{"product_id":"9781621450726","title":"My Planet: Finding Humor in the Oddest Places","description":"From acclaimed, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e best-selling author Mary Roach comes the complete collection of her “My Planet” articles published in \u003ci\u003eReader’s Digest\u003c\/i\u003e. She was a hit columnist in the magazine, and this book features the articles she wrote in that time. Insightful and hilarious, Mary explores the ins and outs of the modern world: marriage, friends, family, food, technology, customer service, dental floss, and ants—she leaves no element of the American experience unchecked for its inherent paradoxes, pleasures, and foibles.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn Cleanliness: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEd has crud vision, and I don’t. I don’t notice filth. Ed sees it everywhere. I am reasonably convinced that Ed can actually see bacteria. . . . He confessed he didn’t like me using his bathrobe because I’d wear it while sitting on the toilet.\u003cbr\u003e“It’s not like it goes in the water,” I protested, though if you counted the sash as part of the robe, this wasn’t strictly true.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOn the Internet: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Internet is a boon for hypochondriacs like me. Right now, for instance, I’m feeling a shooting pain on the side of my neck. A Web search produces five matches, the first three for a condition called Arnold-Chiari Malformation.\u003cbr\u003eWhile my husband, Ed, reads over my shoulder, I recite symptoms from the list. “‘General clumsiness’ and ‘general imbalance,’” I say, as though announcing arrivals at the Marine Corps Ball. “‘Difficulty driving,’ ‘lack of taste,’ ‘difficulty feeling feet on ground.’”\u003cbr\u003e“Those aren’t symptoms,” says Ed. “Those are your character flaws.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e On Fashion: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMy husband recently made me try on a bikini. A bikini is not so much a garment as a cloth-based reminder that your parts have been migrating all these years. My waist, I realized that day in the dressing ro","brand":"Trusted Media Brands","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47135924322544,"sku":"9781621450726","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781621450726_p0.jpg?v=1763859435","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781621450726","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}