Environment & Nature audiobooks

The Swamp Peddlers

By: Jason Vuic

Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain

Length: 9 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Florida has long beckoned retirees seeking to spend their golden years in the sun, but, for many, the American dream of owning a home there was financially impossible. That changed in the 1950s, when the so-called "installment land sales industry" appeared out of nowhere to hawk billions of dollars of Florida residential property, sight unseen,... Read more

Kaavutheendalle

By: Sugathakumari

Narrated by: Jaisha Chacko

Length: 6 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

ഈ ഭൂമിയുടെ നിലനില്പിന് 'മനുഷ്യൻ' എന്ന ജീവിയാണ് ഭീഷണിയായിത്തീർന്നിട്ടുള്ളത്. അതിനു പരിഹാരം കാണേണ്ടതും ഭീഷണിക്ക് ഉത്തരവാദിയായ മനുഷ്യൻതന്നെ. സുഖഭോഗങ്ങളുടെ പിന്നാലെയുള്ള മനുഷ്യന്റെ ഭ്രാന്തമായ ഓട്ടം പ്രകൃതിയെ കീറിമുറിച്ചുകൊണ്ടിരിക്കുന്നു . 'അരുതേ, അരുതേ' എന്നു പറയാൻ ഒരാൾ നമുക്കിടയിൽ. പ്രകൃതി അമ്മയാണെന്നും അമ്മയെ മുറിപ്പെടുത്തരുതെന്നും... Read more

Freshwater Aquariums for Beginners

By: Walter James

Narrated by: Tracey Yuen

Length: 2 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: No

The ultimate guide to setting up your very own freshwater aquarium.It's easy to get mesmerized by the unique combination of activity and tranquility aquariums offer. Watching fish and other aquarium life playfully swim around is not only entertaining but also offers amazing health benefits. It's been proven that owning an aquarium reduces stress... Read more

Northern Light

By: Kazim Ali

Narrated by: Kazim Ali

Length: 5 hours 50 minutes

Abridged: No

The child of South Asian migrants, Kazim Ali was born in London, lived as a child in the cities and small towns of Manitoba, and made a life in the United States. As a man passing through disparate homes, he has never felt he belonged to a place. And yet, one day, he finds himself thinking of Jenpeg, a community thrown up around the building of... Read more

Averting Catastrophe

By: Cass R. Sunstein

Narrated by: David Marantz

Length: 3 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

The world is increasingly confronted with new challenges related to climate change, globalization, disease, and technology. Governments are faced with having to decide how much risk is worth taking, how much destruction and death can be tolerated, and how much money should be invested in the hopes of avoiding catastrophe. Lacking full... Read more

The Afrominimalist's Guide to Living with Less

By: Christine Platt

Narrated by: Christine Platt

Length: 5 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Forget the aesthetics of mainstream minimalism and discover a life of authenticity and intention with this “warm, engaging guide” (Laura Fenton, author of The Little Book of Small Living) to living with less…your way.

When Christine Platt set out on her journey to live with less, she never intended to become The Afrominimalist. She just wanted to... Read more

Planet Palm

By: Jocelyn C. Zuckerman

Narrated by: Teri Schnaubelt

Length: 7 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

A groundbreaking global investigation into the industry ravaging the environment and global health—from the James Beard Award–winning journalist



Over the past few decades, palm oil has seeped into every corner of our lives. Worldwide, palm oil production has nearly doubled in just the last decade: oil palm plantations now cover an area nearly the... Read more

HowExpert Guide to Insects

By: HowExpert & Clinton W. Waters

Narrated by: Kevin Welch

Length: 3 hours

Abridged: No

HowExpert Guide to Insects is your gateway to over 100 of the world’s most interesting and fascinating insects. This guide, organized alphabetically, is a great go-to read for fun or to sharpen your trivia knowledge. Many different kinds of insects are covered, and you’ll get to know why each one made the list. 101 insects from Alderflies to... Read more

12 Birds to Save Your Life

By: Charlie Corbett

Narrated by: Charlie Corbett

Length: 6 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

Discover the healing power of nature through the stories of these characterful birds.

Can you recognise the cheerful chirrups of the house sparrow? A song thrush singing out at winter's darkest hour? Or the beautiful, haunting call of the curlew?

At a time of great anxiety and uncertainty, while coping with the untimely... Read more

Mission Erde

By: Robert Marc Lehmann

Narrated by: Gordon Piedesack

Length: TBA

Abridged: No

Robert Marc Lehmann ist auf einer Mission: »Mission Erde« - gewidmet dem Erhalt unserer Erde mit ihrer einzigartigen Natur und Tierwelt. Der Meeresbiologe, Fotograf und Umweltschützer ist weltweit in Einsätzen zur Rettung von Wildtieren und im Kampf gegen Umweltkriminalität unterwegs. Er nimmt uns mit auf sehr emotionale Wal-Rettungen,... Read more

The Appalachian Trail

By: Philip D'Anieri

Narrated by: Jason Culp

Length: 7 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

The Appalachian Trail is America’s most beloved trek, with millions of hikers setting foot on it every year. Yet few are aware of the fascinating backstory of the dreamers and builders who helped bring it to life over the past century.

The conception and building of the Appalachian Trail is a story of unforgettable characters who explored it,... Read more

The Blue Wonder

By: Frauke Bagusche

Narrated by: Kristina Lao

Length: 9 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

An intimate account of the beauty, mystery, and amazing science of the ocean.

In The Blue Wonder, marine biologist and diver Frauke Bagusche brings readers on a fascinating and beautiful deep-sea dive into the ocean. Drawing on scientific discoveries and her own research, she uses photographs and playful prose to reveal:
deep-sea reefs that... Read more

The Human Survival Five Books Bundle

By: Martin K. Ettington

Narrated by: Martin K. Ettington

Length: 9 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

This Bundle consists of five books on various aspects of survival. The entire package provides wide ranging advice on surviving adverse conditions:1)           Fire in History and MythologyThe History and Mythology of Fire is reviewed. Includes fire building techniques, fire cooking, and lots of mythological animals who had fire as part of their... Read more

Living Among Wild Creatures

By: Sy Montgomery

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Hear Montgomery’s fascinating encounters with gorillas, snakes, and spiders. She takes us from the largest bird in the world, the Emu, to the smallest, the hummingbird. With their jewel-like foliage hummingbirds are capable of the most unique and astonishing feats such as flying backwards and even upside down. Read more

Islands of Abandonment

By: Cal Flyn

Narrated by: Cal Flyn

Length: 9 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: No

A beautiful, lyrical exploration of the places where nature is flourishing in our absence
 
"[Flyn] captures the dread, sadness, and wonder of beholding the results of humanity's destructive impulse, and she arrives at a new appreciation of life, 'all the stranger and more valuable for its resilence.'" --The New Yorker

Some of the only truly feral... Read more

Wasted

By: Byron Reese & Scott Hoffman

Narrated by: Dan Woren

Length: 9 hours 12 minutes

Abridged: No

Wasted is a riveting exploration of the complicated, and often surprising, ways that waste occurs in our businesses, our communities, and our lives

“A smart, unconventional book that takes readers far beyond what they think they know about a complex subject.”—Kari Byron, former cast member of MythBusters

Waste. We spend a great deal of energy... Read more

The Heartbeat of Trees

By: Peter Wohlleben

Narrated by: Mike Grady

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREESA powerful return to the forest, where trees have heartbeats and roots are like brains that extend underground. Where the color green calms us, and the forest sharpens our senses.In The Heartbeat of Trees, renowned forester Peter Wohlleben draws on new scientific... Read more

The Essential Muriel Rukeyser

By: Muriel Rukeyser

Narrated by: Tanya Eby

Length: 3 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

The definitive edition of selected work from a poet whose influence continues to be widely felt today, introduced by Natasha Trethewey

Engaging closely with the violence, oppression, and injustice that she witnessed in her lifetime, Muriel Rukeyser was one of the seminal poets of the mid-twentieth century. Closely informed by issues relating to... Read more

Home Waters

By: John N. Maclean

Narrated by: Robertson Dean

Length: 5 hours 10 minutes

Abridged: No

In the spirit of his father's beloved classic, A River Runs through It, comes John N. Maclean’s true chronicle of his family and their bond with Montana's Blackfoot River—a profound and beautiful story about the power of place to bind generations, past and present“Maclean’s Hemingway-esque prose is as clear as a mountain stream, flowing with a... Read more

Fields of Grace

By: Cara Whitney

Narrated by: Erin Bennett

Length: 4 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

From her horse farm in Nebraska, Cara Whitney--wife of Dan Whitney (aka "Larry the Cable Guy")--shares down-to-earth stories about how ordinary people can share their faith in extraordinary ways.In the midst of uncertain and sometimes frightening times, sharing God's love with others gives us hope and purpose. With her humorous and often... Read more

The Ride of Her Life

By: Elizabeth Letts

Narrated by: Elizabeth Letts & Tavia Gilbert

Length: 10 hours 27 minutes

Abridged: No

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Perfect Horse and The Eighty-Dollar Champion presents a “heartwarming [and] engaging folk-hero biography” (Kirkus Reviews) of a woman who fulfilled her lifelong wish to see the Pacific Ocean by riding her horse across America.

“[Letts] vividly portrays an audacious woman whose... Read more

Unraveled

By: Maxine Bedat

Narrated by: Maxine Bedat

Length: 9 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

Longlisted for the FT/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award
 
A groundbreaking chronicle of the birth--and death--of a pair of jeans, that exposes the fractures in our global supply chains, and our relationships to each other, ourselves, and the planet

Take a look at your favorite pair of jeans. Maybe you bought them on Amazon or the Gap; maybe... Read more

Outlandish

By: Nick Hunt

Narrated by: Nick Hunt

Length: 9 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: No

A dazzling plunge into the four strangest landscapes scattered across Europe.

In Outlandish, acclaimed travel writer Nick Hunt takes us across landscapes that should not be there, wildernesses found in Europe yet seemingly belonging to far-off continents: a patch of Arctic tundra in Scotland; the continent's largest surviving remnant of primeval... Read more

Much Ado About Mothing

By: James Lowen

Narrated by: Max Dowler

Length: 11 hours 28 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Much Ado About Mothing by James Lowen, read by Max Dowler.

James Lowen narrates a year-long quest to see Britain's rarest and more remarkable moths.

Although mostly unseen by us, moths are everywhere. And their capacity to delight astounds.

Inspired by a revelatory encounter with a Poplar Hawk-moth – a huge, velvety-winged... Read more