Nature

The Gamekeeper at Home

by Richard Jefferies Read by Andy Minter (1934-2017) 4.6
Richard Jefferies (1848 – 1887) was born and spent his childhood on a farm at Coate,Wiltshire. He joined the ‘Wiltshire and Gloucestershire …

The Flower Garden

by Ida Dandridge Bennett Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
This book is a good reference on the perennial flower gardening and landscaping. It contains information on growing the plants from seed and…

Experiments in Plant Hybridisation

by Gregor Mendel Read by Availle 4.6
Gregor Mendel was an Augustinian monk in the St. Thomas monastery in Brno. His seminal paper "Experiments in Plant Hybridization" …

The Life of the Spider

by Jean-Henri Fabre Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.3
Jean-Henri Casimir Fabre was a French entomologist and author. He was born in St. Léons in Aveyron, France. Fabre was largely an auto…

The National Geographic Magazine

by National Geographic Society Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4
National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 2 published in 1889. Topics of articles are:Africa, its Past and FutureReports on:Geography of …

The White Heart of Mojave

by Edna Brush Perkins Read by Sue Anderson 4.5
"The White Heart of the Mojave" recounts a 1920's adventure "in the wind and sun and big spaces" of Death Valley by two …

The Outline of Science

by J. Arthur Thomson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
The Outline of Science was written specifically with the man-on-the-street in mind as the target audience. Covering scientific subjects rang…

Auf Schneeschuhen übers Gebirge

by Fridtjof Nansen Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Fridtjof Nansen erzählt hier in Ich Form von einer Expedition mit Scheeschuhen in den Norwegischen Bergen. Die Reise führte ihn vo…

About Orchids, a Chat

by Frederick Boyle Read by Peter Yearsley 4.8
This is not a manual of instruction for orchid growers; though there are many hints on cultivation, and a few paragraphs on how to hybridize…

The Biography of a Grizzly

by Ernest Thompson Seton Read by John W. Michaels 4.7
I first read this little book when I was in the fifth grade, and now more than fifty years later, I still find it fascinating. Ernest Thomps…

Canoeing in the Wilderness

by Henry David Thoreau Read by Melissa Green 4.6
A highly descriptive and engaging narrative from one of America's beloved nature writers, this short piece shows well Thoreau's great love o…

Wild Life on the Rockies

by Enos A. Mills Read by Laura Caldwell 4.7
"This book contains the record of a few of the many happy days and novel experiences which I have had in the wilds. For more than twent…

What Is Love?

by Ernest Dowson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
LibriVox volunteers bring you 14 recordings of What Is Love? by Ernest Dowson. This was the Weekly Poetry project for July 15, 2012.Ernest C…

Langstroth on the Hive and the Honey-Bee

by L. L. Langstroth Read by LivelyHive 4.1
Langstroth revolutionized the beekeeping industry by using bee space in his top opened hive. In the summer of 1851 he found that, by leaving…

The Blazed Trail

by Stewart Edward White Read by Tom Weiss 4.7
Stewart Edward White wrote fiction and non-fiction about adventure and travel, with an emphasis on natural history and outdoor living. White…

The Prairie Traveler

by Randolph B. Marcy Read by Angel5 4.6
Commissioned by the US War Department and written in 1859 by a decorated US Army captain, The Prairie Traveler is a complete how-to travel g…

Captain Cook

by Walter Besant Read by Pamela Nagami 4.6
James Cook (1728-1779), British explorer, navigator, cartographer, and captain in the Royal Navy was the son of a farm laborer. Apprenticed …

Making a Rock Garden

by Henry Sherman Adams Read by Peter Yearsley 4.6
A short look at building a rock garden, right from the rocks themselves and how to arrange them, to choosing and placing the plants, touchin…

The National Geographic Magazine

by National Geographic Society Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 3 published in 1889. Topics of articles are:The Rivers and Valleys of PennsylvaniaTopographic M…

The Land of Little Rain

by Mary Hunter Austin Read by Sue Anderson 4.6
The Land of Little Rain is a book of sketches which portray the high desert country of southern California, where the Sierras descend into t…

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