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    Mark Kurlansky, author portrait
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    Mark Kurlansky

    Mark Kurlansky is the New York Times bestselling author of many books, including The Food of a Younger Land; Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World; Salt: A World History; 1968: The Year That Rocked the World; The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell; and Paper: Paging Through History. He lives in New York City.
    Salmon
    Salmon
    A Fish, the Earth, and the History of Their Common Fate
    Mark Kurlansky
    9780593293843
    Audiobook Download
    Mar 03, 2020
    Random House Audio
    City Beasts
    City Beasts
    Fourteen Stories of Uninvited Wildlife
    Mark Kurlansky
    9781594485879
    $16.00 US
    Paperback
    Feb 03, 2015
    Riverhead Books
    Frozen in Time (Adapted for Young Readers)
    Frozen in Time (Adapted for Young Readers)
    Clarence Birdseye's Outrageous Idea About Frozen Food
    Mark Kurlansky
    9780385372442
    $7.99 US
    Paperback
    Nov 11, 2014
    Delacorte Press
    The Cod's Tale
    The Cod's Tale
    A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World!
    Mark Kurlansky , S. D. Schindler
    9780147512772
    $9.99 US
    Paperback
    Sep 04, 2014
    Puffin Books
    The Story of Salt
    The Story of Salt
    Mark Kurlansky , S. D. Schindler
    9780147511669
    $9.99 US
    Paperback
    Aug 07, 2014
    Puffin Books
    Ready For a Brand New Beat
    Ready For a Brand New Beat
    How "Dancing in the Street" Became the Anthem for a Changing America
    Mark Kurlansky
    9781101616260
    Ebook
    Jul 11, 2013
    Riverhead Books
    Birdseye
    Birdseye
    The Adventures of a Curious Man
    Mark Kurlansky
    9780767930307
    $20.00 US
    Paperback
    Feb 12, 2013
    Anchor
    Choice Cuts
    Choice Cuts
    A Savory Selection of Food Writing from Around the World and Throughout History
    Mark Kurlansky
    9780345458582
    Ebook
    Jul 18, 2012
    Ballantine Books
    Las Estrellas Orientales
    Las Estrellas Orientales
    Como el beisbol cambio el pueblo dominicano de San Pedro deMacoris
    Mark Kurlansky
    9781594485145
    $24.00 US
    Paperback
    Apr 05, 2011
    Riverhead Books
    The Eastern Stars
    The Eastern Stars
    How Baseball Changed the Dominican Town of San Pedro de Macoris
    Mark Kurlansky
    9781594485053
    $24.00 US
    Paperback
    Apr 05, 2011
    Riverhead Books
    Edible Stories
    Edible Stories
    A Novel in Sixteen Parts
    Mark Kurlansky
    9781594484889
    $22.00 US
    Paperback
    Nov 02, 2010
    Riverhead Books
    The Food of a Younger Land
    The Food of a Younger Land
    A portrait of American food from the lost WPA files
    Mark Kurlansky
    9781594484575
    $24.00 US
    Paperback
    Apr 06, 2010
    Riverhead Books
    The Food of a Younger Land
    The Food of a Younger Land
    The South Eats Delaware, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Virginia, West Virginia, The Carolinas,Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansa
    Mark Kurlansky
    9781101101179
    Ebook
    Jun 30, 2009
    Riverhead Books
    The Food of a Younger Land
    The Food of a Younger Land
    The Northeast Eats Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York City, New York State, Pennsylvania
    Mark Kurlansky
    9781101101162
    Ebook
    Jun 30, 2009
    Riverhead Books
    The Food of a Younger Land
    The Food of a Younger Land
    The Middle West Eats Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, South Dakota, North Dakota
    Mark Kurlansky
    9781101101186
    Ebook
    Jun 30, 2009
    Riverhead Books
    The Food of a Younger Land
    The Food of a Younger Land
    The Far West Eats Wyoming, Idaho, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Northern California, Oregon, Washington
    Mark Kurlansky
    9781101101193
    Ebook
    Jun 30, 2009
    Riverhead Books
    The Food of a Younger Land
    The Food of a Younger Land
    The Southwest Eats New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Southern California
    Mark Kurlansky
    9781101101209
    Ebook
    Jun 30, 2009
    Riverhead Books
    The Last Fish Tale
    The Last Fish Tale
    The Fate of the Atlantic and Survival in Gloucester, America's Oldest Fishing Port and Most Original Town
    Mark Kurlansky
    9781594483745
    $24.00 US
    Paperback
    May 05, 2009
    Riverhead Books
    The Last Fish Tale
    The Last Fish Tale
    The Fate of the Atlantic and Survival in Gloucester, America's Oldest Fishing Port and Most Original Town
    Mark Kurlansky
    9780345507730
    Ebook
    Jun 03, 2008
    Ballantine Books
    Nonviolence
    Nonviolence
    The History of a Dangerous Idea
    Mark Kurlansky
    9780812974478
    $21.00 US
    Paperback
    Apr 08, 2008
    Modern Library
    The Big Oyster
    The Big Oyster
    History on the Half Shell
    Mark Kurlansky
    9780345476395
    $23.00 US
    Paperback
    Jan 09, 2007
    Random House Trade Paperbacks
    Boogaloo on 2nd Avenue
    Boogaloo on 2nd Avenue
    A Novel of Pastry, Guilt, and Music
    Mark Kurlansky
    9780345482174
    Ebook
    Mar 29, 2005
    Ballantine Books
    1968
    1968
    The Year That Rocked the World
    Mark Kurlansky
    9780345455826
    $19.00 US
    Paperback
    Jan 11, 2005
    Random House Trade Paperbacks
    Choice Cuts
    Choice Cuts
    A Savory Selection of Food Writing from Around the World and Throughout History
    Mark Kurlansky
    9780142004937
    $24.00 US
    Paperback
    Oct 26, 2004
    Penguin Books
    Salt
    Salt
    A World History
    Mark Kurlansky
    9780142001615
    $19.00 US
    Paperback
    Jan 28, 2003
    Penguin Books
    A Chosen Few
    A Chosen Few
    The Resurrection of European Jewry
    Mark Kurlansky
    9780345448149
    $21.00 US
    Paperback
    Mar 26, 2002
    Ballantine Books
    The Basque History of the World
    The Basque History of the World
    The Story of a Nation
    Mark Kurlansky
    9780140298512
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Feb 01, 2001
    Penguin Books
    Cod
    Cod
    A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
    Mark Kurlansky
    9780140275018
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Jul 01, 1998
    Penguin Books

    Books

    Salmon
    Salmon
    A Fish, the Earth, and the History of Their Common Fate
    Mark Kurlansky
    9780593293843
    $20.00 US
    Audiobook Download
    Mar 03, 2020
    Random House Audio
    City Beasts
    City Beasts
    Fourteen Stories of Uninvited Wildlife
    Mark Kurlansky
    9781594485879
    $16.00 US
    Paperback
    Feb 03, 2015
    Riverhead Books
    Frozen in Time (Adapted for Young Readers)
    Frozen in Time (Adapted for Young Readers)
    Clarence Birdseye's Outrageous Idea About Frozen Food
    Mark Kurlansky
    9780385372442
    $7.99 US
    Paperback
    Nov 11, 2014
    Delacorte Press
    The Cod's Tale
    The Cod's Tale
    A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World!
    Mark Kurlansky, S. D. Schindler
    9780147512772
    $9.99 US
    Paperback
    Sep 04, 2014
    Puffin Books
    The Story of Salt
    The Story of Salt
    Mark Kurlansky, S. D. Schindler
    9780147511669
    $9.99 US
    Paperback
    Aug 07, 2014
    Puffin Books
    Ready For a Brand New Beat
    Ready For a Brand New Beat
    How "Dancing in the Street" Became the Anthem for a Changing America
    Mark Kurlansky
    9781101616260
    $5.99 US
    Ebook
    Jul 11, 2013
    Riverhead Books
    Birdseye
    Birdseye
    The Adventures of a Curious Man
    Mark Kurlansky
    9780767930307
    $20.00 US
    Paperback
    Feb 12, 2013
    Anchor
    Choice Cuts
    Choice Cuts
    A Savory Selection of Food Writing from Around the World and Throughout History
    Mark Kurlansky
    9780345458582
    $5.99 US
    Ebook
    Jul 18, 2012
    Ballantine Books
    Las Estrellas Orientales
    Las Estrellas Orientales
    Como el beisbol cambio el pueblo dominicano de San Pedro deMacoris
    Mark Kurlansky
    9781594485145
    $24.00 US
    Paperback
    Apr 05, 2011
    Riverhead Books
    The Eastern Stars
    The Eastern Stars
    How Baseball Changed the Dominican Town of San Pedro de Macoris
    Mark Kurlansky
    9781594485053
    $24.00 US
    Paperback
    Apr 05, 2011
    Riverhead Books
    Edible Stories
    Edible Stories
    A Novel in Sixteen Parts
    Mark Kurlansky
    9781594484889
    $22.00 US
    Paperback
    Nov 02, 2010
    Riverhead Books
    The Food of a Younger Land
    The Food of a Younger Land
    A portrait of American food from the lost WPA files
    Mark Kurlansky
    9781594484575
    $24.00 US
    Paperback
    Apr 06, 2010
    Riverhead Books
    The Food of a Younger Land
    The Food of a Younger Land
    The South Eats Delaware, Maryland, Washington, D.C., Virginia, West Virginia, The Carolinas,Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Tennessee, Kentucky, Arkansa
    Mark Kurlansky
    9781101101179
    $5.99 US
    Ebook
    Jun 30, 2009
    Riverhead Books
    The Food of a Younger Land
    The Food of a Younger Land
    The Northeast Eats Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York City, New York State, Pennsylvania
    Mark Kurlansky
    9781101101162
    $5.99 US
    Ebook
    Jun 30, 2009
    Riverhead Books
    The Food of a Younger Land
    The Food of a Younger Land
    The Middle West Eats Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas, Missouri, South Dakota, North Dakota
    Mark Kurlansky
    9781101101186
    $14.99 US
    Ebook
    Jun 30, 2009
    Riverhead Books
    The Food of a Younger Land
    The Food of a Younger Land
    The Far West Eats Wyoming, Idaho, Colorado, Utah, Nevada, Northern California, Oregon, Washington
    Mark Kurlansky
    9781101101193
    $4.99 US
    Ebook
    Jun 30, 2009
    Riverhead Books
    The Food of a Younger Land
    The Food of a Younger Land
    The Southwest Eats New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas, Southern California
    Mark Kurlansky
    9781101101209
    $4.99 US
    Ebook
    Jun 30, 2009
    Riverhead Books
    The Last Fish Tale
    The Last Fish Tale
    The Fate of the Atlantic and Survival in Gloucester, America's Oldest Fishing Port and Most Original Town
    Mark Kurlansky
    9781594483745
    $24.00 US
    Paperback
    May 05, 2009
    Riverhead Books
    The Last Fish Tale
    The Last Fish Tale
    The Fate of the Atlantic and Survival in Gloucester, America's Oldest Fishing Port and Most Original Town
    Mark Kurlansky
    9780345507730
    $14.99 US
    Ebook
    Jun 03, 2008
    Ballantine Books
    Nonviolence
    Nonviolence
    The History of a Dangerous Idea
    Mark Kurlansky
    9780812974478
    $21.00 US
    Paperback
    Apr 08, 2008
    Modern Library
    The Big Oyster
    The Big Oyster
    History on the Half Shell
    Mark Kurlansky
    9780345476395
    $23.00 US
    Paperback
    Jan 09, 2007
    Random House Trade Paperbacks
    Boogaloo on 2nd Avenue
    Boogaloo on 2nd Avenue
    A Novel of Pastry, Guilt, and Music
    Mark Kurlansky
    9780345482174
    $6.99 US
    Ebook
    Mar 29, 2005
    Ballantine Books
    1968
    1968
    The Year That Rocked the World
    Mark Kurlansky
    9780345455826
    $19.00 US
    Paperback
    Jan 11, 2005
    Random House Trade Paperbacks
    Choice Cuts
    Choice Cuts
    A Savory Selection of Food Writing from Around the World and Throughout History
    Mark Kurlansky
    9780142004937
    $24.00 US
    Paperback
    Oct 26, 2004
    Penguin Books
    Salt
    Salt
    A World History
    Mark Kurlansky
    9780142001615
    $19.00 US
    Paperback
    Jan 28, 2003
    Penguin Books
    A Chosen Few
    A Chosen Few
    The Resurrection of European Jewry
    Mark Kurlansky
    9780345448149
    $21.00 US
    Paperback
    Mar 26, 2002
    Ballantine Books
    The Basque History of the World
    The Basque History of the World
    The Story of a Nation
    Mark Kurlansky
    9780140298512
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Feb 01, 2001
    Penguin Books
    Cod
    Cod
    A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World
    Mark Kurlansky
    9780140275018
    $18.00 US
    Paperback
    Jul 01, 1998
    Penguin Books

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