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My Family and Other Animals
- By: Gerald Durrell
- Narrated by: Nigel Davenport
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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This memoir is soaked in the sunshine of Corfu, where Gerald Durrell lived as a boy, surrounded by his eccentric family....
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Animal Anecdotes
- By Kindle Customer on 21-08-07
By: Gerald Durrell
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David Attenborough - Life on Air
- Memoirs of a Broadcaster
- By: David Attenborough
- Narrated by: David Attenborough
- Length: 19 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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In this volume of memoirs David tells stories of the people and animals he has met and the places that he has visited....
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Unforgettable David
- By Mark on 20-11-10
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Hunt for the Shadow Wolf
- The Lost History of Wolves in Britain and the Myths and Stories That Surround Them
- By: Derek Gow
- Narrated by: Angus King
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Renowned rewilder Derek Gow has a dream: that one day we will see the return of the wolf to Britain as it has already returned elsewhere. As Derek worked to reintroduce the beaver, he began to hear stories of the wolf, both real and mythical, and his fascination with this creature grew....
By: Derek Gow
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My Family and Other Animals
- By: Gerald Durrell
- Narrated by: Hugh Bonneville
- Length: 4 hrs and 20 mins
- Abridged
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The book is an autobiographical account of five years in the childhood of naturalist Gerald Durrell....
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Perfect
- By C. Knight on 12-11-15
By: Gerald Durrell
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Life on Earth
- By: David Attenborough
- Narrated by: David Attenborough
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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The nation’s greatest voice, David Attenborough, reads a brand-new edition of Life on Earth, now available as an audiobook for the first time....
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Absolutely brilliant
- By Alec Davis on 05-10-18
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Scary Monsters and Super Creeps
- In Search of the World's Most Hideous Beasts
- By: Dom Joly
- Narrated by: Dom Joly
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Dom Joly sets off round the world, but this time he's not looking to holiday in a danger zone—he's monster hunting....
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The humour was fantastic and very well narrated.
- By Anonymous User on 04-01-24
By: Dom Joly
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My Family and Other Animals
- By: Gerald Durrell
- Narrated by: Nigel Davenport
- Length: 10 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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This memoir is soaked in the sunshine of Corfu, where Gerald Durrell lived as a boy, surrounded by his eccentric family....
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Animal Anecdotes
- By Kindle Customer on 21-08-07
By: Gerald Durrell
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David Attenborough - Life on Air
- Memoirs of a Broadcaster
- By: David Attenborough
- Narrated by: David Attenborough
- Length: 19 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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In this volume of memoirs David tells stories of the people and animals he has met and the places that he has visited....
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Unforgettable David
- By Mark on 20-11-10
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Hunt for the Shadow Wolf
- The Lost History of Wolves in Britain and the Myths and Stories That Surround Them
- By: Derek Gow
- Narrated by: Angus King
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Renowned rewilder Derek Gow has a dream: that one day we will see the return of the wolf to Britain as it has already returned elsewhere. As Derek worked to reintroduce the beaver, he began to hear stories of the wolf, both real and mythical, and his fascination with this creature grew....
By: Derek Gow
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My Family and Other Animals
- By: Gerald Durrell
- Narrated by: Hugh Bonneville
- Length: 4 hrs and 20 mins
- Abridged
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The book is an autobiographical account of five years in the childhood of naturalist Gerald Durrell....
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Perfect
- By C. Knight on 12-11-15
By: Gerald Durrell
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Life on Earth
- By: David Attenborough
- Narrated by: David Attenborough
- Length: 12 hrs and 26 mins
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The nation’s greatest voice, David Attenborough, reads a brand-new edition of Life on Earth, now available as an audiobook for the first time....
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Absolutely brilliant
- By Alec Davis on 05-10-18
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Scary Monsters and Super Creeps
- In Search of the World's Most Hideous Beasts
- By: Dom Joly
- Narrated by: Dom Joly
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Dom Joly sets off round the world, but this time he's not looking to holiday in a danger zone—he's monster hunting....
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The humour was fantastic and very well narrated.
- By Anonymous User on 04-01-24
By: Dom Joly
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Does My Dog Love Me?
- Understanding How Your Dog Sees the World
- By: Graeme Hall
- Narrated by: Graeme Hall
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Our dogs mean the world to us and as owners we do our best to make sure they feel happy and loved, whilst also keeping them in line when needed....
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Fantastic listen
- By Anonymous User on 06-03-24
By: Graeme Hall
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The Trials of Life
- A Natural History of Animal Behaviour
- By: David Attenborough
- Narrated by: David Attenborough
- Length: 10 hrs
- Unabridged
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This is the third and last of Sir David’s great natural history books based on his TV series and completes his survey of the animal world that began with Life on Earth and continues with Living Planet....
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Seriously, do you expect anything less?
- By BurstLung on 14-11-22
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The Tyrannosaur Chronicles
- By: David Hone
- Narrated by: Gavin Osborn
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Tyrannosaurus was truly impressive; it topped six tons, was more than 12 meters (40 feet) long, and had the largest head and most powerful bite of any land animal in history....
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Thoroughly enjoyable for any dino fan
- By I_Like_Juice on 24-08-16
By: David Hone
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David Attenborough's Life Stories
- The Complete Collection
- By: David Attenborough
- Narrated by: David Attenborough
- Length: 6 hrs and 25 mins
- Original Recording
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Collected together for the very first time, this is the complete series one and two of Life Stories, written and presented by Sir David Attenborough....
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The natural world understood and narrated with perfection
- By marie on 23-10-23
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Fingers in the Sparkle Jar
- A Memoir
- By: Chris Packham
- Narrated by: Chris Packham
- Length: 8 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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An introverted, unusual young boy, isolated by his obsessions and a loner at school, Chris Packham was only at home in the fields and woods around his suburban home....
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The Call of the Wild
- By Rachel Redford on 13-06-16
By: Chris Packham
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A Complete Guide to British Birds
- And Their Calls and Songs
- By: Brett Westwood, Stephen Moss
- Narrated by: Stephen Moss, Brett Westwood
- Length: 6 hrs and 46 mins
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Presenter Brett Westwood joins forces with BAFTA award-winning producer and naturalist Stephen Moss for six delightful and informative series, introducing us to some of Britain's most popular and best-loved birds....
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fun and enjoyable
- By Amazon Customer on 09-11-23
By: Brett Westwood, and others
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Horse Brain, Human Brain
- The Neuroscience of Horsemanship
- By: Janet L. Jones
- Narrated by: Helena Harris
- Length: 8 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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In this illuminating book, brain scientist and horsewoman Janet Jones describes human and equine brains working together. Using plain language, she explores the differences and similarities between equine and human ways of negotiating the world....
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just a great book
- By Jen Mitchinson on 10-02-24
By: Janet L. Jones
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Wild New World
- The Epic Story of Animals and People in America
- By: Dan Flores
- Narrated by: Clark Cornell
- Length: 16 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Distinguished scholar Dan Flores's ambitious history chronicles the epoch in which humans and animals have coexisted in the "wild new world" of North America—a place shaped both by its own grand evolutionary forces and by momentous arrivals from Asia, Africa, and Europe....
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Narration is really really really bad
- By M Field on 21-06-23
By: Dan Flores
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American Buffalo
- In Search of a Lost Icon
- By: Steven Rinella
- Narrated by: Steven Rinella
- Length: 7 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Both a captivating narrative and a book of environmental and historical significance, American Buffalo tells us as much about ourselves as Americans as it does about the creature who perhaps best of all embodies the American ethos....
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Brilliant, educational and eye opening
- By Haydn on 25-01-22
By: Steven Rinella
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The Garden of the Gods
- By: Gerald Durrell
- Narrated by: Christopher Timothy
- Length: 6 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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The enchanted island of Corfu was home to Gerald Durrell and his family for five years before the Second World War....
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This is a great book.
- By L on 24-12-12
By: Gerald Durrell
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The Lost Flock
- Rare Wool, Wild Isles and One Woman’s Journey to Save Scotland’s Original Sheep
- By: Jane Cooper
- Narrated by: Jane Cooper
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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The Lost Flock is the story of the remarkable and rare little horned sheep, known as Orkney Boreray, and the wool-obsessed woman who moved to one of Scotland’s wildest islands to save them....
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A wonderful story of sheep survival
- By Marjo on 11-01-24
By: Jane Cooper
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12 Birds to Save Your Life
- Nature's Lessons on Happiness
- By: Charlie Corbett
- Narrated by: Charlie Corbett
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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At a time of great anxiety and uncertainty, while coping with the untimely death of his mother, Charlie Corbett realised his perspective on life was slipping....
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Made my heart soar!
- By customer on 20-07-23
By: Charlie Corbett
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Bicycling with Butterflies
- My 10,201-Mile Journey Following the Monarch Migration
- By: Sara Dykman
- Narrated by: Xe Sands
- Length: 8 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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Sara Dykman made history when she became the first person to bicycle alongside monarch butterflies on their storied annual migration—a round-trip adventure that included three countries and more than 10,000 miles....
By: Sara Dykman
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Headlines and Hedgerows
- A Memoir
- By: John Craven
- Narrated by: John Craven
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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In this, his first memoir, John recounts his childhood, the high points and low points of one of the longest entertaining careers in history, and the people, family and animals in his own life which have shaped it....
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A brilliant listen
- By orangebloss on 30-11-20
By: John Craven
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A Zoo in My Luggage
- By: Gerald Durrell
- Narrated by: Rupert Degas
- Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
- Unabridged
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A Zoo in My Luggage is the account of Gerald Durrell's six-month animal-collecting trip in British Cameroon, and his attempts to create his own zoo. Motivated by a passion for wildlife, and a desire to save endangered species from extinction, Durrell assembles exotic animals....
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Not so much dated as historical
- By Magyar on 15-04-19
By: Gerald Durrell
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The Little Red Book of Fly Fishing
- Little Red Books
- By: Kirk Deeter, Charlie Meyers
- Narrated by: Scott R. Pollak
- Length: 4 hrs and 47 mins
- Unabridged
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Two highly respected outdoor journalists, Kirk Deeter of Field and Stream and Charlie Meyers of the Denver Post, have cracked open their notebooks and shared straight-shot advice on the sport of fly fishing, based on a range of new and old experiences....
By: Kirk Deeter, and others
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Cornerstones
- Wild Forces That Can Change Our World
- By: Benedict Macdonald
- Narrated by: Joshua Picton
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Transform your understanding of the natural world forever and discover the wild forces that once supported Britain’s extraordinary natural riches, and could again....
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Overly slow narration but...
- By "realfunfuneral" on 29-03-23
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Tales from the Farm by the Yorkshire Shepherdess
- By: Amanda Owen
- Narrated by: Amanda Owen
- Length: 2 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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A charming, evocative collection of Amanda Owen's columns in The Dalesman magazine, describing life on the farm for her family....
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Binged the book in night
- By Anonymous User on 05-03-21
By: Amanda Owen
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The Mind of a Bee
- By: Lars Chittka
- Narrated by: Michael Butler Murray
- Length: 7 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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In The Mind of a Bee, Lars Chittka draws from decades of research, including his own pioneering work, to argue that bees have remarkable cognitive abilities....
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Who on earth chose this narrator?
- By Terry Miles on 07-12-23
By: Lars Chittka
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Beak, Tooth and Claw
- Living with Predators in Britain
- By: Mary Colwell
- Narrated by: Mary Colwell
- Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Foxes, buzzards, crows, badgers, weasels, seals, kites - Britain and Ireland’s predators are impressive and diverse and they capture our collective imagination. But many consider them to our competition, even our enemies....
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Damning account of man's disregard of nature
- By eric.rayner@btinternet.com on 28-10-21
By: Mary Colwell
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Dogs Demystified
- An A-Z Guide to All Things Canine
- By: Marc Bekoff, Jane Godall - foreword
- Narrated by: Brian Wiggins
- Length: 9 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Award-winning scientist Dr. Marc Bekoff, who has studied and loved dogs (and their wild relatives) for more than five decades, shares an easy-to-digest, all-encompassing, and fun reference on all things canine....
By: Marc Bekoff, and others
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Tyrannosaurus Sue
- The Extraordinary Saga of the Largest, Most Fought Over T-Rex Ever Found
- By: Steve Fiffer
- Narrated by: Jim Bond
- Length: 9 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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In 1990, Peter Larson, with his team of commercial fossil hunters from the Black Hills Institute, discovered the most complete Tyrannosaurus Rex specimen in history. He dubbed it "Sue"...
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Suing for Sue
- By Irena on 24-03-09
By: Steve Fiffer
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Bringing Back the Beaver
- The Story of One Man's Quest to Rewild Britain's Waterways
- By: Derek Gow
- Narrated by: Calum Beaton
- Length: 4 hrs and 22 mins
- Unabridged
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Bringing Back the Beaver is farmer-turned-ecologist Derek Gow’s inspirational and often riotously funny firsthand account of how the movement to rewild the British landscape with beavers has become the single most dramatic and subversive nature conservation act of the modern era....
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A humorous and Brilliantly important book
- By Carl Loftus on 02-05-21
By: Derek Gow
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The Lives of Bees
- The Untold Story of the Honey Bee in the Wild
- By: Thomas D. Seeley
- Narrated by: William Hope
- Length: 10 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Engaging and deeply personal, The Lives of Bees reveals how we can become better custodians of honey bees and make use of their resources in ways that enrich their lives, as well as our own....
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Ideal book for Audible.
- By Amazon Customer on 19-02-21
By: Thomas D. Seeley
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Impossible Monsters
- Dinosaurs, Darwin and the War Between Science and Religion
- By: Michael Taylor
- Narrated by: James MacCallum
- Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
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In 1811, when the self-schooled daughter of a carpenter pulled some strange-looking bones from Britain's southern shoreline, few people dared to question that the Bible told the accurate history of the world. But Mary Anning had discovered the 'first' dinosaur, and over the next seventy-five years - as the science of palaeontology developed, as Charles Darwin posited theories of evolutionary biology, and as religious scholars identified the internal inconsistencies of the Scriptures - everything changed.
By: Michael Taylor
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Hunt for the Shadow Wolf
- The Lost History of Wolves in Britain and the Myths and Stories That Surround Them
- By: Derek Gow
- Narrated by: Angus King
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
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Renowned rewilder Derek Gow has a dream: that one day we will see the return of the wolf to Britain as it has already returned elsewhere. As Derek worked to reintroduce the beaver, he began to hear stories of the wolf, both real and mythical, and his fascination with this creature grew. With increasing curiosity, Derek started to piece together fragments of information, stories and artefacts to reveal a shadowy creature that first walked proud through these lands and then was hunted to extinction as coexistence turned to fear, hatred–and domination.
By: Derek Gow
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The Age of Deer
- Trouble and Kinship with our Wild Neighbors
- By: Erika Howsare
- Narrated by: Erika Howsare
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
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From the earliest cave paintings to the present day, humans and deer have a long and complex history. Royal harts were the coveted quarry of European kings, while the first Americans relied on deer for everything from buckskins to arrow heads. Once hunted to the point of extinction in some parts of the world, deer numbers have exploded in recent years, causing tension between scientists and conservationists. And yet, this is our own story, as the fortune of deer is inextricably bound up with the actions that we humans take on the world around us.
By: Erika Howsare
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Birding to Change the World
- A Memoir
- By: Trish O'Kane
- Narrated by: Cheryl Smith
- Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
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Trish O’Kane is an accidental ornithologist. In her nearly two decades writing about justice as an investigative journalist, she'd never paid attention to nature. But then Hurricane Katrina destroyed her New Orleans home, sending her into an emotional tailspin. Enter a scrappy cast of feathered characters—first a cardinal, urban parrots, and sparrows, then a catbird, owls, a bittern, and a woodcock—that cheered her up and showed her a new path. Inspired, O'Kane moved to Madison, Wisconsin, to pursue an environmental studies PhD.
By: Trish O'Kane
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The Pride of a Lion
- What the Animal Kingdom Can Teach Us About Survival, Fear and Family
- By: Ron Magill, Greg Cote
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Beam
- Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
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Full of grit and resilience, the story of K’wasi the lion cub is one of heartbreak and triumph. He was born to Asha at Zoo Miami in late 2013 and captured the heart of the nation as an incredibly cute lion cub. K’wasi was orphaned in March 2014 when his mother tragically died. K’wasi’s remarkable journey takes him from the untimely death of his mother to stardom at Lion Country Safari. K’wasi’s story is told by world-renowned wildlife photographer and Zoo Miami’s “Goodwill Ambassador” Ron Magill, who documented and photographed every stage of K’wasi’s remarkable roller-coaster life.
By: Ron Magill, and others
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Fledgling
- By: Hannah Bourne-Taylor
- Narrated by: Hannah Bourne-Taylor
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
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When lifelong bird-lover Hannah Bourne-Taylor moved with her husband to Ghana seven years ago she couldn’t have anticipated how her life would be forever changed by her unexpected encounters with nature and the subsequent bonds she formed.
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Impossible Monsters
- Dinosaurs, Darwin and the War Between Science and Religion
- By: Michael Taylor
- Narrated by: James MacCallum
- Length: 14 hrs and 23 mins
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In 1811, when the self-schooled daughter of a carpenter pulled some strange-looking bones from Britain's southern shoreline, few people dared to question that the Bible told the accurate history of the world. But Mary Anning had discovered the 'first' dinosaur, and over the next seventy-five years - as the science of palaeontology developed, as Charles Darwin posited theories of evolutionary biology, and as religious scholars identified the internal inconsistencies of the Scriptures - everything changed.
By: Michael Taylor
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Hunt for the Shadow Wolf
- The Lost History of Wolves in Britain and the Myths and Stories That Surround Them
- By: Derek Gow
- Narrated by: Angus King
- Length: 5 hrs and 37 mins
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Renowned rewilder Derek Gow has a dream: that one day we will see the return of the wolf to Britain as it has already returned elsewhere. As Derek worked to reintroduce the beaver, he began to hear stories of the wolf, both real and mythical, and his fascination with this creature grew. With increasing curiosity, Derek started to piece together fragments of information, stories and artefacts to reveal a shadowy creature that first walked proud through these lands and then was hunted to extinction as coexistence turned to fear, hatred–and domination.
By: Derek Gow
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The Age of Deer
- Trouble and Kinship with our Wild Neighbors
- By: Erika Howsare
- Narrated by: Erika Howsare
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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From the earliest cave paintings to the present day, humans and deer have a long and complex history. Royal harts were the coveted quarry of European kings, while the first Americans relied on deer for everything from buckskins to arrow heads. Once hunted to the point of extinction in some parts of the world, deer numbers have exploded in recent years, causing tension between scientists and conservationists. And yet, this is our own story, as the fortune of deer is inextricably bound up with the actions that we humans take on the world around us.
By: Erika Howsare
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Birding to Change the World
- A Memoir
- By: Trish O'Kane
- Narrated by: Cheryl Smith
- Length: 13 hrs and 54 mins
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Trish O’Kane is an accidental ornithologist. In her nearly two decades writing about justice as an investigative journalist, she'd never paid attention to nature. But then Hurricane Katrina destroyed her New Orleans home, sending her into an emotional tailspin. Enter a scrappy cast of feathered characters—first a cardinal, urban parrots, and sparrows, then a catbird, owls, a bittern, and a woodcock—that cheered her up and showed her a new path. Inspired, O'Kane moved to Madison, Wisconsin, to pursue an environmental studies PhD.
By: Trish O'Kane
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The Pride of a Lion
- What the Animal Kingdom Can Teach Us About Survival, Fear and Family
- By: Ron Magill, Greg Cote
- Narrated by: Jeffrey Beam
- Length: 2 hrs and 14 mins
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Full of grit and resilience, the story of K’wasi the lion cub is one of heartbreak and triumph. He was born to Asha at Zoo Miami in late 2013 and captured the heart of the nation as an incredibly cute lion cub. K’wasi was orphaned in March 2014 when his mother tragically died. K’wasi’s remarkable journey takes him from the untimely death of his mother to stardom at Lion Country Safari. K’wasi’s story is told by world-renowned wildlife photographer and Zoo Miami’s “Goodwill Ambassador” Ron Magill, who documented and photographed every stage of K’wasi’s remarkable roller-coaster life.
By: Ron Magill, and others
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Fledgling
- By: Hannah Bourne-Taylor
- Narrated by: Hannah Bourne-Taylor
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
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When lifelong bird-lover Hannah Bourne-Taylor moved with her husband to Ghana seven years ago she couldn’t have anticipated how her life would be forever changed by her unexpected encounters with nature and the subsequent bonds she formed.
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Animal Behaviour
- An Audio Guide
- By: John A. Byers
- Narrated by: Silas Aiton
- Length: 7 hrs and 8 mins
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Why do birds have regional accents? Can horses learn maths? What do animals without eyes see? Questions such as these have fascinated scientists and animal lovers alike long before ethology – the study of animal behaviour – became recognised as a science in the 1970s. Now, as issues of conservation and welfare dominate the field, an understanding of how and why animals act the way they do has become even more critical. In Animal Behaviour, John A. Byers explains the mechanisms and motivations behind a range of animal movements.
By: John A. Byers
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The Bee-Master of Warrilow
- By: Tickner Edwardes
- Narrated by: Albert Hansen, Teresa Raines
- Length: 6 hrs and 38 mins
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Among the beautiful things of the countryside, which are slowly but surely passing away, must be reckoned the old Bee Gardens—fragrant, sunny nooks of blossom, where the bees are housed only in the ancient straw skeps, and have their own way in everything, the work of the bee-keeper being little more than a placid looking-on at events of which it would have been heresy to doubt the finite perfection.
By: Tickner Edwardes
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Stranded
- Finding Nature in Uncertain Times
- By: Maddalena Bearzi, Carl Safina - foreword
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Conservationist and marine biologist Maddalena Bearzi made her career studying the wild creatures of the deep, but when COVID-19 made landfall on the California coast this seafaring scientist found herself shuttered up ashore, her wide blue world constricted by pandemic lockdown. Never good at sitting idle, she despaired at the confines of her Los Angeles flat—until she began to find wonder in the wilderness of her own backyard. Stranded charts Bearzi's discovery of both rapture and resilience in the unsung wildlife of urban LA.
By: Maddalena Bearzi, and others
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Does My Dog Love Me?
- Understanding How Your Dog Sees the World
- By: Graeme Hall
- Narrated by: Graeme Hall
- Length: 5 hrs and 43 mins
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Our dogs mean the world to us and as owners we do our best to make sure they feel happy and loved, whilst also keeping them in line when needed. But wouldn’t it be so much easier if we spoke the same language and could ask what they were thinking or feeling? In his latest book, top dog trainer, Graeme Hall, reveals the secrets to understanding what your furry companion is trying to say and how they see the world. Drawing on 15 years of experience training over 5,000 dogs, and backed up with scientific evidence, he tackles all the tricky questions you’ve ever wanted to ask.
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Fantastic listen
- By Anonymous User on 06-03-24
By: Graeme Hall
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How to Be a Bad Birdwatcher (Anniversary Edition)
- Embrace the Everyday Joy of Birdwatching – to the Greater Glory of Life
- By: Simon Barnes
- Narrated by: Simon Barnes
- Length: 4 hrs and 44 mins
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Anyone who has ever gazed up at the sky or stared out of the window knows something about birds. In this fun, eye-opening and inspiring book, award-winning nature writer Simon Barnes paints a riveting picture of how birdwatching has framed his life and can help us all to a better understanding of our place on this planet. How to be a Bad Birdwatcher shows why birdwatching is not the preserve of twitchers, but one of the simplest, cheapest and most rewarding pastimes around.
By: Simon Barnes
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A Book of Bees
- And How to Keep Them
- By: Sue Hubbell
- Narrated by: Lauren DePorre
- Length: 5 hrs and 49 mins
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Weaving a vivid portrait of her own life and her bees’ lives, Sue Hubbell lovingly describes the ins and outs of beekeeping on her small Missouri farm, where the end of one honey season is the start of the next. With three hundred hives, Hubbell stays busy year-round tending to the bees and harvesting their honey, a process that is as personally demanding as it is rewarding.
By: Sue Hubbell
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Why Animals Talk
- The New Science of Animal Communication
- By: Arik Kershenbaum
- Narrated by: John Hastings
- Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins
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Why Animals Talk is an exhilarating journey through the untamed world of animal communication. Drawing on the author's extensive research and observations of animals in the wild, the book shatters conventional wisdom and invites you to experience communication through the eyes of animals themselves. From the majestic howls of wolves and the enchanting chatter of parrots to the melodic clicks of dolphins and the spirited grunts of chimpanzees, these diverse and seemingly bizarre expressions are far from mere noise. In fact, they hold secrets that we are just beginning to decipher.
By: Arik Kershenbaum
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The Private Lives of Public Birds
- Learning to Listen to the Birds Where We Live
- By: Jack Gedney
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 6 hrs and 15 mins
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Each essay illuminates the life of a single species and its relationship to humans, and how these species can help us understand birds in general. A dedicated birdwatcher and teacher, Gedney finds wonder not only in the speed and glistening beauty of the Anna's hummingbird, but also in her nest building. He acclaims the turkey vulture's and red-tailed hawk's roles in our ecosystem, and he venerates the inimitable California scrub jay's work planting acorns.
By: Jack Gedney
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The Hidden Life of Garden Birds
- The Unseen Drama Behind Everyday Survival
- By: Dominic Couzens
- Narrated by: Dominic Couzens
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
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Did you know that woodpeckers are capable of learning simple codes? Hooded crows can form connections with humans? A jay's call affects the behaviour of surrounding squirrels? All these fascinating bird activities and more are revealed in The Hidden Life of Garden Birds. Unusual feeding behaviour is just the tip of the iceberg. From territorial conflict and strange relationships with man, to breeding and nesting oddities, this book exposes all the drama behind garden birds' everyday survival - making it the perfect gift for birdwatchers.
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The reader sounds bored
- By AA on 07-03-24
By: Dominic Couzens
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Beekeeping for Beginners
- Your Essential Guide to Getting Started, Nurturing Hives, and Harvesting Honey as a Beginner
- By: Salvador V. Gonzalez Jr.
- Narrated by: Gary Treadwell
- Length: 1 hr and 28 mins
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With this thorough guide, you will embark on an instructive trip into the world of bees, transforming you into a beekeeper. Whether you're a curious beginner or an aspiring apiarist, this book will help you solve the mysteries of beekeeping, transforming your bewilderment and concern into confidence and skill. Consider entering your garden not as a gardener but as a protector of nature's most important pollinators.
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A must listen/
- By Kaley Dowdell on 04-02-24
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Alfie and Me
- What Owls Know, What Humans Believe
- By: Carl Safina
- Narrated by: Carl Safina
- Length: 12 hrs and 19 mins
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When ecologist Carl Safina and his wife, Patricia, took in a near-death baby owl, they expected that, like other wild orphans they'd rescued, she'd be a temporary presence. But Alfie's feathers were not growing correctly, requiring prolonged care. As Alfie grew and gained strength, she became a part of the family, joining a menagerie of dogs and chickens and making a home for herself in the backyard.
By: Carl Safina
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The Age of Deer
- Trouble and Kinship with Our Wild Neighbors
- By: Erika Howsare
- Narrated by: Erika Howsare
- Length: 11 hrs and 27 mins
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Deer have been an important part of the world that humans occupy for millennia. They're one of the only large animals that can thrive in our presence. In the twenty-first century, our relationship is full of contradictions: We hunt and protect them, we cull them from suburbs while making them an icon of wilderness, we see them both as victims and as pests. But there is no doubt that we have a connection to deer: in mythology and story, in ecosystems biological and digital, in cities and in forests.
By: Erika Howsare