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Cod [Secure Microsoft Reader/Adobe]
by Mark Kurlansky
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 Wars have been fought over it, revolutions have been spurred by it, national diets have been founded on it, economies and livelihoods have depended on it, the settlement of North America was based on it. To those it has sustained, it is a treasure more precious than gold. It is the codfish, whose story--concisely and eloquently told by Mark Kurlansky--casts a fascinating and revealing fight on world history. Cod spans a thousand years and four continents. From the extraordinary Basques, who firs... more info>> 2000
Category: General Nonfiction
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1968: The Year that Rocked the World [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader/Adobe]
by Mark Kurlansky
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In this monumental new book, award-winning author Mark Kurlansky has written his most ambitious work to date: a singular and ultimately definitive look at a pivotal moment in history. With 1968, Mark Kurlansky brings to teeming life the cultural and political history of that world-changing year of social upheaval. People think of it as the year of sex, drugs, and rock and roll. Yet it was also the year of the Martin Luther King Jr. and Bobby Kennedy assassinations; the riots at the Democratic Na... more info>> 2003
Category: History
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Boogaloo on Second Avenue [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by Mark Kurlansky
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 In his eagerly awaited debut novel, critically acclaimed author Mark Kurlansky entertains readers with a brilliant story bursting with the vivid events and culinary delights-even recipes-that made bestsellers out of his nonfiction works Cod, Salt, and 1968. Nathan woke up on a Friday morning with the unshakable sense that during this day he would commit a catastrophic error in judgment. Something had been written by the gods, and Nathan Seltzer knew this was one Friday that he would regret.... I... more info>>
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The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by Mark Kurlansky
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Before New York City was the Big Apple, it could have been called the Big Oyster. Now award-winning author Mark Kurlansky tells the remarkable story of New York by following the trajectory of one of its most fascinating inhabitants--the oyster, whose influence on the great metropolis remains unparalleled. For centuries New York was famous for its oysters, which until the early 1900s played such a dominant a role in the city's economy, gastronomy, and ecology that the abundant bivalves were Gotha... more info>>
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The Last Fish Tale [Secure eReader (recommended)/Mobipocket/Microsoft Reader]
by Mark Kurlansky
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The bestselling author of Cod, Salt, and The Big Oyster has enthralled readers with his incisive blend of culinary, cultural, and social history. Now, in his most colorful, personal, and important book to date, Mark Kurlansky turns his attention to a disappearing way of life: fishing--how it has thrived in and defined one particular town for centuries, and what its imperiled future means for the rest of the world. The culture of fishing is vanishing, and consequently, coastal societies are chang... more info>>
Category: History
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