The Years of Rice and Salt MP3 CD – Audiobook, May 5, 2015

It is the fourteenth century, and one of the most apocalyptic events in human history is set to occur-- the coming of the Black Death. History teaches us that a third of Europe's population was destroyed. But what if the plague had killed 99 percent of the population instead? How would the world have changed? Rewriting history and probing the most profound questions as only he can, Robinson shines his extraordinary light on the place of religion, culture, power, and even love on such an Earth. From the age of Akbar to the present and beyond, here is the stunning story of the creation of a new world. Read more