13 Best Essays, Nature Books
Essays, Nature is a popular category for many book lovers. Our team at Speechify has curated a list of the top Essays, Nature audiobooks everyone must read.
See the top 13 Essays, Nature audiobooks below.
-
We Are the Middle of Forever
- By: Dahr Jamail
- Narrator: Shaun Taylor-Corbett
- Length: 13 hours 38 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
-
4.54(76 ratings)
4.54(76 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0022.95 USDA powerful, intimate collection of conversations with Indigenous Americans on the climate crisis and the Earth’s future Although for a great many people, the human impact on the Earth–countless species becoming extinct, pandemicsA powerful, intimate collection of conversations with Indigenous Americans on the climate crisis and the Earth’s future
Although for a great many people, the human impact on the Earth–countless species becoming extinct, pandemics claiming millions of lives, and climate crisis causing worldwide social and environmental upheaval–was not apparent until recently, this is not the case for all people or cultures. For the Indigenous people of the world, radical alteration of the planet, and of life itself, is a story that is many generations long. They have had to adapt, to persevere, and to be courageous and resourceful in the face of genocide and destruction–and their experience has given them a unique understanding of civilizational devastation.
An innovative work of research and reportage, We Are the Middle of Forever places Indigenous voices at the center of conversations about today’s environmental crisis. The book draws on interviews with people from different North American Indigenous cultures and communities, generations, and geographic regions who share their knowledge and experience, their questions, their observations, and their dreams of maintaining the best relationship possible to all of life.
A welcome antidote to the despair arising from the climate crisis, We Are the Middle of Forever brings to the forefront the perspectives of those who have long been attuned to climate change and will be an indispensable aid to those looking for new and different ideas and responses to the challenges we face.
... Read more -
How to Think Like a Fish
- By: Jeremy Wade
- Narrator: Jeremy Wade
- Length: 7 hours 8 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: May 21, 2019
- Language: English
-
4.14(245 ratings)
4.14(245 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0025.98 USDThe star of the Discovery Channel’s River Monsters and author of the bestselling River Monsters shares a meditation on fishing–and life. In his bestselling first book, Jeremy Wade, the star of the hit TV series River Monsters, memorablyThe star of the Discovery Channel’s River Monsters and author of the bestselling River Monsters shares a meditation on fishing–and life.... Read moreIn his bestselling first book, Jeremy Wade, the star of the hit TV series River Monsters, memorably recounted his adventures on six continents in pursuit of fish of staggering proportions and terrifying demeanor. Now “the greatest angling explorer of his generation” (Independent on Sunday) returns to delight readers with a book of an entirely different sort, the book he was always destined to write–the distillation of a life spent fishing. Thoughtful and funny, brimming with wisdom and above all, adventure, these are pitch-perfect reflections that anyone who has ever fished will identify with, for ultimately it touches on what fishing teaches us all about life.
-
How to Cuss in Western
- By: Michael P. Branch
- Narrator: David Marantz
- Length: 6 hours 44 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
-
4.09(58 ratings)
4.09(58 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDWhere nature writing meets humor–a raucous, hilarious look at life in the high desert of Nevada, from the author of Raising Wild and Rants from the Hill Edward Abbey encouraged his readers to “be loyal to what you love, be true to theWhere nature writing meets humor–a raucous, hilarious look at life in the high desert of Nevada, from the author of Raising Wild and Rants from the Hill
Edward Abbey encouraged his readers to “be loyal to what you love, be true to the Earth, and fight your enemies with passion and laughter.” Here is Michael Branch’s response. Full of clear-eyed explorations of the natural world, witty cultural observations, and heart-warming family connections, How to Cuss in Western is a cranky and hilarious love letter of sorts to the western Great Basin Desert of Nevada.
... Read more -
In Search of the Canary Tree
- By: Lauren E. Oakes
- Narrator: Ellen Archer
- Length: 8 hours 27 minutes
- Publisher: Hachette Audio
- Publish date: November 27, 2018
- Language: English
-
3.98(433 ratings)
3.98(433 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0025.98 USDThe award-winning and surprisingly hopeful story of one woman’s search for resiliency in a warming world Several years ago, ecologist Lauren E. Oakes set out from California for Alaska’s old-growth forests to hunt for a dying tree: theThe award-winning and surprisingly hopeful story of one woman’s search for resiliency in a warming world
Several years ago, ecologist Lauren E. Oakes set out from California for Alaska’s old-growth forests to hunt for a dying tree: the yellow-cedar. With climate change as the culprit, the death of this species meant loss for many Alaskans. Oakes and her research team wanted to chronicle how plants and people could cope with their rapidly changing world. Amidst the standing dead, she discovered the resiliency of forgotten forests, flourishing again in the wake of destruction, and a diverse community of people who persevered to create new relationships with the emerging environment. Eloquent, insightful, and deeply heartening, In Search of the Canary Tree is a case for hope in a warming world.
... Read more -
Should the Tent Be Burning Like That?
- By: Bill Heavey
- Narrator: Jeff Harding
- Length: 9 hours 13 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: December 05, 2017
- Language: English
-
3.83(172 ratings)
3.83(172 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0017.99 USDMaybe the best way to explain Bill Heavey’s writing is to note that both Ted Nugent and the Wall Street Journal-two entities rarely seen in the same sentence-like it. For more than twenty years, Heavey has staked a claim as one ofMaybe the best way to explain Bill Heavey’s writing is to note that both Ted Nugent and the Wall Street Journal-two entities rarely seen in the same sentence-like it. For more than twenty years, Heavey has staked a claim as one of America’s best sportsmen writers. In feature stories and his Field & Stream column A Sportsman’s Life, he has taken readers across the country and beyond to experience his triumphs and failures as a suburban dad who happens to love hunting and fishing. This new collection gathers together a wide range of his best work-tales that are odes to the notion that enthusiasm is more important than skill and testaments to the enduring power of the natural world. Whether he’s hunting mule deer in Montana, draining cash on an overpriced pistol, or ruminating on the joys and agonies of outdoor gear, Heavey always entertains and enlightens with honesty and wit.
... Read more -
Raising Wild
- By: Michael P. Branch
- Narrator: David Marantz
- Length: 8 hours 48 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
-
3.82(129 ratings)
3.82(129 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDCombining natural history, humor, and personal narrative, Raising Wild is an intimate exploration of Nevada’s Great Basin Desert, the wild and extreme land of high desert caliche and juniper, of pronghorn antelope and mountain lions, whereCombining natural history, humor, and personal narrative, Raising Wild is an intimate exploration of Nevada’s Great Basin Desert, the wild and extreme land of high desert caliche and juniper, of pronghorn antelope and mountain lions, where wildfires and snowstorms threaten in equal measure.
Michael Branch “earned his whiskers” in the Great Basin Desert of northwestern Nevada, in the wild and extreme landscape where he lives off the grid with his wife and two curious little girls. Shifting between pastoral passages on the beauty found in the desert and humorous tales of the humility of being a father, Raising Wild offers an intimate portrait of a landscape where mountain lions and ground squirrels can threaten in equal measure. With Branch’s distinct lyricism and wit, this exceedingly barren landscape becomes a place resonant with the rattle of snakes, the plod of pronghorn antelope, and the rustle of juniper trees, a place that is teeming with energy, surprise, and an endless web of connections. Part memoir, part homage to an environment all-to-often brushed aside as inhospitable, Raising Wild offers an intergenerational approach to nature, family, and the forgotten language of wildness.
... Read more -
To the River
- By: Olivia Laing
- Narrator: Kate Reading
- Length: 8 hours 29 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2019
- Language: English
-
3.79(1276 ratings)
3.79(1276 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDOver sixty years after Virginia Woolf drowned in the River Ouse, Olivia Laing set out one midsummer morning to walk its banks, from source to sea. Along the way, she explores the roles that rivers play in human lives, tracing their intricate flowOver sixty years after Virginia Woolf drowned in the River Ouse, Olivia Laing set out one midsummer morning to walk its banks, from source to sea. Along the way, she explores the roles that rivers play in human lives, tracing their intricate flow through literature, mythology, and folklore.
Lyrical and stirring, To the River is a passionate investigation into how history resides in a landscape–and how ghosts never quite leave the places they love.
... Read more -
Under the Open Skies
- By: Markus Torgeby
- Narrator: Steven Jay Cohen
- Length: 2 hours 24 minutes
- Publisher: HarperAudio
- Publish date: November 17, 2020
- Language: English
-
3.77(46 ratings)
3.77(46 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0013.99 USDTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER A guide for living outdoors and communing with the natural world–under the open skies. “I believe in sleeping outdoors, surrounded by tall fir trees, darkness and cold. Lying on my back and looking up at theTHE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
A guide for living outdoors and communing with the natural world–under the open skies.
“I believe in sleeping outdoors, surrounded by tall fir trees, darkness and cold. Lying on my back and looking up at the stars, watching my breath form thin clouds.”
Under the Open Skies is one man’s perspective-shifting, immersive journey into the wilds of northern Sweden and into his own soul.
For four years, Markus Torgeby lived alone in a hut he built with his hands in the Jamtland forest on the northern tip of Sweden, reconnecting with nature, and healing from the stress and strain of urban life and an athletic career derailed by injury.
For Markus, living in the forest provided something concrete–cool winter air on his face, a cotton canvas of clouds overhead, wet clothes drying over the fire. Free from the constraints of modernity, his only responsibilities were the basics of survival–shelter, heat, food. Rooted on the ground under a bed of leaves, with his head finally aligned with his body, Markus found the solitude and silence he needed to be reborn.
In this moving elegy, Markus offers lessons both practical–how to make fire, how to craft an outdoor bed, how to tap trees for water–and profound–what it means to become one with the natural world, to live authentically, to reconnect with yourself and your surroundings. Under the Open Skies is as invigorating as a long hike on a brisk morning and as sublime as a bowl of cinnamon porridge at the end of a long day. It is an invitation–to the stressed, disconnected, and lonely, to all who yearn to unplug and slow down, to those who wonder how life got so complicated–to come home to nature, to open the mind and heart to the wide-open sky.
Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.
... Read more -
H Is for Hawk
- By: Helen Macdonald
- Narrator: Helen Macdonald
- Length: 11 hours 6 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2015
- Language: English
-
3.74(55516 ratings)
3.74(55516 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0019.95 USDThe instant New York Times bestseller and award-winning sensation, Helen Macdonald’s story of adopting and raising one of nature’s most vicious predators has soared into the hearts of millions of readers worldwide. One of the New YorkThe instant New York Times bestseller and award-winning sensation, Helen Macdonald’s story of adopting and raising one of nature’s most vicious predators has soared into the hearts of millions of readers worldwide.
One of the New York Times Book Review’s 10 Best Books of the YearOne of Slate’s 50 Best Nonfiction Books of the Last 25 YearsON MORE THAN 25 BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR LISTS: including TIME (#1 Nonfiction Book), NPR, O, The Oprah Magazine (10 Favorite Books), Vogue (Top 10), Vanity Fair, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Chicago Tribune, Seattle Times, San Francisco Chronicle (Top 10), Miami Herald, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Minneapolis Star Tribune (Top 10), Library Journal (Top 10), Publishers Weekly, Kirkus Reviews, Slate, Shelf Awareness, Book Riot, Amazon (Top 20)
When Helen Macdonald’s father died suddenly on a London street, she was devastated. An experienced falconer captivated by hawks since childhood, she’d never before been tempted to train one of the most vicious predators: the goshawk. But in her grief, she saw that the goshawk’s fierce and feral anger mirrored her own. Resolving to purchase and raise the deadly creature as a means to cope with her loss, she adopted Mabel and turned to the guidance of The Once and Future King author T. H. White’s chronicle The Goshawk to begin her journey into Mabel’s world. Projecting herself “in the hawk’s wild mind to tame her” tested the limits of Macdonald’s humanity.
By turns heartbreaking and hilarious, this book is an unflinching account of bereavement, a unique look at the magnetism of an extraordinary beast, and the story of an eccentric falconer and legendary writer. Weaving together obsession, madness, memory, myth, and history, H Is for Hawk is a distinctive, surprising blend of nature writing and memoir from a very gifted writer.
... Read more -
Counting Sheep
- By: Axel Linden
- Narrator: Peter Noble
- Length: 1 hours 53 minutes
- Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
- Publish date: January 01, 2018
- Language: English
-
3.45(87 ratings)
3.45(87 ratings)Regular Price:Try for $0.0014.99 USDNorwegian Wood meets The Tao of Pooh in this philosophical, witty, and heartwarming collection of daily observations from a Swedish academic-turned-sheep farmer who finds peace and meaning outside the hustle and bustle of modern, urban life. One ofNorwegian Wood meets The Tao of Pooh in this philosophical, witty, and heartwarming collection of daily observations from a Swedish academic-turned-sheep farmer who finds peace and meaning outside the hustle and bustle of modern, urban life.
... Read more
One of the fun things about keeping sheep is that now and then it feels like something other than a job or a duty. Perhaps the feeling can best be summed up by the idea that it’s not I who keep the sheep, but the sheep who keep me.
When Axel Linden leaves his literary life in the city for the farm he unexpectedly inherits–along with the ever-escaping flock of sheep that comes with it–he has a fairly naive notion of what farm life will be: pure drudgery.
But as time passes and Axel slowly settles into the rhythms of the farm and shepherding, his naivete fades away and is gradually replaced with a new appreciation of the spiritual and emotional value of manual labor, caring for other living things, and staying connected to the earth.
Capturing his observations and thoughts in short diary entries, Counting Sheep is a meditative and irresistibly delightful book that delves into the small wonders of our world and celebrates pastoral life, demonstrating that it’s often the little things in life that mean the most. -
Wild Life in a Southern County (Excerpted Essay)
- By: Richard Jeffries
- Narrator: Simon Vance
- Length: 32 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2013
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.004.95 USDRichard Jefferies remains one of the most thoughtful and most lyrical writers on the English countryside. Best known for his articles and stories published in the Live Stock Journal, he draws from a wealth of knowledge of the rural community intoRichard Jefferies remains one of the most thoughtful and most lyrical writers on the English countryside. Best known for his articles and stories published in the Live Stock Journal, he draws from a wealth of knowledge of the rural community into which he had been born.
Here he examines the habitats of the Downs and the birds and animals that live there. Written in Jefferies’ highly descriptive style, the essay conveys a sense of wonder evoked by the natural world.
Proceeds from sale of this title go to Reach Out and Read, an innovative literacy advocacy organization.
... Read more -
Walden and On the Duty of Civil Disobedience
- By: Henry David Thoreau
- Narrator: Robin Field
- Length: 13 hours 50 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2009
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.0024.95 USDIn the early spring of 1845, Henry David Thoreau built and lived in a cabin near the shore of Walden Pond in rural Massachusetts. For the next two years, he enacted his own Transcendentalist experiment, living a simple life based on self-reliance,In the early spring of 1845, Henry David Thoreau built and lived in a cabin near the shore of Walden Pond in rural Massachusetts. For the next two years, he enacted his own Transcendentalist experiment, living a simple life based on self-reliance, individualism, and harmony with nature. The journal he kept at that time evolved into his masterwork,Walden, an eloquent expression of a uniquely American philosophy.
During the same period, Thoreau endured a one-day imprisonment for his refusal to pay a poll tax, an act of protest against the government for supporting the Mexican War, to which he was morally opposed. In his essay “On the Duty of Civil Disobedience,” he defends the principles of such nonviolent protest, setting an example that has influenced such figures as Gandhi and Martin Luther King, Jr., and that endures to this day.
Henry David Thoreau is today considered one of the most influential figures in American thought and literature.
... Read more -
The Simple Beauty of the Unexpected, Second Edition
- By: Marcelo Gleiser
- Narrator: Thom Rivera
- Length: 6 hours 16 minutes
- Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
- Publish date: January 01, 2022
- Language: English
Regular Price:Try for $0.0016.95 USDA personal and engaging tribute to nature from a world-famous theoretical physicist Marcelo Gleiser has had a passion for science and fishing since he was a boy growing up on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro. As a world-famous theoretical physicistA personal and engaging tribute to nature from a world-famous theoretical physicist
Marcelo Gleiser has had a passion for science and fishing since he was a boy growing up on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro. As a world-famous theoretical physicist with hundreds of scientific articles and several books of popular science to his credit, he felt it was time to once again connect with nature in less theoretical ways. After seeing a fly-fishing class on the Dartmouth College green, he decided to learn to fly-fish, a hobby, he says, that teaches humility. In The Simple Beauty of the Unexpected, Gleiser travels the world to scientific conferences, fishing wherever he goes. At each stop, he ponders the myriad ways physics informs the act of fishing; how, in its turn, fishing serves as a lens into nature’s inner workings; and how science engages with questions of meaning and spirituality, inspiring a sense of mystery and awe of the not yet known. Personal and engaging, The Simple Beauty of the Unexpected is a scientist’s tribute to nature, an affirmation of humanity’s deep connection with and debt to Earth, and an exploration of the meaning of existence, from atom to trout to cosmos.
This edition features a new essay by Gleiser on how we need a profound change of worldview if we are to have a vibrant future for our species in this fragile environment. He describes how this book was an incubator for his current thinking.
... Read more
Cliff Weitzman
Cliff Weitzman is a dyslexia advocate and the CEO and founder of Speechify, the #1 text-to-speech app in the world, totaling over 100,000 5-star reviews and ranking first place in the App Store for the News & Magazines category. In 2017, Weitzman was named to the Forbes 30 under 30 list for his work making the internet more accessible to people with learning disabilities. Cliff Weitzman has been featured in EdSurge, Inc., PC Mag, Entrepreneur, Mashable, among other leading outlets.
Recent Blogs
-
July 06, 2023
Which books are available on Spotify?
-
July 06, 2023
Are audiobooks free on Spotify with membership?
-
June 25, 2023
Top Destinations for Free eBooks and Audiobooks Online
-
June 25, 2023
Best Alternative to Barnes & Noble Online
-
June 25, 2023
The Best Places to Buy eBooks: Beyond the Kindle Ecosystem
-
June 25, 2023
What are the best places to find free ebooks?
-
June 25, 2023
Best Independent Companies to Buy eBooks from
-
April 19, 2023
How many Game of Thrones books are there?
-
April 19, 2023
Where to buy cheap books: A comprehensive guide
-
April 19, 2023
How many Jack Reacher books are there?
-
April 19, 2023
How many FNAF books are there?
-
April 19, 2023
How many Warrior Cats books are there?
-
April 19, 2023
How many Wheel of Time books are there?
-
April 19, 2023
The best Vampire Survivors powerups in order
-
April 19, 2023
How to read the Robert Galbraith books in order
-
April 19, 2023
How to read the Artemis Fowl books in order
-
April 19, 2023
How to read Craig Johnson’s books in order
-
April 19, 2023
How to read Cassandra Clare’s books in order
-
April 19, 2023
How to read Lee Child’s books in order
-
April 18, 2023
How to read the In Death book series in order
-
April 18, 2023
Best book quotes
-
April 18, 2023
A tale of two cities reviewed
-
April 18, 2023
All the President’s Men reviewed
-
April 18, 2023
Tintin reviewed
-
April 18, 2023
What are adult coloring books?
-
April 18, 2023
How to read the Percy Jackson books in order
-
April 11, 2023
How to find charities for the blind
-
April 11, 2023
What is the best Bible app
-
April 11, 2023
Where to find free audio Bible downloads
-
April 11, 2023
What is the best free Bible app
More in this series
- 13 Best Ancient Mysteries & Controversial Knowledge, Body, Mind & Spirit Books
- 14 Best Fishing Books
- 26 Best Military & Wars, Juvenile Nonfiction Books
- 29 Best Civil Rights, Political Science Books
- The best Anne Rice books
- 16 Best Girls & Women, YOUNG ADULT FICTION Books
- 29 Best Parents, Juvenile Fiction Books
- 29 Best Home Schooling Books
- 12 Best Creative Ability Books
- 29 Best Topic Books
- 29 Best Biblical Criticism & Interpretation Books
- 25 Best Presidents & Heads of State, Political Science Books
- 29 Best Gothic Books
- 14 Best Depression, Self-Help Books
- The best books by Patricia Cornwell
- 14 Best Internet Books
- 29 Best Love & Romance, Juvenile Fiction Books
- 29 Best Weight Loss, Health & Fitness Books
- 13 Best Sexuality & Gender Studies, Religion Books
- 12 Best Great Britain, Biography & Autobiography Books
- 29 Best Personal Memoirs, Social Science Books
- 29 Best Christian Ministry Books
- 29 Best Personal Memoirs, Sports & Recreation Books
- 20 Best Cultural Heritage, Juvenile Nonfiction Books
- 29 Best Organizational Behavior, Business & Economics Books
- 29 Best Management, Business & Economics Books
- 29 Best Personal Memoirs, Self-Help Books
- 16 Best Other, Non-Religious Books
- 29 Best Prayer, Religion Books
- 17 Best Affirmations, Self-Help Books