Environment & Nature audiobooks

Modoc

By: Ralph Helfer

Narrated by: Adam Verner

Length: 10 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

""Once I started this incomparable story, I couldn't put it down, and I cannot get it out of my mind—nor will I ever. The message of what can be accomplished by training through affection and joy will thrill all animal lovers."" —Betty WhiteA captivating true story of loyalty, friendship, and high adventure that spans several decades and three... Read more

The Arctic

By: Klaus Dodds & Mark Nuttall

Narrated by: Paul Heitsch

Length: 8 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Conversations defining the Arctic region often provoke debate and controversy—for scientists, this lies in the imprecise and imaginary line known as the Arctic Circle; for countries like Canada, Russia, the United States, and Denmark, such discussions are based in competition for land and resources; for indigenous communities, those discussions... Read more

Saving Jemima

By: Julie Zickefoose

Narrated by: Julie Zickefoose

Length: 4 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

For fans of Wesley the Owl and The Soul of an Octopus, the story of a sick baby bird nursed back to health and into the wild by renowned writer/artist Julie Zickefoose.

When Jemima, a young orphaned blue jay, is brought to wildlife rehabilitator Julie Zickefoose, she is a virtually tailless, palm-sized bundle of gray-blue fluff. But she is... Read more

The Truth About Magic

By: Atticus

Narrated by: Atticus

Length: 38 minutes

Abridged: No

From the internationally bestselling author of The Dark Between Stars and Love Her Wild, Instagram sensation Atticus returns with another romantic and deeply moving collection.

The Truth About Magic builds on the pains and joys of romance explored in Love Her Wild and the New York Times bestseller, The Dark Between Stars—heartbreaks and... Read more

Grilled

By: Leah Garcés

Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow

Length: 9 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Grilled by Leah Garcés, read by Laurel Lefkow.

An animal activist's journey to the "other side" Joanna Lumley

This is the story of what happens when we cross enemy lines to look for solutions.

Leah Garcés has dedicated her career to fighting for the rights of the animals that end up on our plates. As the former US Executive... Read more

Monterapia. Cuesta arriba se piensa mejor

By: Juanjo Garbizu

Narrated by: Jordi Doménech

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

El pionero del slow mountain, Juanjo Garbizu, nos explica por qué caminando cuesta arriba se piensa mucho mejor en su celebrado best seller, el libro de referencia para los que aman la montaña. A través de sus propias experiencias, Garbizu nos transporta a las altas cimas, donde se suceden vivencias inolvidables. Conoceremos situaciones límite... Read more

Dancing with Bees

By: Brigit Strawbridge Howard

Narrated by: Brigit Strawbridge Howard

Length: 12 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

A naturalist’s passionate dive into the world of bees of all stripes--what she has learned about them, and what we can learn from them Brigit Strawbridge Howard was shocked the day she realised she knew more about the French Revolution than she did about her native trees. And birds. And wildflowers. And bees. The thought stopped her—quite... Read more

Animals Make Us Human

By: Temple Grandin & Catherine Johnson

Narrated by: Temple Grandin & Andrea Gallo

Length: 11 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

The best-selling animal advocate Temple Grandin offers the most exciting exploration of how animals feel since The Hidden Life of Dogs.

In her groundbreaking and best-selling book Animals in Translation, Temple Grandin drew on her own experience with autism as well as her distinguished career as an animal scientist to deliver extraordinary... Read more

The Geography of Risk

By: Gilbert M. Gaul

Narrated by: Gilbert M. Gaul & Matt Godfrey

Length: 8 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

This program includes an introduction and epilogue read by the author.

This century has seen the costliest hurricanes in U.S. history—but who bears the brunt of these monster storms?

Consider this: Five of the most expensive hurricanes in history have made landfall since 2005: Katrina ($160 billion), Ike ($40 billion), Sandy ($72 billion), Harvey... Read more

Fashionopolis

By: Dana Thomas

Narrated by: Dana Thomas

Length: 9 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

*NYTBR Paperback Row Selection * The Independent's Best Fashion Book on Sustainability*

An investigation into the damage wrought by the colossal clothing industry and the grassroots, high-tech, international movement fighting to reform it

What should I wear? It’s one of the fundamental questions we ask ourselves every day. More than ever, we are... Read more

The Triassic Period: The History and Legacy of the Geologic Era that Witnessed the Rise of Dinosaurs

By: Charles River Editors

Narrated by: Gregory T. Luzitano

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Scientists have long attempted to understand Earth’s past, and in service to that effort, they have divided the world’s history into eons, eras, periods, epochs and ages. For example, the current eon is called the Phanerozoic, which means “visible life.” This is the eon in which multi-cellular life has evolved and thrived. Before this, life... Read more

Grinnell

By: John Taliaferro

Narrated by: Joe Barrett

Length: 18 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Before Rachel Carson, there was George Bird Grinnell—the man whose prophetic vision did nothing less than launch American conservation.



George Bird Grinnell, the son of a New York merchant, saw a different future for a nation in the thrall of the Industrial Age. With railroads scarring virgin lands and the formerly vast buffalo herds decimated,... Read more

Inconspicuous Consumption

By: Tatiana Schlossberg

Narrated by: Tatiana Schlossberg

Length: 7 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

*First Place Winner of the Society of Environmental Journalists' Rachel Carson Environment Book Award*

"If you're looking for something to cling to in what often feels like a hopeless conversation, Schlossberg's darkly humorous, knowledge-is-power, eyes-wide-open approach may be just the thing."--Vogue

From a former New York Times science ... Read more

Path of the Puma

By: Jim Williams & Joe Glickman

Narrated by: Jim Williams

Length: 8 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

An Expert's View of the Big Cat's Fight to Find Its Wild

During a time when most wild animals are experiencing decline in the face of development and climate change, the intrepid mountain lion -- also known as a puma, a cougar, and by many other names - has experienced reinvigoration as well as expansion of territory. What makes this cat, the... Read more

End Times

By: Bryan Walsh

Narrated by: Bryan Walsh & Corey Carthew

Length: 12 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

In this history of extinction and existential risk, a Newsweek and Bloomberg popular science and investigative journalist examines our most dangerous mistakes -- and explores how we can protect and future-proof our civilization.
End Times is a compelling work of skilled reportage that peels back the layers of complexity around the unthinkable --... Read more

The Deep History of Ourselves

By: Joseph LeDoux

Narrated by: Fred Sanders

Length: 11 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

A leading neuroscientist offers a history of the evolution of the brain from unicellular organisms to the complexity of animals and human beings today

Renowned neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux digs into the natural history of life on earth to provide a new perspective on the similarities between us and our ancestors in deep time. This page-turning... Read more

Homesteading for Beginners

By: Tom Sutherland

Narrated by: Jim Johnston

Length: 1 hour 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Get Your Way Out Of Financial Crisis and Start Living The Simple Way of Life You've Always Dreamed Of Through Homesteading NOW!The city life offers many opportunities for work and leisure. It lures many people in and keeps them satisfied – but sometimes, only for a while. Most people are fine with the hustle and bustle of big cities. They move... Read more

Beekeeping ( Backyard Beekeeping )

By: Andrew Forrest

Narrated by: Jim Johnston

Length: 1 hour 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Don't Worry BEE HAPPY! Start your Bee colony today !There are 140,000 beekeepers in the United States keeping 3.2 million beehives. American beekeepers produced 200 million pounds of honey a year. In addition, honey bees pollinate and make possible many of the fruits and vegetables that make up the American diet. In fact, the annual contribution... Read more

Journeys in the Wild

By: Gavin Thurston

Narrated by: Gavin Thurston

Length: 12 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: No

From Gavin Thurston, the award-winning Blue Planet II and Planet Earth II cameraman, comes extraordinary and adventurous true stories of what it takes to track down and film our planet's most captivating creatures.

Gavin has been a wildlife photographer for over thirty years. During that time he's lurked in the shadows of some of the world's... Read more

Animal Welfare 101

By: HowExpert & Jessica Child

Narrated by: Kyra Cornett

Length: 2 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Have you always looked at the lizard, frog, or beetle in the shop and wondered if you could provide a good home for it? Have you been wanting a companion who will listen to you sing and hear about your long day? This book aims to teach you how to consider each pet and what types of questions to think about and ask before bringing a pet home.... Read more

The Conscious Closet

By: Elizabeth L. Cline

Narrated by: Elizabeth L. Cline

Length: 9 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

From journalist, fashionista, and clothing resale expert Elizabeth L. Cline, “the Michael Pollan of fashion,”* comes the definitive guide to building an ethical, sustainable wardrobe you'll love.

Clothing is one of the most personal expressions of who we are. In her landmark investigation Overdressed: The Shockingly High Cost of Cheap Fashion,... Read more

Endless Novelties of Extraordinary Interest

By: Doug Macdougall

Narrated by: Sean Runnette

Length: 8 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

A gripping tale of exploration aboard H.M.S. Challenger, an expedition that laid the foundations for modern oceanography.



From late 1872 to 1876, H.M.S. Challenger explored the world's oceans. Conducting deep sea soundings, dredging the ocean floor, recording temperatures, observing weather, and collecting biological samples, the expedition laid... Read more

Feral

By: George Monbiot

Narrated by: Julian Elfer

Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

To be an environmentalist early in the twenty-first century is always to be defending, arguing, acknowledging the hurdles we face in our efforts to protect wild places and fight climate change. But let's be honest: hedging has never inspired anyone.



So what if we stopped hedging? What if we grounded our efforts to solve environmental problems in... Read more

Quantum Leadership

By: Frederick Chavalit Tsao & Chris Laszlo

Narrated by: Mike Lenz

Length: 8 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

In this new book, Frederick Chavalit Tsao and Chris Laszlo argue that current approaches to leadership fail to produce positive outcomes for either businesses or the communities they serve. Employee disengagement and customer fickleness remain high, resulting in a lack of creativity and collaboration at all levels of entrepreneurial activity.... Read more