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Mark Kurlansky
Homer called it a divine substance. Plato described it as especially dear to the gods. From the rural Sichuan province where the last home-made soya sauce is made to the…
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From the New York Times bestselling author of Cod and Salt, a delectable look at the cultural, historical, and gastronomical layers of one of the world’s most beloved culinary staples–featuring…
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From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cod and Salt, a delectable look at the cultural, historical, and gastronomical layers of one of the world's most beloved culinary staples--featuring original…
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From New York Times-bestselling author Mark Kurlansky, a delectable novel about one Greek family's diner, its colorful ensemble of regulars, and the Upper West Side-wide race to interpret a perplexing…
From the Vikings to Clarence Birdseye, the author introduces the explorers, merchants, writers, chefs and fisherman, whose lives have been interwoven with the prolific fish. He chronicles the cod wars…
Break out the TV dinners! From the author who gave us Cod, Salt, and other informative bestsellers, the first biography of Clarence Birdseye, the eccentric genius inventor whose fast-freezing process…
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For use in schools and libraries only. A witty romp through history uses the codfish as its main character, showing how cod became the reason Europeans set sail across the…
The conventional history of nations, even continents, is a history of warfare.
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The White Man in the Tree is a comedy of cultural misunderstanding set in the Caribbean, New York and Paris, a novella and eight stories about people who, because of…
In these linked stories, Kurlansky ( Cod and Salt ) reveals the bond that can hold people together, tear them apart, or make them become vegan: food.
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From the The New York Times best-selling author of Cod and Salt, a definitive history of paper and the astonishing ways it has shaped today’s world.
A city of tropical heat, sweat, ramshackle beauty, and its very own cadence–a city that always surprises–Havana is brought to pulsing life by New York Times bestselling author Mark Kurlansky.
From the author of Cod, Salt, and other informative bestsellers, comes the first biography of Clarence Birdseye, the eccentric genius inventor whose fast-freezing process revolutionized the food industry and American…
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It was the year of sex and drugs and rock and roll; it was also the year of the Martin Luther King and Bobby Kennedy assassinations, the Prague Spring, the…
In his new global food history, the internationally bestselling author says if we can save the salmon, we can save the world
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An engaging book by an excellent journalist… .–Washington Post Book World. A penetrating analysis of the social, political, sexual, and cultural worlds that exist behind the four-color Caribbean travel posters…
Award-winning food writer Mark Kurlansky serves up a true smorgasbord of choice cuts by the world’s most discerning gourmets and gourmands through the ages. From Plato on the art of…
When Peter Minuit bought Manhattan for $24 in 1626, he showed his shrewdness by also buying the oyster beds off tiny, nearby Oyster Island, renamed Ellis Island in 1770. From…
Mark Kurlansky’s first global food history since the bestselling Cod and Salt; the fascinating cultural, economic, and culinary story of milk and all things dairy–with recipes throughout.
Mark Kurlansky’s first global food history since the bestselling Cod and Salt; the fascinating cultural, economic and culinary story of milk and all things dairy - with recipes throughout
While…
In The Importance of Not Being Ernest, acclaimed journalist and New York Times bestselling author Mark Kurlansky focuses on the sprawling life and work of Ernest Hemingway while drawing parallels…
National Outdoor Book Award Winner for Outdoor Literature From the award-winning, bestselling author of Cod–the irresistible story of the science, history, art, and culture of the least efficient way to…
Gives a step-by-step account of what would happen if fish became extinct. This book outlines a plan for remedying the situation. It includes a fifteen-page graphic novel (each page is…
They are a mythical people, almost an imagined people, writes Kurlansky. Signs of their civilization exist well before the arrival of the Romans in 218BC.
From the New York Times -bestselling author of Cod, Salt, and The Big Oyster comes the colorful story of a way of life that for hundreds of years has defined…
The internationally bestselling author says if we can save the salmon, we can save the world
From the author of Cod comes the illuminating story of an ancient and enigmatic people. Kurlansky’s passion for the Basque people and his exuberant eye for detail shine through this…
One of the reasons baseball fans so love the sport is that it involves certain physical acts of beauty. And one of the most beautiful sights in the history of…
The remarkable life story of the first Jewish superstar athlete, by New York Times best-selling author Mark Kurlansky
Originally published by Addison-Wesley Publishing Company in 1995 –Title verso page.
From the New York Times -bestselling author of Cod and Salt comes a remarkable portrait of American food before World War II.
In his distinctive style, bestselling author Kurlansky examines the staggering amount of baseball talent that has originated in the impoverished area of San Pedro, in the Dominican Republic, and discovers…
?Que tienen en comun Rico Carty, Alfredo Griffin, Pedro Guerrero, George Bell, Julio Franco, Juan Samuel, Sammy Sosa, Alfonso Soriano, y Robinson Cano? Que todos proceden de San Pedro de…
All-new stories about the urban worlds where animals and humans fight, love, and find common ground, from the nationally bestselling author of Cod and Salt. a In these stories, Mark…
A loving eulogy not only to a fish, but to the people whose lives have been shaped by the habits of the fish, and whose way of life is now…
The bestselling author of Cod and The Basque History turns his attention to salt, a common household item with a long and intriguing history. In this multilayered masterpiece, Kurlansky explains…
In this monumental new book, award-winning author Kurlansky has written his most ambitious work to date: a singular and ultimately definitive look at a pivotal moment in history.
From the New York Times bestselling author of Salt and Cod comes a fascinating history of the oyster’s influence on four centuries of cultural, economic, and culinary trends. Abridged. 4…
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A tribute to a magnificent species whose cycles of life are entwined with every aspect of nature -- freshwater, saltwater, and land -- and whose survival is inextricably tied to…
In this timely, highly original, and controversial narrative, New York Times bestselling author Kurlansky discusses nonviolence as a distinct entity–a course of action–rather than a mere state of mind, which…
