Mark Kurlansky

A definitive history of paper and the astonishing ways it has shaped today's world....

So much of our human body is made up of salt that we'd be dead without it...

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....

The innocuous cod has been the subject of international wars, national diets, economies, livelihoods, and health in general...

Mark Kurlansky's first global food history since the best-selling Cod and Salt; the fascinating cultural, economic and culinary story of milk and all things dairy....

Fishing at sea, an ancient trade and a way of life that has defined coastal towns throughout history, may be coming to an end....

Before New York City was the Big Apple, it could have been called the Big Oyster....

"The singular remarkable fact about the Basques is that they still exist," best selling author Mark Kurlansky says...

Award-winning author Mark Kurlansky presents an insider's view of Havana: the elegant, tattered city he has come to know over more than 30 years....

The cod is a large, ugly fish that spends its life with its big mouth wide open for food....