Charles Duncan

A comprehensive and beautifully illustrated overview to the birds of Maine The first comprehensive overview of Maine’s incredibly rich birdlife in more than seven decades, Birds of Maine is a detailed account of all 464 species recorded in the Pine Tree State. It is also a thoroughly researched, accessible portrait of a region undergoing rapid changes, with southern birds pushing north, northern birds expanding south, and once-absent natives like Atlantic Puffins brought back by innovative conservation techniques pioneered in Maine. Written by the late Peter Vickery in cooperation with a team of leading ornithologists, this guide offers a detailed look at the state’s dynamic avifauna—from the Wild Turkey to the Arctic Tern—with information on migration patterns and timing, current status and changes in bird abundance and distribution, and how Maine's geography and shifting climate mold its birdlife. It delves into the conservation status for Maine's birds, as well as the state's unusually textured ornithological history, involving such famous names as John James Audubon and Theodore Roosevelt, and home-grown experts like Cordelia Stanwood and Ralph Palmer. Sidebars explore diverse topics, including the Old Sow whirlpool that draws multitudes of seabirds and the famed Monhegan Island, a mecca for migrant birds. Gorgeously illustrated with watercolors by Lars Jonsson and scores of line drawings by Barry Van Dusen, Birds of Maine is a remarkable guide that birders will rely on for decades to come. Copublished with the Nuttall Ornithological Club

For more than four decades, Charles Duncan's A Modern Approach to Classical Guitar has set the standard for learning classical guitar. This comprehensive composite edition brings together Books 1, 2, and 3 into a single, convenient volume - an all-in-one method designed for private study, classroom use, or self-instruction. Whether you're starting from the very beginning or advancing toward concert-level techniques, this progressive course takes you step by step through essential skills, rich repertoire, and expressive artistry. Inside You'll Learn: · Book 1: Fundamental techniques, rest stroke/free stroke, open chords, music reading, open-position melodies, duets, and first solos · Book 2: Developing right- and left-hand technique, chord/scale studies, accompaniment styles, ornamentation, and more complex repertoire · Book 3: Advanced techniques, dynamic preparation, tremolo, harmonics, barre chords, challenging exercises, solos, and duets.

(Guitar). Looking for a great advanced classical guitar method? A Modern Approach to Classical Guitar Book 3 is perfect for students looking to take their playing to the next level. Written by one of the premier classical guitarists of our time and based on years of teaching students of all ages, this revised edition of Book 3 includes new pieces, new concepts, all-new layout and engravings, and new audio recordings by pro guitarist Judy Handler Topics include: Dynamic preparation; Goal-directed movement; Left- and right-hand synchronization; Barre chords and hinge barres; Playing in new keys; Fifth, seventh, and ninth positions; Scale and arpeggio studies; Left-hand technique; Ornamentations and articulations; Damping techniques; and more. This edition also includes 39 high-quality demonstration audio tracks which are accessed online for download or streaming. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right. Please note: A Modern Approach to Classical Guitar Book 3 works for all classical guitar students, even if you didn't use Books 1 and 2

(Guitar Solo). This beginner level songbook in the popular A Modern Approach to Classical Guitar method series features 22 carefully arranged pop melodies in this updated and revised 2nd edition. Beginning fingerstyle or classical students studying from any guitar method will benefit from and enjoy the progressive approach in this book. Single-note melodies are featured on the top staff in standard notation, starting with basic rhythms and gradually increasing in difficulty. A bottom staff with challenging accompaniment guitar parts is also included so a teacher or friend can play along Songs include: All My Loving (The Beatles) * It's Too Late (Carole King) * Killing Me Softly with His Song (Roberta Flack) * Light My Fire (The Doors) * Time in a Bottle (Jim Croce) * You're So Vain (Carly Simon) * and more.

The only companion book you need to pass the PMP(R) exam. Want to know if you are ready for the PMP exam? Tired of reading the PMBOK(R) Guide Sixth Edition? Don't have time to read other study guides? The most valuable PMP exam prep book outside of the PMBOK(R) Guide Sixth Edition. Complete coverage of the Agile Practice Guide. Dive right into quick review questions and practice testsGo beyond process groups, knowledge areas and ITTOsPractice with sample questions like the real PMP examApply your math calculations and formulas to problemsAnalyze and confidently answer situational questionsA team of international volunteers wrote the PMP exam questions. Likewise, Dr. John Estrella assembled a team of project management experts from around the world to write this book to give you the same perspectives as the actual PMP exam. That's the main reason why universities and training providers prefer this book compared to other single-author books. Multiple authors give you varied questions. Review your understanding of PMBOK(R) Guide's general knowledgeDissect the key concepts within each knowledge areaApply tailoring considerations to various project processesBrush up on trends, emerging practices and NEW agile conceptsCheck your PMP exam readiness with 1,000+ questionsTake the PMP exam with 100% confidence. Scroll up and add this book to your cart.

As the first African-American fiction writer to achieve a national reputation, Ohio native Charles W. Chesnutt (1858–1932) in many ways established the terms of the black literary tradition now exemplified by such writers as Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, and Charles Johnson. Following the highly autobiographical nonfiction produced by Frederick Douglass, Harriet Jacobs, and other slave narrative writers, Chesnutt's complex, multi-layered short fiction transformed the relationship between African-American writers and their readers. But despite generous praise from W. D. Howells and other important critics of his day, and from such prominent readers as William L. Andrews, Henry Louis Gates, Jr., and Eric Sundquist in ours, Chesnutt occupies a curiously ambiguous place in American literary history. In The Absent Man, Charles Duncan demonstrates that Chesnutt's uneasy position in the American literary tradition can be traced to his remarkable narrative subtlety. Profoundly aware of the delicacy of his situation as a black intellectual at the turn of the century, Chesnutt infused his work with an intricate, enigmatic artistic vision that defies monolithic or unambiguously political interpretation, especially with regard to issues of race and identity that preoccupied him throughout his career. In this first book-length study of the innovative short fiction, Duncan devotes particular attention to elucidating these sophisticated narrative strategies as the grounding for Chesnutt's inauguration of a tradition of African-American fiction.

This book is designed to give the intermediate science and theory necessary for electrical installation work. It covers Magnetism; Electrostatics; D. C. Machines; A. C. Theory and Machines; Transformers; Illumination; Efficiency, Work, Energy and Power; and Instruments. The book ends with both short answer and multiple choice tests for practice.

(Guitar). A Modern Approach to Classical Guitar is designed for anyone just learning to play guitar. Written by one of the premier classical guitarists of our time and based on years of teaching students of all ages, this revised edition includes many new pieces and an in-depth introduction to two-part music (thumb-and-fingers technique) the heart of the classical style Book 1 includes: rest stroke and free stroke, how to read music, playing in open position, sharps and flats, basic notes and dotted notes, time signatures (4/4, 3/4, 2/4), melody with bass accompaniment, solos and duets, and more