{"product_id":"9781843179443","title":"Unexpected Item in the Bagging Area: Driven Crazy by the Modern World?","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA hilarious call-to-arms for everyone infuriated by 21st century technology, from iPhones to e-readers to self-service checkout\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eIf you point my smart phone at the sky, its star-gazing app can supposedly identify and name planets outside of our galaxy. Extraordinary—but even more extraordinary is that it can't actually make telephone calls. Trying to get a signal on it is like searching for the Yeti—some people believe it exists but you would probably have to trek to the Himalayas to find it.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor those who yearn for the good old days before one needed a degree in computer programming just to make a phone call, this is the perfect book, rebelling against the crazes and popularity of the unfathomable trappings of the contemporary world. Technophobes who have found themselves shouting at a recorded voice on the phone, been driven crazy by the illogical pricing of train tickets, or found themselves drowning in a sea of half-remembered passwords, have found their manifesto.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Michael O'Mara Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47039109464304,"sku":"9781843179443","price":15.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781843179443_p0.jpg?v=1763741316","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781843179443","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}