Engineering Nature

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    • The True Story of a Violent Death, a Trial, and the Fight over Controlling Nature
    • By: Jordan Fisher Smith
    • Narrated by: Traber Burns
    • Length: 12 hrs and 2 mins
    • Release date: 06-07-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 67 ratings
    • The fascinating story of the century-long attempt to control nature in the American wilderness, as told through the prism of a tragic death at Yellowstone....

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    • And Sketches Here and There
    • By: Aldo Leopold, Barbara Kingsolver - introduction
    • Narrated by: Cassandra Campbell
    • Length: 4 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 04-22-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 594 ratings
    • First published in 1949 and praised in the New York Times Book Review as "full of beauty and vigor and bite", A Sand County Almanac combines some of the finest nature writing since Thoreau with an outspoken and highly ethical regard for America's relationship to the land....

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    • Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative
    • By: Florence Williams
    • Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller
    • Length: 8 hrs and 54 mins
    • Release date: 02-07-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,233 ratings
    • For centuries, poets and philosophers extolled the benefits of a walk in the woods....

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    • Alexander von Humboldt's New World
    • By: Andrea Wulf
    • Narrated by: David Drummond
    • Length: 14 hrs and 3 mins
    • Release date: 10-20-15
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 2,599 ratings
    • Alexander von Humboldt (1769-1859) was an intrepid explorer and the most famous scientist of his age. His restless life was packed with adventure and discovery....

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    • A Natural and Supernatural History
    • By: Dan Flores
    • Narrated by: Elijah Alexander
    • Length: 8 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 10-04-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 3,956 ratings
    • An illuminating biography of this extraordinary animal, Coyote America isn't just the story of an animal's survival - it is one of the great epics of our time....

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    • A Sidelong View of Science and Nature
    • By: David Quammen
    • Narrated by: Patrick Lawlor
    • Length: 13 hrs and 31 mins
    • Release date: 06-28-22
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 13 ratings
    • "Lively writing about science and nature depends less on the offering of good answers, I think, than on the offering of good questions," said David Quammen in the original introduction to Natural Acts....

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    • By: Bernd Heinrich
    • Narrated by: Tom Perkins
    • Length: 5 hrs and 48 mins
    • Release date: 07-24-19
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 40 ratings
    • In a book destined to become a classic, biologist and acclaimed nature writer Bernd Heinrich takes listeners on an eye-opening journey through the hidden life of a forest....

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    • The Epic Story of Animals and People in America
    • By: Dan Flores
    • Narrated by: Clark Cornell
    • Length: 16 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 10-25-22
    • Language: English
    • 4 out of 5 stars 377 ratings
    • Distinguished scholar Dan Flores's ambitious history chronicles the epoch in which humans and animals have coexisted in the "wild new world" of North America—a place shaped both by its own grand evolutionary forces and by momentous arrivals from Asia, Africa, and Europe....

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    • Why Violence Has Declined
    • By: Steven Pinker
    • Narrated by: Arthur Morey
    • Length: 36 hrs and 39 mins
    • Release date: 10-04-11
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6,381 ratings
    • Faced with the ceaseless stream of news about war, crime, and terrorism, one could easily think we live in the most violent age ever seen....

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    • Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants
    • By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
    • Narrated by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
    • Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
    • Release date: 12-27-15
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 11,646 ratings
    • As a botanist and professor of plant ecology, Robin Wall Kimmerer has spent a career learning how to ask questions of nature using the tools of science....

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    • The Return of Nature to a British Farm
    • By: Isabella Tree
    • Narrated by: Isabella Tree
    • Length: 12 hrs and 22 mins
    • Release date: 03-17-20
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 171 ratings
    • An inspiring story about what happens when 3,500 acres of land, farmed for centuries, is left to return to the wild, and about the wilder, richer future a natural landscape can bring....

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    • A Natural and Cultural History of Mosses
    • By: Robin Wall Kimmerer
    • Narrated by: Robin Wall Kimmerer
    • Length: 7 hrs and 46 mins
    • Release date: 09-19-18
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,847 ratings
    • Living at the limits of our ordinary perception, mosses are a common but largely unnoticed element of the natural world. Gathering Moss is a beautifully written mix of science and personal reflection inviting listeners to explore and learn from the elegantly simple lives of mosses....

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    • A Radical Synthesis of Science and Spirituality
    • By: Paul Levy, Jean Houston - foreword
    • Narrated by: Paul Brion
    • Length: 12 hrs and 51 mins
    • Release date: 09-08-20
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 233 ratings
    • Written for those with no physics background, Paul Levy's latest book, The Quantum Revelation: A Radical Synthesis of Science and Spirituality, is for those who have heard that quantum physics is a fascinating subject but don't quite understand how or why....

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    • How Modern Biology Is Rewriting Our Understanding of Genetics, Disease, and Inheritance
    • By: Nessa Carey
    • Narrated by: Donna Postel
    • Length: 11 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 05-23-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 480 ratings
    • Epigenetics can potentially revolutionize our understanding of the structure and behavior of biological life on Earth....

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    • By: Bill Schutt
    • Narrated by: Tom Perkins
    • Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 02-14-17
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 293 ratings
    • Eating one's own kind is a completely natural behavior in thousands of species, including humans....

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    • How You Can Sustain Wildlife with Native Plants
    • By: Douglas W. Tallamy, Rick Darke - foreword
    • Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
    • Length: 6 hrs and 40 mins
    • Release date: 01-22-19
    • Language: English
    • 5 out of 5 stars 274 ratings
    • Bringing Nature Home has sparked a national conversation about the link between healthy local ecosystems and human well-being, and this audio edition will help broaden the movement. By acting on Douglas Tallamy's practical recommendations, everyone can make a difference....

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    • Human Restoration and the End of Nature-Deficit Disorder
    • By: Richard Louv
    • Narrated by: Rick Adamson
    • Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
    • Release date: 05-10-11
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 202 ratings
    • The Nature Principle presents a compelling case that a conscious reconnection to nature can make us whole again....

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    • What They Feel, How They Communicate - Discoveries from a Secret World
    • By: Peter Wohlleben
    • Narrated by: Mike Grady
    • Series: The Mysteries of Nature Trilogy, Book 1
    • Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
    • Release date: 09-13-16
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 6,561 ratings
    • How do trees live? Do they feel pain or have awareness of their surroundings? Research is now suggesting trees are capable of much more than we have ever known....

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    • The First 4.5 Billion Years, from Stardust to Living Planet
    • By: Robert M. Hazen
    • Narrated by: Walter Dixon
    • Length: 9 hrs and 56 mins
    • Release date: 06-23-12
    • Language: English
    • 4.5 out of 5 stars 1,107 ratings
    • In this radical new approach to Earth’s biography, Robert M. Hazen reveals how the co-evolution of the geosphere and biosphere has shaped our planet into the only one of its kind....

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