Biography - Kurlansky, Mark (1948-): An article from: ...
 Author: Gale Reference Team Binding: Digital Format: HTML Number Of Pages: 10 Publication Date: 2006-01-01 Release Date: 2007-12-16 [... more]
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The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell
The Natural Wonder of NYC: This is an eye-opening book about the bounty that surrounded New York in the early years of the city, amazing for those of us who grew up locally in the pollution and grime of the late 20th century. For oyster lovers, the story [... more]
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1968: The Year That Rocked the World
Amazon.com Review: Given its broad and vibrant subject, it would be quite difficult for a writer of any proficiency to pen a boring book on 1968, and Mark Kurlansky has indeed pulled together an entertaining and enlightening popular history with 1968: [... more]
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1968: The Year That Rocked the World
Amazon.com Review: Given its broad and vibrant subject, it would be quite difficult for a writer of any proficiency to pen a boring book on 1968, and Mark Kurlansky has indeed pulled together an entertaining and enlightening popular history with 1968: [... more]
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Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World
Amazon.com Review: You probably enjoy eating codfish, but reading about them? Mark Kurlansky has written a fabulous book--well worth your time--about a fish that probably has mattered more in human history than any other. The cod helped inspire the [... more]
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Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World
Amazon.com Review: You probably enjoy eating codfish, but reading about them? Mark Kurlansky has written a fabulous book--well worth your time--about a fish that probably has mattered more in human history than any other. The cod helped inspire the [... more]
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Nonviolence: The History of a Dangerous Idea (Modern ...
Provocative lesson: I picked up this book because I have always been uncomfortable with violence and war in general. I felt that WWII was a just war, for example, but current events less so. Kurlansky does a great job of detailing the futile history of [... more]
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Choice Cuts : A Savory Selection of Food Writing from ...
Amazon.com Review: "Food is about agriculture, about ecology, about man's relationship with nature ... about nation-building, cultural struggles, friends and enemies ... and at times, even about sex." Thus Mark Kurlansky, author of the award- [... more]
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The Basque: History of the World
Amazon.com Review: The buzz about the Guggenheim Bilbão aside, the Basques seldom get good press--from the 12th-century Codex of Calixtus ("A Basque or Navarrese would do in a French man for a copper coin") to current news items about [... more]
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Boogaloo on 2nd Avenue: A Novel of Pastry, Guilt, and Music
An incredibly sweet novel (in a very good sense): On at least three occasions during my reading of this novel, I found myself in tears. Not from sadness, but from joy at the beauty of Kurlansky's writing. I can't really explain this reaction, except to [... more]
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The Last Fish Tale: The Fate of the Atlantic and ...
A poignant commentary on what is real...: As I read the book, and as I sit here writing this review, my windows are open to the sea air and the shouts and cheers of crowds on Pavillion Beach as they watch the Greasy Pole Competition here in Gloucester, [... more]
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Nonviolence: 25 Lessons from the History of a Dangerous Idea
Pacifism for Dummies (quite literally): Those who beat their swords into plowshares usually end up plowing for those who kept their swords -Benjamin Franklin While I would agree that while non-violence is "principled" it has certainly not shown [... more]
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