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To the River

A Journey beneath the Surface

by Olivia Laing ...

Narrated by Kate Reading ...

Unabridged

8 hours 29 min

Over sixty years after Virginia Woolf drowned in the River Ouse, Olivia Laing set out one midsummer morning to walk its banks, from source to sea. Along the way, she explores the roles that rivers play in human lives, tracing their intricate flow through literature, mythology, and folklore.Lyrical and stirring, To the River is a passionate investigation into how history resides in a landscape—and ... Read more

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Over sixty years after Virginia Woolf drowned in the River Ouse, Olivia Laing set out one midsummer morning to walk its banks, from source to sea. Along the way, she explores the roles that rivers play in human lives, tracing their intricate flow through literature, mythology, and folklore.Lyrical and stirring, To the River is a passionate investigation into how history resides in a landscape—and
... Read more
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The Source

How Rivers Made America and America Remade Its Rivers

by Martin Doyle ...

Narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright ...

Unabridged

10 hours 32 min

In this fresh and powerful work of environmental history, Martin Doyle explores how rivers have often been the source of arguments at the heart of the American experiment?over federalism, taxation, regulation, conservation, and development.Doyle tells the epic story of America and its rivers, from the U.S. Constitution's roots in interstate river navigation, the origins of the Army Corps of ... Read more

$30.99 USD

In this fresh and powerful work of environmental history, Martin Doyle explores how rivers have often been the source of arguments at the heart of the American experiment?over federalism, taxation, regulation, conservation, and development.Doyle tells the epic story of America and its rivers, from the U.S. Constitution's roots in interstate river navigation, the origins of the Army Corps of
... Read more
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Science Be Dammed

How Ignoring Inconvenient Science Drained the Colorado River

by Eric Kuhn, John Fleck ...

Narrated by Joel Richards ...

Unabridged

9 hours 17 min

Science Be Dammed is an alarming reminder of the high stakes in the management—and perils in the mismanagement—of water in the western United States. It seems deceptively simple: even when clear evidence was available that the Colorado River could not sustain ambitious dreaming and planning by decision-makers throughout the twentieth century, river planners and political operatives irresponsibly ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Science Be Dammed is an alarming reminder of the high stakes in the management—and perils in the mismanagement—of water in the western United States. It seems deceptively simple: even when clear evidence was available that the Colorado River could not sustain ambitious dreaming and planning by decision-makers throughout the twentieth century, river planners and political operatives irresponsibly
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Breakpoint

Reckoning with America’s Environmental Crises

by Jeremy B. C. Jackson, Steve Chapple ...

Narrated by Keith Sellon-Wright ...

Unabridged

8 hours 7 min

Eminent ecologist Jeremy B. C. Jackson and award-winning journalist Steve Chapple traveled the length of the Mississippi River interviewing farmers, fishermen, scientists, and policymakers to better understand the mounting environmental problems ravaging the United States. Along their journey, which quickly expands to California, Florida, and New York, the pair uncovered surprising and profound ... Read more

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Eminent ecologist Jeremy B. C. Jackson and award-winning journalist Steve Chapple traveled the length of the Mississippi River interviewing farmers, fishermen, scientists, and policymakers to better understand the mounting environmental problems ravaging the United States. Along their journey, which quickly expands to California, Florida, and New York, the pair uncovered surprising and profound
... Read more
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Exploring the St. Croix River Valley

Adventures on and off the Water

by Angie Hong ...

Narrated by Candace Joice ...

Unabridged

8 hours 14 min

The St. Croix River is a 169-mile ribbon of blue that cleaves the land between Minnesota and Wisconsin. Exploring the St. Croix River Valley provides a tour of the St. Croix Riverway and its 8,000-square-mile watershed. Environmental educator Angie Hong recommends specific places to explore the varied habitats and shows us myriad ways to get out and enjoy by hiking, paddling, biking, skiing, ... Read more

$19.99 USD

The St. Croix River is a 169-mile ribbon of blue that cleaves the land between Minnesota and Wisconsin. Exploring the St. Croix River Valley provides a tour of the St. Croix Riverway and its 8,000-square-mile watershed. Environmental educator Angie Hong recommends specific places to explore the varied habitats and shows us myriad ways to get out and enjoy by hiking, paddling, biking, skiing,
... Read more
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Eric Sloane's Weather Book

by Eric Sloane ...

Narrated by Chris Mattews ...

Unabridged

2 hours 42 min

"Amateur weather forecasters (which includes just about everyone) will find this volume an informative and entertaining account of the why and how of the weather." — The Nation In simple language, Eric Sloane explains the whys and wherefores of weather and weather forecasting — and does it in a style that's universally appealing. With humor and common sense shining through in a book that's also ... Read more

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"Amateur weather forecasters (which includes just about everyone) will find this volume an informative and entertaining account of the why and how of the weather." — The Nation In simple language, Eric Sloane explains the whys and wherefores of weather and weather forecasting — and does it in a style that's universally appealing. With humor and common sense shining through in a book that's also
... Read more
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Healing Water Sounds: Babbling Brooks & Flowing Rivers for Deep Sleep, Meditation & Stress Relief

Nature’s Serenity—Tranquil Waters to Soothe Your Mind, Calm Your Soul & Guide You into Restful Sleep

by Mindful Moments - Nature Sounds - Ambient Sounds ...

Narrated by Mindful Moments - Nature Sounds - Ambient Sounds ...

Series Audiobook 1 - Healing Water Sounds
Unabridged

13 hours 2 min

Healing Water Sounds: Babbling Brooks & Flowing Rivers for Deep Sleep, Meditation & Stress ReliefClose your eyes and let the world melt away. Imagine a gentle stream winding through a lush green valley, its crystal-clear waters whispering secrets only nature knows. The steady, soothing flow of a river carries away the weight of your thoughts, while the soft babbling of a brook wraps around you ... Read more

$6.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Healing Water Sounds: Babbling Brooks & Flowing Rivers for Deep Sleep, Meditation & Stress ReliefClose your eyes and let the world melt away. Imagine a gentle stream winding through a lush green valley, its crystal-clear waters whispering secrets only nature knows. The steady, soothing flow of a river carries away the weight of your thoughts, while the soft babbling of a brook wraps around you
... Read more
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Cornerstone at the Confluence

Navigating the Colorado River Compact's Next Century

Narrated by Graham Rowat ...

Unabridged

10 hours 19 min

Signed on November 24, 1922, the Colorado River Compact is body of laws colloquially called the "Law of the River" that governs how human beings use water from the river system dubbed the "American Nile." No fewer than forty million people have come to rely on the Colorado River system in modern times—a system immersed in an unprecedented, unrelenting megadrought for more than two decades. ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Signed on November 24, 1922, the Colorado River Compact is body of laws colloquially called the "Law of the River" that governs how human beings use water from the river system dubbed the "American Nile." No fewer than forty million people have come to rely on the Colorado River system in modern times—a system immersed in an unprecedented, unrelenting megadrought for more than two decades.
... Read more
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Hell or High Water

Surviving Tibet's Tsangpo River

by Peter Heller ...

Narrated by Patrick Lawlor ...

Unabridged

9 hours 37 min

The Tsangpo Gorge in southeastern Tibet has lured explorers and adventurers since its discovery. Sacred to the Buddhists, the inspiration for Shangri La, the Gorge is as steeped in legend and mystery as any spot on earth. As a river-running challenge, the remote Tsangpo is relentlessly unforgiving, more difficult than any stretch of river ever attempted. Its mysteries have withstood a century's ... Read more

$17.99 USD

The Tsangpo Gorge in southeastern Tibet has lured explorers and adventurers since its discovery. Sacred to the Buddhists, the inspiration for Shangri La, the Gorge is as steeped in legend and mystery as any spot on earth. As a river-running challenge, the remote Tsangpo is relentlessly unforgiving, more difficult than any stretch of river ever attempted. Its mysteries have withstood a century's
... Read more
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River Songs

Moments of Wild Wonder in Fly Fishing

by Steve Duda ...

Narrated by Steve Duda ...

Unabridged

6 hours 26 min

River Songs is rich with bracing, authentic, generous stories—writing that revels in language and spirit. Avoiding most of fly fishing's clichés—the romantic elegies, the Moby-Dick-like conquests, the play-by-play detailing a "victory" over a fish—Steve Duda instead offers pieces that breathe lived experience, reveal vulnerabilities, and convey a broad perspective of what it means to have "a long ... Read more

$15.99 USD

River Songs is rich with bracing, authentic, generous stories—writing that revels in language and spirit. Avoiding most of fly fishing's clichés—the romantic elegies, the Moby-Dick-like conquests, the play-by-play detailing a "victory" over a fish—Steve Duda instead offers pieces that breathe lived experience, reveal vulnerabilities, and convey a broad perspective of what it means to have "a long
... Read more
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Walking the Nile

by Levison Wood ...

Narrated by Gildart Jackson ...

Unabridged

11 hours 12 min

Starting in November 2013 in a forest in Rwanda, where a modest spring spouts a trickle of clear, cold water, Levison Wood set forth on foot, aiming to become the first person to walk the entire length of the Nile. He followed the river for nine months, over 4,000 miles, through six nations—Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, the Republic of Sudan, and Egypt—to the Mediterranean coast.Like his ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Starting in November 2013 in a forest in Rwanda, where a modest spring spouts a trickle of clear, cold water, Levison Wood set forth on foot, aiming to become the first person to walk the entire length of the Nile. He followed the river for nine months, over 4,000 miles, through six nations—Rwanda, Tanzania, Uganda, South Sudan, the Republic of Sudan, and Egypt—to the Mediterranean coast.Like his
... Read more
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Peep Light

Stories of a Mississippi River Boat Captain

by Lee Hendrix ...

Narrated by Chris Abernathy ...

Unabridged

5 hours 38 min

Most people only consider the Mississippi River when they cross it or when it inconveniently abandons its banks. But every year, millions of tons of cargo are transported by towboats on the river. In Peep Light, Captain Lee Hendrix provides unique insight on people who work and live on and near the Mississippi River. Hendrix, formerly a pilot for the Delta Queen Steamboat Co., has worked on the ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Most people only consider the Mississippi River when they cross it or when it inconveniently abandons its banks. But every year, millions of tons of cargo are transported by towboats on the river. In Peep Light, Captain Lee Hendrix provides unique insight on people who work and live on and near the Mississippi River. Hendrix, formerly a pilot for the Delta Queen Steamboat Co., has worked on the
... Read more
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FIRST SURVIVORS, THE

Plunged Over Tahquamenon Falls. And Somehow—They Survived.

by Richard Robins ...

Narrated by Digital Voice Andrew E ...

Unabridged

2 hours 33 min

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The First SurvivorsPlunged Over Tahquamenon Falls. And Somehow—They Survived.No one had ever survived the falls. Until they did.In 1957, two siblings were pulled into the heart of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula wilderness—and into the violent grip of the Tahquamenon River. Swept over a 50-foot waterfall that had claimed every life before them, they should ... Read more

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This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.The First SurvivorsPlunged Over Tahquamenon Falls. And Somehow—They Survived.No one had ever survived the falls. Until they did.In 1957, two siblings were pulled into the heart of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula wilderness—and into the violent grip of the Tahquamenon River. Swept over a 50-foot waterfall that had claimed every life before them, they should
... Read more
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The Tensaw River

Alabama's Hidden Heritage Corridor

by Mike Bunn ...

Narrated by Jim Seybert ...

Unabridged

2 hours 37 min

The Tensaw River introduces one of the American South's richest and most fertile natural features. Author Mike Bunn is director of Historic Blakeley State Park, which is nestled in a prominent bend of the majestic Tensaw River.Forming the eastern boundary of the expansive Mobile-Tensaw Delta, the Tensaw has had little industrial development. Left largely undisturbed, the river flows free and ... Read more

$12.99 USD

The Tensaw River introduces one of the American South's richest and most fertile natural features. Author Mike Bunn is director of Historic Blakeley State Park, which is nestled in a prominent bend of the majestic Tensaw River.Forming the eastern boundary of the expansive Mobile-Tensaw Delta, the Tensaw has had little industrial development. Left largely undisturbed, the river flows free and
... Read more
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Cracked

The Future of Dams in a Hot, Chaotic World

by Steven Hawley ...

Narrated by Steven Hawley, Danny Campbell ...

Unabridged

9 hours 14 min

The ugly truth about dams is about to be revealed.During the first two decades of the twenty-first century, the whole messy truth about the legacy of last century’s big dam building binge has come to light. What started out as an arguably good government project has drifted oceans away from that original virtuous intent. Governments plugged the nation’s rivers in a misguided attempt to turn them ... Read more

$20.99 USD

The ugly truth about dams is about to be revealed.During the first two decades of the twenty-first century, the whole messy truth about the legacy of last century’s big dam building binge has come to light. What started out as an arguably good government project has drifted oceans away from that original virtuous intent. Governments plugged the nation’s rivers in a misguided attempt to turn them
... Read more
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Futuro ancestral

by Ailton Krenak ...

Narrated by Sebastián Díaz ...

Unabridged

2 hours 26 min

Si hay un futuro que imaginar es ancestral, pues ya está presente en el aquí y ahora y en lo que existe a nuestro alrededor, en los ríos, las montañas y los árboles que son nuestros parientes. Krenak propone una mirada que desafía y enfrenta los supuestos que sostienen la mentalidad occidental.Frente a los estragos de siglos de colonialismo y devastación ecológica y social, Ailton Krenak llama la ... Read more

$15.99 USD

Si hay un futuro que imaginar es ancestral, pues ya está presente en el aquí y ahora y en lo que existe a nuestro alrededor, en los ríos, las montañas y los árboles que son nuestros parientes. Krenak propone una mirada que desafía y enfrenta los supuestos que sostienen la mentalidad occidental.Frente a los estragos de siglos de colonialismo y devastación ecológica y social, Ailton Krenak llama la
... Read more
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Vihangam (Hindi Edition)

by Abhay Mishra ...

Narrated by Rajesh Kamboj ...

Unabridged

9 hours 46 min

नदी का बदलना संस्कृतियों को बदल देता है। विहंगम इसी बदलाव को समझने की एक छोटी-सी कोशिश है। गंगापथ पर फैली कहानियाँ एक नदी संस्कृति के बनने की कहानी है। वराह का आंदोलन, सरस्वती तट के विस्थापितों के पदचिह्न और अक्षय वट की गवाही, कुंभ और सनातन के विराट होते जाने की कहानी है। इन कहानियों में गंगा के साथ बहती उसकी नहरें भी हैं। जिनका अपना समाजशास्त्र और अर्थशास्त्र है। इन नहरों की कहानियाँ भी भगीरथ प ... Read more

$20.99 USD

नदी का बदलना संस्कृतियों को बदल देता है। विहंगम इसी बदलाव को समझने की एक छोटी-सी कोशिश है। गंगापथ पर फैली कहानियाँ एक नदी संस्कृति के बनने की कहानी है। वराह का आंदोलन, सरस्वती तट के विस्थापितों के पदचिह्न और अक्षय वट की गवाही, कुंभ और सनातन के विराट होते जाने की कहानी है। इन कहानियों में गंगा के साथ बहती उसकी नहरें भी हैं। जिनका अपना समाजशास्त्र और अर्थशास्त्र है। इन नहरों की कहानियाँ भी भगीरथ प
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Drinkbare rivieren

een reis, een droom, een levenswerk

by Li An Phoa, Maarten van der Schaaf ...

Narrated by Li An Phoa ...

Unabridged

7 hours 2 min

‘Drinkbare rivieren’ van Li An Phoa en Maarten van der Schaaf, is Li An’s verhaal van een nieuw natuur besef. Al tijdens haar jeugd in een dichtbebouwde voorstad verwondert Li An Phoa zich over de wildernis in de buurt, het mos tussen de stoeptegels en de reigers bij de sloten. Als twintiger trekt ze de echte wildernis in. Tijdens een kanotocht door het Canadese Noordpoolgebied ontdekt ze dat ze ... Read more

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‘Drinkbare rivieren’ van Li An Phoa en Maarten van der Schaaf, is Li An’s verhaal van een nieuw natuur besef. Al tijdens haar jeugd in een dichtbebouwde voorstad verwondert Li An Phoa zich over de wildernis in de buurt, het mos tussen de stoeptegels en de reigers bij de sloten. Als twintiger trekt ze de echte wildernis in. Tijdens een kanotocht door het Canadese Noordpoolgebied ontdekt ze dat ze
... Read more
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Calming Cricket Sounds by the River

8D Immersive Audio and White Noise for Deep Sleep, Relaxation, and Stress Relief

by Luna Brook ...

Narrated by Luna Brook ...

Unabridged

8 hours 22 min

Escape into a tranquil riverside night where the gentle chorus of crickets blends seamlessly with the soft flow of water. This immersive 8D soundscape audiobook is designed to surround you in calming nature sounds, creating a deeply relaxing environment that helps quiet the mind and restore balance to the body.Through advanced 8D immersive audio, the delicate chirping of crickets and the steady ... Read more

$14.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

Escape into a tranquil riverside night where the gentle chorus of crickets blends seamlessly with the soft flow of water. This immersive 8D soundscape audiobook is designed to surround you in calming nature sounds, creating a deeply relaxing environment that helps quiet the mind and restore balance to the body.Through advanced 8D immersive audio, the delicate chirping of crickets and the steady
... Read more
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Torrents As Yet Unknown

Daring Whitewater Ventures into the World's Great River Gorges

by Wickliffe W. Walker ...

Narrated by Christopher P. Brown ...

Unabridged

7 hours 2 min

Pioneering whitewater explorer Wick Walker examines what lured a generation of incredibly daring pioneers into some of Earth's most wondrous yet forbidding river canyons: below Victoria Falls on the Zambezi; the Great Bend of the Tsangpo in Tibet; Tiger Leaping Gorge on the Yangtze; the flanks of Mount Everest; and more.Loaded with great moments and personal stories, Wick details what these ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Pioneering whitewater explorer Wick Walker examines what lured a generation of incredibly daring pioneers into some of Earth's most wondrous yet forbidding river canyons: below Victoria Falls on the Zambezi; the Great Bend of the Tsangpo in Tibet; Tiger Leaping Gorge on the Yangtze; the flanks of Mount Everest; and more.Loaded with great moments and personal stories, Wick details what these
... Read more
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Paddleways of Mississippi

Rivers and People of the Magnolia State

by Ernest Herndon, Patrick Parker ...

Narrated by Patrick Lawlor ...

Unabridged

11 hours 7 min

Mississippi rivers and creeks have shaped every aspect of the state's geology, ecology, economy, settlement, and politics. Mississippi's paddleways—its rivers, rills, creeks, and streams—are its arteries, its lifeblood, and the connective tissues that tie its stories and histories together and flood them with a sense of place and impel them along the current of time. The rivers provide structure ... Read more

$19.99 USD

Mississippi rivers and creeks have shaped every aspect of the state's geology, ecology, economy, settlement, and politics. Mississippi's paddleways—its rivers, rills, creeks, and streams—are its arteries, its lifeblood, and the connective tissues that tie its stories and histories together and flood them with a sense of place and impel them along the current of time. The rivers provide structure
... Read more
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The Great River

The Making and Unmaking of the Mississippi

by Boyce Upholt ...

Narrated by Gabriel Vaughan ...

Unabridged

10 hours 18 min

A sweeping history of the Mississippi River—and the centuries of human meddling that have transformed both it and America.Over thousands of years, the Mississippi watershed was home to millions of Indigenous people who regarded "the great river" with awe and respect, adorning its banks with astonishing spiritual earthworks. But European settlers and American pioneers had a different vision: the ... Read more

$19.99 USD

A sweeping history of the Mississippi River—and the centuries of human meddling that have transformed both it and America.Over thousands of years, the Mississippi watershed was home to millions of Indigenous people who regarded "the great river" with awe and respect, adorning its banks with astonishing spiritual earthworks. But European settlers and American pioneers had a different vision: the
... Read more
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The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing

by Mark Kurlansky ...

Narrated by Mark Kurlansky ...

Unabridged

7 hours 14 min

Bloomsbury presents The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing written and read by Mark Kurlansky.National Outdoor Book Award Winner for Outdoor LiteratureFrom the award-winning, bestselling author of Cod—the irresistible story of the science, history, art, and culture of the least efficient way to catch a fish.Fly fishing, historian Mark Kurlansky has found, is a battle of wits, fly fisher vs. fish ... Read more

$22.99 USD

Bloomsbury presents The Unreasonable Virtue of Fly Fishing written and read by Mark Kurlansky.National Outdoor Book Award Winner for Outdoor LiteratureFrom the award-winning, bestselling author of Cod—the irresistible story of the science, history, art, and culture of the least efficient way to catch a fish.Fly fishing, historian Mark Kurlansky has found, is a battle of wits, fly fisher vs. fish
... Read more
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Goodbye to a River

A Narrative

by John Graves ...

Narrated by Henry Strozier ...

Unabridged

10 hours 28 min

In the 1950s, a series of dams was proposed along the Brazos River in north-central Texas. For John Graves, this project meant that if the stream’s regimen was thus changed, the beautiful and sometimes brutal surrounding countryside would also change, as would the lives of the people whose rugged ancestors had eked out an existence there. Graves therefore decided to visit that stretch of the river ... Read more

$25.99 USD

In the 1950s, a series of dams was proposed along the Brazos River in north-central Texas. For John Graves, this project meant that if the stream’s regimen was thus changed, the beautiful and sometimes brutal surrounding countryside would also change, as would the lives of the people whose rugged ancestors had eked out an existence there. Graves therefore decided to visit that stretch of the river
... Read more

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