{"product_id":"book-ghsc","title":"License to Travel","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDiscover the surprising global history of how the passport has shaped art, thought, and human experience to define the modern world.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eLicense to Travel\u003c\/em\u003e exposes the passport as both an instrument of personal freedom and a tool of government surveillance powerful enough to define our very humanity.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003ePatrick Bixby examines the passports of artists and intellectuals, ancient messengers and modern migrants to reveal how these seemingly humble documents implicate us in larger narratives about identity, mobility, citizenship, and state authority.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eThis concise cultural history:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e• Takes the reader on a captivating journey from pharaonic Egypt and Han-dynasty China to the passport controls and crowded refugee camps of today.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e• Connects intimate stories of vulnerability and desire with vivid examples drawn from world cinema, literature, art, philosophy, and politics\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003e• Highlights the control that travel documents have over our bodies as we move around the globe.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: start\"\u003eWith unexpected discoveries at every turn, from narrow escapes and new starts, tearful departures and hopeful arrivals, \u003cem\u003eLicense to Travel\u003c\/em\u003e shares some of our most memorable experiences involving the passport.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Recorded Books, Inc.","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49357967327536,"sku":"BDghsc","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio CD","offer_id":49357967425840,"sku":"ZEghsc","price":49.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Audio MP3-CD","offer_id":49357967393072,"sku":"ZMghsc","price":45.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/344045-ghsc-Square.jpg?v=1734440222","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-ghsc","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}