Environment & Nature audiobooks

Away To Me, My Love

By: Naomi McDonald

Narrated by: Karen Commins & Tom Berenson

Length: 8 hours 1 minute

Abridged: No

Naomi McDonald impulsively buys a shy Border Collie puppy to fulfill her dream of entering the world of sheepherding. However, this puppy, Luke, shows no signs of herding instinct, and a trainer tells her to put him down. At every juncture, Naomi must decide whether to hold onto her dream of entering herding competitions with her beloved dog.... Read more

Dreaming with Nettle

By: Heather Sanderson

Narrated by: Heather Sanderson

Length: 46 minutes

Abridged: No

Dreaming with Nettle 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

Connecting With Animals As Teachers

By: Richard Louv

Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms

Length: 57 minutes

Abridged: No

This program explores a pervasive ailment of our age which is Nature Deficit Disorder. “The more high-tech our lives become, the more nature we need.” Louv also adds, “Conservation is no longer enough. For everything we receive from nature, we need to give back, we need to nurture nature, as much as it nurtures us.” Read more

Wanderland

By: Jini Reddy

Narrated by: Jini Reddy

Length: 9 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents Wanderland written and read by Jini Reddy.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2021 STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD
SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2020 WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR UK NATURE WRITING

Alone on a remote mountaintop one dark night, a woman hears a mysterious voice.

Propelled by the memory and after years of dreaming about it, Jini Reddy... Read more

Aroha

By: Hinemoa Elder

Narrated by: Hinemoa Elder

Length: 3 hours 30 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

Ancient wisdom for difficult modern times

Kia ora
Welcome to Aroha.

Aroha is an ancient Maori word and way of thinking that means love, compassion, respect and empathy. Discover how we can all find greater contentment and kindness for ourselves, each other and our world with more Aroha in our lives.

Through 52 whatatauki -... Read more

Field Music

By: Alexandria Hall

Narrated by: Alexandria Hall

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of poetry from the 2019 winner of the National Poetry Series, selected by Rosanna Warren In her remarkable and assured debut, Alexandria Hall explores the boundaries and limits of language, place, and the self, as well as the complicated space between safety and danger, intimacy and isolation, playfulness and seriousness, home and... Read more

The Voice of an Angel

By: Marcy Stone

Narrated by: Kathleen Li

Length: 5 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

If you are listening to this, you have just experienced every parent’s worst nightmare, the loss of your beloved child. And while you are completely numb, yet feel like you’re suffocating, you intrinsically know you can and will survive this insufferable loss. Despite the pain, you want to thrive again with an open heart and make a difference in... Read more

The Chipmunk

By: John Burroughs

Narrated by: Lavender Hart

Length: 20 minutes

Abridged: No

The Chipmunk is a short story that documents observations of the goings and comings of the adorable little creatures in the yard. Read more

Every Breath You Take

By: Mark Broomfield

Narrated by: Tristan Wright

Length: 9 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

With seven million early deaths a year linked to air pollution, air quality is headline news around the world. But even though we breathe in and out every few seconds, few of us really know what’s in the air all around us. In Every Breath You Take, air-quality specialist-and full-time breather-Dr. Mark Broomfield connects the dots from the... Read more

The Fragile Earth

By: David Remnick & Henry Finder

Narrated by: Kaleo Griffith, Gabra Zackman & Cat Gould

Length: 18 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

A New York Times New & Noteworthy Book One of the Daily Beast’s 5 Essential Books to Read Before the ElectionA collection of the New Yorker’s groundbreaking reporting from the front lines of climate change—including writing from Bill McKibben, Elizabeth Kolbert, Ian Frazier, Kathryn Schulz, and moreJust one year after climatologist James... Read more

Foraging For Beginners

By: Mona Greeny

Narrated by: Devon Wilcox

Length: 4 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

Are you fed up of using modern medicine all the time and facing random side-effects? Are you scared of filling up your body with chemicals? Do you want to go back to nature? Do you want to find a new hobby that will not only help you connect to nature, but will also help you become healthy? If the answer to any of the above questions is yes,... Read more

In Praise of Famous Horses

By: Sean Magee

Narrated by: David Thorpe

Length: 6 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

In Praise of Famous Horses is an A-Z companion to perhaps the most loved of all domesticated animals. From D.H. Lawrence's horse Aaron, whose hide was posthumously made into a duffel-bag, to Zippy Chippy, fabled American loser, all the horses featured in this book have their very own claim to fame. Some - among them Bucephalas, Red Rum, Champion... Read more

The Running Book

By: John Connell

Narrated by: John Connell

Length: 4 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: No

From the award-winning, number one bestselling author of The Cow Book.

It is summer, the hay and silage have not yet been made on John Connell’s farm, so he has time to indulge his other great passion: running. John sets off on a marathon run of 42.2 kilometres through his native Longford, the scene of his award-winning book The Cow Book.

As he... Read more

El rescate de Tina

By: Ismael López Dobarganes

Narrated by: Paloma Martínez

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Cuando Valme dio a luz a la pequeña Tina pidió ayuda a los linces para que la protegieran, porque sabía que pronto unos hombres se llevarían a su hija para torearla en una plaza. Los linces trataron de ayudarla para evitarlo, pero lo que tanto temían terminó ocurriendo..., hasta que el destino de Tina cambió por completo. ¿Quién la... Read more

Earth Almanac

By: Ted Williams

Narrated by: Will Damron

Length: 5 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

Noted nature writer Ted Williams invites readers along on a year-long immersion in the wild and fleeting moments of the natural world, from winter candy and spring quackers to summer’s scarlet farewell and autumn reveilles. This beautifully crafted collection of short, seasonal essays combines in-depth information with evocative descriptions of... Read more

As the World Burns

By: Lee van der Voo

Narrated by: Lee van der Voo

Length: 10 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: No

“The story of Juliana v. United States and the committed young people behind it will give you hope in the next generation.” —Elizabeth Kolbert, author of The Sixth Extinction

Do our children have a right to inherit a livable planet? Is the government obliged to protect it? Twenty-one young people from across America have sued the federal... Read more

Along Came a Llama

By: Ruth Janette Ruck

Narrated by: Julie Maisey

Length: 7 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

My Family and Other Animals meets The Secret Life of Cows: this rediscovered gem tells the charming tale of how a baby llama transformed a Welsh farming family forever. Things llamas like: Snaffling cherry brandy, Easter eggs, and the Radio Times. Fluttering movie star eyelashes at surprised visitors. Curling up in 'tea-cosy' position by... Read more

The Arsonist

By: Chloe Hooper

Narrated by: Cat Gould

Length: 7 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

The true story of the most devastating wildfire in Australian history and the search for the man who started it.What kind of person would deliberately start a firestorm? What kind of mind?On the scorching February day in 2009 that became known as Black Saturday, a man lit two fires in Victoria's Latrobe Valley, then sat on the roof of his house... Read more

Hey Ranger!

By: Jim Burnett

Narrated by: Danny Campbell

Length: 8 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

Amusing and informative, Hey Ranger! teaches as it entertains with tales of boat ramp misadventures, lost Afghani campers, encounters with wild animals, dumb crooks, and more. One chapter, "Tales from the Wild Side," brings together unusual incidents from National Park Service reports, and the concluding essay, "Don't Be a Victim of Your... Read more

Ahab's Rolling Sea

By: Richard J. King

Narrated by: David Colacci

Length: 13 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

Although Herman Melville's Moby-Dick is beloved as one of the most profound and enduring works of American fiction, we rarely consider it a work of nature writing—or even a novel of the sea.



A revelation for Moby-Dick devotees and neophytes alike, Ahab's Rolling Sea is a chronological journey through the natural history of Melville's novel. From... Read more

Meditations with Cows

By: Shreve Stockton

Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell

Length: 7 hours 21 minutes

Abridged: No

An intimate memoir on the work and wonder of ranch life, critiquing the inhumane and environmentally destructive factory farm system and offering sustainable alternatives for ethical omnivores.

Although there are nearly 100 million cattle in the United States, these animals are often ignored or dismissed. In Meditations with Cows, Shreve... Read more

The Reign of Wolf 21

By: Rick McIntyre

Narrated by: Geoff Sugiyama

Length: 6 hours 41 minutes

Abridged: No

“A redemption story, an adventure story, and perhaps above all, a love story.”—Nate Blakeslee, New York Times-bestselling author of American WolfThe Druid Peak Pack was the most famous wolf pack in Yellowstone National Park, and maybe even in the world.This is the dramatic true story of its remarkable leader, Wolf 21—whose compassion and loyalty... Read more

Whale Day

By: Billy Collins

Narrated by: Billy Collins

Length: 1 hour 24 minutes

Abridged: No

A wondrous collection from Billy Collins, former U.S. Poet Laureate and New York Times bestselling author of The Rain in Portugal
 
“The poems are marked by his characteristic humor and arise out of small, banal moments, unearthing the extraordinary or uncanny in the everyday.”—The Wall Street Journal

Whale Day brings together more than fifty poems... Read more

Collapsing Consciously

By: Carolyn Baker, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Diana Gardiner

Length: 6 hours 23 minutes

Abridged: No

A collection of probing essays and weekly meditations, this book addresses how to prepare emotionally and spiritually for the impending collapse of industrial civilization. Author Carolyn Baker offers wisdom, inspiration, and a sense of spiritual purpose for anyone who is concerned about the daunting future humankind has created.

The author's... Read more