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Samuel Roukin
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James Aldred
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A professional tree climber encounters gorillas, snakes, spiders, and birds of prey, as well as answers and perspective, hundreds of feet up, all over the world
Every child knows the allure of climbing trees. But how many of us get to make a living at it, spending days observing nature from the canopies of stunning forests all around the world?
As a wildlife cameraman for the BBC and National Geographic, James Aldred spends his working life high up in trees, poised to capture key moments in the lives of wild animals and birds. Aldred's climbs take him to the most incredible and majestic trees in existence. In Borneo, home to the tallest tropical rain forest on the planet, just getting a rope up into the 250-foot-tall trees is a challenge. In Venezuela, even body armor isn't guaranteed protection against the razor-sharp talons of a nesting Harpy Eagle. In Australia, the peace of being lulled to sleep in a hammock 25 stories above the ground - after a grueling day of climbing and filming - is broken by a midnight storm that threatens to topple the tree.
In this vivid account of memorable trees he has climbed ("Goliath", "Apollo", "Roaring Meg"), Aldred blends incredible stories of his adventures in the branches with a fascination for the majesty of trees to show us the joy of rising - literally - above the daily grind, up into the canopy of the forest.
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- Length: 6 hrs and 33 mins
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Cities all around the world reported strange alien vessels descending. Some saw them as the heralds of a new age; others fired everything they had at them. All were taken as the beams lashed down and drew them into the sky. Dean was left behind, seemingly the last man on Earth. A trail of clues left by his dead wife guides Dean on a perilous journey across America and beyond to learn the truth behind the mysterious ships and save humanity from its doom.
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Did not inspire me to get the next book.
- By MD on 12-13-18
By: Nathan Hystad
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Lost in the Jungle
- A Harrowing True Story of Survival
- By: Yossi Ghinsberg
- Narrated by: Pat Young
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
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Four travelers meet in Bolivia and set off into the heart of the Amazon rainforest, but what begins as a dream adventure quickly deteriorates into a dangerous nightmare, and after weeks of wandering in the dense undergrowth, the four backpackers split up into two groups. But when a terrible rafting accident separates him from his partner, Yossi is forced to survive for weeks alone against one of the wildest backdrops on the planet.
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Interesting story, awful narrator.
- By Adrian Bardue on 02-17-16
By: Yossi Ghinsberg
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Wicked River
- A Novel
- By: Jenny Milchman
- Narrated by: Susie Berneis
- Length: 13 hrs and 52 mins
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Six-million acres of Adirondack forest separate Natalie and Doug Larson from civilization. For the newlyweds, the isolated backcountry honeymoon seemed ideal for starting their lives together, but as they begin to explore the dark interiors of their own hearts, it soon becomes clear that they are not alone in the woods. A man watches them, wielding the forest like a weapon. He wants something from them that's more terrifying than death. And once they are near him, he will do everything in his power to make sure they never walk out again.
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Wow !
- By Dlh on 05-16-18
By: Jenny Milchman
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The Cloud Roads
- By: Martha Wells
- Narrated by: Christopher Kipiniak
- Length: 15 hrs and 7 mins
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Moon has spent his life hiding what he is - a shape-shifter able to transform himself into a winged creature of flight. An orphan with only vague memories of his own kind, Moon tries to fit in among the tribes of his river valley, with mixed success. Just as Moon is once again cast out by his adopted tribe, he discovers a shape-shifter like himself... someone who seems to know exactly what he is, who promises that Moon will be welcomed into his community.
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Very original but flawed
- By David on 06-22-13
By: Martha Wells
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Dreamwalker
- The Ballad of Sir Benfro, Book 1
- By: J.D. Oswald
- Narrated by: Wayne Forester
- Length: 12 hrs and 23 mins
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Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of The Ballad of Sir Benfro: Dreamwalker, the first installment in the new fantasy series from JD Oswald, read by Wayne Forester. Miles from the great cities of the Twin Kingdoms, a young boy called Errol tries to find his way in the world. He's an outsider, and no one, not even himself, has any knowledge of his true lineage. Deep in the forest, Benfro, the young male dragon begins his training in the subtle arts.
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Entertaining, albeit predictable
- By Marilyn C on 02-05-15
By: J.D. Oswald
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Orion
- Orion Series, Book 1
- By: Ben Bova
- Narrated by: Stefan Rudnicki
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
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John O'Ryan is not a god...not exactly. He is an eternal warrior destined to combat the Dark Lord through all time for dominion of the Earth. Follow him, servant of a great race, as he battles his enemy down the halls of time, from the caves of our ancestors to the final confrontation under the hammer of nuclear annihilation.
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Cornucopia of Genre's
- By Jim "The Impatient" on 06-10-12
By: Ben Bova
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Nurk
- The Strange, Surprising Adventures of a (Somewhat) Brave Shrew
- By: Ursula Vernon
- Narrated by: Bill Knowlton
- Length: 3 hrs and 4 mins
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Nurk is a quiet homebody of a shrew. But when a mysterious plea for help arrives in the mail, he invokes the spirit of his fearless warrior-shrew grandmorther, Surka, and sets off to find the sender. It seems the prince of the dragonflies has been kidnapped, and Nurk is his last hope for rescue. Such a mission would be daunting for even the biggest, baddest, and bravest of shrews, and Nurk is neither big nor bad, and only a little brave. But he does his very best - and hopes his grandmother would be proud.
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Loved it!
- By D L on 01-27-23
By: Ursula Vernon
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Becoming Animal
- An Earthly Cosmology
- By: David Abram
- Narrated by: David Abram
- Length: 13 hrs and 30 mins
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As the climate veers toward catastrophe, the innumerable losses cascading through the biosphere make vividly evident the need for a metamorphosis in our relation to the living land. For too long we've inured ourselves to the wild intelligence of our muscled flesh, taking our primary truths from technologies that hold the living world at a distance. This audiobook subverts that distance, drawing listeners ever deeper into their animal senses in order to explore, from within, the elemental kinship between the body and the breathing Earth.
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a life changer
- By EH555 on 07-26-18
By: David Abram
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Maelstrom
- By: Peter Cawdron
- Narrated by: Emily Woo Zeller, Andrew Eiden, Amy Landon
- Length: 7 hrs and 36 mins
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Tunguska, Roswell, the Bermuda Triangle, the Mary Celeste... For hundreds of years, the danger posed by colliding worlds has been ignored as a crackpot theory, until now, and now it's too late.
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Get ready to have your mind blown!
- By Montzalee Wittmann on 10-11-17
By: Peter Cawdron
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The Ritual
- By: Adam Nevill
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 11 hrs and 35 mins
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When four old University friends set off into the Scandinavian wilderness of the Arctic Circle, they aim to briefly escape the problems of their lives and reconnect with one another. But when Luke, the only man still single and living a precarious existence, finds he has little left in common with his well-heeled friends, tensions rise. With limited experience between them, a shortcut meant to ease their hike turns into a nightmare scenario that could cost them their lives. Lost, hungry, and surrounded by forest untouched for millennia, Luke figures things couldn't possibly get any worse.
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AMAZING AND SCARY
- By Emily McDonald on 02-15-18
By: Adam Nevill
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- Dan G. Bissell
- 01-28-21
Incredible
What a vivid account of the adventures of one of the most devoted tree climbers I have ever heard of. His grit, tenacity and passion a palatable throughout the entire story
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- Retiredteach
- 06-04-23
Very good!!
Loved learning of all the challenges he faced in his climbs, yet he continued on despite them to enjoy the wonders of nature.
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- Argott
- 11-28-22
Absolutely Fantastic
I’m thoroughly impressed with the craft and skill that went into writing this book. Aldred places you securely in the canopy of wonders.
I’m really looking forward to his next release!
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