Salt:A World History by Mark Kurlansky

Salt:A World History by Mark KurlanskyKurlansky 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 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 story is a glittering, often surprising part of the history of

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