Twelve narrators present the 15 sections of this timely collection on climate change, written by 57 authors. Listeners will hear the familiar performers Jane Fonda and Bahni Turpin narrating information on the ways increased temperatures and other environmental changes are damaging our world. Additional narrators read the words of female environmentalists, climate scientists, and advocates. Performances range from emphatic and strident to emotional and saddened as they bring warnings of permanent damage and our perilous path toward extinction. Essays and poems describe the intricacies of our planet, offering ways to heal it, listen to its rhythms, understand the web connecting trees and plants, and learn about why the seas are rising and why we need to shift to clean energy, and so much more. The warnings are interspersed with hope.
Pub Date: Sept. 22, 2020
Duration: 15 hrs
DD ISBN: 9780593347614
Publisher: Random House Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
Buckley offers a reasonable proposal for a national service program without jail or criminal penalties. Narrator Lawrence reads with a slow and careful announcer's voice; one wishes Buckley were reading this one himself. Books on Tape does its usual quality job with formatting, packaging and tape-turning instructions. The reader repeats the last sentence at such times, so you're sure you haven't missed anything. Popular nonfiction collections will appreciate Gratitude, and the topic is likely to prove timely in the years ahead.
Pub Date: N/A
Duration: 5 hrs
Publisher: Books on Tape
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
Kozol’s shocking exposé of inequities in the funding of our public schools contrasts white suburban schools with those serving black and Hispanic populations. Interviews with students, teachers, and school administrators add eloquent testimony to Kozol’s disturbing presentation of facts. Narration by Jack Winston is clear and brisk, but the pace is unrelenting, with little pause for transition between scenes or chapters. Winston’s cool, detached voice contrasts with Kozol’s impasssioned and outraged message. The sheer repetition and magnitude of Kozol’s damning evidence is numbing; the narration gives no relief. Powerful medicine, most easily taken in small doses. Music signalling tape changes is jarringly inappropriate.
Pub Date: N/A
Duration: 8 hrs
Publisher: Brilliance Audio
Review Posted Online: Jan. 22, 2026
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