false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1170625012m/64895.jpg 64895 15 You probably enjoy eating codfish, but reading about them? Mark Kurlansky has written a fabulous book--well worth your time--about a fish that probably has mattered more in human history than any other. The cod helped inspire the discovery and exploration of North America. It had a profound impact upon the economic development of New England and eastern Canada from the earliest times. Today, however, overfishing is a constant threat. Kurlansky sprinkles his well-written and occasionally humorous history with interesting asides on the possible origin of the word codpiece and dozens of fish recipes. Sometimes a book on an offbeat or neglected subject really makes the grade. This is one of them. 62987 book 1997 Cod total:1557|5:363|4:700|3:426|2:61|1:7| 1557 6022 2277 278 2 3 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2001 Tue Nov 13 20:27:58 -0800 2007 Tue Nov 13 20:36:16 -0800 2007 I actually kinda liked it at the time. It was short, humorous at times, but went a little above and beyond with the fish so that the world turned and societ...more...]]> 5 2 false false Fri Nov 14 07:33:44 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 12 16:23:26 -0800 2009 more...]]> 3 2 false false Thu Oct 09 13:25:09 -0700 2008 Thu Oct 09 13:25:28 -0700 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Thu Oct 18 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Tue Jan 29 20:58:31 -0800 2008 Tue Jan 29 21:05:36 -0800 2008 more...]]> 4 1 false false Sat Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Sat Mar 01 07:41:54 -0800 2008 Wed Mar 26 11:02:12 -0700 2008
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It's also utterly sane and explains why international fishing policy has resulted in a seemingly unchanged 'fish-finger' (fish stick for Americans) for the last fifty years even tho' the unfortunate source-creature has flipped from ocean to ocean, spec...more...]]> 2 0 false false Fri Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 06 19:04:44 -0700 2007 Mon Jul 09 08:51:57 -0700 2007 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=64895