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Bananas: How the United Fruit Company Shaped the World
by Peter Chapman
“If you only read a handful of nonfiction books this year, < Bananas! > is among your recommended five portions.” — The Observer In this gripping exploration of corporate manuevering and subterfuge, Peter Chapman shows how the importer United Fruit set the precedent for the institutionalized power and influence of today's multinational companies. Bananas! is a sharp and lively account of the rise and... (more)
Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World
by Dan Koeppel
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 others parts of the world, bananas are what keep millions of people alive. But for all its ubiquity, the banana is surprisingly mysterious; nobody knows how bananas... (more)