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Tree Story

The History of the World Written in Rings

by Valerie Trouet ...

Narrated by Coleen Marlo ...

Unabridged

7 hours 59 min

Trouet, a leading tree-ring scientist, takes us out into the field, from remote African villages to radioactive Russian forests, offering readers an insider's look at tree-ring research, a discipline formally known as dendrochronology. Tracing her own professional journey while exploring dendrochronology's history and applications, Trouet describes the basics of how tell-tale tree cores are ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Trouet, a leading tree-ring scientist, takes us out into the field, from remote African villages to radioactive Russian forests, offering readers an insider's look at tree-ring research, a discipline formally known as dendrochronology. Tracing her own professional journey while exploring dendrochronology's history and applications, Trouet describes the basics of how tell-tale tree cores are
... Read more
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Braiding Sweetgrass

Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants

by Robin Wall Kimmerer ...

Narrated by Robin Wall Kimmerer ...

Unabridged

16 hours 44 min

As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science. As a Potawatomi woman, she learned from elders, family, and history that the Potawatomi, as well as a majority of other cultures indigenous to this land, consider plants and animals to be our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer ... Read more

$22.99 USD

As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science. As a Potawatomi woman, she learned from elders, family, and history that the Potawatomi, as well as a majority of other cultures indigenous to this land, consider plants and animals to be our oldest teachers. In Braiding Sweetgrass, Kimmerer
... Read more
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The Hidden Life of Trees

What They Feel, How They Communicate

by Peter Wohlleben ...

Narrated by Mike Grady ...

Unabridged

7 hours 33 min

Sunday Times Bestseller ‘A paradigm-smashing chronicle of joyous entanglement’ Charles FosterWaterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month (September)Are trees social beings? How do trees live? Do they feel pain or have awareness of their surroundings?In The Hidden Life of Trees Peter Wohlleben makes the case that the forest is a social network. He draws on groundbreaking scientific discoveries to ... Read more

$31.99 USD

Sunday Times Bestseller ‘A paradigm-smashing chronicle of joyous entanglement’ Charles FosterWaterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month (September)Are trees social beings? How do trees live? Do they feel pain or have awareness of their surroundings?In The Hidden Life of Trees Peter Wohlleben makes the case that the forest is a social network. He draws on groundbreaking scientific discoveries to
... Read more
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Gathering Moss

A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses

by Robin Wall Kimmerer ...

Narrated by Robin Wall Kimmerer ...

Unabridged

7 hours 46 min

Living at the limits of our ordinary perception, mosses are a common but largely unnoticed element of the natural world. Gathering Moss is a beautifully written mix of science and personal reflection that invites listeners to explore and learn from the elegantly simple lives of mosses.Robin Wall Kimmerer's book is not an identification guide, nor is it a scientific treatise. Rather, it is a series ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Living at the limits of our ordinary perception, mosses are a common but largely unnoticed element of the natural world. Gathering Moss is a beautifully written mix of science and personal reflection that invites listeners to explore and learn from the elegantly simple lives of mosses.Robin Wall Kimmerer's book is not an identification guide, nor is it a scientific treatise. Rather, it is a series
... Read more
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The Light Eaters

How the Unseen World of Plant Intelligence Offers a New Understanding of Life on Earth

by Zoë Schlanger ...

Narrated by Zoë Schlanger ...

Unabridged

10 hours 56 min

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn Audible Best Nonfiction Listen of 2024TIME’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2024 • A Best Book of the Year: Barnes & Noble and Publishers Weekly • An Amazon Best Nonfiction Book of the Year“A masterpiece of science writing.” –Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass“Mesmerizing, world-expandin... ... Read more

$28.99 USD

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERAn Audible Best Nonfiction Listen of 2024TIME’s 100 Must-Read Books of 2024 • A Best Book of the Year: Barnes & Noble and Publishers Weekly • An Amazon Best Nonfiction Book of the Year“A masterpiece of science writing.” –Robin Wall Kimmerer, author of Braiding Sweetgrass“Mesmerizing, world-expandin...
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Living Planet

The Web of Life on Earth

by David Attenborough ...

Narrated by David Attenborough ...

Unabridged

11 hours 33 min

The Sunday Times BestsellerA new, fully updated narrative edition of David Attenborough’s seminal biography of our world, The Living Planet.Nowhere on our planet is devoid of life. Plants and animals thrive or survive within every extreme of climate and habitat that it offers. Single species, and often whole communities adapt to make the most of ice cap and tundra, forest and plain, desert, ocean ... Read more

$27.99 USD

The Sunday Times BestsellerA new, fully updated narrative edition of David Attenborough’s seminal biography of our world, The Living Planet.Nowhere on our planet is devoid of life. Plants and animals thrive or survive within every extreme of climate and habitat that it offers. Single species, and often whole communities adapt to make the most of ice cap and tundra, forest and plain, desert, ocean
... Read more
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The Heartbeat of Trees

Embracing Our Ancient Bond with Forests and Nature

by Peter Wohlleben ...

Narrated by Mike Grady ...

Unabridged

7 hours 21 min

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREESA powerful return to the forest, where trees have heartbeats and roots are like brains that extend underground. Where the color green calms us, and the forest sharpens our senses.In The Heartbeat of Trees, renowned forester Peter Wohlleben draws on new scientific discoveries to show how humans are deeply con... ... Read more

$26.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER, THE HIDDEN LIFE OF TREESA powerful return to the forest, where trees have heartbeats and roots are like brains that extend underground. Where the color green calms us, and the forest sharpens our senses.In The Heartbeat of Trees, renowned forester Peter Wohlleben draws on new scientific discoveries to show how humans are deeply con...
... Read more
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How Flowers Made Our World

The Story of Nature's Revolutionaries

by David George Haskell ...

Narrated by David George Haskell, Cassandra Campbell ...

Unabridged

11 hours 5 min

**“A work of real passion.”—The New York Times"A seamless melding of poetry and science.”—Wall Street JournalAn exquisite exploration of the power of flowers, placing them at the center of the story of how evolution created the world we know today**We live on a floral planet, yet flowers don’t get the credit they deserve. We admire them for their aesthetics, not their power. In this examination of ... Read more

$24.00 USD

**“A work of real passion.”—The New York Times"A seamless melding of poetry and science.”—Wall Street JournalAn exquisite exploration of the power of flowers, placing them at the center of the story of how evolution created the world we know today**We live on a floral planet, yet flowers don’t get the credit they deserve. We admire them for their aesthetics, not their power. In this examination of
... Read more
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The Secret Life of Fungi

Discoveries from a Hidden World

by Aliya Whiteley ...

Narrated by Alison Larkin ...

Unabridged

3 hours 31 min

Fungi are unlike any other living thing—they’re almost magically unique. Welcome to this astonishing world …Fungi can appear anywhere, from desert dunes to frozen tundra. They can invade our bodies and live between our toes or our floorboards. They are unwelcome intruders or vastly expensive treats, and symbols of both death and eternal life. But despite their familiar presence, there’s still much ... Read more

$14.95 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Fungi are unlike any other living thing—they’re almost magically unique. Welcome to this astonishing world …Fungi can appear anywhere, from desert dunes to frozen tundra. They can invade our bodies and live between our toes or our floorboards. They are unwelcome intruders or vastly expensive treats, and symbols of both death and eternal life. But despite their familiar presence, there’s still much
... Read more
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On the Motion of Animals

by Aristotle ...

Unabridged

30 min

"On the Motion of Animals" is a scientific work by Aristotle that explores the principles of motion in living beings. In this treatise, Aristotle observes and analyzes the movements of various animals, from insects to humans, in order to understand the mechanics of motion and the physiological and psychological factors that drive it. Aristotle begins by examining the different types of motion, ... Read more

$4.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

"On the Motion of Animals" is a scientific work by Aristotle that explores the principles of motion in living beings. In this treatise, Aristotle observes and analyzes the movements of various animals, from insects to humans, in order to understand the mechanics of motion and the physiological and psychological factors that drive it. Aristotle begins by examining the different types of motion,
... Read more
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In Search of the Canary Tree

The Story of a Scientist, a Cypress, and a Changing World

by Lauren E. Oakes ...

Narrated by Ellen Archer ...

Unabridged

8 hours 27 min

The award-winning and surprisingly hopeful story of one woman's search for resiliency in a warming worldSeveral years ago, ecologist Lauren E. Oakes set out from California for Alaska's old-growth forests to hunt for a dying tree: the yellow-cedar. With climate change as the culprit, the death of this species meant loss for many Alaskans. Oakes and her research team wanted to chronicle how plants ... Read more

$24.99 USD

The award-winning and surprisingly hopeful story of one woman's search for resiliency in a warming worldSeveral years ago, ecologist Lauren E. Oakes set out from California for Alaska's old-growth forests to hunt for a dying tree: the yellow-cedar. With climate change as the culprit, the death of this species meant loss for many Alaskans. Oakes and her research team wanted to chronicle how plants
... Read more
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Die geheime Welt der Pflanzen: Was sie wahrnehmen, teilen und über das Leben auf der Erde verraten

by Maren Stock ...

Narrated by Maren Stock ...

Unabridged

2 hours 19 min

Ergründe in diesem Natur-Sachbuch die lautlose Kommunikation und das faszinierende Überleben unserer heimischen Wälder. Begleite uns auf einem erdenden akustischen Spaziergang, der deinen Blick auf jeden Stadtbaum und Balkonkübel für immer verändert. Dieses augenöffnende Hörerlebnis verwandelt das alltägliche Grün um dich herum in eine hochkomplexe, pulsierende Welt.Perfekt für entspannte Stunden ... Read more

$9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Ergründe in diesem Natur-Sachbuch die lautlose Kommunikation und das faszinierende Überleben unserer heimischen Wälder. Begleite uns auf einem erdenden akustischen Spaziergang, der deinen Blick auf jeden Stadtbaum und Balkonkübel für immer verändert. Dieses augenöffnende Hörerlebnis verwandelt das alltägliche Grün um dich herum in eine hochkomplexe, pulsierende Welt.Perfekt für entspannte Stunden
... Read more
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CORSO INTENSIVO DI BOTANICA

by Marcel Souza ...

Narrated by Voce digitale Isabella G ...

Unabridged

3 hours 28 min

Questo audiolibro è narrato da una voce digitale.Scopri il meraviglioso mondo delle piante con il Corso Intensivo di Botanica, un audiolibro pensato per chi desidera apprendere in modo chiaro e approfondito i segreti della flora. Attraverso spiegazioni dettagliate e un linguaggio accessibile, questo corso ti guiderà alla scoperta delle principali caratteristiche delle piante, della loro ... Read more

$6.00 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Questo audiolibro è narrato da una voce digitale.Scopri il meraviglioso mondo delle piante con il Corso Intensivo di Botanica, un audiolibro pensato per chi desidera apprendere in modo chiaro e approfondito i segreti della flora. Attraverso spiegazioni dettagliate e un linguaggio accessibile, questo corso ti guiderà alla scoperta delle principali caratteristiche delle piante, della loro
... Read more
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Orchard

A Year in England’s Eden

by Benedict Macdonald, Nicholas Gates ...

Narrated by Mike Grady ...

Unabridged

7 hours 31 min

By the Wainwright-Conservation-Prize-winning author of RebirdingSpend a year in an orchard, celebrating its imperilled, overlooked abundance of life.England's ancient orchards, collaborations between people and nature, are sources of hope for the future. Protecting them promises a far richer England for the centuries to come, for wildlife and for us.As the seasons turn, a wealth of animals and ... Read more

$24.99 USD

By the Wainwright-Conservation-Prize-winning author of RebirdingSpend a year in an orchard, celebrating its imperilled, overlooked abundance of life.England's ancient orchards, collaborations between people and nature, are sources of hope for the future. Protecting them promises a far richer England for the centuries to come, for wildlife and for us.As the seasons turn, a wealth of animals and
... Read more
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Life Lessons from Carl Linnaeus

The Names of Nature: How Order Helps Us See the Invisible

by Marcus Alden ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Walter Pike E ...

Series Audiobook 10 - Timeless Wisdom from Scientists and Inventors
Unabridged

39 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.When you name what matters, you begin to understand it—and yourself.Carl Linnaeus, the father of taxonomy, didn’t just catalog the natural world—he brought clarity to chaos. By developing a universal language to classify life, he helped humanity see the patterns beneath the surface and the connections we share with all living things.This book distills ... Read more

$3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.When you name what matters, you begin to understand it—and yourself.Carl Linnaeus, the father of taxonomy, didn’t just catalog the natural world—he brought clarity to chaos. By developing a universal language to classify life, he helped humanity see the patterns beneath the surface and the connections we share with all living things.This book distills
... Read more
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The Drunken Botanist

The Plants That Create the World's Great Drinks

by Amy Stewart ...

Narrated by Coleen Marlo ...

Unabridged

10 hours 17 min

Every great drink starts with a plant. Sake began with a grain of rice. Scotch emerged from barley. Gin was born from a conifer shrub when medieval physicians boiled juniper berries with wine to treat stomach pain. The Drunken Botanist uncovers the surprising botanical history and fascinating science and chemistry of over 150 plants, flowers, trees, and fruits (and even a few fungi).Some of the ... Read more

$24.99 USD

Every great drink starts with a plant. Sake began with a grain of rice. Scotch emerged from barley. Gin was born from a conifer shrub when medieval physicians boiled juniper berries with wine to treat stomach pain. The Drunken Botanist uncovers the surprising botanical history and fascinating science and chemistry of over 150 plants, flowers, trees, and fruits (and even a few fungi).Some of the
... Read more
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The Way of Coffee

From the Cup Back to the Source — and All the Way Forward Again

by omaneo ...

Narrated by AI Voice Conrad ...

Unabridged

14 hours 24 min

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. “Twelve gates, and at every one somebody decides.”A journalist follows the cup that stands on his kitchen counter every morning: into a forest in Kaffa, onto a slope beneath shade trees, into a fermentation tank, onto a drying bed, into a container, a roastery — and back again to his kitchen. What he learns on the way is not how to make coffee. It is how ... Read more

$14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. “Twelve gates, and at every one somebody decides.”A journalist follows the cup that stands on his kitchen counter every morning: into a forest in Kaffa, onto a slope beneath shade trees, into a fermentation tank, onto a drying bed, into a container, a roastery — and back again to his kitchen. What he learns on the way is not how to make coffee. It is how
... Read more
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Forest

Walking among trees

by Matt Collins ...

Narrated by Richard Hughes ...

Unabridged

5 hours 22 min

Forest celebrates the diverse ways in which trees and forests are as magnificent, economically relevant and profoundly enchanting today as they ever have been.Journeying across the continents, Matt Collins and Roo Lewis tie together both the historical context and modern-day applications of some of the world's most fascinating and iconic trees.Forest is a celebration of the diverse ways in which ... Read more

$23.99 USD

Forest celebrates the diverse ways in which trees and forests are as magnificent, economically relevant and profoundly enchanting today as they ever have been.Journeying across the continents, Matt Collins and Roo Lewis tie together both the historical context and modern-day applications of some of the world's most fascinating and iconic trees.Forest is a celebration of the diverse ways in which
... Read more
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The Cactus Hunters

Desire and Extinction in the Illicit Succulent Trade

by Jared D. Margulies ...

Narrated by Walter Dixon ...

Unabridged

11 hours 4 min

Cacti and succulents are phenomenally popular worldwide among plant enthusiasts, despite being among the world's most threatened species. The fervor driving the illegal trade in succulents might also be driving some species to extinction. Delving into the strange world of succulent collecting, The Cactus Hunters takes us to the heart of this conundrum: the mystery of how and why ardent lovers of ... Read more

$25.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Cacti and succulents are phenomenally popular worldwide among plant enthusiasts, despite being among the world's most threatened species. The fervor driving the illegal trade in succulents might also be driving some species to extinction. Delving into the strange world of succulent collecting, The Cactus Hunters takes us to the heart of this conundrum: the mystery of how and why ardent lovers of
... Read more
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Sakura

by Naoko Abe ...

Narrated by Chris Kijne, Charlotte Lap ...

Unabridged

9 hours 56 min

Toen botanicus Collingwood Ingram in 1902 Japan bezocht werd hij verliefd op de kersenbloesem, de sakura. Tijdens een bezoek ruim twintig jaar later was hij geschokt door de achteruitgang in soortendiversiteit. Een gekloonde kers domineerde het landschap en was symbool van de expansiedrift van het land. Duizenden kilometers verderop, op het landgoed van Ingram in Kent, floreerde de oorspronkelijke ... Read more

$16.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Toen botanicus Collingwood Ingram in 1902 Japan bezocht werd hij verliefd op de kersenbloesem, de sakura. Tijdens een bezoek ruim twintig jaar later was hij geschokt door de achteruitgang in soortendiversiteit. Een gekloonde kers domineerde het landschap en was symbool van de expansiedrift van het land. Duizenden kilometers verderop, op het landgoed van Ingram in Kent, floreerde de oorspronkelijke
... Read more
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Nature Underfoot

Living with Beetles, Crabgrass, Fruit Flies, and Other Tiny Life Around Us

by John Hainze ...

Narrated by Charles Constant ...

Unabridged

5 hours 44 min

An informed and heartfelt tribute to commonly unappreciated plants, insects, and other tiny creatures that reconsiders humanity's relationship to nature.Fruit flies, silverfish, dandelions, and crabgrass are the bane of many people and the target of numerous chemical and physical eradication efforts. In this compelling reassessment of the relationship between humans and the natural world, John ... Read more

$15.99 USD

An informed and heartfelt tribute to commonly unappreciated plants, insects, and other tiny creatures that reconsiders humanity's relationship to nature.Fruit flies, silverfish, dandelions, and crabgrass are the bane of many people and the target of numerous chemical and physical eradication efforts. In this compelling reassessment of the relationship between humans and the natural world, John
... Read more
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Lessons from Plants

by Beronda L. Montgomery ...

Narrated by York Whitaker ...

Unabridged

4 hours 7 min

We know that plants are important. They maintain the atmosphere by absorbing carbon dioxide and producing oxygen. They nourish other living organisms and supply psychological benefits to humans as well, improving our moods and beautifying the landscape around us. But plants don’t just passively provide. They also take action. Beronda L. Montgomery explores the vigorous, creative lives of organisms ... Read more

$24.99 USD

We know that plants are important. They maintain the atmosphere by absorbing carbon dioxide and producing oxygen. They nourish other living organisms and supply psychological benefits to humans as well, improving our moods and beautifying the landscape around us. But plants don’t just passively provide. They also take action. Beronda L. Montgomery explores the vigorous, creative lives of organisms
... Read more
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The Revolutionary Genius of Plants

A New Understanding of Plant Intelligence and Behavior

by Stefano Mancuso ...

Narrated by Gibson Frazier ...

Unabridged

4 hours 14 min

"In this thought-provoking, handsomely illustrated book, Italian neurobiologist Stefano Mancuso considers the fundamental differences between plants and animals and challenges our assumptions about which is the ‘higher’ form of life.” —The Wall Street Journal“Fascinating…full of optimism…this quick, accessible read will appeal to anyone with interest in how plants continue to surprise us.” ... Read more

$17.99 USD

"In this thought-provoking, handsomely illustrated book, Italian neurobiologist Stefano Mancuso considers the fundamental differences between plants and animals and challenges our assumptions about which is the ‘higher’ form of life.” —The Wall Street Journal“Fascinating…full of optimism…this quick, accessible read will appeal to anyone with interest in how plants continue to surprise us.”
... Read more
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Molds, Mushrooms, and Medicines

Our Lifelong Relationship with Fungi

by Nicholas P. Money ...

Narrated by Nicholas P. Money ...

Unabridged

7 hours 24 min

From beneficial yeasts that aid digestion to toxic molds that cause disease, we are constantly navigating a world filled with fungi. Molds, Mushrooms, and Medicines explores the amazing ways fungi interact with our bodies, showing how our health and well-being depend on an immense ecosystem of yeasts and molds inside and all around us.Nicholas Money takes listeners on a guided tour of a marvelous ... Read more

$19.99 USD

From beneficial yeasts that aid digestion to toxic molds that cause disease, we are constantly navigating a world filled with fungi. Molds, Mushrooms, and Medicines explores the amazing ways fungi interact with our bodies, showing how our health and well-being depend on an immense ecosystem of yeasts and molds inside and all around us.Nicholas Money takes listeners on a guided tour of a marvelous
... Read more

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