This book introduces the music's cultural background how it was composed the studio production techniques & the performance styles of the artists involved in order to enhance the listening experience Hit songs have been unpicked to explain the different components that come together to form a pop song to demonstrate the evolution of the various musical styles over the decades & to inform your own music-making i Tunes Spotify & You Tube playlists have been created to accompany the book & original video is available on a companion website to illustrate the various techniques & musical elements discussed Accessible & engaging this book will be an invaluable resource for musicians writing their own songs & will prove a fascinating analysis of the genre for students & teachers of music performing arts & music technology courses that include popular music ...

Noam Chomsky is universally accepted as one of the pre-eminent public intellectuals of the modern era Over the past thirty years broadly diverse audiences have gathered to attend his sell-out lectures Now in Understanding Power Peter R Mitchell & John Schoeffel have assembled the best of Chomsky's talks on the past present & future of the politics of power In a series of enlightening & wide-ranging discussions
- published here for the first time
- Chomsky radically reinterprets the events of the past three decades covering topics from foreign policy during the Vietnam War to the decline of welfare under the Clinton administration & as he elucidates the connection between America's imperialistic foreign policy & social inequalities at home Chomsky also discerns the necessary steps to take toward social change With an eye to political activism & the media's role in popular struggle as well as US foreign & domestic policy Understanding Power is definitive Chomsky

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Now in its Third Edition this text provides the background knowledge primary teachers need to plan effective programmes of work & answer children's questions with complete confidence The new edition links explanations of scientific concepts with children's everyday experiences to help teachers & trainees foresee how they will present the subject knowledge to their pupils Shaped by the National Curriculum this text explains key scientific theories & concepts which pupils at primary level including very able children need in order to understand the observations & investigations they undertake A CD ROM of 200 science investigations for young students is included with the new edition allowing teachers to explore the practical application of topics covered in the book This is an essential book for teachers student teachers & anyone interested in the roots & growth of science education ...

Privacy is one of the most important concepts of our time yet it is also one of the most elusive As rapidly changing technology makes information increasingly available scholars activists & policymakers have struggled to define privacy with many conceding that the task is virtually impossible In this concise & lucid book Daniel J Solove offers a comprehensive overview of the difficulties involved in discussions of privacy & ultimately provides a provocative resolution He argues that no single definition can be workable but rather that there are multiple forms of privacy related to one another by family resemblances His theory bridges cultural differences & addresses historical changes in views on privacy Drawing on a broad array of interdisciplinary sources Solove sets forth a framework for understanding privacy that provides clear practical guidance for engaging with relevant issues Understanding Privacy will be an essential introduction to long-standing debates & an invaluable resource for crafting laws & policies about surveillance data mining identity theft state involvement in reproductive & marital decisions & other pressing contemporary matters concerning privacy ...

The Understanding Reasoning series helps pupils to understand & answer correctly reasoning questions as found in the 11 12 13 & other school selection tests The books provide concise explanations & examples of all the question types occurring in the 11 together with practical workbook-style activities to consolidate learning The step-by-step explanations are clear & include 'how to' instructions Intensive practice enables pupils to gain confidence as they tackle each new question type Correct answers are provided at the back of each book for quick & easy marking Non-verbal reasoning activities may be used with all pupils including those whose literacy skills are poor & those for whom English is a second language Question types covered include the following identifying shapes & patterns missing shapes & patterns rotating shapespatterns codes logic & combined shapes ...

Develop the knowledge & skills you need to become a research-literate evidence-based practitioner with this user-friendly book Mirroring the way practicing nurses read research reports the book begins with a research article's conclusion-the section that most directly addresses the clinical meaning of a research study-and works backward through each section in the research article Organized around user-centered questions such as how conclusions were reached which patients the conclusions apply to & how the study was done each chapter begins with a clinical case that identifies the clinical question the nurse is seeking to answer & one or two published research articles that directly relate to the clinical case See the relevance of research to clinical practice through the authors' unique approach that helps you learn about research methodology in a natural intuitive way Explore the ways that becoming research literate will help your clinical practice with Rebar & Gersch Evidence-Based Bridge Theory Increase your understanding of difficult abstract concepts through visually dynamic graphics Broaden your knowledge with enhanced coverage of two important forms of nursing research-systematic reviews & mixed method research including the AAAAA Evidence-Based Practice Model Become a savvy consumer of research with an easy-to-understand review of the basic statistical information necessary for interpreting research studies Access clinical cases that reflect nursing practice in a variety of settings from acute care to public health & across a range of specialties Find the information you need fast with anytime anywhere access to the fully searchable text online ...

This bestselling introduction to research supports those new to the topic by demystifying jargon & simply explaining the key concepts 208 pages Ellis Peter ...

This timely book provides a comprehensive overview of geographical historical political cultural & geostrategic factors that drive Russia today Explaining Russia's perspective it offers a much-needed analysis that will help readers understand how the country deals with its domestic issues & how these influence Russian foreign policy 184 pages 1 Graphs; 9 Tables unspecified; 6 Maps Laruelle Marlene ...

What are schemas & why do they matter? Again! Again! provides an introduction to understanding & supporting schemas & schema play in young children Practitioners will find an overview of schemas with guidance on where they fit within the EYFS There are examples of schemas with illustrations & descriptions of common behaviour patterns & these are set within the general context of child development The intention is to help early years practitioners identify schemas & to understand both how important they are & the vital role they play in the growing child's learning The aim is to help the reader understand how they can develop plan & resource activities which support children's learning through experiment & play ...

Everything we know about the world we live in starts with information we take in through the senses This book explains the way our sensory system works & shows how small inefficiencies in this complex system can have a huge impact on a child's behaviour Through easily relatable examples & metaphors the book describes the variety of sensory processing differences that can occur in children in a jargon-free way & offers practical advice to help manage these differences It explains how children's varying sensory thresholds
- the point where a behavioural response to a stimuli is generated
- affects the way they view the world Each section

Includes:: occupational therapy evaluations of children with a range of sensory thresholds & shows how this influences their behaviour through professional observation reports offering a summary & recommendation for each child Presented with a clear focus without long lists of syndromes & symptoms this is the ideal starting point for parents & professionals working with children with sensory processing issues



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