Mark Kurlansky

COD: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World is a 1998 JBF Awards winning book by Mark Kurlansky.

An unlikely world history from the bestselling author of Cod and The Basque History of the World In his fifth work of nonfiction, 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 …