Salt: A World History

Salt: A World HistoryKurlansky finds the world in a grain of salt. New York Times Book Review An unlikely world history from the bestselling author of Cod and The Basque History of the World Best selling author Mark Kurlansky turns his attention to a common household item with a long and intriguing history: salt. The only rock we eat, salt has shaped civilization from the very beginning, and its story is a glittering, often surprising part of the history of humankind. A

The question of how to survive

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someone in New York City is murdering Downworlder children

and Emily—during their first term

Moby-Dick is a haunting

the Underground Railroad is no mere metaphor: engineers and conductors operate a secret network of actual tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil

Intertwined with Iris’s account are chapters from the scandalous novel that made Laura famous

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and adventure

Five years ago

When a Category Five tornado ravaged Mercy

while Marianne is a loner