Nature

Life of Henry David Thoreau

by Henry Salt Read by PhyllisV 5
Henry David Thoreau was a fascinating man, contributing vast amounts of information on nature history, leading the way for environmentalism.…

Our Search for a Wilderness

by William Beebe and Blair Niles Read by Sue Anderson 4.4
In 1908-1909, Mary Blair Beebe and her husband, C. William Beebe made two private expeditions to Venezuela and British Guiana, exploring and…

Birches

by Robert Frost Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
LibriVox volunteers bring you 12 recordings of Birches by Robert Frost. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for February 21st, 2010.

The Natural History of Chocolate

by D. De Quelus, D. De Quelustranslated Byrichard Brookes and D. De Quelustranslated By Richard Brookes Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
The Natural History of Chocolate being a Distinct and Particular Account of the Cocoa-tree, its Growth and Culture, and the Preparation, Exc…

The Outline of Science

by J. Arthur Thomson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
The Outline of Science was written specifically with the man-on-the-street in mind as the target audience. Covering scientific subjects rang…

Our Southern Highlanders

by Horace Kephart Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
Our Southern Highlanders is a memoir of the Pennsylvania-born writer and librarian Horace Kephart, documenting his experiences and cultural …

In the Wilderness

by Charles Dudley Warner Read by Jessica Zdanowicz 5
Warner’s main theme is how small and often-ridiculous the human being is when exploring in the wilderness. Warner’s love of nature and his c…

Off the Rocks

by Sir Wilfred Grenfell Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
William Grenfell was sent to Newfoundland by the Royal National Mission to Deep-Sea Fishermen, an organization which provided medical and sp…

The Ocean

by John Murray Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
Sir John Murray, considered to be the father of modern oceanography, discusses the variations in the depths of oceans, and the methods and i…

Beaches

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
This is the 40th Coffee Break Collection, in which Librivox readers select and read stories or poems, fiction or non-fiction pieces of fifte…

The Bee-Master of Warrilow

by Tickner Edwardes Read by Steve C 4.8
"Is it true that a bee can only sting once?" I asked him, as he bent again over the crocus beds.He laughed."What would be the…

The Elements of Herpetology and Ichthyology

by William Ruschenberger Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.9
This succinct little textbook from 1844 presents an introduction to herpetology and ichthyology. The information, albeit not current, is sti…

First Successful Ascent of Mt. Rainier

by Hazard Stevens Read by Sue Anderson 4.4
Hazard Stevens and P.B. Van Trump, aided by the Indian guide Sluiskin, made the first documented successful ascent of Mt. Rainier on August …

Travels in New Zealand

by Ernst Dieffenbach Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan 4.3
“Let the reader imagine a deep lake of a blue colour, surrounded by verdant hills; in the lake several islets, some showing the bare rock, o…

The Tale of Freddie Firefly

by Arthur Scott Bailey Read by Woolly Bee 4.6
He was able to draw a deep breath again as they reached the field of red clover, where Peppery Polly Bumblebee settled quickly upon a clover…

The Hurricane Hunters

by Ivan Ray Tannehill Read by David Wales 4.6
This 1955 book by an acknowledged authority is an absorbing account of meteorology before the advent of weather satellites. “This is the li…

The Cruise of the Walrus on the Broads

by Arthur Henry Patterson Read by TND 4
"This is an account of my latest sailing adventures on board a clumsy small sea-boat, on the pleasant waterways of Broadland.I acquired…

The Training of a Forester

by Gifford Pinchot Read by KHand 4.3
Written by a forester, this book looks at the definition of "forest", what the life of a forester entails, discusses the forest se…

The Natural History

by Pliny the Elder Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Naturalis Historia (Latin for "Natural History") is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the …

The Andes and The Amazon

by James Orton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
This book, with the subtitle "Across the Continent of South America" describes the scientific expedition of 1867 to the equatorial…

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