With a lucid and clear narrative style William Chester Jordan has turned his considerable talents to composing a standard textbook of the opening centuries of the second millennium in Europe. He brings this period of dramatic social, political, economic, cultural, religious and military change, aliv[...]

Ecological restoration, the attempt to guide damaged ecosystems back to a previous, usually healthier or more natural, condition, is rapidly gaining recognition as one of the most promising approaches to conservation. In this book, William R. Jordan III, who coined the term "restoration ecology", an[...]

This book provides a solid offering of skills and techniques that music teachers have developed in their daily teaching practices. The strategies reflect the myriad styles, tastes, and interest of guitar teachers nationwide and creative ways those interests are explored. The 48 strategies include st[...]