Mark Phillips

Meet the "deplorables." Meet the majority that was silent until the election of President Donald Trump. Meet the Middle Americans whom globalism and the modern economy have left behind. In a collection of vignettes telling of family history and bar stool interviews and stubborn beliefs and resignation, Mark Phillips gathers a collage of the forgotten Americans-the Americans that urbanites didn't know existed, pollsters couldn't define, and politicians...

"The guitar is one of the most versatile instruments in the world, which is why it's so appealing to musicians. Guitar For Dummies, 4th Edition gives you everything a beginning or intermediate acoustic or electric guitarist needs: from buying a guitar to tuning it, playing it, and caring for it. Fully revised and updated, with online video and audio clips that help you learn and play along, you'll explore everything from simple chords and melodies...

Mark Salber Phillips is Professor of History at the University of British Columbia. His other books include Francesco Guicciardini: The Historian's Craft and The Memoir of Marco Parenti: A Life in Medici Florence (Princeton). A deepening interest in both social and interior experience was a distinguishing feature of the cultural life of eighteenth-century Britain, influencing writers in all genres from fiction to philosophy. Focusing on this interplay...

"Strumming songs around the campfire is great. But when you really want to show off your guitar skills, you bust out your version of Cavatina and watch jaws drop. Of course, you'll need some classical guitar skills to pull off this feat. This book is your starting point of adapting your guitar techniques (or what you learned playing other instruments) to the melodic, finger-picking classical guitar style. Add in the sample audio and video teaching...