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A gripping biological detective story that uncovers the myth, mystery, and endangered fate of the world's most humble fruit To most people, a banana is a banana: a simple yellow fruit. Americans eat more bananas than apples and oranges combined. In... (read more)

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"Marvelous. I loved just about everything about this book." Simon Winchester, author of The Professor and the Madman "A lovingly told story . . . helps you understand what moves humans to seek escape in seemingly strange other worlds." Stefan Fatsis... (read more)

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From the renowned nature and adventure writer comes this collection of three interwoven stories that explore the compulsion of Koeppel and his father to see and catalog the natural world, the arduous efforts they endure to see fantastic and exotic birds,... (read more)