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Title: The January Man: a year of walking Britain

Author: Christopher Somerville

Narrator: Christopher Somerville

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 8 hours 59 minutes

Release date: January 12, 2017

Genres: Animals & Nature

Publisher's Summary:

Random House presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of The January Man by Christopher Somerville, read by Christopher Somerville. In January 2006, a month or two after my father died, I thought I saw him again – a momentary impression of an old man, a little stooped, setting off for a walk in his characteristic fawn corduroys and shabby quilted jacket. After teenage rifts it was walking that brought us closer as father and son; and this ‘ghost’ of Dad has been walking at my elbow since his death, as I have ruminated on his great love of walking, his prodigious need to do it – and how and why I walk myself. The January Man is the story of a year of walks that was inspired by a song, Dave Goulder’s ‘The January Man’. Month by month, season by season and region by region, Christopher Somerville walks the British Isles, following routes that continually bring his father to mind. As he travels the country – from the winter floodlands of the River Severn to the lambing pastures of Nidderdale, the towering seabird cliffs on the Shetland Isle of Foula in June and the ancient oaks of Sherwood Forest in autumn – he describes the history, wildlife, landscapes and people he encounters, down back lanes and old paths, in rain and fair weather. This exquisitely written account of the British countryside not only inspires us to don our boots and explore the 140,000 miles of footpaths across the British Isles, but also illustrates how, on long-distance walks, we can come to an understanding of ourselves and our fellow walkers. Over the hills and along the byways, Christopher Somerville examines what moulded the men of his father’s generation – so reticent about their wartime experiences, so self-effacing, upright and dutiful – as he searches for ‘the man inside the man’ that his own father really was.

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Title: ABC of Vegetable Gardening

Author: Eben Eugene Rexford

Narrator: Bill Boerst

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 2 hours 8 minutes

Release date: January 9, 2017

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.81 of Total 27

Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 8

Genres: Animals & Nature

Publisher's Summary:

This how-to book includes chapters on getting ready, mapping the garden, planting, seeds, early work, house plants, fruits, hot beds and cold frames, and small gardens. There is even a chapter "expressly for women." - Summary by Bill Boerst

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Title: Apis Mellifica

Author: C. W. Wolf

Narrator: Marie Daum

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 2 hours 12 minutes

Release date: January 9, 2017

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3 of Total 2

Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 2

Genres: Animals & Nature

Publisher's Summary:

Wolf's essay considers the homeopathic medicine Apis Mellifica, or the poison of the honey bee, as a therapeutic agent based on his experience as a practicing physician. (Summary by Marie Daum)

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Title: Blacky the Crow

Author: Thornton W. Burgess

Narrator: Jude Somers

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 2 hours 11 minutes

Release date: January 9, 2017

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4.25 of Total 40

Ratings of Narrator: 4.75 of Total 16

Genres: Animals & Nature

Publisher's Summary:

Blacky the Crow is a clever rascal who lives in the Green Forest and Meadow. He loves to play tricks on the other little people who are his neighbours, and is curious about Farmer Brown’s Boy. Blacky is always thinking about what is right and what is wrong, but he still gets into all kinds of mischief. - Summary by Jude Somers

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Title: The National Geographic Magazine Vol. 07 - January 1896

Author: Various Authors

Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 2 hours 16 minutes

Release date: January 8, 2017

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1

Ratings of Narrator: 5 of Total 1

Genres: Animals & Nature

Publisher's Summary:

The National Geographic Magazine, an illustrated monthly, the January Number. It includes the Introductory by the editor, John Hyde, and the following articles: Russia in Europe, an annual address by Hon. Gardiner G. Hubbard The Arctic Cruise of the U.S. Revenue Cutter "Bear", by Sheldon Jackson The Scope and Value of Arctic Explorations, by Gen. A. W. Greely along with an obituary, geographic literature, executive reports, and North American notes.

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Title: The Woodpeckers

Author: Fannie Hardy Eckstorm

Narrator: Laura Victoria

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 2 hours 22 minutes

Release date: January 4, 2017

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2

Ratings of Narrator: 3.5 of Total 2

Genres: Animals & Nature

Publisher's Summary:

The Woodpeckers is a wonderful introduction to the world of bird study for the young naturalist, covering such topics as how he finds food, courting, how he builds his nest, the interesting ways he uses his different body parts as tools, among other topics discussed in the book. If you wish to investigate further, the online text has a few diagrams and an Appendix that contains more technical information such as detailed descriptions of the different species of North American woodpeckers which were not read as part of this audiobook. (summary by Laura Victoria)

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Title: Birds and All Nature, Vol. V, No 3 March 1899

Author: LibriVox Volunteers, Fannie Hardy Eckstorm

Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 2 hours 22 minutes

Release date: January 4, 2017

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 3.5 of Total 2

Ratings of Narrator: 3 of Total 1

Genres: Animals & Nature

Publisher's Summary:

"Birds and All Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and brief descriptions of birds, animals and other natural subjects with accompanying color plates. The magazine was published from 1897-1907 under the various titles, "Birds," "Birds and all Nature," "Nature and Art" and "Birds and Nature." - Summary by J. M. Smallheer

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Title: Birds and All Nature, Vol. V, No 1, January 1899

Author: Various Authors

Narrator: LibriVox Volunteers

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 2 hours 24 minutes

Release date: January 4, 2017

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 4 of Total 1

Ratings of Narrator: 4 of Total 1

Genres: Animals & Nature

Publisher's Summary:

"Birds and All Nature" was a monthly publication of the Nature Study Publishing Company of Chicago. It includes short poems and brief descriptions of birds, animals and other natural subjects with accompanying color plates. The magazine was published from 1897-1907 under the various titles, "Birds," "Birds and all Nature," "Nature and Art" and "Birds and Nature." Summary by J. M. Smallheer

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Title: Birds Art Life: A Year of Observation

Author: Kyo Maclear

Narrator: Laurel Lefkow

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 4 hours 50 minutes

Release date: January 3, 2017

Genres: Animals & Nature

Publisher's Summary:

A writer’s search for inspiration, beauty, and solace leads her to birds in this intimate and exuberant meditation on creativity and life—a field guide to things small and significant. When it comes to birds, Kyo Maclear isn’t seeking the exotic. Rather she discovers joy in the seasonal birds that find their way into view in city parks and harbors, along eaves and on wires. In a world that values big and fast, Maclear looks to the small, the steady, the slow accumulations of knowledge, and the lulls that leave room for contemplation. A distilled, crystal-like companion to H is for Hawk, Birds Art Life celebrates the particular madness of chasing after birds in the urban environment and explores what happens when the core lessons of birding are applied to other aspects of art and life. Moving with ease between the granular and the grand, peering into the inner landscape as much as the outer one, this is a deeply personal year-long inquiry into big themes: love, waiting, regrets, endings. If Birds Art Life was sprung from Maclear’s sense of disconnection, her passions faltering under the strain of daily existence, this book is ultimately about the value of reconnection—and how the act of seeking engagement and beauty in small ways can lead us to discover our most satisfying and meaningful lives.

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Title: The Story of Scraggles

Author: George Wharton James

Narrator: Tom Weiss

Format: Unabridged Audiobook

Length: 1 hour 8 minutes

Release date: January 1, 2017

Ratings: Ratings of Book: 5 of Total 1

Genres: Animals & Nature

Publisher's Summary:

"I was only a little baby song-sparrow, and from the moment I came out of my shell everybody knew there was something the matter with me." So starts the short story of Scraggles, a young sparrow who came to be rescued and nurtured by a human family, as told in Scraggles "own words". Listeners are forewarned the ending chapters of Scraggles may be disturbing to some of our younger listeners. A special note from the Reader - if you would like to see the pictures of Scraggles that are mentioned in the book, please visit the Project Gutenberg link for the text. (Summary by Tom Weiss)