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Olives: The Life and Lore of a Noble Fruit

by Mort Rosenblum · 1996

Mort Rosenblum's history and cultural account of olives, olive oil, growers, and the Mediterranean world around them.

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Dyson selected the book on his BBC Radio 4 Desert Island Discs episode. The BBC page appears to misspell the canonical subtitle and author name; the catalog book record uses Open Library metadata for Mort Rosenblum's Olives: The Life and Lore of a Noble Fruit.

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The BBC episode page for James Dyson's Desert Island Discs lists the book choice as Olives: The Life and Love of a Noble Fruit by Mort Rosenslum; Open Library identifies the canonical edition as Mort Rosenblum's Olives: The Life and Lore of a Noble Fruit.

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