Mark Kurlansky

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

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

From the award-winning, bestselling author of Cod comes the irresistible story of the science, history art, and culture of the least efficient way to catch a fish....

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

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

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....

Author Mark Kurlansky pleasantly surprised the world with this engaging best-seller that garnered rave reviews from critics and casual readers alike....

Break out the TV dinners! From the author who gave us Cod, Salt, and other informative bestsellers, the first biography of Clarence Birdseye....

"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....

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....

Engaging, scholarly, and brilliantly reasoned, Nonviolence is a work that compels listeners to look at history in an entirely new way....

Award-winning author Mark Kurlansky has drawn enthusiastic praise for his books, which are sharply-focused studies as well as glorious celebrations of their subjects....

"Every once in a while a writer of particular skills takes a fresh, seemingly improbable idea..."

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

From the team that created the ALA Notable Book The Cod's Tale comes the fascinating history of salt, which has been the object of wars and revolutions and is vital for life....

Mark Kurlansky's new book takes us back to the food of a younger America....

In the town of San Pedro in the Dominican Republic, baseball is not just a way of life. It's the way of life....

Ready for a Brand New Beat chronicles that extraordinary summer of 1964 and showcases the momentous role that a simple song about dancing played in history....

New York Times best-selling author Mark Kurlansky has turned the seemingly ordinary (salt, the year 1968, the humble cod fish) into some of the most enthralling nonfiction ever written....