Nature

Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China

by Robert Fortune Read by Steve Cullen 4.8
An account by Scottish botanist of his journey to China to discover the secret of producing tea and securing plants for propagation outside…

The Outermost House

by Henry Beston Read by Shelly Weingart 3.8
A Year of Life on the Great Beach of Cape Cod - Summary by subtitle

Nature's Miracles

by Elisha Gray Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
Nature's Miracles invites listeners to explore the wonders of the natural world through the lens of science and technology. In this engaging…

A narrative of travels

by Alfred Russel Wallace Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan 5
From 1848 - 1852, Alfred Russell Wallace travelled in Brazil, exploring the Amazon and Rio Negro rivers and tributaries. During these travel…

The Natural History

by Pliny the Elder Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Naturalis Historia (Latin for "Natural History") is an encyclopedia published circa AD 77-79 by Pliny the Elder. It is one of the …

Myths and Legends Around the World

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.7
This collection is dedicated to recordings of short mythical or legendary works which are in the Public Domain. The stories tell of legends,…

The Tale of Rusty Wren

by Arthur Scott Bailey Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
Arthur Scott Bailey, a native of the state of Vermont, wrote over forty children's books using a variety of animals, birds and even insects …

In New England Fields and Woods

by Rowland E. Robinson Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.1
Born in rural Vermont in 1833, and nearly unknown to today's readers, Rowland Evans Robinson was once one of Vermont's best-known writers. A…

Eccentricities of the Animal Creation

by John Timbs Read by LibriVox Volunteers
The author has written chapters about various oddities of the animal kingdom, focusing on creatures from the bookworm to the rhinoceros and …

Indian Why Stories

by Frank Bird Linderman Read by Sacha Chander 4.6
Delightful fables, collected by a devotee of Indian lore, recounts many of the legends told to him by tribal members, among them intriguing …

In Search of the Unknown

by Robert W. Chambers Read by Peter Eastman 4
Robert Chambers was a contemporary of Lovecraft, and this book consists of "weird supernatural tales" in a somewhat similar manner…

Treatise on Light

by Christiaan Huygens Read by Availle 4.7
Treatise on Light was published in 1690 and is probably the largest scientific volume on light published before Newton's Opticks. The book e…

All About Coffee

by William Ukers Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.5
Considered the definitive work about coffee of its time, "All About Coffee" was written by William Ukers, founder of the Tea and C…

Beyond Rope and Fence

by David Grew Read by Aaron Hackett 4.6
As ranchers in Alberta, Canada release their horses into the wild to graze through the winter, one horse struggles to retain her independenc…

Animals of the Past

by Frederic Lucas Read by Jeffery 4.7
Prior to the emergence of paleontology and comparative anatomy as scientific disciplines at the end of the 18th century, it was generally kn…

Life of Henry David Thoreau

by Henry Salt Read by PhyllisV 5
Henry David Thoreau was a fascinating man, contributing vast amounts of information on nature history, leading the way for environmentalism.…

Myths and Legends Around the World

by Various Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.6
You get to choose what you want to read! (All recordings in English]) So long as the source is Public Domain for you, any short story or cha…

The Behavior of the Honey Bee

by D. B. Casteel Read by Roger Melin 4.9
The value of the honey bee in cross pollinating the flowers of fruit trees makes it desirable that exact information be available concerning…

Labrador Days

by Sir Wilfred Grenfell Read by LibriVox Volunteers 4.2
Dive deep into the heart of the Labrador Sea, sharing the rugged lives of fishermen and their indomitable spirit. Wilfred Grenfell, a doctor…

The Confessions of a Poacher

by John Watson Read by TND 4.6
The poacher of these "Confessions" was no imaginary being. Following in his father's and forefather's footsteps, he learnt from an…

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