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Salt a world history

This book takes a look at an ordinary substance--salt, the only rock humans eat--and how it has shaped civilization from the very beginning.

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Main Author:	Kurlansky, Mark
Other Authors:	Brick, Scott
Format:	Audiobooks Audiobook (CD)
Language:	English
Published:	Beverly Hills, Calif. : Phoenix Audio, p2006.
Subjects:	Salt. Salt industry and trade > History. Salt > History.
Online Access:	Go to Downloadable Audiobook Here.
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Summary:	This book takes a look at an ordinary substance--salt, the only rock humans eat--and how it has shaped civilization from the very beginning.
Item Description:	Unabridged. Compact discs.
Physical Description:	14 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:	1597770973 9781597770972
Author Notes:	Mark Kurlansky is the author of The Basque History of the World, the New York Times bestseller Cod: A Biography of the Fish that Changed the World (among the New York Public Library's Best Books of the Year in 1998), as well as A Chosen Few: The Resurrection of European Jewry; A Continent of Islands: Searching for the Caribbean Destiny, and several acclaimed works of short fiction and journalism about the Caribbean. He spent seven years as the Caribbean correspondent for the Chicago Tribune. He lives in New York City. (Bowker Author Biography)