{"product_id":"original-skin-maryrose-cuskelly-9781582437392","title":"Original Skin: Exploring the Marvels of the Human Hide","description":"\"Like the air we breathe, we take our skin for granted . . . Yet it is remarkable; it mitigates and ameliorates the sometimes harsh world we dwell in, and is at the interface of so much of what we encounter. It is our border, the edge of ourselves, the point where we meet our universe.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eOriginal Skin\u003c\/i\u003e is at times a scientific study, remarking on the biological magic behind the human body's largest organ. At others it becomes an anthropological survey, dissecting separate societies' attitudes towards bare bodies, and the motives behind cultural rituals such as tattoos. However, \u003ci\u003eOriginal Skin\u003c\/i\u003e is, above all, a celebration of the human body; its tone one of absolute awe for the simultaneously protective and fragile membrane that divides us all from the world that surrounds us. Maryrose Cuskelly's book--in its examinations of everything from tickling to Botox to books bound in human derma--is a delightful meditation on skin.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Maryrose Cuskelly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1582437394\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781582437392\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Catapult\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/17\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 284\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.76lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.97h x 6.17w x 0.79d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/09\/2011\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2011 pg. 16\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eReference and Research Bk News\u003c\/i\u003e 08\/01\/2011 pg. 222","brand":"Maryrose Cuskelly","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46881093091583,"sku":"9781582437392","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_fdad7693-2bdc-4b35-be99-614b8a53e56a.jpg?v=1747970651","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/original-skin-maryrose-cuskelly-9781582437392","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}