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  • Visions of Technological Transcendence

    Human Enhancement and the Rhetoric of the Future

    by James A. Herrick ...
    Series series Rhetoric of Science and Technology
    This book examines key narratives animating the techno-progressive rhetoric of the human enhancement movement, arguing that enhancement and transhumanist discourse performs a variety of distinctly mythic functions. Principal among these is to cast a vision of a technological future involving enhanced posthumans, immortality, human merger with machines and space colonization. ... Read more

    $14.39 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The History and Theory of Rhetoric

    An Introduction

    by Luke Winslow, James A. Herrick ...
    By tracing the traditional progression of rhetoric from the Greek Sophists to contemporary theorists, this updated eighth edition gives students a conceptual framework for evaluating and practicing persuasive writing and speaking in a wide range of settings, including written, visual, and digital media.Through an expansive historical purview, the book illustrates how persuasive public discourse ... Read more

    $120.99 USD

  • Academic and Professional Writing in an Age of Accountability

    by Robert Coogan, Jane Donawerth, Molly J. Scanlon, Kelly Ritter, Teresa Redd, Paul Sawyer, Jeanne Fahnestock, Cheryl Glenn, James Paul Gee, Suresh Canagarajah, Staci M. Perryman-Clark, Charles Bazerman, James A. Herrick, Douglas Eyman, Anne F. Wysocki, Kathleen Blake Yancey, Douglas D. Hesse, Scott Wible, Jessica Enoch ...
    What current theoretical frameworks inform academic and professional writing? What does research tell us about the effectiveness of academic and professional writing programs? What do we know about existing best practices? What are the current guidelines and procedures in evaluating a program’s effectiveness? What are the possibilities in regard to future research and changes to best practices in ... Read more

    $20.89 USD

  • A Vers de Société Anthology

    Exploring the Essence of Societal Verse Through Literary Masters

    by William Shakespeare, Gelett Burgess, Robert Herrick, James Russell Lowell, Walter Savage Landor, Austin Dobson, Frederick Locker-Lampson, Ben Jonson, James Jeffrey Roche, H. C. Bunner, Edmund Clarence Stedman, Thomas Haynes Bayly, Winthrop Mackworth Praed ...
    A Vers de Société Anthology celebrates the intricate dance of wit, satire, and elegance that defines the realm of social verse, encapsulating a rich tapestry of themes from love and friendship to societal quirks. This carefully curated collection brings together the ephemeral charm and enduring observations of its contributors, each piece an exemplar of the playful yet poignant commentary ... Read more

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    Chrysomela (UNABRIDGED)

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    by Robert Herrick ...
    Narrated by James Evans, Carmen Tucker, Daniel Hinson, Amanda Titus ...

    Unabridged

    11 min

    This is a volume of poetry by Robert Herrick. The volume "Chrysomela" was arranged by Francis Turner Palgrave. The 17th century English poet is continuing to inspire readers of his poetry. ... Read more

    $4.99 USD

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    This lively and accessible introduction to Plato focuses on the philosophy and argument of his writings, drawing the reader into Plato's way of doing philosophy, and the general themes of his thinking. This is not a book to leave the reader standing in the outer court of introduction and background information, but leads directly into Plato's argument. It looks at Plato as a thinker grappling with ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • A Short History of Ethics

    A History of Moral Philosophy from the Homeric Age to the 20th Century

    by Alasdair MacIntyre ...
    Series series Routledge Classics
    A Short History of Ethics has over the past thirty years become a key philosophical contribution to studies on morality and ethics. Alasdair MacIntyre writes a new preface for this second edition which looks at the book 'thirty years on' and considers its impact. A Short History of Ethics guides the reader through the history of moral philosophy from the Greeks to contemporary times. MacIntyre ... Read more

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  • Ancient Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction

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    The tradition of ancient philosophy is a long, rich and varied one, in which a constant note is that of discussion and argument. This book introduces readers to some ancient debates to engage with the ancient developments of some themes. Getting away from the presentation of ancient philosophy as a succession of Great Thinkers, the book gives readers a sense of the freshness and liveliness of ... Read more

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  • Pursuits of Wisdom

    Six Ways of Life in Ancient Philosophy from Socrates to Plotinus

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  • Sex and the Second-Best City

    Sex and Society in the Laws of Plato

    by Kenneth Royce Moore ...
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    Sex and the Second-Best City deals with the topics of sex and society in the Laws of Plato with recourse to historical context and modern critical theory. It examines reconstructions of ancient "sexuality" with a view to increased clarification. The text of the Laws is considered, along with many of its literary qualities, its influences and the utopian plan that it proposes. ... Read more

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