{"product_id":"9781411430679","title":"In Defense of Women (Barnes \u0026 Noble Library of Essential Reading)","description":"Cynical quips like “Marriage: the end of hope” and “Wife: a former sweetheart” led critics to label \u003cb\u003eH. L. Mencken\u003c\/b\u003e \"the country's high priest of woman-haters.\" Needless to say, his publication of \u003ci\u003eIn Defense of Women\u003c\/i\u003e must have come as quite a shock.  Here, Mencken argues that women possess a \"superior intelligence\" and are “the supreme realists of the race.\" Man, by contrast, is a helpless romantic: \"without a woman to rule him and to think for him, he is a truly lamentable spectacle.\"","brand":"Barnes \u0026 Noble","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47138241708272,"sku":"9781411430679","price":3.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781411430679_p0.jpg?v=1769894902","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781411430679","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}