Nature
90 books
History
661
James O. Brayman - Thrilling Adventures By Land And Sea
There is in the adventures of the daring and heroic, something that interests all. There is a charm about them which, while it partakes of the nature of Romance, does not exercise the same influence upon the mind or...
10 hours 23 minutes
Animals
546
William Ruschenberger - Elements of Herpetology and Ichthyology
This succinct little textbook from 1844 presents an introduction to herpetology and ichthyology. The information, albeit not current, is still interesting and of use as a general overview of reptiles, amphibians, and...
5 hours 14 minutes
History
540
Carl Parcher Russell - One Hundred Years In Yosemite: The Story Of A Great Park And Its Friends
This recording of the 1931 (1947 second edition) book about Yosemite National Park comprises the narrative text about the Park from its discovery by non-natives in the Indian War of 1851 to the mid-twentieth century....
5 hours 54 minutes
Nature
569
Ernst Dieffenbach - Travels in New Zealand with contributions to the geography, geology, botany, and natural history of that country, Vol. I
“Let the reader imagine a deep lake of a blue colour, surrounded by verdant hills; in the lake several islets, some showing the bare rock, others covered with shrubs, while on all of them steam issued from a hundred...
10 hours 32 minutes