Environment & Nature audiobooks

Speed & Scale

By: John Doerr

Narrated by: John Doerr, Sundar Pichai, Margot Brown, Badri ...

Length: 11 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

#1 bestselling author and acclaimed venture capitalist John Doerr reveals a sweeping action plan to conquer humanity’s greatest challenge: climate change.

In 2006, John Doerr was moved by Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth and a challenge from his teenage daughter: “Dad, your generation created this problem. You better fix it.” Since then, Doerr has... Read more

In the Beginning

By: Immanuel Velikovsky

Narrated by: Lee Goettl

Length: 7 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

In his main work, the bestselling Worlds in Collision, Immanuel Velikovsky gave a detailed reconstruction of two global natural catastrophes based on information handed down by our ancestors. He mentions there that, as part of his intensive research, he found numerous indications of even more catastrophes that took place earlier in the history... Read more

A (Very) Short History of Life on Earth

By: Henry Gee

Narrated by: Henry Gee

Length: 7 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

The Royal Society's Science Book of the Year

"...Henry Gee presents a pithy, fascinating account of the stages of biological evolution. He's a deliberate, engaged narrator whose slow pacing will require adaptation. This and creative background music and sound effects (dinosaur sounds?) create a meditative and friendly listening experience. From... Read more

Katrina

By: Andy Horowitz

Narrated by: George Newbern

Length: 8 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Hurricane Katrina made landfall in New Orleans on August 29, 2005, but the decisions that caused the disaster extend across the twentieth century. After the city weathered a major hurricane in 1915, its Sewerage and Water Board believed that developers could safely build housing away from the high ground near the Mississippi. And so New Orleans... Read more

The Oak Papers

By: James Canton

Narrated by: Peter Noble

Length: 6 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

""A profound meditation on the human need for connection with nature, as one man seeks solace beneath the bows of an ancient oak tree.""—Peter Wohlleben, author of The Hidden Life of Trees""James Canton knows so much, writes so well and understands so deeply about the true forest magic and the important place these trees have in it. Knowledge... Read more

Journeys with Plant Spirits

By: Emma Farrell

Narrated by: Moxie LaBouche

Length: 10 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

• Presents meditation journeys with specific plant and tree spirits, such as Mugwort, Rosemary, Dandelion, Yew, Elder, and Wormwood

• Details how to achieve a calm mind, cleanse your energy field, and connect with your heart in preparation for meditating with the plants

• Includes a progressive series of introductory meditations, adapted from... Read more

By Any Other Name

By: Simon Morley

Narrated by: Jennifer M. Dixon

Length: 10 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

The rose is bursting with meaning: over the centuries it has come to represent love and sensuality, deceit, death, and the mystical unknown. Today the rose enjoys unrivalled popularity across the globe, ever present at life's seminal moments.

Grown in the Middle East two thousand years ago for its pleasing scent and medicinal properties, it has... Read more

Our National Forests

By: Greg M. Peters

Narrated by: Arthur Morey

Length: 7 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

“An inspiring reminder of the incredible resource that is our public lands.” —Brendan Leonard, author of The Camping Life and Surviving the Great Outdoors
 
Across 193 million acres of forests, mountains, deserts, watersheds, and grasslands, national forests provide a multitude of uses as diverse as America itself. They welcome 170 million... Read more

A Natural History of the Future

By: Rob Dunn

Narrated by: Donald Chang

Length: 8 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

A leading ecologist argues that if humankind is to survive on a fragile planet, we must understand and obey its iron laws

Our species has amassed unprecedented knowledge of nature, which we have tried to use to seize control of life and bend the planet to our will. In A Natural History of the Future, biologist Rob Dunn argues that such efforts... Read more

Das große PREPPER HANDBUCH: Die ultimativen Überlebenstechniken der Prepping- und Survival-Experten. Werde jetzt zum Überlebensprofi und meistere jede Extremsituation durch optimale Krisenvorsorge!

By: Andrew Bramstone

Narrated by: Lucas Blasius

Length: 2 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

Be prepared - be a Prepper! Wie Sie für jede lebensbedrohliche Not- und Extremsituation bestens gerüstet sind und am Leben bleiben - egal unter welchen Bedingungen! Wüssten Sie, was zu tun ist, wenn Sie in einen Waldbrand geraten oder unter einer Lawine begraben sind? Könnten Sie sich bei Aufständen oder Bürgerkriegen ausreichend schützen und... Read more

Environmental Guilt and Shame

By: Sarah E. Fredericks

Narrated by: Sara Sheckells

Length: 12 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Bloggers confessing that they waste food, non-governmental organizations naming corporations selling unsustainably harvested seafood, and veterans apologizing to Native Americans at the Standing Rock Sioux Reservation for environmental and social devastation caused by the US government all signal the existence of action-oriented guilt and... Read more

Explain That

By: Felicity Lewis (ed.)

Narrated by: Natasha Beaumont & Sam Smith

Length: 12 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

Have you ever wondered if time travel is actually possible? Or where the Australian accent came from? Or what it feels like to have dementia? If you're an inquisitive person who likes to understand how things came to be the way they are, this collection of thought-provoking explainers from The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald has got you... Read more

The Last Winter

By: Porter Fox

Narrated by: Jeremy Arthur

Length: 8 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

One man’s “curiously thrilling joyride” of travelogue, history, and climatology, across a planet on the brink of cataclysmic transformation.

As the planet warms, winter is shrinking. In the last fifty years, the Northern Hemisphere lost a million square miles of spring snowpack and in the US alone, snow cover has been reduced by 15-30%. On... Read more

A Dog's Best Friend

By: Laura Greaves

Narrated by: Joel Phillips & Laura Greaves

Length: 6 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Humans have been lucky enough to call dogs our best friends ever since one bravewolf dared sneak food scraps from a campfire more than 20,000 years ago - butwe'renot theonlycreaturestoexperience the joyof canine companionship.

Around the world, dogs are building bonds with feathered, furred and even finnedpals. They are helping their friends to... Read more

Paradise Found

By: Bill Plaschke

Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner

Length: 8 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

""Friday Night Lights meets Unbroken."" —Tony Reali | ""One of the most profound stories you will ever read."" —Ian O'Connor | ""Plaschke delivers a masterpiece."" —Jeff PearlmanFrom L.A. Times columnist and ESPN Around the Horn panelist Bill Plaschke, a story of tragedy, triumph, and the remarkable power of high school football in one small... Read more

A Bigger Picture

By: Vanessa Nakate

Narrated by: Vanessa Nakate

Length: 8 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: No

A manifesto and memoir about climate justice and how we can—and must—build a livable future for all, inclusive to all, by a rising star of the global climate movement

Leading climate justice activist Vanessa Nakate brings her fierce, fearless spirit, new perspective, and superstar bona fides to the biggest issue of our time. In A Bigger Picture,... Read more

The Wild World Handbook: Creatures

By: Andrea Debbink

Narrated by: Inés del Castillo

Length: 3 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Packed with real-life tales of adventure and practical tools, this handbook is an inspiring guide for the next generation of climate activists, conservationists, and nature lovers.We share this beautiful planet we call home with countless living creatures, from monarch butterflies and falcons to koalas and dolphins. And just like us, animals... Read more

The Story of More (Adapted for Young Adults)

By: Hope Jahren

Narrated by: Hope Jahren

Length: 5 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

The essential pocket primer on climate change that will leave an indelible impact on everyone who reads it. • “Jahren asks the central question of our time: how can we learn to live on a finite planet?" —Elizabeth Kolbert, New York Times bestselling author of The Sixth Extinction

"The voice that science has been waiting for.” —Nature

Hope Jahren... Read more

Birdsville Track Audio Tour

By: Jackie Stallard

Narrated by: Jackie Stallard

Length: 3 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

The Birdsville Track runs through three deserts, from Marree in northern South Australia, to Birdsville in outback Queensland. This legendary, dirt road has a rich folk history, intriguing culture and unique ecosystems. But it doesn't give up its secrets easily, unless you have the Birdsville Track Audio Tour of course! *"Congratulations on an... Read more

Remedios Naturales Para El Dolor De Espalda

By: MENTES LIBRES

Narrated by: MENTES LIBRES

Length: 22 minutes

Abridged: No

El dolor de espalda puede ser mental y físicamente debilitante. Puede afectar a todo lo que se hace, desde el trabajo y el ejercicio hasta las simples tareas cotidianas. El dolor de espalda puede ser de corta duración o convertirse rápidamente en una lucha de por vida debido a una lesión o enfermedad.  Por suerte, hay formas naturales de aliviar... Read more

Extinción

By: Flavia Broffoni

Narrated by: Mariana De Iraola

Length: 4 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

La información sobre la crisis ecológica y climática está al alcance de todos y en boca de nadie. Extinción nos revela toda la información que no sale en los medios hegemónicos de comunicación, y pone en evidencia la crisis planetaria en que nos encontramos. Este es un libro urgente para entender qué hay detrás de esta crisis. Desde las... Read more

KF Mezzi 1 - Nýtt upphaf

By: Daniel Zimakoff

Narrated by: Árni Beinteinn Árnason

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Tómas, Sölvi og Bergur eru bestu vinir. Þeir elska fótbolta og æfa allir með sama fótboltafélaginu. Þegar Tómas og Sölvi er settir í A-liðið eru þeir himinlifandi. En þeir eru látnir byrja á bekknum í fyrstu tveimur leikjunum og Tómas fær ekki að vera lengi inni á vellinum í fyrsta leiknum. Þegar tíu mínútur eru eftir af seinni leiknum og Tómas... Read more

Celebrating the Seasons with the Yorkshire Shepherdess

By: Amanda Owen

Narrated by: Amanda Owen

Length: 3 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

A stunning audiobook from Amanda Owen – shepherdess, wife, mother of nine children, bestselling author and star of C5’s Our Yorkshire Farm – that brings her world to life in glorious colour.

In Celebrating the Seasons, Amanda shares funny and charming stories about life with her family and their many four-legged charges and describes their... Read more

Friend for Life

By: Kate Humble

Narrated by: Kate Humble

Length: 7 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

'There is one animal that is familiar to all of us, whoever we are, wherever we live'

'Even if we've never had direct contact with one, we will have seen one, or at the very least, heard one. For those of us who live in the western world it is more than likely that one sleeps in our house, possibly even on our bed. I'm talking of course, of the... Read more