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Deep Ecology for the 21st Century, Part 2: The Natural Wonder: An Ecocentric World View
By: Edward Abbey, Paul Shepard, Bill Mollison, Case...
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
This program is a powerful sampling of information and issues from Edward Abbey, Paul Shepard, and several other environmentalists and scientists, all talking about why and how we can shift our priorities to care for all life on the planet. Read more
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Living Systems
By: Fritjof Capra, Ph.D.
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
At the heart of understanding living systems is the knowledge that everything is interconnected and interrelated. Out of this awareness comes the greatest challenge of our times - creating sustainable communities. Capra describes what he means when he suggests that we must shift from linear thinking to systems thinking. Read more
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Next of Kin - Abridged
By: Roger Fouts
Narrated by: Roger Fouts
Length: 4 hours 32 minutes
Abridged: Yes
Roger Fouts fulfilled humankind's age-old dream of talking to animals by pioneering communication with chimpanzees through sign language. Now, in Next of Kin, Fouts tells the dramatic story of his odyssey from novice researcher to celebrity scientist and caretaker of a family of chimpanzees, to his impassioned awakening as a crusader for the... Read more
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The Journey Of A Lifetime
By: Colin Fletcher
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 56 minutes
Abridged: No
The late Colin Fletcher decided at the age of 67 to make a foot and raft expedition, some 1700 miles, down the full length of the fabled Colorado River--alone.ย Pursuing an idea that came to him in the shower, Fletcher commenced the six-month river trip from the Wyoming Rockies to Mexico's Gulf of California, having never even been in a raft... Read more
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Bringing Spirit Into the World
By: Alice Walker
Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms & Michael Toms
Length: 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Something was lost, says Alice Walker, when we took to heart traditional religious stories in which God is separate from nature. And something precious is regained when we honor our intrinsic sense of awe and worship toward nature, and our deep desire for connection with both nature and our human community. Walker calls for more humane... Read more
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The Poetry of Robert Frost
By: Robert Frost
Narrated by: Kevin McCarthy, Melissa Manchester, Elliott Gou...
Length: 1 hour 40 minutes
Abridged: No
Drawing upon everyday incidents, common situations, and rural imagery, Robert Frost fashioned poetry of great lyrical beauty and potent symbolism. His language is simple, clear, and colloquial, yet dense with meaning and wider significance. This brilliant collection features some of Frost's greatest works, including "The Road Not Taken," "Asking... Read more
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And the Waters Turned to Blood - Abridged
By: Rodney Barker
Narrated by: Boyd Gaines
Length: TBA
Abridged: Yes
In this account, Rodney Barker tells the full and terrifying story of a microorganism popping up along the Eastern seaboardโfar closer to home than the Ebola virus and equally frightening. In the coastal waters of North Carolinaโand now extending as far north as the Chesapeake Bay areaโa mysterious and deadly aquatic organism named Pfiesteria... Read more
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The Naturalists
By: Diane Ackerman, Gerald Lordhal, Sharon Matola, ...
Narrated by: Diane Ackerman
Length: 1 hour 13 minutes
Abridged: No
This collection of nine performance pieces reflects the inspirational words of Margaret Mead, who said, "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful individuals can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." Together, these performances memorialize the diversity, beauty, and fragility of our planet. Poet Terry Tempest... Read more
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Saving The World, Saving Ourselves
By: Thomas Berry, C.P., Ph.D.
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
We have discovered that the universe is dynamically alive and interconnected, and the implications are profound. Berry speaks of a vision of a restorative, creative relationship with the natural world. He is a deep believer that recognizing our connection to the natural world is imperative to our healing of our global environmental crisis. Read more
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Everyday Miracles
By: Rupert Sheldrake, Ph.D.
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 54 minutes
Abridged: No
Have you wondered how your cat or dog seems to know when you're coming home? Sheldrake, one of the most innovative scientists of our time, believes that all self-organizing systems (including human society) have invisible fields within and around them which shape and mold their development. He calls them, โmorphic fieldsโ and gives ideas for... Read more
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Full House
By: Stephen Gould
Narrated by: Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Length: 7 hours 26 minutes
Abridged: No
Few would question that humankind is the crowning achievement of evolutionโthat history yields progress over time from the primitive and simple to the more advanced and complexโor that identifying an existing trend can be helpful in making important life decisions. We have always identified trends as bad or good. But Stephen Jay Gould argues... Read more
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Caught Me A Big'Un...And then I Let Him Go! - Abridged
By: Jimmy Houston
Narrated by: Jimmy Houston
Length: 1 hour 30 minutes
Abridged: Yes
One of the best-known, most-loved TV fishing personalities, Jimmy Houston has become a bass legend. Two-time winner of the B.A.S.S. Angler of the Year award, Jimmy now brings you A of the wonderful, entertaining, and instructive stories he's gathered over the years....
CAUGHT ME A BIG 'UN...
and then I let him go!
Anyone who loves fishing -- on... Read more
Miracles in Permaculture
By: Bill Mollison
Narrated by: Neil Harvey
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
We hate to be reminded of the dangerous degradation of our air, water and soil quality because it is so widespread and seems so hopeless. Mollison, one of the originators of permaculture, tells us how to make land and water healthy and supportive of human and countless other forms of life. Read more
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Dinosaur in a Haystack
By: Stephen Gould
Narrated by: Meredith MacRae & Efrem Zimbalist Jr.
Length: 18 hours 15 minutes
Abridged: No
For more than twenty-five years, paleontologist Stephen Jay Gould wrote a column called โThe View of Lifeโ for Natural History magazine. More than thirty entries from that column comprise this collection, which covers topics from dinosaurs to baseball and nearly everything in between related to natural history and evolution. Among the essays... Read more
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When Elephants Weep - Abridged
By: Jeffrey Masson & Susan McCarthy
Narrated by: David Ackroyd
Length: 3 hours 5 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In the late 19th century, Charles Darwin was sure that humans and animals showed emotion through remarkably similar behaviors, noting, "The Indian elephant is said sometimes to weep." For over 100 years, animal lovers have known that their dogs, cats, and other pets have complex emotional lives. When Elephants Weep is the first book since... Read more
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Wild Heart: The Politics Of Place
By: Terry Tempest Williams
Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms
Length: 55 minutes
Abridged: No
Environmental politics becomes a matter of sensual passion rather than political correctness in this rich, colorful mosaic of thoughts on wildness, landscape, animals, and humans. It sparkles with gems of insight mined from Williams' own profound sense of belonging in nature and includes the voice of the late Edward Abbey, maverick... Read more
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The Medicine Way of Life
By: Hyemeyohsts Storm & Swan Storm
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
This is Hyemeyosts Storm's very personal story of overcoming drunken violence, spiritual ignorance and lack of self-respect. He describes the difficult but life-changing lessons he learned from his spiritual teachers about how to relate to self and the world, and asks us to discover first-hand for ourselves and our children what it means to be... Read more
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Reclaiming Native Culture
By: Winona Laduke
Narrated by: Michael Toms & Justine Willis Toms
Length: 56 minutes
Abridged: No
Passionate, outspoken, and articulate, Winona LaDuke is an internationally known activist for indigenous rights and environmental and women's issues. All over the world, she observes, colonialism is encroaching upon natural ecosystems and the people who have lived in them for many centuries--but destroying land and cultures is not a sustainable... Read more
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Sanity Through Ecopsychology
By: Theodore Roszak, Ph.D.
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Roszak calls for "a new psychology that sees us as part of an evolving universe." This requires learning from more natural and ancient modes of integrating the person and habitat, and developing a respect for primal mental processes such as those of children. "Let's keep the kids as sane as they were born," he says. Read more
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Communication and Healing With Animals
By: Linda Tellington-Jones
Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms
Length: 58 minutes
Abridged: No
Have a favorite animal in your life? Want to relate to animals in a different way? Linda Tellington-Jones opens our eyes to an innovative, effective method of improving our animals' health and temperament, and of experiencing the deep joy of communicating with another species. Read more
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The Meaning of Refuge
By: Terry Tempest Williams
Narrated by: Justine Willis Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Williams connects two catastrophic events: living downwind of atomic nuclear testing in the deserts of Utah and the record breaking flooding of the Great Salt Lake. These events have deeply affected her sense of the need for refuge. She poetically conveys to us her personal perspectives on grief, love, and the spirituality of nature, lake and... Read more
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The Dream of the Earth - Abridged
By: Thomas Berry
Narrated by: Thomas Berry
Length: 2 hours 52 minutes
Abridged: Yes
This landmark workโ a foundational volume in the ecological canonโ points to a necessary transformation of consciousness if mankind and the planet are to survive. Drawing upon the wisdom of the world's greatest thinkers, Thomas Berry forges a balanced, deeply felt declaration of planetary independence from the... Read more
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Bulow Hammock - Abridged
By: David Wallace
Narrated by: Edward Herrmann
Length: 2 hours 36 minutes
Abridged: Yes
In Florida, there exists a very special ecosystem where sub-tropical and north-temperate vegetation meetโ Bulow Hammock. Saved by conservationists, it is one of the last stands of forest on the East Coast. This hardwood grove in Florida's open marshes and pine wood is now a State Park where complex life thrives. In the tradition of... Read more
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Images of Tibet
By: Galen Rowell
Narrated by: Michael Toms
Length: 57 minutes
Abridged: No
Adventurer, award-winning photographer and collaborator with the Dalai Lama on the book My Tibet (University of California Press 1990), Galen Rowell speaks of the environmental and cultural devastation brought upon Tibet by Communist Chinese occupation. He shares his adventures in mountaineering, and what is needed for true nature conservation. Read more
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