Vinyl: A History of the Analogue Record is the first in-depth study of the vinyl record. Richard Osborne traces the evolution of the recording format from its roots in the first sound recording experiments to its survival in the world of digital technologies. This book addresses the record's relationship with music: the analogue record was shaped by, and helped to shape, the music of the twentieth century. It also looks at the cult of vinyl records. Why are users so passionate about this format? Why has it become the subject of artworks and advertisements? Why are vinyl records still being produced? This book explores its subject using a distinctive approach: the author takes the vinyl record apart and historicizes its construction. Each chapter explores a different element: the groove, the disc shape, the label, vinyl itself, the album, the single, the b-side and the 12" single, and the sleeve. By anatomizing vinyl in this manner, the author shines new light on its impact and appeal.

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Product Description: With innovative graphics, "Introducing Sociology" traces the discipline's history, and explains the intricacies of its major thinkers from Comte and Marx to Baudrillard and beyond.

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A classical musician by training and a conservative by inclination, Rossini, nevertheless, broke the mold of the old Italian operatic order and laid the foundations for a new generation of romantically inspired music-dramatists. One of the most influential of nineteenth-century composers, in touch with many leading musicians of his day, Rossini was also the most complex of men--a mixture of affability and reserve, industry and indolence, wit and melancholy. This detailed biography also includes a survey of Rossini's choral works, and the vocal and solo piano music written during the last decade of his life.

Product Description: Eastern philosophy is the most ancient form of thought known to man. More and more people are turning towards the integrated approach of Eastern thought, but often in a vague and generalized way. "Introducing Eastern Philosophy" focuses on India and China, the two oldest and most influential origins of Eastern thought...read more

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A series of helpful guides equips parents with thoughtful answers to questions kids ask about God, heaven, and the Bible, written in kid-friendly language with fun illustrations and handy verse references.

A series of helpful guides equips parents with thoughtful answers to questions kids ask about God, heaven, and the Bible, written in kid-friendly language with fun illustrations and handy verse references.

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Product Description: What is sociology? Simply, it is the study of how society functions, or in some cases, does not function. Various competing schools of sociology have attempted to fit observations of social phenomena into different conceptual systems...read more

Answers children's questions about creation, Adam and Eve, God, Jesus, salvation, prayer, heaven and hell, angels and demons, suffering, evil, the Bible, and the church.

"Richard Osborne has done something very special here. He takes us on an exciting journey into the knowledge required to exist, survive, thrive, in the new millennium, in an interconnected global space that includes cyberpunk and cyborg, chaos theory and conspiracy theories, the postcolonial and the diaspora, hybridity and whiteness, the postmodern and the post-feminist, the digital and the Net, as much as older yet still influential terms like Enlightenment, empiricism, positivism, aesthetics, agency, nationhood and citizenship. Osborne writes with wit, wisdom, and insight, always wary of any approach becoming an orthodoxy. He shows how particular concepts arise at particular times with particular authors and intellectual personalities. The entries proceed by illuminating examples, engaging anecdotes, subtle cross-referencing, wide historical contexts." - John Docker, author of Postmodernism and Popular Culture: A Cultural History Written by the author of the international bestseller Philosophy for Beginners, Megawords provides definitions for the key terms every student in the humanities and social sciences needs to know. 

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Product Description: Interest in ancient Eastern philosophy has grown in recent years, as dissatisfaction with materialism has turned many away from Western thoughts. This book describes the strands of Eastern thought from Confucius to Buddha, from Islam to Tao and explains how they differ from Western ideas...read more

Provides answers to such questions as 'How many angels are in heaven?', 'Do angels watch television?', and 'What would happen if I accidentally swore in heaven?'

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