{"product_id":"9781501338137","title":"Fake","description":"Author: Stevens, Kati\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781501338137\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 20 Sep 2018\u003cbr\u003ePages: 160 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.\u003cbr\u003eThe electric candle and faux fur, coffee substitutes and meat analogues, Obama impersonators, prosthetics. Imitation this, false that. Humans have been replacing and improving upon the real thing for millennia     from wooden toes found on Egyptian mummies to the Luxor pyramid in Las Vegas. So why do people have such disdain for so-called \"fakes\"? \u003cbr\u003eKati Stevens's \u003ci\u003eFake\u003c\/i\u003e discusses the strange history of imitations, as well as our ever-changing psychological and socioeconomic relationships with them. After all, fakes aren't going anywhere; they seem to be going everywhere. \u003cbr\u003eObject Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e.","brand":"Ships in 10 to 15 days","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46619417116830,"sku":"UBD-9781501338137","price":19.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781501338137.jpg?v=1773898959","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781501338137","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}