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    Salt: A World History
    Salt: A World History
    Salt: A World History
    Audiobook13 hours

    Salt: A World History

    Written by Mark Kurlansky

    Narrated by Scott Brick

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    The author of Cod and The Basque History of the World takes an extraordinary look at an ordinary substance—salt, the only rock humans eat—and how it has shaped civilization from the very beginning. Mark Kurlansky has produced a kaleidoscope of history, a multi-layered masterpiece that blends economic, scientific, political, religious, and culinary records into a rich and memorable tale.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherPhoenix Books, Inc.
    Release dateMay 1, 2006
    ISBN9781607472490
    Author

    Mark Kurlansky

    Mark Kurlansky was born in Hartford, Connecticut. After receiving a BA in Theater from Butler University in 1970—and refusing to serve in the military—Kurlansky worked in New York as a playwright, having a number of off-off Broadway productions, and as a playwright-in-residence at Brooklyn College. He has worked many other jobs, including as a commercial fisherman, a dock worker, a paralegal, a cook, and a pastry chef. In the mid-1970s he turned to journalism, and from 1976 to 1991 he worked as a foreign correspondent for The International Herald Tribune, The Chicago Tribune, The Miami Herald, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. Based in Paris and then Mexico, he reported on Europe, West Africa, Southeast Asia, Central America, Latin America, and the Caribbean. His articles have appeared in a wide variety of newspapers and magazines, including The Philadelphia Inquirer, The Miami Herald, The Chicago Tribune, The Los Angeles Times, Time, The New York Times and many more. He has had 35 books published including fiction, nonfiction, and children's books. His books include Havana, Cod, Salt, Paper, The Basque History of the World, 1968, The Big Oyster, among other titles. He has received the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, Bon Appetit’s Food Writer of the Year Award, the James Beard Award, and the Glenfiddich Award. He lives in New York City.

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    Readers find this title to be a mix of positives and negatives. Some reviewers feel that there is too little world history and that the book is mostly anecdotes rather than a comprehensive work. However, others find it extremely interesting and informative, written in a very comprehensible way. They describe it as a brilliant book that offers a different perspective on the world and highlights the important role of salt in our evolution.

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    • 5/5
      What an incredible journey around the world and how something so common nowadays molded society!
    • 5/5
      Extremely interesting and informative book written in very comprehensible way. Brilliant book

      1 person found this helpful

    • 5/5
      A good story of this world told by a different point of view: how salt shaped us and how this neglected ingredient always took for granted plays a important role in our evolution

      1 person found this helpful

    • 1/5
      Too little world history, lots of recipes. Also seem to mostly be anecdotes rather than a full work.

      1 person found this helpful