{"product_id":"5-factor-world-diet-book-harley-pasternak-msc-9780345511096","title":"The 5 Factor World Diet","description":"\u003cp\u003eNearly everyone collects something, even those who don't think of themselves as collectors. William Davies King, on the other hand, has devoted decades to collecting nothing--and a lot of it. With \u003ci\u003eCollections of Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e, he takes a hard look at this habitual hoarding to see what truths it can reveal about the impulse to accumulate.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePart memoir, part reflection on the mania of acquisition, \u003ci\u003eCollections of Nothing\u003c\/i\u003e begins with the stamp collection that King was given as a boy. In the following years, rather than rarity or pedigree, he found himself searching out the lowly and the lost, the cast-off and the undesired: objects that, merely by gathering and retaining them, he could imbue with meaning, even value. As he relates the story of his burgeoning collections, King also offers a fascinating meditation on the human urge to collect. This wry, funny, even touching appreciation and dissection of the collector's art as seen through the life of a most unusual specimen will appeal to anyone who has ever felt the unappeasable power of that acquisitive fever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat makes this book, bred of a midlife crisis, extraordinary is the way King weaves his autobiography into the account of his collection, deftly demonstrating that the two stories are essentially one. . . . His hard-won self-awareness gives his disclosures an intensity that will likely resonate with all readers, even those whose collections of nothing contain nothing at all.--\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eKing's extraordinary book is a memoir served up on the backs of all things he collects. . . . His story starts out sounding odd and singular--who \u003ci\u003eis\u003c\/i\u003e this guy?--but by the end, you recognize yourself in a lot of what he does.--Julia Keller, \u003ci\u003eChicago\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Tribune\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49626589692177,"sku":"GOR003245465","price":30.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49712720445713,"sku":"CIN0345511093G","price":0.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":52846154645777,"sku":"CIN0345511093VG","price":0.0,"currency_code":"CHF","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0345511093.jpg?v=1751357166","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/de-ch\/products\/5-factor-world-diet-buch-harley-pasternak-msc-9780345511096","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}