Environment & Nature audiobooks

Encyclical on Climate Change and Inequality

By: Pope Francis

Narrated by: Mark Bramhall & Linda Korn

Length: 5 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

The complete text of the landmark encyclical letter from Pope Francis that, as Time magazine reported, “rocked the international community”

In the Encyclical on Climate Change and Inequality, the beloved Pope exhorts the world to combat environmental degradation and its impact on the poor. In a stirring, clarion call that is not merely aimed at... Read more

Dem Habicht ins Nest geschaut

By: Carola Preuß & Klaus Ruge

Narrated by: Klaus Ruge

Length: 48 minutes

Abridged: No

'Dem Habicht ins Nest geschaut' ist eine Adaption des Buches 'Unsere Nachbarn, Familie Habicht' von Klaus Ruge. In der Hörversion ist es Sophia, die Schwester von Finn, die mit dem Großvater dem Habicht auf der Spur und genauso fasziniert von ihm ist wie ihr Bruder im Buch. Neben der fast halbstündigen Geschichte um den Habicht, Sophia und den... Read more

The Sea Around Us

By: Rachel Carson

Narrated by: Kaiulani Lee

Length: 9 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Originally published in 1951, The Sea Around Us is one of the most influential books ever written about the natural world. Rachel Carson's ability to combine scientific insight with poetic prose catapulted her book to the top of The New York Times best-seller list, where it remained for more than a year and a half. Ultimately it sold well over a... Read more

Pig Tales

By: Barry Estabrook

Narrated by: Paul Boehmer

Length: 9 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Barry Estabrook, author of the New York Times bestseller Tomatoland, now explores the dark side of the American pork industry. Drawing on his personal experiences raising pigs as well as his sharp investigative instincts, he covers the range of the human-porcine experience. He embarks on nocturnal feral pig hunts in Texas. He visits farmers who... Read more

The Reason for Flowers

By: Stephen Buchmann

Narrated by: Jonathan Yen

Length: 14 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

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... Read more

Project Animal Farm

By: Sonia Faruqi

Narrated by: Priya Ayyar

Length: 11 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Project Animal Farm provides a riveting and revealing look at what truly happens behind farm doors, as discovered by a fearless young woman.Sonia Faruqi, a twenty-five-year-old Ivy League graduate and investment banker, had no idea that the night she arrived at the doorstep of an organic dairy farm would mark the beginning of a journey that... Read more

Smokejumper

By: Jason A. Ramos & Julian Smith

Narrated by: Ned Vaughn

Length: 5 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

A PACIFIC NORTHWEST BOOKSELLERS ASSOCIATION BESTSELLER"A fascinating look" (Esquire) at the thrilling world of smokejumpers, the airborne firefighters who parachute into the most remote and rugged areas of the United States, confronting the growing threat of nature’s blazes.Forest and wildland fires are growing larger, more numerous, and... Read more

Beyond Words

By: Carl Safina

Narrated by: Carl Safina

Length: 16 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Weaving decades of field observations with exciting new discoveries about the brain, Carl Safina's landmark book offers an intimate view of animal behavior to challenge the fixed boundary between humans and nonhuman animals. In Beyond Words, listeners travel to Amboseli National Park in the threatened landscape of Kenya and witness struggling... Read more

The House of Owls

By: Tony Angell

Narrated by: Tom Zingarelli

Length: 5 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

For a quarter of a century, Tony Angell and his family shared the remarkable experience of closely observing pairs of western screech owls that occupied a nesting box outside the window of their forest home. The journals in which the author recorded his observations, along with the captivating drawings he created, form the heart of this... Read more

The Goshawk

By: T. H. White

Narrated by: Simon Vance

Length: 4 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

The predecessor to Helen Macdonald’s H Is for Hawk, T. H. White’s nature-writing classic, The Goshawk, asks the age-old question: What is it that binds human beings to other animals? White, author of The Once and Future King and Mistress Masham’s Repose, was a young writer who found himself rifling through old handbooks of falconry. A particular... Read more

Red

By: Jacky Colliss Harvey

Narrated by: Jacky Colliss Harvey

Length: 6 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Red is a brilliantly told, captivating history of red hair throughout the ages. A book that breaks new ground, dispels myths, and reinforces the special nature of being a redhead, with a look at multiple disciplines, including science, religion, politics, feminism and sexuality, literature, and art.

With an obsessive fascination that is as... Read more

The Fly Trap

By: Fredrik Sjöberg

Narrated by: Robert Fass

Length: 5 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

A rare memoir of extraordinary, mesmerizing brilliance—and a Swedish bestseller—by an entomologist fascinated with the natural world and the hidden wonders of life, and which asks: What is it that drives the obsessively curious to exploration and the practice of collecting?Warm and humorous, self-deprecating and contemplative, The Fly Trap is a... Read more

Letters to My Grandchildren

By: David Suzuki

Narrated by: David Suzuki

Length: 7 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

In this inspiring series of letters to his grandchildren, David Suzuki offers grandfatherly advice mixed with stories from his own remarkable life and explores what makes life meaningful. He challenges his grandchildren — and us — to do everything at full tilt. He explains why sports, fishing, feminism, and failure are important; why it is... Read more

Afloat & Afoot

By: John Burroughs

Narrated by: Brett Barry & Rolland G. Smith

Length: 2 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

Afloat & Afoot is a celebration of John Burroughs, a Catskills native famous for his writings on the natural world that surrounds us all. This first-ever audio edition of his work includes two of the writer’s most entertaining and compelling essays: “Pepacton: A Summer Voyage” and “The Heart of the Southern Catskills.”  “Pepacton” recounts... Read more

The Invaders

By: Pat Shipman

Narrated by: Donna Postel

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

Approximately 200,000 years ago, as modern humans began to radiate out from their evolutionary birthplace in Africa, Neanderthals were already thriving in Europe—descendants of a much earlier migration of the African genus Homo. But when modern humans eventually made their way to Europe 45,000 years ago, Neanderthals suddenly vanished. Ever... Read more

The 10 Best Hints And Tips For Hunting Morel Mushrooms

By: Trevor Clinger

Narrated by: Matt Butcher

Length: 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Morel mushroom hunting is a beloved pastime for many, offering both the thrill of discovery and the delight of savoring these delicacies. This book celebrates the joy of finding and cooking morel mushrooms, highlighting the irresistible flavor of frying them in flour and dipping them in ketchup—a culinary delight cherished by enthusiasts... Read more

On the Burning Edge

By: Kyle Dickman

Narrated by: Will Damron

Length: 9 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

The definitive account of one of the deadliest wildfires in U.S. history, which killed nineteen elite firefighters of the Granite Mountain Hotshots and also inspired the major motion picture Only the Brave.
 
“A tear-jerking classic.”—Outside • Named One of the Best Books of the Year by Men’s Journal
 
On June 28, 2013, a single bolt of... Read more

The Wall-Less Rooms Of Nature That Inspire Imagination

By: Patrice Vecchione

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Nature and art share the quality of perseverance and optimism. Vecchione illustrates this when she says, “Art is optimistic. No matter what emotions a piece of art may convey, art-making itself is a refusal to be plowed under by doubt, political systems, poverty or any number of other things.” She goes on to point out that nature shares those... Read more

The Mercy of the Sky

By: Holly Bailey

Narrated by: Erin Bennett

Length: 10 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

The Mercy of the Sky is the harrowing inside account of Oklahoma’s deadliest tornado, penned by a local writer who became a national correspondent.Oklahomans have long been known for their fatalism and grit, but even old-timers are troubled by the twisters that are devastating the state with increasing frequency. On May 20, 2013, the worst... Read more

The Shepherd's Life

By: James Rebanks

Narrated by: Bryan Dick

Length: 7 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

The New York Times bestseller and International Phenomenon
One of the Top Ten Books of 2015, Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times.

"It's bloody marvelous." - Helen Macdonald, New York Times bestselling author of H IS FOR HAWK

"Captivating... A book about continuity and roots and a sense of belonging in an age that's increasingly about mobility and... Read more

Farm Sanctuary: The Happiest Place On Earth

By: Gene Baur

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Gene Baur is someone who not only pleads for good treatment of farm animals; he’s doing something about it. He encourages us to engage in loving relationships beyond our cats and dogs to include farm animals as well. In doing so, he says that we can help ourselves and the planet. Imagine having a flock of turkeys following you as you wander the... Read more

People Over Profit

By: Dale Partridge

Narrated by: Dale Partridge

Length: 3 hours 5 minutes

Abridged: No

Serial entrepreneur and business visionary Dale Partridge reveals seven core beliefs that create success by putting people first.Every day major headlines tell the story of a new and better American marketplace. Established corporations have begun reevaluating the quality of their products, the ethics of their supply chain, and how they can give... Read more

Abayomi, the Brazilian Puma

By: Darcy Pattison

Narrated by: David DeSantos

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: No

ABAYOMI, THE BRAZILIAN PUMA: The True Story of an Orphaned Cub
by Darcy Pattison, illustrated by Kitty Harvill
***NSTA Outstanding Science Trade Book 2015***

When a mother puma, an attempt to steal a chicken, she is caught in a trap and dies. The search is on for orphaned cubs. Will the scientists be able to find the cubs before their time runs... Read more

What Stands in a Storm

By: Kim Cross

Narrated by: Tracy Brunjes

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

April 27, 2011 marked the climax of a superstorm that saw a record 358 tornadoes rip through twenty-one states in three days, seven hours, and eighteen minutes. It was the deadliest day of the biggest tornado outbreak in recorded history, which saw 348 people killed, entire neighborhoods erased, and $11 billion in damage. But from the terrible... Read more