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The Sea Around Us , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 549min
Published in 1951, The Sea Around Us is one of the most remarkably successful books ever written about the natural world. Rachel Carson's rare ability to combine scientific insight with moving, poetic prose catapulted her book to first place on The New York Times best seller list, where it enjoyed wide attention for 31 consecutive weeks. It remained on the list for more than a year and a half and ultimately sold well over a million copies, has been translated into 28 languages, inspired an Academy Award-winning documentary, and won both the 1952 National Book Award and the John Burroughs Medal. This classic work remains as fresh today as when it first appeared. Carson's writing teems with stunning, memorable images - the newly formed Earth cooling beneath an endlessly overcast sky, the centuries of nonstop rain that created the oceans, giant squids battling sperm whales hundreds of fathoms below the surface, and incredibly powerful tides moving 100 billion tons of water daily in the Bay of Fundy. Quite simply, she captures the mystery and allure of the ocean with a compelling blend of imagination and expertise. Reintroducing a classic work to a whole new generation of listeners, this special edition features a new chapter written by Jeffrey Levinton, a leading expert in marine ecology, that brings the scientific side of The Sea Around Us completely up to date. Levinton incorporates the most recent thinking on continental drift, coral reefs, the spread of the ocean floor, the deterioration of the oceans, mass extinction of sea life, and many other topics. In addition, acclaimed nature writer Ann Zwinger has contributed a brief foreword. Today, with the oceans endangered by the dumping of medical waste and ecological disasters such as the Exxon oil spill in Alaska, this illuminating volume provides a timely reminder of both the fragility and the importance of the ocean and the life that abounds within it. ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Kaiulani Lee. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/reco/008768/bk_reco_008768_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Imperfect: An Improbable Life , Hörbuch, Digital, ungekürzt, 545min
On an overcast September day in 1993, Jim Abbott took the mound at Yankee Stadium and threw one of the most dramatic no-hitters in major-league history. The game was the crowning achievement in an unlikely success story, unseen in the annals of professional sports. In Imperfect, the one-time big league ace retraces his remarkable journey. Born without a right hand, Jim Abbott as a boy dreamed of being a great athlete. Raised in Flint, Michigan, by parents who saw in his condition not a disability but an extraordinary opportunity, Jim became a two-sport standout in high school, then an ace pitcher for the University of Michigan. But his journey was only beginning. As a 19-year-old, Jim beat the vaunted Cuban National Team. By 21, he’d won the gold medal game at the 1988 Olympics and - without spending a day in the minor leagues - cracked the starting rotation of the California Angels. In 1991, he would finish third in the voting for the Cy Young Award. Two years later, he would don Yankee pinstripes and deliver a one-of-a-kind no-hitter. It wouldn’t always be so good. After a season full of difficult losses - some of them by football scores - Jim was released, cut off from the game he loved. Unable to say good-bye so soon, Jim tried to come back, pushing himself to the limit - and through one of the loneliest experiences an athlete can have. But always, even then, there were children and their parents waiting for him outside the clubhouse doors, many of them with disabilities like his, seeking consolation and advice. These obligations became Jim’s greatest honor. In this honest and insightful memoir, Jim Abbott reveals the insecurities of a life spent as the different one, how he habitually hid his disability in his right front pocket, and why he chose an occupation in which the uniform provided no front pockets. With a riveting pitch-by-pitch account of his no-hitter providing the ideal frame for his story, this unique at ungekürzt. Language: English. Narrator: Jim Abbott. Audio sample: https://samples.audible.de/bk/rand/002977/bk_rand_002977_sample.mp3. Digital audiobook in aax.- Shop: Audible
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Overcast (The Taken Series #0.5)
Overcast (The Taken Series #0.5): ab 3.75 €- Shop: ebook.de
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And Every Day Was Overcast
And Every Day Was Overcast: ab 30.49 €- Shop: ebook.de
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Chamber Music 2009
Lyrical Passages for Small Ensemble, by Brian R Russell Music for Chamber Orchestra, by Eric Goetz (in search of) Common Ground, by Zachary Smith Midnight Menagerie, by Josh Dobson Overcast, by Marcelo Freitas Chamber Music No. 1, by Brian Scott Phraner Nymphaes, by Jeff Tolbert Toboggan, by Greg Schlimm String Quartet No. 2, Colloquy: I-III, by Jennifer Taylor The Flying Man of Pocklington, by Deborah Lee Cloud Waltz, by Steve Heuring The Siren and the Rocky Shoal, by Tim Huling Eleven students came together under the tutelage of Tim Huling and wrote new music for Clarinet, Harp, Percussion, and string quartet. The result was these pieces - beautiful new works ranging from impressionistic, to lyrical, to modern, to programmatic. This album is a recording the pieces' world premieres in the lovely Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center in Seattle, Washington, in front of a packed house. Laura Deluca - Clarinets, Bethany Mann - Harp, Rob Tucker - Percussion, Gennady Filimonov - Violin 1, Artur Grisky - Violin 2, Arie Shachter - Viola, Walter Gray - Cello.- Shop: odax
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