Gear Acquisition Syndrome - Consumption of Instruments and Technology in Popular Music (Herbst Jan-Peter)(Paperback / softback)

Gear Acquisition Syndrome - Consumption of Instruments and Technology in Popular Music (Herbst Jan-Peter)(Paperback / softback)

Consumer Culture (Lury Celia)(Paperback / softback)

* Second edition of a popular and lively introduction to the nature and role of consumption in modern societies. * Includes new chapters on branding and the rise of ethical consumption. * Reveals the central role consumer culture plays in providing new ways of creating social and political

Playing by Ear - Reflections on Sound and Music (Brook Peter)(Paperback / softback)

In this collection of new essays, the world-renowned director Peter Brook offers unique and personal insights into sound and music - from the surprising impact of Broadway musicals on his famous Midsummer Night's Dream, to the allure of applause, and on to the ultimate empty space:

WJEC/Eduqas GCSE Music Student Book: Revised Edition (Richards Jan)(Paperback / softback)

The Revised Edition of this popular Student Book covers the WJEC/Eduqas amended GCSE Music specifications for first teaching from September 2020. Endorsed by

Mortal Instruments 6: City of Heavenly Fire (Clare Cassandra)(Paperback / softback)

Sixth and final book in Cassandra Clare's internationally bestselling Mortal Instruments series about the

Songbooks: The Literature of American Popular Music (Weisbard Eric)(Paperback)

In Songbooks, critic and scholar Eric Weisbard offers a critical guide to books on American popular music from William Billings's 1770 New-England Psalm-Singer to Jay-Z's 2010 memoir Decoded. Drawing on his background editing the Village Voice music section, coediting the Journal of Popular Music

Studying Popular Music (Middleton Richard)(Paperback)

A critical analysis of issues and approaches in a variety of areas, ranging from the political economy of popular music through its history and ethnography to its semiology, aesthetics and ideology. The book focuses on Anglo-American popular music of the last 200 years

Harmonica for Dummies (Yerxa Winslow)(Paperback)

Wail on your harmonica! The harmonica is one of the most popular and versatile instruments in the world. There are several reasons harmonicas are awesome--you can play them anywhere, they're inexpensive, and you can show off in dozens of musical styles. The friendly and pleasingly tuneful Harmonica

Theory of Death (Kellerman Faye)(Paperback / softback)

The twenty-third book in the hugely popular Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus series from New York Times bestselling author Faye

Goddesses and Monsters: Women, Myth, Power, and Popular Culture (Caputi Jane)(Paperback)

The essays in Goddesses and Monsters recognize popular culture as a primary repository of ancient mythic energies, images, narratives, personalities, icons, and archetypes. Together, they take on the patriarchal myth, where serial killers are heroes, where goddesses--in the form of great white

Elements of Music - Melody, Rhythm and Harmony (Martineau Jason)(Paperback / softback)

In this compact book, composer and pianist Jason Martineau presents the elements of music in clear and comprehensible terms. Packed with superb diagrams and a wealth of fascinating hard-to-come-by musical tips, this is a great primer, and an invaluable resource for novice and professional

Learning To Read Music 3rd Edition - How to Make Sense of Those Mysterious Symbols and Bring Music to Life (Nickol Peter)(Paperback / softback)

A practical guide to learning to read

The Regtech Book: The Financial Technology Handbook for Investors, Entrepreneurs and Visionaries in Regulation (Barberis Janos)(Paperback)

The Regulatory Technology HandbookThe transformational potential of RegTech has been confirmed in recent years with US$1.2 billion invested in start-ups (2017) and an expected additional spending of US$100 billion by 2020. Regulatory technology will not only provide efficiency gains for compliance

Marshall Jefferson: The Diary of a DJ (Jefferson Marshall)(Paperback)

House music jacked the world in the 1980s and popular music has never been the same. From the merest two or three nightclubs in Chicago, House leapt the Atlantic, creating a scene in places as unalike as Manchester's clubland and the beaches of Ibiza - and sometimes its reputation did, too.Now,

Life's Music (Makine Andrei)(Paperback / softback)

A magnificent story of courage and survival in the face of great

Anatomy and Physiology for Midwives (Coad Jane)(Paperback / softback)

This is a new edition of a highly popular textbook which presents the fascinating field of reproductive anatomy and physiology in a style which is ideal for those who are new to the subject. Now with a significantly upgraded artwork program - which is also available as a downloadable image bank -

Club Cultures - Music, Media and Subcultural Capital (Thornton Sarah)(Paperback / softback)

aeo A highly innovative contribution towards the study of popular culture which focuses on the youth cultures that revolve around dance clubs and raves. aeo Written in a highly accessible style and illustrated with case studies, the author examines the development of club cultures or 'taste

Mazzeri - Love and Death in Light and Shadow. A novel of Corsica (Crawley Peter)(Paperback / softback)

Italian Renaissance - Culture and Society in Italy (Burke Peter)(Paperback / softback)

In this brilliant and widely acclaimed work, Peter Burke presents a social and cultural history of the Italian

Blood Games (Kellerman Faye)(Paperback / softback)

The twentieth book in the hugely popular Peter Decker and Rina Lazarus series from New York Times bestselling author Faye

Oxide-based Materials and Devices V(Paperback / softback)

Proceedings of SPIE offer access to the latest innovations in research and technology and are among the most cited references in patent

Champions of Equality - Trade unions and LGBT rights in Britain (Purton Peter)(Paperback / softback)

Novel Cure - An A to Z of Literary Remedies (Berthoud Ella)(Paperback / softback)

A quirky popular reference book for literature lovers weary in brain and body and in need of a novel cure

Abolition Of Liberty (Hitchens Peter)(Paperback / softback)

Retitled, revised and repackaged in B-format paperback: 'Marvellous... Passionate, intelligent and thrillingly written and, above all, it is true. This is what it feels like to live in Britain today' Bryan Appleyard, Sunday