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Boogaloo on 2nd Avenue: A Novel of Pastry, Guilt, and Music

Mark Kurlansky - Fiction - 2005 - 346 pages
In his eagerly awaited debut novel, critically acclaimed author Mark Kurlansky entertains readers with a brilliant story bursting with the vivid events and culinary delights ...
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1968: The Year That Rocked the World

Mark Kurlansky - History - 2005 - 482 pages
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “In this highly opinionated and highly readable history, Kurlansky makes a case for why 1968 has lasting relevance in the United States and around the ...
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The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell

Mark Kurlansky - History - 2007 - 338 pages
Before New York City was the Big Apple, it could have been called the Big Oyster. Now award-winning author Mark Kurlansky tells the remarkable story of New York by following ...
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The Last Fish Tale: The Fate of the Atlantic and Survival in Gloucester ...

Mark Kurlansky - History - 2008 - 305 pages
The bestselling author of Cod, Salt, and The Big Oyster has enthralled readers with his incisive blend of culinary, cultural, and social history. Now, in his most colorful ...
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The White Man in the Tree and Other Stories

Mark Kurlansky - Fiction - 2001 - 340 pages
"A comedy of cultural misunderstandings set in the Caribbean, New York, and Paris, a novella and eight stories about people who, because of their differences--between men and ...
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A Chosen Few: The Resurrection of European Jewry

Mark Kurlansky - History - 2008 - 457 pages
A POWERFUL, DEEPLY MOVING NARRATIVE OF HOPE REBORN IN THE SHADOW OF DESPAIR Fifty years after it was bombed to rubble, Berlin is once again a city in which Jews gather for the ...
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The Basque History of the World

Mark Kurlansky - History - 2010 - 386 pages
The Basque History of the World is the illuminating story of an ancient and enigmatic people. Signs of their civilization existed well before the arrival of the Romans in 218 B ...
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Salt: A World History

Mark Kurlansky - History - 2010 - 497 pages
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The Eastern Stars: How Baseball Changed the Dominican Town of San Pedro de ...

Mark Kurlansky - Sports & Recreation - 2010 - 257 pages
The intriguing, inspiring history of one small, impoverished area in the Dominican Republic that has produced a staggering number of Major League Baseball talent, from an award ...
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