Download Best Full-Length Audiobooks in Non-Fiction, Animals & Nature

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Title: Mahaparbat: Ek Kahani Hamare Daur Ki

Author: Naved Akbar, Amitav Ghosh

Narrator: Ranjit Madgavkar, Pallavi Bharti

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 0 hours 39 minutes

Release date: May 12, 2022

Genres: Animals & Nature

Publisher's Summary:

The Hindi translation of The Living Mountain. A new story from internationally renowned author Amitav Ghosh, Mahaparbat is a cautionary tale of how we have systematically exploited nature, leading to an environmental collapse. Recounted as a dream, this is a fable about Mahaparbat, the Living Mountain; the indigenous valley dwellers who live and prosper in its shelter; the assault on the mountain for commercial benefit by the Anthropoi, humans whose sole aim is to reap the bounty of nature; and the disaster that unfolds as a result. Mahaparbat is especially relevant today when we have been battling a pandemic and are facing a climate catastrophe: both of which are products of our insufficient understanding of mankind's relationship with nature, and our sustained appropriation and abuse of natural resources. This is a book of our times, for our times, and it will resonate strongly with readers of all ages.

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Title: Wonderdog

Author: Jules Howard

Narrator: Jules Howard

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 9 minutes

Release date: May 12, 2022

Genres: Animals & Nature

Publisher's Summary:

What do dogs really think of us? What do dogs know and understand of the world? Do their emotions feel like our own? Do they love like we do? Driven by his own love of dogs, Charles Darwin was nagged by questions like these. To root out answers, his contemporaries toyed with dog sign language, and they made special puzzle boxes and elaborate sniff tests using old socks to spill out clues. Later, the same perennial questions about the minds of dogs drove Pavlov and Pasteur to unspeakable cruelty in their search for truth. These big names in science influenced leagues of psychologists and animal behaviourists, each building upon the ideas and received wisdom of previous generations but failing to see what was staring them in the face - that the very methods humans used to study dogs' minds were influencing the insights reflected back. To discover the impressive cognitive feats that dogs are capable of, a new approach was needed. Treated with love and compassion, dogs would open up their unique perspective on the world, and a new breed of scientists would be provided answers to life's biggest questions. Wonderdog is the story of those dogs - a historical account of how we came to know what dogs are capable of. It's a celebration of the dogs with answers in mind, just waiting for the right questions from humans in their care. And it's a love-letter to science, through the good times and the bad.

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Title: The Philosophy of Social Ecology: Essays on Dialectical Naturalism

Author: Murray Bookchin

Narrator: James R. Cheatham

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 30 minutes

Release date: May 10, 2022

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 1 of Total 1

Genres: Animals & Nature

Publisher's Summary:

What is nature? What is humanity's place in nature? And what is the relationship of society to the natural world? In an era of ecological breakdown, answering these questions has become of momentous importance for our everyday lives and for the future that we and other life-forms face. In the essays of The Philosophy of Social Ecology, Murray Bookchin confronts these questions head on: invoking the ideas of mutualism, self-organization, and unity in diversity, in the service of ever expanding freedom. Refreshingly polemical and deeply philosophical, these essays take issue with technocratic and mechanistic ways of understanding and relating to, and within, nature. More importantly, they develop a solid, historically and politically based ethical foundation for social ecology, the field that Bookchin himself created and that offers us hope in the midst of our climate catastrophe.

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Title: Saving Nature One Yard at a Time: How to Protect and Nurture Our Native Species

Author: David Deardorff, Kathryn Wadsworth

Narrator: Michael Butler Murray

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 6 hours 40 minutes

Release date: May 10, 2022

Genres: Animals & Nature

Publisher's Summary:

Discover 100 ways to support endangered plant and wildlife species in your community and beyond. David Deardorff and Kathryn Wadsworth present 100 home projects designed to inspire and empower anyone who wants to help save our native flora and fauna in the face of habitat loss and climate change. This book focuses on saving creatures and plants that are especially vulnerable but that can be successfully helped by our efforts, such as bees, frogs, butterflies, birds, trees, and wildflowers. Each project meets four crucial criteria: (1) it will make a significant difference to the survival of the species, (2) has a high likelihood of success, (3) is easy to implement, and (4) is family-friendly. The book raises awareness of endangered species that readers can help by undertaking projects unique to their bioregion. Examples include building an amphibian house for salamanders, raising tadpoles, creating nesting sites for bees, and much more. Saving Nature One Yard at a Time is an inspirational and practical compendium that will give listeners the knowledge and tools they need to take an active role in nurturing the world around us, no matter we live.

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Title: Waves and Beaches: The Powerful Dynamics of Sea and Coast

Author: Kim Mccoy, Willard Bascom

Narrator: Rich Miller

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 52 minutes

Release date: May 10, 2022

Genres: Animals & Nature

Publisher's Summary:

The Bestselling Classic Updated for Surfers, Sailors, Oceanographers, Climate Activists, and Those Who Love the Sea First published in 1963 and updated in 1979, this classic was an essential handbook for anyone who studies, surfs, protects, or is fascinated by the ocean. Willard Bascom was a master of the subject and included a wealth of information, based on theory and statistics, but also anecdotal observation and personal experience. It brought to the general public understanding of the awesome and complex power of the waves. This revision from Kim McCoy adds recent facts and anecdotes to update the book's relevance in the time of climate change. One of the most significant effects of global warming will be sea-level rise. What will this mean to waves and beaches, and what effects are we already seeing? New text covers events such as the Indian Ocean tsunami of 2004, Hurricane Katrina flooding of 2005, and the 2011 earthquake and resulting devastation in Fukishima. As well as students, surfers, and the general public, this updated edition of a beloved classic is an essential handbook for climate scientists and ocean activists, providing clear explanations and detailed resources.

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Title: [Spanish] - ¿Es eso cierto?

Author: Alberto Granados Martinez

Narrator: Alberto Granados Martinez

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 0 hours 45 minutes

Release date: May 7, 2022

Genres: Animals & Nature

Publisher's Summary:

Un libro de divulgación científica que explora la otra cara de la ciencia, aquella que no nos cuentan los libros de historia. El desarrollo científico ha sido una constante en la humanidad, en mayor o menor grado. La observación, la búsqueda de respuestas, la curiosidad por el mundo... son algunos de los motores que movieron a los grandes científicos en busca de teorías, fórmulas, hallazgos o inventos. Pero no todas las historias tienen un final feliz. En este libro Granados explora los fallos, los errores y los fraudes que se esconden detrás del mundo científico. Este audiolibro está narrado en castellano. - Alberto Granados es periodista y escritor. Estudió Química en el Instituto Politécnico y Locución en una academia. Ha estudiado también sobre PNL y se ha especializado en Inteligencia Emocional. Ha trabajado durante más de veinte años en la radio como locutor en emisoras como Cadena Ser, Europa FM o Onda Cero. Además de su labor como periodista, ha escrito varios libros sobre divulgación, leyendas, fenómenos paranormales y de novelas de narrativa.

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Title: The Evolutionary Edge: A BBC Radio 4 nature series

Author: Lucy Cooke

Narrator: Lucy Cooke

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 3 hours 41 minutes

Release date: May 5, 2022

Genres: Animals & Nature

Publisher's Summary:

Lucy Cooke examines the survival strategies adopted by animals to gain an evolutionary advantage Award-winning broadcaster, bestselling author and zoologist Lucy Cooke has produced and presented numerous natural history shows on TV and radio, and has been tipped by The Times as 'the next David Attenborough'. In this BBC Radio 4 series, first broadcast under the title The Power Of..., she delves into the animal kingdom, exploring what gives certain species the evolutionary edge over their rivals. Over the course of 8 episodes, she probes the science behind our seeming obsession with all things cute; unleashes her inner sloth to discover the surprising benefits of being slow; learns that honesty isn't always the best policy, whether you're a chimp, a squid or even a human being; and finds out why being small can give you step up on the evolutionary ladder. She also investigates the animal communities that thrive on co-operation and peaceful behaviour, and considers why it works for them; looks at the power of celibacy and meets nature's ultimate self-cloning sisters; discovers how some species make a success out of going solo; and asks why it can pay to stir once the sun goes down - and whether future survival for many diurnal animals may depend on a nightlife. Production credits Presented by Lucy Cooke Produced by Alexandra Feachem, Beth Eastwood and Adrian Washbourne First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 on the following dates: The Power of Cute 17 May 2016 The Power of Sloth 26 December 2017 Power of Deceit 6 August 2019 Power of Petite 13 August 2019 Power of Peace 20 August 2019 The Power of Celibacy 4 January 2021 The Power of One 11 January 2021 The Power of Night 18 January 2021 © 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd.

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Title: Fresh Banana Leaves: Healing Indigenous Landscapes through Indigenous Science

Author: Jessica Hernandez

Narrator: Stacy Gonzalez

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 35 minutes

Release date: May 3, 2022

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1

Genres: Animals & Nature

Publisher's Summary:

A 2022 Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist in Science & Technology An Indigenous environmental scientist breaks down why western conservationism isn't working--and offers Indigenous models informed by case studies, personal stories, and family histories that center the voices of Latin American women and land protectors. Despite the undeniable fact that Indigenous communities are among the most affected by climate devastation, Indigenous science is nowhere to be found in mainstream environmental policy or discourse. And while holistic land, water, and forest management practices born from millennia of Indigenous knowledge systems have much to teach all of us, Indigenous science has long been ignored, otherized, or perceived as 'soft'--the product of a systematic, centuries-long campaign of racism, colonialism, extractive capitalism, and delegitimization. Here, Jessica Hernandez--Maya Ch'orti' and Zapotec environmental scientist and founder of environmental agency Piña Soul--introduces and contextualizes Indigenous environmental knowledge and proposes a vision of land stewardship that heals rather than displaces, that generates rather than destroys. She breaks down the failures of western-defined conservatism and shares alternatives, citing the restoration work of urban Indigenous people in Seattle; her family's fight against ecoterrorism in Latin America; and holistic land management approaches of Indigenous groups across the continent. Through case studies, historical overviews, and stories that center the voices and lived experiences of Indigenous Latin American women and land protectors, Hernandez makes the case that if we're to recover the health of our planet--for everyone--we need to stop the eco-colonialism ravaging Indigenous lands and restore our relationship with Earth to one of harmony and respect.

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Title: Landscapes of Loss: The Story of an Indian Drought

Author: Kavitha Iyer

Narrator: Shivani Vakil Savant

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 9 hours 44 minutes

Release date: April 27, 2022

Genres: Animals & Nature

Publisher's Summary:

WINNER OF THE TATA LITERATURE LIVE FIRST BOOK AWARD (NON-FICTION) 2021 Maharashtra, India's richest state by GDP, has its eyes set on becoming the country's first trillion-dollar economy by 2025. At the same time, Marathwada -- a historically backward part of the state adjoining the distressed Vidarbha region -- has seen a surge in farmer suicides. At the heart of the crisis is a cyclical drought that has persisted for almost a decade. Relief packages and loan waivers have not reversed the trend. On the contrary, the stories of dystopia grow more tragic every year as thousands of farmer families flee to the big cities, while those who stay back are plagued by bad credit and crop loss. Landscapes of Loss tells the story of Marathwada through the accounts of its people: marginal farmers, Dalits, landless labourers, farm widows and children. It lays bare the complex factors that have brought the region to this pass -- a story representative, in many ways, of the agrarian unrest in large parts of rural India.

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Title: Into the Inferno: A Photographer’s Journey through California’s Megafires and Fallout

Author: Stuart Palley

Narrator: Stuart Palley

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 7 hours 43 minutes

Release date: April 26, 2022

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1

Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1

Genres: Animals & Nature

Publisher's Summary:

In the tradition of Young Men and Fire and Fire on the Mountain, Stuart Palley’s memoir Into the Inferno documents eight years of devastating wildfire in California, showing how fire can transform a landscape as well as a soul … For nearly a decade, Palley has been on the front line of fire. He has witnessed homeowners on the worst day of their lives. He’s seen puddles of aluminum where cars were once parked. He’s watched as 150-foot walls of flame cascaded down mountainsides and crashed into the Pacific Ocean. And he’s captured, time and again, the tireless commitment of firefighters as they work to save lives and homes, in terrain where fire always seems to have the upper hand. In this memoir, Palley recalls how he went from learning to be safe on the fire line to a fire-savvy documentarian of wildfire and climate change. He covers some of California’s largest, most destructive, and deadliest fires between 2012 and 2020, lugging his gear from the Wine Country Fire Siege to the Thomas Fire and ultimately to the Woolsey Fire in Malibu. And he shows how, in a relatively short span of time, fire season in California has grown into a perpetual crisis, requiring billions of dollars and thousands of firefighters each year. Ultimately, the experiences, the voices, and the science shared in the memoir form an urgent call for climate action. Into the Inferno stands alongside Palley’s photography to show just what kind of environmental tragedy we can expect if we do nothing.