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The Big Year - Abridged
By: Mark Obmascik
Narrated by: Oliver Wyman
Length: 6 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: Yes
A classic in the making -- an account of the biggest year in birdwatching history.
In the USA, some 50 million people lay claim to being bird-watchers or โbirders,โ spending billions of dollars on birding-related travel and membership fees every year. A select, and utterly obsessed, few compete in one of the worldโs quirkiest contests -- the race... Read more
Spiritual Revolution in Business
By: Paul Dolan
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Paul Dolan is a fourth-generation winemaker, former president of the well-known Fetzer Vineyards, and instrumental in introducing American wine lovers to the diverse varieties of wines that now enjoy broad popularity. He launched the organic wine industry in California and around the world. The simple techniques he discovered have opened the... Read more
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Of Whales and Belly Flowers, Rebirth and Hope
By: Robin Kobaly & Doug Thompson
Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms
Length: 58 minutes
Abridged: No
Masculine and feminine, earth and sea, forest and desert, nature and nurtureโฆthe balance of life shows up beautifully and metaphorically in the relationship and the work of Robin Kobaly and Doug Thompson. She is one of the nation's foremost experts on native desert plants; he is a leader in experiential research with marine mammals. Read more
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The Map That Changed the World
By: Simon Winchester
Narrated by: Simon Winchester
Length: 9 hours 59 minutes
Abridged: No
From the author of the bestsellingย The Professor and the Madmanย comes the fascinating story of William Smith, the orphaned son of an English country blacksmith, who became obsessed with creating the world's first geological map and ultimately became the father of modern geology.In 1793 William Smith, a canal digger, made a startling discovery... Read more
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Krakatoa
By: Simon Winchester
Narrated by: Simon Winchester
Length: 12 hours 1 minute
Abridged: No
The bestselling author ofย The Professor and the Madmanย andย The Map That Changed the Worldย examines the enduring and world-changing effects of the catastrophic eruption off the coast of Java of the earth's most dangerous volcano -- Krakatoa.The legendary annihilation in 1883 of the volcano-island of Krakatoa -- the name has since become a byword... Read more
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The Science and Mysticism of Water
By: West Marrin
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
In an age where we see water as a commodity to be bought and sold, and we attempt to control it in the hope that it will serve our immediate needs, West Marrin invites us to reexamine our relationship to this substance, which the ancients viewed as a sentient being. Read more
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Cultural Nonviolence
By: Satish Kumar
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
In the spirit of Gandhi, Martin Luther King, and Jesus, Satish Kumar brings a gentle wisdom to the difficult questions that must be answered if we are to end the pattern of destruction that threatens our world today. His simple, yet comprehensive perspective addresses the violence that is pervasive in human society and, amazingly, offers... Read more
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The Big Year
By: Mark Obmascik
Narrated by: Del Roy
Length: 9 hours 53 minutes
Abridged: No
A classic in the making -- an account of the biggest year in birdwatching history.
In the USA, some 50 million people lay claim to being bird-watchers or โbirders,โ spending billions of dollars on birding-related travel and membership fees every year. A select, and utterly obsessed, few compete in one of the worldโs quirkiest contests -- the race... Read more
One Water, One Air, One Mother Earth
By: Corbin Harney
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Come and sit with this wise and gentle-spoken Western Shoshone elder and spiritual leader. You'll hear stories of his childhood in a white man's world, and teachings he learned from his grandmother. In the measured words of a wise man, he explains the hazards we face in a nuclear world, and how we can live respectfully on this one mother earth. Read more
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The Soul of A Dolphin
By: Brenda Peterson
Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
If you have an animal so advanced that being around them creates a kind of bliss in us, instead of enslaving that animal, why not just borrow their beautiful, free sounds? Brenda Peterson is a gifted nature writer who has spent her life observing and interacting with animals in profound ways. Read more
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Coal
By: Barbara Freese
Narrated by: Shelly Frasier
Length: 7 hours 28 minutes
Abridged: No
The fascinating, often surprising story of how a simple black rock has altered the course of history. Prized as "the best stone in Britain" by Roman invaders who carved jewelry out of it, coal has transformed societies, powered navies, fueled economies, and expanded frontiers. It made China a twelfth-century superpower, inspired the writing of... Read more
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Living Organic
By: Nell Newman
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
From food for pets to investment alternatives, Newman describes how simple choices lead to big results.ย "Supporting sustainable agriculture, supporting family farms, and being able to donate the profits to charity are all extremely gratifying."ย We all can share in the gratification by following Newman's lead. Read more
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A Short History of Nearly Everything - Abridged
By: Bill Bryson
Narrated by: Bill Bryson
Length: 5 hours 47 minutes
Abridged: Yes
One of the worldโs most beloved and bestselling writers takes his ultimate journey -- into the most intriguing and intractable questions that science seeks to answer.
In A Walk in the Woods, Bill Bryson trekked the Appalachian Trail -- well, most of it. In In A Sunburned Country, he confronted some of the most lethal wildlife Australia has to... Read more
The Seashell on the Mountaintop
By: Alan Cutler
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
Length: 5 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
How could a seashell get into a rock? And how could that rock get to the top of a mountain? The "seashell question" plagues 17th century thinkers who fervently believed the planet was young and the human race supreme. Read more
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The Voice of the Poet: Richard Wilbur
By: Richard Wilbur
Narrated by: Richard Wilbur
Length: 1 hour 3 minutes
Abridged: No
A remarkable series of audiobooks, featuring distinguished twentieth-century American poets reading from their own work. A first in audiobook publishing--a series that uses the written word to enhance the listening experience--poetry to be read as well as heard. Each audiobook includes rare archival recordings and a book with the text of the... Read more
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All Things Bright and Beautiful
By: James Herriot
Narrated by: Christopher Timothy
Length: 13 hours 23 minutes
Abridged: No
The basis for the PBS Masterpiece series and the second volume in the multimillion copy bestselling series.
Millions of readers have delighted in the wonderful storytelling and everyday miracles of James Herriot in the fifty years since his animal stories were first introduced to the world.
All Things Bright and Beautiful is the beloved sequel to... Read more
All Things Wise and Wonderful
By: James Herriot
Narrated by: Christopher Timothy
Length: 15 hours 14 minutes
Abridged: No
Readers adore James Herriot's tales of his life as a Yorkshire animal doctor in All Creatures Great and Small and All Things Bright and Beautiful.
Now here's a third delightful volume of memoirs rich with Herriot's own brand of humor, insight, and wisdom, and the basis for the PBS Masterpiece drama.
In the midst of World War II, James is training... Read more
The Lord God Made Them All
By: James Herriot
Narrated by: Christopher Timothy
Length: 11 hours 29 minutes
Abridged: No
Now available as an audio book for the first time, The Lord God Made Them All is the bestselling sequel to All Things Wise and Wonderful and the fourth volume in James Herriot's classic collections of animal stories--the basis for the PBS Masterpiece television series, All Creatures Great and Small.
In this repackaged volume, after serving in the... Read more
All Creatures Great and Small
By: James Herriot
Narrated by: Christopher Timothy
Length: 15 hours 39 minutes
Abridged: No
The classic multimillion copy bestseller
Delve into the magical, unforgettable world of James Herriot, the world's most beloved veterinarian, and his menagerie of heartwarming, funny, and tragic animal patients.
When this book was first published, it was merely a simple volume of memoirs by an unknown Scottish veterinarian. But within a year,... Read more
Every Living Thing
By: James Herriot
Narrated by: Christopher Timothy
Length: 11 hours 8 minutes
Abridged: No
A perfect gift for anyone who loves animals, this fifth and final installment in James Herriot's heartwarming collection, the basis for the All Creatures Great and Small television series.
Every Living Thing: The Warm and Joyful Memoirs of the World's Most Beloved Animal Doctor brings back familiar friends (including old favorites such as Tricki... Read more
The Orchid Thief
By: Susan Orlean
Narrated by: Jennifer Jay Myers
Length: 8 hours 44 minutes
Abridged: No
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER โข A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK
In Susan Orlean's mesmerizing true story of beauty and obsession is John Laroche, a renegade plant dealer and sharply handsome guy, in spite of the fact that he is missing his front teeth and has the posture of al dente spaghetti. In 1994, Laroche and three Seminole Indians were arrested... Read more
An Ethiopian Heroine's Story
By: Bogaletch Gebre
Narrated by: Neil Harvey
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
In this program, Gebre tells the story of her heroic journey from behind the patrician to a Fulbright scholarship, to a triumphant return home to Ethiopia where the lives of girls and women will never be the same. Read more
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The Lost Dinosaurs of Egypt - Abridged
By: Josh Smith & William Nothdurft
Narrated by: Michael C. Hall
Length: 5 hours 58 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The date is January 11, 1911. A young German paleontologist, accompanied only by a guide, a cook, four camels, and a couple of camel drivers, reaches the lip of the vast Bahariya Depression after a long trek across the bleak plateau of the western desert of Egypt. The scientist, Ernst Freiherr Stromer von Reichenbach, hopes to find fossil... Read more
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Last Train to Paradise - Abridged
By: Les Standiford
Narrated by: Richmond Hoxie
Length: 6 hours 18 minutes
Abridged: Yes
The fast-paced and gripping true account of the extraordinary construction and spectacular demise of the Key West Railroadโone of the greatest engineering feats ever undertaken, destroyed in one fell swoop by the strongest storm ever to hit U.S. shores.
In 1904, the brilliant and driven entrepreneur Henry Flagler, partner to John D.... Read more