- Geology (123)
Bestsellers
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The Gilded Age
- By: Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 16 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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The Gilded Age is the collaborative work of Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner that satirized the era that followed the Civil War....
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An American classic, beautifully narrated
- By TX lilbit on 03-31-12
By: Mark Twain, and others
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Origins
- How Earth's History Shaped Human History
- By: Lewis Dartnell
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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When we talk about human history, we often focus on great leaders, population forces, and decisive wars. But how has the earth itself determined our destiny? Our planet wobbles, driving changes in climate that forced the transition from nomadism to farming....
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GREAT Book with a Narrator Who's Falling Asleep
- By aaron on 08-02-20
By: Lewis Dartnell
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Savage Arena
- By: Joe Tasker
- Narrated by: Stewart Crank
- Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Savage Arena is both moving and exciting, an inspirational tale of the adventuring spirit which follows its own path, endlessly seeking new challenges, climbs and difficulties to overcome. It is not reaching the summit which counts, it is the journey to it....
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Decades of inspiration
- By Anonymous User on 01-30-21
By: Joe Tasker
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Moby-Duck
- The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them
- By: Donovan Hohn
- Narrated by: Christopher Evan Welch
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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When the writer Donovan Hohn heard of the mysterious loss of thousands of bath toys at sea, he figured he would interview a few oceanographers, talk to a few beachcombers, and read up on Arctic science and geography.....
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Brilliant narration
- By K. on 06-09-11
By: Donovan Hohn
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The Endurance
- By: Caroline Alexander
- Narrated by: Michael Tezla, Martin Rubin
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
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In August 1914, renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 set sail for the South Atlantic in pursuit of the last unclaimed prize in the history of exploration....
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Wonderful Story - Listen To Others As Well
- By Mark M. on 11-13-18
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Two Years Before the Mast
- By: Richard Henry Dana
- Narrated by: Athur Addison
- Length: 15 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the true story of a Harvard graduate who forsook his studies for two years of the grueling life of an ordinary seaman....
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Must reading
- By Carole B. Regan on 05-14-17
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The Gilded Age
- By: Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 16 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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The Gilded Age is the collaborative work of Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner that satirized the era that followed the Civil War....
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An American classic, beautifully narrated
- By TX lilbit on 03-31-12
By: Mark Twain, and others
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Origins
- How Earth's History Shaped Human History
- By: Lewis Dartnell
- Narrated by: John Sackville
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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When we talk about human history, we often focus on great leaders, population forces, and decisive wars. But how has the earth itself determined our destiny? Our planet wobbles, driving changes in climate that forced the transition from nomadism to farming....
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GREAT Book with a Narrator Who's Falling Asleep
- By aaron on 08-02-20
By: Lewis Dartnell
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Savage Arena
- By: Joe Tasker
- Narrated by: Stewart Crank
- Length: 13 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Savage Arena is both moving and exciting, an inspirational tale of the adventuring spirit which follows its own path, endlessly seeking new challenges, climbs and difficulties to overcome. It is not reaching the summit which counts, it is the journey to it....
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Decades of inspiration
- By Anonymous User on 01-30-21
By: Joe Tasker
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Moby-Duck
- The True Story of 28,800 Bath Toys Lost at Sea and of the Beachcombers, Oceanographers, Environmentalists, and Fools, Including the Author, Who Went in Search of Them
- By: Donovan Hohn
- Narrated by: Christopher Evan Welch
- Length: 15 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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When the writer Donovan Hohn heard of the mysterious loss of thousands of bath toys at sea, he figured he would interview a few oceanographers, talk to a few beachcombers, and read up on Arctic science and geography.....
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Brilliant narration
- By K. on 06-09-11
By: Donovan Hohn
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The Endurance
- By: Caroline Alexander
- Narrated by: Michael Tezla, Martin Rubin
- Length: 6 hrs and 3 mins
- Abridged
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In August 1914, renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton and a crew of 27 set sail for the South Atlantic in pursuit of the last unclaimed prize in the history of exploration....
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Wonderful Story - Listen To Others As Well
- By Mark M. on 11-13-18
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Two Years Before the Mast
- By: Richard Henry Dana
- Narrated by: Athur Addison
- Length: 15 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the true story of a Harvard graduate who forsook his studies for two years of the grueling life of an ordinary seaman....
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Must reading
- By Carole B. Regan on 05-14-17
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The Travels of Marco Polo
- By: Marco Polo
- Narrated by: Walter Covell
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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The Travels of Marco Polo by Marco Polo Read by Walter Covell. Take a fascinating journey through strange and exotic countries...
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An educational experience.
- By Doug on 06-23-03
By: Marco Polo
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Landmarks
- By: Robert Macfarlane
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
- Unabridged
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Words are grained into our landscapes, and landscapes are grained into our words. Landmarks is about the power of language to shape our sense of place....
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Buy the book
- By Kindle Customer on 08-08-17
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Don't Know Much About Geography: Revised and Updated Edition
- Everything You Need to Know About the World But Never Learned, Revised and Updated
- By: Kenneth C. Davis
- Narrated by: Kenneth C. Davis, Joe Ochman, Mark Bramhall, and others
- Length: 12 hrs and 46 mins
- Unabridged
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From bestselling author Kenneth C. Davis comes a treasure trove of answers to questions about our world.
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Errors
- By The Product Owner on 08-29-15
By: Kenneth C. Davis
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Reading the Rocks
- The Autobiography of the Earth
- By: Marcia Bjornerud
- Narrated by: Alma Cuervo
- Length: 8 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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To many of us, the Earth's crust is a relic of ancient, unknowable history. But to a geologist, stones are richly illustrated narratives, telling gothic tales of cataclysm and reincarnation....
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More like a whiny sermon.
- By Keith on 10-09-24
By: Marcia Bjornerud
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Glowing Still
- A Woman's Life on the Road
- By: Sara Wheeler
- Narrated by: Sara Wheeler
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Sara Wheeler is Britain's foremost woman travel writer. Glowing Still is the story of her travelling life - what is 'important, revealing or funny' - in a notoriously testosterone-laden field....
By: Sara Wheeler
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The Flat Earth
- An Experimental Inquiry
- By: Samuel Rowbotham
- Narrated by: Don Navarre
- Length: 4 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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This is the original audiobook that spawned a thousand theories and is still heating up the blogosphere today. A must-have for out-of-the-box thinkers....
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Can’t listen to this voice
- By dustin on 09-01-22
By: Samuel Rowbotham
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In Some Lost Place: The First Ascent of Nanga Parbat’s Mazeno Ridge
- By: Sandy Allan
- Narrated by: Saethon Williams
- Length: 6 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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In the summer of 2012, a team of six climbers set out to attempt the first ascent of one of the great unclimbed lines of the Himalaya - the giant Mazeno Ridge on Nanga Parbat, the world's ninth highest mountain....
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Amazing story of human endurance and determination.
- By Anonymous User on 09-17-24
By: Sandy Allan
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The Exploration of the Colorado River and Its Canyons
- By: John Wesley Powell
- Narrated by: Andre Stojka
- Length: 8 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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The great unknown of the Southwest is conquered by a one-armed man and his crew of adventurers, placing the Colorado River and the Grand Canyon on the map of the American continent....
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Unfortunate Narration
- By Eclipse on 03-14-17
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Mapmatics
- Wie Karten unser Weltbild prägen
- By: Paulina Rowińska, Susanne Warmuth - Übersetzer
- Narrated by: Cornelia Waibel
- Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
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Ein Buch, das unser Weltbild ins Wanken bringt. Ob bei Google Maps oder Apple: Täglich verlassen wir uns auf Karten. Aber wir denken selten darüber nach...
By: Paulina Rowińska, and others
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Lakes
- A Very Short Introduction
- By: Warwick F. Vincent
- Narrated by: Stephen R. Thorne
- Length: 4 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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In this Very Short Introduction, Warwick Vincent outlines the essential features of lake environments and their biology, offering an up-to-date view of lake ecosystems. Vincent traces the origins of lake science (limnology) from the seminal work of Francois Forel to modern approaches....
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Himalaya
- Exploring the Roof of the World
- By: John Keay
- Narrated by: Nick Holbek
- Length: 15 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Himalaya is one of the world's most extraordinary geophysical, historical, environmental and social regions. Historian John Keay introduces us to the myriad mysteries of this vast, confounding and utterly fascinating corner of the planet....
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Who Knew Rocks Could Be So Boring
- By Drone Boy on 04-26-24
By: John Keay
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Maps of the Ancient Sea Kings
- Evidence of Advanced Civilization in the Ice Age
- By: Charles Hapgood
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Charles Hapgood's classic 1966 book on ancient maps is back. Hapgood produces concrete evidence of an advanced worldwide civilization existing many thousands of years before ancient Egypt.
By: Charles Hapgood
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50 Things to Know About Birds in Colorado: Birding the Centennial State
- 50 Things to Know About Birds - United States, Book 3
- By: Megan Miller
- Narrated by: Jeff Renner
- Length: 1 hr and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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This audiobook offers an informative approach to finding a variety of birds across a variety of habitats. It is broken down by season and habitat....
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error-ridden recording
- By Gary Zenitsky on 04-09-22
By: Megan Miller
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Measuring America
- By: Andro Linklater
- Narrated by: Alan Sklar
- Length: 11 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Sagely argued and beautifully written, Measuring America offers readers nothing less than the opportunity to see America's history, and our democracy, in a brilliant new light....
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Measuring America
- By Howard on 01-05-05
By: Andro Linklater
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Rivers of Power
- How a Natural Force Raised Kingdoms, Destroyed Civilizations, and Shapes Our World
- By: Laurence C. Smith
- Narrated by: Victor Bevine
- Length: 10 hrs and 5 mins
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In Rivers of Power, geographer Laurence C. Smith explores the timeless yet underappreciated relationship between rivers and civilization as we know it....
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Great book about a topic rarely written about
- By Katherine on 05-23-20
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From Here to There
- The Art and Science of Finding and Losing Our Way
- By: Michael Bond
- Narrated by: Pete Cross
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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How is it that we can walk unfamiliar streets while maintaining a sense of direction? How can we come up with shortcuts on the fly, in places we've never traveled? The answer is the complex mental map in our brains. This feature of our cognition is easily taken for granted....
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Fascinating
- By CE on 09-29-20
By: Michael Bond
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Tides
- A Climber's Voyage
- By: Nick Bullock
- Narrated by: Nick Bullock
- Length: 11 hrs and 44 mins
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Tides is a gripping memoir that captures the very essence of what it means to dedicate one’s life to climbing....
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Insightful, humorous, a joy to listen to
- By Anonymous User on 12-20-23
By: Nick Bullock
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Everest the Cruel Way
- By: Joe Tasker
- Narrated by: Stewart Crank
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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On 30 January, 1981 Joe Tasker and Ade Burgess stood at 24,000 feet on the west ridge of Mount Everest. Below them were their companions, some exhausted, some crippled by illness, all virtually incapacitated. Further progress seemed impossible....
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Nothing really happens
- By W. Sherer on 05-20-23
By: Joe Tasker
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The Measure of All Things
- The Seven-Year Odyssey and Hidden Error that Transformed the World
- By: Ken Alder
- Narrated by: Byron Jennings
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
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Amid the chaos of the French Revolution, two astronomers set out in opposite directions from Paris to measure the world...
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Average
- By Thomas on 04-25-03
By: Ken Alder
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Rough Water
- Stories of Survival from the Sea
- By: Sebastian Junger, Herman Wouk, Patrick O'Brian, and others
- Narrated by: uncredited
- Length: 5 hrs and 23 mins
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Hear the riveting stories of men and women battling the elements, and often each other, to stay alive, confronting savage storms...
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ehhh
- By Christopher on 11-13-03
By: Sebastian Junger, and others
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Jet Stream
- A Journey Through our Changing Climate
- By: Tim Woollings
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cowley
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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The story begins on a windswept beach in Barbados, from where we follow the ascent of a weather balloon that will travel along the jet stream all around the world....
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More than another climate change rant
- By Robotmax64 on 05-12-24
By: Tim Woollings
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Heart of Dryness
- How the Last Bushmen Can Help Us Endure the Coming Age of Permanent Drought
- By: James G. Workman
- Narrated by: Anthony Gettig
- Length: 9 hrs and 23 mins
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"We don't govern water. Water governs us," writes James Workman....
By: James G. Workman
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Why Geography Matters
- More Than Ever
- By: Harm de Blij
- Narrated by: John Pruden
- Length: 14 hrs and 1 min
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In recent years our world has seen transformations of all kinds....
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A book that needs more than just narration
- By Organic Design on 06-10-15
By: Harm de Blij
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Die Macht der Geographie im 21. Jahrhundert
- 10 Karten erklären die Politik von heute und die Krisen der Zukunft
- By: Tim Marshall, Lutz W. Wolff - Übersetzer
- Narrated by: Julian Mehne
- Length: 12 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Wer die Nachrichten von morgen heute schon verstehen möchte. Die großen internationalen Konflikte des 21. Jahrhunderts...
By: Tim Marshall, and others