City Beasts

City BeastsAll new stories about the urban worlds where animals and humans fight, love, and find common ground, from the nationally bestselling author of Cod and Salt. In these stories, Mark Kurlansky journeys to his familiar haunts like New York's Central Park or Miami's Little Havana but with an original, earthy, and adventurous perspective. From baseball players in the Dominican Republic to Basque separatists in Spain to a restaurant owner in Cuba, from urban

from the infantry of the 1700s to today's modern soldiers

to the US presidential candidate who accepted tax advice from outer space

With discussions ranging from the nature of friendship and its relationship to "friending

eye-opening revelations

or even part droid

working to build a machine that will forever change the face of creation

And for that

A New York Times Notable Book

Three brothers meet for breakfast

Catherine Summer Carlson has hit rock bottom

salvation comes from unexpected quarters and chance encounters release long-buried memories

and 140 knot winds