Environment & Nature audiobooks

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

Green Living for Dummies - Abridged

By: Liz Barclay

Narrated by: Brett Barry & Michael Grosvenor

Length: 3 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Features strategies to apply green principles in your daily life Minimize your impact on the world and enjoy a green lifestyle Want to join the worldwide environmental initiative? This practical guide is packed with realistic ways to help the environment and create a better home for you and your loved ones, from reducing energy use and waste... Read more

West Mountain Epilogue - Abridged

By: Jay Parini

Narrated by: Jay Parini

Length: 54 minutes

Abridged: Yes

A reading by Jay Parini of thirty-three of his most celebrated poems.

Jay Parini's readings are always an event, but too rare. For the first time, Parini has recorded his best known and most recent poems in an audiobook that welcomes the listener to enter his universe, which revolves around his deep connection to nature and underlines his... Read more

Vamos falar de sustentabilidade - Abridged

By: Natália Prado

Narrated by: Adriana Souza

Length: 3 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Vamos falar de sustentabilidade é uma série que aborda conceitos cada vez mais relevantes a respeito da nossa relação com o meio ambiente, além de trazer exemplos positivos de iniciativas públicas e privadas ao redor do mundo e mostrar como é possível viver uma vida mais sustentável através de pequenas mudanças no dia a dia. 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

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

A dictionary of green finance - Abridged

By: European Investment Bank

Narrated by: Matt Rees

Length: 1 hour 37 minutes

Abridged: Yes

What is green? Apart from a colour, obviously. Green is the most important word in the world, because it's at the heart of the battle to finance climate action. We need to understand what's really good for the environment and what's really going to slow climate change… so that we can find the money to pay for it. If it's truly green, then it's... Read more

And the Waters Turned to Blood - Abridged

By: Rodney Barker

Narrated by: Boyd Gaines

Length: TBA

Abridged: Yes

In this account, Rodney Barker tells the full and terrifying story of a microorganism popping up along the Eastern seaboard—far closer to home than the Ebola virus and equally frightening. In the coastal waters of North Carolina—and now extending as far north as the Chesapeake Bay area—a mysterious and deadly aquatic organism named Pfiesteria... 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

An Inconvenient Sequel - Abridged

By: Al Gore

Narrated by: Al Gore, Sterling K. Brown, Danny Burstein, Mar...

Length: 4 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Fresh off the heels of a successful debut at the Sundance Film Festival, Al Gore’s follow-up to his eye-opening blockbuster An Inconvenient Truth comes at a time when climate change is a daily headline and audiences are more eager than ever to act on behalf of the planet.

“We’re going to win this…If anybody doubts that we have the capacity and... Read more

36: Klima / Natur schützen - Abridged

By: Kurt Haderer

Narrated by: Anna Carlsson, Jakob Riedl & Crock Krumbiegel

Length: 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Hör Dich schlau! Diese Hörspielreihe basiert auf den Themen der erfolgreichen WAS IST WAS Bände. Das bereits aus TV bekannte Trio Theo, Tess und Quentin lädt auf abenteuerliche Wissensreisen ein und stößt dabei auf viele interessante Fakten. Mit Humor und Sachverständnis wird so jedes Thema zum puren Hörvergnügen. Folge 36: Klima / Natur... 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

62: Essen der Zukunft / Was die Welt isst - Abridged

By: Dr. Manfred Baur

Narrated by: Anna Carlsson, Crock Krumbiegel & Jakob Riedl

Length: 1 hour 13 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Hör Dich schlau! Diese Hörspielreihe basiert auf den Themen der erfolgreichen WAS IST WAS Bände. Das bereits aus TV bekannte Trio Theo, Tess und Quentin lädt auf abenteuerliche Wissensreisen ein und stößt dabei auf viele interessante Fakten. Mit Humor und Sachverständnis wird so jedes Thema zum puren Hörvergnügen. Folge 62: Essen der Zukunft /... Read more

60: Ursprung des Lebens / Sind wir allein im All? - Abridged

By: Dr. Manfred Baur

Narrated by: Anna Carlsson, Crock Krumbiegel & Jakob Riedl

Length: 1 hour 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Hör Dich schlau! Diese Hörspielreihe basiert auf den Themen der erfolgreichen WAS IST WAS Bände. Das bereits aus TV bekannte Trio Theo, Tess und Quentin lädt auf abenteuerliche Wissensreisen ein und stößt dabei auf viele interessante Fakten. Mit Humor und Sachverständnis wird so jedes Thema zum puren Hörvergnügen. Folge 60: Ursprung des Lebens... Read more

Kommst du mit nach draußen? Eine Entdeckungsreise durch Garten und Stadt - Abridged

By: Peter Wohlleben

Narrated by: Stephan Benson

Length: 2 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Kann man Blumen essen? Warum stinken manche Bäume? Und wer hat im Park unter der Wiese gewühlt? Natur ist überall – auch in der Stadt! Mäuse, Hummeln, Kaninchen und manchmal sogar Waschbären sind deine Nachbarn. Flechten, Moose und Blumen finden in winzigen Spalten und Asphaltrissen ihren Lebensraum. Ganz in deiner Nähe warten kleine und große... Read more

Crossing Open Ground - Abridged

By: Barry Lopez

Narrated by: Barry Lopez

Length: 2 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Crossing Open Ground is a collection of essays by nature writer Barry Lopez. It's food for the spirit from perhaps the finest nature writer of our time. Read more

A Short History of Nearly Everything - Abridged

By: Bill Bryson

Narrated by: Bill Bryson

Length: 5 hours 47 minutes

Abridged: Yes

One of the world’s most beloved and bestselling writers takes his ultimate journey—into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer.

In A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson trekked the Appalachian Trail—well, most of it. In In a Sunburned Country, he confronted some of the most lethal wildlife Australia has to offer.... Read more

¡Despertemos! - Abridged

By: Edgar Morin

Narrated by: Simon Gómez

Length: 1 hour 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

Edgar Morin pone a nuestra disposición su conocimiento de más de un siglo de vida para advertirnos sobre la emergencia climática y el futuro de la humanidad. «No sabemos lo que nos pasa y eso es precisamente lo que nos pasa», escribe José Ortega y Gasset. Las situaciones críticas que se suceden en la política, en la sociedad, en las relaciones... Read more

A Walk in the Woods - Abridged

By: Bill Bryson

Narrated by: Bill Bryson

Length: 5 hours 58 minutes

Abridged: Yes

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The classic chronicle of a “terribly misguided and terribly funny” (The Washington Post) hike of the Appalachian Trail, from the author of A Short History of Nearly Everything and The Body
 
“The best way of escaping into nature.”—The New York Times 
 
Back in America after twenty years in Britain, Bill Bryson decided to... Read more

Fairknallt - Abridged

By: Marie Nasemann

Narrated by: Anne Düe

Length: 6 hours 15 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Anleitung für eine bessere Welt: Grün gewinnt Marie Nasemann ist heute die wichtigste Botschafterin für faire Mode in Deutschland. Über ihren Blog und Social Media schärft das Model das Bewusstsein einer ganzen Generation für grüne Themen. Nachhaltig leben, damit unsere Kinder und Enkel auch noch über diesen Planeten laufen können, das... 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 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

The Necessary Revolution - Abridged

By: Peter M. Senge, Bryan Smith, Nina Kruschwitz & ...

Narrated by: Patrick Frederic

Length: 6 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Imagine a world in which the excess energy from one business would be used to heat another. Where buildings need less and less energy around the world, and where “regenerative” commercial buildings – ones that create more energy than they use – are being designed. A world in which environmentally sound products and processes would be more... 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