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The Reason for Flowers: Their History, Culture, Biology, and How They Change Our Lives Audiobook, by Stephen Buchmann Play Audiobook Sample

The Reason for Flowers: Their History, Culture, Biology, and How They Change Our Lives Audiobook

The Reason for Flowers: Their History, Culture, Biology, and How They Change Our Lives Audiobook, by Stephen Buchmann Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Jonathan Yen Publisher: Tantor Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 9.67 hours at 1.5x Speed 7.25 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: July 2015 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9781494584139

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

22

Longest Chapter Length:

58:41 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

04:46 minutes

Average Chapter Length:

39:14 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

2

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Publisher Description

Flowers, and the fruits that follow, feed, clothe, sustain, and inspire all humanity. Flowers are used to celebrate all-important occasions, to express love, and are also the basis of global industries. Americans buy ten million flowers a day and perfumes are a worldwide industry worth $30 billion dollars annually. Stephen Buchmann takes us along on an exploratory journey of the roles flowers play in the production of our foods, spices, medicines, perfumes, while simultaneously bringing joy and health. Flowering plants continue to serve as inspiration in our myths and legends, in the fine and decorative arts, and in literary works of prose and poetry. Flowers seduce us-and animals, too-through their myriad shapes, colors, textures, and scents. Here, he integrates fascinating stories about the many colorful personalities who populate the world of flowers, and the flowers and pollinators themselves, with a research-based narrative that illuminates just why there is, indeed, a Reason for Flowers.

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"Stephen Buchmann is a gifted storyteller and an inquisitive scientist who is intrigued by the dazzling and intricate world of flowers."

— Amy Stewart, author of The Flower Confidential

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About Jonathan Yen

Jonathan Yen is a commercial voice-over artist and Earphones Award–winning audiobook narrator. He was inspired by the Golden Age of Radio, and while the gold was gone by the time he got there, he has carried that inspiration through to commercial work, voice acting, and stage productions. From vintage Howard Fast science fiction to naturalist Paul Rosolie’s true adventures in the Amazon, he loves to tell a good story.