Banana
The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World
$30.32
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
30 December 2008
Summary
In the vein of Mark Kurlansky’s bestselling Salt and Cod, a gripping chronicle of the myth, mystery, and uncertain fate of the world’s most popular fruit.
In this fascinating and surprising exploration of the banana’s history, cultural significance, and endangered future, award-winning journalist Dan Koeppel gives readers plenty of food for thought. Fast-paced and highly entertaining, Banana takes us from jungle to supermarket, from corporate boardrooms to k…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780452290082 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0452290082 |
| Author: | Dan Koeppel |
| Publisher: | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Imprint: | New American Library |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 30 December 2008 |
| Weight: | 261g |
| Dimensions: | 17mm x 135mm x 201mm |
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Critics Review
Clear, engaging
“Required reading.”—New York Post
“Ambitious in scope… both fascinating and disturbing… I’ll never walk through the produce aisle the same way again… [Banana] is at once a political and economic treatise, a scientific explication, and a cultural history.”—The Boston Globe
“Clear, engaging… admirable… part historical narrative and part pop-science adventure.”—San Francisco Chronicle
“[A] brilliant history.”—Seattle Post-Intelligencer
“A fascinating and surprising history of our most ubiquitous fruit.”—Edward Humes, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Monkey Girl and Mississippi Mad
“The history of oil has nothing on that of the yellow fruit.”—Salon.com
Dan Koeppel
Dan Koeppel, a 2011 James Beard Award winner, is a science and nature writer who has written for National Geographic, Outside, Scientific American, Wired, and other national publications. He has discussed bananas on NPR’s Fresh Air and Science Friday.
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