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Microphone

de Ralph (Freelance Writer, Uk) Jones

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 Discusses how the microphone is far more ubiquitous and omnipresent in everyday life than we would expect.
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Lipstick

de Eileen (Washington University Of St. Louis, Usa) G'Sell

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 Examines the messy, manifold meanings of beautyâ€™s most popular tool of artifice.
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Ballot

de Anjali (Reinhardt University, Usa) Enjeti

~~13,51€~~ 9,46€ 30% IMEDIATO

 Ballot chronicles the history of ballots used in American elections, their psychological, cultural, and political impact, and the post-2020 bills, laws, and policies that suppress the vote.
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Stock Photo

de Simona (Assistant Professor Of English, Pasadena City College, Usa) Supekar

~~13,51€~~ 9,46€ 30% IMEDIATO

 Brochures, billboards, websites, menus, and memes. We are immersed every day in the imagery of carefully-curated stock photography. Stock Photo blends memoir and cultural history to mine how this unique medium has cemented an important place in our cultural landscape.
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Snack

de Eurie (Professor Of English, Independent Scholar, Usa) Dahn

~~13,51€~~ 9,46€ 30% IMEDIATO

 Weaving together personal narrative and cultural history, Snack examines how this seemingly trivial food category has become a multibillion dollar business and an integral part of our lives.
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Restaurant

de Brian Duff

~~11,91€~~ 10,72€ 10% IMEDIATO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 Former restaurant critic Brian Duff examines the restaurant at a critical moment and argues that engaging and creating shared meaning with others across the table offers a path toward the renewal of waning social and democratic capacities.
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Restaurant

de Brian Duff

~~11,91€~~ 10,72€ 10% IMEDIATO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 Former restaurant critic Brian Duff examines the restaurant at a critical moment and argues that engaging and creating shared meaning with others across the table offers a path toward the renewal of waning social and democratic capacities.
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Metronome

de Matthew H. (Associate Professor Of German) Birkhold

~~13,51€~~ 9,46€ 30% IMEDIATO

 Tells the story of the metronome and our strong reactions to its relentless tick.
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Taco

de Prof. Ignacio M. (Washington University In Saint Louis, Usa) Sanchez Prado

~~13,51€~~ 9,46€ 30% IMEDIATO

 A memoir, essay, history, travelogue, and meditation on the mighty taco.
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Cat

de Dr. Rebecca Van (Freelance Writer, Usa) Laer

~~13,51€~~ 9,46€ 30% IMEDIATO

 Drawing from a life shared with her partner and their cats, Rebecca van Laer shows that catsâ€™ supposed faults â€" their unreliability, laziness, and irreverence â€" are central to the joy of being a â€œcat person.â€
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Videotape

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 This is the story of the rise and fall and global cultural impact of the VHS tape.
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Island

de Julian Hanna

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DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Darwin called the Galápagos archipelago "a little world within itself," unaffected by humans and set on its own evolutionary path - strange, diverse, and unique. Islands are repositories of unique cultures and ways of living, seed banks built up in relative isolation. Island is an archipelago of ideas, drawing from research and first-hand experience living, working, and traveling to islands as far afield as Madeira and Cape Verde, Orkney and Svalbard, the Aran Islands and the Gulf Islands, Hong Kong and Manhattan. Islands have long been viewed as both paradise and prison - we project onto them our deepest desires for freedom and escape, but also our greatest fears of forced isolation. This book asks: what can islands teach us about living sustainably, being alone or coexisting with others, coping with uncertainty, and making do? Island explores these and other questions and ideas, but is constructed above all from the stories and experiences gathered during a lifetime of island hopping. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.
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Pub

de Philip Howell

~~11,91€~~ 10,72€ 10% IMEDIATO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 Pub takes the English public house apart, showing how its separate elements work, and reassessing the pubâ€™s history and cultural significance.
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Pub

de Philip Howell

~~11,91€~~ 10,72€ 10% IMEDIATO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 Pub takes the English public house apart, showing how its separate elements work, and reassessing the pubâ€™s history and cultural significance.
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Lawn

de Giovanni Aloi

~~11,91€~~ 10,72€ 10% IMEDIATO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. A quintessential feature in Western gardens and landscaping, the lawn is now at the center of a climate change controversy. The large carbon footprint maintenance, its unquenchable thirst for fertilizers, weedkillers, and water, and the notorious unfriendliness towards all forms of wildlife have recently attracted criticism and even spurred an anti-lawn movement. Lawn untangles the colonial-capitalist threads that keep our passion for mown grass alive despite mounting evidence that we''d be better off without it. The lawn is aesthetically and ideologically versatile. From museums and hospitals to corporate headquarters and university campuses, it has become the verdant lingua franca of institutions of all kinds. Its formal homogeneity and neatness imply reliability, constancy, and solicit our trust. But beneath the lawn lies a stratification of intricate ideological and ecological issues that over time have come to define our conception of nature.
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Lawn

de Giovanni Aloi

~~11,91€~~ 10,72€ 10% IMEDIATO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. A quintessential feature in Western gardens and landscaping, the lawn is now at the center of a climate change controversy. The large carbon footprint maintenance, its unquenchable thirst for fertilizers, weedkillers, and water, and the notorious unfriendliness towards all forms of wildlife have recently attracted criticism and even spurred an anti-lawn movement. Lawn untangles the colonial-capitalist threads that keep our passion for mown grass alive despite mounting evidence that we''d be better off without it. The lawn is aesthetically and ideologically versatile. From museums and hospitals to corporate headquarters and university campuses, it has become the verdant lingua franca of institutions of all kinds. Its formal homogeneity and neatness imply reliability, constancy, and solicit our trust. But beneath the lawn lies a stratification of intricate ideological and ecological issues that over time have come to define our conception of nature.
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Saxophone

de Mollie Hawkins

~~11,91€~~ 10,72€ 10% IMEDIATO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. The saxophone is a contradictory instrument that has rooted itself in the soil of pop culture. It''s the "devil''s horn," it''s the voice of jazz - an extension of the player''s soul - it is a character trait of U.S. Presidents, YouTube sensations, and cartoon characters. It has both enhanced and ruined songs, it is sensuous yet abrasive, and it is the only instrument widely excluded from symphonies and orchestras, never quite being taken seriously. As an object that is symbolic of living on the margins of society, the saxophone has never been kind to its players. Blending research, cultural criticism, and personal narrative about her saxophonist father, who lived on the margins until his unexpected death, Mollie Hawkins explores more than just the history of this expressive instrument. She illuminates the dark paths that our passions can lead us down. Saxophone turns the lens around to ask us all: what does it mean to devote your life to such an object - even if it kills you? Can music hold such power over us?
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Saxophone

de Mollie Hawkins

~~11,91€~~ 10,72€ 10% IMEDIATO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. The saxophone is a contradictory instrument that has rooted itself in the soil of pop culture. It''s the "devil''s horn," it''s the voice of jazz - an extension of the player''s soul - it is a character trait of U.S. Presidents, YouTube sensations, and cartoon characters. It has both enhanced and ruined songs, it is sensuous yet abrasive, and it is the only instrument widely excluded from symphonies and orchestras, never quite being taken seriously. As an object that is symbolic of living on the margins of society, the saxophone has never been kind to its players. Blending research, cultural criticism, and personal narrative about her saxophonist father, who lived on the margins until his unexpected death, Mollie Hawkins explores more than just the history of this expressive instrument. She illuminates the dark paths that our passions can lead us down. Saxophone turns the lens around to ask us all: what does it mean to devote your life to such an object - even if it kills you? Can music hold such power over us?
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Restaurant

de Dr. Or Prof. Brian (University Of New England, Usa) Duff

~~13,51€~~ 9,46€ 30% IMEDIATO

 Former restaurant critic Brian Duff examines the restaurant at a critical moment and argues that engaging and creating shared meaning with others across the table offers a path toward the renewal of waning social and democratic capacities.
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Oil

de Michael Tondre

~~11,91€~~ 10,72€ 10% IMEDIATO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 Illuminates the secret life of todayâ€™s foundational power source.
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Oil

de Michael Tondre

~~11,91€~~ 10,72€ 10% IMEDIATO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 Illuminates the secret life of todayâ€™s foundational power source.
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Pub

de Professor Philip (University Of Cambridge, Uk) Howell

~~13,51€~~ 9,46€ 30% IMEDIATO

 Pub takes the English public house apart, showing how its separate elements work, and reassessing the pubâ€™s history and cultural significance.
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Island

de Julian Hanna

~~11,91€~~ 10,72€ 10% IMEDIATO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Darwin called the Galápagos archipelago "a little world within itself," unaffected by humans and set on its own evolutionary path - strange, diverse, and unique. Islands are repositories of unique cultures and ways of living, seed banks built up in relative isolation. Island is an archipelago of ideas, drawing from research and first-hand experience living, working, and traveling to islands as far afield as Madeira and Cape Verde, Orkney and Svalbard, the Aran Islands and the Gulf Islands, Hong Kong and Manhattan. Islands have long been viewed as both paradise and prison - we project onto them our deepest desires for freedom and escape, but also our greatest fears of forced isolation. This book asks: what can islands teach us about living sustainably, being alone or coexisting with others, coping with uncertainty, and making do? Island explores these and other questions and ideas, but is constructed above all from the stories and experiences gathered during a lifetime of island hopping. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.
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X-Ray

de Nicole Lobdell

~~11,91€~~ 10,72€ 10% IMEDIATO

DISPONIBILIDADE IMEDIATA

 Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. X-rays are powerful. Moving through objects undetected, revealing the body as a tryptic of skin, tissue, and bone. X-rays gave rise to a transparent world and the belief that transparency conveys truth. It stands to reason, then, that our relationship with X-rays would be a complicated one of fear and fascination, acceptance and resistance, confusion and curiosity. In X-ray, Nicole Lobdell explores when, where, and how we use X-rays, what meanings we give them, what metaphors we make out of them, and why, despite our fears, we''re still fascinated with them. In doing so, she draws from a variety of fields, including the history of medicine, science and technology studies, literature, art, material culture, film, comics, gender studies, architecture, and industrial design. Object Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in The Atlantic.
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