{"title":"James Prosek","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"eels-an-exploration-from-new-zealand-to-the-sargasso-of-the-worlds-most-mysterious-fish-paperback","title":"Eels: An Exploration, from New Zealand to the Sargasso, of the World's Most Mysterious Fish - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"\u003cem\u003eEels\u003c\/em\u003e [is] more than a fish book. It is an impassioned defense of nature itself. . . . [Prosek] passes on the truth that the often disdained eel, like all migratory fish, is vital and mysterious and worthy of our full effort to bring it back.\" -- \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"A wonderful account of far-flung travels in pursuit of the secrets of the earth's most mysterious fish. . . . Fascinating and beautifully rendered.\" -- Peter Matthiessen\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFamous for his deeply informed, compulsively readable books on trout, James Prosek (whom the \u003cem\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/em\u003e has called \"the Audubon of the fishing world\") takes on nature's quirkiest and most enigmatic fish: the eel. Fans of Mark Kurlansky's \u003cem\u003eCod\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eThe Big Oyster\u003c\/em\u003e or Trevor Corson's \u003cem\u003eThe Secret Life of Lobsters\u003c\/em\u003e will love Prosek's probing exploration of the hidden deep-water dwellers. With characteristically captivating prose and lavish illustrations, Prosek demystifies the eel's unique biology and bizarre mating routines, and illuminates the animal's varied roles in the folklore, cuisine, and commerce of a variety of cultures. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey spawn in the middle of the ocean but spend their adult lives in freshwater. They can overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles and even cross over land. They are revered as guardians and monster-seducers by New Zealand's Maori, yet are often viewed with disgust in the West. They are a multibillion-dollar business in the Asian food market. They are often mistaken for snakes. They are eels--one of the world's most amazing and least understood fish. (\u003cem\u003eYes, fish.\u003c\/em\u003e) \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Prosek offers a fascinating tour through the life history and cultural associations of the freshwater eel, exploring its biology, its myth and lore, its mystery and beauty. \u003cem\u003eEels\u003c\/em\u003e is a mesmerizing biography of an intriguing and mysterious creature, as well as a telling look at humanity, the will to persist, and the ever-changing relationship between man and the natural world. \u003c\/p\u003e--\u003cem\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/em\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThey spawn in the middle of the ocean but spend their adult lives in freshwater. They can overcome seemingly insurmountable obstacles and even cross over land. They are revered as guardians and monster-seducers by New Zealand's Maori, yet are often viewed with disgust in the West. They are a multibillion-dollar business in the Asian food market. 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