Nature

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…

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.

Summer Shower

by Emily Dickinson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
LibriVox volunteers bring you 13 recordings of Summer Shower by Emily Dickinson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for January 10th, 2010.

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 …

Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America

by Aimé Bonpland, Alexander von Humboldt and Alexander Von Humboldt Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan 4.8
Volume 3, the final volume of the “Personal Narrative”, records the travels of Alexander von Humboldt and the botanist Aimé Bonpland …

The Banana

by William Fawcett Read by LibriVox Volunteers
Bananas are the most popular fruit in the world according to the BBC. In this book we see how this fruit that is grown in limited areas of t…

The Flowers of Shakespeare

by Esther Singleton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
A lovely collection of information about those flowers that appear in William Shakespeare's work. The brief chapters are categorized by the …

The National Geographic Magazine

by National Geographic Society Read by LibriVox Volunteers
National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 4 published in 1889. Topics of articles are:Irrigation in CaliforniaRound about AshevilleA Trip…

Far Away and Long Ago

by William Henry Hudson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
William Henry Hudson was an author, naturalist and ornithologist. Hudson was born of U.S. parents living in the Quilmes Partido in Buenos Ai…

The Lore of the Honey-Bee

by Tickner Edwardes Read by Steve C 3.8
The sun shines — you know it has always shone, changeless as Time itself. With such a faith — unfounded and therefore incontestable — I cam…

Wonders of Plant Life

by Samuel Leonard Bastin Read by Garth Burton 5
A fascinating insight into the ways in which different plants cope with life, and the ingenious methods they use to encourage their benefact…

Mother Nature

by Emily Dickinson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
LibriVox volunteers bring you 8 recordings of Mother Nature by Emily Dickinson. This was the Fortnightly Poetry project for June 3, 2013Whil…

The Book of the National Parks

by Robert Sterling Yard Read by J. M. Smallheer 4.1
Robert Sterling Yard was an American writer, journalist, and wilderness activist. Born in Haverstraw, New York, Yard graduated from Princeto…

Pan's Garden

by Algernon Blackwood Read by Ben Tucker 4.3
Titan of Weird Fiction Algernon Blackwood brings to us a captivating collection of stories that shows the power and glory of Nature and the …

Practical Forestry in the Pacific Northwest

by Edward Tyson Allen Read by KHand 4
Written by a forester, this book aims to educate people on the importance of maintaining forests and those events which pose a danger to for…

Walking

by Henry David Thoreau Read by Allyson Hester 3.6
This was originally titled "The Wild" and is a lecture given by Thoreau in 1851 at the Concord lyceum. "Walking" is an e…

The Desert, Further Studies in Natural Appearances

by John Charles Van Dyke Read by Sue Anderson 4.2
The Desert by John Charles Van Dyke, published in 1901, is a lush, poetic description of the natural beauty of the American Southwest. "…

Literary Pilgrimages of a Naturalist

by Winthrop Packard Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
Noted American Naturalist, Winthrop Packard, who gave us such titles as “Woodland Pastures,” “Wood Wanderings,” and “Wildwood Ways,” now tak…

Bees, Shown to the Children

by Ellison Hawks Read by LibriVox Volunteers
A very good introduction to the bee, including its physical and behavioral characteristics. Most appropriate for children. - Summary by Kevi…

The River Duddon

by William Wordsworth Read by Phil Benson 3.8
Located in a part of Cumbria that was once part of Lancashire, the River Duddon rises in the high fells of the Lake District and flows for 2…

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