Object Lessons
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Metronome
$14.95 Add to cartObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
When the metronome was invented in 1815, it transformed the music world. Composers and musici- Series: Object Lessons
- Author: Birkhold, Matthew H.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 184
- Publish Date: November 13 2025
- ISBN10: 9798765108871
- Language: English
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Ballot
$14.95 Read moreObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
Ballot examines the psychological, cultural, and political significance of voting in an incre- Series: Object Lessons
- Author: Enjeti, Anjali
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: February 05 2026
- ISBN10: 9798765126196
- Language: English
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Lipstick
$14.95 Add to cartObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
From Revlon to Glossier, from Marilyn to Gaga, lipstick is as shape-shifting and unwieldy as- Series: Object Lessons
- Author: G’Sell, Eileen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: February 19 2026
- ISBN10: 9798765135587
- Language: English
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Videotape
$14.95 Add to cartObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
Over the span of a single decade, VHS technology changed the relationship between privacy and- Series: Object Lessons
- Author: Godeanu-Kenworthy, Oana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 04 2025
- ISBN10: 9798765100004
- Language: English
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Cat
$14.95 Add to cartObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
Rebecca van Laer and her partner purchase a home and move in with their senior cats, Toby and- Series: Object Lessons
- Author: Laer, Rebecca Van
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: October 02 2025
- ISBN10: 9798765114629
- Language: English
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Taco
$14.95 Add to cartObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
Taco is a deep dive into the most iconic Mexican food from the perspective of a Mexico City n- Series: Object Lessons
- Author: Prado, Ignacio M. Sánchez
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: October 16 2025
- ISBN10: 9798765135624
- Language: English
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Saxophone
$14.95 Read moreObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
The saxophone is a contradictory instrument that has rooted itself in the soil of pop culture- Series: Object Lessons
- Author: Hawkins, Mollie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: February 20 2025
- ISBN10: 9798765114773
- Language: English
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Wine
$14.95 Read moreObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
While wine drunk millennia ago was the humble beverage of the people, today the drink is inex- Series: Object Lessons
- Author: Bernhard, Meg
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1501383612
- Language: English
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Relic
$14.95 Read moreObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
Every culture, every religion, every era has enshrined otherwise regular objects with a signi- Series: Object Lessons
- Author: Simon, Ed
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: January 11 2024
- ISBN10: 9798765102282
- Language: English
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Recipe
$14.95 Read moreObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
Recipe reveals the surprising lessons that recipes teach, in addition to the obvious instruct- Series: Object Lessons
- Author: Bloom, Lynn Z.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: June 30 2022
- ISBN10: 1501367102
- Language: English
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Sewer
$14.95 Read moreObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
What can underground pipes tell us about human eating habits and the spread or containment of- Series: Object Lessons
- Author: Hester, Jessica Leigh
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 200
- Publish Date: November 03 2022
- ISBN10: 150137950X
- Language: English
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Grave
$14.95 Read moreObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
Grave takes a ground-level view of how burial sites have transformed over time and how they c- Series: Object Lessons
- Author: Meier, Allison C.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: February 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1501383655
- Language: English
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Magazine
$14.95 Read moreObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
For a century, magazines were the authors of culture and taste, of intelligence and policy –- Series: Object Lessons
- Author: Jarvis, Jeff
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: November 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1501394959
- Language: English
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Mushroom
$14.95 Read moreObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
They are the things we step on without noticing and the largest organisms on Earth. They are- Series: Object Lessons
- Author: Rich, Sara
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: January 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1501386581
- Language: English
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Barcode
$14.95 Read moreObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
Barcodes are about as ordinary as an object can be. Billions of them are scanned each day and- Series: Object Lessons
- Author: Frith, Jordan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: November 02 2023
- ISBN10: 1501399918
- Language: English
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Bicycle
$14.95 Add to cartObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
These days the bicycle often appears as an interloper in a world constructed for cars. An alm- Series: Object Lessons
- Author: Maskit, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 25 2024
- ISBN10: 1501338099
- Language: English
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Pencil
$14.95 Read moreObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things.
A cylinder of baked graphite and clay in a wood case, the pencil creates as it is being destr- Series: Object Lessons
- Author: Beggy, Carol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: February 08 2024
- ISBN10: 1501392247
- Language: English
