Exploring Texture

Exploring Texture
Author: Rachel Rubin Wolf
Publisher: North Light Books
Total Pages: 144
Release: 2015
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9781440334696

A collection of watercolour paintings by North American artists which cover a range of subjects, and includes practical advice on using colour

Marine Mammals and Noise

Marine Mammals and Noise
Author: W. John Richardson
Publisher: Academic Press
Total Pages: 593
Release: 2013-10-22
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0080573037

Many marine mammals communicate by emitting sounds that pass through water. Such sounds can be received across great distances and can influence the behavior of these undersea creatures. In the past few decades, the oceans have become increasingly noisy, as underwater sounds from propellers, sonars, and other human activities make it difficult for marine mammals to communicate. This book discusses, among many other topics, just how well marine mammals hear, how noisy the oceans have become, and what effects these new sounds have on marine mammals. The baseline of ambient noise, the sounds produced by machines and mammals, the sensitivity of marine mammal hearing, and the reactions of marine mammals are also examined. An essential addition to any marine biologist's library, Marine Mammals and Noise will be especially appealing to marine mammalogists, researchers, policy makers and regulators, and marine biologists and oceanographers using sound in their research.

From Impacts to Adaptation

From Impacts to Adaptation
Author:
Publisher: Canadian Museum of Civilization/Musee Canadien Des Civilisations
Total Pages: 448
Release: 2008
Genre: Climatic changes
ISBN: 9780662051756

Discusses current and future risks and opportunities that climate change presents to Canada, with a focus on human and managed systems. Based on analysis of existing knowledge.

100 Plein Air Painters of the Mid-Atlantic

100 Plein Air Painters of the Mid-Atlantic
Author: Gary Pendleton
Publisher: Schiffer Publishing
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014
Genre: Art
ISBN: 9780764346194

This is a sumptuous catalog of regional landscape paintings and the talented, living artists who create them, including Robert J. Barber, Denise Dumont, Michael Godfrey, Hai-Ou Hou, Abigail McBride, and Sam Robinson. It is packed with over 400 eye-catching color reproductions of work by some of today's finest plein air artists, including spectacular beach scenes, pastorals, cityscapes, and harbor scenes. This informative volume also includes a concise history of landscape painting in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, and Virginia, showing examples of great art of the past by some outstanding Mid-Atlantic painters, including the Pennsylvania Impressionists, the New Jersey Manasquan Art Colony, the Egelis, and much more. This volume fills an empty niche in the rich history of American art. It is an ideal book for anyone, who loves plein air landscape painting, and a wonderful introduction to traditional art of the region. It will appeal to art historians, dealers, and collectors alike.

The Study of Names

The Study of Names
Author: Frank Nuessel
Publisher: Greenwood
Total Pages: 184
Release: 1992-09-30
Genre: Foreign Language Study
ISBN:

An introduction and research guide to onomastics, this book covers the major areas of name study in individual chapters on personal names, place names, acronyms, brand names and trade names. Every topic comprises a discussion of underlying principles as well as numerous illustrative examples.