Banana by dan koeppel6/8/2023 ![]() Welcome to SCIENCE FRIDAY.įLATOW: Is it true that the song "Yes! We Have No Bananas" was written because of a shortage of bananas once? KPCC: The Fate of the Fruit that Changed the World." He joins us from KPCC. What happens if it makes its way to Latin America, where the U.S. But could our favorite fruit soon become history? Well, a lethal fungus is spreading through Cavendish banana plantations in Asia and Australia. ![]() We rely on them as a backbone of the banana split. We slice them on our oatmeal, in our cornflakes. So that's the one we eat, and we eat a lot of them, billions and billions of pounds each year. banana suppliers grow only one that we can get, the Cavendish. There are thousands of varieties of bananas, but the big U.S. You got other varieties of fruit like the tangerines, your tangelos, your mandarin oranges, your red and green seedless grapes, big variety there. ![]() Why is it when you go to the grocery store you can find a dozen kinds of apples? You got your McIntosh, your red delicious, your Granny Smiths. ![]()
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It should come as no shock that a thriller writer for the ages has created a character for the ages! Following on from Long Road to Mercy, A Minute to Midnight sees the second outing for FBI Agent Atlee Pine in a new series from the bestselling master of. His books are published in over 45 languages and in more than 80 countries. David Baldacci is a global 1 bestselling author, and one of the world’s favorite storytellers. In FBI Agent Atlee Pine, he has envisioned a new kind of heroine, forged in the fire of trauma and driven by a rare kind of strength. 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A Minute to Midnight is the gripping follow up to Long Road to Mercy featuring Special Agent Atlee Pine from one of the world’s most favourite thriller writers, David Baldacci.Īt six years old, Atlee’s twin sister, Mercy, was taken from the family home while Atlee was left for dead. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Judith Krantz passed away in 2019 at the age of 91. Scruples was made into a television mini-series that aired on CBS in 1980 and starred Lindsey Wagner.Ĭheck Price Is Judith Krantz Still Writing? Scruples is an excellent example of one of the best escapist trashy novels of the 70s, and honestly, the two sequels along with the standalone novels by Judith Krantz were just as good. It’s best to read them in the chronological order listed here. This eventually became a three-book series. Scruples was Judith Krantz’s first novel published in 1978. 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The name Judith Krantz is actually a pseudonym for Judith Tarcher who was born in New York in 1928.īefore turning to fiction writing, Judith was a magazine writer and fashion editor. ![]() Judith Krantz was an American author who wrote mostly epic, long romance books. ![]() Yes please author amy6/6/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() Full of the comedic skill that makes us all love Amy, Yes Please is a rich and varied collection of stories, lists, poetry (Plastic Surgery Haiku, to be specific), photographs, mantras and advice. In her first book, one of our most beloved funny folk delivers a smart, pointed, and ultimately inspirational read. #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Do you want to get to know the woman we first came to love on Comedy Central's Upright Citizens Brigade ? Do you want to spend some time with the lady who made you howl with laughter on Saturday Night Live, and in movies like Baby Mama, Blades of Glory, and They Came Together ? 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Ito seems to focus heavily on abstruse themes such as the dread of facing unexplainable and hopeless events. ![]() It was extremely absurd, but still had a certain charm to it, I definitely consider it one of the best chemical warfare/sea monster horror spin-off stories out there, although can’t say I know many anyway. ![]() The first story I read of his was Gyo (2002) during my sophomore year in high school. ![]() For me, I first got into his work, as most people might have, by reading some of his short stories that get mentioned on social media or used for aesthetic blogging purposes. Everyone has their own story on how they first heard of Ito. Junji Ito is a popular horror manga artist for very good reasons, his art adds something new and unique to the medium. ![]() |