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Title: My Left Ribs

Author: Bedly Alcide

Narrator: Cathy Schrecongost

Format: Unabridged

Length: 1 hr and 21 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-04-17

Publisher: SMH Publishing

Genres: Science & Technology, Biology

Publisher's Summary:

Th rib are a veritable lltin f bn, mul, and rgn, mt f whih are firl imrtnt for living and other uful funtin. Consequently, in frm th rib g tends t u lrm, ill if it m n suddenly. Hwvr, in can mean diffrnt things dnding on ltin nd thr itd mtm. Pin undr th lft rib g, for instance, n mn anything frm a ruturd ln t nding t hv a good fart.

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Title: Bowland Beth

Subtitle: The Life of an English Hen Harrier

Author: David Cobham

Narrator: Dugald Bruce-Lockhart

Format: Unabridged

Length: 3 hrs and 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-10-17

Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Limited

Genres: Science & Technology, Biology

Publisher's Summary:

The story of the short life and tragic death of Bowland Beth - an English hen harrier - which dramatically highlights the major issues in UK conservation.

'The sun was blood red as it broke the horizon and lit the communal roost where the female hen harrier had spent the night. She watched the other harriers as they left to go foraging for food out on the moor. She didn't join them, for she had felt a quickening in her body, an urge to move to Mallowdale Pike, a rocky crag from where she had fledged nine months ago. After preening, she lifted off from the roost and soared up over the fell.'

David Cobham enters Beth's world to show what being a hen harrier today is like. He immerses himself not only in the day-to-day regimen of her life, the hours of hunting, bathing, keeping her plumage in order and roosting, but also the fear of living in an environment run to provide packs of driven grouse for a few wealthy sportsmen to shoot.

The hen harrier is seen as a totemic species in the battle between the conservationists and ruralists, and, as one of the key players in this emotive debate, David Cobham is uniquely placed to reflect on Beth's story. In this powerful narrative, he provides us with a profound tale which helps to illuminate the larger implications of the species' decline, highlighting the urgent need for conservation efforts to reverse this.

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Title: Origins of Humans

Author: IntroBooks

Narrator: Andrea Giordani

Format: Unabridged

Length: 41 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-19-17

Publisher: IntroBooks

Genres: Science & Technology, Biology

Publisher's Summary:

Human evolution can be considered to be a lengthy procedure of several transformations in which the people originated from ape-like ancestors. There is scientific evidence that reveals that the behavioral and the physical traits that are shared by all the organisms have originated from the ape-like ancestors. They have evolved across lengthy periods of approximately six million years.

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Title: Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot: Astronomers Discover a Giant Planet Hotter Than Most Stars

Author: Leslie Nemo

Narrator: Jef Holbrook

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-19-17

Publisher: Scientific American

Genres: Science & Technology, Magazine & Radio

Publisher's Summary:

After a decade of searching and verification, a research team revealed a new exoplanet, and you could say its coming in hot. The orb is the hottest giant exoplanet ever found, according to a study published today in Nature. KELT-9b intrigues astronomers not just because of the unusual chemistry the heat is bound to create in its atmosphere, but also because of the opportunities it offers for more in-depth studies.

"Feeling Hot, Hot, Hot: Astronomers Discover a Giant Planet Hotter Than Most Stars" is from scientificamerican.com, published on June 5, 2017.

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Title: Is the Baby in Pain? Brain Scans Can Tell

Author: Moheb Costandi

Narrator: Jef Holbrook

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-22-17

Publisher: Scientific American

Genres: Science & Technology, Magazine & Radio

Publisher's Summary:

Pain in infants is heartbreaking for new parents, and extremely difficult to treat effectivelyif at all. Every year an estimated 15 million babies are born prematurely, most of whom will then undergo numerous lifesaving but painful procedures, such as heel pricking or insertion of a thin tube known as a cannula to deliver fluids or medicine. Preterm babies in the intensive care unit are subjected to an average of 11 such skin-breaking procedures per day, but analgesia is only used just over one third of the time.

"Is the Baby in Pain? Brain Scans Can Tell" is from scientificamerican.com, published on May 4, 2017.

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Title: 13 Reasons Why and Suicide Contagion

Author: Patrick Devitt

Narrator: Jef Holbrook

Format: Unabridged

Length: 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-22-17

Publisher: Scientific American

Genres: Science & Technology, Magazine & Radio

Publisher's Summary:

The Netflix series 13 Reasons Why has caused a furor. In the show, a high school student who has died by suicide has left 13 tapes, one for each person she believes has contributed in some way to her eventual decision. Each episode relates to an individual tape. The penultimate episode depicts the suicide in a gruesome manner. Some say the series is an accurate and sensitive portrayal of the inner angst of an individual that will help enlighten us as to the motivations behind suicidal behavior and suicide itself. Such an openness can only be good and may be helpful to others in similar predicaments. Critics, though, have worried that it may glamorize suicide or normalize it as a legitimate option when dealing with interpersonal predicamentsleading to more suicides.

"13 Reasons Why and Suicide Contagion" is from scientificamerican.com, published on May 8, 2017.

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Title: The Running Hare

Subtitle: The Secret Life of Farmland

Author: John Lewis-Stempel

Narrator: Bernard Hill

Format: Unabridged

Length: 7 hrs and 35 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-11-17

Publisher: Random House Audiobooks

Genres: Science & Technology, Biology

Publisher's Summary:

The Sunday Times best seller. Winner of the Thwaites Wainwright Prize 2015. BBC Radio 4's 'Book of the Week'.

Traditional ploughland is disappearing. Seven cornfield flowers have become extinct in the last 20 years. Once abundant, the corn bunting and the lapwing are on the Red List. The corncrake is all but extinct in England. And the hare is running for its life.

Written in exquisite prose, The Running Hare tells the story of the wild animals and plants that live in and under our ploughland, from the labouring microbes to the patrolling kestrel above the corn, from the linnet pecking at seeds to the seven-spot ladybird that eats the aphids that eat the crop. It recalls an era before open-roofed factories and silent, empty fields, recording the ongoing destruction of the unique, fragile, glorious ploughland that exists just down the village lane.

But it is also the story of ploughland through the eyes of man who took on a field and husbanded it in a natural, traditional way, restoring its fertility and wildlife, bringing back the old farmland flowers and animals. John Lewis-Stempel demonstrates that it is still possible to create a place where the hare can rest safe.

Members Reviews:

controversial

loved it. quite controversial but enjoyable

would thoroughly recommend if interested in wildlife or nature

The countryside alive again

This visionary book gives hope to all of us who love the natural world. It is special because it is not a town dwellers unrealistic vision. It is the vision of a farmer and a countryman through and through.

Not really for kids but an enjoyable adventure.

My son and I enjoyed listening to this book. He is only 9 so there were a few cringe worthy moments when swear words were used. Very posh words used which I've never heard in my life but the gist of it was understood. Definitely a good listen if you want to pick up new vocab. And makes you think about the impact we have on wildlife.

Love John's books. Bernard Hill is great too.

Beautifully written and full of things I didn't know. Bernard Hill reads it much better than the Meadowland narrator. Wish he could do the rest of them.

Fragility and Resilience

Came to this after Radio 4's 'Book of the Week'. A grounding, thoroughly absorbing read/listen. Kept waiting for the next freshly turned phrase or insight. Narrator is hand-in-glove with the book. So pleased to have experienced it. Fragility and resilience sum the book/reading up for me.

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Title: How the House Mouse Tamed Itself

Author: Bethany Brookshire

Narrator: Jamie Renell

Format: Unabridged

Length: 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-03-17

Publisher: Science News

Genres: Science & Technology, Magazine & Radio

Publisher's Summary:

Got a mouse in the house? Blame yourself. Not your housekeeping, but your species. Humans never intended to live a mouse-friendly life. But as we moved into a settled life, some animals including a few unassuming mice settled in, too. In the process, their species prospered and took over the world.

"How the House Mouse Tamed Itself" is from sciencenews.com, published on April 19, 2017.

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Title: Ethical Guidelines on Lab-Grown Embryos Beg for Revamping, Scientists Say

Author: Karen Weintraub

Narrator: Jef Holbrook

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-27-17

Publisher: Scientific American

Genres: Science & Technology, Magazine & Radio

Publisher's Summary:

For nearly 40 years scientists have observed their self-imposed ban on doing research on human embryos in the lab beyond the first two weeks after fertilization. Their initial reasoning was somewhat arbitrary: 14 days is when a band of cells known as a primitive streak, which will ultimately give rise to adult tissues, forms in an embryo. It is also roughly the last time a human embryo can divide and create more than one person, and a few days before the nervous system begins to develop. But the so-called 14-day rule has held up all this time partly because scientists could not get an embryo to grow that long outside its mother's body.

"Ethical Guidelines on Lab-Grown Embryos Beg for Revamping, Scientists Say" is from scientificamerican.com, published on March 21, 2017.

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Title: Carbon Dioxide Emissions Are Flat for a Third Year Running, but the Economy Continues to Grow

Author: Jamie Condliffe

Narrator: Suzie Althens

Format: Unabridged

Length: 2 mins

Language: English

Release date: 03-22-17

Publisher: MIT Technology Review

Genres: Science & Technology, Magazine & Radio

Publisher's Summary:

Further proof that economic growth doesnt require an increase in greenhouse gases.

"Carbon Dioxide Emissions Are Flat for a Third Year Running, but the Economy Continues to Grow" is from technologyreview.com, published on March 17, 2017.