Environment & Nature audiobooks

The Universe

By: Andrew Cohen

Narrated by: Brian Cox & Jot Davies

Length: 8 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Every night, above our heads, a drama of epic proportions is playing out. Diamond planets, zombie stars, black holes heavier than a billion Suns. The cast of characters is extraordinary, and each one has its own incredible story to tell. We once thought of our Earth as unique, but we have now... Read more

The Lives of Leaves

By: Dan Crowley & Douglas Justice

Narrated by: Chris Nayak

Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

The secret stories of what leaves mean - and what they mean to us.

Leaves are one of nature's marvels. We watch them turn red in Autumn, make medicine from them, invent folklore around them, and mark the passing of time by them.

But how do they grow? Why are they the shapes they are? What makes an evergreen, evergreen?

The Lives of Leaves is a... Read more

Back to Earth

By: Nicole Stott

Narrated by: Nicole Stott

Length: 8 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Inspired by insights gained in spaceflight, a NASA astronaut offers key lessons to empower Earthbound readers to fight climate change

When Nicole Stott first saw Earth from space, she realized how interconnected we are and knew she had to help protect our planetary home.

In Back to Earth, Stott imparts essential lessons in problem-solving,... Read more

Unearthing The Secret Garden

By: Marta McDowell

Narrated by: Jane Copland

Length: 4 hours 3 minutes

Abridged: No

“McDowell’s gorgeous book opens an ivy-covered door to new information about one of the world’s most famous authors.”—Angelica Shirley Carpenter, editor of In the GardenNew York Times bestselling author Marta McDowell has revealed the way that plants have stirred some of our most cherished authors, including Beatrix Potter, Emily Dickinson, and... Read more

Desperate

By: Kris Maher

Narrated by: Gibson Frazier

Length: 12 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: No

Set in Appalachian coal country, this “superb” (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette) legal drama follows one determined lawyer as he faces a coal industry giant in a seven-year battle over clean drinking water for a West Virginia community.

For two decades, the water in the taps and wells of Mingo County didn’t look, smell, or taste right. Could the water be... Read more

Science Denial

By: Barbara Hofer & Gale Sinatra

Narrated by: Nan McNamara

Length: 6 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

How do individuals decide whether to accept human causes of climate change, vaccinate their children against childhood diseases, or practice social distancing during a pandemic? Democracies depend on educated citizens who can make informed decisions for the benefit of their health and well-being, as well as their communities, nations, and... Read more

Communication Animale: comment communiquer avec les animaux et utiliser la communication intuitive ?

By: Olivier Remole

Narrated by: Seth Shannon

Length: 1 hour 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Ce guide pratique vous apprendra à communiquer réellement et intuitivement avec les animaux.La communication animale, ou communication intuitive animale, permet de se rapprocher des animaux qui nous entourent, de mieux les comprendre, et de se comprendre soi-même aussi. La communication se fait alors par intuitions, échange d’émotions, images et... Read more

Thicker Than Water

By: Erica Cirino

Narrated by: Angie Kane

Length: 7 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

Instead of a great island of trash, the infamous Great Pacific Garbage Patch is made up of manmade debris spread over hundreds of miles of sea—more like a soup than a floating garbage dump. Recycling is more complicated than we were taught: less than nine percent of the plastic we create is reused, and the majority ends up in the ocean. And... Read more

One Girl And Her Dogs

By: Emma Gray

Narrated by: Helen McAlpine

Length: 7 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

EMMA GRAY'S NEW BOOK 'MY FARMING LIFE' ('A HEARTWARMING TALE OF LIFE ON THE LAND' Alan Titchmarsh) IS OUT NOW

What happens when you swap 'I do' for pastures new?

When twenty-three-year-old shepherdess Emma Gray breaks off her engagement, the chance to take over an isolated Northumberland farm seems just the fresh start she needs. But while the... Read more

You Don't Want to Know

By: James Felton

Narrated by: James Buckley

Length: 5 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: No

Read by James Buckley aka unforgettable Jay from The Inbetweeners'

With his trademark brand of bulldozer-banter, Twitter legend James Felton guides you through the most morbidly fascinating facts you'll then wish you could forget.

Ever wondered why the chainsaw was invented?* How authorities dealt with a beached whale back in ye olde days of... Read more

Mitten im Sturm: Starke Winde (WOW-Wissen von Eric erforscht) #16

By: Eric Mayer

Narrated by: Eric Mayer

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: No

Spannendes Wissen für Kinder in 222 Sekunden! Eric von Pur+ präsentiert interessante Themen und Fakten, die einfach nur WOW! sind. Eric macht eine Reise zu den großen Stürmen unseres Planeten: Orkane, Hurrikane oder Tornados, sie alle entwickeln enorme Kräfte und können ganze Landstriche verwüsten. Gut, wer da ein stabiles Haus hat! Eric Mayer... Read more

Das große Hühnerlexikon - Hühnerhaltung für Einsteiger: Alles über artgerechte Haltung im eigenen Garten und Hühnerstall, Ernährung, Züchtung, Pflege und vieles mehr - Der praxisnahe Leitfaden

By: David Campbell

Narrated by: Mario Kunze

Length: 3 hours 16 minutes

Abridged: No

Hühnerhaltung für Einsteiger - das komplette Wissen in einem Hörbuch: Perfekt vorbereitet eigene Hühner halten und mit großer Freude die selbstgeschaffene Idylle genießen! Wollen Sie sich Ihren Traum erfüllen, eigene Hühner zu halten, wissen aber nicht, wie Sie am besten vorgehen sollen? Erfüllt Sie der Gedanke an glückliche Hühner, die... Read more

Zen and the Art of Saving the Planet

By: Thich Nhat Hanh

Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini & True Dedication

Length: 9 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

“When you wake up and you see that the Earth is not just the environment, the Earth is us, you touch the nature of interbeing. And at that moment you can have real communication with the Earth… We have to wake up together. And if we wake up together, then we have a chance. Our way of living our life and planning our future has led us into this... Read more

Borderline Fortune

By: Teresa K. Miller

Narrated by: Teresa K. Miller

Length: 42 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection that explores inherited trauma on an individual and communal level, from a National Poetry Series–winning poet who “refus[es] the mind’s limits” (Carol Muske-Dukes)

Borderline Fortune is a meditation on intangible family inheritance—of unresolved intergenerational conflicts and traumas in particular—set against the backdrop of our... Read more

When the Sahara Was Green

By: Martin Williams

Narrated by: Michael J. Wells

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

This audiobook narrated by Mike Wells traces the history of how the Sahara was transformed from a green and fertile land into the largest hot desert in the world The Sahara is the largest hot desert in the world, equal in size to China or the United States. Yet, this arid expanse was once a verdant, pleasant land, fed by rivers and lakes. The... Read more

A Sailor, A Chicken, An Incredible Voyage

By: Guirec Soudée

Narrated by: Trevor Lawless

Length: 9 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

“Exciting, funny, and occasionally heart-stopping … readers can stay home and dry, but feel like they are on the high seas.”—BOOKLIST

A man and his chicken sail 45,000 nautical miles in this powerful story of following your dreams no matter what stands in your way.

When Guirec Soudée was 21 years old, he bought a 30-foot sailboat and set out... Read more

Hurricane

By: Salvador Gómez-Colón

Narrated by: Ramón De Ocampo & Qarie Marshall

Length: 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Suffering heavy damage in the wake of Hurricane Maria in 2017, Puerto Rican communities lacked access to clean water and electricity. Salvador Gómez-Colón couldn’t ignore the basic needs of his homeland and knew that nongovernmental organizations and larger foreign philanthropies could only do so much. With unstoppable energy and a deep... Read more

Black Gold

By: Jeremy Paxman

Narrated by: Jeremy Paxman

Length: 12 hours 49 minutes

Abridged: No

From the bestselling historian and acclaimed broadcaster ‘A rich social history … Paxman’s book could hardly be more colourful, and I enjoyed each page enormously’ DOMINIC SANDBROOK, SUNDAY TIMES ‘Vividly told … Paxman’s fine narrative powers are at their best’ THE TIMES ... Read more

Fire and Ice

By: Natalie Starkey

Narrated by: Natalie Starkey

Length: 9 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Fire and Ice written and read by Natalie Starkey.

A tour of the Solar System’s tallest, hottest, coldest and weirdest volcanoes – and a look inside what makes them erupt.

The volcano – among the most familiar and perhaps the most terrifying of all geological phenomena. However, Earth isn't the only planet to harbour volcanoes.... Read more

A Year on Our Farm

By: Matt Baker

Narrated by: Matt Baker

Length: 6 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

Matt Baker's first ever book is a diary of the natural year and a glimpse into family life on the farm, peppered with moments from his TV career throughout.

Away from the bright lights of hosting our favourite television programmes, Countryfile, The One Show, Blue Peter and many more, Matt Baker is happiest on the farm... Read more

Abundance

By: Karen Lloyd

Narrated by: Verity Henry

Length: 9 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Abundance by Karen Lloyd, read by Verity Henry.

LONGLISTED FOR THE JAMES CROPPER WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR WRITING ON CONSERVATION.

How should we restore nature and species, and why does it matter? What is lost when we choose not to engage in restoration of the natural world? And which parts of ourselves might we also lose if we... Read more

Earthshot

By: Colin Butfield & Jonnie Hughes

Narrated by: Adam James, Christiana Figueres, David Attenbor...

Length: 9 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: No

A book of action and optimism to save our planet.

With an introduction from Prince William and contributions from Sir David Attenborough, Shakira Mebarak, Hindou Oumarou Ibrahim, Naoko Yamazaki and Christiana Figueres, EARTHSHOT shows us how, by working together, we can solve earth's greatest challenges.

As Prince William, founder of The Earthshot... Read more

Silent Earth

By: Dave Goulson

Narrated by: Dave Goulson

Length: 9 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

In the tradition of Rachel Carson’s groundbreaking environmental classic Silent Spring, an award-winning entomologist and conservationist explains the importance of insects to our survival, and offers a clarion call to avoid a looming ecological disaster of our own making.
Drawing on thirty years of research, Goulson has written an accessible,... Read more

Castaway Mountain

By: Saumya Roy

Narrated by: Jeed Saddy

Length: 8 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

All of Mumbai's possessions and memories come to die at the Deonar garbage mountains. Towering at the outskirts of the city, the mountains are covered in a faint smog from trash fires. Over time, as wealth brought Bollywood knock offs, fast food, and plastics to Mumbaikars, a small, forgotten community of migrants and rag-pickers came to live at... Read more