From Mark Kurlansky, the bestselling author of Cod, Salt, Birdseye, and Paper-the illuminating story of an ancient and enigmatic people Straddling a small corner of Spain and France in a land that is marked on no maps except their own,...

"A Chosen Few: The Resurrection of European Jewry" von Mark Kurlansky untersucht die Erneuerung und das Überleben jüdischer Gemeinschaften in Europa nach dem Holocaust. Kurlansky beleuchtet, wie trotz der verheerenden Verluste und der...

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Heute eines der billigsten Lebensmittel, war Salz einst kostbar wie Gold. Um seinetwillen wurden Kriege geführt, Allianzen gegründet und Menschen ausgebeutet. Nicht nur zum Würzen von Speisen, sondern vor allem zur Konservierung war es...

Paper is one of the simplest and most essential pieces of human technology. For the past two millennia, the ability to produce it in ever more efficient ways has supported the proliferation of literacy, media, religion, education,...

"Excellent ink drawings, brightened with colorful washes, illustrate incidents from the text with clarity, a flair for the dramatic, and a sense of humor." (Booklist, starred review) "Kurlansky is a masterful storyteller. . . ....

All-new stories about the food we share, love, and fight over from the national bestselling author of Cod and Salt. In these linked stories, Mark Kurlansky reveals the bond that can hold people together, tear them apart, or make them...

Tet-Offensive in Vietnam, Antikriegsbewegung, Prager Frühling, Rassenunruhen in Amerika und Notstandsgesetze in Deutschland, Pariser Mai und Demonstrationen polnischer und italienischer, mexikanischer und japanischer Studenten. Abbie...

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 to his own. This memoir and biography...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • "In this highly opinionated and highly readable history, Kurlansky makes a case for why 1968 has lasting relevance in the United States and around the world."-Dan Rather To some, 1968 was the year of sex, drugs, and...

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. According to the Greek creation myth, we are so...

"Die Basken. Eine kleine Weltgeschichte" von Mark Kurlansky bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über die Geschichte und Kultur des baskischen Volkes, einer der ältesten ethnischen Gruppen Europas. Kurlansky erkundet die Ursprünge der...