COD: A BIOGRAPHY OF THE FISH THAT CHANGED THE WORLD. By Mark Kurlansky.

.# (1997) 1999 UK paperback reprint. Small 8vo paperback (128 x 198mm). Ppx,294. B/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography, recipes.

.# Not angling, but an excellent history of the cod, its fisheries and its impact on our lives". This is an extraordinary book, unputdownable, written in the most lyrical, flowing style which paints vivid pictures and, at the same time, punches into place hard facts that stop you dead in your tracks". (Sir Roy Strong). "This elegantly produced book is primarily a celebration of the gift from nature... Eloquently, but without bitterness, it alerts us to what we lose when we treat our gifts so scurvily". (Financial Times).