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Learn, understand, then decide whether you accept or reject.

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  • Four Fish: The Future of the Last Wild Food ( UNABRIDGED) by Paul Greenberg Narrated by Christopher Lane

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    I recommend you listen to Tom Standage's books if you're into the history of food and drink. This helps paint a better picture by explaining the relation between humans and the aquatic world.

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    Our relationship with the ocean is undergoing a profound transformation. Just three decades ago nearly everything we ate from the sea was wild. Today rampant overfishing and an unprecedented biotech revolution have brought us to a point where wild and farmed fish occupy equal parts of a complex and confusing marketplace.

    Dan says: "Great listen"
  • The Viral Storm: The Dawn of a New Pandemic Age ( UNABRIDGED) by Nathan Wolfe Narrated by Robertson Dean

    "Terrifying look into the microscopi..."

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    If you're germophobic, this is a book you might want to skip. It explains the origins of microbes and how they spread, along with their evolutionary threats and potential epidemics. Terrifying, but I couldn't put it down.

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    The Viral Storm: The Dawn of a New Pandemic Age

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    In The Viral Storm, award-winning biologist Nathan Wolfe tells the story of how viruses and human beings have evolved side by side through history; how deadly viruses like HIV, swine flu, and bird flu almost wiped us out in the past; and why modern life has made our species vulnerable to the threat of a global pandemic. Wolfe's research missions to the jungles have earned him the nickname "the Indiana Jones of virus hunters," and here Wolfe takes listeners along on his groundbreaking and often dangerous research trips - to reveal the surprising origins of the most deadly diseases....

    Raymond says: "Well Researched and Explained by a True Expert"
  • The Omnivore's Dilemma: A Natural History of Four Meals ( UNABRIDGED) by Michael Pollan Narrated by Scott Brick

    "Fascinating culinary adventure"

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    The Omnivore's dilemma follows the author's journey through the food chain from the farms that feed the livestock that is processed to feed us. It then goes on to explain what organic food really means, and what it takes to be a smarter eater.

    In his quest for the "perfect meal", he goes everywhere from industrial farms to hunter gatherer trips to local ranches. What he learns along the way is eye opening.

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    "What should we have for dinner?" To one degree or another, this simple question assails any creature faced with a wide choice of things to eat. Anthropologists call it the omnivore's dilemma. Choosing from among the countless potential foods nature offers, humans have had to learn what is safe, and what isn't. Today, as America confronts what can only be described as a national eating disorder, the omnivore's dilemma has returned with an atavistic vengeance.

    Stephen Redding says: "Great presentation of a moral dilemma"
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  • The Story of Earth: The First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to Living Planet ( UNABRIDGED) by Robert M. Hazen Narrated by Walter Dixon
    The Story of Earth: The First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to Living Planet

    "Makes minerals interesting"

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    It takes a mineral expert to understand the development of earth. I'm not a mineral expert and I don't play one on TV, but after listening to this book I feel like I'm a geologist in training.

    I didn't think it was possible. The author makes minerals and its science interesting. He has an over arching theory that's best summarized as "the origin of (mineral) species".

    For those of you who have a pet theory and have a deep understanding of the subject you'll probably find many things to criticize about this book and you'd probably be right. Either your theory is not covered at all or he doesn't cover it in the way you believe. Give the author a break, he's covering over 4 1/2 billion years of history.

    I'll be awaiting further shows on Discovery covering this same topic, and maybe this time I'll be able to follow them.

    I bought this book on the Kindle when it first came out, because I didn't think there was going to be an audio version. I had read 2/3 of the book on the Kindle and listened to the last 1/3 of the book on audible. The reader really made the book better. He has a way of making what he's reading as exciting as the subject matter deserves. I probably would not have finished the kindle, I much prefer to listen. Good book and even better listen.

  • The Last Lost World: Ice Ages, Human Origins, and the Invention of the Pleistocene ( UNABRIDGED) by Lydia V. Pyne, Stephen J. Pyne Narrated by Walter Dixon
    The Last Lost World: Ice Ages, Human Origins, and the Invention of the Pleistocene

    "A history of the idea of the Ice Age"

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    It took me a while to realize that this book wasn't about the development of the Ice Age and the evolving of homo sapiens, but, rather, a story about the development of man's idea about thinking about those things.

    The story that we tell (the narrative) to explain our understanding has changed as our philosophy about how we think about science has changed.

    If you are interested in the differences between logical positivism, positivism and other branches of schools of thought about the philosophy of science this book will interest you. I am, and the book held my interest, but it wasn't what I thought it was going to be about, and I would be well served to re-listen to it with my philosopher hat on instead of my scientist hat.


  • Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives ( UNABRIDGED) by Michael Specter Narrated by Richard Poe
    Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives

    "Breathless excitingly narrated as it should be"

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    First, the narrator gives the book the exciting breathless manner the book deserves. Science and education are the best defense we have against the denialist of the scientific method and believers in anecdotal data over reason. Oddly, the best chapter in the book is on Vioxx and how the pharmaceutical companies purposely mislead us on its side effects. That leads to a partial defense wrongly used by anti-immunization zealots justifying their positions for not trusting everything "they" tell us.

    I think the book made the conflict of science against denialist a little more pessimistic than things really are. I'm betting on science to win out.

    BTW, for the author, if your writing a book on science make sure you get all of your science right. You made a brief statement that how following science would lead one with iron deficiency to eat more iron. Read the book "Half Life of Facts" on how spinach does not contain loads of iron and is just a falsehood.

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  • Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives ( UNABRIDGED) by Michael Specter Narrated by Richard Poe

    "A compelling read"

    12 of 13 helpful votes

    This book is an example of how “common sense” is not all that common. Tackling many myths about science – and the growing popular belief that science is “evil” but alternatives are “good,” Michael Specter shows us how the scientific method holds the key to the continuing existence of our species. He urges us not to go back to the era when we believed that “science” was all good and urges us to investigate discoveries rationally – not hysterically. He does raise some serious ethical questions – some of which do not have ready answers. This is all the more reason for us to learn how to neither investigate new discoveries with hysteria nor compete faith and acceptance. The book is well narrated – fast paced – and very compelling.

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    Denialism: How Irrational Thinking Hinders Scientific Progress, Harms the Planet, and Threatens Our Lives

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    New Yorker staff writer Michael Specter has twice won the Global Health Council’s Excellence in Media Award, as well as the Science Journalism Award from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In Denialism, he fervently argues that people are turning away from new technologies and engaging in a kind of magical thinking that is hindering scientific progress.

    S says: "A compelling read"

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    >When South African conservationist Lawrence Anthony was asked to accept a herd of "rogue" wild elephants on his Thula Thula game reserve in Zululand, his common sense told him to refuse. But he was the herd's last chance of survival: they would be killed if he wouldn't take them. In order to save their lives, Anthony took them in. In the years that followed he became a part of their family. And as he battled to create a bond with the elephants, he came to realize that they had a great deal to teach him about life, loyalty, and freedom.

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    Denise (Julian) Greene says: "A paradigm shifting experience"
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    Nancy says: "Terrific Read"
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    T. Chambless says: "Excellent Book but Mispronunciations Abound!"
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    Kathi says: "Beautiful insights into the minds of animals"

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    "What should we have for dinner?" To one degree or another, this simple question assails any creature faced with a wide choice of things to eat. Anthropologists call it the omnivore's dilemma. Choosing from among the countless potential foods nature offers, humans have had to learn what is safe, and what isn't. Today, as America confronts what can only be described as a national eating disorder, the omnivore's dilemma has returned with an atavistic vengeance.

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    The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology
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    • Simon Winchester

    The Map That Changed the World: William Smith and the Birth of Modern Geology

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    In 1793, William Smith, the orphan son of a village blacksmith, made a startling discovery that was to turn the science of geology on its head. While surveying the route for a canal near Bath, he noticed that the fossils found in one layer of the rocks he was excavating were very different from those found in another. And out of that realization came an epiphany: that by following these fossils one could trace layers of rocks as they dipped, rose and fell, clear across England and clear across the world.

    reggie p says: "Geology made interesting"

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  • White Beech: The Rainforest Years ( UNABRIDGED) by Germaine Greer Narrated by Saskia Maarleveld
    White Beech: The Rainforest Years
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    • Germaine Greer

    White Beech: The Rainforest Years

    • UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 53 mins)
    • By Germaine Greer
    • Narrated By Saskia Maarleveld
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    One bright day in December 2001, sixty-two-year-old Germaine Greer found herself confronted by an irresistible challenge in the shape of sixty hectares of dairy farm, one of many in southeast Queensland, Australia, which, after a century of logging, clearing, and downright devastation, had been abandoned to their fate. She didn’t think for a minute that by restoring the land she was saving the world. She was in search of heart’s ease.

  • Twilight of Abundance: Why Life in the 21st Century Will Be Nasty, Brutish, and Short ( UNABRIDGED) by David Archibald Narrated by A.T. Chandler
    Twilight of Abundance: Why Life in the 21st Century Will Be Nasty, Brutish, and Short
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    • David Archibald

    Twilight of Abundance: Why Life in the 21st Century Will Be Nasty, Brutish, and Short

    • UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 44 mins)
    • By David Archibald
    • Narrated By A.T. Chandler
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    Baby boomers enjoyed the most benign period in human history: 50 years of relative peace, cheap energy, plentiful grain supply, and a warming climate due to the highest solar activity for 8,000 years. The party is over - prepare for the twilight of abundance.

  • Mother of God: An Extraordinary Journey into the Uncharted Tributaries of the Western Amazon ( UNABRIDGED) by Paul Rosolie Narrated by Jonathan Yen
    Mother of God: An Extraordinary Journey into the Uncharted Tributaries of the Western Amazon
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    • Paul Rosolie

    Mother of God: An Extraordinary Journey into the Uncharted Tributaries of the Western Amazon

    • UNABRIDGED (11 hrs and 27 mins)
    • By Paul Rosolie
    • Narrated By Jonathan Yen
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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.

  • How to Shit in the Woods: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art ( UNABRIDGED) by Kathleen Meyer Narrated by Khristine Hvam
    How to Shit in the Woods: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art
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    • Kathleen Meyer

    How to Shit in the Woods: An Environmentally Sound Approach to a Lost Art

    • UNABRIDGED (4 hrs and 25 mins)
    • By Kathleen Meyer
    • Narrated By Khristine Hvam
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    World changes come fast and furious, and in the backcountry it is no different. The practice of "packing-it-out" - adopted to protect high-use areas and fragile ecosystems - is here to stay. We are now often urged or even required to haul our poop home. To assist with all this responsible human waste disposal, Kathleen Meyer discusses the latest in product innovations, from classy high-tech to inexpensive do-it-yourself.

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  • American Catch: The Fight for Our Local Seafood ( UNABRIDGED) by Paul Greenberg Narrated by Christopher Lane
    American Catch: The Fight for Our Local Seafood
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    • Paul Greenberg

    American Catch: The Fight for Our Local Seafood

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    • By Paul Greenberg
    • Narrated By Christopher Lane
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    In 2005, the United States imported 12 billion dollars' worth of seafood, nearly double what we had imported 10 years earlier. During that same period, our seafood exports rose by a third. In American Catch, our foremost fish expert Paul Greenberg looks to New York oysters, gulf shrimp, and Alaskan salmon to reveal how it came to be that 91 percent of the seafood Americans eat is foreign.

    Amazon Customer says: "Excellent personal view and excellent facts"
  • Force of Nature: The Unlikely Story of Wal-Mart's Green Revolution ( UNABRIDGED) by Edward Humes Narrated by Michael Quinlan
    Force of Nature: The Unlikely Story of Wal-Mart's Green Revolution
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    • Edward Humes

    Force of Nature: The Unlikely Story of Wal-Mart's Green Revolution

    • UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 21 mins)
    • By Edward Humes
    • Narrated By Michael Quinlan
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    What happens when a renowned river guide teams up with the CEO of one of the largest - and least Earth-friendly - corporations in the world? Nothing less than a green business revolution reveals Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and bestselling author Edward Humes in his arresting new book. Humes tells the inside story of the little-known and unlikely partnership between former Wal-Mart CEO H. Lee Scott and white water expert-turned Blu Skye sustainability consultant Jib Ellison, and their struggle to redefine what it means to be green in the world of big business.

  • 100 Heartbeats: The Race to Save Earth's Most Endangered Species ( UNABRIDGED) by Jeff Corwin Narrated by Fred Berman
    100 Heartbeats: The Race to Save Earth's Most Endangered Species
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    • Jeff Corwin

    100 Heartbeats: The Race to Save Earth's Most Endangered Species

    • UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 53 mins)
    • By Jeff Corwin
    • Narrated By Fred Berman
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    It's no secret that our planet is in crisis. Environmental threats such as climate change, pollution, habitat loss, and land degradation threaten the survival of thousands of plant and animal species. In 100 Heartbeats, Jeff Corwin provides an urgent portrait of the wildlife teetering on the brink. From the forests slipping away beneath the stealthy paws of the Florida panther, to the giant panda’s plight to climb ever higher in the mountains of China, Corwin takes you on a global tour to witness firsthand the critical state of our natural world.