{"product_id":"brolliologyisbn-9781612196701","title":"Brolliology","description":"\u003cb\u003eA fun, illustrated history of the umbrella's surprising place in life and literature\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHumans have been making, using, perfecting, and decorating umbrellas for millennia--holding them over the heads of rulers, signalling class distinctions, and exploring their full imaginative potential in folk tales and novels.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e In the spirit of the best literary gift books,\u003ci\u003e Brolliology \u003c\/i\u003eis a beautifully designed and illustrated tour through literature and history. It surprises us with the crucial role that the oft-overlooked umbrella has played over centuries--and not just in keeping us dry. Marion Rankine elevates umbrellas to their rightful place as an object worthy of philosophical inquiry. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e    As Rankine points out, many others have tried. Derrida sought to find the meaning (or lack thereof) behind an umbrella mentioned in Nietzsche's notes, Robert Louis Stevenson wrote essays on the handy object, and Dickens used umbrellas as a narrative device for just about everything. She tackles the gender, class, and social connotations of carrying an umbrella and helps us realize our deep connection to this most forgettable everyday object--which we only think of when we don't have one.\"Marion Rankine [is] a delightful raconteur ... Her charming book presents a whimsical and thoughtful survey of, yes, the umbrella — or 'brolly' in the British author’s parlance ... Delicious.\"\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eTHE WASHINGTON POST\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Marion Rankine’s tour through umbrella culture suggests how widely this apparently simple accessory has been regarded with reverence, superstition and fascination... she is a thoughtful anthologist of the diverse literary examples she collects.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—THE GUARDIAN (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A wonderfully readable history of the humble umbrella\"\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eSOUTHERN LIVING MAGAZINE\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"By analyzing values through an object most of us use, Marion Rankine arms us with questions we should be asking about every other element of the designed world.\"—\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eFAST COMPANY\u003c\/i\u003e, DESIGN\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“If you don’t see the point in a cultural history of umbrellas, then friend, you are not thinking big enough. Brolliology has it all!”\u003cb\u003e—VOX\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“With its fun facts and detailed illustrations, we predict that \u003ci\u003eBrolliology: A History of the Umbrella in Life and Literature\u003c\/i\u003e will make a “brolly” enthusiast out of you yet.”\u003cb\u003e—HELLO GIGGLES\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"A book I had no idea I needed to read, Rankine’s \u003ci\u003eBrolliology\u003c\/i\u003e is a cultural history of that humble item, the umbrella.\"\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e—SIGNATURE READS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eBrolliology\u003c\/i\u003e is a beautifully designed and illustrated tour through literature and [the] history of umbrellas… Filled with cool illustrations and fun facts, this lovely book is a surprisingly compelling book on an unusual subject.”\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eBOOK RIOT\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"A perfect book for a rainy afternoon.\"\u003cb\u003e—POPMATTERS\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Delightful…The book is also filled with illustrations and plenty of fascinating facts.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eBOOK PAGE\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"Thought-provoking\"\u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eTHE NEW STATESMAN\u003c\/i\u003e (UK)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\"A breezy read… [and] attractively packaged… \u003ci\u003eBrolliology\u003c\/i\u003e makes a convincing case for the odd but noble endurance of its subject.”\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—THE GLOBE AND MAIL \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e(Can.)\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“This book is an enjoyable reminder that a brolly is never just a brolly.”\u003cb\u003e—\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eSYDNEY MORNING HERALD \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e(Aus.)\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e“Shot through with an opulent array of beautiful illustrations and photographs, Brolliology is a little gem of a book about what actually turns about to be a surprisingly absorbing and rich subject.” \u003cb\u003e—\u003ci\u003eTHE NATIONAL\u003c\/i\u003e (UAE)\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eMarion Rankine is a London-based writer and bookseller. Her work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eTimes Literary Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOverland\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eFor Books' Sake\u003c\/i\u003e, among others.","brand":"Melville House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46305357234405,"sku":"NP9781612196701","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/brolliologyisbn-9781612196701","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}