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Mark Kurlansky is the author of several bestselling non-fiction titles including Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World (winner of the Glenfiddich Best Food Book Award), The Basque History of the World, Salt: A World History, 1968: The Year that Rocked the World, a short story collection The White Man in the Tree and a novel, Boogaloo on 2nd Avenue.

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A diligently researched, entertainingly anecdotal and lovingly partisan history * Independent *
[An] informative, quirky and delightful book * Express *
A riveting [story] told with charm and dexterity * Independent on Sunday *
The award-winning author of Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World takes an equally unconventional and engaging approach to those curmudgeonly nationalists, the Basques... Each chapter...addresses a particular facet of Basque culture...while the whole is punctured with simple but mouth-watering recipes reflecting the glorious tradition of Basque cuisine. Proof - if proof were needed - that learning about history can be fun * Kirkus Review *

The Basque History Of The World

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Vintage
      Published 2 November 2000
      ISBN-13 9780099284130
      978-0099284130
      ISBN-10 0099284138
      Also in:
      Non Fiction History General and world history Social and cultural history

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Mark Kurlansky is the author of several bestselling non-fiction titles including Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World (winner of the Glenfiddich Best Food Book Award), The Basque History of the World, Salt: A World History, 1968: The Year that Rocked the World, a short story collection The White Man in the Tree and a novel, Boogaloo on 2nd Avenue.

      Trade Review
      A diligently researched, entertainingly anecdotal and lovingly partisan history * Independent *
      [An] informative, quirky and delightful book * Express *
      A riveting [story] told with charm and dexterity * Independent on Sunday *
      The award-winning author of Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World takes an equally unconventional and engaging approach to those curmudgeonly nationalists, the Basques... Each chapter...addresses a particular facet of Basque culture...while the whole is punctured with simple but mouth-watering recipes reflecting the glorious tradition of Basque cuisine. Proof - if proof were needed - that learning about history can be fun * Kirkus Review *

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