We are surrounded by the greatest of free shows. Places Jonathan Meades has an obsessive preoccupation with places. He has spent thirty years constructing sixty films two novels & hundreds of pieces of journalism that explore an extraordinary range of them from natural landscapes to man-made buildings & the gaps between them drawing attention to what he calls the rich oddness of what we take for granted. This book collects 54 pieces & six film scripts that dissolve the barriers between high & low culture good & bad taste deep seriousness & black comedy. Meades delivers heavy entertainment
- strong opinions backed up by an astonishing depth of knowledge. To read Meades on places buildings politics or cultural history is an exhilarating workout for the mind. He leaves you better informed more alert less gullible. " Everything is fantastical if you stare at it for long enough. Everything is interesting.""
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Welcome to the Scatterhorn Museum! But dont get too excited
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For centuries humankind has had a sublime relationship with hallucinogenic mushrooms. Summed up by the reverent name given by the Aztecs teonanactl (or flesh of the Gods) they have played a mysterious role in human experience thanks to their psychoactive chemicals that shift & modify the human mind. Arik Moonhawk Ropers exquisite painted portraits of magic mushrooms capture their powerful auras adding to a tradition of shroom art that stretches back more than 400 years. Mushroom Magick" illustrates more than 90 of the known hallucinogenic species from around the world with an emphasis on the genus Psilocybe & accompanies them with information about their habitats psychoactive powers & role in human cultures. Erik Davis & Daniel Pinchbeck provide background & testimony in elegant essays. This beautifully designed & profusely illustrated mushroom bible will appeal to nature lovers mushroom hunters & enthusiasts of all things psychedelic." ...

This is the expert guide to identifying picking & using wild mushrooms. It is a detailed guide to picking drying preserving & storing wild mushrooms. It is a photographic A-Z of the most commonly found edible wild mushrooms seen both in-situ & in close-up identification shots. It offers at-a-glance information on habitat season storing & cooking hints for every mushroom. It offers a clear identification guide to poisonous & inedible species for extra security. It features over 300 colour photographs. Mushrooming is a hobby of ever-increasing popularity that everyone even city-dwellers can enjoy. It is crucial obviously that the most expert advice is taken when hunting for mushrooms & this authoritative guide offers clear practical information for accurate identification. This handy volume begins with a short introduction explaining everything a mushroom picker needs to know followed by a fully-illustrated A
- Z guide in which the author describes the identifying features & habitats of the most popular edible mushrooms. Finally a chapter on inedible mushrooms clearly illustrates all the poisonous & potentially deceptive species which the mushroom picker is most likely to come across.
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This is a superb collection of 60 recipes using wild & cultivated mushrooms shown in over 350 photographs. It features 60 delicious ...

The ideal portable companion the world-renowned Collins Gem series returns with a fresh new look & updated material. This is the perfect pocket guide for nature & foraging enthusiasts keen to identify the most commonly found mushrooms & toadstools in Britain & northern Europe. Authoritative text beautiful photographs & detailed illustrations show the distinguishing features of each mushroom & toadstool including details of size habitat & when it can be found whether it is edible or poisonous & most importantly which similar species it can be confused with & why. This new edition builds on the strengths of the unrivalled original now expanded to include over 240 species of mushroom & toadstool. ...

The culmination of over thirty years work this authoritative & superbly illustrated reference work is packed with the most up-to-date information & original photographs. Set to become the essential illustrated mycological encyclopedia for the next 25 years this book is also clear user friendly & will appeal to a wide range of readers. Unsurpassed in both illustrative & descriptive detail Mushrooms contains over 1 250 photographs often showing the specimens in various stages of growth & including all the latest botanical & common names as well as current ecological information on endangered species. Having sold more than 750 000 copies in Europe of his previous title on mushrooms Roger Phillips new book once again sets the benchmark. Quite simply nobody with an interest in the subject can afford to be without this book. Roger Phillips has written the best mushroom book I know: the sublime taxonomic accuracy of his descriptions & photographs combined with an evangelical & infectious passion for the subject will make an instant mycophile of anyone who picks it up. Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall A masterpiece of identification. David Bellamy ...

This stimulating Very Short Introduction to music invites us to really think about music & the values & qualities we ascribe to it. The world teems with different kinds of music-traditional folk classical jazz rock pop-and each type of music tends to come with its own way of thinking. Drawing on a wealth of accessible examples ranging from Beethoven to Chinese zither music Nicholas Cook attempts to provide a framework for thinking about all music. By examining the personal social & cultural values that music embodies the book reveals the shortcomings of traditional conceptions of music & sketches a more inclusive approach emphasizing the role of performers & listeners. ...

Music 3.0: A Survival Guide for Making Music in the Internet Age" is a completely updated edition of the original best seller featuring the latest music business & social media concepts as well as br&-new interviews with a variety of the industrys top movers & shakers. The book not only takes a look at the music industrys evolution & how we got to Music 3.0 but provides the information that todays musician or music business executive needs to take advantage of the new music industry paradigm: What has changed? Who are the new players? Why are traditional record labels television & radio no longer factors in an artists success? How do you market & distribute your music in this new world? How do you make money in this new music world? How do you develop your brand? How do you use Facebook Twitter & You Tube as marketing tools? What are the new technologies that are being introduced that will influence how we sell or market? All these questions are answered in the book. This edition also contains new low-cost high- & low-tech tips for marketing & promotion." ...

From Ancient Greek times music has been seen as a mathematical art & the relationship between mathematics & music has fascinated generations. This collection of wide ranging comprehensive & fully-illustrated papers authored by leading scholars presents the link between these two subjects in a lucid manner that is suitable for students of both subjects as well as the general reader with an interest in music. Physical theoretical physiological acoustic compositional & analytical relationships between mathematics & music are unfolded & explored with focus on tuning & temperament the mathematics of sound bell-ringing & modern compositional techniques. ...