{"product_id":"9781616894054","title":"GoatMan: How I Took a Holiday from Being Human","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe dazzling success of \u003ci\u003eThe Toaster Project\u003c\/i\u003e, including TV appearances and an international book tour, leaves Thomas Thwaites in a slump. His friends increasingly behave like adults, while Thwaites still lives at home, \"stuck in a big, dark hole.\" Luckily, a research grant offers the perfect out: a chance to take a holiday from the complications of being human—by transforming himself into a goat. What ensues is a hilarious and surreal journey through engineering, design, and psychology, as Thwaites interviews neuroscientists, animal behaviorists, prosthetists, goat sanctuary workers, and goatherds.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom this, he builds a goat exoskeleton—artificial legs, helmet, chest protector, raincoat from his mum, and a prosthetic goat stomach to digest grass (with help from a pressure cooker and campfire)—before setting off across the Alps on four legs with a herd of his fellow creatures. Will he make it? Do Thwaites and his readers discover what it truly means to be human?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eGoatMan\u003c\/i\u003e tells all in Thwaites's inimitable style, which NPR extols as \"a laugh-out- loud-funny but thoughtful guide through his own adventures.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Princeton Architectural Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47051370692848,"sku":"9781616894054","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781616894054_p0.jpg?v=1763850588","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781616894054","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}