Environment & Nature audiobooks

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

A Year in a Ditch - Abridged

By: J C Jeremy Hobson

Narrated by: Ronnie Rowlands

Length: 3 hours 6 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Rivers, canals, and many glorious waterways are championed and admired at every opportunity. Sadly, not so the humble ditch, yet they are the all-important capillaries supplying the veins of our far more visual watercourses.In no way a dry riverbed of hard facts, A Year in a Ditch is informative and a source of knowledge to anyone interested in... 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

Moleküle, die Geschichte schrieben - Abridged

By: Andreas S. Ziegler

Narrated by: Bernd Gnann, Frank Streichfuss & Kathrin Hildeb...

Length: 1 hour 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Spannende Wissenschaft Anhand von 25 ausgewählten Wirkstoffen lässt dieses Hörbuch faszinierende Stern- und Schicksalsstunden der Arzneimittelforschung lebendig werden und führt vor Augen, auf welch abenteuerlichen Wegen viele Wirkstoffe vom Labor ans Krankenbett gelangten. Begeben Sie sich auf eine spannende Entdeckungsreise zu den Wurzeln der... Read more

On the Wing - Abridged

By: Alan Tennant

Narrated by: Alan Tennant

Length: 5 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: Yes

In this extraordinary narrative, Alan Tennant recounts his all-out effort to radio-track the transcontinental migration of the peregrine falcon -- an investigation no one before him had ever taken to such lengths.
On the Wing transports us from the windswept flats of the Texas barrier islands -- where the tundra falcons pause during their... Read more

Shark Trouble - Abridged

By: Peter Benchley

Narrated by: Peter Benchley

Length: 4 hours 59 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Drawing on more than three decades of experience writing about sharks and other marine animals, the bestselling author of Jaws combines high adventure with practical information in a book that is at once a thriller and a valuable guide to being safe in, on, under, and around the sea.

“Shark attacks on human beings generate a tremendous amount... Read more

Bienenleben - Vom Glück, Teil der Natur zu sein (Gekürzt) - Abridged

By: Sarah Wiener

Narrated by: Ulrike Kapfer

Length: 5 hours 57 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"Am Schicksal der Bienen ist all das zu beobachten, was das Beziehungsgeflecht Mensch - Tier - Pflanze ausmacht." Sarah Wiener. Sarah Wiener, Köchin, Nachhaltigkeitsikone, Biobäuerin, Imkerin entführt uns in die faszinierende Welt der Bienen, die ein maßgeblicher Indikator für die Gesundheit unseres Lebensraumes sind. Ihr Credo: Bienenvölker... Read more

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

In Days Gone By - Abridged

By: Mike Blake

Narrated by: Mike Blake

Length: 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

"This Poem 'In Days Gone By - Newbury'. Part 3 of the series Nature: Natural Healing.
A time when most of the UK Countryside was criss-crossed by small roads and slow moving cars.
And the pace was slower and more durable for nature.
A delicate balance had been formed between the new motor car and the hedgerows and byways that
struck a chord of... 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

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

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

O Poder transformador dos Biocombustíveis - Abridged

By: Donizete Tokarski

Narrated by: Voz Sintética

Length: 6 hours 4 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Nesta obra, buscamos apresentar as diversas variáveis que devem compor a equação para a decisão de qual o melhor combustível a usar. Alguns fatores relevantes estão presentes na legislação, em acordos internacionais, tendências mundiais, oportunidade de mercado e em análises sociais, econômicas, ambientais e de saúde pública. Tratamos uma... Read more

Young Men & Fire - Abridged

By: Norman Maclean

Narrated by: John Maclean

Length: 6 hours 1 minute

Abridged: Yes

On August 5, 1949, a crew of fifteen of the U.S. Forest Service's elite airborne firefighters, the Smokejumpers, stepped into the sky above a remote forest fire in Montana wilderness. Less than an hour later, all but three were dead or fatally burned in a "blowup," an explosive 2,000 degree firestorm 300 feet deep and 200 feet tall. Winner of a... 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

Petrocalipsis - Abridged

By: Antonio Turiel

Narrated by: German Gijón

Length: 4 hours 43 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Petrocalipsis es un análisis crudo y claro de las posibles alternativas a nuestro sistema energético actual. Frente al triunfalismo que muchas veces exhiben las noticias sobre la futura utilización de nuevas fuentes energéticas, el libro plantea con concisión por qué no funcionan ni funcionarán cada una de las falsas soluciones que se han venido... Read more

Zopilotes, los limpiadores del ambiente - Abridged

By: Julio Coutiño Molina, Sophie Calmé & Laura Lópe...

Narrated by: Yuri Corzo Hernández

Length: 41 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Los zopilotes ameritan ser el número uno de una colección acerca de animales incomprendidos; su aspecto y forma de alimentarse no los hacen muy atractivos. Esta "biografía" emprende la tarea de ofrecer información amablemente dispuesta para comprender y valorar a tales aves carroñeras, las características que las hacen únicas y sus funciones en... Read more

Murciélagos, los aliados de la noche - Abridged

By: Odette Preciado Benítez & Laura López Argoytia

Narrated by: Yuri Corzo Hernández

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Los murciélagos resultan imprescindibles en los ecosistemas, pues controlan plagas e insectos, dispersan semillas, fertilizan flores, entre otras aportaciones. Esta "biografía" busca compartir conocimiento y pasión por los únicos mamíferos voladores del orbe, así como los peligros a los que se enfrentan –murciélagos y ecosistemas– debido al uso... 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

Tiburones, los decanos del mar - Abridged

By: Iván Méndez Loeza, Elizabeth Cuevas Zimbrón & L...

Narrated by: Yuri Corzo Hernández

Length: 40 minutes

Abridged: Yes

¿Qué es lo primero que pensamos si escuchamos la palabra tiburón? Si bien es cierto que existen tiburones enormes, impredecibles y feroces, muchos son pequeños e inofensivos para las personas, y todos cumplen una función ecológica importante. La presente "biografía" nos muestra el papel que estos magníficos peces han desempeñado durante siglos... Read more

Lombrices, las ingenieras de la tierra - Abridged

By: Laura López Argoytia

Narrated by: Yuri Corzo Hernández

Length: 43 minutes

Abridged: Yes

Lombrices. Las ingenieras de la tierra brinda un acercamiento a las lombrices de tierra, para que apreciemos el significativo papel que han jugado en el desarrollo de la vida del planeta, por ejemplo, reciclando la materia orgánica de hojas, ramas y animales muertos, lo que permite que ésta se reincorpore al suelo. La "biografía" ofrece también... Read more

The National Parks - Abridged

By: Dayton Duncan & Ken Burns

Narrated by: Ken Burns

Length: 6 hours 24 minutes

Abridged: Yes

The companion volume to the twelve-hour PBS series from the acclaimed filmmaker behind The Civil War, Baseball, and The War.

America’s national parks spring from an idea as radical as the Declaration of Independence: that the nation’s most magnificent and sacred places should be preserved, not for royalty or the rich, but for everyone. In this... 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