Environment & Nature audiobooks

Why Geese Don't Get Obese (And We Do) - Abridged

By: Eric Widmaier

Narrated by: Rick Adamson

Length: 2 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Imagine being able to consume 250,000 calories daily without gaining weight. If you had the metabolism of a shrew you could. And while most of us can't hold our breath for more than a few minutes, the Weddell seal can remain under water for a full 75 minutes!Through many amazing examples, Why Geese Don't Get Obese discusses the mechanisms... Read more

The Game - Abridged

By: Neil Strauss

Narrated by: Neil Strauss

Length: 9 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Nearly every major city in the world has them: hidden underground seduction lairs where men gather to trade the most devastatingly effective techniques ever invented to seduce women.This is not fiction.For two years, bestselling author Neil Strauss lived among these men. Using the pseudonym Style to protect his real-life identity, he began his... Read more

The Great Deluge - Abridged

By: Douglas Brinkley

Narrated by: Kyf Brewer

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the span of five violent hours on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina destroyed major Gulf Coast cities and flattened 150 miles of coastline. Yet those wind-torn hours represented only the first stage of the relentless triple tragedy that Katrina brought to the entire Gulf Coast from Louisiana to Mississippi to Alabama. First was the... Read more

El ajolote - Abridged

By: Andrés Cota Hiriart

Narrated by: Andrés Cota Hiriart

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

El ajolote ha despertado el interés constante de gente muy diversa: se ha concebido mitológicamente, comido por placer y usado como remedio; habita en la oscuridad del agua, quizás con discreción, pero es quinta esencial para la cultura del Valle de México. Se ha venerado como fetiche y ha sido la musa involuntaria de toda clase de artistas en... Read more

Green Business Practices for Dummies - Abridged

By: Lisa Swallow

Narrated by: Brett Barry

Length: 3 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Green Business Practices For Dummies provides readers with the information they need to reduce the environmental impact of the business with out reducing their bottom line. The practical and expert advice and tips presented in this title benefits business owners at all levels, from large corporations to small, family-run stores. The only... Read more

Moleküle, die Geschichte schrieben - Abridged

By: Andreas S. Ziegler

Narrated by: Bernd Gnann, Frank Streichfuss & Kathrin Hildeb...

Length: 1 hour 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Spannende Wissenschaft Anhand von 25 ausgewählten Wirkstoffen lässt dieses Hörbuch faszinierende Stern- und Schicksalsstunden der Arzneimittelforschung lebendig werden und führt vor Augen, auf welch abenteuerlichen Wegen viele Wirkstoffe vom Labor ans Krankenbett gelangten. Begeben Sie sich auf eine spannende Entdeckungsreise zu den Wurzeln der... Read more

Fire - Abridged

By: Sebastian Junger

Narrated by: Sebastian Junger

Length: 3 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: Yes

For readers and viewers of The Perfect Storm, opening this long-awaited new work by Sebastian Junger will be like stepping off the deck of the Andrea Gail and into the inferno of a fire burning out of control in the steep canyons of Idaho. Here is the same meticulous prose brought to bear on the inner workings of a terrifying elemental force;... Read more

Furnace of Creation, Cradle of Destruction - Abridged

By: Roy Chester

Narrated by: Bill Weideman

Length: 7 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Over the past few years, devastating tsunamis off the coast of the Indian Ocean have killed hundreds of thousands of people. Even more alarmingly, scientists predict that these tsunamis, as well as a series of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions, may eventually threaten Hawaii, California, and Oregon. The cause of this trinity of natural... Read more

O Poder transformador dos Biocombustíveis - Abridged

By: Donizete Tokarski

Narrated by: Voz Sintética

Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Nesta obra, buscamos apresentar as diversas variáveis que devem compor a equação para a decisão de qual o melhor combustível a usar. Alguns fatores relevantes estão presentes na legislação, em acordos internacionais, tendências mundiais, oportunidade de mercado e em análises sociais, econômicas, ambientais e de saúde pública. Tratamos uma... Read more

Kommst du mit nach draußen? Eine Entdeckungsreise durch Garten und Stadt - Abridged

By: Peter Wohlleben

Narrated by: Stephan Benson

Length: 2 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Kann man Blumen essen? Warum stinken manche Bäume? Und wer hat im Park unter der Wiese gewühlt? Natur ist überall – auch in der Stadt! Mäuse, Hummeln, Kaninchen und manchmal sogar Waschbären sind deine Nachbarn. Flechten, Moose und Blumen finden in winzigen Spalten und Asphaltrissen ihren Lebensraum. Ganz in deiner Nähe warten kleine und große... Read more

El ascenso y caída de los dinosaurios - Abridged

By: Steve Brusatte

Narrated by: Daniel Brooks

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Resumen del libro por Strem readers, esta es una versión abreviada del título original. "El ascenso y caída de los dinosaurios" es una obra que narra la fascinante historia de los dinosaurios, desde su aparición en la Tierra hasta su extinción. El libro explora cómo estos gigantes dominaron el planeta durante más de 160 millones de años,... Read more

Petrocalipsis - Abridged

By: Antonio Turiel

Narrated by: German Gijón

Length: 4 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Petrocalipsis es un análisis crudo y claro de las posibles alternativas a nuestro sistema energético actual. Frente al triunfalismo que muchas veces exhiben las noticias sobre la futura utilización de nuevas fuentes energéticas, el libro plantea con concisión por qué no funcionan ni funcionarán cada una de las falsas soluciones que se han venido... Read more

Shark Trouble - Abridged

By: Peter Benchley

Narrated by: Peter Benchley

Length: 4 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Drawing on more than three decades of experience writing about sharks and other marine animals, the bestselling author of Jaws combines high adventure with practical information in a book that is at once a thriller and a valuable guide to being safe in, on, under, and around the sea.

“Shark attacks on human beings generate a tremendous amount... Read more

El inframundo - Abridged

By: Susan Casey

Narrated by: George Whitman

Length: 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Resumen del libro por Strem readers, esta es una versión abreviada del título original. "El inframundo" se sumerge en el fascinante y misterioso mundo de los océanos profundos, explorando las criaturas y los ecosistemas que habitan las profundidades inexploradas de la Tierra. A través de una serie de relatos sobre expediciones científicas y... Read more

42 Grad (gekürzt) - Abridged

By: Wolf Harlander

Narrated by: Uve Teschner

Length: 10 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Kein Wasser. Nicht in den Leitungen. Nicht in den Flüssen. Nirgends ... Ganz Deutschland freut sich über den neuen Jahrtausendsommer. Dauersonnenschein sorgt für volle Freibäder. Einzig Hydrologe Julius Denner und IT-Spezialistin Elsa Forsberg warnen davor, dass die Hitze sich kurzfristig verschärfen wird - mit gravierenden Folgen. Niemand... Read more

West Mountain Epilogue - Abridged

By: Jay Parini

Narrated by: Jay Parini

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A reading by Jay Parini of thirty-three of his most celebrated poems.

Jay Parini's readings are always an event, but too rare. For the first time, Parini has recorded his best known and most recent poems in an audiobook that welcomes the listener to enter his universe, which revolves around his deep connection to nature and underlines his... Read more

Bulow Hammock - Abridged

By: David Wallace

Narrated by: Edward Herrmann

Length: 2 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In Florida, there exists a very special ecosystem where sub-tropical and north-temperate vegetation meet— Bulow Hammock. Saved by conservationists, it is one of the last stands of forest on the East Coast. This hardwood grove in Florida's open marshes and pine wood is now a State Park where complex life thrives. In the tradition of... Read more

The National Parks - Abridged

By: Dayton Duncan & Ken Burns

Narrated by: Ken Burns

Length: 6 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The companion volume to the twelve-hour PBS series from the acclaimed filmmaker behind The Civil War, Baseball, and The War.

America’s national parks spring from an idea as radical as the Declaration of Independence: that the nation’s most magnificent and sacred places should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone. In this... Read more

Crossing Open Ground - Abridged

By: Barry Lopez

Narrated by: Barry Lopez

Length: 2 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Crossing Open Ground is a collection of essays by nature writer Barry Lopez. It's food for the spirit from perhaps the finest nature writer of our time. Read more

Weltretten für Anfänger - Von guten Vorsätzen, miesen CO2-Bilanzen und dem Versuch, ein besserer Mensch zu werden (Gekürzte Lesung) - Abridged

By: Susanne Fröhlich & Constanze Kleis

Narrated by: Susanne Fröhlich

Length: 3 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Was können wir für die Zukunft unseres Planeten tun? Das fragen sich Susanne Fröhlich und Constanze Kleis und stellen auf der Suche nach der Antwort ihr Leben und das ihrer Lieben auf den Kopf. Auf ihrer Reise zu einem nachhaltigeren Ich erleben Susanne Fröhlich und Constanze Kleis ihr grünes Wunder. Sie klammern sich beim Sundowner an den... Read more

A Crack in the Edge of the World - Abridged

By: Simon Winchester

Narrated by: Simon Winchester

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

The international bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and Krakatoa vividly brings to life the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake that leveled a city symbolic of America's relentless western expansion. Simon Winchester has also fashioned an enthralling and informative informative look at the tumultuous subterranean world that produces... Read more

Fire on the Mountain - Abridged

By: John N. Maclean

Narrated by: John N. Maclean

Length: 6 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

On the morning of July 3, 1994, the site of a forest fire on Storm King Mountain in Colorado was wrongly recorded by the district's Bureau of Land Management office as taking place in South Canyon, thereby mislabeling forever one of the greatest tragedies in the annals of firefighting. That seemingly small human error foreshadowed the numerous... Read more

Agronegócio - Abridged

By: Ricardo Garay

Narrated by: Alice Oratio

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Este audiolivro foi criado para ajudar você a planejar e desenvolver seu agronegócio independente de tamanho ou segmento. Este guia oferece técnicas, meios e ferramentas para a melhor e mais eficiente prática no gerenciamento de seu negócio. Propõe uma visão sobre como desenvolver uma solução para o agronegócio que pode e deve ser customizada.... Read more

Small Wonder - Abridged

By: Barbara Kingsolver

Narrated by: Barbara Kingsolver

Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In twenty-two wonderfully articulate essays, Barbara Kingsolver raises her voice in praise of nature, family, literature, and the joys of everyday life while examining the genesis of war, violence, and poverty in our worldFrom the author of High Tide in Tucson, comes Small Wonder, a new collection of essays that begins with a parable gleaned... Read more