Böcker av John Ellis

Published in 1774, this tract considers the characteristics, cultivation and uses of the coffee plant. Written by John Ellis (c.1710-76), botanist, zoologist and London agent for Dominica, it includes the story of coffee's introduction into Europe. Ellis's 1770 work on transporting plants overseas is also reissued in this volume.

Television, according to the author, makes us witnesses of often traumatic events and tries - and fails - to provide us with narratives that make sense of the world. This work explores its processes and its relationships with the cultures that provide it with raw material.

Takes commonly asked questions about TV - factual, technical, ethical, content-based, controversial, plain cheeky and answers them comprehensively. Each entry contains examples, ranging from a deconstruction of an episode of "NYPD Blue", to the way that audience statistics are produced, and how television gains (and sometimes forfeits) our trust.

This vocabulary book lists the essential French words and phrases that pupils need to know for Key Stage 3 and Common Entrance at 13+.

Ellis questions the assumption that cinema and television are interchangeable media. He sees cinema and broadcast TV not as competitive media, but as distinct forms, able to play interdependent social roles.