Rhetoric
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Writing to Learn Rc
$18.99 Add to cartFrom the author of On Writing Well comes a book on how to write clearly aboutany subject–and how to use writing as a means of learning.
- Author: Zinsser, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 04 1993
- ISBN10: 0062720406
- Language: English
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Aristotle’s Art of Rhetoric
$19.00 Add to cartFor more than two thousand years. Aristotle’s “Art of Rhetoric” has shaped thought on the theory and practice of rhetoric, the art of persuasive speech. In three sections, Aristotle discusses what rhe… [more below]
- Author: Aristotle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: March 12 2021
- ISBN10: 022678990X
- Language: English
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Rhetoric: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartRhetoric was once an essential part of western education. Aristotle wrote an important treatise on it and Demosthenes remains famous to this day for his skills as a rhetorician. But skill with rhetori… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Toye, Richard
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: May 08 2013
- ISBN10: 0199651361
- Language: English
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Writing about Your Life: A Journey Into the Past
$18.99 Add to cartAn ingeniously constructed teaching memoir from the author of the bestselling On Writing Well — “You learn without knowing it.” (Frank McCourt, author of Angela’s Ashes)
Written with elegance, warmth,… [more below]- Author: Zinsser, William
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 228
- Publish Date: March 28 2005
- ISBN10: 1569243794
- Language: English
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Making Sense: Conversations on Consciousness, Morality, and the Future of Humanity
$17.99 Add to cartA New York Times New and Noteworthy Book
From the bestselling author of Waking Up and The End of Faith, an adaptation of his wildly popular, often controversial podcast
“Civilization rests on a series o
- Author: Harris, Sam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: August 17 2021
- ISBN10: 0062857797
- Language: English
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Demagoguery and Democracy
$7.95 Read moreWhat is demagoguery? Some demagogues are easy to spot: They rise to power through pandering, charisma, and prejudice. But, as professor Patricia Roberts-Miller explains, a demagogue is anyone who redu
- Author: Roberts-Miller, Patricia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: March 17, 2020
- ISBN10: 1615196765
- Language: English
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Love Letters from Great Men: Like Vincent Van Gogh, Mark Twain, Lewis Carroll, and many More
$19.95 Add to cartLooking for the book of love letters from the Sex in the City movie? This book contains those letters-including Beethoven’s Immortal Beloved as well as many more wonderful and romantic love notes. Ind… [more below]
- Author: Vander Pol, Stacie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 148
- Publish Date: March 18 2009
- ISBN10: 0982375611
- Language: English
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Art of Touch: A Collection of Prose and Poetry from the Pandemic and Beyond
$23.95 Add to cartIn The Art of Touch: Prose and Poetry from the Pandemic and Beyond, the unique voices of thirty-nine of some of the most creative thinkers of our times have been brought together to consider the profo
- Author: Schweighardt, Joan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 190
- Publish Date: November 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0820365335
- Language: English
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The Unforgivable: And Other Writings
$18.95 Add to cartThrilling, stylish essays about everything from flying carpets and Doctor Zhivago to God and Shakespeare, by a rediscovered Italian writer.
Christina Campo published only two short collections of essay… [more below]- Author: Campo, Cristina
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 1681378027
- Language: English
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The Art of Rhetoric
$14.95 Add to cartFor all men are persuaded by considerations of where their interest lies…
Aristotle’s Art of Rhetoric is the earliest systematic treatment of the subject, and it remains among the most incisive work- Series: Oxford World’s Classics
- Author: Aristotle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: July 01 2018
- ISBN10: 019872425X
- Language: English
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Office of Assertion: An Art of Rhetoric for Academic Essay
$19.99 Add to cartScott F. Crider addresses the intelligent university student with respect and humor. A short but serious book of rhetoric, it is informed by both the ancient rhetorical tradition and recent discoverie… [more below]
- Author: Crider, Scott F.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 170
- Publish Date: May 01 2005
- ISBN10: 1932236457
- Language: English
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Gorgias: The Transnational Politics of Contemporary Native Culture
$14.95 Add to cartWith a masterful sense of the place of rhetoric in both thought and practice and an ear attuned to the clarity, natural simplicity, and charm of Plato’s Greek prose, James H. Nichols, Jr., offers a pr
- Series: Agora Editions
- Author: Plato
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 168
- Publish Date: October 15 1998
- ISBN10: 0801485274
- Language: English
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100 Ways to Improve Your Writing (Updated): Proven Professional Techniques for Writing with Style and Power
$10.99 Add to cartThe classic text on writing well, now refreshed and updated–an essential text for writers of all ages.
This is the one guide that anyone who writes–whether student, businessperson, or professional w- Author: Provost, Gary
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: May 28 2019
- ISBN10: 1984803689
- Language: English
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The Idea: The Seven Elements of a Viable Story for Screen, Stage or Fiction
$12.95 Add to cartTHE IDEA is a manual for conquering the most important part of the screenwriting or fiction writing process — the first part. Most writers rush too quickly through choosing a story idea, so they can
- Author: Bork, Erik
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 228
- Publish Date: September 20 2018
- ISBN10: 1732753016
- Language: English
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The Elements of Eloquence: Secrets of the Perfect Turn of Phrase
$20.00 Read moreFrom the #1 international bestselling author of The Etymologicon and The Horologicon comes an education in the art of articulation, from the King James Bible to Katy Perry…
From classic poetry to pop… [more below]- Author: Forsyth, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 07 2014
- ISBN10: 042527618X
- Language: English
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Writing with Power: Techniques for Mastering the Writing Process
$23.99 Add to cartA classic handbook for anyone who needs to write, Writing With Power speaks to everyone who has wrestled with words while seeking to gain power with them. Here, Peter Elbow emphasizes that the essenti… [more below]
- Author: Elbow, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: July 09 1998
- ISBN10: 0195120183
- Language: English
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Phaedrus
$12.00 Add to cartPhaedrus is widely recognized as one of Plato’s most profound and beautiful works. It takes the form of a dialogue between Socrates and Phaedrus and its ostensible subject is love, especially homoerot… [more below]
- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Plato
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: December 27 2005
- ISBN10: 0140449744
- Language: English
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Emmett Till: The Murder That Shocked the World and Propelled the Civil Rights Movement
$35.00 Add to cartEmmett Till: The Murder That Shocked the World and Propelled the Civil Rights Movement offers the first truly comprehensive account of the 1955 murder and its aftermath. It tells the story of Emmett T
- Series: Race, Rhetoric, and Media
- Author: Anderson, Devery S.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 608
- Publish Date: August 01 2017
- ISBN10: 1496814770
- Language: English
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Words Like Loaded Pistols: The Power of Rhetoric from the Iron Age to the Information Age
$19.99 Add to cart“An entertaining history of great oratory” (New Yorker) and a primer to rhetoric’s key techniques
Rhetoric gives our words the power to inspire. But it’s not just for politicians: it’s all around us,- Author: Leith, Sam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: May 09 2023
- ISBN10: 1541603737
- Language: English
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Wired for Story: The Writer’s Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
$15.99 Add to cartThis guide reveals how writers can utilize cognitive storytelling strategies to craft stories that ignite readers’ brains and captivate them through each plot element.
Imagine knowing what the brain c- Author: Cron, Lisa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: July 10 2012
- ISBN10: 1607742454
- Language: English
