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Despite the world-wide association of music and dance with religion, this is the first full-length study of the subject from a global perspective. The work consists of 3,816 references divided among 37 chapters. It covers tribal, regional, and global religions and such subjects as shamanism, liturgical dance, healing, and the relationship of music, mathematics, and mysticism. The referenced materials display such diverse approaches as analysis of music and dance, description of context, direct experience, observation, and speculation. The references address topics from such disciplines as...

After learning Earth is about to be destroyed, 12-year-old Patrick Griffin is on a mission. Under the protection of a powerful griffin, Patrick and his friend Oma travel through abandoned cities on the planet Ith, hiding from the enemy while they work out a plan to overthrow the alternate world's sinister government.

Back on Earth, the gigantic jackalope Mr. BunBun and nine adorable numbats race to warn humans about impending doom. But time is running out. The evil Rex Abraham is back on Ith and will stop at nothing to continue his domination of the Three Worlds.

Breathtaking...

Dieses Lehrbuch beschreibt die numerische Berechnung von Nichtlinearitaten in der Strukturmechanik, d. h. grosse Drehungen, grosse Dehnungen (geometrische Nichtlinearitaten), nichtlineares Materialverhalten, besonders Plastizitat und zeitabhangiges Verhalten, und Kontakt. Darauf aufbauend werden Stabilitatsprobleme und Traglastberechnungen behandelt. Dabei wird am Beispiel einfacher Systeme die Problematik erlautert, formelmassig erfasst, in den Kontext der Finiten Elemente eingebunden und bis zum Dreidimensionalen verallgemeinert. Die einzelnen Schritte werden detailliert bis hin zu...

Ecomedia: Key Issues is a comprehensive textbook introducing the burgeoning field of ecomedia studies to provide an overview of the interface between environmental issues and the media globally. Linking the world of media production, distribution, and consumption to environmental understandings, the book addresses ecological meanings encoded in media texts, the environmental impacts of media production, and the relationships between media and cultural perceptions of the environment.
Each chapter introduces a distinct type of media, addressing it in a theoretical overview before...