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Mark Kurlansky

Mark Kurlansky is the New York Times best-selling author of twenty-nine books and a former foreign correspondent for The International Herald Tribune, The Chicago Tribune, The Miami Herald, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. He lives in New York City.

Mark Kurlansky

Mark Kurlansky is the New York Times best-selling author of twenty-nine books and a former foreign correspondent for The International Herald Tribune, The Chicago Tribune, The Miami Herald, and The Philadelphia Inquirer. He lives in New York City.

Awards

Longlisted — ALA Carnegie Medal, 2017

Books by Mark Kurlansky

  • Paper: Paging Through History

    Mark Kurlansky

    Hardback, 2016

    From the The New York Times best-selling author of Cod and Salt, a definitive history of paper and the astonishing ways it has shaped today’s world.
  • Paper: Paging Through History

    Mark Kurlansky

    Paperback, 2017

    From the The New York Times best-selling author of Cod and Salt, a definitive history of paper and the astonishing ways it has shaped today’s world.
  • Paper: Paging Through History

    Mark Kurlansky

    E Book, 2016

    From the The New York Times best-selling author of Cod and Salt, a definitive history of paper and the astonishing ways it has shaped today’s world.
  • BIG LIES: from Socrates to Social Media

    Mark Kurlansky, Eric Zelz

    E Book

    In his new book for young readers Mark Kurlansky’s lens is the art of the “BIG LIE”, a term coined by Adolf Hitler. Kurlansky has written Big Lies: From Socrates to Social Media for the next...
  • BIG LIES: from Socrates to Social Media

    Mark Kurlansky, Eric Zelz

    Hardback, 2022

  • BIG LIES: from Socrates to Social Media

    Mark Kurlansky, Eric Zelz

    Paperback, 2023

    In his new book for young readers Mark Kurlansky’s lens is the art of the “BIG LIE”, a term coined by Adolf Hitler. Kurlansky has written Big Lies: From Socrates to Social Media for the next...