Republic)
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Dewey Classification
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813/.54
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LC Classification
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PS3561.I496P65 1999
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NLM classification
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Kingsolver, B.
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