Environment & Nature audiobooks

In the Heart of the Sea - Abridged

By: Nathaniel Philbrick

Narrated by: Edward Herrmann

Length: 5 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From the author of Valiant Ambition, the riveting and critically acclaimed bestseller and major motion picture starring Chris Hemsworth, directed by Ron Howard

Chris Hemsworth, Cillian Murphy, Ben Whishaw, and Brendan Gleeson star in the film based on this National Book Award–winning account of the true events behind Moby Dick.

In 1820, the... Read more

Close to Shore - Abridged

By: Michael Capuzzo

Narrated by: Len Cariou

Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Combining rich historical detail and a harrowing, pulse-pounding narrative, Close to Shore brilliantly re-creates the summer of 1916, when a rogue Great White shark attacked swimmers along the New Jersey shore, triggering mass hysteria and launching the most extensive shark hunt in history.

In July 1916 a lone Great White left its usual... Read more

The Big Year - Abridged

By: Mark Obmascik

Narrated by: Oliver Wyman

Length: 6 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A classic in the making -- an account of the biggest year in birdwatching history.

In the USA, some 50 million people lay claim to being bird-watchers or “birders,” spending billions of dollars on birding-related travel and membership fees every year. A select, and utterly obsessed, few compete in one of the world’s quirkiest contests -- the race... Read more

Agronegócio - Abridged

By: Ricardo Garay

Narrated by: Alice Oratio

Length: 25 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Este audiolivro foi criado para ajudar você a planejar e desenvolver seu agronegócio independente de tamanho ou segmento. Este guia oferece técnicas, meios e ferramentas para a melhor e mais eficiente prática no gerenciamento de seu negócio. Propõe uma visão sobre como desenvolver uma solução para o agronegócio que pode e deve ser customizada.... Read more

Bulow Hammock - Abridged

By: David Wallace

Narrated by: Edward Herrmann

Length: 2 hours 36 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In Florida, there exists a very special ecosystem where sub-tropical and north-temperate vegetation meet— Bulow Hammock. Saved by conservationists, it is one of the last stands of forest on the East Coast. This hardwood grove in Florida's open marshes and pine wood is now a State Park where complex life thrives. In the tradition of... Read more

Mensch, Erde! - Abridged

By: Eckart von Hirschhausen

Narrated by: Eckart von Hirschhausen

Length: 2 hours 37 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Wir müssen nicht die Erde retten – sondern uns." Eckart von Hirschhausen Wir leben gesünder und länger als jede Generation vor uns. Und doch sind wir verletzlicher als gedacht: Ein Virus hält uns in Atem und ungebremst schlittern wir in die Klimakrise. Langsam dämmert uns: Gesundheit ist mehr als Pillen und Apparate. Wir Menschen brauchen, um... Read more

Sounds of Nature - Die Hirschbrunft - Abridged

By: Thomas Kommer & Gerhard Lischka

Narrated by: Christian Brückner

Length: 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Das etwas andere Hörbuch. Eine überraschende Audio-Dokumentation mit authentischen und zugleich meditativen Naturaufnahmen von gurgelnden, röhrenden und brunftenden Hirschen - einzigartig, spannend und sehr unterhaltsam kommentiert von Christian Brückner. Kult-Charakter! Nicht nur für Hirschforscher, Förster und Zoologen! Holen Sie sich... Read more

Unsere Erde [Wieso? Weshalb? Warum? Folge 36] - Abridged

By: Angela Weinhold

Narrated by: Sonja Szylowicki

Length: 1 hour 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Aus dem Inhalt: Der blaue Planet • Wie ist die Erde entstanden? • Woher kommen die Berge? • Warum spucken Vulkane? • Warum bebt die Erde? • Wie entstehen Landschaften? • Was ist eigentlich Erde? • Was sind Bodenschätze? • Wie sieht es im Meer aus? • Ist das Wetter überall gleich auf der Erde? • Warum gibt es bei uns keine Papageien? • Leben... Read more

The Beginners Guide to Growing Organic Mushrooms - Abridged

By: Elia Friedenthal

Narrated by: Peter Seymour

Length: 5 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

How do you grow organic mushrooms at home?Is it cheaper to grow your own mushrooms?How do you grow healthy mushrooms?THE PROCESS OF GROWING MUSHROOMS IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN GROWING OTHER VEGGIES AND FRUITS.Other vegetables and fruits require a lot of sunlight but mushrooms are totally opposite. If they get light, they will die and if other... Read more

Umweltschutz [Wieso? Weshalb? Warum? PROFIWISSEN Folge 26] - Abridged

By: Dela Kienle & Jochen Windecker

Narrated by: Katja Danowski & Julia Nachtmann

Length: 1 hour 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Mitten im Frühling gibt es schwere Gewitter und die Wissensprofis Finn, Jette, Lilli und Ben fragen sich: Sind das Zeichen für den Klimawandel? Auf einer Umweltschutz-Demonstration lernen die vier Kinder Alex kennen. Als sie erfahren, dass nicht nur Mensch und Erde, sondern auch viele Tierarten bedroht sind, ist klar: Sie müssen etwas... Read more

Lichtblick statt Blackout - Abridged

By: Vince Ebert

Narrated by: Vince Ebert

Length: 6 hours 29 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Gedankenblitze statt Blackout! Kann eine Nation, die mit dem Bau eines Flughafens überfordert war, wirklich das Weltklima retten? Und lässt sich die Erderwärmung reduzieren, wenn man das Eisfach offen lässt? Mit humoristischer Feder hinterfragt Vince Ebert unseren Ehrgeiz, die Welt zu retten. Klimaforschung ist objektive Wissenschaft.... Read more

Medicinal Mushrooms - Abridged

By: Elia Friedenthal

Narrated by: Elizabeth Moore

Length: 5 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

What is the best medicinal mushroom? What is the best mushroom to fight cancer? MUSHROOMS THAT ACT AS TURBO-SHOTS FOR YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEMTHE MAGIC OF MEDICINAL MUSHROOMSDoes the thought of medicinal mushrooms scare you off? Take a deep breath and stay with us. Yes, we’re going to tell you to put mushrooms in your coffee (among other things). But... Read more

The Everything Green Living Book - Abridged

By: Diane Gow McDilda

Narrated by: Rick Plastina

Length: 6 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Want to learn more about organic food? Curious about alternative power sources? Want to do your part to help save the environment? The way that you live, work, travel, eat, drink, and dress affects the earth and the environment--and this concise, eye-opening book gives you all the tools you need to live a "green" lifestyle. The Everything Green... Read more

Die Seele der Tiere - Abridged

By: Konrad Lorenz & Adolf Portmann

Narrated by: Konrad Lorenz & Adolf Portmann

Length: 55 minutes

Abridged: Yes

1 | Konrad Lorenz: Moralanaloges Verhalten geselliger Tiere Sendung: 16.10.1955, SWF Bei Tieren in geselligen Verbänden sind Verhaltensweisen etabliert, die reflektorisch Aggression hemmen und ihrer Funktion nach dem moralischen Verhalten analog sind. Tieren kann jedoch kein Grundcharakter zugeschrieben werden, - der Fuchs als raubgierig und... Read more

The Devil's Teeth - Abridged

By: Susan Casey

Narrated by: Susan Casey

Length: 5 hours 31 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Travel thirty miles north, south, or east of San Francisco city hall and you'll be engulfed in a landscape of thick traffic, fast enterprise, and six-dollar cappuccinos. Venture thirty miles due west, however, and you will find yourself on what is virtually another planet: a spooky cluster of rocky islands called the Farallones.

Journalist Susan... Read more

Du entscheidest! - Abridged

By: Christin Krischke

Narrated by: Christin Krischke

Length: 5 hours 38 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Nur wer die Vergangenheit kennt, hat eine Zukunft" wird der preußische Universalgelehrte Wilhelm von Humboldt gerne in der Fürstlichen Hofreitschule in Bückeburg zitiert. Ob in den 4000 Jahren, die auf der Welt bereits ohne "Trabverstärkungen" und "Vorwärts-Abwärts" geritten und dabei wirklich so viel falsch gemacht wurde, wie der moderne... Read more

A Crack in the Edge of the World - Abridged

By: Simon Winchester

Narrated by: Simon Winchester

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

The international bestselling author of The Professor and the Madman and Krakatoa vividly brings to life the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake that leveled a city symbolic of America's relentless western expansion. Simon Winchester has also fashioned an enthralling and informative informative look at the tumultuous subterranean world that produces... Read more

ESG: Caminhos para um Futuro Sustentável - Abridged

By: Denise Flaibam

Narrated by: Cristiano Gualda

Length: 3 hours 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

O conceito de ESG se torna mais relevante a cada dia à medida que organizações e indivíduos buscam soluções para enfrentar os desafios do aquecimento global e promover um desenvolvimento mais sustentável. ESG: Caminhos para um Futuro Sustentável explora como a adoção de práticas responsáveis e éticas pode transformar o cenário atual,... Read more

Hot, Flat, and Crowded - Abridged

By: Thomas L. Friedman

Narrated by: Oliver Wyman

Length: 9 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Thomas L. Friedman's no. 1 bestseller The World Is Flat has helped millions of readers to see globalization in a new way. Now Friedman brings a fresh outlook to the crises of destabilizing climate change and rising competition for energy—both of which could poison our world if we do not act quickly and collectively. His argument speaks to all of... Read more

Harvest for Hope - Abridged

By: Jane Goodall, Gary McAvoy & Gail Hudson

Narrated by: Tippi Hedren

Length: 6 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: Yes

From world-renowned scientist Jane Goodall, as seen in the new National Geographic documentary Jane, comes a provocative look into the ways we can positively impact the world by changing our eating habits.

"One of those rare, truly great books that can change the world."-John Robbins, author of The Food Revolution The renowned scientist who... Read more

The Snow Leopard - Abridged

By: Peter Matthiessen

Narrated by: Peter Matthiessen

Length: 7 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

An unforgettable spiritual journey through the Himalayas...

IN 1973, Peter Matthiessen and field biologist George Schaller traveled high into the remote mountains of Nepal to study the Himalayan blue sheep and possibly glimpse the rare and beautiful snow leopard. Matthiessen, a student of Zen Buddhism, was also on a spiritual quest to find the... Read more

Diamond - Abridged

By: Matthew Hart

Narrated by: Daniel Gerroll

Length: 5 hours 56 minutes

Abridged: Yes

On a hot morning in May 1999, three Brazilian garimpeiros(small-scale miners) found a large pink diamond in the muddy waters of the Abaete River, a discovery that captivated the diamond trade. Beginning with this dramatic and revealing story, Matthew Hart takes readers on a journey far beyond the window at Tiffany's, into an obsessive, largely... Read more

Small Wonder - Abridged

By: Barbara Kingsolver

Narrated by: Barbara Kingsolver

Length: 10 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In twenty-two wonderfully articulate essays, Barbara Kingsolver raises her voice in praise of nature, family, literature, and the joys of everyday life while examining the genesis of war, violence, and poverty in our worldFrom the author of High Tide in Tucson, comes Small Wonder, a new collection of essays that begins with a parable gleaned... Read more

El ajolote - Abridged

By: Andrés Cota Hiriart

Narrated by: Andrés Cota Hiriart

Length: 1 hour 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

El ajolote ha despertado el interés constante de gente muy diversa: se ha concebido mitológicamente, comido por placer y usado como remedio; habita en la oscuridad del agua, quizás con discreción, pero es quinta esencial para la cultura del Valle de México. Se ha venerado como fetiche y ha sido la musa involuntaria de toda clase de artistas en... Read more