Radio

A fascinating collection of revealing and entertaining interviews by the award-winning host of National Public Radio's premier interview program Fresh Air. Over the last twenty years, Terry Gross has interviewed many of our most celebrated writers,...

To serve the British nation in World War II, the BBC charged itself with mobilizing popular music in support of Britain's war effort. Radio music, British broadcasters and administrators argued, could maintain civilian and military morale, increase...

Satisfaction is an intense, introspective novel that explores the intimate thoughts, feelings and impressions of Mme Akli, a French woman living in Algeria in the late 1970s. Mme Akli is a possessive mother in conflict with her own sexuality in a country...

The powerful effect of radio on American culture from Big Band music to Top 40 to conservative talk radio-now back in print!Few inventions evoke such nostalgia, such deeply personal and vivid memories as radio-from Amos 'n' Andy and Edward R. Murrow to...

Echt is a brand new course for 11-14 German written specifically to give students the skills and knowledge to excel. It's packed with fresh, inspiring content written by a dynamic author team with topics that help immerse students in German-speaking...

While cultural historians and media scholars have been looking at television for decades, they have only recently turned their eyes (and ears) to radio. Studies of television rarely acknowledge that many of its forms-soap operas, situation comedies,...

The only book on the market to specifically address its audience, Recording Voiceover is the comprehensive guide for engineers looking to understand the aspects of capturing the spoken word.Discussing all phases of the recording session, Recording...

The early Middle Ages provided twentieth-century poets with the material to re-imagine and rework local, religious, and national identities in their writing. Poet of the Medieval Modern focuses on a key figure within this tradition, the Anglo-Welsh poet...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781735465487Author Tiffany BucknerFormat PaperbackPage Count 296Imprint Anointed FirePublisher Anointed FireWeight(grams) 399gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

In Sight Unseen radio drama, a genre traditionally dismissed as popular culture, is celebrated as high art. The radio plays discussed here range from the conventional (John Arden's Pearl) to the docudramatic (David Rudkin's Cries from Casement), from the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780857043535Author David ParkerFormat HardbackPage Count 160Imprint HalsgrovePublisher Halsgrove

Radio's influence can be found in almost every corner of new media. Radio in the Digital Age assesses a medium that has not only survived the challenges of a new technological age but indeed has extended its reach. This is not a book about digital radio,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838579678Author Ivy FinneganFormat PaperbackPage Count 96Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing Ltd

During the Cold War, Radio Free Europe and Radio Liberty broadcast uncensored news and commentary to people living in communist nations. As critical elements of the CIA's early covert activities against communist regimes in Eastern Europe, the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312183011Author Sarah VowellFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm)...

Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles may be of substantial length, and include critical notices of major books. OSAP is now published twice yearly, in both hardback and...

SHORTLISTED FOR NON-FICTION, ENVIRONMENT AWARD FOR CHILDREN'S LITERATURE 2022SHORTLISTED FOR THE SPEECH PATHOLOGY AUSTRALIA BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR AGES 5-8 AWARD 2023An accessible and reassuring picture book that teaches children about the specific...

Making Radio and Podcasts is a practical guide for anyone who wants to learn how to make successful programmes in the digital era. It examines the key roles in audio and podcasting: announcing, presenting, research, copywriting, producing, marketing and...

This groundbreaking book is the first full-length study of British horror radio from the pioneering days of recording and broadcasting right through to the digital audio cultures of our own time. The book offers an historical, critical and theoretical...

The macabre world of monsters, killers on the loose and revenge from beyond the grave existed not only in the movies, but also on the radio before television's dominance in American homes. One of many distinct genres born of early broadcasting,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956496300Author Grant GoddardFormat PaperbackPage Count 316Imprint Radio BooksPublisher Radio BooksWeight(grams) 762gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 297mm * 16mm

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781634945257Author Harold P. CainFormat PaperbackPage Count 32Imprint Press Room EditionsPublisher Press Room EditionsWeight(grams) 177g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781434368096Author Sami PerezFormat PaperbackImprint AuthorhousePublisher AuthorhouseWeight(grams) 349g

Several alterations of brain function cause common mental problems in young people. ADHD, autism, tic disorders, learning difficulties, intellectual disability, and the psychotic disorders of young people are conventionally classified and described as...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781739774714Author Sylva Nze IfedigboFormat PaperbackPage Count 381Imprint Abibiman Publishing UKPublisher Abibiman Publishing UK

Ranging widely in substance and style Solstice moves from lyrical invocations of Nature to reactions to 'lockdown'; from a classical sonnet to the free-wheeling title poem. Across this short collection, the musicality of Arthur's register is enlivened...

Our closest friends are the people we trust the most. We tell them our secrets and share our lives with them. But, what happens if our friends and our secrets turn against us? Jenna's Truth, inspired by Amanda Todd's tragic story of bullying, is a book...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781838573881Author Henry JamesFormat HardbackPage Count 736Imprint Arcturus Publishing LtdPublisher Arcturus Publishing LtdWeight(grams) 153g

Tough teen Riz Montgomery plays high stakes roulette as London burns. With bugs in her skin and noise in her head, Riz is real and the rest are fake. What matters to her: Mark Rothko's art. So despite the horror of family time, it's a fine thing that a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780851249100Author Timothy MadiganFormat PaperbackPage Count 342Imprint Spokesman BooksPublisher Spokesman Books

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993265211Author Stephen HebditchFormat PaperbackPage Count 188Imprint TX PublicationsPublisher TX Publications

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781434454126Author Fred AllenFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint Wildside PressPublisher Wildside PressWeight(grams) 372gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm *...

When radio broadcasting began in the early 1920s, the radio was a magic box aglow with the future, drawing humanity into a new age. Some thought it would dissolve the distance between time and place, others that human minds would become transparent,...

Angela Carter is best known for her novels, short fiction and journalism, but she also produced a substantial body of writing for media other than the printed page, including five radio plays, two film adaptations, an original television documentary and...

This book provides a unique identity-centered approach to radio, audio, and podcast production which encourages readers to build their confidence and create audio content that matters to them.Written for those just starting out in audio production and...

Combining classic work on radio with innovative research, journalism and biography, Women and Radio offers a variety of approaches to understanding the position of women as producers, presenters and consumers as well as offering guidelines, advice and...

The funny, heart-warming tale of Adam Carroll-Smith's enduring love of sport on the radio - a uniquely personal collection of memories with the power to generate a shared, nostalgic sense of deja vu. From furtively listening to Premier League matches...

An original study of radio propaganda in Czechoslovakia. Between 1939 and 1945, Czechoslovakia disappeared from the maps, existing only as an imagined 'free republic' on the radio waves. Following the German invasion and annexation of Bohemia and Moravia...

The growth of scholarly podcasting engenders radical possibilities for how we conceive of knowledge creation and peer review. By investigating the historical development of the norms of scholarly communication, the unique affordances of sound-based...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781916389052Author Lorraine TurnbullFormat PaperbackPage Count 294Imprint Fat Sheep PressPublisher Fat Sheep PressWeight(grams) 140g