{"product_id":"9781628921380","title":"Golf Ball","description":"\u003ch3\u003eObject Lessons\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch1\u003eGolf Ball\u003c\/h1\u003e\u003ch3\u003eHarry Brown | Ian Bogost | Christopher Schaberg\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cb\u003eLiterary Criticism \/ Semiotics \u0026amp; Theory\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp\u003eObject Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHarry Brown explores the composition, history, kinetic life, and the  long deterioration of golf balls, which as it turns out may outlive their hitters by a  thousand years, in places far beyond our reach. Golf balls embody our efforts  to impose our will on the land, whether the local golf course or the  Moon, but their unpredictable spin, bounce, and roll often defy our  control. Despite their considerable technical refinements, golf balls  reveal the futility of control. They inevitably disappear in plain sight  and find their way into hazards. Golf balls play with people.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHarry Brown's short treatise on the golf ball serves up surprising lessons about the human desire to tame and control the landscape through technology. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eObject Lessons is published in partnership with an essay series in \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eHarry Brown\u003c\/b\u003e is Associate Professor of English at DePauw University, USA. He is the author of\u003ci\u003e Injun Joe's Ghost\u003c\/i\u003e (University of Missouri, 2004) and \u003ci\u003eVideogames and Education\u003c\/i\u003e (M.E. Sharpe, 2008). He has published articles on American literature and culture in \u003ci\u003eThe Journal of American and Comparative Culture, Studies in Medievalism\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eParadoxa\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as original fiction in \u003ci\u003eBlueline \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Mississippi Review. \u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ctable\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublication Date: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e29 January 2015\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eImprint: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eBloomsbury Academic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eISBN-13: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e9781628921380\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eFormat: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePaperback softback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ePage Count: \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e160\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003eWeight (oz): \u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003e5.44\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Bloomsbury Academic","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51936238567564,"sku":"9781628921380","price":13.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/getimage_0a159e46-7f79-44ab-8a01-15d8d2692326.jpg?v=1786016034","url":"https:\/\/lateknightbooks.com\/products\/9781628921380","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}