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Oil
- An Audio Guide
- By: Vaclav Smil
- Narrated by: Robert Meldrum
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall25
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Performance18
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Story18
Without oil, there would be no globalisation, no plastic, little transport, and a global political landscape that few would recognise. It is the lifeblood of the modern world, and humanity’s dependence upon it looks set to continue for decades to come. In this captivating audiobook, Vaclav Smil explains all matters related to ‘black gold’, from its discovery in the earth, right through to the political maelstrom that surrounds it today.
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Another masterpiece from Vaclav Smil
- By Joe on 16-08-23
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Oil
- An Audio Guide
- Narrated by: Robert Meldrum
- Length: 6 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 03-07-12
- Language: English
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Endless Forms
- Why We Should Love Wasps
- By: Seirian Sumner
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall26
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Performance23
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Story22
‘A funny and beautifully written welcome to the enigmatic, weird and wonderful world of wasps’ DAVE GOULSON, author of SILENT EARTH There may be no insect with a worse reputation than the wasp, and none guarding so many undiscovered wonders. Where bees and ants have long been the darlings of...
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Fascinating topic let down by the performance
- By w on 29-01-23
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Endless Forms
- Why We Should Love Wasps
- Length: 12 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 26-05-22
- Language: English
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The Grid
- The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future
- By: Gretchen Bakke
- Narrated by: Emily Caudwell
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall31
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Performance26
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Story27
The grid is an accident of history and of culture, in no way intrinsic to how we produce, deliver and consume electrical power. Yet this is the system the United States ended up with, a jerry-built structure now so rickety and near collapse that a strong wind or a hot day can bring it to a grinding halt. The grid is now under threat from a new source: renewable and variable energy, which puts stress on its logics as much as its components.
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Poor introduction to an important subject
- By Terra72 on 09-01-17
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The Grid
- The Fraying Wires Between Americans and Our Energy Future
- Narrated by: Emily Caudwell
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 08-09-16
- Language: English
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The Light Eaters
- The New Science of Plant Intelligence
- By: Zoë Schlanger
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall36
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Performance34
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Story34
'teeming with fascinating and enlightening insights' OBSERVER ‘Plant lovers will find much of interest in Schlanger’s inspiring tale of where her curious mind has led her’ NATURE ‘Captivating’ THE GUARDIAN ‘It’s rare that you read a book that makes you want to grab people to tell...
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Respect for plants
- By veyza on 14-10-24
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The Light Eaters
- The New Science of Plant Intelligence
- Length: 10 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 07-05-24
- Language: English
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Extraordinary Insects
- Weird. Wonderful. Indispensable. The ones who run our world.
- By: Anne Sverdrup-Thygeson, Lucy Moffatt - translator
- Narrated by: Kristin Milward
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall173
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Performance154
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Story154
*The Sunday Times Bestseller* ‘Extraordinary Insects is a joy’ The Times A Sunday Times Nature Book of the Year 2019 A journey into the weird, wonderful and truly astonishing lives of the small but mighty creatures who keep the world turning. Out of sight, underfoot, unseen beyond fleeting...
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Not for enthusiasts or biologists
- By Sean on 22-09-20
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Extraordinary Insects
- Weird. Wonderful. Indispensable. The ones who run our world.
- Narrated by: Kristin Milward
- Length: 7 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 25-04-19
- Language: English
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How to Speak Whale
- A Voyage into the Future of Animal Communication
- By: Tom Mustill
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall95
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Performance87
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Story87
‘Fascinating’ Greta Thunberg ‘Extraordinary’ Merlin Sheldrake ‘A must-read’ New Scientist ‘Enthralling’ George Monbiot ‘Brilliant’ Philip Hoare THIS REVOLUTIONARY AUDIOBOOK FEATURES PREVIOUSLY UNHEARD BLUE WHALE VOICES, DOLPHIN ORCHESTRAS AND SOUNDBATHS FROM BENEATH THE SEA...
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Incredible
- By Jenny on 01-02-25
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How to Speak Whale
- A Voyage into the Future of Animal Communication
- Length: 10 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 06-09-22
- Language: English
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Geology
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Jan Zalasiewicz
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall17
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Performance16
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Story16
In this Very Short Introduction audiobook, Jan Zalasiewicz gives a brief introduction to the fascinating field of geology. Describing how the science developed from its early beginnings, he looks at some of the key discoveries that have transformed it before delving into its various subfields, such as sedimentology, tectonics, and stratigraphy.
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Really good book, Jan is a great writer.
- By Sophie on 27-02-20
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Geology
- A Very Short Introduction
- Narrated by: Eric Jason Martin
- Length: 4 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 28-08-18
- Language: English
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Eating to Extinction
- The World’s Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them
- By: Dan Saladino
- Narrated by: Dan Saladino
- Length: 16 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall77
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Performance71
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Story71
We live in an age of mass extinction. The earth's biodiversity is decreasing at a faster rate than ever. Industrial agriculture and the standardisation of taste are not only wiping out many edible plants but also the food cultures, histories and livelihoods that go with them. Inspired by a global project to collect and preserve foods that are at risk of extinction, Dan Saladino sets out to encounter these endangered foods.
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Life changing
- By Andrew Railton on 14-04-24
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Eating to Extinction
- The World’s Rarest Foods and Why We Need to Save Them
- Narrated by: Dan Saladino
- Length: 16 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 23-09-21
- Language: English
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Clearing the Air
- A Hopeful Guide to Solving Climate Change — in 50 Questions and Answers
- By: Hannah Ritchie
- Narrated by: Hannah Ritchie
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall16
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Performance15
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Brought to you by Penguin. We can’t afford to delay climate action, but with all the shouting and disagreement it’s hard to know where to turn. In her new book, bestselling environmental star Hannah Ritchie answers 50 key climate questions once and for all, clearing the air so we can get on...
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Excellent summary of the problem and the solutions
- By Anonymous on 02-12-25
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Clearing the Air
- A Hopeful Guide to Solving Climate Change — in 50 Questions and Answers
- Narrated by: Hannah Ritchie
- Length: 6 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 18-09-25
- Language: English
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The Lost Rainforests of Britain
- By: Guy Shrubsole
- Narrated by: Guy Shrubsole
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall180
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Performance151
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Story151
In 2020, writer and campaigner Guy Shrubsole moved from London to Devon. As he explored the wooded valleys, rivers and tors of Dartmoor, Guy discovered a spectacular habitat that he had never encountered before: temperate rainforest. Entranced, he would spend the coming months investigating the history, ecology and distribution of rainforests across England, Wales and Scotland. Britain, Guy discovered, was once a rainforest nation. This is the story of a unique habitat that has been so ravaged, most people today don’t realise it exists.
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ruined a bit by politics
- By troubert12 on 19-12-22
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The Lost Rainforests of Britain
- Narrated by: Guy Shrubsole
- Length: 9 hrs and 3 mins
- Release date: 27-10-22
- Language: English
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How to Run Britain
- Therapy for a Traumatised Nation
- By: Robert Peston, Kishan Koria
- Narrated by: Nick Biadon, Robert Peston
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall21
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Performance20
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We in the West appear to be at a year zero, with the seeming end of the relative peace and prosperity we took for granted. The pandemic, Putin's invasion of Ukraine, growing tension with China, a rolling back of globalisation, Brexit, the return of inflation and painful interest rates - all these have shattered the illusions of the world as we knew it. For years our politicians have said they were going for growth and would ensure that those with least would benefit disproportionately from the proceeds of that growth. They've failed.
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An excellent and impartial view of Britain's malaise and how it is within our control to reverse decline
- By Matt Stagg on 18-03-24
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How to Run Britain
- Therapy for a Traumatised Nation
- Narrated by: Nick Biadon, Robert Peston
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 26-10-23
- Language: English
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Birds and Us
- A 12,000 Year History, from Cave Art to Conservation
- By: Tim Birkhead
- Narrated by: Tim Birkhead
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall28
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Performance22
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Brought to you by Penguin. Since the dawn of human history, birds have stirred our imagination, inspiring and challenging our ideas about science, faith, art and philosophy. Looking to the skies above, we have variously worshipped them as gods, hunted them for sustenance, adorned ourselves in...
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Excellent review of our relationship with birds
- By Nick Blackwood on 09-06-22
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Birds and Us
- A 12,000 Year History, from Cave Art to Conservation
- Narrated by: Tim Birkhead
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 03-03-22
- Language: English
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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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Overall83
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Performance72
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Story72
Our precious archipelago is ravaged by climate change, bereft of natural ecosystems and lies at the mercy of global warming, flooding, drought and catastrophic biodiversity loss. But could restoring species that once helped protect our islands help turn this crisis around? From familiar yet imperilled honeybees and ancient oak woods to returning natives like beavers and boars, Britain’s cornerstone species may hold the key to recovering our biodiversity on land and in our seas.
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Overly slow narration but...
- By "realfunfuneral" on 29-03-23
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Cornerstones
- Wild Forces That Can Change Our World
- Narrated by: Joshua Picton
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 07-07-22
- Language: English
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The Great Plant-Based Con
- Why Eating a Plants-Only Diet Won't Improve Your Health or Save the Planet
- By: Jayne Buxton
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 19 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall126
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Performance119
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Story119
Almost every day we are bombarded with the seemingly incontrovertible message that we must reduce our consumption of meat and dairy—or eliminate them from our diets altogether. But what if the pervasive message that the plant-based diet will improve our health and save the planet is misleading—or even false? What if removing animal foods from our diet is a serious threat to human health, and a red herring in the fight against climate change.
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inflated and manipulative
- By kiarash on 05-03-23
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The Great Plant-Based Con
- Why Eating a Plants-Only Diet Won't Improve Your Health or Save the Planet
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 19 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 09-06-22
- Language: English
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Mother of God
- An Extraordinary Journey into the Uncharted Tributaries of the Western Amazon
- By: Paul Rosolie
- Narrated by: Paul Rosolie
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall7
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Performance7
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For fans of The Lost City of Z, Walking the Amazon, and Turn Right at Machu Picchu comes naturalist and explorer Paul Rosolie’s extraordinary adventure in the uncharted tributaries of the Western Amazon—a tale of discovery that vividly captures the awe, beauty, and isolation of this endangered land and presents an impassioned call to save it.
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Gripping from start to finish
- By Jonathan Spratt on 10-02-26
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Mother of God
- An Extraordinary Journey into the Uncharted Tributaries of the Western Amazon
- Narrated by: Paul Rosolie
- Length: 9 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 12-11-25
- Language: English
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One Garden Against the World
- In Search of Hope in a Changing Climate
- By: Kate Bradbury
- Narrated by: Kate Bradbury
- Length: 8 hrs
- Unabridged
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Overall50
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Performance47
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Story47
It’s busy: home to all sorts of wildlife, from red mason bees and bumblebees to house sparrows, hedgehogs and dragonflies. It seems the entire frog population of Brighton and Hove breeds in her small pond each spring, and now there are toads here, too. On summer evenings, Kate watches bats flit above her and for a moment, everything seems alright with the world. But she knows habitat loss remains a huge issue in gardens, the wider countryside and worldwide, and there’s another, far bigger threat: climate change.
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An inspirational book
- By Daphne on 12-03-25
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One Garden Against the World
- In Search of Hope in a Changing Climate
- Narrated by: Kate Bradbury
- Length: 8 hrs
- Release date: 06-06-24
- Language: English
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The Glorious Life of the Oak
- By: John Lewis-Stempel
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 1 hr and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall26
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Performance22
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Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Glorious Life of the Oak by John Lewis-Stempel, read by Leighton Pugh. 'The oak is the wooden tie between heaven and earth. It is the lynch pin of the British landscape.' The oak is our most beloved and most common tree. It has roots that...
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A great writer who reads too rapidly.
- By Anonymous on 23-04-19
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The Glorious Life of the Oak
- Narrated by: Leighton Pugh
- Length: 1 hr and 38 mins
- Release date: 18-10-18
- Language: English
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It's Not That Radical
- Climate Action to Transform Our World
- By: Mikaela Loach
- Narrated by: Mikaela Loach
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall32
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Performance28
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Tackling the climate crisis requires us to visit the roots of poverty, capitalist exploitation, police brutality and legal injustice. Climate justice offers the real possibility of huge leaps towards racial equality and collective liberation as it aims to dismantle the very foundations of these issues. In this book, Mikaela Loach offers a fresh and radical perspective for real climate action that could drastically change the world as we know it for the benefit of us all.
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Excellent
- By Thomas on 11-04-24
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It's Not That Radical
- Climate Action to Transform Our World
- Narrated by: Mikaela Loach
- Length: 5 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 06-04-23
- Language: English
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The Modern Scholar: Geology
- The Story of Earth
- By: Professor Kate Zeigler
- Narrated by: Professor Kate Zeigler
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall52
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Performance47
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Geology is often thought of as simply the study of rocks. In reality, geology is the study of our planet on all scales, from microscopic to planet-wide, and ranging in time from almost instantaneous events, like earthquakes, to the glacially slow motion of the tectonic plates. Everything we know about our world from a geologic perspective is based on information locked into the rock record and the job of a geologist is to tease out that story through a wide variety of observations. This insightful course explores a range of topics that help to tell the story of Earth and to explain the discipline of Geology and the role of the geologist.
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An Excellent Book
- By Clive on 05-03-21
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The Modern Scholar: Geology
- The Story of Earth
- Narrated by: Professor Kate Zeigler
- Length: 4 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 15-10-13
- Language: English
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When the Forest Breathes
- Renewal and Resilience in the Natural World
- By: Suzanne Simard
- Narrated by: Suzanne Simard
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. The trailblazing scientist returns with a book that centres nature’s cycles of renewal in the future vision of our forests When the forest breathes out, we breathe in. When the forest thrives, we thrive. The world-renowned forest ecologist Suzanne Simard has...
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When the Forest Breathes
- Renewal and Resilience in the Natural World
- Narrated by: Suzanne Simard
- Length: 8 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 31-03-26
- Language: English
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