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The barred owl is native to Eastern North America. It is a nocturnal bird with rich baritone hooting calls. Members of a pair often use such hooting sounds to talk to each other. Although the bird is mostly nocturnal, it will also call and even hunt in the daytime. Owl calls have specific deep and mysterious character. This recording offers continuous barred owl bird calls recorded in their natural habitat, together with other birds and forest creatures.

How do you pick baseball’s GOATs? Is Sandy Koufax the greatest pitcher to take the mound? Is Ted Williams the greatest pure hitter the game has seen? It comes down to stats, history, and hunches.

Seventeen-year-old Jesse Matson ventures into the Minnesota woods with his father on a cold afternoon. Perched on individual hunting stands a quarter mile apart, they wait for white-tailed deer. The muffled crack of a gunshot rings out. Jesse races through the trees to find his dad dead of a rifle wound, apparently self-inflicted. Haunted by the ghost of his father, Jesse confronts family secrets, questions of justice and retribution, and the nature of his own responsibility.

Compositor francés que influyó intensamente en la música del siglo XX. Junto con Debussy, es el gran representante de la moderna escuela musical francesa. Maurice Ravel fue el feliz autor de la ópera en un acto "La hora española", de 1911, que desarrolla su acción en la ciudad española de Toledo y es considerada como una de las obras líricas más logradas del siglo XX. Fue autor, igualmente, de la fantasía lírica "El niño y los sortilegios", estrenada con gran éxito en 1925.

This collection includes five of the greatest stories of American classic horror. The richest of language is used to create extraordinary atmosphere - gloom, darkness, solitude, despair - and the relentless feeling of impending doom. Includes: "The Oval Portrait", by Edgar Allan Poe; "Ethan Brand", by Nathaniel Hawthorne; "The Yellow Sign", by Robert W. Chambers; "The Upper Berth", by F. Marion Crawford; and "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge", by Ambrose Bierce.

At a school-supervised event, Joseph Frederick held up a banner with the message "Bong Hits 4 Jesus", a slang reference to marijuana smoking. Principal Deborah Morse took away the banner and suspended Frederick for 10 days. She justified her actions by citing the school's policy against the display of material that promotes the use of illegal drugs. Frederick sued under 42 U.S.C. 1983, the federal civil rights statute, alleging a violation of his First Amendment right to freedom of speech.

The embryonic stem cell could hold the key to cures for diseases such as Parkinson's and diabetes. While politicians in the U.S. debate the ethics and funding of stem cell research, scientists overseas are taking the lead.

What do you do when interdepartmental conflict threatens organizational harmony? Peg Neuhauser suggests that the key is in recognizing that different departmental tribes, or subcultures, exist within the organization. By teaching these tribes how to communicate more effectively, the executive can minimize conflict and boost productivity. She covers the dos and don'ts of negotiating with other groups and points out the special role that tribal chiefs play in the organization.

Grace loves being on her school’s swim team. She enjoys hanging out with her teammates and making new friends. But when Chloe joins the relay team, she and Grace clash. Grace tries several ways to be friends with Chloe but fails every time. Then at a big swim meet, Chloe blames Grace for getting their team disqualified. Grace can’t believe it. She doesn’t understand why Chloe is so hostile toward her. Will the two girls learn to look past their differences and work together for the good of the whole team?

Noted ornithologist's outstanding field recordings of songs and calls. This set covers 60 birds with several recordings for each.

Kierkegaard nació en una acaudalada familia de Copenhague. Este filósofo, precursor del existencialismo ha sido considerado filósofo, teólogo, padre del existencialismo, crítico literario, humorista, psicólogoy poeta. Dos de sus ideas más conocidas son la "subjetividad" y el "salto de fe". El salto de fe es su concepción de cómo un individuo cree en Dios, o cómo una persona actúa en el amor.

Melvin's lucky fluffy dice are missing. Without them, he can't drive his bus. How will his passengers get around town? Who need so much extra luck? This sounds like a case for the High-Rise Private Eyes - Case #006, to be exact, the case of the fidgety fox.

Nita and Sohail are thrilled when they win scholarships to attend the Alaska Young Explorers program. Both kids could use the prize money to help their families and set out to compete as hard as they can. But things take a turn when they're paired up on an expedition. The two make a misstep while hiking down a glacier and find themselves in dangerous territory.

Look up in the sky! It's a scaly, fire-breathing dragon. Flapping wings and jagged teeth flash as the creature swoops low and then disappears into the night. Have you ever wondered what dragons eat? Where are their lairs? How do they fly? Wonder no more! Embark on an adventurous journey to learn all about dragons.

What is life? Life is a game. In this lecture, Ron explains why life is best understood by likening it to a game. For regardless of what, where, or how an individual plays the games of existence - and regardless of whether he consented to play - the rules of the game are always the same. And with everything Ron puts on the board, he provides a completely new understanding of all that comprises human behavior. Here, then, is not only the knowledge to play and win at a game of one’s own choosing, but how to help others play a better game too.

For years, this woman believed her mother to be critical and disapproving of her; after doing The Work, she came to see her mother's true love for her. (With live Dutch translation)

How much do you know about Ida B. Wells? Find out the facts you need to know about this journalist and activist. You’ll learn about the early life, challenges, and major accomplishments of this important American.

Rajneesh Chandra Mohan Jain, su verdadero nombre, fue un reconocido maestro espiritual hindú. Vivió en la India y en Estados Unidos, inspirando el nacimiento del controvertido Movimiento Osho, un grupo filosófico que cuenta todavía con muchos seguidores, aunque también con detractores.

Un período ineludible en la historia uruguaya contemporánea. La dictadura cívico-militar, que se extendió entre 1973 y 1985, fue el período de facto originado en el Golpe de Estado del 27 de junio de 1973 y marcado por la violenta prohibición de partidos políticos, ilegalización de sindicatos, la persecución y asesinato de opositores al régimen.

Here's a double bill of John Wyndham stories adapted for radio. The Chrysalids concerns the community of Waknut, where it is believed that mutants are the products of the Devil and must be stamped out. Survival concerns the first auto-piloted space flight. When the ship meets with an accident, the human passengers are cast adrift in space.