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A World Without Oil
By: Richard Heinberg
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Within our lifetimes we will see the peak in worldwide oil production. Soon after, we will be forced to learn to function without fossil fuels. The impact on our culture will be extraordinary - in fact, as Heinberg warns, "Civilization itself may be fundamentally unsustainable." Read more
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Récits d'Ascensions
By: Daniel Grévoz
Narrated by: Bernard Paccot
Length: 1 hour 11 minutes
Abridged: No
Récits d'ascensions racontent trois aventures vécues : – une escalade dramatique dans les Alpes en 1906, racontée par G.W. Young,– une ascension sans retour dans l'Eiger en 1936, relatée par Daniel Grévoz,– la première ascension du mont Blanc en 1786 par J. Balmat et relatée par Alexandre Dumas.Une plongée dans l'univers dramatique et exigeant... Read more
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Contes de la montagne
By: Miguel Torga
Narrated by: Pierre Chaix
Length: 1 hour 19 minutes
Abridged: No
Contes de la montagne proposent une sélection de contes traditionnels servis par la voix de Pierre Chaix et la musique traditionnelle de La Kinkerne: – les fleurs d'Edelweiss,– l'histoire de Jean de la Ramée,– l'histoire du nain du lac de Saint-Paul,– le nigaud et la statue,– la chasse miraculeuse de la nuit de Noël,– la légende de... Read more
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Face Nord
By: Grévoz Daniel
Narrated by: Bernard Paccot
Length: 5 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
Cinquante ans que Mathilde se tait, recluse dans ses souvenirs, absente. Jadis, pourtant, ses rires joyeux ont dansé entre les parois qui dominent le refuge d'Argentière. Sur quel désespoir l'élan de sa jeunesse s'est-il brisé ? Sur quelle douleur se tient-elle refermée ? Son destin s'est joué au pied de la face nord des Droites, sombre,... Read more
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Hell or High Water
By: Peter Heller
Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
Length: 9 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: No
The Tsangpo Gorge in southeastern Tibet has lured explorers and adventurers since its discovery. Sacred to the Buddhists, the inspiration for Shangri La, the Gorge is as steeped in legend and mystery as any spot on earth. As a river-running challenge, the remote Tsangpo is relentlessly unforgiving, more difficult than any stretch of river ever... Read more
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Navigating Nature Naturally
By: Brenda Peterson
Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms
Length: 58 minutes
Abridged: No
Brenda Peterson finds her spirituality in the soulfulness, humility, and forgiveness of the natural world. With a voice as gentle as her heart, she shares her first mystical encounter with the spirit of a river, and points the way to a sacredness grounded in the natural world, the wisdom of women, and the love of family. Read more
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Basin and Range
By: John McPhee
Narrated by: Nelson Runger
Length: 7 hours 7 minutes
Abridged: No
To geologists, rocks are beautiful, roadcuts are windowpanes, and the earth is alive-a work in progress. The cataclysmic movement that gives birth to mountains and oceans is ongoing and can still be seen at certain places on our planet. One of these is the Basin and Range region centered in Nevada and Utah. In this first book of a Pulitzer... Read more
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On the Wing - Abridged
By: Alan Tennant
Narrated by: Alan Tennant
Length: 5 hours 35 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In this extraordinary narrative, Alan Tennant recounts his all-out effort to radio-track the transcontinental migration of the peregrine falcon -- an investigation no one before him had ever taken to such lengths.
On the Wing transports us from the windswept flats of the Texas barrier islands -- where the tundra falcons pause during their... Read more
Seeing the Bible Anew
By: Bishop John Shelby Spong
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Increasingly, theological positions on war, women, and discrimination against the gay community are at the heart of contemporary American political debate. At the center of these controversies is the Bible. Based on a cultural and historical context of the Bible, Spong gives us a worldview that promotes respect and love for each other, our... Read more
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Rediscovering our Own Wildness
By: Jesse Wolf Hardin
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
The natural world may be our most valuable aid to finding the greatest meaning in our lives. Jesse Wolf Hardin rediscovers this every day with the help of the wild canyon that is his home in New Mexico. Read more
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The Suburban You
By: Mark Falanga
Narrated by: Jonathan Marosz
Length: 6 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: No
You are about to discover that living in the suburbs is a whole lot funnier than you ever thought possible. For this country’s 145,892,494 (give or take) suburbanites, Mark Falanga is an utterly deadpan (and thoroughly entertaining) spokesman.
Mark Falanga is a slick urban dweller, at the top of his game professionally, with a gorgeous corporate... Read more
Sustaining Hope in Impossible Times
By: Paul Loeb
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Paul Loeb has gathered the stories of activists and visionaries, people who have faced enormous challenges and worked against seemingly insurmountable odds and found their efforts answered, sometimes in unexpected ways. When things look bleakest, Mr. Loeb explains, they've found that "there's something deeper that's more sustaining, that exists... Read more
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Cosmocracy: Democracy for The Cosmos
By: Henryk Skolimowski
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Eco-philosopher Henryk Skolimowski suggests how answers to the big questions of life may be discovered within: "A new light that illumines our minds about the unity of the entire humankind." His theology of light looks ahead to our biological and spiritual evolution into beings that can subsist on light alone. Read more
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Lost in My Own Backyard
By: Tim Cahill
Narrated by: Michael Prichard
Length: 2 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
“Let’s get lost together . . . ”
Lost in My Own Backyard brings acclaimed author Tim Cahill together with one of his—and America’s—favorite destinations: Yellowstone, the world’s first national park. Cahill has been “puttering around in the park” for a quarter of a century, slowly covering its vast scope and exploring its remote backwoods. So... Read more
Activists for Freedom, Equity and Justice
By: Medea Benjamin & Kevin Danaher
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 58 minutes
Abridged: No
As Medea Benjamin says, "Patriotism is holding your nation to the highest standards possible. But we also have to evolve as human beings to a global consciousness." When we see the world from the point of view of these two visions, our own evolution becomes more attainable. Read more
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The Big Year - Abridged
By: Mark Obmascik
Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
Length: 6 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: Yes
A classic in the making -- an account of the biggest year in birdwatching history.
In the USA, some 50 million people lay claim to being bird-watchers or “birders,” spending billions of dollars on birding-related travel and membership fees every year. A select, and utterly obsessed, few compete in one of the world’s quirkiest contests -- the race... Read more
Spiritual Revolution in Business
By: Paul Dolan
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Paul Dolan is a fourth-generation winemaker, former president of the well-known Fetzer Vineyards, and instrumental in introducing American wine lovers to the diverse varieties of wines that now enjoy broad popularity. He launched the organic wine industry in California and around the world. The simple techniques he discovered have opened the... Read more
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Of Whales and Belly Flowers, Rebirth and Hope
By: Robin Kobaly & Doug Thompson
Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms
Length: 58 minutes
Abridged: No
Masculine and feminine, earth and sea, forest and desert, nature and nurture…the balance of life shows up beautifully and metaphorically in the relationship and the work of Robin Kobaly and Doug Thompson. She is one of the nation's foremost experts on native desert plants; he is a leader in experiential research with marine mammals. Read more
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Krakatoa
By: Simon Winchester
Narrated by: Simon Winchester
Length: 12 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
The bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and The Map That Changed the World examines the enduring and world-changing effects of the catastrophic eruption off the coast of Java of the earth's most dangerous volcano -- Krakatoa.The legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa -- the name has since become a byword... Read more
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The Map That Changed the World
By: Simon Winchester
Narrated by: Simon Winchester
Length: 9 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
From the author of the bestselling The Professor and the Madman comes the fascinating story of William Smith, the orphaned son of an English country blacksmith, who became obsessed with creating the world's first geological map and ultimately became the father of modern geology.In 1793 William Smith, a canal digger, made a startling discovery... Read more
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The Science and Mysticism of Water
By: West Marrin
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
In an age where we see water as a commodity to be bought and sold, and we attempt to control it in the hope that it will serve our immediate needs, West Marrin invites us to reexamine our relationship to this substance, which the ancients viewed as a sentient being. Read more
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Cultural Nonviolence
By: Satish Kumar
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
In the spirit of Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and Jesus, Satish Kumar brings a gentle wisdom to the difficult questions that must be answered if we are to end the pattern of destruction that threatens our world today. His simple, yet comprehensive perspective addresses the violence that is pervasive in human society and, amazingly, offers... Read more
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The Big Year
By: Mark Obmascik
Narrated by: Del Roy
Length: 9 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
A classic in the making -- an account of the biggest year in birdwatching history.
In the USA, some 50 million people lay claim to being bird-watchers or “birders,” spending billions of dollars on birding-related travel and membership fees every year. A select, and utterly obsessed, few compete in one of the world’s quirkiest contests -- the race... Read more
One Water, One Air, One Mother Earth
By: Corbin Harney
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Come and sit with this wise and gentle-spoken Western Shoshone elder and spiritual leader. You'll hear stories of his childhood in a white man's world, and teachings he learned from his grandmother. In the measured words of a wise man, he explains the hazards we face in a nuclear world, and how we can live respectfully on this one mother earth. Read more
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