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The Garden Party
Read by Lucy Burgoyne (1950 - 2014)
Katherine Mansfield
A collection of short stories on a variety of subjects, by one of New Zealand's premiere female writers.
The Outline of Science, Vol 3
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J. Arthur Thomson
The Outline of Science was written specifically with the man-on-the-street in mind as the target audience. Covering scientific subjects rang…
About Orchids, a Chat
Read by Peter Yearsley
Frederick Boyle
This is not a manual of instruction for orchid growers; though there are many hints on cultivation, and a few paragraphs on how to hybridize…
Making a Rock Garden
Read by Peter Yearsley
Henry Sherman Adams
A short look at building a rock garden, right from the rocks themselves and how to arrange them, to choosing and placing the plants, touchin…
House, Garden and Field: A Collection of Short Nature Studies
Read by J. M. Smallheer
Louis Compton Miall
"Nature study seeks above all things to develop the earliest rudiments of the scientific discover." L. C. MiallThis book contains…
Nature Myths and Stories for Little Children
Read by Linette Geisel
Flora J. Cooke
Written for first through third graders, this book aims to expand not only the imagination but the vocabulary. For listeners following along…
The True Vine
Read by Phil Snyder
Andrew Murray
Andrew Murray's True Vine is a thirty-one day devotional focusing on Christ's Parable of the Vine and the Branches in John 15. The devotiona…
Pioneer work in the Alps of New Zealand; a record of the first exploration of t…
Read by Gail Timmerman Vaughan
Arthur Paul Harper
“Situated as we were at Camp 2, in fine rata bush, with a luxuriant undergrowth of tree-ferns and other plants - which in England would be c…
The Double Life Of Mr. Alfred Burton
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E. Phillips Oppenheim
Alfred Burton, a smooth-talking salesman, is having a perfectly ordinary day on the job when he stumbles across a strange plant in an old ho…
Days and Hours in a Garden
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Eleanor Vere Boyle
"Already the Snowdrops are giving way before impatient Hepaticas and Primroses, the bare Elms are thickening with purple, and we begin …
Handbook of Nature-Study, Part 1
Read by Jill Engle
Anna Botsford Comstock
Handbook of Nature-Study was written by Anna Botsford Comstock during an era of growing societal concern for man's treatment of the natural …
The Botanic Garden, a Poem in Two Parts. Part 1
Read by Matthew Muñoz
Erasmus Darwin
Charles Darwin’s grandfather Erasmus was also a famous naturalist in his own day, in addition to being a celebrated poet. This is the first …
Three Years' Wanderings in the Northern Provinces of China
Read by Steve Cullen
Robert Fortune
An account by Scottish botanist of his journey to China to discover the secret of producing tea and securing plants for propagation outside…
The Secret of Everyday Things
Read by MaryAnn
Jean-Henri Fabre
The clearness, simplicity, and charm of the great French naturalist's style are nowhere better illustrated than in this work, which in its v…
How to Tell the Birds from the Flowers
Read by Andrea L
Robert Williams Wood
How do you tell apart a parrot from a carrot? A plover from a clover? A bay from a jay? Although there are several ways of differentiating, …
Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures
Read by J. M. Smallheer
Arabella B. Buckley
"The present volume is chiefly intended for those of my young friends who have read, and been interested in, The Fairyland of Science. …
The Insect Folk
Read by Laura Caldwell
Margaret Warner Morley
Through delightful outings with her students, a teacher introduces her class to the fascinating world of insects. She encourages her student…
Just Stories: The Kind That Never Grow Old
Read by Maria Therese
Winfrid Herbst
Good Books are wise counselors. They point out the right way in the devious paths of life. Have we not often stood at the juncture of two ro…
The Tinted Venus
Read by Don W. Jenkins
F. Anstey
When a young newly engaged man finds himself bound for an amusement garden with an old flame, not his fiancee, it is not surprising that he …
Greener Than You Think
Read by Lee Elliott
Ward Moore
Do remember reading a panic-mongering news story a while back about genetically engineered “Frankengrass” “escaping” from the golf course wh…