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04318cim a2200589 a 4500 |
| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER |
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on1308411898 |
| 003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER |
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OCoLC |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION |
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20220524090533.0 |
| 007 - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION FIXED FIELD--GENERAL INFORMATION |
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220328s2022 nyunnnne b n eng d |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE |
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| Original cataloging agency |
TOH |
| Language of cataloging |
eng |
| Transcribing agency |
TOH |
| Modifying agency |
OCLCQ |
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TEF |
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OCLCO |
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OCLCQ |
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BLACP |
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GK5 |
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OCLCF |
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NFG |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
9780525524076 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER |
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| International Standard Book Number |
052552407X |
| 024 3# - OTHER STANDARD IDENTIFIER |
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| Standard number or code |
9780525524076 |
| 028 42 - PUBLISHER NUMBER |
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| Publisher number |
14598145 |
| 028 42 - PUBLISHER NUMBER |
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| Publisher number |
PRHA 7072 : |
| Source |
Random House Audio |
| 035 ## - SYSTEM CONTROL NUMBER |
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| System control number |
(OCoLC)1308411898 |
| 037 ## - SOURCE OF ACQUISITION |
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| Stock number |
60f670 |
| Source of stock number/acquisition |
Blackstone Publishing |
| 037 ## - SOURCE OF ACQUISITION |
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| Stock number |
40f670 |
| Source of stock number/acquisition |
Blackstone Publishing |
| 043 ## - GEOGRAPHIC AREA CODE |
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| Geographic area code |
fl----- |
| 092 ## - LOCALLY ASSIGNED DEWEY CALL NUMBER (OCLC) |
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| Classification number |
916.2043 |
| Item number |
M645 |
| 049 ## - LOCAL HOLDINGS (OCLC) |
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| Holding library |
NFGA |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Millard, Candice, |
| Relator term |
author. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
18673 |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT |
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| Title |
River of the gods : |
| Remainder of title |
genius, courage and betrayal in the search for the source of the Nile / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc |
Candice Millard. |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT |
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| Edition statement |
Unabridged. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) |
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| Place of publication, distribution, etc |
[New York] : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc |
Penguin Random House Audio, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc |
[2022] |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION |
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| Extent |
8 audio discs (10 hr., 2 min.) ; |
| Dimensions |
4 3/4 in. |
| 306 ## - PLAYING TIME |
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| Playing time |
100200 |
| 336 ## - CONTENT TYPE |
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| Content Type Term |
spoken word |
| Content Type Code |
spw |
| Source |
rdacontent |
| 337 ## - MEDIA TYPE |
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| Media Type Term |
audio |
| Media Type Code |
s |
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rdamedia |
| 338 ## - CARRIER TYPE |
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| Carrier Type Term |
audio disc |
| Carrier Type Code |
sd |
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rdacarrier |
| 344 ## - SOUND CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Type of recording |
digital |
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rdatr |
| 344 ## - SOUND CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Recording medium |
optical |
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rdarm |
| 344 ## - SOUND CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Playing speed |
1.4 m/s |
| 347 ## - DIGITAL FILE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| File type |
audio file |
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rdaft |
| 347 ## - DIGITAL FILE CHARACTERISTICS |
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| Encoding format |
CD audio |
| 500 ## - GENERAL NOTE |
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| General note |
Title from container. |
| 511 0# - PARTICIPANT OR PERFORMER NOTE |
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| Participant or performer note |
Read by Paul Michael. |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. |
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| Summary, etc |
"For millennia the location of the Nile River's headwaters was shrouded in mystery. In the nineteenth century, there was a frenzy of interest in ancient Egypt. At the same time, European powers sent off waves of explorations intended to map the unknown corners of the globe--and extend their colonial empires. Two British men--Richard Burton and John Hanning Speke--were sent by the Royal Geographical Society to claim the prize for England. Burton was already famous for being the first non-Muslim to travel to Mecca, disguised as an Arab chieftain. He spoke twenty-nine languages, was a decorated soldier, and literally wrote the book on sword-fighting techniques for the British Army. He was also mercurial, subtle, and an iconoclastic atheist. Speke was a young aristocrat and Army officer determined to make his mark, passionate about hunting, Burton's opposite in temperament and beliefs. From the start the two men clashed, Speke chafing under Burton's command and Burton disapproving of Speke's ignorance of the people whose lands through which they traveled. They would endure tremendous hardships, illness, and constant setbacks. Two years in, deep in the African interior, Burton became too sick to press on, but Speke did, and claimed he found the source in a great lake that he christened Lake Victoria. When they returned to England, Speke rushed to take credit, disparaging Burton. Burton disputed his claim, and Speke launched another expedition to Africa to prove it. The two became venomous enemies, with the public siding with the more charismatic Burton, to Speke's great envy. The day before they were to publicly debate, Speke shot himself. Yet there was a third man on both expeditions, his name obscured by imperial annals, whose exploits were even more extraordinary. This was Sidi Mubarak Bombay, who was enslaved and shipped from his home village in East Africa to India. When the man who purchased him died, he made his way into the local Sultan's army, and eventually traveled back to Africa, where he used his resourcefulness, linguistic prowess and raw courage to forge a living as a guide. Without his talents, it is likely that neither Englishman would have come close to the headwaters of the Nile, or perhaps even survived"--‡c Provided by publisher. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Burton, Richard Francis, |
| Titles and other words associated with a name |
Sir, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1821-1890 |
| General subdivision |
Travel |
| Geographic subdivision |
Nile River. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Speke, John Hanning, |
| Dates associated with a name |
1827-1864 |
| General subdivision |
Travel |
| Geographic subdivision |
Nile River. |
| 600 10 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Bombay, Sidi Mubarak |
| General subdivision |
Travel |
| Geographic subdivision |
Nile River. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Explorers |
| Geographic subdivision |
Nile River |
| General subdivision |
History |
| Chronological subdivision |
19th century. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
251813 |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Nile River |
| General subdivision |
Discovery and exploration. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
251815 |
| 651 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC NAME |
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| Geographic name |
Nile River Valley |
| General subdivision |
Discovery and exploration. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
251814 |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM |
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| Topical term or geographic name as entry element |
Explorers |
| Form subdivision |
Biography. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
176652 |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
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| Genre/form data or focus term |
Biographies. |
| Source of term |
lcgft |
| 9 (RLIN) |
870 |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
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| Genre/form data or focus term |
Travel writing. |
| Source of term |
lcgft |
| 9 (RLIN) |
6889 |
| 655 #7 - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM |
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| Genre/form data or focus term |
Audiobooks. |
| Source of term |
lcgft |
| 9 (RLIN) |
1862 |
| 700 1# - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME |
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| Personal name |
Michael, Paul |
| Titles and other words associated with a name |
(Actor), |
| Relator term |
narrator. |
| 9 (RLIN) |
223251 |
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C0 |
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NFG |
