"Specifically designed for the 250,000 students enrolled in Introduction to Music courses each year, this helpful outline gives background information on topics such as: sound and tone, the notation of pitch, harmony and tonality, and more."
Hippopotamus by EdgarWilliams 224 Pages, Published 2017 by Reaktion Books ISBN-13: 978-1-78023-779-4, ISBN: 1-78023-779-0
"The British artist Suzie Marsh is also well known for her life-size sculptures of
hippos. A whole porcelain dinner service of 114 pieces, all with hand-painted
scenes of hippos from photos taken at 101zoos in 33 countries, has been
produced in ..."
"They are famously fat—cumbersome, lethargic, and oddly charming for the way they lounge around half-submerged in muddy pools all day. Hippos are gregarious herbivores that don’t much like the heat, but as Edgar Williams shows in this colorful book, they can also be quite ill-tempered, and their huge mouths, sharp tusks, and powerful jaws can cut a small boat right in half. Taking readers into the swampy lands of Africa—as well as a few ..."
Moon Nature and Culture (Reaktion Books - Earth) by EdgarWilliams Paperback, 224 Pages, Published 2014 by Reaktion Books ISBN-13: 978-1-78023-281-2, ISBN: 1-78023-281-0
"Since humans first gazed upward, the moon has hung in the sky virtually unchanged, entrancing generations of poets, artists and scientists. Once worshipped as a deity, often thought to cause madness, now known to manipulate our tides and much else besides, humanity's relationship with the moon has been ever-changing; the one constant has been our continued fascination with it. Moon gives a comprehensive account of our lunar companion's ..."
Earth Moon : Nature and Culture by EdgarWilliams 224 Pages, Published 2014 by Reaktion Books ISBN-13: 978-1-78023-321-5, ISBN: 1-78023-321-3
"4. 6 DavidA. Kirby, 'Science Consultants, Fictional Films, and Scientific Practice',
Social Studies of Science, XXXIII/2 (April 2003), pp. 231–68. 7 Ibid. 8 DonaA.
Jalufka and Christian Koeberl, 'Moonstruck: How Realistic is the Moon
Depictedin Classic Science Fiction Films?', Earth, Moon and Planets, 85–6 (2001
), pp. 179–200. 9 Ibid. 10 Trea Martyn, Elizabeth in the Garden: A Story of Love,
Rivalry and Spectacular Design (London, ..."
Ostrich (Reaktion Books - Animal) by EdgarWilliams Paperback, 184 Pages, Published 2013 by Reaktion Books ISBN-13: 978-1-78023-039-9, ISBN: 1-78023-039-7
"In many senses the ostrich looms large - the tallest and heaviest of any living bird, a fully grown North African ostrich can reach 2.75 metres (9 feet) in height and weigh almost 160 kgs (350 pounds). It also lays the largest egg of any living bird. From its eggs to its meat, skin and feathers, the ostrich has been exploited by humans since history began. The demand for its feathers was so great in Victorian times that vast fortunes we ..."
Animal Ostrich by EdgarWilliams 184 Pages, Published 2013 by Reaktion Books ISBN-13: 978-1-78023-066-5, ISBN: 1-78023-066-4
"Photo. Acknowledgements. The author and publishers wish to express their
thanks to the below sources of illustrative material and/or permission to
reproduce it. (Some sources uncredited in the captions for reasons of brevity are
also given below.) Photo Aberdeen University Library: p. 70; from Eleazar Albin,
A Supple- ment to the Natural History ofBirds . . . (London, 1740): p. 79; photo art.
co.uk: p. 23; courtesy the author: pp. 8 ..."
Giraffe (Reaktion Books - Animal) by EdgarWilliams Paperback, 174 Pages, Published 2011 by Reaktion Books ISBN-13: 978-1-86189-764-0, ISBN: 1-86189-764-2
"Their extraordinary long necks, distinctive camouflage, graceful movements, and friendly nature have made giraffes one of the most fascinating and beloved animals on the planet. But while giraffes once roamed the Great Plains of Africa in huge herds, their numbers have greatly diminished, and they are now entirely dependent on humanity for their survival. In Giraffe, Edgar Williams explores not only the biology of the tallest animals o ..."
Animal Giraffe by EdgarWilliams 174 Pages, Published 2011 by Reaktion Books ISBN-13: 978-1-86189-889-0, ISBN: 1-86189-889-4
"bull giraffe curls his upper lip and tastes the urine, known as the flehmen
response. This grimacing exposes the vomeronasal organ ... There is thus about
20–23 months between births and a giraffe can have around ten calves in her
lifetime. Usually a single calf is born, but twins ... Born legs first, weighing around
100 kilograms and around two metres tall, with its horns in place, the calf usually
enters the world with a two-metr ..."
Network Advertisement recommendation for doing perfect network advertisement by EdgarWilliams Paperback, 48 Pages, Published 2014 by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform ISBN-13: 978-1-5056-0628-7, ISBN: 1-5056-0628-4
"network marketing advertisement is a significant way to act the right kind of leads for the business campaign as in most cases generating the desired revenue cannot only come from the focus on the sales aspects of the business. All the information that you will need is available here"