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Product Description: A “wonderful” (Harper’s), “engrossing” (Parade) exploration of the most universal of human obsessions: immortality—from an author who is “part Mary Roach, part Joe Strummer of The Clash” (The Wall Street Journal).What have we not done to live forever? Adam Leith Gollner, the critically acclaimed author of The Fruit Hunters, weaves together religion, science, and mythology in a gripping exploration of the most universal of human obsessions: immortality...read more

Hardcover:

9781439109427 | Scribner, August 20, 2013, cover price $28.00 | About this edition: What have we not done to live forever?

Paperback:

9781439109434 | Reprint edition (Scribner, September 30, 2014), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: A “wonderful” (Harper’s), “engrossing” (Parade) exploration of the most universal of human obsessions: immortality—from an author who is “part Mary Roach, part Joe Strummer of The Clash” (The Wall Street Journal).

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Product Description: This vivid and unforgettable expedition through the world of exotic fruit, from an author with “the talents of a food writer, investigative journalist, poet, travel writer, and humorist” (The New York Times Book Review), is being made into a documentary starring Bill Pullman...read more

Hardcover:

9780285638488 | Souvenir Pr Ltd, May 5, 2009, cover price $31.45
9780743296946, titled "The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce, and Obsession" | 1 edition (Scribner, May 20, 2008), cover price $25.00

Paperback:

9781476704999 | Reprint edition (Scribner, June 11, 2013), cover price $16.00 | About this edition: This vivid and unforgettable expedition through the world of exotic fruit, from an author with “the talents of a food writer, investigative journalist, poet, travel writer, and humorist” (The New York Times Book Review), is being made into a documentary starring Bill Pullman.
9780743296953 | Scribner, December 1, 2010, cover price $18.99
9780385662680 | Doubleday of Canada, March 31, 2009, cover price $19.95 | About this edition: Tasty, lethal, hallucinogenic, and medicinal – fruits have led nations into wars, fueled dictatorships, and even lured us into new worlds.

CD/Spoken Word:

9781400107452, titled "The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce, and Obsession" | Unabridged edition (Tantor Media Inc, June 1, 2008), cover price $34.99 | About this edition: Tasty, lethal, hallucinogenic, and medicinal-fruits have led nations into wars, fueled dictatorships, and even lured us into new worlds.
9781400157457, titled "The Fruit Hunters: A Story of Nature, Adventure, Commerce, and Obsession" | Mp3 una edition (Tantor Media Inc, June 1, 2008), cover price $24.99 | About this edition: Tasty, lethal, hallucinogenic, and medicinal-fruits have led nations into wars, fueled dictatorships, and even lured us into new worlds.

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Product 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...read more

CD/Spoken Word:

9781400137459 | Unabridged edition (Tantor Media Inc, June 1, 2008), cover price $69.99 | About this edition: Tasty, lethal, hallucinogenic, and medicinal-fruits have led nations into wars, fueled dictatorships, and even lured us into new worlds.

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