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  • Edward R. Murrow: An American Original

    “Murrow was a cut stone with an astonishing number of facets. He was born in a cabin with an outhouse, and behaved like an English squire, when he was not acting like a lumberjack, or an intellectual gadfly, or a cowboy, or a philosopher, or a daredevil, or a social crusader, or a raconteur, or a hermit. He could be found firing at metal ducks in a Times Square shooting gallery or shooting at ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

  • The Radio Boys and Girls

    Radio, Telegraph, Telephone and Wireless Adventures for Juvenile Readers, 1890-1945

    by Mike Adams ...
    Series fiction about wireless and radio was a popular genre of young adult literature at the turn of the 20th century and an early form of social media. Before television and the Internet, books about plucky youths braving danger and adventure with the help of wireless communication brought young people together. They gathered in basements to build crystal sets. They built transmitters and talked ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Radio Scripts Volume 2

    The Tertiary, Quandary and Quintessential Phases

    by Douglas Adams ...
    Twenty-five years after the original radio series of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy exploded into the public consciousness, the further exploits of its bewildered hero Arthur Dent were finally adapted for radio by Dirk Maggs, in part using drafts written by Douglas Adams before his death. The resulting fourteen completely new episodes were produced by Above the Title Productions and ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • The First Lady of Radio

    Eleanor Roosevelt's Historic Broadcasts

    “This anthology of 38 addresses . . . offer[s] a means for visiting anew the lifework of an extraordinary American woman” (HistoryNet).A tie-in to the American RadioWorks® documentary—with audio and video content.Eleanor Roosevelt’s groundbreaking career as a professional radio broadcaster is almost entirely forgotten. As First Lady, she hosted a series of prime time programs that revolutionized ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Quanderhorn Xperimentations

    ADAPTED BACKWARDS VIA THE FUTURE FROM THE RADIO 4 SERIES BEFORE IT WAS MADEA richer, deeper, more comprehensive exploration of the Quanderhorn phenomenon. With added secrets.England, 1952.A time of peace, regeneration and hope. A Golden Age.Unfortunately, it's been 1952 for the past 65 years.Meet Professor Quanderhorn: a brilliant, maverick scientific genius with absolutely no moral compass. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Going on the Turn

    by Danny Baker ...
    In this book my father dies. I almost die.*** My showbiz career winds down. And yet everyone keeps telling me it's the funniest book I've ever written. If I'd known that's what the public wanted, I'd have cancelled Pets Win Prizes and just got sick sooner.Along the way this time we encounter, among others, David Bowie, Kanye West (I think), John Cleese, Peter O'Toole, and have several adventures ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

  • Podcasting

    The Audio Media Revolution

    Born out of interviews with the producers of some of the most popular and culturally significant podcasts to date (Welcome to Night Vale, Radiolab, Serial, The Black Tapes, We're Alive, The Heart, The Truth, Lore, Love + Radio, My Dad Wrote a Porno, and others) as well as interviews with executives at some of the most important podcasting institutions and entities (the BBC, Radiotopia, Gimlet ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Radio Psychics

    Mind Reading and Fortune Telling in American Broadcasting, 1920-1940

    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, one tuned to another. Performers claiming psychic powers turned radio broadcasting into a fabulous money machine. These "mentalists," born from ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Radiophilia

    Series series The Study of Sound
    A century ago, the emergence of radio, along with organized systems of broadcasting, sparked a global fascination with the 'wonder' of sound transmission and reception. The thrilling experience of tuning in to the live sounds of this new medium prompted strong affective responses in its listeners.This book introduces a new concept of radiophilia, defined as the attachment to, or even a love of ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Good Morning Nantwich: Adventures in Breakfast Radio

    by Phill Jupitus ...
    What possesses a right-minded comedian to quit the day job for life as a breakfast radio DJ?The opening DJ on the Beeb’s new alternative radio channel, 6Music, Phill Jupitus was a maverick on the flat landscape of inane commercial breakfast radio. Disregarding the prescriptive chart-led schedule and showing no fear in the face of BBC management, this ex-performance poet’s personal crusade against ... Read more

    $1.99 USD $0.99 USD

  • Alan Partridge: Big Beacon

    The hilarious new memoir from the nation's favourite broadcaster

    'There are prizes, normally named after PG Wodehouse, given to literary comic novels and non-fiction, and these books will have blurbs saying "hilarious" on them. This is infinitely funnier than any of them.' DAVID BADDIEL***'***The funniest series of books ever written in the English language' RICHARD OSMAN'Hilarious' THE TIMES'Absolute f**king genius' CAITLIN MORAN... ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • New Welsh Reader

    Summer 2020

    Series Book 123 - New Welsh Review
    Anthology of creative work from Wales and beyond, including poetry, fiction, creative nonfiction, essays, photography and artwork. This edition's theme is 'contrary', and features the poetry of the prizewinning Robert Minhinnick and a linocut by the renowned artist Dan Llywelyn Hall, as well as a feature on dentistry and concepts of 'welfare' through history; a philosophical spotlight by musician ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Shakira - The Quiz Book

    Series Book 4 - Celebrity Trivia
    Shakira is one of the biggest music stars in the world today. From her early beginnings in Colombia to the multiple platinum record selling artist she is today, this quiz book covers her whole life. From questions about her family, TV appearances and most importantly her music. There are 100 questions inside that will test even the biggest Shakira fan so see how your knowledge fares on this global ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Broadcast Data Systems

    Teletext and RDS

    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Broadcasting
    Broadcast Data Systems (1990) looks at the broadcasting technology of data transmission over TV and radio channels – commonly known as teletext and RDS. It describes the development of the technology, together with the data signal format and coding methods used, the networking of teletext data signals and regional services requirements, and the transmission of the data itself. ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Rick & Bubba's Expert Guide to God, Country, Family, and Anything Else We Can Think Of

    The New York Times–bestselling Southern manifesto from the “delightful team [that] blends down-home humor with rock-solid truth” (Max Lucado).Rick and Bubba are two of America’s zaniest syndicated radio hosts. Now, Rick and Bubba bring their own brand of southern humor and homespun wisdom to the book world. Rick & Bubba’s Expert Guide to God, Country, Family, and Anything Else We Can Think Of is a ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Politics of Broadcasting

    Edited by Raymond Kuhn ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Broadcasting
    The Politics of Broadcasting (1985) examines the state of broadcasting in a variety of Western democracies from a political viewpoint, written at a time when new telecommunications and information technology revolutionised television and radio. The book describes and analyses the problems faced by politicians and broadcasters in responding to these changing technological and political environments ... Read more

    $64.99 USD

  • Adam Levine - The Quiz Book

    Series Book 5 - Celebrity Trivia
    Adam Levine is the American singer-songwriter that is also the lead singer for the band Maroon 5. Adam is hugely popular due to Maroon 5's massive worldwide standing and his entertaining appearances as coach on the voice. From his early life in LA to his time in New York and back again this quiz book has 100 questions about his music, family, entrepreneurial exploits and much more. This book will ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Walkabout

    by Louis Nowra ...
    Playwright, novelist and screenwriter Louis Nowra says Walkabout 'destroyed the cliché of the dead heart and made us Australians see it from a unique perspective'. ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Dear Joan and Jericha - Why He Turns Away

    Do's and Don'ts, from Dating to Death

    From the world-renowned agony aunts of award-winning podcast 'Dear Joan and Jericha' comes an unputdownable bible of sex and relationship advice on how to find, satisfy and maintain a husband, from dating right up until you or hubby pass away.We dedicate this tome to Mahmoud: surgeon, prophet, model and friend. Capable of performing up to 30 hysterectomies a day (often blindfolded), it was Mahmoud ... Read more

    $4.99 USD $2.99 USD

  • Yé-Yé Girls of '60s French Pop

    This delightfully illustrated exploration into 60s French pop, and the women who built it, reveals yé-yé music’s hip sensuality, humor, style and wit. We hear from and about Françoise Hardy, France Gall, Brigitte Bardot, Sylvie Vartan and dozens of other modern Lolitas, and the recklessly naughty Serge Gainsbourg. Modern-day yé-yé avatar Lio has written the book's Foreword. ... Read more

    $17.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rick & Bubba's Guide to the Almost Nearly Perfect Marriage

    The popular radio hosts and bestselling authors share the kind of insight into matrimony you’re not likely to get anywhere else—and that’s a guarantee!Rick and Bubba are at it again, and this time it is all about marriage. Addressing such topics as apologizing (The Ten Worst Ways to Say I’m Sorry), communication (Grunting Is Not a Language), date nights (Worst Date Nights in History), finances (I ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Carols From King's

    The exquisite sound of a lone chorister singing Once in Royal David’s City amid the candlelit chapel of King’s College, Cambridge, marks the start of the Christmas festivities for millions of people round the globe. Broadcast at 3pm on Christmas Eve, A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols provides a precious moment of tranquillity amongst the bustle of the festive season.Take a journey through the ... Read more

    $11.99 USD

  • Old-Time Radio Listener's Guide to X Minus One

    by Brian Schell ...
    Countdown for blastoff... X minus five, four, three, two, X minus one... Fire!X Minus One was an NBC-created show that ran weekly from 1956 to 1958 and had an attempted but failed comeback in 1973. It was a science-fiction anthology series; each week was a completely different story, with no recurring characters or cast. Most of the stories came from the pages of "Galaxy Science Fiction" and ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Calling Una Marson: The Extraordinary Life of a Forgotten Icon

    by June Sarpong ...
    A powerful biography shining a light on the incredible forgotten legacy of the BBC’s first Black female broadcasterThe forgotten legacy of an icon, brought to light for the first time.Una Marson was a true trailblazer: she made history by becoming the first Black female broadcaster at the BBC and paved the way for Black women and the amplification of Black voices in the media. Despite all this, ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

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