Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky with plenty of room for

with plenty of room for writing and reflecting

is the omnipresent trio responsible for the survival of the human race and the world as we know it

The Fish Can Sing is one of Nobel Prize winner Halldór Laxness’s most beloved novels

in the steadfast courage of an undemonstrative captain and the imaginative readiness of his young first mate

anywhere is not my very own

Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky with plenty of room for'Who would ever think that a book on cod would make a compulsive read? And yet this is precisely what Kurlansky has done' Express on SundayThe Cod. Wars have been fought over it, revolutions have been triggered by it, national diets have been based on it, economies and livelihoods have depended on it. To the millions it has sustained, it has been a treasure more precious that gold. This book spans 1,000 years and four continents. From the Vikings to