{"product_id":"temptation-isbn-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\u003eA native New Yorker, Daniel Akst is a well-known journalist who has worked at the \u003cb\u003eLA Times\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/b\u003e and now writes a monthly column in the Sunday \u003cb\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/b\u003e. He also writes regularly for the \u003cb\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/b\u003e culture pages, and has appeared in many other publications, including \u003cb\u003eAmerican Heritage\u003c\/b\u003e, the \u003cb\u003eBoston Globe\u003c\/b\u003e, the \u003cb\u003eChristian Science Monitor, Civilization, Technology Review\u003c\/b\u003e, the \u003cb\u003eWashington Monthly\u003c\/b\u003e, and on both public radio and television. His first book, \u003cb\u003eWonder Boy\u003c\/b\u003e (Scribners), chronicled the eye-popping ZZZZ Best fraud perpetrated by teenage entrepreneur Barry Minkow, and was named one of the 10 best of 1990 by \u003cb\u003eBusiness Week\u003c\/b\u003e. He is also the author of \u003cb\u003eThe Webster Chronicle\u003c\/b\u003e published by BlueHen in October 2001.\u003cp\u003eAkst is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania who spent 13 years in Los Angeles before moving to the Hudson Valley, where he lives with his wife and two sons.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46304286965989,"sku":"NP9780143120803","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9780143120803.jpg?v=1767737886","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/temptation-isbn-9780143120803","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}