Jeffrey Williams: 23 books

"The early morning fog surrendered to the rising sun, as we marched into the wilderness. The last vestiges of civilization faded out of our sight, as the sunlight illuminated the woodland canopy and freshly blossomed trees that surrounded us." A quote from a Civil War soldier? A journal...

This 196-page music practice, study, and reference guide decodes 16 of the most useful and popular scales and modes, in all 12 keys of "Occidental" music, so it is applicable to any and all genres of "Western" music: Classical, jazz, fusion, blues, rhythm and blues (R&B), soul, funk, reggae, Latin, rap,...

This 196-page music practice, study, and reference guide decodes 16 of the most useful and popular scales and modes, in all 12 keys of "Occidental" music, so it is applicable to any and all genres of "Western" music: Classical, jazz, fusion, blues, rhythm and blues (R&B), soul, funk, reggae, Latin, rap,...

This 196-page music practice, study, and reference guide decodes 16 of the most useful and popular scales and modes, in all 12 keys of "Occidental" music, so it is applicable to any and all genres of "Western" music: Classical, jazz, fusion, blues, rhythm and blues (R&B), soul, funk, reggae, Latin, rap,...

This 196-page music practice, study, and reference guide decodes 16 of the most useful and popular scales and modes, in all 12 keys of "Occidental" music, so it is applicable to any and all genres of "Western" music: Classical, jazz, fusion, blues, rhythm and blues (R&B), soul, funk, reggae, Latin, rap,...

Over the past decade, Jeffrey J. Williams has been one of the most perceptive observers of contemporary literary and cultural studies. He has also been a shrewd analyst of the state of American higher education. How to Be an Intellectual brings together noted and new essays and exemplifies Williams’s...

Experts describe the latest research in a rapidly growing multidisciplinary field, the study of groups of individuals acting collectively in ways that seem intelligent. Intelligence does not arise only in individual brains; it also arises in groups of individuals. This is collective intelligence:...

A collection of twenty-nine tales of the Old West featuring previously unpublished stories by such classic Western writers as James Reasoner, Douglas Hirt, McKendree Long, and Michael R. Ritt. Edited by award winning author, L. J. Washburn. Western Fictioneers is the only writers’ organization devoted...

Georgians, like all Americans, experienced the Civil War in a variety of ways. Through selected articles drawn from the New Georgia Encyclopedia (www.georgiaencyclopedia.org), this collection chronicles the diversity of Georgia’s Civil War experience and reflects the most current scholarship in...

There has been growing concern that both intensive agriculture in the developed world and rapid expansion of crop cultivation in developing countries is damaging the health of soils which are the foundation of farming. At the same time we are discovering much more about how complex soils are as living...

Revised and updated, this long-awaited second edition provides a comprehensive introduction to what the most thoughtful Americans have said about the American experience from the colonial period to the present. The book examines the political thought of the most important American statesmen, activists,...

Traditional histories of the American transcendentalist movement begin in Ralph Waldo Emerson’s terms: describing a rejection of college books and church pulpits in favor of the individual power of “Man Thinking.” This essay collection asks how women who lacked the privileges of both college...

Many in higher education fear that the humanities are facing a crisis. But even if the rhetoric about “crisis” is overblown, humanities departments do face increasing pressure from administrators, politicians, parents, and students. In A New Deal for the Humanities, Gordon Hutner and Feisal G....

Over the past forty years, the health humanities, previously called the medical humanities, has emerged as one of the most exciting fields for interdisciplinary scholarship, advancing humanistic inquiry into bioethics, human rights, health care, and the uses of technology. It has also helped inspire...