Nature

Adam and Eve

by John Milton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.8
Adam and Eve is a poignant exploration of the first humans as depicted in John Milton's epic poem, Paradise Lost. This excerpt from Book IV …

The Secret Garden

by Frances Hodgson Burnett Read by ashleighjane 4.8
When Mary Lennox, who has been brought up in India in a spoiled manner, is orphaned she has to move to Yorkshire, England, to live with her …

The Art of Travel

by Sir Francis Galton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.8
The Art of Travel is a handbook of practical advice for the adventure seeking Victorian. We hear how to organize all steps of a voyage, from…

Roughing It in the Bush

by Susanna Moodie Read by Moira Fogarty 4.4
'Roughing It In the Bush' is Susanna Moodie's account of how she coped with the harshness of life in the woods of Upper Canada, as an Englis…

The Book of Camping and Woodcraft

by Horace Kephart Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
In the Introduction to Camping and Woodcraft, Horace Kephart wrote: “My one aim in writing this little book is to make it of practical servi…

Book of the Damned

by Charles Hoy Fort Read by LibriVox Volunteers 3.6
The Book of the Damned was the first published nonfiction work of the author Charles Fort (first edition 1919). Dealing with various types o…

Walden

by Henry David Thoreau Read by Nick Bulka 4.4
Walden (first published as Walden; or, Life in the Woods) is an American book written by noted transcendentalist Henry David Thoreau, a refl…

Steep Trails

by John Muir Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
A collection of Muir's previously unpublished essays, released shortly after his death. "This volume will meet, in every way, the high …

Handbook of Nature-Study

by Anna Botsford Comstock Read by Jill Engle 4.9
Handbook of Nature-Study was written by Anna Botsford Comstock during an era of growing societal concern for man's treatment of the natural …

The Mountains of California

by John Muir Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.3
The Mountains of California invites listeners to explore the breathtaking landscapes and natural wonders of California through the eyes of r…

The Vegetable Garden

by Ida Dandridge Bennett Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
The Vegetable Garden by Ida Dandridge Bennett is a comprehensive guide that delves into the art and science of vegetable gardening. Publishe…

The National Geographic Magazine

by National Geographic Society Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.4
National Geographic Magazine Volume 1 Number 1 published in 1889. Topics of articles are:Announcement by the National Geographic SocietyIntr…

Elizabeth and her German Garden

by Elizabeth Von Arnim Read by ashleighjane 4.6
Elizabeth and Her German Garden is a novel by Elizabeth von Arnim, first published in 1898; it was very popular and frequently reprinted dur…

A Woman Who Went to Alaska

by May Kellogg Sullivan Read by Karen Commins 4.5
Alaska has only been a state since 1959, and the breathtaking terrain remains mostly unspoiled and natural. In modern times, many of us have…

The Natural History

by Pliny the Elder Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.9
Naturalis Historia (Latin for "Natural History") is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the …

Opticks

by Isaac Newton Read by LibriVox Volunteers 5
The famous physicist Sir Isaac Newton lectured on optics from 1670 - 1672. He worked on refraction of light into colored beams using prisms …

The Lure of the Labrador Wild

by Dillon Wallace Read by Tom Weiss 4.7
The Lure Of The Labrador Wild is a account of a expedition by Leonidas Hubbard, an adventurer and journalist to canoe the system Naskaupi Ri…

Poems

by Emily Dickinson Read by Shurtagal 4.2
Renowned poet Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886) wrote many many poems. This collection, "Poems: Series One", presents the first instal…

Tales Of Lonely Trails

by Zane Grey Read by David Wales 4.4
Western novelist Zane Grey (1872-1939) also wrote nonfiction books about the American West and its country. This 1922 tribute to country he…

Canyons of the Colorado

by John Wesley Powell Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
John Wesley Powell was a pioneer American explorer, ethnologist, and geologist in the 19th Century. In 1869 he set out to explore the Colora…

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