In Sacred Music in Secular Society, Jonathan Arnold highlights a strange phenomenon: ‘the seeming paradox that, in today’s so-called secular society, sacred choral music is as powerful, compelling and popular as it has ever been’.1 The explosion of new media through the internet and digital technology has created a new, broader audience for ‘the creative art of Renaissance polyphony …
Modern civilization is at a crossroads, at a potential inflection point in its historical evolution. The scientific community has advised that the window for decisive collective action to stabilize greenhouse gas emissions and avoid catastrophic impacts on people and the planet will close within a decade. The COVID-19 pandemic has created one of the worst health and socio-economic …
Discrepancies in biobank research regulations have commonly been regarded as one of the most significant hurdles for effective research collaboration. One of the more central aspects of biobank research regulation concerns the use of personal data—health and genetic data and other information related to individuals, either as indi-vidual research subjects or participants in a particular scien…
According to legend, the Jade Emperor called all twelve celestial animals to his palace to assign them their place in the zodiac. The Pig, a lazy if intelligent creature, was still in dreamland when the other eleven turned up to claim their places. He ended up last. And so 2019, the eventful Year of the Pig (coincidentally also marked by swine fever and a severe pork supply shor…
Large paperback edition with over 450 maps-200,000 words of text - 160 illustrations and diagrams - complete and authoritative
Kim Hyo Yeon meninggalkan negara asalnya, Korea Selatan, ke Indonesia demi mengunjungi tempat-tempat kenangan ibunya dan mengabadikan dalam jurnalnya. Namun, rencana itu tak semulus yang diharapkan. Sejak hari pertama, Hyo Yeon sudah disambut cowok angkuh yang berakhir dengan insiden memalukan hingga membuat cowok itu dendam. Masalah Hyo Yeon semakin rumit ketika mendapati cowok itu, Alden, ad…
Botanical and scientific illustration share many common themes - the meticulous observation, the crucial composition, the precision of rendering and the accuracy of colour are all intrinsic to this niche genre of art. In this beautiful book, Sarah Jane Humphrey explains the techniques of the botanical artist but also introduces ideas for scientific illustration, so that the illustrator has a fu…
In 2018, the International Wheat Genome Sequencing Consortium published a reference genome sequence for bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.). The landmark achievement was the culmination of a thirteen-year international effort focused on the production of a genome sequence linked to genotypic/phenotypic maps to advance understanding of traits an…
Elizabeth Bennet dan Fitzwilliam Darcy sama sekali tidak cocok. Elizabeth menilai Mr. Darcy sebagai pria yang sok, angkuh, dan mengesalkan, sementara Mr. Darcy menganggap Elizabeth tidak anggun dan terlalu sering berprasangka. Mereka saling bermusuhan, bahkan sering kali saling melontarkan sindiran pedas.Tapi kebencian mereka berangsur menjadi ketertarikan. Seiring berja- lannya waktu, Eliza…
What is depression? What is bipolar disorder? How are they diagnosed and how are they treated? Can a small child be diagnosed with depression and treated with antidepressants - and should they be? Covering depression, manic depression, and bipolar disorder, this Very Short Introduction gives a brief account of the history of these concepts, before focussing on the descriptions and understand…
Global food demand is rising, and serious questions remain about whether supply can increase sustainably (FAO 2018). Land-based expansion is possible but may exacerbate cli-mate change and biodiversity loss, and compromise the delivery of other ecosystem services (Olsen 2011; Foley et al. 2005, 2011; Mbow et al. 2019; Amundson et al. 2015). As food from the sea represents…
The Second World War was a new type of war; it was a global, mobile and unpredictable war. It was ‘among the most destructive conflicts in human history’, in which over forty-six million people perished, often in the most frightening and inhuman conditions.1 The latter years of the inter-war period witnessed a modernisation of the mili-tary technologies that had been use…
In recent research, there has been growing emphasis on the collaborative, social, and collective nature of musical behaviour and practices. Among the emerging hypotheses in this connection are the idea that listening to music is always listening together and being with the other; that music making is a matter of intercorporeality, mutuality, and emphatic attunement; and that creative agency in …
An in-depth study of the large mosaic pavement in the East Church at Qasr el-Lebia in Cyrenaica, Libya. Consisting of fifty panels, each panel with a different image, it has frequently been dismissed as random with no overarching scheme. This book argues that the remarkably rich and complex mosaic should be understood as a coherent whole.
Two thirds of our planet is covered with water. Every fragment of land, from the great contingent of Eurasia to the tiniest pasific island, has a shore. The total length of shorelines is huge. Yet the width is hardly measurable in comparison - it is often just a few yards. Shores are strange places, being the edge of the land as well as the edge of the sea. The sea level rises falls with the ti…
ate last night it hung over the rooftops, it glowed with the light from the street lamps, and tonight it decided to fall - snow. It is the first snow of the new year, the first snow of the new century - snow bringing renewal to the world. Today is in the New Century - the Old Century came to an end yesterday. A hundred years have gone by. A balloon, gradually deflating, deflating …
The authors utilise evidence from the only major empirical study to explore the skills required and the challenges facing contemporary makers in an increasingly crowded marketplace. Drawing upon 180 interviews with peak organisations, established and emerging makers, and four years of fieldwork across Australia, this book offers a unique insight into the motivations informing those who seek to …
Feminist scholars have rightfully argued that today the Virgin Mary often operates as an unhealthy feminine ideal of obedience and self-sacrifice.1The reality of their arguments sank in one morning as I had coffee with a Hispanic friend who had suffered years of domestic violence. As she sipped her coffee, her childhood seemed close to the surface. She talked about growing …
Vulnerable examines the vulnerabilities and interconnections brought to light by the pandemic, as well as the legal, ethical and public policy responses. This book exposes the vulnerabilities of individuals, institutions, governance and legal structures, in several countries and worldwide.
Sir Walter Elliot, of Kellynch Hall, in Somersetshire, was a man who, for his own amusement, never took up any book but the Baronetage; there he found occupation for an idle hour, and consolation in a distressed one; there his faculties were roused into admiration and respect, by contemplating the limited remnant of the earliest patents; there any unwelcome sensations, arising from domestic aff…
No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her born to be an heroine. Her situation in life, the character of her father and mother, her own person and disposition, were all equally against her. Her father was a clergyman, without being neglected, or poor, and a very respectable man, though his name was Richard — and he had never been handsome. He had a cons…
Yuriko dan Kazue, dua pelacur Tokyo, tewas dibunuh secara brutal. Kematian mereka menyisakan pertanyaan-pertanyaan tak terjawab tentang siapa mereka sebenarnya, siapa pembunuh mereka, dan kenapa hidup mereka berakhir seperti itu. Ketika kisah hidup mereka mulai terungkap lewat kakak perempua Yuriko, kita pun diajak menelusuri masa lalu kedua perempuan ini di sebuah sekolah bergengsi, di mana hi…
Unit Empat Mekanisme Evolusi 22 Penurunan dengan Modifikasi: Pandangan Darwin tentang Kehidupan 4 23 Evolusi Populasi 22 24 Asal-usul Spesies 43 25 Sejarah Kehidupan di Bumi 64 Unit Lima Sejarah Evolusioner Keanekaragaman Hayati 26 Filogeni dan Pohon Kehidupan 96 27 Bakteri dan Archaea 118 28 Protista 139 29 Keanekaragaman Tumbuhan I: Bagaimana Tumbuhan Mengolonisasi Daratan 165 30 Ke…
1 Pengantar: Tema-tema dalam Ilmu Hayati Unit Satu Kimia Kehidupan 2 Konteks Kimiawi Kehidupan 3 Air dan Lingkungan yang Cocok bagi Kehidupan 4 Karbon dan Keanekaragaman Molekular Kehidupan 5 Struktur dan Fungsi Molekul Biologis Berukuran Besar Unit Dua Sel 6 Menjelajahi Sel 7 Struktur dan Fungsi Membran 8 Pengantar Metabolisme 9 Respirasi Selular: Memanen Energi Kimia 10 Fotosintesi…