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An extraordinary look at an ordinary substance—and one we'd be dead without: salt. Salt has shaped civilization from the very beginning, and the story of this common household seasoning proves a fascinating one. In a kaleidoscope of history, Mark Kurlansky—bestselling author of  1968 and...

New York Times Bestseller! "Masterly crafted"—The Wall Street Journal For readers of Between Shades of Gray and All the Light We Cannot See, bestselling author Ruta Sepetys returns to WWII in this epic novel that shines a light on one of the war's most devastating—yet unknown—tragedies...

Connor Getting accepted into the same post-grad university as my girlfriend seemed like a solid reason to stay together. Now that I'm in San Diego, living with Thalia's family, all I want to do is go back to Sacramento. Back to my family, my friends, and the sport I love like crazy. When I...

“Salt, Fat, Acid, Heat will make you a better cook” (Bon Apetit). Millions of readers and cooks of all levels have radically transformed their skillset thanks to this indispensable cookbook from the chef NPR called “the next Julia Child.” Transform how you prep, cook, and think about...

At eight, he gave me roses. At fifteen, he gave me butterflies, and at seventeen, he gave me sanctuary. I wasn't a damsel in distress. He wasn't Prince Charming waiting to whisk me off my feet. We didn't meet by chance. He's been part of my life for years, and for most of that time, I've been...

“If you had any doubt as to the food industry’s complicity in our obesity epidemic, it will evaporate when you read this book.”—The Washington Post #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER JAMES BEARD AWARD WINNER In this “propulsively written [and] persuasively argued” (The Boston...

We all know the dangers of sugar and salt: but the danger attributed to the second white crystal has more to do with getting too little of it, not too much. Too little salt can shift the body into semi-starvation mode, causing insulin resistance, and may even cause twice as much fat to be absorbed for every gram that's consumed. Too little salt in certain populations can also actually increase blood pressure as well as resting heart rate.

The final novel in The Seven Sisters series is here. Narrated by Richard Armitage and Tuppence Middleton. Spanning a lifetime of love and loss, crossing borders and oceans, Atlas: The Story of Pa Salt, co-authored by her son Harry Whittaker, draws Lucinda Riley's saga to its stunning...

She thought she was searching for her past. What she finds could change her future. At forty-eight years old, Lila Simmons has spent years holding her life together by sheer force of will. After a painful divorce shattered the carefully controlled world she built, the last thing she wants is to return to Salt Flower Bay—the small Florida beach town she spent thirty years trying to escape. But when her estranged mother dies unexpectedly, Lila has no choice but to go home. Her plan is simple: Settle the estate. Clean out the house. Leave before the past has a chance to pull her under again....

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER From the bestselling author of The Cloisters comes a slow-burn psychological drama about an opulent family that unravels when a decades-old crime resurfaces. “Full of chills and darkness.”—Oprah Daily “Fans of family dramas and thrillers will devour this...

It is the 14th century, and one of the most apocalyptic events in human history is set to occur - the coming of the Black Death. History teaches us that a third of Europe's population was destroyed. But what if the plague had killed 99 percent of the population instead? How would the world have changed? This is a look at the history that could have been - a history that stretches across centuries, a history that sees dynasties and nations rise and crumble, a history that spans horrible famine and magnificent innovation.

Think geography is about maps and politics is about ideas? Think again. In 'Salt,' Owen Briggs meticulously deconstructs human history to reveal that our empires were not built on grand ideologies, but on a simple, cubic ionic lattice. From the 'Saline Imperialism' of Rome and the sophisticated brine-drilling rigs of ancient China to the metabolic tax traps that sparked the French Revolution, salt was the world’s first truly strategic commodity. Briggs takes you inside the 'protein battery' that allowed humanity to decouple the calorie from the clock, fueling the growth of standing armies...

Salt sits on every table and dissolves in every ocean, and most people go a lifetime without wondering why. It turns out there's a lot to wonder about. Salt is built from two of the most reactive elements on the periodic table, yet settles into a compound stable enough to outlast empires. It has funded governments, provoked a revolution, and given English the word "salary" — though not, as legend has it, in quite the way you've heard. It comes in a dozen different forms with a dozen different origin stories, kept meat edible for centuries before refrigeration existed, and shows up in ...

The Norfolk Salt Marsh Chronicles: Books 1–5 A Gripping British Coastal Mystery Box Set Five atmospheric mysteries. One haunting coastline. Countless secrets buried beneath the tides. Welcome to the wild and windswept salt marshes of Norfolk, where shifting sands conceal old crimes, forgotten histories, and deadly truths waiting to resurface. In this compelling collection, author F.H. Braddock brings together the first five novels in "The Norfolk Salt Marsh Chronicles", a series of richly layered British mysteries steeped in coastal atmosphere, local folklore, and long-buried secrets. ...

In this lyrical debut, three generations of Palestinian women must put the haunting of their ancestral home to rest, before the secrets of the past drown them all. Our Cut of Salt is a powerful and intimate look at what it means to make a home, to lose it, and to return, only to find it...

A house full of jars. A town full of secrets. A truth someone will kill to bury. When an old man is found dead near Raven Creek’s salt marsh, Sheriff Cole Taggart uncovers a basement lined with sealed glass jars—each labeled with a name. Some belong to the missing. Others to people still alive. As forensic tests confirm human remains, reporter Abby Stratton begins to unravel a terrifying pattern: someone was documenting forgotten victims the system tried to erase. Now those records are vanishing too. The Salt House is a gripping small-town thriller about memory, buried crimes, and what ...

After being a soldier, working as a bodyguard should have been simple: Keep the owner of DC’s ultra-secret club safe, don’t think about his midnight eyes or his devil’s smile, don’t surrender my body to his wicked desires. But I underestimated Mark Trevena and the power of his dark, seductive world. I underestimated the hold he’d have on me, the way I would do anything for him at all. And so when he asks me to escort his soon-to-be bride home, I can only—miserably, broken-heartedly–say yes.

This sweeping world history reveals the bloody conflicts and ruthless trade monopolies forged over an edible mineral. Perfect for a thought-provoking daily commute, this fascinating journey transforms a common kitchen staple into the ultimate driver of human survival and imperial expansion...

Evangelism isn’t something you do, it’s a world-changing way of life. Rebecca Manley Pippert shows how we as Christians, who are called to be the salt of the earth, can get out of the saltshaker and into life itself.

With mouthwatering storytelling and open-hearted honesty, Brigid Washington serves The Devil Wears Prada for the “yes, chef” generation. This program is read by the author. "Trinidadian author [and narrator Brigid Washington] delivers an authentic, heartfelt narrative."—Kirkus "What truly...