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"[A] glorious guide to the miracle of life's sound." -The New York
Times Book Review A lyrical exploration of the diverse sounds of
our planet, the creative processes that produced these marvels, and
the perils that sonic diversity now faces We live on a planet alive
with song, music, and speech. David Haskell explores how these
wonders came to be. In rain forests shimmering with insect sound
and swamps pulsing with frog calls we learn about evolution's
creative powers. From birds in the Rocky Mountains and on the
streets of Paris, we discover how animals learn their songs and
adapt to new environments. Below the waves, we hear our kinship to
beings as different as snapping shrimp, toadfish, and whales. In
the startlingly divergent sonic vibes of the animals of different
continents, we experience the legacies of plate tectonics, the deep
history of animal groups and their movements around the world, and
the quirks of aesthetic evolution. Starting with the origins of
animal song and traversing the whole arc of Earth history, Haskell
illuminates and celebrates the emergence of the varied sounds of
our world. In mammoth ivory flutes from Paleolithic caves, violins
in modern concert halls, and electronic music in earbuds, we learn
that human music and language belong within this story of ecology
and evolution. Yet we are also destroyers, now silencing or
smothering many of the sounds of the living Earth. Haskell takes us
to threatened forests, noise-filled oceans, and loud city streets,
and shows that sonic crises are not mere losses of sensory
ornament. Sound is a generative force, and so the erasure of sonic
diversity makes the world less creative, just, and beautiful. The
appreciation of the beauty and brokenness of sound is therefore an
important guide in today's convulsions and crises of change and
inequity. Sounds Wild and Broken is an invitation to listen,
wonder, belong, and act.
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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
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original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
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Koptos (Hardcover)
Sir William Matthew Flinders Petrie, David George Hogarth
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The Theory Of The State (Hardcover)
Johann Caspar 1808-1881 Bluntschli, David George 1853-1903 Ritchie, P E (Percy Ewing) 1859-1 Matheson
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R1,027
Discovery Miles 10 270
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The Theory of State (Hardcover)
Johann Caspar Bluntschli, David George Ritchie, P. E. 1859-1946 Matheson
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R1,059
Discovery Miles 10 590
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The first New Variorum edition of Coriolanus, by Horace Howard
Furness, Jr., was published in 1928. The present edition follows
Furness's but does not replace it because frequently the more
recent scholarship and criticism recorded here could be
accommodated only by reducing Furness's fuller treatment of earlier
material. The reader who finds this edition useful is urged to
consult Furness's as well to obtain a fuller account on many
subjects. Niels Herold wrote the section on Music and Sound
Effects, and Sylvia Bryant and Ian Aspinall translated German
criticism. Megan-Marie Johnson collaborated with me on the Plan of
the Work, on the collations necessary to compile the Textual Notes,
and on the Commentary. Ashley Spriggs helped revise the Plan of the
Work and the Textual Notes. Both of these latter assistants also
had a hand in all the other sections of the edition...
Irregular, Doubtful, and Emended Accidentals in F1 In the Textual
Notes, the lemma is the reading of this edition's text. In these
notes, for emendations to F1, the lemma is followed by the siglum
or sigla of the edition(s) from which the emendation is taken, and
then by the rejected F1 reading and the siglum or sigla of the
17th-c. editions reading differently from the lemma. Where no
source is given for the emendation, the adopted reading is not in
any of the folios. Doubtful and irregular readings are merely
listed. ( ) indicates that the reading is found in a full line,
i.e., one that runs all or nearly all of the way to the right
margin; (?) indicates doubt or an alternative to the reading
adopted, although not necessarily correct in the judgment of the
editor. Elsewhere means that a spelling other than that in the
lemma is to be found wherever else that word appears in the F1
text.
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Arabia (Hardcover)
D G (David George) 1862-1 Hogarth
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Discovery Miles 7 900
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