{"product_id":"9781783521715","title":"Escape Everything!: Escape from work. Escape from consumerism. Escape from despair.","description":"\u003cp\u003eWe are all trapped by modern life. Trapped! Trapped by work, consumerism, stress, debt, isolationism and general unhappiness.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe will each spend an average of 87,000 hours at work before we die. We will spend another 5,000 hours getting to and from work and countless more preparing for work. Worrying about work. Recovering from work.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe majority of us hate our jobs. But without work, we can't buy all the things we've been told we should want and need, so around we go... \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough the pages of \u003ci\u003eNew Escapologist \u003c\/i\u003emagazine, Robert Wringham has been studiously examining the traps of modern life, questioning where our commitment to them stems from and why we are so unable to break free. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTaking inspiration from the great Escapologist Harry Houdini – who escaped from jail cells, straitjackets, and even the innards of a dead whale – Wringham applies Houdini's feats as a metaphor for real life, proposing the principle of Escapology as a way to cut loose our shackles.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBecome a modern-day Escapologist and freedom and happiness might be possible after all.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Random House Adult Trade Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47140127637744,"sku":"9781783521715","price":18.32,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781783521715_p0.jpg?v=1763725150","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781783521715","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}