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Cosmos
- A Personal Voyage
- By: Carl Sagan
- Narrated by: LeVar Burton, Seth MacFarlane, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
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Cosmos is one of the bestselling science books of all time. In clear-eyed prose, Sagan reveals a jewel-like blue world inhabited by a life form that is just beginning to discover its own identity and to venture into the vast ocean of space....
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incredible book doesn't translate well into audio
- By Anonymous User on 24-08-2018
By: Carl Sagan
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A Brief History of Earth
- Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
- By: Andrew H. Knoll
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins
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Drawing on his decades of field research and up-to-the-minute understanding of the latest science, renowned geologist Andrew H. Knoll delivers a rigorous yet accessible biography of Earth, charting our home planet's epic 4.6 billion-year story....
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very informative but also calming
- By Olivia on 22-05-2023
By: Andrew H. Knoll
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Salt
- A World History
- By: Mark Kurlansky
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 13 hrs and 48 mins
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The author of Cod and The Basque History of the World takes an extraordinary look at an ordinary substance — salt, the only rock humans eat — and how it has shaped civilization from the very beginning....
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A good book to dip into
- By TerrierTops on 19-03-2017
By: Mark Kurlansky
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Earth
- Over 4 Billion Years in the Making
- By: Chris Packham, Andrew Cohen
- Narrated by: Rupert Evans
- Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins
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With the trademark dramatic storytelling techniques of The Planets and The Universe, Andrew Cohen and Chris Packham narrate the biography of the Earth, revealing the most epic moments from its history, from the first seconds of its existence to the arrival of its most incredible inhabitants, us....
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Earth science at its best
- By Anonymous User on 29-12-2024
By: Chris Packham, and others
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Unsettled
- What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters
- By: Steven E. Koonin
- Narrated by: Jay Aaseng
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
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When it comes to climate change, the media, politicians, and other prominent voices have declared that "the science is settled." In reality, the long game of telephone from research to reports to the popular media is corrupted by misunderstanding and misinformation....
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Breaking the mould
- By Amazon Customer on 08-02-2022
By: Steven E. Koonin
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Into the Planet
- My Life as a Cave Diver
- By: Jill Heinerth
- Narrated by: Jill Heinerth
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
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From one of the top cave divers working today - and one of the very few women in her field - Into the Planet blends science, adventure, and memoir to bring listeners face-to-face with the terror and beauty of Earth’s remaining unknowns....
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Interesting listen
- By FrF on 08-05-2022
By: Jill Heinerth
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Cosmos
- A Personal Voyage
- By: Carl Sagan
- Narrated by: LeVar Burton, Seth MacFarlane, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 31 mins
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Cosmos is one of the bestselling science books of all time. In clear-eyed prose, Sagan reveals a jewel-like blue world inhabited by a life form that is just beginning to discover its own identity and to venture into the vast ocean of space....
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incredible book doesn't translate well into audio
- By Anonymous User on 24-08-2018
By: Carl Sagan
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A Brief History of Earth
- Four Billion Years in Eight Chapters
- By: Andrew H. Knoll
- Narrated by: Tom Parks
- Length: 4 hrs and 57 mins
- Unabridged
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Drawing on his decades of field research and up-to-the-minute understanding of the latest science, renowned geologist Andrew H. Knoll delivers a rigorous yet accessible biography of Earth, charting our home planet's epic 4.6 billion-year story....
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very informative but also calming
- By Olivia on 22-05-2023
By: Andrew H. Knoll
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Salt
- A World History
- By: Mark Kurlansky
- Narrated by: Scott Brick
- Length: 13 hrs and 48 mins
- Abridged
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The author of Cod and The Basque History of the World takes an extraordinary look at an ordinary substance — salt, the only rock humans eat — and how it has shaped civilization from the very beginning....
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A good book to dip into
- By TerrierTops on 19-03-2017
By: Mark Kurlansky
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Earth
- Over 4 Billion Years in the Making
- By: Chris Packham, Andrew Cohen
- Narrated by: Rupert Evans
- Length: 5 hrs and 16 mins
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With the trademark dramatic storytelling techniques of The Planets and The Universe, Andrew Cohen and Chris Packham narrate the biography of the Earth, revealing the most epic moments from its history, from the first seconds of its existence to the arrival of its most incredible inhabitants, us....
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Earth science at its best
- By Anonymous User on 29-12-2024
By: Chris Packham, and others
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Unsettled
- What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters
- By: Steven E. Koonin
- Narrated by: Jay Aaseng
- Length: 7 hrs and 14 mins
- Unabridged
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When it comes to climate change, the media, politicians, and other prominent voices have declared that "the science is settled." In reality, the long game of telephone from research to reports to the popular media is corrupted by misunderstanding and misinformation....
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Breaking the mould
- By Amazon Customer on 08-02-2022
By: Steven E. Koonin
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Into the Planet
- My Life as a Cave Diver
- By: Jill Heinerth
- Narrated by: Jill Heinerth
- Length: 10 hrs and 16 mins
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From one of the top cave divers working today - and one of the very few women in her field - Into the Planet blends science, adventure, and memoir to bring listeners face-to-face with the terror and beauty of Earth’s remaining unknowns....
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Interesting listen
- By FrF on 08-05-2022
By: Jill Heinerth
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Wonderful Life
- The Burgess Shale and the Nature of History
- By: Stephen Jay Gould
- Narrated by: Jonathan Sleep
- Length: 10 hrs and 42 mins
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High in the Canadian Rockies is a small limestone quarry formed 530 million years ago called the Burgess Shale. It holds the remains of an ancient sea where dozens of strange creatures lived—a forgotten corner of evolution preserved in awesome detail....
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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
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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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Just what I was after
- By Sam on 17-06-2019
By: Sandy Allan
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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
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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....
By: Michael Bond
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How the Earth Works
- By: Michael E. Wysession, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Michael E. Wysession
- Length: 24 hrs and 31 mins
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How the Earth Works takes you on an astonishing journey through time and space. In 48 lectures, you will look at what went into making our planet - from the big bang, to the formation of the solar system, to the subsequent evolution of Earth....
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Life, the universe and everything
- By Harri Keinonen on 07-01-2025
By: Michael E. Wysession, and others
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Billions & Billions
- Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium
- By: Carl Sagan
- Narrated by: Adenrele Ojo, Ann Druyan
- Length: 9 hrs and 42 mins
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In the final book of his astonishing career, Carl Sagan brilliantly examines the burning questions of our lives, our world, and the universe around us....
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Clear and concise.
- By E. J. Lizier on 02-12-2018
By: Carl Sagan
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The Gilded Age
- By: Mark Twain, Charles Dudley Warner
- Narrated by: Bronson Pinchot
- Length: 16 hrs and 31 mins
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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....
By: Mark Twain, and others
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Everest the Cruel Way
- By: Joe Tasker
- Narrated by: Stewart Crank
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
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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....
By: Joe Tasker
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When the Earth Was Green
- Plants, Animals, and Evolution's Greatest Romance
- By: Riley Black
- Narrated by: Wren Mack
- Length: 9 hrs and 36 mins
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A gorgeously composed look at the longstanding relationship between prehistoric plants and life on Earth.
By: Riley Black
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Position Doubtful
- By: Kim Mahood
- Narrated by: Jennifer McDonald
- Length: 8 hrs and 55 mins
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The land is timeless, but much has changed: the station has been handed back to its traditional owners, the mining companies have arrived and Aboriginal art has flourished....
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Beautiful Story
- By Netgrrl on 14-03-2017
By: Kim Mahood
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The Edge of Memory
- The Geology of Folk Tales and Climate Change
- By: Patrick Nunn
- Narrated by: Peter Silverleaf
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
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Using Australia as a springboard, this book explores the science in folk history. It looks at ancient tales and traditions that may in all probability be rooted in scientifically verifiable fact and can be explored via geological evidence, such as the biblical flood....
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Ill-informed narrator
- By Rosemary Noble on 28-08-2019
By: Patrick Nunn
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Landmarks
- By: Robert Macfarlane
- Narrated by: Roy McMillan
- Length: 8 hrs and 50 mins
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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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Mesmerizing
- By Leisal on 20-02-2018
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Dinosaurs
- 10 Things You Should Know
- By: Dr Dean Lomax
- Narrated by: Dr Dean Lomax
- Length: 1 hr and 51 mins
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Travel back to the prehistoric world and discover the most fascinating parts of the lives of Earth's most awe-inspiring creatures - the dinosaurs....
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Entertaining, funny and informative!
- By ki.williams on 07-09-2021
By: Dr Dean Lomax
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A New History of Life
- By: Stuart Sutherland, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Stuart Sutherland
- Length: 17 hrs and 46 mins
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The story of our world and the different living things that have populated it is an amazing epic with millions of species, exotic settings, planet-wide cataclysms, and surprising plot twists....
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Not appropriate for audio-only
- By Amazon Customer on 09-11-2020
By: Stuart Sutherland, and others
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An Ecofarmer's Discovery
- How the Soil Really Works
- By: Ewan Campbell
- Narrated by: Ewan Campbell
- Length: 4 hrs and 40 mins
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As more farmers move to a regenerative approach to their farming practices, many turn to Ewan who has been farming this way for decades, providing practical answers for practical farmers through growing the greatest soil on earth.
By: Ewan Campbell
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The Tyrannosaur Chronicles
- By: David Hone
- Narrated by: Gavin Osborn
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
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Tyrannosaurus was truly impressive; it topped six tons, was more than 12 meters (40 feet) long, and had the largest head and most powerful bite of any land animal in history....
By: David Hone
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Life
- The Leading Edge of Evolutionary Biology, Genetics, Anthropology, and Environmental Science
- By: John Brockman
- Narrated by: Mike Chamberlain, Antony Ferguson, Jonathan Yen
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
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Scientists' understanding of life is progressing more rapidly than at any point in human history, from the extraordinary decoding of DNA to the controversial emergence of biotechnology....
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Outdated
- By Damien Teney on 26-08-2022
By: John Brockman
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Ancient Bones
- Unearthing the Astonishing New Story of How We Became Human
- By: Madelaine Böhme
- Narrated by: Aimée Ayotte
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
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Fans of Sapiens will love this “fascinating forensic inquiry into human origins” (Kirkus), where a renowned paleontologist takes listeners behind the scenes of one of the most groundbreaking investigations into the origins of humankind....
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Very interesting
- By Sharon W on 26-02-2023
By: Madelaine Böhme
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The Travels of Marco Polo
- By: Marco Polo
- Narrated by: Walter Covell
- Length: 11 hrs and 29 mins
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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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Lots of info
- By N on 25-02-2024
By: Marco Polo
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College Level Geology
- By: AudioLearn Content Team
- Narrated by: Kevin Charles
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
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Developed by experienced professors and professionally narrated for easy listening, this course is a great way to explore the subject of Geology. Following each chapter, there are key takeaways to drive home key points and quizzes that review commonly tested questions....
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Walking the Bones of Britain
- A 3 Billion Year Journey from the Outer Hebrides to the Thames Estuary
- By: Christopher Somerville
- Narrated by: Christopher Somerville
- Length: 12 hrs and 5 mins
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Travelling a thousand miles and across three billion years, Christopher Somerville (walking correspondent of The Times and author of Coast, The January Man and Ships of Heaven) sets out to interrogate the land beneath our feet, and how it has affected every aspect of human history....
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T. Rex and the Crater of Doom
- Princeton Science Library
- By: Walter Alvarez, Carl Zimmer - foreword
- Narrated by: Joel Richards
- Length: 5 hrs and 31 mins
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What caused the extinction of the dinosaurs? Walter Alvarez, one of the Berkeley scientists who discovered evidence of the impact, tells the story behind the development of the initially controversial theory....
By: Walter Alvarez, and others
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Disaster by Choice
- How Our Actions Turn Natural Hazards Into Catastrophes
- By: Ilan Kelman
- Narrated by: Rupert Bush
- Length: 5 hrs and 17 mins
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An earthquake shatters Haiti and a hurricane slices through Texas. We hear that nature runs rampant, seeking to destroy us through these 'natural disasters'....
By: Ilan Kelman
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After the Dinosaurs
- The Age of Mammals (Life of the Past Series)
- By: Donald R. Prothero
- Narrated by: Will Tulin
- Length: 10 hrs and 35 mins
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The fascinating group of animals called dinosaurs became extinct some 65 million years ago (except for their feathered descendants). In their place evolved an enormous variety of land creatures, especially mammals, which in their way were every bit as remarkable as their Mesozoic cousins....
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National Geographic Ocean
- A Global Odyssey
- By: Sylvia A. Earle
- Narrated by: Sylvia A. Earle
- Length: 14 hrs and 55 mins
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National Geographic Ocean unveils the power and significance of our planet's watery essence: the fundamental importance of the ocean in shaping Earth's climate and chemistry, as well as its vital role in supporting a multitude of life-forms, including our own human race....
By: Sylvia A. Earle