Environment & Nature audiobooks

High Tide in Tucson - Abridged

By: Barbara Kingsolver

Narrated by: Barbara Kingsolver

Length: 2 hours 48 minutes

Abridged: Yes

""Clever. . . magical. . . beautifully crafted. Kingsolver spins you around the philosophic world a dozen times."" — Milwaukee Sentinel""Kingsolver's essays should be savored like quiet afternoons with a friend."" —New York Times Book ReviewIn this brilliant essay collection, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Barbara Kingsolver turns to her favored... Read more

Ecological Intelligence - Abridged

By: Prof. Daniel Goleman, Ph.D.

Narrated by: Prof. Daniel Goleman, Ph.D.

Length: 5 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In Ecological Intelligence: How Knowing the Hidden Impacts of What We Buy Can Change Everything, Daniel Goleman recasts the uproar over global warming and the assault of man-made toxins into our bodies in terms of the collective self-deception which both created this crisis and holds a key to its solution.

Ecological Intelligence argues that... Read more

The Last American Man - Abridged

By: Elizabeth Gilbert

Narrated by: Patricia Kalember

Length: 6 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: Yes

An unforgettable look at a truly pioneering, but thoroughly modern, American hero.Finalist for the National Book Award 2002In this rousing examination of contemporary American male identity, acclaimed author and journalist Elizabeth Gilbert explores the fascinating true story of Eustace Conway. In 1977, at the age of seventeen, Conway left his... Read more

42 Grad (gekürzt) - Abridged

By: Wolf Harlander

Narrated by: Uve Teschner

Length: 10 hours 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Kein Wasser. Nicht in den Leitungen. Nicht in den Flüssen. Nirgends ... Ganz Deutschland freut sich über den neuen Jahrtausendsommer. Dauersonnenschein sorgt für volle Freibäder. Einzig Hydrologe Julius Denner und IT-Spezialistin Elsa Forsberg warnen davor, dass die Hitze sich kurzfristig verschärfen wird - mit gravierenden Folgen. Niemand... Read more

Weltretten für Anfänger - Von guten Vorsätzen, miesen CO2-Bilanzen und dem Versuch, ein besserer Mensch zu werden (Gekürzte Lesung) - Abridged

By: Susanne Fröhlich & Constanze Kleis

Narrated by: Susanne Fröhlich

Length: 3 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Was können wir für die Zukunft unseres Planeten tun? Das fragen sich Susanne Fröhlich und Constanze Kleis und stellen auf der Suche nach der Antwort ihr Leben und das ihrer Lieben auf den Kopf. Auf ihrer Reise zu einem nachhaltigeren Ich erleben Susanne Fröhlich und Constanze Kleis ihr grünes Wunder. Sie klammern sich beim Sundowner an den... Read more

A Practical Guide To Modern Gamekeeping - Abridged

By: J C Jeremy Hobson

Narrated by: Charles Johnston

Length: 2 hours 14 minutes

Abridged: Yes

I know of no gamekeepers who are not countrymen to their fingertips. They observe, they consider, they cherish and they do more than most to look after out woodlands and hedgerows, our moorlands and fens. Theirs is not an easy job, out in all weathers and misunderstood by many townies who are further removed from the countryside and its... Read more

The Great Deluge - Abridged

By: Douglas Brinkley

Narrated by: Kyf Brewer

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In the span of five violent hours on August 29, 2005, Hurricane Katrina destroyed major Gulf Coast cities and flattened 150 miles of coastline. Yet those wind-torn hours represented only the first stage of the relentless triple tragedy that Katrina brought to the entire Gulf Coast from Louisiana to Mississippi to Alabama. First was the... Read more

Kaninchen halten für Einsteiger: Wie Sie die Kaninchenhaltung ohne Vorerfahrung gekonnt meistern - inkl. Tipps zur Erstausstattung, bei Krankheiten und zur Dressur - Abridged

By: Frederick Buschmann

Narrated by: Marie Blumenberg

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Kaninchen sind wunderbare, niedliche und gern zu beobachtende Lebewesen. Mit ihren großen Kulleraugen und manchmal überlangen Ohren ziehen sie nahezu jeden tierfreundlichen Menschen und vor allem Kinder in ihren Bann. Es gibt sie in allen erdenklichen Farben und Formen. Einige Kaninchen haben langes Fell und wiederum andere kurzes. Sie können... Read more

Green Business Practices for Dummies - Abridged

By: Lisa Swallow

Narrated by: Brett Barry

Length: 3 hours 52 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Green Business Practices For Dummies provides readers with the information they need to reduce the environmental impact of the business with out reducing their bottom line. The practical and expert advice and tips presented in this title benefits business owners at all levels, from large corporations to small, family-run stores. The only... Read more

The Lost Dinosaurs of Egypt - Abridged

By: Josh Smith & William Nothdurft

Narrated by: Michael C. Hall

Length: 5 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The date is January 11, 1911. A young German paleontologist, accompanied only by a guide, a cook, four camels, and a couple of camel drivers, reaches the lip of the vast Bahariya Depression after a long trek across the bleak plateau of the western desert of Egypt. The scientist, Ernst Freiherr Stromer von Reichenbach, hopes to find fossil... Read more

Last Train to Paradise - Abridged

By: Les Standiford

Narrated by: Richmond Hoxie

Length: 6 hours 18 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroad—one of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken, destroyed in one fell swoop by the strongest storm ever to hit U.S. shores.

In 1904, the brilliant and driven entrepreneur Henry Flagler, partner to John D.... Read more

El origen de las Especies - Abridged

By: Charles Darwin

Narrated by: Leonel Arial

Length: 3 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Charles Darwin, el precursor de la literatura científica, expuso en El origen de las especies su famosa teoría de la biología evolutiva y la selección natural. Fue una publicación polémica que suscitó discusiones científicas, filosóficas y religiosas; sin embargo, hoy, la teoría moderna de la evolución acepta las tesis sobre la adaptación al... Read more

La Tierra inhabitable - Abridged

By: David Wallace-Wells

Narrated by: David Sterling

Length: 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Resumen del libro por Strem readers, esta es una versión abreviada del título original. "La Tierra inhabitable" aborda el impacto devastador del cambio climático y las consecuencias catastróficas que podrían derivarse de la inacción frente a la crisis ambiental. El libro explora en detalle cómo el calentamiento global está alterando el clima,... Read more

El ascenso y caída de los dinosaurios - Abridged

By: Steve Brusatte

Narrated by: Daniel Brooks

Length: 11 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Resumen del libro por Strem readers, esta es una versión abreviada del título original. "El ascenso y caída de los dinosaurios" es una obra que narra la fascinante historia de los dinosaurios, desde su aparición en la Tierra hasta su extinción. El libro explora cómo estos gigantes dominaron el planeta durante más de 160 millones de años,... Read more

Field Notes From a Catastrophe - Abridged

By: Elizabeth Kolbert

Narrated by: Hope Davis

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Americans have been warned since the late 1970s that the buildup of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere threatens to melt the polar ice sheets and irreversibly change our climate. With little done since then to alter this dangerous path, the world has reached a critical threshold. By the end of the century, it will likely be hotter than at any... Read more

Umweltschutz [Wieso? Weshalb? Warum? ERSTLESER Folge 13] - Abridged

By: Carola von Kessel & Svetlana Kilian

Narrated by: Tom Freddo Schröder, Luis Lengenfelder & Lilly ...

Length: 1 hour 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Rettet den Planeten! Wie essen wir umweltfreundlich? Wieso wärmt sich die Erde auf? Was ist erneuerbare Energie? Mit einfachen, kurzen Texten erfahren Kinder, warum die Umwelt unseren Schutz braucht und was wir alle gemeinsam bewirken können. Für jede Menge Spaß sorgen Witze und Rätselpausen. Wasser sparen, Fahrrad fahren, Müll trennen: Wie... 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