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Bugs in Danger: Our Vanishing Bees, Butterflies, and Beetles by Mark Kurlansky
$29.99 AUD
Category: Reference
By now you've probably heard that bees are disappearing--but they aren't the only species at risk. Populations of fireflies, butterflies, and ladybugs have all been declining in recent years, too. This middle grade nonfiction explains the growth, spread, and recent declines of each of these four types o ...Show more
COD: a Biography of the Fish That Changed the World by Mark Kurlansky
$29.00 AUD
Category: Natural History
"A loving eulogy not only to a fish, but to the people whose lives have been shaped by the habits of the fish, and whose way of life is now at an end". -- New York Newsday A delightful romp through history with all its economic forces laid bare, Cod is the biography of a single species of fish, but it ...Show more
Havana: A Subtropical Delirium by Mark Kurlansky
$36.00 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
A city of tropical heat, sweat, ramshackle beauty, and its very own cadence--a city that always surprises--Havana is brought to pulsing life by New York Times bestselling author Mark Kurlansky. Award-winning author Mark Kurlansky presents an insider's view of Havana: the elegant, tattered city he has co ...Show more
Paper: Paging Through History by Mark Kurlansky
$39.95 AUD
Category: History
Paper is one of the simplest and most essential pieces of human technology. For the past two millennia, the ability to produce it in ever more efficient ways has supported the proliferation of literacy, media, religion, education, commerce and art. It has created civilisations, fostering the fomenting o ...Show more
Salmon: A Fish by Mark Kurlansky
$39.99 AUD
Category: History
Most of what we do on land ends up impacting the ocean, but never is that clearer than when we look at salmon. Centuries of our greatest assaults on nature, from overfishing to dams, from hatcheries to fish farms, from industrial pollution to the ravages of climate change, can be seen in their harrowing ...Show more
Salmon : A Fish, the Earth, and the History of a Common Fate by Mark Kurlansky
$24.99 AUD
Category: History
WINNER OF THE JOHN AVERY AWARD AT THE ANDRÉ SIMON AWARDSIf we can save the salmon, we can save the worldOver the centuries, salmon have been a vital resource, a dietary staple and an irresistible catch. But there is so much more to this extraordinary fish.As international bestseller Mark Kurlansky revea ...Show more
Salt - A World History by Mark Kurlansky
$27.99 AUD
Category: History | Reading Level: very good
"Homer called it a divine substance. Plato described it as especially dear to the gods. As Mark Kurlansky so brilliantly relates here, salt has shaped civilization from the beginning, and its story is a glittering often surprising part of the history of mankind. So valuable that it has often served as c ...Show more
The Core of an Onion by Mark Kurlansky
$34.99 AUD
Category: FOOD
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--featuring original illustrations and recipes from around the world. As Julia Child once said, "It is hard to imagine ...Show more
The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing by Mark Kurlansky
$49.99 AUD
Category: SPORT
From the award-winning, bestselling author of Cod--the irresistible story of the science, history, art, and culture of the least efficient way to catch a fish. Fly fishing, historian Mark Kurlansky has found, is a battle of wits, fly fisher vs. fish--and the fly fisher does not always (or often) win. T ...Show more
World Without Fish by Mark Kurlansky
$24.95 AUD
Category: Young Adult
Announcing the paperback edition of "World Without Fish," the uniquely illustrated narrative nonfiction account--for kids--of what is happening to the world's oceans and what they can do about it. Written by Mark Kurlansky, the bestselling author of "Cod, Salt, The Big Oyster," and many other books, "Wo ...Show more
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