Joy Adamson relates the story of her life alongside Elsa the lioness, whom she had rescued as an orphaned cub and raised until she was old enough to return to the African wilds. Millions have also come to know and love Elsa and the story of 'Born Free' through the film starring Virginia McKenna and Bill Travers.

At the age of 26, David Attenborough applied for a job at the BBC - which then meant radio - and was turned down. It was suggested that he tried television, and fifty years later he is still one of British television's most well-loved figures. This audiobook covers both his hectic half-century in television, as well as expeditions to some very wild parts of the world.

A history of life on earth, this audiobook examines the evolution, development and adaptation of animals in each major biological group.

For the 1960s BBC series 'Zoo Quest', David Attenborough visited the Northern Territory of Australia. Specially recorded for radio, the quest follows the intrepid BBC film crew on their adventures through both jungle and arid desert. David Attenborough meets aborigines, goes walkabout in the bush, and paints a compelling and fascinating picture of life Down Under.

The story of a joint animal-collecting and film-making trip to Indonesia. Attenborough tells of danger on the crew's hazardous boat trip with a gun smuggling captain and the terror of erupting volcanoes. Experience the incredible sights he witnessed - breathtaking butterflies, taking tea with Charlie the Orangutan and the capture of a Komodo dragon.

The story of David Attenborough's joint animal-collecting and film-making trip to New Guinea. The quest demanded hazardous treks across treacherous terrain in the Jimi Valley to find exotic Birds of Paradise.

From mites to mammals, insects to birds, David Attenborough explores how animals behave and why. Included are the amazing stories of the crab with stinging boxing gloves, the cleaner-fish whose customers queue up in the sea, the lion who kills the cubs of a rival, the navigating ant and the viper that is a caterpillar.

What does it mean to say that the universe appeared out of nothing? Did it need a beginning and will it ever end? Why do we think that most of the universe is invisible? This audiobook explains how the findings from the COBE satellite allow us to shed light on the events at the dawn of time.

In this introduction to the history of astronomy and physics, Dr Richard Berendzen covers everything from the ancient worlds of Greece, Persia, Egypt, and China to the 20th-century space program. He also ruminates on the effect these two sciences have on the planet and on daily lives.

Bill Bryson's quest to understand everything that has transpired from the Big Bang to the rise of civilisation. His challenge is to take subjects like geology, chemistry, astronomy and particle physics and to render them comprehensible to people who thought they could never be interested in science. In the company of some extraordinary scientists, the world is revealed in a way most of us have never seen before.

In this work Darwin challenged many of the most deeply held beliefs of the Western World, and therefore it is high on any serious list of the most important and influential books ever written. This audiobook has been abridged to remove those chapters that are now known to be wrong, notably those concerned with genetics.

Using a lively, witty question-and-answer format, Davis provides remarkable information about the sun, stars, planets and the universe. This audiobook also encourages listeners to contemplate such issues as humans' ability to travel to and live in other worlds.

A clear and lively guide to the discoveries, theories, and real people that have shaped space exploration from the beginning of civilisation to the present. This audiobook takes us through a historical overview of man's fascination with space to a guided tour of our solar system and beyond.

The information system contained in DNA is so powerful that it far outstrips any computer. Dawkin's description of it aims to bring out the inspirational quality of our understanding of evolution, as illuminated by Darwin's theory of natural selection.

In this audiobook Dawkins argues for the irrationality of belief in God and the grievous harm it has inflicted on society. He suggests that while Europe is becoming increasingly securalised, the rise of religious fundamentalism, whether in the Middle East or Middle America, is dangerously dividing opinion around the world - and all from belief in a God whose existence lacks evidence of any kind.

The story of how Gerald Durrell and his wife Lee set up their own zoo in Jersey. Journeying to the Cameroons they managed to collect 'plenty beef', helped by the renowned Fon of Bafut. Their difficulties began when they found themselves back at home with Cholmondely the chimpanzee, Bug-eye the bush-baby, and other founder-members... and nowhere to put them.

Gerald Durrell takes up the story after his childhood in Corfu and recaptures the fun of his early years when he joined Whipsnade as a student keeper. Here he learns some practical lessons in looking after animals.

Based on the broadcasts made by Gerald Durrell for the BBC, this is a vividly entertaining account of the animals he discovered and observed from Argentina to Africa and from Greece to Ghana. We are introduced to a Cornucopia of creatures: dancing birds of paradise, lizards with skins like mosaics, slender snakes coloured like old school ties and many more.

The first of Gerald Durrell's childhood memoirs on life amidst the olive groves and mountains of Corfu. The young naturalist Gerald lives with his family in chaotic harmony, welcoming a constant stream of eccentric visitors to their villa. He spends many blissful hours collecting all kinds of animals and insects including chameleon spiders, cicadas, tortoises, toads, fireflies and scorpions, and brings them back to the house, much to his family's dismay...

Once thought to be extinct, the Aye-aye, one of the world's strangest creatures, is now only found in small colonies on the magical island of Madagascar, situated off the coast of Southern Africa. Gerald Durrell's task was to capture some for breeding at the famous Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust. Although on a serious scientific expedition, Durrell describes his adventures and some amazing creatures from giant jumping rats to flat-tailed tortoises and gentle lemurs with his own inimitable sense of humour.

Hairy Frogs, White-faced Scops Owls, Flying Mice, Hyrax: Gerald Durrell tells of his experiences collecting these and other exotic creatures in the highlands of Cameroon in Africa during the late 1940s. A zoologist, Durrell vividly and humourously describes his adventures, the scenery, the people, and the unusual creatures that he hopes to take back alive to England with the help of the local ruler, the Fon of Bafut.

The 'Adventure' of the title is both Durrell's destination - a settlement in the remote tropical forest of British Guiana, off the coast of South America - and his mission: to bring back live specimens of rare animals. The tale of this exciting but equally frustrating journey is interspersed with his trademark humour.

Jane Goodall shares the remarkable journey which took her from her childhood in London and Bournemouth to the realisation of her dream to study chimpanzees in the wilds of Gombe, Tanzania.

The truth about the climate crisis is an inconvenient one that means we are going to have to change the way we live our lives - and this affects young people above all. Our climate crisis may at times appear to be happening slowly, but in fact it has become a true planetary emergency and we need to understand that we are facing a crisis. Al Gore, former Vice President of the United States, has been a passionate advocate of action to halt climate change for many years. In this young adult edition, adapted from his book and film, he writes about the urgent need to solve the problems of climate change.

In 1951 Oliver Graham Jones was appointed Curator of mammals at London Zoo, becoming Senior Veterinary Officer in 1960, a post he held until his retirement. This is a fascinating collection of tales from his days at the zoo during the 1950s and 1960s.

From the anteater who served in the First World War, to the zebra that ran a historic horse race, Rolf Harris introduces some of the worlds bravest, funniest and smartest animals. There's Priscilla, the swimming pig who saved a little boy from drowning; the chimpanzee who escaped from a London zoo by hopping on to a double-decker bus; fainting goats, skateboarding cats, and brilliant dolphins. Inspiring, touching and sometimes hilarious, after reading 'True Animal Tales' you'll never look at your own pets in the same way again!

Stephen Hawking explores the outer reaches of our knowledge of astrophysics and the nature of time and the universe, and reviews the great theories of the cosmos, from Galileo and Newton to Einstein and Poincare.

In this audiobook Hawking attempts to make the ideas and concepts of his bestseller 'A Brief History of Time' even more accessible. It is up-to-date with the latest scientific observations and findings, and is a guide to non-scientists everywhere in the search for the secrets of time and space.

Covering subjects ranging from the personal to the wholly scientific, this is a collection of Stephen Hawking's essays and other pieces, revealing him as scientist, concerned world citizen and imaginative thinker.

Stephen Hawking's bestseller, 'A Brief History of Time', introduced his ideas to readers all over the world. Now Hawking returns with a sequel that unravels the mysteries of the major breakthroughs that have occurred in the years since the release of his first book. Like many in the scientific community, he is seeking to uncover the holy grail of science - the elusive 'Theory of Everything' that lies at the heart of the cosmos. He brings to us the cutting edge of theoretical physics, where truth is often stranger than fiction.

The stories of ten dogs, from border collies and sheepdogs to the exploits of the Pekinese Tricki Woo, one of the unforgettable canine stars of Herriot's Yorkshire-set memoirs of life as a country vet.

Meteorologists called the storm that hit North America's eastern seaboard in October 1991 a 'perfect storm' because of the rare combination of factors that created it. Author Sebastian Junger explains the meteorological conditions that created the 'storm of the century' and the impact the storm had on many of the people caught in it. Chief among these were the six crew members of the swordfish boat the 'Andrea Gail', all of whom were lost 500 miles from home.

The fascinating story of an ocean engineer, the maverick Tommy Thompson, who located the wreck of the SS Central America, a sidewheel steamer ferrying passengers fresh from the gold rush of California to New York and laden with 21 tons of California gold, which sank in 1857 after a severe storm, by using the most up-to-date technology.

Science and history are blended to tell the story of Galveston in Texas and the hurricane that devastated its people on 8 September, 1900. This audiobook draws from hundreds of personal reminiscences of the terrifying storm as Larson follows individuals through the fateful day and the storm's aftermath.

A fascinating account of how early ape-men developed into human beings. Leakey has always been interested in far more than the mere physical features presented by fossils, and here he is particularly concerned with attributes such as art, language and consciousness itself.

In April 1970, NASA sent Commander Jim Lovell and two other astronauts on America's fifth mission to the moon. Only fifty-five hours into the flight, a mysterious explosion rocked the ship and its oxygen and power began draining away. Lovell and his crew watched as the cockpit grew darker, the air grew thinner and the instruments failed one by one. A tale of astonishing courage, improvisation and adventure during one of the worst disasters of space exploration.

Pink dolphins are believed by Brazilians and Peruvians to take human form, impregnate women, lure lovers to an underwater paradise and in various ways drive those who encounter them mad. They seem to have worked their magic on science writer Sy Montgomery, who journeys through Amazonian rain forests and sunken cities in pursuit of these beautiful and enigmatic creatures.

How will the universe end and what are the implications for us? The future of humanity hinges on physical processes that we are only beginning to understand. This free-ranging account surveys predictions about the ultimate fate of the universe, and assesses the profound scientific and philsophical implications.

In the 1950s 'The Observer' published a series of seasonal gardening articles by Vita Sackville-West. The result was a guide to some of the more unusual but easily grown plants, from the pen of poet who was also a working gardener, 'Spring & Summer' covers the months January to June and 'Autumn & Winter' the months July to December.

In 1963, a schoolboy browsing in his local library stumbled across a great mathematical problem: Fermat's Last Theorem, a puzzle that every child can now understand, but which has baffled mathematicians for over 300 years. Aged just ten, Andrew Wiles dreamed he would crack it although many people had tried before him and failed. This is the story of the puzzle that has confounded mathematicians since the 17th century, its solution one of the most important mathematical developments of the 20th century.

Anyone alive in the 18th century would have known that 'the longitude problem' was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day - and had been for centuries. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land. As the scientific establishment throughout Europe struggled, from Galileo to Sir Isaac Newton, English genius John Harrison discovered a mechanical solution to the problem of calculating longitude. This story of an epic scientific quest also provides a brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking.

Anyone alive in the 18th century would have known that 'the longitude problem' was the thorniest scientific dilemma of the day - and had been for centuries. Lacking the ability to measure their longitude, sailors had been literally lost at sea as soon as they lost sight of land. As the scientific establishment throughout Europe struggled, from Galileo to Sir Isaac Newton, English genius John Harrison discovered a mechanical solution to the problem of calculating longitude. This story of an epic scientific quest also provides a brief history of astronomy, navigation and clockmaking.

Why do flowers often have five or eight petals and very rarely six or seven? Why do tigers have stripes but leopards have spots? Without expecting any prior mathematical knowledge, Stewart explains the mathematical universe and the connection between maths theory and natural reality.

'The Big Idea' is a fascinating series of popular science books aimed at scientists and non-specialists alike. In this audiobook DNA is the topic, the building blocks of life discovered by Francis Crick and James Watson.

'The Big Idea' is a fascinating series of popular science books aimed at scientists and non-specialists alike. Marie Curie's contribution to science won her two Nobel prizes. Her research into radioactivity and her work on radium furthered our understanding in nuclear physics and caused huge advances in the treatment of cancer.

'The Big Idea' is a fascinating series of popular science books aimed at scientists and non-specialists alike. Charles Darwin's formulation of the theory of evolution with its now commonplace central idea of 'the survival of the fittest' is today generally accepted as logical and self-evident, yet at the time was seen as shocking and blasphemous.

'The Big Idea' is a fascinating series of popular science books aimed at scientists and non-specialists alike. Galileo was the first person to describe the solar system as we know it, and through his development of the telescope, enabled others to share his vision.

'The Big Idea' is a fascinating series of popular science books aimed at scientists and non-specialists alike. Stephen Hawking's discoveries and research on black holes and cosmology have been hailed as the next leap for mankind into new worlds and a new era.

Cancer research has reached a major turning point. The amount of information gathered in the past twenty years about the origins of the disease is without equal in the history of biomedical research. In this audiobook one of America's most eminent scientists explains to the general reader the step-by-step process by which cancers arise, and more importantly, how they spread.