{"product_id":"9781501375576","title":"Alarm","description":"Author: Bennett, Alice\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781501375576\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Bloomsbury\u003cbr\u003eYear first published: 09 Mar 2023\u003cbr\u003ePages: 152 Format: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.\u003cbr\u003eAlarms are alarming. They wake us up, demand our attention and force us to attend to things we've preferred to ignore. But alarms also allow us to feel secure, to sleep and to retreat from alertness. They\u003cbr\u003etake over vigilance on our behalf. \u003cbr\u003eFrom the alarm clock and the air-raid siren to the doorbell and the phone alert, the history of alarms is also the history of work, security, technology and emotion. \u003ci\u003eAlarm\u003c\/i\u003e responds to culture's most urgent calls to attention by examining all kinds of alarms, from the restless presence of the alarm clock in modernist art to the siren     the sound of the police     in classic hip hop. More than just bells and whistles, alarms are objects that have defined sleeping and waking, safety and danger, and they have fundamentally shaped our understanding of the mind and its capacity for attention.\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":46629827149982,"sku":"UBD-9781501375576","price":19.78,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0400\/9043\/5742\/files\/9781501375576.jpg?v=1774222446","url":"https:\/\/classicbargains.com.au\/products\/9781501375576","provider":"Classic Bargains Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}