Orchid Summer: In Search of the Wildest Flowers of the British Isles [Audiobook] download free by Jon Dunn
- Listen audiobook: Orchid Summer: In Search of the Wildest Flowers of the British Isles
- Author: Jon Dunn
- Release date: 2018/7/1
- Publisher: BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC
- Language: English
- Genre or Collection: Travel and Holiday Guides
- ISBN: 9781408880883
- Rating: 9.47 of 10
- Votes: 218
- Review by: Noah Weed
- Review rating: 8.05 of 10
- Review Date: 2018/11/22
- Duration: 4H51M3S in 256 kbps (76.8 MB)
- Date of creation of the audiobook: 2018-07-29
- You can listen to this audiobook in formats: WMA, MPEG4, AC3, FLAC, WAV, MP3, OGG (compression RAR, Z, RZ, ACE, CBR, ZIP)
- Total pages original book: 384
- Includes a PDF summary of 42 pages
- Duration of the summary (audio): 32M1S (8.4 MB)
- Description or summary of the audiobook: A heady celebration of the beauty and history of the wild orchid species of the British Isles, embraced in one glorious and kaleidoscopic summer-long hunt by naturalist Jon DunnFrom the chalk downs of the south coast of England to the heathery moorland of the Shetland Isles, and from the holy island of Lindisfarne in the east to the Atlantic frontier of western Ireland, Orchid Summer is a journey into Britain and Ireland's most beautiful corners. The flowers that are the focus of this treasure hunt are exquisite and diverse. Some resemble insects and develop scents that mimic the smell of a virgin female wasp in order to lure male wasps to sample their unsatisfying charms. Some tower above the surrounding vegetation; others are vanishingly small and discrete. Some are sweetly scented; others smell of ripe billy goats. Some can be readily found but some will prove more elusive - none more so than the last to flower, the rarest of them all, the ghost orchid...Capturing the intoxicating beauty of these rare and charismatic flowers, Orchid Summer is also an exploration of their history, their champions, their place in our landscape and the threats they face. Combining infectious enthusiasm and a painterly eye with a deep knowledge that comes from a lifetime's passionate devotion to their study, Dunn sweeps us up on his adventure, one from which it is impossible not to emerge enchanted and enriched.
- Other categories, genre or collection: Trees, Wildflowers & Plants, Travel Writing
- Download servers: Uploaded, Microsoft OneDrive, FileServe, 4Shared, FileRio, DelaFil. Compressed in RAR, Z, RZ, ACE, CBR, ZIP
- Format: Hardback
- Approximate value: 23.99 USD
- Dimensions: 135x216x35.56mm
- Weight: 519g
- Printed by: Not Available
- Published in: London, United Kingdom
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