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Ear Nose and Throat Diseases of the Dog and Cat

Ear Nose and Throat Diseases of the Dog and Cat

Ear Nose and Throat Diseases of the Dog and Cat is the ultimate reference for veterinarians and other professionals trying to diagnose and treat both common and less frequently diagnosed diseases and conditions of the ear nose and throat. The book is divided into four sections: The Ear The Nose The Throat and Surgery of the Ear Nose and Throat. Each of the first three sections begins by discussing anatomy and physiology and then reviews a wide variety of diagnostic procedures including video-endoscopic examination of the external ear canal nose and throat radiography and advanced imaging and histopathological examination of biopsy samples. Chapters in each of the three sections then provide a detailed and extensive review of the diseases of the pinna external ear canal middle ear and inner ear – nasal planum nasal cavities and sinuses and nasopharynx – pharynx and larynx. The final section opens with a chapter on perioperative management with subsequent chapters that cover surgery of the ear nose and throat. Extensively referenced and including nearly 500 color illustrations to assist in diagnosis and treatment the book is an invaluable resource for both veterinarians in training and in practice for the accurate diagnosis and management of diseases of the ear nose and throat.

GBP 42.99
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Developing Musicianship through Aural Skills A Holistic Approach to Sight Singing and Ear Training

Developing Musicianship through Aural Skills A Holistic Approach to Sight Singing and Ear Training

Developing Musicianship through Aural Skills Third Edition is a comprehensive method for learning to hear sing understand and use the foundations of music as part of an integrated curriculum incorporating both sight singing and ear training in one volume. Under the umbrella of musicianship this textbook guides students to hear what they see and see what they hear with a trained discerning ear on both a musical and an aesthetic level. Key features of this new edition include: Revised selection of musical examples with added new examples including more excerpts from the literature more part music and examples at a wider range of levels from easy to challenging New instructional material on dictation phrase structure hearing cadences and reading lead sheets and Nashville number charts An updated website that now includes a comprehensive Teacher’s Guide with sample lesson plans supplemental assignments and test banks; instructional videos; and enhanced dictation exercises. The text reinforces both musicianship and theory in a systematic method and its holistic approach provides students the skills necessary to incorporate professionalism creativity confidence and performance preparation in their music education. Over 1 600 musical examples represent a wide range of musical styles and genres including classical jazz musical theatre popular and folk music. The third edition of Developing Musicianship through Aural Skills provides a strong foundation for undergraduate music students and answers the need for combining skills in a more holistic integrated music theory core. | Developing Musicianship through Aural Skills A Holistic Approach to Sight Singing and Ear Training

GBP 99.99
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Jazz Theory From Basic to Advanced Study

Jazz Theory From Basic to Advanced Study

Jazz Theory: From Basic to Advanced Study Second Edition is a comprehensive textbook for those with no previous study in jazz as well as those in advanced theory courses. Written with the goal to bridge theory and practice it provides a strong theoretical foundation from music fundamentals to post-tonal theory while integrating ear training keyboard skills and improvisation. It hosts play-along audio tracks on a Companion Website including a workbook ear-training exercises and an audio compilation of the musical examples featured in the book. Jazz Theory is organized into three parts: Basics Intermediate and Advanced. This approach allows for success in a one-semester curriculum or with subsequent terms. If students sense that theory can facilitate their improvisational skills or can help them develop their ears they become more engaged in the learning process. The overall pedagogical structure accomplishes precisely that in an original creative—and above all musical—manner. KEY FEATURES include 390 musical examples ranging from original lead sheets of standard tunes jazz instrumentals transcriptions and original compositions to fully realized harmonic progressions sample solos and re-harmonized tunes. The completely revamped Companion Website hosts: 46 Play Along Sessions audio tracks offering experiences close to real-time performance scenarios. Over 1 000 (audio and written) exercises covering ear training rhythm notation analysis improvisation composition functional keyboard and others. Recordings of all 390 musical examples from the textbook. Links: Guide to Making Transcriptions List of Solos to Transcribe Selected Discography Classification of Standard Tunes and more. Lists of well-known standard tunes including a comprehensive list of 999 Standard Tunes – Composers and Lyricists. NEW TO THE SECOND EDITION are instructors’ tools with answer keys to written and ear-training exercises 380 rhythmic calisthenics featuring exercises from the swing bebop and Latin rhythmic traditions a new improvisation section a set of 140 Comprehensive Keyboard exercises plus an expanded ear-training section with 125 melodic 50 rhythmic dictations and 170 harmonic dictations plus 240 written exercises 25 composition assignments and 110 singing exercises. The paperback TEXTBOOK is also paired with the corresponding paperback WORKBOOK in a discounted PACKAGE (9780367321963). | Jazz Theory From Basic to Advanced Study

GBP 69.99
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Creative Jazz Improvisation

Creative Jazz Improvisation

The leading textbook in jazz improvisation Creative Jazz Improvisation Fifth Edition represents a compendium of knowledge and practice resources for the university classroom suitable for all musicians looking to develop and sharpen their soloing skills. Logically organized and guided by a philosophy that encourages creativity this book presents practical advice beyond the theoretical featuring exercises in twelve keys ear training and keyboard drills a comprehensive catalog of relevant songs to learn and a wide range of solo transcriptions each transposed for C Bb Eb and bass clef instruments. Chapters highlight discussions of jazz theory - covering topics such as major scale modes forms chord substitutions melodic minor modes diminished and whole-tone modes pentatonic scales intervallic improvisation free improvisation and more - while featuring updated content throughout on the nuts and bolts of learning to improvise. New to the Fifth Edition: Co-author Tom Walsh Additional solo transcriptions featuring the work of female and Latino jazz artists A new chapter “Odd Meters” A robust companion website featuring additional exercises ear training play-along tracks tunes call and response tracks keyboard voicings and transcriptions alongside Spotify and YouTube links to many of the featured solos Rooted in an understanding that there is no one right way to learn jazz Creative Jazz Improvisation Fifth Edition explores the means and methods for developing one’s jazz vocabulary and improvisational techniques.

GBP 59.99
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Biomechanics Principles and Practices

Biomechanics Principles and Practices

Presents Current Principles and Applications Biomedical engineering is considered to be the most expansive of all the engineering sciences. Its function involves the direct combination of core engineering sciences as well as knowledge of nonengineering disciplines such as biology and medicine. Drawing on material from the biomechanics section of The Biomedical Engineering Handbook Fourth Edition and utilizing the expert knowledge of respected published scientists in the application and research of biomechanics Biomechanics: Principles and Practices discusses the latest principles and applications of biomechanics and outlines major research topics in the field. This book contains a total of 20 chapters. The first group of chapters explores musculoskeletal mechanics and includes hard and soft-tissue mechanics joint mechanics and applications related to human function. The next group of chapters covers biofluid mechanics and includes a wide range of circulatory dynamics such as blood vessel and blood cell mechanics and transport. The following group of chapters introduces the mechanical functions and significance of the human ear including information on inner ear hair cell mechanics. The remaining chapters introduce performance characteristics of the human body system during exercise and exertion. Introduces modern viewpoints and developments Highlights cellular mechanics Presents material in a systematic manner Contains over 100 figures tables and equations Biomechanics: Principles and Practices functions as a reference for the practicing professional as well as an introduction for the bioengineering graduate student with a focus in biomechanics biodynamics human performance engineering and human factors. | Biomechanics Principles and Practices

GBP 56.99
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Skin Diseases of the Dog and Cat

Skin Diseases of the Dog and Cat

A Colour Handbook of Skin Diseases of the Dog and Cat was one of the first books to bring key information about skin diseases to clinicians in an easy-to-use problem-oriented format. This fully revised and updated Third Edition responds to the huge growth in knowledge about skin conditions over the last decade including the discovery of new conditions the development of new approaches to management and effective new treatment options. Chapters are organized based on symptoms each containing a decision tree giving basic and practical guidance. The clear user-friendly design provides one condition per page (or spread of pages). 13 chapters covering over 120 skin claw and ear conditions classified by their principle presenting sign. Concise systematically structured text covering definition aetiology and pathogenesis clinical features differential diagnoses diagnostic tests and management. Flow charts in each chapter to help clinicians get to the right diagnosis. Special focus on diseases affecting paediatric patients as well as chapters discussing paw ear and nasal planum diseases. Explanation of new treatments for atopic dermatitis. Over 350 superb colour photographs and diagrams mostly new for this this edition. A focus on clinical practice and the need to explain the disease to the owner. Up-to-date and fully referenced throughout. This practical book continues to provide an entirely comprehensive guide to the diagnosis and management of veterinary skin conditions in a format that is easily accessible for busy clinicians.

GBP 51.99
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Comprehensive Aural Skills A Flexible Approach to Rhythm Melody and Harmony

Comprehensive Aural Skills A Flexible Approach to Rhythm Melody and Harmony

Comprehensive Aural Skills is a complete suite of material for both performance and dictation covering the wide range of sight singing and ear training skills required for undergraduate courses of study. It provides a series of instructional modules on rhythm melody and harmony and blends musical examples from the common-practice repertory with original examples composed to specifically address particular skills and concepts. Each module includes material for classroom performance self-directed study and homework assignments. Features A complete suite of aural skills material: Comprehensive Aural Skills is a combined sight singing and ear training textbook audio and companion website package. Fully modular customizable organization: Instructors can choose freely from the set of exercises in the book and supplemental material on the companion website to appropriately tailor the curriculum based on their students’ needs. Engaging and idiomatic musical examples: Examples are selected and composed specifically for the didactic context of an aural skills classroom. Dictation exercises for practice and assignment: Practice exercises include an answer key so students can work independently and receive immediate feedback while homework assignments are given without a key. Audio examples for dictation: The website hosts live recordings of acoustic instruments performed by professional musicians for each dictation exercise and homework assignment. Supplemental materials for instructors: A wealth of material for class use and assignment can be found on the companion website. Teachers’ guide: The guide includes answers for every homework assignment brief commentary on each module’s content tips for integrating written theory and strategies on how to effectively teach new concepts and skills. This updated second edition includes the following: Revised rhythm and harmony module structure now introducing foundational concepts more gradually. Additional examples from the repertory in the harmony and melody modules. New and improved recordings on the companion website. | Comprehensive Aural Skills A Flexible Approach to Rhythm Melody and Harmony

GBP 115.00
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Lacanian Psychoanalysis and Eastern Orthodox Christian Anthropology in Dialogue

Lacanian Psychoanalysis and Eastern Orthodox Christian Anthropology in Dialogue

This book vigorously engages Lacan with a spiritual tradition that has yet to be thoroughly addressed within psychoanalytic literature—the Eastern Orthodox Christian tradition. The book offers a unique engagement with a faith system that highlights and extends analytic thinking. For those in formation within the Orthodox tradition this book brings psychoanalytic insights to bear on matters of faith that may at times seem opaque or difficult to understand. Ultimately the authors seek to elicit in the reader the reflective and contemplative posture of Orthodoxy as well as the listening ear of analysis while considering the human subject. This work is relevant and important for those training in psychoanalysis and Orthodox theology or ministry as well as for those interested in the intersection between psychoanalysis and religion. | Lacanian Psychoanalysis and Eastern Orthodox Christian Anthropology in Dialogue

GBP 31.99
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Sensing Sound Evolutionary Neurobiology of a Novel Sense of Hearing

Sensing Sound Evolutionary Neurobiology of a Novel Sense of Hearing

Hearing is a prerequisite for the evolution of language and thus the development of human societies. It is the only major sense whose evolution can be traced back to vertebrates starting with sarcopterygians. The book explores the evolution of auditory development that has remained largely unexplored in contemporary theories of neurosensory brain evolution including the telencephalon. It describes how sensory epithelia from the basilar papilla evolved in the ear and connected dedicated cochlear neurons to neuronal centers in the brain and deals with how sound is converted through sound modulations into reliably decoded messages. The loss of hearing with age is expected to reach 2. 6 billion people by 2050. As such the book explains and reviews hearing loss at the molecular level to the behavioral level and provides suggestions to manage the loss. | Sensing Sound Evolutionary Neurobiology of a Novel Sense of Hearing

GBP 145.00
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Science and Sound in Nineteenth-Century Britain Sound in Context

Science and Sound in Nineteenth-Century Britain Sound in Context

Science and Sound in Nineteenth-Century Britain is a four-volume set of primary sources which seeks to define our historical understanding of the relationship between British scientific knowledge and sound between 1815 and 1900. In the context of rapid urbanization and industrialization as well as a growing overseas empire Britain was home to a rich scientific culture in which the ear was as valuable an organ as the eye for examining nature. Experiments on how sound behaved informed new understandings of how a diverse array of natural phenomena operated notably those of heat light and electro-magnetism. In nineteenth-century Britain sound was not just a phenomenon to be studied but central to the practice of science itself and broader understandings over nature and the universe. This collection accompanied by extensive editorial commentary will be of great interest to students and scholars of the History of Science. | Science and Sound in Nineteenth-Century Britain Sound in Context

GBP 130.00
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Science and Sound in Nineteenth-Century Britain Sound Transformed

Science and Sound in Nineteenth-Century Britain Sound Transformed

Sound and Science in Nineteenth-Century Britain is a four-volume set of primary sources which seeks to define our historical understanding of the relationship between British scientific knowledge and sound between 1815 and 1900. In the context of rapid urbanization and industrialization as well as a growing overseas empire Britain was home to a rich scientific culture in which the ear was as valuable an organ as the eye for examining nature. Experiments on how sound behaved informed new understandings of how a diverse array of natural phenomena operated notably those of heat light and electro-magnetism. In nineteenth-century Britain sound was not just a phenomenon to be studied but central to the practice of science itself and broader understandings over nature and the universe. This collection accompanied by extensive editorial commentary will be of great interest to students and scholars of the History of Science. | Science and Sound in Nineteenth-Century Britain Sound Transformed

GBP 130.00
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Science and Sound in Nineteenth-Century Britain Sounds Experimental and Entertaining

Science and Sound in Nineteenth-Century Britain Sounds Experimental and Entertaining

Sound and Science in Nineteenth-Century Britain is a four-volume set of primary sources which seeks to define our historical understanding of the relationship between British scientific knowledge and sound between 1815 and 1900. In the context of rapid urbanization and industrialization as well as a growing overseas empire Britain was home to a rich scientific culture in which the ear was as valuable an organ as the eye for examining nature. Experiments on how sound behaved informed new understandings of how a diverse array of natural phenomena operated notably those of heat light and electro-magnetism. In nineteenth-century Britain sound was not just a phenomenon to be studied but central to the practice of science itself and broader understandings over nature and the universe. This collection accompanied by extensive editorial commentary will be of great interest to students and scholars of the History of Science. | Science and Sound in Nineteenth-Century Britain Sounds Experimental and Entertaining

GBP 130.00
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Science and Sound in Nineteenth-Century Britain Philosophies and Epistemologies of Sound

Science and Sound in Nineteenth-Century Britain Philosophies and Epistemologies of Sound

Science and Sound in Nineteenth-Century Britain is a four-volume set of primary sources which seeks to define our historical understanding of the relationship between British scientific knowledge and sound between 1815 and 1900. In the context of rapid urbanization and industrialization as well as a growing overseas empire Britain was home to a rich scientific culture in which the ear was as valuable an organ as the eye for examining nature. Experiments on how sound behaved informed new understandings of how a diverse array of natural phenomena operated notably those of heat light and electro-magnetism. In nineteenth-century Britain sound was not just a phenomenon to be studied but central to the practice of science itself and broader understandings over nature and the universe. This collection accompanied by extensive editorial commentary will be of great interest to students and scholars of the History of Science. | Science and Sound in Nineteenth-Century Britain Philosophies and Epistemologies of Sound

GBP 130.00
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Science and Sound in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Science and Sound in Nineteenth-Century Britain

Sound and Science in Nineteenth-Century Britain is a four-volume set of primary sources which seeks to define our historical understanding of the relationship between British scientific knowledge and sound between 1815 and 1900. In the context of rapid urbanization and industrialization as well as a growing overseas empire Britain was home to a rich scientific culture in which the ear was as valuable an organ as the eye for examining nature. Experiments on how sound behaved informed new understandings of how a diverse array of natural phenomena operated notably those of heat light and electro-magnetism. In nineteenth-century Britain sound was not just a phenomenon to be studied but central to the practice of science itself and broader understandings over nature and the universe. This collection accompanied by extensive editorial commentary will be of great interest to students and scholars of the History of Science. | Science and Sound in Nineteenth-Century Britain

GBP 468.00
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Essential Knowledge and Skills for Healthcare Assistants and Assistant Practitioners

Essential Knowledge and Skills for Healthcare Assistants and Assistant Practitioners

This fully updated and revised edition of Essential Knowledge and Skills for Healthcare Assistants and Assistant Practitioners is a practical and comprehensive text designed to equip you with the necessary clinical skills for your profession. This book: • equips you with the knowledge to provide the safest and most effective patient care possible; • provides evidence-based guidelines to ensure best practice that is matched to the National Occupational Standards and the Care Certificate; • includes new chapters on administering injections ear irrigation and examining the feet of people with diabetes and an entirely rewritten chapter on protocols; • addresses the evolving role of the healthcare assistant and training opportunities; • supplies comprehensive coverage of both primary and secondary care settings with an emphasis on primary care; • covers accountability communication skills confidentiality and reflection; and • uses a light-hearted and accessible style with definitions case studies and activities to aid understanding. This is an indispensable guide for all those training as healthcare assistants and assistant practitioners and an introductory textbook for students embarking on nursing and health and social care programmes.

GBP 27.99
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The Sense of Hearing

The Sense of Hearing

The Sense of Hearing is a highly accessible introduction to auditory perception addressing the fundamental aspects of hearing. This fourth edition has been revised to include up-to-date research and references. In particular Chapter 7 on Pitch and Periodicity Coding and Chapter 13 on Hearing Loss include new material to reflect the fast pace of research in these areas. The book introduces the nature of sound and the spectrum and the anatomy and physiology of the auditory system before discussing basic auditory processes such as frequency selectivity loudness and pitch perception temporal resolution and sound localization. Subsequent chapters show how complex processes such as perceptual organization speech perception and music perception are dependent on the initial analysis that occurs when sounds enter the ear. The book concludes with a description of the physiological bases and perceptual consequences of hearing loss as well as the latest diagnostic techniques and management options that are available. Featuring student-friendly resources including an overview of research techniques an extensive glossary of technical terms and over 150 original illustrations The Sense of Hearing offers a clear introduction and an essential resource for students in the fields of audiology and sound perception.

GBP 44.99
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Henry Irving A Re-Evaluation of the Pre-Eminent Victorian Actor-Manager

Henry Irving A Re-Evaluation of the Pre-Eminent Victorian Actor-Manager

Henry Irving (1838-1905) the first actor to be knighted dominated the theatre in Britain and beyond for over a quarter of a century. As an actor he was strikingly different with his idiosyncratic pronunciation his somewhat ungainly physique and his brilliant psychological portrayals of virtue and villainy. As a director of spectacular and commercially driven entertainments Irving anticipated Hollywood directors from D. W. Griffith to Stephen Spielberg. And as manager of the Lyceum Theatre where audiences included the leading public figures of the day he controlled every aspect of the performance. This collection of essays by leading theatre scholars explores each element of Irving's art: his acting his contribution to the plays he commissioned his flair for the stage picture and his ear for incidental music. Like Wagner Irving was a proponent of a holistic approach to the stage that is blending together acting painting music and architecture to create harmonious balanced and artistic theatre. Irving emerges not only as the peer of such eminent contemporaries as Tennyson Sullivan Shaw and Burne-Jones but also as a powerful influence on the twentieth-century theatre. | Henry Irving A Re-Evaluation of the Pre-Eminent Victorian Actor-Manager

GBP 38.99
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Scott-Brown's Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Eighth Edition 3 volume set

Scott-Brown's Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Eighth Edition 3 volume set

Scott-Brown's Otorhinolaryngology is used the world over as the definitive reference for trainee ENT surgeons audiologists and trainee head and neck surgeons as well as specialists who need detailed reliable and authoritative information on all aspects of ear nose and throat disease and treatment. Key points: accompanied by a fully searchable electronic edition making it more accessible containing the same content as the print edition with operative videos and references linked to Medline highly illustrated in colour throughout to aid understanding updated by an international team of editors and contributors evidence-based guidelines will help you in your clinical practice features include key points best clinical practice guidelines details of the search strategies used to prepare the material and suggestions for future research new Endocrine section. Scott-Brown will provide trainee surgeons (ENT and Head and Neck) audiologists and ENT physicians with quick access to relevant information about clinical conditions and provide them with a starting point for further research. The accompanying electronic edition enhanced with operative videos will enable both easy reference and accessibility on the move. | Scott-Brown's Otorhinolaryngology and Head and Neck Surgery Eighth Edition 3 volume set

GBP 550.00
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Hearing Form - Textbook and Anthology Set Musical Analysis With and Without the Score

Hearing Form - Textbook and Anthology Set Musical Analysis With and Without the Score

Hearing Form: Musical Analysis With and Without the Score Third Edition is a complete course package for undergraduate courses on musical forms with comprehensive coverage from the Baroque to the Romantic. Placing emphasis on listening it teaches students to analyze music both with and without the use of a score covering phrase endings and cadences harmonic sequence types modulations formal sections and musical forms. Hearing Form is supported by an integrated workbook section its own full-score anthology and a companion website containing an instructor’s manual test bank and audio streaming and downloads of recordings for the pieces in the anthology. Key updates in the third edition include: Treatment of phrases and cadences now allows the book to be used by both instructors who teach that all phrases end with cadences and those teach that some phrases do not New pieces added to the anthology widen the range of composers represented With an engaging and practical approach informed by recent scholarship Hearing Form enables students to recognize musical elements both by sight and by ear. This two-book package contains both the Hearing Form paperback textbook and the accompanying paperback anthology. | Hearing Form - Textbook and Anthology Set Musical Analysis With and Without the Score

GBP 79.99
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The Tragic Odes of Jerry Garcia and The Grateful Dead Mystery Dances in the Magic Theater

The Tragic Odes of Jerry Garcia and The Grateful Dead Mystery Dances in the Magic Theater

The Tragic Odes of Jerry Garcia and the Grateful Dead is a multifaceted study of tragedy in the group’s live performances showing how Garcia brought about catharsis through dance by leading songs of grief mortality and ironic fate in a collective theatrical context. This musical literary and historical analysis of thirty-five songs with tragic dimensions performed by Garcia in concert with the Grateful Dead illustrates the syncretic approach and acute editorial ear he applied in adapting songs of Robert Hunter Bob Dylan and folk tradition. Tragically ironic situations in which Garcia found himself when performing these songs are revealed including those related to his opiate addiction and final decline. This book examines Garcia’s musical craftsmanship and the Grateful Dead’s collective art in terms of the mystery-rites of ancient Greece Friedrich Nietzsche’s Dionysus 20th century American music rooted in New Orleans Hermann Hesse’s Magic Theater and the Greek Theatre at Berkeley offering a clear prospect on an often misunderstood phenomenon. Featuring interdisciplinary analysis close attention to musical and poetic strategies and historical and critical contexts this book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of Popular Music Musicology Cultural Studies and American Studies as well as to the Grateful Dead’s avid listeners. | The Tragic Odes of Jerry Garcia and The Grateful Dead Mystery Dances in the Magic Theater

GBP 38.99
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Hearing Form Musical Analysis With and Without the Score

Hearing Form Musical Analysis With and Without the Score

Hearing Form: Musical Analysis With and Without the Score Third Edition is a complete course package for undergraduate courses on musical forms with comprehensive coverage from the Baroque to the Romantic. Placing emphasis on listening it teaches students to analyze music both with and without the use of a score covering phrase endings and cadences harmonic sequence types modulations formal sections and musical forms. Hearing Form is supported by an integrated workbook section its own full-score anthology and a companion website containing an instructor’s manual test bank and audio streaming and downloads of recordings for the pieces in the anthology. Key updates in the third edition include: Treatment of phrases and cadences now allows the book to be used by both instructors who teach that all phrases end with cadences and those who teach that some phrases do not New pieces added to the anthology widen the range of composers represented With an engaging and practical approach informed by recent scholarship Hearing Form enables students to recognize musical elements both by sight and by ear. This is the Hearing Form textbook only. For the Hearing Form anthology see ISBN 978-0-367-70388-2. For the textbook and anthology package see ISBN 978-0-367-70391-2. | Hearing Form Musical Analysis With and Without the Score

GBP 42.99
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The Waterside Ape An Alternative Account of Human Evolution

The Waterside Ape An Alternative Account of Human Evolution

Why are humans so fond of water? Why is our skin colour so variable? Why aren’t we hairy like our close ape relatives? A savannah scenario of human evolution has been widely accepted primarily due to fossil evidence; and fossils do not offer insight into these questions. Other alternative evolutionary scenarios might but these models have been rejected. This book explores a controversial idea – that human evolution was intimately associated with watery habitats as much or more than typical savannahs. Written from a medical point of view the author presents evidence supporting a credible alternative explanation for how humans diverged from our primate ancestors. Anatomical and physiological evidence offer insight into hairlessness different coloured skin subcutaneous fat large brains a marine-type kidney a unique heat regulation system and speech. This evidence suggests that humans may well have evolved not just as savannah mammals as is generally believed but with more affinity for aquatic habitats – rivers streams lakes and coasts. Key Features: Presents the evidence for a close association between riparian habitats and the origin of humans Reviews the savannah ape hypothesis for human origins Describes various anatomical adaptations that are associated with hypotheses of human evolution Explores characteristics from the head and neck such as skull and sinus structures the larynx and ear structures and functions | The Waterside Ape An Alternative Account of Human Evolution

GBP 24.99
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