Cod (Kurlansky Mark)(Paperback / softback)

Cod (Kurlansky Mark)(Paperback / softback)

'Who would ever think that a book on cod would make a compulsive read? In a story that brings world history and human passions into captivating focus, he shows how the most profitable fish in history is today faced with

Milk - A 10,000-Year History (Kurlansky Mark)(Paperback / softback)

Milk!: A 10,000-Year Food Fracas (Kurlansky Mark)(Pevná vazba)

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 milk

Tom Clancy's Code of Honour (Cameron Marc)(Paperback / softback)

Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World (Kurlansky Mark)(Paperback)

'A charming fish tale and a pretty gift for your favorite seafood cook or fishing monomaniac. But in the last analysis, it's a bitter ecological fable for our time.' -Los Angeles Times An unexpected, energetic look at world history via the humble cod fish from the bestselling author of Salt and The

Salt (Kurlansky Mark)(Paperback / softback)

Wars have been fought over salt and, while salt taxes secured empires across Europe and Asia, they have also inspired revolution - Gandhi's salt march in 1930 began the overthrow of British rule in

Basque History Of The World (Kurlansky Mark)(Paperback / softback)

The Basques are Europe's oldest people, their origins a mystery, their language related to no other on Earth, and even though few in population and from a remote and rugged corner of Spain and France, they have had a profound impact on the

The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing (Kurlansky Mark)(Pevná vazba)

From the award-winning, bestselling author of Cod--the irresistible story of the science, history, art, and culture of the least efficient way to catch a fish. Fly fishing, historian Mark Kurlansky has found, is a battle of wits, fly fisher vs. fish--and the fly fisher does not always (or often)

Big Oyster - A Molluscular History of New York (Kurlansky Mark)(Paperback / softback)

When Peter Minuit bought Manhattan for $24 in 1626 he showed his shrewdness by also buying the oyster beds off tiny, nearby Oyster Island, renamed Ellis Island in 1770. In 1842, when the novelist Charles Dickens arrived in New York, he could not conceal his eagerness to find and experience the

Tom Clancy's Code of Honour (Cameron Marc)(Paperback)

Havana: A Subtropical Delirium (Kurlansky Mark)(Paperback)

A city of tropical heat, 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 he has come

The Story of Salt (Kurlansky Mark)(Paperback)

'[T]his salutary...micro-history will have young readers lifting their shakers in tribute.'--Kirkus Reviews, *starred review*'A lively and well-researched title, with exemplary art.'--School Library Journal, *starred review*From the team that created the ALA Notable Book The Cod's Tale comes the

World Without Fish (Kurlansky Mark)(Paperback)

A KID'S GUIDE TO THE OCEAN 'Can you imagine a world without fish? It's not as crazy as it sounds. But if we keep doing things the way we've been doing things, fish could become extinct within fifty years. So let's change the way we do things 'World Without Fish is the uniquely illustrated narrative

The Basque History of the World: The Story of a Nation (Kurlansky Mark)(Paperback)

'A lively, anecdotal, all-encompassing history of Basque ingenuity and achievement.' --Atlantic Monthly 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

Paper: Paging Through History (Kurlansky Mark)(Paperback)

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, commerce, and art; it has formed the foundation of civilizations,

Code Girls (Styles Daisy)(Paperback / softback)

Exphoria Code (Johnston Antony)(Paperback / softback)

Bro Code (Seibert Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

Code Breakers (Powell Jillian)(Paperback / softback)

Creativity Code - How Ai is Learning to Write, Paint and Think (du Sautoy Marcus)(Paperback / softback)

Will a computer ever compose a symphony, write a prize-winning novel, or paint a masterpiece? And if so, would we be able to tell the difference?As humans, we have an extraordinary ability to create works of art that elevate, expand and transform what it means to be alive.Yet in many other areas,

Killing Code (Kirk J.D.)(Paperback / softback)

Code - (Virals 3) (Reichs Kathy)(Paperback / softback)

Launch Code (Ridpath Michael (Author))(Paperback / softback)

Wunderland - A Novel (Epstein Jennifer Cody)(Paperback / softback)