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The World-Ending Fire
- The Essential Wendell Berry
- Narrated by: Nick Offerman
- Length: 16 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Politics & Social Sciences, Politics & Government
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 7
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Restoration Agriculture
- Real-World Permaculture for Farmers
- Written by: Mark Shepard
- Narrated by: Jonathan Todd Ross
- Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 40
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 38
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 38
The restoration agriculture system described in this award-winning book works! It is possible for humans to produce staple foods using perennial agricultural ecosystems that actually improve the quality of the environment. This can be done on a backyard, farm, or ranch scale and is needed right now - on a global scale. Restoration Agriculture explains how we can have all of the benefits of natural, perennial ecosystems and create agricultural systems that imitate nature in form and function while still providing for our food, building, fuel, and many other needs.
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Written by: Mark Shepard
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- The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside
- Written by: Nick Offerman
- Narrated by: Nick Offerman
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 79
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 72
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 71
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Written by: Nick Offerman
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- Applying Restoration Agriculture Water Management Methods on Your Farm
- Written by: Mark Shepard, Jack Spirko - foreword
- Narrated by: Matthew Boston
- Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 3
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Written by: Mark Shepard, and others
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- Written by: Ragan Sutterfield, Bill Mckibben - foreword
- Narrated by: Ragan Sutterfield
- Length: 5 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall0 out of 5 stars 0
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Performance0 out of 5 stars 0
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Story0 out of 5 stars 0
For the past 50 years, Wendell Berry has been helping seekers chart a return to the practice of being creatures. Through his essays, poetry, and fiction, Berry has repeatedly drawn our attention to the ways in which our lives are gifts in a whole economy of gifts. Berry presents us with the sort of coherent vision for the lived moral and spiritual life that we need now. His work helps us remember our givenness and embrace our life as creatures.
Written by: Ragan Sutterfield, and others
-
Holistic Management: A Commonsense Revolution to Restore Our Environment
- Third Edition
- Written by: Jody Butterfield, Allan Savory
- Narrated by: Paul W. Griffiths
- Length: 17 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
-
Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 16
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 7
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Story4 out of 5 stars 7
Fossil fuels and livestock grazing are often targeted as major culprits behind climate change and desertification. But Allan Savory, cofounder of the Savory Institute, begs to differ. The bigger problem, he warns, is our mismanagement of resources. Livestock grazing is not the problem; it's how we graze livestock. If we don't change the way we approach land management, irreparable harm from climate change could continue long after we replace fossil fuels.
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Publisher's Summary
In a time when our relationship to the natural world is ruled by the violence and greed of unbridled consumerism, Wendell Berry speaks out in these prescient essays, drawn from his 50-year campaign on behalf of American lands and communities.
The writings gathered in The World-Ending Fire are the unique product of a life spent farming the fields of rural Kentucky with mules and horses, and of the rich, intimate knowledge of the land cultivated by this work. These are essays written in defiance of the false call to progress and in defense of local landscapes, essays that celebrate our cultural heritage, our history, and our home.
With grace and conviction, Wendell Berry shows that we simply cannot afford to succumb to the mass-produced madness that drives our global economy - the natural world will not allow it.
Yet he also shares with us a vision of consolation and of hope. We may be locked in an uneven struggle, but we can and must begin to treat our land, our neighbors, and ourselves with respect and care. As Berry urges, we must abandon arrogance and stand in awe.
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- jam
- 2021-07-30
top notch
Berry is brilliant mind for history and responsible ecology the likes of which I've only known in my indigenous elders.
though his character and tone match the content well, I'm sure Nick Offerman would sell his children for a legitimately deep voice. He keeps trying at depth and bottoming out like a teenaged bullfrog, croaking along. the pace is excruciating too. even at 1.50x speed, he just plods along. at 1x speed you nearly forget the last word by the time he utters the next! he is brilliant and I respect him a great deal though.
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- David M.
- 2020-06-15
Vital. Timely. Timeless.
Cannot recommend this highly enough. Relevant, piercing wisdom emanating from carefully observed lived experience. More important now than ever before. A revelation.
Nick Offerman is perfect.
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- Jared Kerst
- 2020-09-30
Amazing collection
Spanning decades of experience and remarkable depth of intellect these essays are and American treasure. A farmer philosopher for the ages.
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- Steve Tanksley
- 2020-08-06
Highly recommend
This is a great collection of writings of Wendell Berry. Very thoughtful ideas on agriculture, community, and the environment. Nick Offerman’s calm and sagelike narration added to the listening quality of this audiobook.
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- Nate
- 2020-07-22
Book-Read it-Change Your Life
truly a great and power full book. It should probably should not be the first book on you path, it should be midway on your journey. When you're looking for a turning point in you life.
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- William Richardson
- 2022-06-23
A lovely work of art and a painful thought provoking masterpiece
Should be mandatory reading for your claim to be human and have an understanding of our impact on the earthly, spiritual and the greater humanity.
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- Pete Santucci
- 2022-06-19
Our most sane writer
Wendell Berry is one our best writers, excelling in essays, fiction, and poetry like few others (like Tolkien and Lewis). This collection of essays from his long career is truly prophetic, speaking essential truth. And Nick Offerman provides an equally excellent reading.
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- Joe Janowski
- 2021-10-19
Amazing!
Wendell in my opinion is one of the most brilliant minds of our generation. A very deep thinker who not only identifies the cause and effect but also offers solutions to challenges we’re facing in our food production and culture.
A must read!!
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- Chris
- 2021-04-19
Outstanding.
Wendell Berry has been referenced in a number of books I’ve been privileged to read over the last couple years. This was my first introduction to his writings, and, if not also deeply humbling, it was richly rewarding. As a Christian wrestling with what I will simply call our modern dilemma, I could have wished for a little more Christ centered biblical theology, but after finishing it I can only say that i was deeply humbled, deeply troubled and immensely grateful for its content and presentation (Nick Offerman!) Despite the inestimable damage of industrialization,, and our creational obligation to steward and hence in light of the risen Christ to redeem what God has entrusted to us, Christ remains on his throne and so in this regard we have great reason to be both hopeful and participatory. May God help all of us to look for and cultivate some small beginnings.
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- KK
- 2021-03-05
How have I never Mr. Berry??
Brilliant beautiful poetic writing, and more timely than ever. The perfectl recording madw all the more enjoyable by Nick Offerman.
