Environment & Nature audiobooks

My Sand Life, My Pebble Life

By: Ian McMillan

Narrated by: Ian McMillan

Length: 4 hours 53 minutes

Abridged: No

Bloomsbury presents My Sand Life, My Pebble Life written and read by Ian McMillan.

My sand life, my pebble life. My life measured out in tides, coming in and going out. My life measured out in games of trying to spot the sea first. My life measured out in the delicious and indulgent sadness that comes from leaving a holiday cottage for the last... Read more

Contra el futuro

By: Marta Peirano

Narrated by: Marta Moreno

Length: 6 hours

Abridged: No

Tras advertirnos de los peligros de internet, vuelve Marta Peirano con un nuevo relato antiapocalíptico para construir un futuro esperanzador. Es la historia más vieja del mundo: la de un desastre medioambiental y una tecnología que nos salva. La hemos repetido como un mantradesde el principio de los tiempos porque hasta ahora se ha revelado... Read more

Plasticus Maritimus

By: Ana Pego & Isabel Minhós Martins

Narrated by: Cassandra Cavalli

Length: 2 hours 8 minutes

Abridged: No

“Clever…beguiling….Readers age 11 and older are likely to finish this book feeling both persuaded and uplifted. Beauty has a way of doing that.”
—Wall Street Journal

For young readers comes an imaginative guide to ocean plastics, filled with tips and tricks for identifying—and combating—pollution in our oceans.

Inspired by biologist AnaPêgo’s... Read more

Daffodil Hill

By: Jake Keiser

Narrated by: Jake Keiser

Length: 8 hours 39 minutes

Abridged: No

A candid and heartwarming memoir of reinvention about a city girl who trades her career and her heels for five acres and a herd of goats

“Jake Keiser is my favorite kind of woman—gutsy, tenacious, and not afraid to be vulnerable. And the animals are pretty f*cking adorable, too.”—Tara Schuster, author of Buy Yourself the F*cking Lilies

Jake Keiser... Read more

Scent

By: Elise Vernon Pearlstine

Narrated by: Tegan Ashton Cohan

Length: 8 hours 22 minutes

Abridged: No

A fascinating exploration of the natural history of scent and human perceptions of fragrance from the viewpoint of plant and pollinator



Plants have long harnessed the chemical characteristics of aromatic compounds to shape the world around them. Frankincense resin from the genus Boswellia seals injured tissues and protects trees from invading... Read more

Staks der Storch

By: Céline Landolt

Narrated by: Céline Landolt

Length: 2 hours 35 minutes

Abridged: No

Der eigensinnige Jungstorch Staks handelt sich immer wieder Ärger mit seinem strengen und etwas übervorsichtigen Vater ein. Als er im Herbst den gemeinsamen Abflug in den Süden verpasst, macht er sich allein auf den Weg nach Afrika. Ob er es noch rechtzeitig zum grossen Familienfest schafft? Read more

Unearthed

By: Claire Ratinon

Narrated by: Claire Ratinon

Length: 7 hours 32 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

"When we speak of our origins, that which made us, we speak of our roots. We acknowledge how our identities are intertwined with land, whether it's the one we are standing on or another we lay claim to."

Unearthed is the story of how Claire Ratinon found belonging through falling in love with growing plants. For years... Read more

Global Burning

By: Eve Darian-Smith

Narrated by: Brigid Lohrey

Length: 6 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Recent years have seen out of control wildfires rage across remote Brazilian rainforests, densely populated California coastlines, and major cities in Australia. What connects these separate events is more than immediate devastation and human loss of life. In Global Burning, Eve Darian-Smith contends that using fire as a symbolic and literal... Read more

Embrace Fearlessly the Burning World

By: Barry Lopez

Narrated by: James Naughton & Rebecca Solnit

Length: 10 hours 7 minutes

Abridged: No

NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS’ CHOICE • A “lyrical” (Chicago Tribune) final work of nonfiction from the National Book Award–winning author of Arctic Dreams and Horizon, a literary icon whose writing, fieldwork, and mentorship inspired generations of writers and activists.
 
“Mesmerizing . . . a master observer . . . whose insight and moral clarity have... Read more

Think Like a Horse

By: Grant Golliher

Narrated by: Dean Gallagher

Length: 6 hours 34 minutes

Abridged: No

In Think Like a Horse, veteran “horse whisperer” and leadership expert Grant Golliher applies his hard-won horse sense to teach invaluable lessons anyone can use to live a fuller, more successful life.

Grant Golliher is what some would call a “horse whisperer,” able to get a wild horse to calmly accept a saddle and a rider without the use of... Read more

They Knew

By: James Gustave Speth

Narrated by: Al Kessel

Length: 7 hours 20 minutes

Abridged: No

In 2015, a group of twenty-one young people sued the federal government for violating their constitutional rights by promoting the climate catastrophe, depriving them of life, liberty, and property without due process of law. They Knew offers evidence for their claims, presenting a devastating, play-by-play account of the federal government's... Read more

Climate Change For Dummies

By: John Kidder & Elizabeth May

Narrated by: Erin deWard

Length: 15 hours 46 minutes

Abridged: No

More and more frequent extreme weather events occur each year, and wildlife everywhere is increasingly endangered. Science fiction or science fact, most climate experts see this as our world on climate change—and, according to polls, a majority of people around the globe agree. Climate Change For Dummies allows you to investigate this hottest of... Read more

National Geographic Ocean

By: Sylvia A. Earle

Narrated by: Sylvia A. Earle

Length: 14 hours 55 minutes

Abridged: No

Discover the world's ocean--from tides and currents to the creatures living in it to the impact it has on our lives, whether we know it or not--in this richly illustrated overview of the life force that defines and sustains our planet, written by world-renowned oceanographer Sylvia Earle. Everything you want to know about the ocean can be found... Read more

Go Lightly

By: Nina Karnikowski

Narrated by: Daphne Kouma

Length: 3 hours 19 minutes

Abridged: No

This sustainable travel handbook inspires readers to explore our fascinating planet without causing it further harm. Ten chapters help you go lightly, including how to choose the least impactful methods of travel, how best to protect wildlife, how to pack with more consideration and how to implement mindful practices into each travel day, Go... Read more

Be More Human

By: Tony Riddle

Narrated by: Tony Riddle

Length: 6 hours 11 minutes

Abridged: No

Brought to you by Penguin.

The ultimate guide to boosting your mental and physical health by reconnecting with the way we, as humans, were supposed to live, eat, sleep, breathe and move.

The bright lights, late nights and constant hustle of our modern world have detached us from the way we, as humans, were supposed to live, connect and thrive.

Be... Read more

Calcio liquido

By: Emiliano Battazzi

Narrated by: Alberto Lutri

Length: 7 hours 9 minutes

Abridged: No

Secondo Vujadin Boškov, c'è una legge eterna nel calcio: i giocatori vincono, gli allenatori perdono. Eppure non si può pensare alla storia del calcio se non all'interno della storia della tattica e dei suoi principali strateghi: gli allenatori. 'Calcio liquido' ripercorre gli ultimi trent'anni di evoluzione tattica della Serie A e più in... Read more

Tweet of the Day

By: Will Young, Dermot O’Leary, Michael Morpurgo, S...

Narrated by: Will Young, Dermot O’Leary, Michael Morpurgo, S...

Length: 5 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

Bird lovers including Will Young, Samuel West, Dermot O'Leary, Greta Scacchi and Sue Perkins introduce us to their favourite birds - plus, Alison Steadman presents The Twelve Tweets of Christmas

Since 2013, Tweet of the Day has been a daily delight for early risers, with its 90 seconds of beautiful birdsong and fascinating ornithological stories.... Read more

Only Heroes and Horses

By: Natalie O’Rourke

Narrated by: Yolanda Kettle

Length: 9 hours 25 minutes

Abridged: No

'[Park Lane Stables] is such a force for good' - Rob Brydon
'[An] uplifting story' - Horse and Rider

This is the story of Park Lane Stables. It is about hope, about horses and about lots and lots of heroes.

Natalie O'Rourke was an ordinary little girl from Birmingham in all respects save one: she was lonely. When she discovered how much she... Read more

Extinction and the Human

By: Timothy Sweet

Narrated by: Danny Campbell

Length: 6 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

In Extinction and the Human Timothy Sweet ponders the realities of animal extinction and endangerment and the often divergent Native American and Euro-American narratives that surround them. He focuses especially on the force of human impact on megafauna—mammoths, whales, and the North American bison—beginning with the moments that these... Read more

Peaceful Water Sounds With Deep Forest Ambiance: Wilderness Stream & Babbling Brook

By: Dr. Laurence Goldman

Narrated by: Neil Tennant

Length: 4 hours 2 minutes

Abridged: No

Peaceful Water Sounds with Deep Forest Ambiance (Nature Sounds, Meditation, Relaxation Rivers & Babbling Brooks) Wilderness Stream is a digitally mastered audio book containing four hours of crisp clear water sounds designed for a power nap, meditation, and relaxation. It creates a natural atmosphere for sleep, yoga, your workplace,... Read more

Why Sharks Matter

By: David Shiffman

Narrated by: Brian Wiggins

Length: 8 hours 54 minutes

Abridged: No

Sharks are some of the most fascinating and ecologically important, yet most threatened and misunderstood animals on Earth. More often feared than revered, their role as predators of the deep has earned them a reputation as a major threat to humans. But the truth is that sharks are not a danger to us—they’re in danger from us.In Why Sharks... Read more

Distilled

By: Rob DeSalle & Ian Tattersall

Narrated by: Asa Siegel

Length: 13 hours 45 minutes

Abridged: No

An imaginative natural history survey of the wide world of spirits, from whiskey and gin to grappa and moonshine



In this follow-up book to A Natural History of Wine and A Natural History of Beer, authors Rob DeSalle and Ian Tattersall yet again use alcoholic beverages as a lens through which to gain a greater appreciation of natural history.



This... Read more

Woman, Watching

By: Merilyn Simonds

Narrated by: Elizabeth Wiley

Length: 15 hours 26 minutes

Abridged: No

From award-winning author Merilyn Simonds, a remarkable biography of an extraordinary woman—a Swedish aristocrat who survived the Russian Revolution to become an internationally renowned naturalist, one of the first to track the mid-century decline of songbirds.

Referred to as a Canadian Rachel Carson, Louise de Kiriline Lawrence lived and... Read more

Patient Zero (Revised Edition)

By: Marilee Peters

Narrated by: Jo Vannicola

Length: 5 hours 17 minutes

Abridged: No

Engrossing true stories of the pioneers of epidemiology who risked their lives to find the source of deadly diseases—now revised to include updated information and a new chapter on Covid-19. More people have died in disease epidemics than in wars or other disasters, but the process of identifying these diseases and determining how they... Read more