{"product_id":"limit-up-9781999280529","title":"Limit Up","description":"\u003cp\u003eHundreds of thousands of Soviet Union citizens unknowingly face imminent starvation as parched wheat crops wither in the Volga Plains during the drought of 1972. Mikhail Fisenko, a veteran Russian grain trader, must outwit US President Nixon's government and an oligopoly of powerful, sophisticated global grain trading firms to avoid one of the greatest disasters in Russian history. The lives of many people and his own career are at stake.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe suspenseful adventure delivers international intrigue, tracking the Soviet agent across the globe from Moscow to Minneapolis, Geneva to Memphis and Chicago to the plains of Eastern Europe as he strategizes, maneuvers and deals. Fisenko's fast-paced, high stakes quest includes dealings with many skilled veteran grain traders as well as an aspiring Cargill Inc. rookie, Jim McCrea, as he negotiates the largest grain deal in history - without bankrupting his national treasury.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWheat trade becomes the new \"battlefield\" in the midst of the Soviet\/American Cold War conflict, as the Russian attempts to secretly negotiate the largest deal in commodity trading history. This single, seminal event, later coined as the \"Great Grain Robbery\", changed global food prices forever.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-4314898\"\u003eRuss Crawford\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Agrinomics I.T. Consulting Ltd.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/28\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 314\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.02lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781999280529\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1999280520\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-FIC\"\u003eFiction\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-FIC000000\"\u003eGeneral\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Agrinomics I.T. Consulting Ltd.","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44528385786093,"sku":"9781999280529","price":19.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_78b7b2ce-d814-40fc-94c7-f386f202d464.jpg?v=1701387542","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/limit-up-9781999280529","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}