De kabeljauw heeft een cruciale rol gespeeld in de wereldgeschiedenis. Mark Kurlansky's fascinerende verhaal over de kabeljauwvangst en -consumptie beslaat dan ook een millennium en vier werelddelen; van de Vikingen en de Basken tot Bartholomew Gosnold, die Cape Cod in 1602 zijn naam gaf en Clarence Birdseye, die in de jaren dertig de handel in diepgevroren kabeljauw tot bloei bracht.  Meer

De kabeljauw, heeft een cruciale rol gespeeld in de wereldgeschiedenis. Mark Kurlansky's fascinerende verhaal over de kabeljauwvangst en -consumptie beslaat dan ook een millennium en vier werelddelen.  Meer

From the The New York Times best-selling author of Cod and Salt, a definitive history of paper and the astonishing ways it has shaped today’s world.  Meer

From the The New York Times best-selling author of Cod and Salt, a definitive history of paper and the astonishing ways it has shaped today’s world.  Meer

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 world.  Meer

The year 1968 encompasses the diverse realms of youth and music, politics and war, economics and the media. It was the year of sex and drugs and rock and roll.  Meer

'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 extinction.  Meer

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 India.  Meer

The White man in the Tree is a comedy of cultural misunderstanding set in the Caribbean, New York and Paris, a novella and eight stories about people who, because of their differences - between men and women, blacks and whites, Jews and Christians, rich and poor - misjudge each other.  Meer

The conventional history of nations, even continents, is a history of warfare.  Meer

The internationally bestselling author says if we can save the salmon, we can save the world  Meer

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.  Meer