Settled in the western Pyrenees Mountains, the Basque nation is not drawn on maps and the origin of their forbidden language has never been discovered. Yet, Basques appear to predate all other...
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Auteur: Kurlansky, MarkSommaire:Genre: History and geography -
Auteur: Kurlansky, MarkSommaire:Kurlansky brings history to life with this entertaining story of how a single fish changed the world.
Genre: Juvenile fiction -
Auteur: Kurlansky, MarkSommaire:Can a song change a nation? In 1964, Marvin Gaye, record producer William "Mickey" Stevenson, and Motown songwriter Ivy Jo Hunter wrote "Dancing in the Street." The song was recorded at Motown's...
Genre: Social science, History and geography -
Auteur: Kurlansky, MarkSommaire:Kurlansky chronicles the rise of baseball in the Dominican Republic. Here he examines how baseball changed the fortunes of many Dominicans, for good and bad.
Genre: Sports and recreation -
Auteur: Kurlansky, MarkSommaire:Kurlansky discusses the history of commercial cod fishing and the plight of the Atlantic fish and fisheries today as the cod faces extinction.
Genre: Food and drink, Math and science -
Auteur: Kurlansky, MarkSommaire:
The booming 1980s have arrived--and in Manhattan's Lower East Side, that means the yuppies have arrived, too. Gentrification has begun! Amidst the hubbub, Nathan Seltzer pursues an affair with the...
Genre: Humorous fiction -
Auteur: Kurlansky, MarkSommaire:
From the New York Times-bestselling author of Cod and Salt, a delectable look at the cultural, historical, and gastronomical layers of one of the world's most beloved culinary staples--...
Genre: History and geography, Food and drink, Cookbooks