Environment & Nature audiobooks

The Human, the Orchid, and the Octopus

By: Jacques Cousteau & Susan Schiefelbein

Narrated by: Stephen Hoye

Length: 12 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Part adventure story, part manifesto, this is legendary ocean explorer Jacques Cousteau's passionate plea for sustaining life on earth.



Explorer, diving pioneer, filmmaker, inventor, and activist, Jacques Cousteau was blessed from his childhood with boundless curiosity about the natural world. As the leader of fascinating, often dangerous... Read more

Your Inner Fish

By: Neil Shubin

Narrated by: Marc Cashman

Length: 6 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Why do we look the way we do? What does the human hand have in common with the wing of a fly? Are breasts, sweat glands, and scales connected in some way? To better understand the inner workings of our bodies and to trace the origins of many of today’s most common diseases, we have to turn to unexpected sources: worms, flies, and even fish.

Neil... Read more

The Medusa and the Snail

By: Lewis Thomas

Narrated by: Stuart Langton

Length: 4 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

Lewis Thomas has been said to be a philosopher who uses the language of biology. His fascinating observations on the quirkiness of the world's infinite creations causes listeners to ponder the workings of the cosmos through the most microscopic of life forms.The medusa, a tiny jellyfish that lives on the ventral surface of a sea slug found in... Read more

The Everything Green Living Book - Abridged

By: Diane Gow McDilda

Narrated by: Rick Plastina

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Want to learn more about organic food? Curious about alternative power sources? Want to do your part to help save the environment? The way that you live, work, travel, eat, drink, and dress affects the earth and the environment--and this concise, eye-opening book gives you all the tools you need to live a "green" lifestyle. The Everything Green... Read more

Last Child in the Woods

By: Richard Louv

Narrated by: Jonathan Hogan

Length: 12 hours

Abridged: No

New York Times and Washington Post contributor Richard Louv is the widely respected author of seven previous books. In Last Child in the Woods, Louv illustrates how the alienation of today's children from nature can lead to a host of childhood disorders-and he offers effective methods for healing this rift. "This book is an absolute must-read... Read more

A Contract with the Earth

By: Newt Gingrich & Terry L. Maple

Narrated by: Callista Gingrich

Length: 4 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

Focusing the environmental debate on the principle of common commitment, former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich and eminent conservationist Terry L. Maple present A Contract with the Earth. They declare a need for bipartisan environmentalism—a new era of environmental stewardship with principles that they believe most Americans will... Read more

A Practical and Accessible Strategy On Global Warming

By: David Gershon

Narrated by: Craig Hamilton

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Climate scientists tell us that we have less than ten years to dramatically cut our carbon emissions before we reach a point of no return. Yet most of the large-scale solutions on the table will take far longer than that to implement. Fortunately, necessity is the mother of invention, and among the climate change pioneers there are those who... Read more

Break Through

By: Ted Nordhaus & Michael Shellenberger

Narrated by: Jeff Cummings

Length: 9 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

Environmental insiders Michael Shellenberger and Ted Nordhaus triggered a firestorm of debate with their self-published essay, “The Death of Environmentalism.” In this eagerly anticipated follow-up, the authors expand upon their argument that the paradigms driving the environmental movement and much of liberal politics are outdated and... Read more

The Whale Warriors

By: Peter Heller

Narrated by: James Boles

Length: 10 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

In the tradition of The Perfect Storm, The Whale Warriors takes us on a hair-raising journey aboard a whale-saving pirate ship with a vigilante crew whose mission is to stop illegal Japanese whaling in the stormy remote seas off Antarctica.



For two months, journalist Peter Heller rode aboard the vegan pirate ship Farley Mowat as it stalked its... Read more

Brehms Tierleben - Heimische Säugetiere

By: Alfred E. Brehm

Narrated by: Roger Willemsen

Length: 2 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

"Brehms Blick auf die Tierwelt ist der eines Enthusiasten. Er weiß unendlich viel, hat in Afrika wie in der Arktis Tiere in Freiheit beobachtet, viele davon zum ersten Mal nicht eingesperrt, nicht ausgestopft, nicht als Präparat, sondern in ihrem eigenen Lebensraum beobachtet, er hat die Forschung bereichert, und bei alledem ist ihm die Qualität... Read more

Brehms Tierleben - Vögel

By: Alfred E. Brehm

Narrated by: Roger Willemsen

Length: 2 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

"Brehms Blick auf die Tierwelt ist der eines Enthusiasten. Er weiß unendlich viel, hat in Afrika wie in der Arktis Tiere in Freiheit beobachtet, viele davon zum ersten Mal nicht eingesperrt, nicht ausgestopft, nicht als Präparat, sondern in ihrem eigenen Lebensraum beobachtet, er hat die Forschung bereichert, und bei alledem ist ihm die Qualität... Read more

Brehms Tierleben - Kriechtiere, Lurche, Fische, Insekten, niedere Tiere

By: Alfred E. Brehm

Narrated by: Roger Willemsen

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: No

"Brehms Blick auf die Tierwelt ist der eines Enthusiasten. Er weiß unendlich viel, hat in Afrika wie in der Arktis Tiere in Freiheit beobachtet, viele davon zum ersten Mal nicht eingesperrt, nicht ausgestopft, nicht als Präparat, sondern in ihrem eigenen Lebensraum beobachtet, er hat die Forschung bereichert, und bei alledem ist ihm die Qualität... Read more

Brehms Tierleben - Exotische Säugetiere

By: Alfred E. Brehm

Narrated by: Roger Willemsen

Length: 2 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

"Brehms Blick auf die Tierwelt ist der eines Enthusiasten. Er weiß unendlich viel, hat in Afrika wie in der Arktis Tiere in Freiheit beobachtet, viele davon zum ersten Mal nicht eingesperrt, nicht ausgestopft, nicht als Präparat, sondern in ihrem eigenen Lebensraum beobachtet, er hat die Forschung bereichert, und bei alledem ist ihm die Qualität... Read more

Hurricane Season

By: Neal Thompson

Narrated by: David Drummond

Length: 10 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

"There's always a point in the season when you're faced with a challenge and you see what you're capable of. And you grow up." —J. T. Curtis, head coach, John Curtis Christian School Patriots



On Saturday, August 27, 2005, the John Curtis Patriots met for a grueling practice in the late summer New Orleans sun, the air a visible fog of humidity.... Read more

The Emergence of Integral Consciousness

By: Allan Combs, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Craig Hamilton

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

We all sense intuitively that reality is not a jumbled assortment of unrelated parts, but a dynamic, unified whole. Yet, as fields of knowledge become increasingly complex and specialized, it's often difficult to see how all the parts of this whole truly fit together. In this dialogue with consciousness researcher Allan Combs, we explore the... Read more

Earth in the Balance

By: Al Gore

Narrated by: Ed Begley Jr.

Length: 13 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

In this brave and provocative work, former US Vice President, Al Gore asserts that only a radical rethinking of our relationship with nature will save the earth's ecology for future generations. Gore's analysis of where we've gone wrong ranges across politics, history, science, economics, psychology, and religion. He argues that only a worldwide... Read more

Storm World

By: Chris Mooney

Narrated by: Lloyd James

Length: 10 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

Chris Mooney, author of The Republican War on Science and one of the leading young environmental journalists and bloggers working today, immerses readers in the world of those who study hurricanes. What was once an arcane branch of meteorology (itself an arcane science) has become embroiled in one of the most politicized and hotly contested... Read more

The World Without Us

By: Alan Weisman

Narrated by: Adam Grupper

Length: 12 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover the impact of the human footprint in The World Without Us. Take us off the Earth and what traces of us would linger? And which would disappear? Alan Weisman writes about which objects from today would vanish without us; how our pipes, wires, and cables would be pulverized into an unusual (but mere) line of red rock; why some museums and... Read more

The Dangerous Book for Boys

By: Conn Iggulden & Hal Iggulden

Narrated by: Oliver Wyman

Length: 3 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

Recapture Sunday afternoons and long summer days. This is a wonderful collection of all things that make being young, or young at heart, fun. These selections from the bestselling phenomenon Dangerous Book for Boys were chosen for easy, enjoyable listening independent of the book.Topics include:·        Questions about the World·        How to... Read more

Puppy's First Steps

By: Nicholas Dodman, Lawrence Lindner & Faculty of ...

Narrated by: James Boles

Length: 10 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Based on cutting-edge research, real day-to-day clinical experience, and unparalleled expertise, the faculty of the Tufts University Cummings School, led by the renowned animal behaviorist Nicholas Dodman, provides the very best information on the health and behavior of puppies. Covering everything from how to pick a puppy, what to feed him, and... Read more

The Outermost House

By: Henry Beston

Narrated by: Brett Barry

Length: 4 hours 44 minutes

Abridged: No

The Outermost House is a classic of American nature literature.In 1926, Henry Beston spent two weeks in a two-room cottage on the sand dunes of Cape Cod. He had not intended to stay longer, but, as he later wrote, "I lingered on, and as the year lengthened into autumn, the beauty and mystery of this earth and outer sea so possessed and held me... Read more

The Loved Dog

By: Andrea Cagan & Tamar Geller

Narrated by: Renée Raudman

Length: 5 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: No

More than fifteen years ago, Tamar Geller began her
career as a dog trainer by observing a scientific study
of wolves in the wild. She realized that the
socialization and parenting techniques they used to
raise their cubs were rooted in bonding,
communication, and play—not in aggression,
dominance, or punishment. If people used these
techniques when... Read more

Animal, Vegetable, Miracle

By: Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver & Steven...

Narrated by: Barbara Kingsolver, Camille Kingsolver & Steven...

Length: 14 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

“A profound, graceful, and literary work of philosophy and economics, well tempered for our times, and yet timeless. . . . It will change the way you look at the food you put into your body. Which is to say, it can change who you are.” — Boston GlobeBarbara Kingsolver's New York Times bestselling book describing her family's adventure as they... Read more

This Moment on Earth

By: John Kerry & Teresa Heinz Kerry

Narrated by: Dick Hill

Length: 8 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

The environment, and the movement that grew up to protect it, is under attack—concerted and purposeful. Yet the need for solutions to pressing environmental problems grows more urgent each day. Teresa Heinz Kerry and Senator John Kerry traveled across the country in a national campaign to see firsthand how these issues unite people across party... Read more