The Rough Guide to Guitar is a one-stop shop for all your guitar-related needs - whether you're buying, playing, gigging, recording or a complete beginner. Covering everything from the basics a new player needs to hints and tips for experienced guitarists, and even how to successfully start a band. Written by Dave Hunter, one of the world's leading guitar authors and contributor to Guitar Player and Vintage Guitar magazines, The Rough Guide to Guitar covers it all, in a language that players of all experiences and ages will understand and enjoy. From classic rock guitar sounds through to indie, punk and psychadelic, and from home recording methods to how to put a band together; The Rough Guide to Guitar is the guide for you.
The Rough Guide to Climate Change gives the complete picture of the single biggest issue facing the planet. Cutting a swathe through scientific research and political debate, this completely updated 3rd edition lays out the facts and assesses the options-global and personal-for dealing with the threat of a warming world. The guide looks at the evolution of our atmosphere over the last 4.5 billion years and what computer simulations of climate change reveal about our past, present and future. This updated edition includes scientific findings that have emerged since the 2007 report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), as well as background on recent controversies and an updated politics section that reflects post-Copenhagen developments. Discover how rising temperatures and sea levels, plus changes to extreme weather patterns, are already affecting life around the world. The Rough Guide to Climate Change unravels how governments, scientists and engineers plan to tackle the problem and includes information on what you can do to help.
The Rough Guide to Cult Movies offers a blend of essential trivia and informed opinion as it takes you on a tour of the most compellingly weird - and weirdly compelling - films in the world. Whether you're a paid-up member of The Big Lebowski fan club or just looking for a night in with an interesting DVD, The Rough Guide to Cult Movies is the ultimate guide to the world's most memorable films. The Rough Guide to Cult Movies selects cinema's most compelling triumphs: films that are brilliant, intriguing or just plain bizarre; from action flicks to zombie films, by way of nuns, yakuza, musicals and mutations. You'll find expert, pithy reviews of over 1500 movies, with forgotten legends like Charlie Chan and the Opera or contemporary classics like There Will Be Blood, plus filmmakers' picks of their favourite cult movies, in their own words.
There are good movies and there are bad movies and then there are cult movies.
The Rough Guide to the iPad is the ultimate companion to the revolutionary Apple iPad. Making sure you get the most out of your newest toy, the guide provides full coverage of the latest Apple software and hardware advances, including the iPad's multitouch screen, the new iBookstore and the iPad's unique email system. There's also comprehensive coverage of all those Apple features you already can't live without: web surfing, movie and music downloading and the hundreds of apps in the Apple app store. The Rough Guide to the iPad is the very first Rough Guide to be published in full colour - helping you from buying the right model of iPad and getting the best deal to customising your settings and spending safely online. Whether you were first in line at the Apple store on release day or are simply fantasising about buying your own, The Rough Guide to the iPad is the book for you.
The Rough Guide Website Directory is an essential companion to the bestselling Rough Guide to the Internet and will save you hours of online frustration.
The ultimate guide to the greatest singer-songwriter who ever lived. Covers the man, the life, the music, the friends and lovers, the influences, the movies, the stories, the places, the words, the trivia, the sayings, and more. Each album reviewed, with the songs behind the 50 greatest songs uncovered.
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