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Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Tasty, lethal, hallucinogenic, and medicinal--fruits have led nations into wars, fueled dictatorships, and even lured us into new worlds. Adam Leith Gollner weaves business, science, and travel into a riveting narrative about one of earth's most desired foods. Readers will discover why even though countless exotic fruits exist in nature, only several dozen varieties are available in supermarkets. Gollner explores the political machinations of multinational...
Author
Publisher
A Zona Tropical publication, from Comstock Publishing Associates, a division of Cornell University Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Illustrated with photographs taken on location in the plants' natural environment, this field guide describes more than three hundred species of tropical and subtropical species of fruits, tubers, and spices"--
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