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Praise for Mark Kurlansky
1968: The Year That Rocked the World
"Memorable, essential, and in its own way wondrous."
-The Boston Globe
Salt: A World History
"Bright writing and, most gratifyingly, an enveloping narrative."
-San Francisco Chronicle
Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World
"This eminently readable book is a new tool for scanning world history."
-The New York Times Book Review
"From the Hardcover edition."
Advance praise for The Big Oyster
" In his portrait of the once-famous oyster beds of New York Harbor, Kurlansky beautifully illustrates food's ability to connect us deeply to our particular place in the world, and shows how our nourishment is so vitally tied to the health of the natural world."
- Alice Waters
" Mark Kurlansky has done it again. The Big Oyster is a zesty love song to a bivalve and a city- intelligent, informative, and impossible to put down."
- Nathaniel Philbrick, National Book Award-- winning author of In the Heart of the Sea
Praise for Mark Kurlansky
1968: The Year That Rocked the World
" Memorable, essential, and in its own way wondrous."
- The Boston Globe
Salt: A World History
" Bright writing and, most gratifyingly, an enveloping narrative."
- San Francisco Chronicle
Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World
" This eminently readable book is a new tool for scanning world history."
- The New York Times Book Review
"From the Hardcover edition."
Advance praise for The Big Oyster
"In his portrait of the once-famous oyster beds of New York Harbor, Kurlansky beautifully illustrates food's ability to connect us deeply to our particular place in the world, and shows how our nourishment is so vitally tied to the health of the natural world."
-Alice Waters
"Mark Kurlansky has done it again. The Big Oyster is a zesty love song to a bivalve and a city-intelligent, informative, and impossible to put down."
-Nathaniel Philbrick, National Book Award--winning author of In the Heart of the Sea
Praise for Mark Kurlansky
1968: The Year That Rocked the World
"Memorable, essential, and in its own way wondrous."
-The Boston Globe
Salt: A World History
"Bright writing and, most gratifyingly, an enveloping narrative."
-San Francisco Chronicle
Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World
"This eminently readable book is a new tool for scanning world history."
-The New York Times Book Review
"From the Hardcover edition."
Advance praise for The Big Oyster
In his portrait of the once-famous oyster beds of New York Harbor, Kurlansky beautifully illustrates food s ability to connect us deeply to our particular place in the world, and shows how our nourishment is so vitally tied to the health of the natural world.
Alice Waters
Mark Kurlansky has done it again. The Big Oyster is a zesty love song to a bivalve and a city intelligent, informative, and impossible to put down.
Nathaniel Philbrick, National Book Award winning author of In the Heart of the Sea
Praise for Mark Kurlansky
1968: The Year That Rocked the World
Memorable, essential, and in its own way wondrous.
The Boston Globe
Salt: A World History
Bright writing and, most gratifyingly, an enveloping narrative.
San Francisco Chronicle
Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World
This eminently readable book is a new tool for scanning world history.
The New York Times Book Review
"From the Hardcover edition.""
Advance praise for The Big Oyster
In his portrait of the once-famous oyster beds of New York Harbor, Kurlansky beautifully illustrates food s ability to connect us deeply to our particular place in the world, and shows how our nourishment is so vitally tied to the health of the natural world.
Alice Waters
Mark Kurlansky has done it again. The Big Oyster is a zesty love song to a bivalve and a city intelligent, informative, and impossible to put down.
Nathaniel Philbrick, National Book Award winning author of In the Heart of the Sea
Praise for Mark Kurlansky
1968: The Year That Rocked the World
Memorable, essential, and in its own way wondrous.
The Boston Globe
Salt: A World History
Bright writing and, most gratifyingly, an enveloping narrative.
San Francisco Chronicle
Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World
This eminently readable book is a new tool for scanning world history.
The New York Times Book Review
From the Hardcover edition."
Advance praise for The Big Oyster
"In his portrait of the once-famous oyster beds of New York Harbor, Kurlansky beautifully illustrates food's ability to connect us deeply to our particular place in the world, and shows how our nourishment is so vitally tied to the health of the natural world."
-Alice Waters
"Mark Kurlansky has done it again. The Big Oyster is a zesty love song to a bivalve and a city-intelligent, informative, and impossible to put down."
-Nathaniel Philbrick, National Book Award--winning author of In the Heart of the Sea
Praise for Mark Kurlansky
1968: The Year That Rocked the World
"Memorable, essential, and in its own way wondrous."
-The Boston Globe
Salt: A World History
"Bright writing and, most gratifyingly, an enveloping narrative."
-San Francisco Chronicle
Cod: A Biography of the Fish That Changed the World
"This eminently readable book is a new tool for scanning world history."
-The New York Times Book Review
From the Hardcover edition.
Advance praise for The Big Oyster
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