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The global forest

By Diana Beresford-Kroeger. 2010

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Canadian non-fiction, Environment, Science and technology
Human-narrated audio

Weaving together ecology, ethnobotany, horticulture, spirituality, science, and alternative medicine, the author describes trees' untapped ecological and pharmaceutical potential. Beresford-Kroeger…

proposes how trees can be planted in urban and rural areas to promote health and counteract pollution and global warming. c2010.

The geography of hope: a tour of the world we need

By Chris Turner. 2007

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Canadian non-fiction, Environment, Science and technology, Travel and geography
Human-narrated audio

To offset the grim predictions of environmentalists, Turner describes solutions already at work around the world, from Canada's largest wind…

farm to Asia's greenest building and Europe's most eco-friendly communities. He also seeks out the next generation of political, economic, social, and spiritual institutions that could provide the global foundations for a sustainable future, including the parliament houses of Scandinavia and the villages of southern India, where microcredit finance has remade the social fabric. Some descriptions of sex and some strong language. 2007.

The final forest: the battle for the last great trees of the Pacific Northwest

By William Dietrich. 1992

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Environment, Science and technology
Human-narrated audio
In this study of the controversy over old-growth forests on the Olympic Peninsula, the author talks with loggers, biologists, environmentalists and activists. 1992.

The fate of Rome: climate, disease, and the end of an empire (ITK audio)

By Kyle Harper. 2017

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History, Ancient history
Human-narrated audio

The Fate of Rome is the first book to examine the catastrophic role that climate change and infectious diseases played…

in the collapse of Rome's power -- a story of nature's triumph over human ambition. Interweaving a grand historical narrative with cutting-edge climate science and genetic discoveries, Kyle Harper traces how the fate of Rome was decided not just by emperors, soldiers, and barbarians but also by volcanic eruptions, solar cycles, climate instability, and devastating viruses and bacteria. He takes readers from Rome's pinnacle in the second century, when the empire seemed an invincible superpower, to its unraveling by the seventh century, when Rome was politically fragmented and materially depleted. Harper describes how the Romans were resilient in the face of enormous environmental stress, until the besieged empire could no longer withstand the combined challenges of a "little ice age" and recurrent outbreaks of bubonic plague. A poignant reflection on humanity's intimate relationship with the environment, The Fate of Rome provides a sweeping account of how one of history's greatest civilizations encountered, endured, yet ultimately succumbed to the cumulative burden of nature's violence. 2017.

The end of the line: how overfishing is changing the world and what we eat

By Charles Clover. 2006

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General non-fiction, Environment, Science and technology
Human-narrated audio

Clover describes how fishing with modern technology has nearly destroyed entire ocean ecosystems: New England's fisheries have collapsed, the fish…

stocks of West Africa's continental shelf are overexploited, and few cod are left in Newfoundland's Grand Banks. He blames trawlers with huge nets that destroy everything in their wake, celebrity chefs with endangered species on their menus, the European Union, the U.N. Food and Agricultural Organization, and countries like Japan and Spain that persist in illegal fishing. 2006.

The Everglades: river of grass

By Marjory Stoneman Douglas. 1997

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Nature, Environment
Human-narrated audio

Fiftieth-anniversary edition of the 1947 history and folklore of a North American region that had been viewed as a swampy…

"wasteland." This volume includes two new chapters, describing efforts to restore and preserve this valuable source of wildlife and water. c1997.

The energy of slaves: oil and the new servitude

By Andrew Nikiforuk. 2012

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Canadian non-fiction, Canadian authors (Non-fiction), Nature, Environment
Human-narrated audio

A radical analysis of our master-and-slave relationship to energy and a call for change. Nikiforuk makes a comparison between slavery…

and fossil fuels. Like slaveholders, we feel entitled to surplus energy and rationalize inequality, even barbarity, to get it. But endless growth is an illusion, and now that half of the world's oil has been burned, our energy slaves are becoming more expensive by the day. What we need, the author argues, is a radical new emancipation movement. c2012.

The end of the river: dams, drought and déjà vu on the Rio São Francisco

By Brian J Harvey. 2008

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Science and medicine biography, Canadian non-fiction, Environment, Science and technology, Travel and geography, Travelogues
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A biologist searches for a solution that will save many fish species from life-threatening dams. His adventures take him from…

a fisheries patrol boat on the Fraser River to the great Tsukiji fish market in Japan, with stops in the Philippines, Thailand, and assorted South American countries. Portrays fishermen, fish farmers, and even fish cops in a new light, as well as scientists, shysters, and some very drunk, hairy Brazilian men in thongs. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex, and some descriptions of violence. c2008.

The Etruscans

By Michael Grant. 1980

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History, Ancient history
Human-narrated audio

Author reviews the latest scholarly thinking about the Bronze Age origins and subsequent development of civilization in Etruria. A major…

section of the book deals with the geographical and cultural history of the major Etruscan city-states and their territories at the height of their power. 1980.

The curse of Akkad: climate upheavals that rocked human history

By Peter Christie. 2008

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Canadian non-fiction, History, Environment
Human-narrated audio

The world's first empire, Akkad, was toppled 4,000 years ago by a disastrous drought in Mesopotamia, Ancient Rome experienced 18…

months of darkness, possibly from a volcanic eruption half a world away, and Mayan society in Mexico began to crumble when fresh water became scarce. Christie explores climate shifts of the past, from ice ages to a World War II El Niño that frustrated the battle plans of Hitler. Grades 4-7. 2008.

The hot topic: what we can do about global warming

By Gabrielle Walker, D. A King. 2008

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Environment, Science and technology
Human-narrated audio

A concise guide to both the problems and the solutions of global warming. Guiding us past a blizzard of information…

and misinformation, Walker and King explain the science of warming, the most cutting-edge technological solutions from small to large, and the national and international politics that will affect our efforts. They propose specific ideas to fix a very specific problem, and offer hope that we can still do something about it. 2008.

The holy blood and the holy grail

By Michael Baigent, Richard Leigh, Henry Lincoln. 1982

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History, Ancient history, European history, Christianity
Human-narrated audio

Three BBC filmmakers offer a controversial and unorthodox view of the life of Christ, based on cryptic documents discovered by…

a French priest in 1891. The authors infer that Jesus married Mary Magdalen and fathered children whose descendents became European royalty, and that the bloodline of Jesus, in the Merovingian dynasty of France, continues to the present. Bestseller 1982.

The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire: Volume 3

By Edward Gibbon. 2008

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History, Ancient history
Human-narrated audio

A major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes. Volume I was published in 1776; Volumes II…

and III were published in 1781; volumes IV, V, VI in 1788-89. The books cover the period of the Roman Empire after Marcus Aurelius, from just before 180 to 1453 and beyond, concluding in 1590. They take as their material the behaviour and decisions that led to the decay and eventual fall of the Roman Empire in the East and West, offering an explanation for why the Roman Empire fell. Volume 3 contains chapters 27 to 38. 2008.

The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire: volume the first (1776) and volume the second (1781)

By Edward Gibbon, David Womersley. 2005

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History, Ancient history
Human-narrated audio

Edward Gibbon's six-volume History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-88) is among the great narratives in…

European literature. Its subject is the fate of one of the world's greatest civilizations over thirteen centuries - its rulers, wars and society, and the events that led to its disastrous collapse. Here, in volumes one and two, Gibbon charts the vast extent and constitution of the Empire from the reign of Augustus to 395 A.D. And in a controversial critique, he examines the early Church, with accounts of the first Christian and last pagan emperors, Constantine and Julian. 2005. If you request this book on CD it will be on 2 or more CDs. You must play the first CD to the end before playing the next CD.

The Greenpeace to Amchitka: an environmental odyssey

By Robert Hunter. 2004

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Adventure and exploration, Canadian non-fiction, Environment, Politics and government
Human-narrated audio

Eleven landlubbing environmentalists and one old sea captain planned to pilot a small, aging fishing boat across 3,800 kilometres of…

the Gulf of Alaska in the middle of storm season to try to stop a hydrogen bomb test - and possibly be incinerated in the process. Launched from Vancouver, the 1971 odyssey failed to stop the bomb but did ignite a world-wide environmental movement. Written by a member of the expedition, the book captures the idealism and hope of the psychedelic '60s, while also telling a sea story, full of the debates and misadventures of the characters on board. Some strong language, some descriptions of sex and violence. 2004.

The down-to-earth guide to global warming

By Laurie David, Cambria Gordon. 2008

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Nature, Environment
Human-narrated audio

Laurie David educates young listeners about the ecological crisis called Global Warming.The dangers posed are very real, and the planet…

may undergo drastic changes within this century. People do, however, have the power to fight back and save the earth, and they can start by listening to this audiobook. Grades 4-7. 2008.

The ecological planet: an introduction to Earth's ecosystems (The modern scholar)

By John C Kricher. 2008

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Nature, Environment
Human-narrated audio

Wheaton College professor John Kricher presents an absorbing analysis of the diverse ecosystems that exist on Planet Earth. He provides…

a factual study of the many fragile and threatened portions of our biosphere while describing the interaction between each system and the effect of man's presence in these ecosystems. He also explains the amazing variety of flora and fauna that inhabit the individual ecosystems and addresses current ecological issues facing mankind. 2008.

The ecology of commerce: a declaration of sustainability

By Paul Hawken. 1993

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Business and economics, Economics, Environment
Human-narrated audio

Provides a blueprint for a marketplace where businesses and environmentalists work together, showing companies how to redesign and manufacture products…

in innovative ways, re-educate customers, and work closely with government toward a profitable, productive, and ecologically sound future. 2005, c1993.

The destruction of Jerusalem: Excerpts

By Flavius Josephus. 1992

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History, Ancient history
Human-narrated audio
Presents the history of the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD, from the book 'The Wars of the Jews' by Josephus. Includes a biography of Josephus. 1992.

The civil war: 50-48 BC

By Julius Caesar. 1989

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History, Ancient history
Human-narrated audio
Describes the years of turmoil between 50 and 48 B.C. when Pompey the Great and Caesar fought for the dictatorship of Rome. 1989. Uniform title: De bello civili.

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