{"product_id":"9781101559307","title":"Temptation: Finding Self-Control in an Age of Excess","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\u003e","brand":"Penguin Publishing Group","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47076987338992,"sku":"9781101559307","price":5.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781101559307_p0.jpg?v=1763688379","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781101559307","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}