{"product_id":"cod-9780140275018","title":"Cod","description":"\u003cb\u003eJAMES BEARD AWARD WINNER | BY THE AUTHOR OF \u003ci\u003eNYT \u003c\/i\u003eBESTSELLER \u003ci\u003eSALT\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eFrom the author of the viral TikTok sensation \u003ci\u003eSalt\u003c\/i\u003e, an unexpected, energetic look at world history via the humble cod fish\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"In [Kurlansky’s] hands, the cod proves intriguing… a hero of history… emblematic of a great crisis in the relation of people to nature.\"—\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eWars have been fought over it, revolutions have been spurred by it, national diets have been based on it, economies have depended on it, and the settlement of North America was driven by it. Cod, it turns out, is the reason Europeans set sail across the Atlantic, and it is the only reason they could. \u003ci\u003eCod \u003c\/i\u003eis a charming tour of history with all its economic forces laid bare and a fish story embellished with great gastronomic detail. It is also a tragic tale of environmental failure, of depleted fishing stocks where once the cod's numbers were legendary. In this deceptively whimsical biography of a fish, Mark Kurlansky brings a thousand years of human civilization into captivating focus.","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"STANDARD","offer_id":62231939809667,"sku":"9780140275018","price":18.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/8456\/3587\/files\/9780140275018.jpg?v=1785346362","url":"https:\/\/shopcomics.eu\/products\/cod-9780140275018","provider":"Shop Comics EU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}