Science & Nature

{"id":6629809619105,"title":"Salt","handle":"9780676975352","description":"From the award-winning and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eCod\u003c\/i\u003e comes the dramatic, human story of a simple substance, an element almost as vital as water, that has created fortunes, provoked revolutions, directed economies and enlivened our recipes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSalt is common, easy to obtain and inexpensive. It is the stuff of kitchens and cooking. Yet trade routes were established, alliances built and empires secured – all for something that filled the oceans, bubbled up from springs, formed crusts in lake beds, and thickly veined a large part of the Earth’s rock fairly close to the surface. From pre-history until just a century ago – when the mysteries of salt were revealed by modern chemistry and geology – no one knew that salt was virtually everywhere. Accordingly, it was one of the most sought-after commodities in human history. Even today, salt is a major industry. Canada, Kurlansky tells us, is the world’s sixth largest salt producer, with salt works in Ontario playing a major role in satisfying the Americans’ insatiable demand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs he did in his highly acclaimed \u003ci\u003eCod\u003c\/i\u003e, Mark Kurlansky once again illuminates the big picture by focusing on one seemingly modest detail. In the process, the world is revealed as never before.","published_at":"2021-03-31T16:36:37-04:00","created_at":"2021-03-27T14:16:36-04:00","vendor":"Mark Kurlansky (CA)","type":"Used Book","tags":["hist","nonfic","sci"],"price":950,"price_min":950,"price_max":950,"available":true,"price_varies":false,"compare_at_price":null,"compare_at_price_min":0,"compare_at_price_max":0,"compare_at_price_varies":false,"variants":[{"id":39511495966881,"title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","option1":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","option2":null,"option3":null,"sku":"9780676975352","requires_shipping":true,"taxable":true,"featured_image":null,"available":true,"name":"Salt - Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","public_title":"Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)","options":["Paperback \/ softback Trade paperback (US)"],"price":950,"weight":367,"compare_at_price":null,"inventory_management":"shopify","barcode":"9780676975352","requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_allocations":[]}],"images":["\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0463\/1864\/9505\/products\/BNCImageAPI_361d0fac-87c6-4857-9735-0e7c62a655e1.jpg?v=1616955425"],"featured_image":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0463\/1864\/9505\/products\/BNCImageAPI_361d0fac-87c6-4857-9735-0e7c62a655e1.jpg?v=1616955425","options":["Title"],"media":[{"alt":null,"id":20796125151393,"position":1,"preview_image":{"aspect_ratio":0.657,"height":720,"width":473,"src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0463\/1864\/9505\/products\/BNCImageAPI_361d0fac-87c6-4857-9735-0e7c62a655e1.jpg?v=1616955425"},"aspect_ratio":0.657,"height":720,"media_type":"image","src":"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0463\/1864\/9505\/products\/BNCImageAPI_361d0fac-87c6-4857-9735-0e7c62a655e1.jpg?v=1616955425","width":473}],"requires_selling_plan":false,"selling_plan_groups":[],"content":"From the award-winning and bestselling author of \u003ci\u003eCod\u003c\/i\u003e comes the dramatic, human story of a simple substance, an element almost as vital as water, that has created fortunes, provoked revolutions, directed economies and enlivened our recipes.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSalt is common, easy to obtain and inexpensive. It is the stuff of kitchens and cooking. Yet trade routes were established, alliances built and empires secured – all for something that filled the oceans, bubbled up from springs, formed crusts in lake beds, and thickly veined a large part of the Earth’s rock fairly close to the surface. From pre-history until just a century ago – when the mysteries of salt were revealed by modern chemistry and geology – no one knew that salt was virtually everywhere. Accordingly, it was one of the most sought-after commodities in human history. Even today, salt is a major industry. Canada, Kurlansky tells us, is the world’s sixth largest salt producer, with salt works in Ontario playing a major role in satisfying the Americans’ insatiable demand.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs he did in his highly acclaimed \u003ci\u003eCod\u003c\/i\u003e, Mark Kurlansky once again illuminates the big picture by focusing on one seemingly modest detail. In the process, the world is revealed as never before."}

Salt

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From the award-winning and bestselling author of Cod comes the dramatic, human story of a simple substance, an element almost...

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Blowfly larva can clean difficult wounds; flour beetle larva can digest plastic; several species of insects have been essential to the development of antibiotics. Insects turn dead plants and animals into soil. They pollinate flowers, including crops that we depend on. They provide food for other animals, such as birds and bats. They control organisms that are harmful to humans. Life as we know it depends on these small creatures.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eWith ecologist Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson as our capable, entertaining guide into the insect world, we’ll learn that there is more variety among insects than we can even imagine and the more you learn about insects, the more fascinating they become.\u003ci\u003e Buzz, Sting, Bite \u003c\/i\u003eis an essential introduction to the little creatures that make the world go round."}

Buzz, Sting, Bite

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An enthusiastic, witty, and informative introduction to the world of insects and why we—and the planet we inhabit—could not survive...

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Guns Germs And Steel

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In this "artful, informative, and delightful" (William H. McNeill, New York Review of Books) book, Jared Diamond convincingly argues that geographical...

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Nature Hikes

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This beautifully illustrated book leads the way to 56,000 acres of Ontario's most compelling natural features, in five of the...

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