{"product_id":"9780615944982","title":"Life Learned Abroad: Lessons on Humanity from China","description":"Life Learned Abroad: Lessons on Humanity from China is about how placing yourself in a new environment allows you to refresh your philosophy and reexamine life's fundamental issues.\u003cp\u003e***\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn August 2010, American Brandon Ferdig went to live in China for eleven months. What is it really like in China? Through photographs and word, this book shows us. And that's just the start. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFerdig shares his observations and the insights gained in areas such as education, poverty and wealth, freedom, sex and relationships, and treatment of animals and nature. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnd more than just observing, Ferdig gained these insights by participating in ways that found him onstage, in a parade, in homes sharing meals, up a mountain practicing martial arts, touring a factory, photographing a protest, going on a date, and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis picture-rich book reveals that the same social and personal issues are dealt with by people worldwide. Seeing them addressed in a place so different from one's own, however,\u003cbr\u003eallows for a new angle and a better understanding. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn all, this book is about China, about the United States, and about humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Periphery","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49832391803120,"sku":"9780615944982","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9780615944982","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}