Analyzing the harmony and form of musical compositions remains a valuable tool for students of music, performers, composers, and musicologists. Yet many traditional approaches tend to focus on how complex features can be reduced into simpler categories and questions of unity and coherence. This book advocates an alternative tonal narrative approach, which uses a framework of polarities in dynamic interaction and interdependence to elucidate the life forces animating tonal composit...

From slaughter to sanctuary, The Whales' Journey describes the experiences of the humpback whales as they travel between the cold Antarctic and the warm tropical seas off northern Australia in what is one of the longest migrations in the animal world. It is also the story of human impact on humpback whale populations, which were decimated almost to extinction during the first sixty years of the twentieth century.Humpback whales are now protected by a fabric of regulations,...

Whale watching off the Southern California Coast in your boat is always exciting and relatively benign. But it is possible to get into trouble. We did one day.

"Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises of the Western North Atlantic" is a comprehensive guide that focuses on the diverse cetacean species found in the western North Atlantic Ocean. Authored by experts David Keller Caldwell, Stephen Leatherwood, and Howard Elliott Winn, this work serves as both a scientific reference and a resource for marine enthusiasts.The book begins with an introduction to the biology and ecology of cetaceans, including their anatomy, behavior, and adaptations to life in th...

One aspect of this subject of revolutionary women, their connection with the secret societies of the day I have purposely ignored. It is obscure and highly controversial. Unfortunately, though these societies have been much, written about, and especially of late, it has often been in a partisan spirit. This book will constantly deal with parties, but I trust not in the spirit of a partisan. Of the three methods of treating this subject, the strictly chronological method, the biographical, ...

Follow grade school boys and girls as they explore the Puget Sound. A story full of action and excitement. During their outing they are befriended by a baby whale. The setting is in the beautiful San Juan Islands in the state of Washington. As the story develops, the boys and girls learn to appreciate nature and learn the rewards from helping animals. The three brothers in this story are also in "Let's Go Camping".

On an ocean, where marines hunt pirates who hunt whalers who hunt whales, an animal-loving orphan will find out what it is like to be both predator and prey.Draden, a fifteen-year-old boy trapped in a brutal island orphanage, finds solace in nurturing Maggie, a motherless lamb. When Draden is caught rescuing Maggie from the feast for the start of whaling season, the matron sentences him to ten lashes. A visiting captain cuts him a deal to escape the lash and the matron forever, on ...

Unable to sleep, eleven-year-old Harvey Ranger sends his drone out the window to search for whales over Weymouth Bay. Whales are nowhere to be found, but what Harvey does find sends him on a journey that leaves him floating alone on a raft in the English Channel and makes him the central figure in solving the largest robbery in the history of the world.“An epic adventure with a memorable hero and just the right combination of humour and imagination make this a ...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Call me Ishmael… and step aboard one of the greatest adventures ever told. Moby-Dick; or, The Whale is more than a sea story—it is an epic exploration of obsession, fate, and the untamed power of nature. When Captain Ahab sets his sights on the legendary white whale that maimed him, his relentless pursuit drives the Pequod and its crew into a perilous voyage across uncharted waters. Sailors from every corner of the world, stran...

First published in 1992. Beyond Romanticism represents a substantial challenge to traditional views of the Romantic period and provides a sustained critique of ‘Romantic ideology’. The debates with which it engages had previously been under-represented in the study of Romanticism, where the claims of history had never had quite the same status as they have had in other periods, and where confidence in poetic literary value remains high.Individual essays examine the philoso...

This is the sequel to "Wally the Whale" by Stephen George. Enjoy this entertaining adventure of Wally searching for his old friends and the new friends he makes on his journey. There is action and humor throughout the story while introducing octopus, jellyfish, starfish and "the old one eyed halibut" to the list of personalities. This is also written to educate children to some of the factual characteristics of sea life. Adults will enjoy reading this story to children and advanced grammar...