{"product_id":"temptation-9780143120803","title":"Temptation","description":"\u003cb\u003e \" This elegantly written and useful book . . . describes how,  for millennia, human beings have struggled to rein in desire.\" -USA Today \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt a time when the fallout from reckless spending and unrestrained  consumption is fueling a national malaise, Daniel Akst delivers a witty  and comprehensive investigation of the central problem of our time: how  to save ourselves from what we want. \u003ci\u003eTemptation\u003c\/i\u003e reminds us that  while more calories, sex, and intoxicants are readily available than  ever before, crucial social constraints have eroded, creating a world  that sorely tests the limits of human willpower. Referencing history,  literature, psychology, philosophy, and economics, Akst draws a vivid  picture of the many-sided problem of desire-and delivers a blueprint  for how we can steer shrewdly away from a campaign of self-destruction.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"STANDARD","offer_id":62242230698371,"sku":"9780143120803","price":27.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0907\/8456\/3587\/files\/9780143120803.jpg?v=1785397118","url":"https:\/\/shopcomics.eu\/products\/temptation-9780143120803","provider":"Shop Comics EU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}