Environment & Nature audiobooks

Bushcraft

By: Branda Nurt

Narrated by: Mark Wheeler

Length: 3 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: No

Have you always wondered about the construction process after looking at the primitive shelters built out in the middle of nowhere? Do the structures resurrected in the green forest always leave you spellbound? Does the idea of making a home in the wilderness lead to a string of other questions, such as the feasibility and survivability of... Read more

Sounds Of The Sea: Calming Ocean Waves, Seabirds in the Wind, Noises of the Underwater World

By: Yella A. Deeken

Narrated by: Christopher Tennant

Length: 7 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: No

Experience the sea and its many-splendored magic as you dive into a world of boundless relaxation. Find your own personal place of calm and peace, a space where you can relax and rest completely. "Sounds of the Sea" was recorded in remote places by the sea: in Minorca, on the coast of New Zealand, and in Tanzania. Thanks to state-of-the-art... Read more

Bushcraft

By: Branda Nurt

Narrated by: Mark Wheeler

Length: 3 hours

Abridged: No

Are you tired of carrying extensive backpacks to camping trips in the wilderness? Are you afraid of dying of hunger? Do you avoid visiting the wilderness because you believe you will get lost and go hungry? Do you want to learn how to eat in the wilderness? Do you want to learn primitive but extremely useful skills such as foraging, hunting, and... Read more

Raw Veganism

By: Carlo Alvaro

Narrated by: John Chancer

Length: 7 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Human beings are getting fatter and sicker. As we question what we eat and why we eat it, this book argues that living well involves consuming a raw vegan diet. With eating healthfully and eating ethically being simpler said than done, this book argues that the best solution to health, environmental, and ethical problems concerning animals is... Read more

Hope Matters

By: Elin Kesley

Narrated by: Elin Kelsey

Length: 5 hours

Abridged: No

“This book comes at just the right moment. It is NOT too late if we get together and take action, NOW.” —Jane Goodall

Fears about climate change are fueling an epidemic of despair across the world: adults worry about their children’s future; thirty-somethings question whether they should have kids or not; and many young people honestly believe... Read more

The Sustainable Economy

By: Robert S. Devine

Narrated by: Gary Tiedemann

Length: 11 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

An original, engaging guide to creating a sustainable economy that will combat global warming while also improving our quality of life.

Pick an environmental issue. Maybe air pollution, toxic waste, or deforestation. These all seem like solid choices, but none of these is actually an environmental problem--at least, not at its heart. Deep down,... Read more

World Wild Vet

By: Evan Antin

Narrated by: Evan Antin

Length: 6 hours 51 minutes

Abridged: No

This program is read by Dr. Evan Antin.

A wild look at our natural world for fans of Steve Irwin, James Herriot, and Bear Grylls

Millions follow Dr. Evan Antin and his wildlife adventures through social media and on his popular Animal Planet television show Evan Goes Wild. Now in his first audiobook, World Wild Vet, Evan takes us to the deep blue... Read more

Talk to Me Always

By: HSH Prince Alexi Lubomirski

Narrated by: HSH Prince Alexi Lubomirski

Length: 2 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Dive into the high-profile world of celebrity fashion photographer Alexi Lubomirski, who shot the iconic images of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s engagement and wedding, as he explores the themes of love, loss, family, fatherhood, hope, courage, and inspiration.
From bestselling author Alexi Lubomirski comes Talk to Me Always. Pairing his... Read more

American Zion

By: Betsy Gaines Quammen

Narrated by: Emily Durante

Length: 10 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

American Zion is the story of the Bundy family, famous for their armed conflicts in the West. With an antagonism that goes back to the very first Mormons who fled the Midwest for the Great Basin, they hold a sense of entitlement that confronts both law and democracy. Today their cowboy confrontations threaten public lands, wild species, and... Read more

When Life Nearly Died

By: Michael J. Benton

Narrated by: Julian Elfer

Length: 11 hours 33 minutes

Abridged: No

Today it is common knowledge that the dinosaurs were wiped out by a meteorite impact sixty-five million years ago that killed half of all species then living. It is far less widely understood that a much greater catastrophe took place at the end of the Permian period 251 million years ago: at least ninety percent of life on earth was... Read more

Ecology

By: Jaboury Ghazoul

Narrated by: Dennis Kleinman

Length: 4 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Understanding how our living environment works is essentially a study of ecological systems. Ecology is the science of how organisms interact with each other and with their environment, and how such interactions create self-organizing communities and ecosystems. This science touches us all. The food we eat, the water we drink, the natural... Read more

Dreaming with Violet

By: Heather Sanderson

Narrated by: Heather Sanderson

Length: 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Dreaming with Violet takes you on a journey into the world of the plants.Through introducing concepts of active imagination, shamanic practices, and how to connect and dream with Plant Spirits (and what that means), this short book provides insight, encouragement, and practical application for you to discover or strengthen your relationship with... Read more

A Walk Around the Block

By: Spike Carlsen

Narrated by: Daniel Henning

Length: 9 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

A simple walk around the block set journalist Spike Carlsen, bestselling author of A Splintered History of Wood, off to investigate everything he could about everything we take for granted in our normal life—from manhole covers and recycling bins to bike lanes and stoplights.In this celebration of the seemingly mundane, Carlsen opens our eyes to... Read more

Ghost Species

By: James Bradley

Narrated by: Rupert Degas

Length: 8 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

As humanity faces the urgency of climate crisis, it is hubris versus hope when Kate Larkin joins a secret project to save the world by resurrecting a ghost species, the Neanderthals. But when the child Eve is born, Kate's role as scientist, and mother, forces her to ask what really makes us, and Eve, human?

In an intimate portrayal of... Read more

The Consolation of Nature

By: Michael McCarthy, Jeremy Mynott & Peter Marren

Narrated by: Charles Armstrong, David Shaw Parker & Stephen ...

Length: 6 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: No

Nature took on a new importance for thousands of people when the coronavirus pandemic arrived in Britain, providing solace in a time of great anxiety - not least because the crisis struck at the beginning of spring, the season of hope and renewal; and furthermore, in an extraordinary conjunction, the spring of 2020 turned out to be the loveliest... Read more

Watermelon Snow

By: Lynne Quarmby

Narrated by: Pippa Johnstone

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: No

Concern about the climate crisis is widespread as humans struggle to navigate life in uncertain times. From the vantage of a schooner full of artists on an adventure in the high Arctic, biologist Lynne Quarmby explains the science that convinced her of an urgent need to act on climate change and recounts how this knowledge - and the fear and... Read more

Inspire

By: Ben Fogle

Narrated by: Ben Fogle

Length: 7 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: No

The latest adventure from bestselling author Ben Fogle explores what we can learn from nature about living well and living wild. What can rowing across the Atlantic teach us about boredom and about patience? Can coming down from Everest take more... Read more

Heroic Animals

By: Clare Balding

Narrated by: Clare Balding

Length: 9 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

100 of the most heroic, inspirational (and sometimes hilarious) animals from history, brought to life by national treasure, Clare Balding.

Bobbie the Wonder dog crossed more than 2,500 miles of plains, desert and mountains to find his way home - and became the inspiration for Lassie.

Cher Ami the pigeon, despite being shot twice, delivered a... Read more

How To Keep Dinosaurs

By: Robert Mash

Narrated by: Neil Gardner

Length: 4 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: No

Perfect Christmas gift for any dinosaur enthusiast!

'Who could resist a handbook about potential pets that has a little symbol for "likes children" and a separate one for "likes children to eat"... wonderful' GUARDIAN

Hollywood and the popular press would have us believe that all dinosaurs are gigantic, hostile and untameable. In fact, there are... Read more

Taking on the Plastics Crisis

By: Hannah Testa

Narrated by: Hannah Testa

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: No

"Taking on the Plastics Crisis delivers straightforward advise for getting involved in the global movement to eliminate single-use plastics." -- Booklist, Starred Review

"Brief yet inspirational, this story will galvanize youth to use their voices for change."--Kirkus Reviews

"Taking on the Plastics Crisis is a sobering and inspiring read by a... Read more

Air Mail

By: Pam Houston & Amy Irvine

Narrated by: Pam Houston & Amy Irvine

Length: 3 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

“Air Mail is the record of an epistolary friendship forged in a time of political peril, in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic. These letters are pure outpourings of deep thought and daily life, sent back and forth across the Continental Divide, missives ‘as necessary as air, beautiful and maternal and brutal all at once.’ Houston and Irvine... Read more

Meteorite

By: Tim Gregory

Narrated by: Tim Gregory

Length: 8 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Explore the universe and immerse yourself in the story of our solar system, planet, and life through meteorites. "Meteorite is a treasure"--Wall Street Journal

Meteorites have long been seen as portents of fate and messages from the gods, their fiery remains inspiring worship and giving rise to legends that have persisted for millennia. But... Read more

Twelve Days of Terror

By: Richard G. Fernicola, MD

Narrated by: Jonathan Yen

Length: 14 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: No

Upon the 100th anniversary of the most terrifying stretch of shark attacks in American history—a wave said to have been the inspiration for Jaws—comes a reissue of the classic Lyons Press account and investigation.

In July 1916, a time when World War I loomed over America and New York City was in the midst of a deadly polio epidemic, the... Read more

Becoming Human

By: Scientific American

Narrated by: Kevin Kenerly

Length: 5 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: No

We humans are a strange bunch. We have self-awareness and yet often act on impulses that remain hidden. How did we get here? What is to become of us? To these age-old questions, science has in recent years brought powerful tools and reams of data, and in this audiobook, Becoming Human, we look at what these data have to tell us about who we are. Read more