{"product_id":"the-address-book-9781250134790","title":"The Address Book","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFinalist for the 2020 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003eMagazines''s 100 Must-Read Books of 2020  Finalist for the Goodreads Choice Awards, Best History \u0026amp; Biography 2020  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eLonglisted for the 2020 Porchlight Business Book Awards\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn entertaining quest to trace the origins and implications of the names of the roads on which we reside. Sarah Vowell, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhen most people think about street addresses, if they think of them at all, it is in their capacity to ensure that the postman can deliver mail or a traveler won't get lost. But street addresses were not invented to help you find your way; they were created to find you. In many parts of the world, your address can reveal your race and class. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this wide-ranging and remarkable book, Deirdre Mask looks at the fate of streets named after Martin Luther King Jr., the wayfinding means of ancient Romans, and how Nazis haunt the streets of modern\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49407258820951,"sku":"9781250134790","price":16.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781250134790.jpg?v=1730498761","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-address-book-9781250134790","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}