Environment & Nature audiobooks

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

The Lady and the Panda - Abridged

By: Vicki Croke

Narrated by: Jennifer Van Dyck

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Here is the astonishing true story of Ruth Harkness, the Manhattan bohemian socialite who, against all but impossible odds, trekked to Tibet in 1936 to capture the most mysterious animal of the day: a bear that had for countless centuries lived in secret in the labyrinth of lonely cold mountains. In The Lady and the Panda, Vicki Constantine... 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

60: Ursprung des Lebens / Sind wir allein im All? - Abridged

By: Dr. Manfred Baur

Narrated by: Anna Carlsson, Crock Krumbiegel & Jakob Riedl

Length: 1 hour 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Hör Dich schlau! Diese Hörspielreihe basiert auf den Themen der erfolgreichen WAS IST WAS Bände. Das bereits aus TV bekannte Trio Theo, Tess und Quentin lädt auf abenteuerliche Wissensreisen ein und stößt dabei auf viele interessante Fakten. Mit Humor und Sachverständnis wird so jedes Thema zum puren Hörvergnügen. Folge 60: Ursprung des Lebens... Read more

Harvest for Hope - Abridged

By: Jane Goodall, Gary McAvoy & Gail Hudson

Narrated by: Tippi Hedren

Length: 6 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From world-renowned scientist Jane Goodall, as seen in the new National Geographic documentary Jane, comes a provocative look into the ways we can positively impact the world by changing our eating habits.

"One of those rare, truly great books that can change the world."-John Robbins, author of The Food Revolution The renowned scientist who... Read more

Next of Kin - Abridged

By: Roger Fouts

Narrated by: Roger Fouts

Length: 4 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Roger Fouts fulfilled humankind's age-old dream of talking to animals by pioneering communication with chimpanzees through sign language. Now, in Next of Kin, Fouts tells the dramatic story of his odyssey from novice researcher to celebrity scientist and caretaker of a family of chimpanzees, to his impassioned awakening as a crusader for the... Read more

Unsere Erde [Wieso? Weshalb? Warum? Folge 36] - Abridged

By: Angela Weinhold

Narrated by: Sonja Szylowicki

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Aus dem Inhalt: Der blaue Planet • Wie ist die Erde entstanden? • Woher kommen die Berge? • Warum spucken Vulkane? • Warum bebt die Erde? • Wie entstehen Landschaften? • Was ist eigentlich Erde? • Was sind Bodenschätze? • Wie sieht es im Meer aus? • Ist das Wetter überall gleich auf der Erde? • Warum gibt es bei uns keine Papageien? • Leben... Read more

Umweltschutz [Wieso? Weshalb? Warum? PROFIWISSEN Folge 26] - Abridged

By: Dela Kienle & Jochen Windecker

Narrated by: Katja Danowski & Julia Nachtmann

Length: 1 hour 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Mitten im Frühling gibt es schwere Gewitter und die Wissensprofis Finn, Jette, Lilli und Ben fragen sich: Sind das Zeichen für den Klimawandel? Auf einer Umweltschutz-Demonstration lernen die vier Kinder Alex kennen. Als sie erfahren, dass nicht nur Mensch und Erde, sondern auch viele Tierarten bedroht sind, ist klar: Sie müssen etwas... Read more

An Inconvenient Truth - Abridged

By: Al Gore

Narrated by: Beau Bridges, Cynthia Nixon & Blair Underwood

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

Grammy Award Nominee for Best Spoken Word Album!

The climate crisis may at times appear to be happening slowly, but in fact it is happening very quickly -- and has become a true planetary emergency. The Chinese expression for crisis consists of two characters. The first is a symbol for danger; the second is a symbol for opportunity. In order to... 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

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

The Beginners Guide to Growing Organic Mushrooms - Abridged

By: Elia Friedenthal

Narrated by: Peter Seymour

Length: 5 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

How do you grow organic mushrooms at home?Is it cheaper to grow your own mushrooms?How do you grow healthy mushrooms?THE PROCESS OF GROWING MUSHROOMS IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN GROWING OTHER VEGGIES AND FRUITS.Other vegetables and fruits require a lot of sunlight but mushrooms are totally opposite. If they get light, they will die and if other... 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

Hot, Flat, and Crowded - Abridged

By: Thomas L. Friedman

Narrated by: Oliver Wyman

Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Thomas L. Friedman's no. 1 bestseller The World Is Flat has helped millions of readers to see globalization in a new way. Now Friedman brings a fresh outlook to the crises of destabilizing climate change and rising competition for energy—both of which could poison our world if we do not act quickly and collectively. His argument speaks to all of... Read more

The Devil's Teeth - Abridged

By: Susan Casey

Narrated by: Susan Casey

Length: 5 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Travel thirty miles north, south, or east of San Francisco city hall and you'll be engulfed in a landscape of thick traffic, fast enterprise, and six-dollar cappuccinos. Venture thirty miles due west, however, and you will find yourself on what is virtually another planet: a spooky cluster of rocky islands called the Farallones.

Journalist Susan... Read more

The Last American Man - Abridged

By: Elizabeth Gilbert

Narrated by: Patricia Kalember

Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

An unforgettable look at a truly pioneering, but thoroughly modern, American hero.Finalist for the National Book Award 2002In this rousing examination of contemporary American male identity, acclaimed author and journalist Elizabeth Gilbert explores the fascinating true story of Eustace Conway. In 1977, at the age of seventeen, Conway left his... Read more