Mark Kurlansky: 32 books
Havana
A Subtropical Delirium
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2017
A city of tropical heat, sweat, ramshackle beauty, and its very own cadence--a city that always surprises--Havana is brought to pulsing life by New York Times bestselling author Mark Kurlansky.
Award-winning author Mark Kurlansky presents an insider's view of Havana: the elegant, tattered city...
International Night
A Father and Daughter Cook Their Way Around the World *Including More than 250 Recipes*
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2014
From celebrated food writer Mark Kurlansky, a savory trip across the globe for parents and kids, with delicious and accessible recipes and tidbits both cultural and historical.
Once a week in the Kurlansky home, Mark spins a globe, and wherever his daughter's finger lands becomes the theme...
1968
The Year That Rocked the World
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2003
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...
Cod
A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 1998
**An unexpected, energetic look at world history on sea and land from the bestselling author of Salt and *The Basque History of the World
Cod*,** Mark Kurlansky’s third work of nonfiction and winner of the 1999 James Beard Award**,** is the biography of a single species of fish, but it may...
The Big Oyster
History on the Half Shell
Language: English
Release Date: January 9, 2007
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...
The Food of a Younger Land
The Middle West Eats Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebras ka, Kansas, Missouri, South Dakota, North Dakota
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2009
A remarkable portrait of American food before World War II, presented by the New York Times-bestselling author of Cod and Salt.
Award-winning New York Times-bestselling author Mark Kurlansky takes us back to the food and eating habits of a younger America: Before the national highway system...
The Food of a Younger Land
The Northeast Eats Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York City, New York State, Pennsylvania
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2009
A remarkable portrait of American food before World War II, presented by the New York Times-bestselling author of Cod and Salt.
Award-winning New York Times-bestselling author Mark Kurlansky takes us back to the food and eating habits of a younger America: Before the national highway system...
The Food of a Younger Land
A portrait of American food from the lost WPA files
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2009
A remarkable portrait of American food before World War II, presented by the New York Times-bestselling author of Cod and Salt.
Award-winning New York Times-bestselling author Mark Kurlansky takes us back to the food and eating habits of a younger America: Before the national highway system...
The Food of a Younger Land
The South Eats Delaware, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Virginia, West Virginia, Th e Carolinas,Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkans
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2009
A remarkable portrait of American food before World War II, presented by the New York Times-bestselling author of Cod and Salt.
Award-winning New York Times-bestselling author Mark Kurlansky takes us back to the food and eating habits of a younger America: Before the national highway system...
The Food of a Younger Land
The Southwest Eats New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Southern California
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2009
A remarkable portrait of American food before World War II, presented by the New York Times-bestselling author of Cod and Salt.
Award-winning New York Times-bestselling author Mark Kurlansky takes us back to the food and eating habits of a younger America: Before the national highway system...
The Food of a Younger Land
The Far West Eats Wyoming, Idaho, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Northern California, Oregon, Washington
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2009
A remarkable portrait of American food before World War II, presented by the New York Times-bestselling author of Cod and Salt.
Award-winning New York Times-bestselling author Mark Kurlansky takes us back to the food and eating habits of a younger America: Before the national highway system...
Nonviolence
The History of a Dangerous Idea
Language: English
Release Date: January 21, 2009
In this timely, highly original, and controversial narrative, New York Times bestselling author Mark Kurlansky discusses nonviolence as a distinct entity, a course of action, rather than a mere state of mind. Nonviolence can and should be a technique for overcoming social injustice and ending wars,...
The Last Fish Tale
The Fate of the Atlantic and Survival in Gloucester, America's Oldest Fishing Port and Most Original Town
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2008
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...
Milk!
A 10,000-Year Food Fracas
Language: English
Release Date: May 8, 2018
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 much spilt milk; a splatter of the goddess Hera's breast...