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They forgot monkey's favorite, dried banana peels -- dry 'em, crush 'em, roll 'em...  |
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To stay on topic - these audiobooks exist; they're don't appear to be discounted, but they may be available at a library near you:
Banana: The Fate of the Fruit That Changed the World
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Written by: Dan Koeppel
Narrated by: Paul Woodson
Length: 7 hrs and 45 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release Date:07-05-16
Publisher: Tantor Audio
Publisher's Summary
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 evolved or exactly where they originated. Rich cultural lore surrounds the fruit: In ancient translations of the Bible, the "apple" consumed by Eve is actually a banana.
But the biggest mystery about the banana today is whether it will survive. A seedless fruit with a unique reproductive system, every banana is a genetic duplicate of the next and therefore susceptible to the same blights. Today's yellow banana, the Cavendish, is increasingly threatened by such a blight, and there's no cure in sight.
Banana combines a pop-science journey around the globe, a fascinating tale of an iconic American business enterprise, and a look into the alternately tragic and hilarious banana subculture (one does exist) - ultimately taking us to the high-tech labs where new bananas are literally being built in test tubes, in a race to save the world's most beloved fruit.
©2008 Dan Koeppel (P)2016 Tantor
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Big Banana
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Written by: Roberto Quesada
Narrated by: Walter Krochmal
Length: 9 hrs and 38 mins
Unabridged Audiobook
Release Date:10-28-08
Language: Spanish
Publisher: Recorded Books
Publisher's Summary
Eduardo Lin, actor, albañil y soñador, odia a New York Telephone. Busca en ser un actór legendario, pero con el obstáculo de ser un albañil sus planes toman un tiempo para cumplirse. Mientras él desarrolla su gran estrategia para la fama, vive en el Bronx, en un apartamento con unos compañeros tan diversos y tan coloridos que son de película. Casagrande, el más vocífero y picaresco del grupo, educa a Eduardo sobre la vida (de acuerdo a su punto de vista, claro). Eduardo se embarca en una odisea de fiestas, sexo, mujeres, drogas y literatura en un Nueva York facsinante pero trágica a la vez, mientras vive su "norte" dentro de su mente, donde él es el actór mas reconocido en Hollywood.
Please note: This title is in Spanish.
©1999 Roberto Quesada; (P)2007 Recorded Books
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