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  • Five Chapters on Rhetoric

    Character, Action, Things, Nothing, and Art

    by Michael S. Kochin ...
    Michael Kochin’s radical exploration of rhetoric is built around five fundamental concepts that illuminate how rhetoric functions in the public sphere. To speak persuasively is to bring new things into existence—to create a political movement out of a crowd, or an army out of a mob.Five Chapters on Rhetoric explores our path to things through our judgments of character and action. It shows how ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD

  • An Independent Empire

    Diplomacy & War in the Making of the United States

    by Michael S. Kochin, Michael Taylor ...
    Foreign policies and diplomatic missions, combined with military action, were the driving forces behind the growth of the early United States. In an era when the Old and New Worlds were subject to British, French, and Spanish imperial ambitions, the new republic had limited diplomatic presence and minimal public credit. It was vulnerable to hostile forces in every direction. The United States ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • In Search of Humanity

    Essays in Honor of Clifford Orwin

    by Andrea Radasanu, Timothy W. Burns, Brent Edwin Cusher, Donald Forbes, Bryan-Paul Frost, Ran Halévi, Henry Higuera, Robert Howse, S. N. Jaffe, Michael S. Kochin0, Noah Lawrence1, Mark J. Lutz2, Arthur M. Melzer3, Jeffrey Metzger4, Miguel Morgado5, Waller R. Newell6, Michael Palmer7, Lorraine Smith Pangle8, Thomas L. Pangle9, Marc F. Plattner0, Linda R. Rabieh1, Michael Rosano2, Susan Meld Shell3, Ryan K. Balot4, Paul A. Cantor5, Steven Forde6, Kenneth Hart Green7, L. Joseph Hebert Jr.8, Christopher Kelly9, William B. Parsons0, Diana J. Schaub1, Nathan Tarcov2, Richard Velkley3 ...
    This collection of essays, offered in honor of the distinguished career of prominent political philosophy professor Clifford Orwin, provides a wide context in which to consider the rise of “humanity” as one of the chief modern virtues. A relative of—and also a replacement for—formerly more prominent other-regarding virtues like justice and generosity, humanity and later compassion become the true ... Read more

    $71.99 CAD

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    An Independent Empire

    Diplomacy & War in the Making of the United States

    by Michael S. Kochin, Michael Taylor ...
    Narrated by Walter Dixon ...

    Unabridged

    10 hours 54 min

    Foreign policies and diplomatic missions, combined with military action, were the driving forces behind the growth of the early United States. In an era when the Old and New Worlds were subject to British, French, and Spanish imperial ambitions, the new republic had limited diplomatic presence and minimal public credit. It was vulnerable to hostile forces in every direction. The United States ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Dostoevsky's Political Thought

    by Ethan Alexander-Davey, Steven D. Ealy, Khalil M. Habib, Michael S. Kochin, John P. Moran, Ellis Sandoz, Ron Srigley, David Walsh, Jingcai Ying ...
    Recognized as one of the greatest novelists of all-time, Fyodor Dostoevsky continues to inspire and instigate questions about religion, philosophy, and literature. However, there has been a neglect looking at his political thought: its philosophical and religious foundations, its role in nineteenth-century Europe, and its relevance for us today.Dostoevsky’s Political Thought explores Dostoevsky’s ... Read more

    $61.99 CAD

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    by Christopher Colin, Robert Baedeker ...
    Homo sapiens have been speaking for hundreds of years—and yet basic communication still stymies us. We freeze up in elevators, on dates, at parties, under Dumpsters. We stagger through our exchanges merely hoping not to crash, never considering that we might soar. We go home sweaty and eat a birthday cake in the shower.But no more. With What to Talk About you'll learn to speak—fluently, ... Read more

    $11.99 CAD

  • Works Of Cornelius Tacitus: Includes Agricola, The Annals, A Dialogue Concerning Oratory, Germania And The Histories (Mobi Collected Works)

    by Cornelius Tacitus ...
    This collection was designed for optimal navigation on eReaders and other electronic devices. This collection offers lower price, the convenience of a one-time download, and it reduces the clutter in your digital library. All books included in this collection feature a hyperlinked table of contents and footnotes. The collection is complimented by an author biography.This Collection Includes: ... Read more

    $6.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Winning Arguments

    What Works and Doesn't Work in Politics, the Bedroom, the Courtroom, and the Classroom

    by Stanley Fish ...
    A lively and accessible guide to understanding rhetoric by the world class English and Law professor and bestselling author of How to Write a Sentence.Ever wonder how gay marriage became accepted over such a short period, after thousands of years of peril? Or how you were dumb enough to get in that last quarrel with your significant other? Or how Donald Trump became the clear front-runner in the ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Classical Rhetoric and Its Christian and Secular Tradition from Ancient to Modern Times

    by George A. Kennedy ...
    Since its original publication by UNC Press in 1980, this book has provided thousands of students with a concise introduction and guide to the history of the classical tradition in rhetoric, the ancient but ever vital art of persuasion.Now, George Kennedy offers a thoroughly revised and updated edition of Classical Rhetoric and Its Christian and Secular Tradition. From its development in ancient ... Read more

    $20.99 CAD

  • The Rhetoric of Plato's Republic

    Democracy and the Philosophical Problem of Persuasion

    by James L. Kastely ...
    Plato isn't exactly thought of as a champion of democracy, and perhaps even less as an important rhetorical theorist. In this book, James L. Kastely recasts Plato in just these lights, offering a vivid new reading of one of Plato's most important works: the Republic. At heart, Kastely demonstrates, the Republic is a democratic epic poem and pioneering work in rhetorical theory. Examining issues of ... Read more

    $15.19 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Rhetoric and Power

    The Drama of Classical Greece

    by Nathan Crick ...
    Series series Studies in Rhetoric & Communication
    An insightful approach to classical Greek texts and practices as the wellspring for understanding rhetoric's relationship to authorityIn Rhetoric and Power, Nathan Crick dramatizes the history of rhetoric by explaining its origin and development in classical Greece beginning the oral displays of Homeric eloquence in a time of kings, following its ascent to power during the age of Pericles and the ... Read more

    $47.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Writing for the Web

    Composing, Coding, and Constructing Web Sites

    by J.D. Applen ...
    Writing for the Web unites theory, technology, and practice to explore writing and hypertext for website creation. It integrates such key topics as XHTML/CSS coding, writing (prose) for the Web, the rhetorical needs of the audience, theories of hypertext, usability and architecture, and the basics of web site design and technology. Presenting information in digestible parts, this text enables ... Read more

    $139.99 CAD