This book brings together a huge range of material including academic articles, film scripts and interplanetary messages adrift on space probes with supporting commentary to clarify their imporatance to the field. Communication Studies: The Essential Resource is a collection of essays and texts for all those studying communication at university and pre-university level.Individual sections address:* texts and meanings in communication* themes in personal comm...

Research in the 20th and 21st centuries into historical performance practice has changed not just the way performers approach music of the 17th and 18th centuries but, eventually, the way audiences listen to it. This volume, beginning with a 1915 Saint-Sa lecture on the performance of old music, sets out to capture musicological discussion that has actually changed the way Baroque music can sound. The articles deal with historical instruments, pitch, tuning, temperament, the nexus between ...

With a colorful history that spans 450 years, the violin has proven to be one of the world's most important and versatile instruments. Addressed to performing musicians, serious concertgoers, and collectors of recordings, The Violin offers insightful, up-to-date essays on a wide range of topics. Essays discuss beloved masterpieces from the violin's solo repertoire, with individual chapters on the Italian Baroque, Bach, Mozart, Beethoven, and the violin concerto in the nineteenth a...

Bringing together key writings with original textbook material, the second edition of Media Studies: The Essential Resource explains central perspectives and concepts within Media Studies. Readers are introduced to a range of writing on media topics promoting an understanding of the subject from both contemporary and historical perspectives.The text is split into three parts covering Analysis and Perspectives, Media Audiences and Ecologies and Creativities*.* The key areas...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Some secrets were never meant to be found. Others were never meant to be forgotten.When archivist Clare Bennett discovers, buried deep within restricted historical records, a centuries-old reference to her own family, she is drawn into a mystery that stretches across continents and back through time itself.Her search leads her to the remote shores of Nova Scotia, where whispers of the Knights Templar, hi...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Some secrets were never meant to be found. Others were never meant to be forgotten.When archivist Clare Bennett discovers, buried deep within restricted historical records, a centuries-old reference to her own family, she is drawn into a mystery that stretches across continents and back through time itself.Her search leads her to the remote shores of Nova Scotia, where whispers of the Knights Templar, hi...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Some secrets were never meant to be found. Others were never meant to be forgotten.When archivist Clare Bennett discovers, buried deep within restricted historical records, a centuries-old reference to her own family, she is drawn into a mystery that stretches across continents and back through time itself.Her search leads her to the remote shores of Nova Scotia, where whispers of the Knights Templar, hi...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Some secrets were never meant to be found. Others were never meant to be forgotten.When archivist Clare Bennett discovers, buried deep within restricted historical records, a centuries-old reference to her own family, she is drawn into a mystery that stretches across continents and back through time itself.Her search leads her to the remote shores of Nova Scotia, where whispers of the Knights Templar, hi...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Coffee-Time Guide to Chakra Grounding offers a gentle and accessible introduction to grounding practices designed to support stability, presence, and balance in everyday life.This short audio guide explores the foundations of grounding, its connection to the body and awareness, and how simple moments of attention can help you feel more steady and supported throughout the day. You will be guided through practical reflect...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.This Coffee-Time guide offers a calm and reflective exploration of the Law of Attraction, approached through awareness, intention, mindset, and perception rather than promises or outcomes.Rather than presenting the Law of Attraction as a system for controlling life, this guide invites listeners to consider how attention, expectation, and response can influence everyday experience. Through gentle observation and thoughtful reflec...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Understanding Change, Finding Balance, and Reclaiming Personal PowerMenopause is a natural yet deeply personal transition one that affects the body, emotions, and mind in ways many women do not expect. This gentle and reassuring audiobook offers clear guidance, warm support, and practical tools to help listeners navigate this chapter of life with confidence and calm.Written in a friendly Coffee Time style, this guide exp...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.This gentle Coffee-Time audio guide is designed for nights when sleep feels distant and effort only makes things harder.Rather than asking you to relax, concentrate, or follow techniques, this guide offers quiet companionship and soft reassurance. The words are spoken slowly and calmly, allowing your mind to drift without needing to pay attention.The audio is presented in a low-processing format, meaning there is no pres...