Most Popular Books by Mark Kurlansky

The New York Times–bestselling author of Salt examines the intersections between his life and Ernest Hemingway''s in this mix of travel memoir and history. By a series of coincidences, Mark Kurlansky''s life has always been intertwined with Ernest Hemingway''s legend, starting with being in Idaho the day of Hemingway''s death. The Importance of Not Being Ernest explores the intersections between Hemingway''s and Kurlansky''s lives, resulting in creative accounts of two inspiring writing careers. Travel the world with Mark Kurlansky and Ernest Hemingway in this personal memoir, where Kurlansky details his ten years in Paris and his time as a journalist in Spain—both cities important to Hemingway''s adventurous life and prolific writing. Paris, Basque Country, Havana and Idaho. Get to know the extraordinary people he met there—those who had also fallen under the Hemingway spell, including a Vietnam veteran suffering from the same syndrome the author did, two winners of the Key West Hemingway look-alike contest, and the man in Idaho who took Hemingway hunting and fishing. In The Importance of Not Being Ernest, find: A memoir full of entertaining and illuminative stories Little-known historical facts about Hemingway''s life Anecdotes about those who suffer from what the Kurlansky calls "hemitis" Readers of Haruki Murakami''s What I Talk About When I Talk About Running, John Steinbeck''s Travels with Charley in Search of America, or The Boys will love The Importance of Not Being Ernest. Praise for The Importance of Not Being Ernest "An absolute delight! Full of personality, Kurlansky''s book will enchant history, literature, and Hemingway fans alike." — Library Journal (starred review)

It''s the boom years of the 1980s, and life is closing in on Nathan Seltzer, who rarely travels outside his suddenly gentrifying Lower East Side neighbourhood. In between paralyzing bouts of claustrophobia, Nathan wonders whether he should cheat on his wife with Karoline, a German pastry maker whose parents may or may not have been Nazis. His father, Harry, is plotting with the 1960s boogaloo star Chow Mein Vega for the comeback of this dance craze. Meanwhile, a homicidal drug addict is terrorizing the neighbourhood. With its ensemble cast of unforgettable characters, Boogaloo on Second Avenue is a comedy of cultures about the old and the new, about Latinos, Jews, Sicilians and Germans. It''s about struggling to hold onto life in a rapidly changing world, about food and sex and about how our lives are shaped by love and guilt.

Tet-Offensive in Vietnam, Antikriegsbewegung, Prager Frühling, Rassenunruhen in Amerika und Notstandsgesetze in Deutschland, Pariser Mai und Demonstrationen polnischer und italienischer, mexikanischer und japanischer Studenten. Abbie Hoffman in New York,

Pour elle, on a déclaré des guerres, déclenché des révolutions. Elle a été la base de l''alimentation de nations entières. Des économies en ont dépendu. Elle a accompagné la colonisation de l''Amérique du Nord. Pour les millions d''êtres qu''elle a fait vivre, elle a incarné un trésor plus précieux que l''or. La morue a ainsi joué un rôle fascinant et essentiel dans l''histoire du monde. Son épopée s''étend sur mille ans et quatre continents. Les Vikings la poursuivirent à travers l''Atlantique. Les Basques en firent commerce dès le Moyen Age. Elle fut l''emblème des vaisseaux de la Nouvelle-Angleterre et de Terre-Neuve comme des barques de pêcheurs côtiers, des élégants schooners comme des navires-usines labourant l''Atlantique. Des ports de l''Islande, de la Scandinavie, de l''Angleterre, aux rivages du Brésil et de l''Afrique occidentale, Mark Kurlansky ressuscite cette étonnante aventure. Sans oublier les recettes d''antan et d''aujourd''hui, il évoque les enjeux scientifiques et historiques, et finalement le drame d''un poisson, aujourd''hui au bord de l''extinction.

"Al final de la temporada de 2010, más de ochenta y seis jóvenes y hombres de la empobrecida ciudad de San Pedro de Macorís jugaban en las Grandes Ligas--lo que significa que uno de cada seis dominicanos de las Grandes Ligas vinieron de los mismos equipos locales de los ingenios azucareros, y acudieron en masa a los Estados Unidos en busca de oportunidades ... Pero este viaje es también una crónica del racismo en el beísbol, de la necesidad de cambiar los costumbres sociales del deporte en la República Dominicana y en los Estados Unidos, y de las historias personales de los hombres que han buscado escapar de la pobreza jugando beísbol."--Page 4 of cover.