#mark kurlansky

[haveyoureadthisbook-poll]

Have you read Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky (2002)?

yes

no

I didn't finish it

I've never heard of it

Voting ended onOct 25, 2025

[thoughtfulfangirling]

One of history's greatest lessons is that once the state embraces a religion, the nature of that religion changes radically. It loses its non-violent component and becomes a force for war rather than peace. The state must make war, because without war, it would have to drop its power politics and renege on its mission to seek advantage over other nations, enhancing itself at the expense of others. And so a religion that is in the service of the state is a religion that not only accepts war but prays for victory.

—Non-Violence: The History of a Dangerous Idea by Mark Kurlansky

[victusinveritas]

From an NPR interview with Mark Kurlansky on his book The Food of a Younger Land.

[popculturelib]

*blows a kiss* For the nonbinary folks out there <3

Oysters aren't crustaceans (they're molluscs) but we came across this book about oysters and thought the nonbinary people of Tumblr deserve a treat. Mark Kurlansky also happens to be our Reference Archivist's favorite author. In addition to The Big Oyster: History on the Half Shell (2006), he's written Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World (1997) Salt: A World History (2002), among others.

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[continent-of-wild-endeavor]

I've just started reading this, having really enjoyed several of his other books (Salt, Cod, The Food of a Younger Land), and my dude is not off to a trustworthy start. He's referred to a gazelle as the wild ancestor of the goat (it's not - ibex are, and they're not even that closely related), and said that yogurt is made by adding live cultures and *then* boiling the milk (which will definitively kill any cultures).

So I'm gonna keep reading, bc this is right up my alley, but I don't really trust the new things I'm learning to be accurate.

[universitybookstore]

Sensing a theme... New from Patagonia and nonfiction master Mark Kurlansky, Salmon: a Fish, the Earth, and the History of Their Common Fate.

[the-song-of-fangirling]

We Contain Multitudes.

I completed reading this book today and I liked it.

It's a love story between 2 boys who are paired by the English teacher to write letters to each other for a writing class assignment.

The friendship between Adam Karlansky and Jonathan Hopkirk develops little by little into love.

This book is much more than a love story. It also deals with bullying, homophobia, physical abuse and drugs.

I loved the writing and the writer's deep thoughts that has the power to evoke your emotions.

Kurl and Jo's love story was so cute and hot and had ups and downs.

There are some parts that I didn't like. Other than that it's a heartwarming, emotional and lovely book.

I liked so many quotes and the interpretation of Walt Whitman's poems. And I'm happy with the ending.

And Mark kurlansky is my favourite character.

I rate this book 4.8/5

[of-books-and-pen]

Reading World Without Fish by Mark Kurlansky today in observance of Earth Day 2020! Are you guys reading anything special?