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Today Programme Puzzle Book: The puzzle book of 2018 by BBC
RRP: £12.99£7.41***The best intelligent puzzle book on the market*** Fiendish fun! - The Times Can YOU solve the Puzzle for Today?Tackle the conundrums that have been frustrating and confounding the nation, with the first official book from Radio 4's Today programme... -
BBC Sports Report: A Celebration of the World's Oldest Sports Radio Programme by Pat Murphy
RRP: £20.00£14.69SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023 - SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR Sports Report is as much a 75-year history of sport as a BBC radio institution and Pat Murphy pays handsome tribute to a programme that is still followed... -
And Now The Shipping Forecast: A Tide of History Around Our Shores by Peter Jefferson
RRP: £12.99£12.55Peter Jefferson presented The Shipping Forecast for over 40 years, and his familiar voice continued to be heard reading quotations on BBC Radio 4's Quote... Unquote. This book is both an affectionate memoir and a history of the science and BBC... -
The Psychological Technique of Martin Luther Thomas' Radio Addresses by Theodor W. Adorno
RRP: £18.99£16.72Theodor W. Adorno (1903-1969) was one of the twentieth century's most influential thinkers in the areas of social theory, philosophy, aesthetics, and music. This volume reveals another aspect of the work of this remarkable polymath, a pioneering analysis... -
Radio Benjamin by Walter Benjamin
RRP: £14.99£12.55Walter Benjamin was fascinated by the impact of new technology on culture, an interest that extended beyond his renowned critical essays. From 1927 to '33, he wrote and presented something in the region of eighty broadcasts using the new medium of... -
London's Pirate Pioneers: The Illegal Broadcasters Who Changed British Radio by Stephen Hebditch 9780993265204
RRP: £16.95£13.12Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780993265204Author Stephen HebditchFormat PaperbackPage Count 312Imprint TX PublicationsPublisher TX Publications -
Triptych by Larissa Wodtke
RRP: £8.99£6.20Manic Street Preachers were and remain one of the most interesting, significant, and best-loved bands of the past thirty years. Their third album The Holy Bible (1994) is generally acknowledged to be their most enduring and fascinating work, and one of... -
Humphrey Burton: In My Own Time - An Autobiography by Humphrey Burton
RRP: £30.00£14.96This long-awaited autobiography is a must-read for classical musical enthusiasts and those fascinated by some of the twentieth century's star performers. It also offers unique insights into the history of music, the BBC and arts broadcasting in... -
Post-Punk Then and Now Gavin Butt 9781910924266
RRP: £10.99£7.40What were the conditions of possibility for art and music-making before the era of neoliberal capitalism? What role did punk play in turning artists to experiment with popular music in the late 1970s and early 1980s? And why does the art and music of... -
Special Sound: The Creation and Legacy of the BBC Radiophonic Workshop by Louis Niebur 9780195368413
RRP: £42.99£31.31Special Sound traces the fascinating creation and legacy of the BBC's electronic music studio, the Radiophonic Workshop, in the context of other studios in Europe and America. The BBC built a studio to provide its own avant-garde dramatic productions... -
Scala Radio's A Soundtrack for Life: Classical Music to Take You Through the Day Scala Radio 9780857839671
RRP: £20.00£13.75Bringing together much-loved masterpieces with exciting new works, this accessible and inspiring guide is a celebration of classical music. With pieces ranging from Vaughan Williams's 'The Lark Ascending' and Beethoven's 'Pastoral' Symphony to the scores... -
The Radio Front: The BBC and the Propaganda War 1939-45 by Ron Bateman
RRP: £17.99£13.64Within seventeen years of the first public broadcast in Britain, the nation again found itself at war. As the Second World War progressed, the BBC eventually realised the potential benefits of public radio and the service became vital in keeping an... -
Easy Listening Acid Trip: An Elevator Ride Through Sixties Psychedelic Pop by Joseph Lanza
RRP: £23.99£15.61Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781627310956Author Joseph LanzaFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Feral House,U.S.Publisher Feral House,U.S. -
The Man Born to Be King – Wade Annotated Edition by Dorothy L. Sayers
RRP: £35.99£28.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781514005330Author Dorothy L. SayersFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint IVP AcademicPublisher IVP AcademicWeight(grams) 646gDimensions(mm) 226mm * 163mm *... -
Radio by the Book: Adaptations of Literature and Fiction on the Airwaves by Tim DeForest 9780786439720
£44.93During the first half of the 20th century, when radio reigned supreme in the living rooms of America, the medium's hunger for captivating characters and stories could not be sated. Three national networks and dozens of independent stations created a vast... -
The Rise of Radio, from Marconi Through the Golden Age by Alfred Balk 9780786423682
RRP: £21.99£17.97A sweep of radio history from its birth as Marconi's ""wireless telegraph"" through its current status under deregulation, this book analyzes the changing medium's social, political, and cultural impact. It casts new light on many... -
The A to Z of Old Time Radio by Robert C. Reinehr 9780810876163
RRP: £45.00£39.49The term Old Time Radio refers to the relatively brief period from 1926, when the National Broadcasting Company first began network broadcasting, until approximately 1960, when television became the dominant communication medium in the United States... -
The CBS Radio Mystery Theater: An Episode Guide and Handbook to Nine Years of Broadcasting, 1974-82 by Gordon Payton 9780786418909
RRP: £28.99£24.45Almost every day, for nine years during the late 1970s and early 1980s, the CBS Radio Mystery Theatre brought monsters, murderers and mayhem together for a whole hour each evening. Created, produced and directed by Himan Brown, the series remains a... -
Media in Mind by Daniel Reynolds 9780190872519
RRP: £91.00£73.63There is a hidden question at the heart of media studies, so fundamental that it has largely remained implicit and unexamined. Where do you end, and where do media begin? In Media in Mind, author Daniel Reynolds draws upon naturalist philosophies of the... -
Victory through Harmony: The BBC and Popular Music in World War II by Christina L. Baade 9780195372014
RRP: £61.00£53.21To 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... -
Theater of the Mind: Imagination, Aesthetics, and American Radio Drama by Neil Verma 9780226853505
RRP: £90.00£85.99For generations, fans and critics have characterized classic American radio drama as a "theater of the mind". This book examines that characterization by recasting the radio play as an aesthetic object within its unique historical context. In "Theater of... -
Media in Mind by Daniel Reynolds
RRP: £32.99£23.68Where do you end, and where do media begin? In Media in Mind, author Daniel Reynolds draws upon naturalist philosophies of the mind from John Dewey through contemporary theories of embodied and extended cognition to make the case that the lines... -
Radio as Art: Concepts, Spaces, Practices by Anne Thurmann-Jajes
RRP: £44.99£37.14Acoustic signals, voice, sound, articulation, music and spatial networking are dispositifs of radiophonic transmission which have brought forth a great number of artistic practices. Up to and into the digital present radio has been and is employed and... -
Theater of the Mind: Imagination, Aesthetics, and American Radio Drama Neil Verma 9780226853512
RRP: £31.00£30.19For generations, fans and critics have characterized classic American radio drama as a "theater of the mind". This book examines that characterization by recasting the radio play as an aesthetic object within its unique historical context. In "Theater of... -
Look Up and Dream Robert Rietti 9780853033530
RRP: £14.50£11.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780853033530Author Robert RiettiFormat PaperbackPage Count 140Imprint Vallentine Mitchell & Co LtdPublisher Vallentine Mitchell & Co Ltd -
Making Waves: Moray Firth Radio The Independent Years by Susie Rose
RRP: £17.50£13.02The saga of how the north of Scotland secured its own commercial radio station at this time in history is unique. Radio station licences were strictly controlled by the Home Office and the standards for output were set deliberately high. Here we have a... -
Ship That Rocked the World: How Radio Caroline Defied the Establishment, Launched the British Invasion, & Made the Planet Safe for Rock & Roll by Tom Lodge 9780910155823
RRP: £21.99£14.78Did you ever wonder why so much fantastic music started coming out of Britain in the 60s? Pirates did it. That's right, Pirates. The story of how they did it seems unbelievable, but it really happened, and it completely altered the course of rock and... -
On the Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio by John Dunning
£68.29Now long out of print, John Dunning's Tune in Yesterday was the definitive one-volume reference on old-time radio broadcasting. Now, in On the Air, Dunning has completely rethought this classic work, reorganizing the material and doubling its coverage,... -
Victory through Harmony: The BBC and Popular Music in World War II by Christina L. Baade 9780199328055
RRP: £39.49£26.91To 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... -
Radio for the Millions: Hindi-Urdu Broadcasting Across Borders Isabel Huacuja Alonso 9780231206617
RRP: £30.00£27.39Co-winner, 2023 AIPS Book Prize, American Institute of Pakistan StudiesFrom news about World War II to the broadcasting of music from popular movies, radio played a crucial role in an increasingly divided South Asia for more than half a century. Radio... -
Broadcast Hysteria: Orson Welles's War of the Worlds and the Art of Fake News by A Brad Schwartz 9780809031641
RRP: £20.00£12.62Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780809031641Author A Brad SchwartzFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Hill & WangPublisher Hill & WangWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 218mm * 145mm * 23mm -
Tx Magazine: Pirate Radio Dispatches from Eighties London by Stephen Hebditch 9780993265211
RRP: £14.95£11.58Apologies 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 -
Sight Unseen: Beckett, Pinter, Stoppard, and Other Contemporary Dramatists on Radio by Elissa S. Guralnick 9780821411285
RRP: £27.99£24.54In 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... -
Terror on the Air!: Horror Radio in America, 1931-1952 by Richard J. Hand 9780786469192
RRP: £21.99£17.97The 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,... -
The Pictures are Better on the Radio: A Fan's Love Affair with Sport on the Wireless by Adam Carroll-Smith
RRP: £12.99£9.62The 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... -
Cold War Radio: The Dangerous History of American Broadcasting in Europe, 1950-1989 Richard H. Cummings 9780786441389
RRP: £21.99£17.97During 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... -
Listen in Terror: British Horror Radio from the Advent of Broadcasting to the Digital Age by Richard Hand 9780719081484
RRP: £85.00£60.17This 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... -
Radio Psychics: Mind Reading and Fortune Telling in American Broadcasting, 1920-1940 by John Benedict Buescher 9781476684659
RRP: £28.99£23.78When 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,... -
A History of Broadcasting in the United States: 1. A Tower of Babel: to 1933 by Erik Barnouw 9780195004748
RRP: £132.50£113.32Sweeping narrative of the technological advances, events, and personalities that have made radio and television a dominant force in contemporary society.Book InformationISBN 9780195004748Author Erik BarnouwFormat HardbackPage Count 350Imprint Oxford... -
A History of Broadcasting in the United States: 2. The Golden Web: 1933-1953 by Erik Barnouw 9780195004755
RRP: £84.00£70.36Sweeping narrative of the technological advances, events, and personalities that have made radio and television a dominant force in contemporary society.Book InformationISBN 9780195004755Author Erik BarnouwFormat HardbackPage Count 398Imprint Oxford...