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Contemporary Environmental Issues
Author(s): Michael Slattery
Scientists say we are in a new stage of the Earth’s history, the Anthropocene, when we humans have become the globe’s principal agent of change.To begin a shift toward a “sustainable society,” significant action is required now on a range of issues. Fortunately, people are capable of changing their ...
Music 101: A Guide to Active Listening for a Generation Online
Author(s): James E Shearer, Fred Bugbee
Music 101: A Guide to Active Listening for a Generation Online presents a balance of commentary, historical documentation, and insightful listening guides into the diverse world of classical, jazz, and world music. Music 101 is a highly readable text that offers students a lifelong guide into all fo...
Jazz Basics A Brief Overview with Historical Documents and Listening Guides
Author(s): James E Shearer
Jazz Basics: A Brief Overview with Historical Documents and Listening Guides provides an enjoyable and informative introduction to the world of jazz music. Jazz Basics: Includes access to extensive Spotify playlists and web-only extras found on the publisher’s website. Together, they help r...
Introduction to the Hospitality Industry
Author(s): Lonnie Wright
Las Vegas, Nevada is the spirit of innovation and vision that continues to redefine the Hospitality Industry domestically and internationally. A fledgling hospitality Mecca, that evolved from a homogenous marketplace for exclusively white adults during the early Vintage years of Las Vegas, to a con...
Grammar Without the Teacher
Author(s): Brian Altano
New Edition Coming Soon!Grammar Without the Teacher comprises a technique that uses a ‘flipped classroom’ or reverse instruction as a method to enhance the learning of English grammar. However, instead of utilizing video, as many flipped classrooms do, I have had a web-enhanced course devised and co...
Act One Scene One: An Actor's Workbook
Author(s): James Winter
Act One Scene One: An Actor's Workbook is a unique, digital, actor's workbook that empowers the acting student to document each step of their early training. The book is filled with interactive text analysis exercises, observation-based journaling, and even resume-crafting opportunities. All of th...
The Beatles and the Resurgence of Western Art Music
Author(s): Mark Lanter
Who’s music will endure when looking back to the 20th Century 250 years from now? Will there be a composer comparable to Beethoven, Mozart, or Bach? Looking back to the 20th century the names in the Classical Music world Century would include Stravinsky, Bartok, Debussy, Schoenberg, and Stockhausen...