{"product_id":"9781910620045","title":"An Unreliable History of Tattoos","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe tattoo is an art form, a practice . . . for some, a ritual. Its history is long and colorful, dating back to the Neolithic, when our ancestors marked their bodies with symbolic lines derived from a carbon paste. Today, those same markings can be made on entering the neon parlors that line our cities.Maybe it's time to stop taking them so seriously.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePaul Thomas's \u003c\/b\u003ework has also appeared in the \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eTimes\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eIndependent\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eDaily Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrivate Eye\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eShares \u003c\/i\u003emagazine. He has illustrated three books by Hunter Davies for Random House.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Nobrow Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47043930128624,"sku":"9781910620045","price":19.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781910620045_p0.jpg?v=1763627581","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781910620045","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}