{"product_id":"9781501315077","title":"Sock","description":"Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWho ponders the sock? This common object is something people tug on and take off daily with hardly a thought. Unraveling the garment's history, construction, and use, Kim Adrian's \u003ci\u003eSock \u003c\/i\u003ereintroduces us to our own bodies- vulnerable, bipedal, and flawed. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSock \u003c\/i\u003ereminds us that extraordinary secrets live in mundane material realities, and shows how this floppy, often smelly, sometimes holey piece of clothing, whether machine-made or hand-knit, can also serve as an anatomy lesson, a physics primer, a love letter, a weapon, a fetish, and a fashion statement.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eObject Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury USA","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47127028433136,"sku":"9781501315077","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781501315077_p0.jpg?v=1763708464","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781501315077","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}