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The Aims of Argument: A Brief Rhetoricby Carolyn E. Channell, Timothy W. CrusiusISBN 1559344407 (1-55934-440-7)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill College
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The Aims of Argument: A Rhetoric and Readerby Carolyn E. Channell, Timothy W. CrusiusISBN 1559341149 (1-55934-114-9)
Softcover, McGraw-Hill College
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Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Businessby Neil PostmanISBN 014303653X (0-14-303653-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business'Book summary:A brilliant powerful and important book....This is a brutal indictment Postman has laid down and, so far as I can see, an irrefutable one. --Jonathan Yardley, Washington Post Book World. [via]
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Aristotle Nicomachean Ethicsby Joe SachsISBN 1585100358 (1-58510-035-8)
Softcover, Focus Pub R Pullins & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aristotle Nicomachean Ethics'Book summary:A complete translation of Aristotle s classic that is both faithful and readable. This is a major translation of a seminal book in Ethics. In this volume, Joe Sachs supplements his excellent translation with well-chosen notes and a glossary of important terms. Designed for courses in undergraduate philosophy, as well as for the general reader interested in the major works of western civilization. [via]
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Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics, Books Ii--ivby AristotleISBN 185326461X (1-85326-461-X)
Softcover, Lb May & Assoc Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Aristotle: Nicomachean Ethics, Books Ii--iv'Book summary:Aristotle (384-322BC) is the philosopher who has most influence on the development of western culture, writing on a wide variety of subjects including the natural sciences as well as the more strictly philosophical topics of logic, metaphysics and ethics. To the poet Dante, he was simply 'the master of those who know'. The Ethics contains his views on what makes a good human life. While the work continues to stimulate and challenge modern philosophers, the general course of the argument is easily accessible to the non-specialist. Both as a key influence in the history of ideas and as a work containing unique insights into the human condition, this is a book that simply demands to be read. [via]
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The Book of the Courtierby Castiglione, Baldassare, ConteISBN 0140441921 (0-14-044192-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book of the Courtier'Book summary:[via]The courtier has to imbue with grace his movements, his gestures, his way of doing things and in short, his every action
In The Book of the Courtier (1528), Baldesar Castiglione, a diplomat and Papal Nuncio to Rome, sets out to define the essential virtues for those at Court. In a lively series of imaginary conversations between the real-life courtiers to the Duke of Urbino, his speakers discuss qualities of noble behaviour chiefly discretion, decorum, nonchalance and gracefulness as well as wider questions such as the duties of a good government and the true nature of love. Castigliones narrative power and psychological perception make this guide both an entertaining comedy of manners and a revealing window onto the ideals and preoccupations of the Italian Renaissance at the moment of its greatest splendour.
George Bulls elegant translation captures the variety of tone in Castigliones speakers, from comic interjections to elevated rhetoric. This edition includes an introduction examining Castigliones career in the courts of Urbino and Mantua, a list of the historical characters he portrays and further reading.
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Cognitive Style of Powerpoint: Pitching Out Corrupts Withinby Edward R. TufteISBN 0961392169 (0-9613921-6-9)
Softcover, Graphics Pr
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Contemporary Rhetorical Theory: A Readerby John Louis Lucaites, Sally Caudill, Celeste Michelle ConditISBN 1572304014 (1-57230-401-4)
Softcover, Guilford Pubn
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Easy Writerby LunsfordISBN 0312243480 (0-312-24348-0)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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Easy Writer: A Pocket Referenceby Andrea A. Lunsford, Franklin E. HorowitzISBN 0312433093 (0-312-43309-3)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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Easy Writer: A Pocket Referenceby Robert J. Connors, Andrea A. Lunsford, Franklin E. HorowitzISBN 0312170858 (0-312-17085-8)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuationby Lynne TrussISBN 1592402038 (1-59240-203-8)
Softcover, Gotham Books
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Electric Rhetoric : Classical Rhetoric, Oralism, and a New Literacyby Kathleen E. WelchISBN 0262232022 (0-262-23202-2)
Hardcover, MIT Press
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The Ethicsby AristotleISBN 1419118528 (1-4191-1852-8)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Ethics'Book summary:We will next speak of Liberality. Now this is thought to be the mean state, having for its object-matter Wealth: I mean, the Liberal man is praised not in the circumstances of war, nor in those which constitute the character of perfected self-mastery, nor again in judicial decisions, but in respect of giving and receiving Wealth, chiefly the former. By the term Wealth I mean "all those things whose worth is measured by money." [via]
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The Garden of Eloquence: A Rhetorical Bestiaryby Willard R. EspyISBN 0061812560 (0-06-181256-0)
Hardcover, Harpercollins
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Handbook of Literary Rhetoric: A Foundation for Literary Studyby David E. Orton, Heinrich Lausberg, R. Dean AndersonISBN 9004107053 (90-04-10705-3)
Hardcover, Brill Academic Pub
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The Historiesby HerodotusISBN 1593081022 (1-59308-102-2)
Softcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Histories'Book summary:Herodotus (c480-c425) is 'The Father of History' and his Histories are the first piece of Western historical writing. They are also the most entertaining. Why did Pheidippides run the 26 miles and 385 yards (or 42.195 kilometres) from Marathon to Athens? And what did he do when he got there? Was the Battle of Salamis fought between sausage-sellers? Which is the oldest language in the world? Why did Leonidas and his 300 Spartans spend the morning before the battle of Thermopylae combing their hair? Why did every Babylonian woman have to sit in the Temple of Aphrodite until a man threw a coin into her lap, and how long was she likely to sit there? And what is the best way to kill a crocodile? This wide-ranging history provides the answers to all these fascinating questions as well as providing many fascinating insights into the Ancient World. [via]
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Image Politics : The New Rhetoric of Environmental Activismby Kevin Michael DeLucaISBN 1572304618 (1-57230-461-8)
Hardcover, Guilford Publications, Incorporated
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In Defence of Rhetoricby Brian VickersISBN 0198117914 (0-19-811791-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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Introduction to Rhetorical Theoryby Gerard A. HauserISBN 1577662210 (1-57766-221-0)
Softcover, Waveland Pr Inc
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Listening to Their Voices: The Rhetorical Activities of Historical Womenby Molly Meijer WertheimerISBN 157003172X (1-57003-172-X)
Softcover, Univ of South Carolina Pr
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M. Tvlli Ciceronis Pro m Caelio Oratioby Marcus Tullius Cicero, R.G. AustinISBN 0198140622 (0-19-814062-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Metaphors We Live byby George Lakoff, Mark JohnsonISBN 0226468011 (0-226-46801-1)
Softcover, Univ of Chicago Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Metaphors We Live by'Book summary:The now-classic Metaphors We Live By changed our understanding of metaphor and its role in language and the mind. Metaphor, the authors explain, is a fundamental mechanism of mind, one that allows us to use what we know about our physical and social experience to provide understanding of countless other subjects. Because such metaphors structure our most basic understandings of our experience, they are "metaphors we live by"metaphors that can shape our perceptions and actions without our ever noticing them.[via]
In this updated edition of Lakoff and Johnson's influential book, the authors supply an afterword surveying how their theory of metaphor has developed within the cognitive sciences to become central to the contemporary understanding of how we think and how we express our thoughts in language. 
New St. Martins Guide to Teaching Writingby Robert Connors, Cheryl GlennISBN 0312197624 (0-312-19762-4)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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On Bullshitby Harry G. FrankfurtISBN 8449318831 (84-493-1883-1)
Hardcover, Paidos Iberica Ediciones S A
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› Find signed collectible books: 'On Bullshit'Book summary:Una de las características más sobresalientes de nuestra cultura es la gran abundancia de fantochadas. Todos lo sabemos y todos contribuimos a ello. Pero el fenómeno aún no ha despertado demasiadas preocupaciones. No tenemos ninguna comprensión clara de cuál es la sustancia de la que están hechas las fantochadas, de por qué abundan tanto o qué papel desempeñan. Y carecemos de una verdadera conciencia sobre lo que significan para nosotros. Es decir, como dice Harry Frankfurt: «No tenemos ninguna teoría». Frankfurt, uno de los filósofos morales más influyentes del mundo, procura construir aquí esa teoría. Con su combinación característica de pasión filosófica, penetración psicológica y maliciosa ironía, explora los modos en que la fantochada puede distinguirse de la tergiversación deliberada. Y concluye que puede tomar muchas formas inocentes, pero en realidad es mucho más perniciosa para la verdad que las propias mentiras. [via]
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On Writing Research: The Braddock Essays 1975-1998by Lisa Ede, Conference on College Composition and Communication (U.S.)ISBN 0312202644 (0-312-20264-4)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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The Penguin Book of Twentieth Century Speechesby Brian MacArthurISBN 0140285008 (0-14-028500-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Penguin Book of Twentieth Century Speeches'Book summary:Some men speak and change the world. Sometimes for better, often for worse. As Hitler rallied the Germans for war, and twenty years later - John Kennedy sounded the bugle for the new frontier, their visions, gilded and articulated by the power of their oratory, stirred men's hearts and summoned nations to action. 'History will absolve me, ' declared Fidel Castro. 'Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country, ' said Kennedy. 'I have a dream, ' announced Martin Luther King. 'It is an ideal for which I am prepared to die, ' said Nelson Mandela. Few who were born during the Second World War and who came of age in the sixties will ever forget Kennedy's rousing exhortations or the cries for justice from King and Castro. Their words gave form to dreams and hope to men and women. There are those who claim that the age of oratory is over, that the ubiquitous 'soundbite' and our neglect of the classics and the Bible have destroyed it. Yet wherever misery and oppression exist, and while men and women uphold ideals, oratory still flourishes. Now, in The Penguin Book of Twentieth-century Speeches, Brian MacArthur has collected the great speeches which shaped this century - from Theodore Roosevelt's call to the 'strenuous life' in 1899 to Lyndon Johnson's summons to the Great Society in 1964; from Lloyd George's 'People's Budget' of 1909 to Geoffrey Howe's thrusting of the dagger into Margaret Thatcher in 1990; from Roger Casement in the dock in 1914 to Salman Rushdie in the dock in 1991; from Emmeline Pankhurst to Betty Friedan; from Mahatma Gandhi to Jawaharlal Nehru; and from Lenin, Stalin and Trotsky to Khrushchev and Solzhenitsyn. There are presidents and prime ministers, soldiers and poets, dreamers and destroyers. The Penguin Book of Twentieth-century Speeches is the perfect source book for those engaged in making speeches themselves, for students and for anyone wishing to read precisely what was said during a half-remembered speech. Yet [via]
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Phaedrus and Letters VII and VIIIby Plato, Walter HamiltonISBN 0140442758 (0-14-044275-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Philosophy of Rhetoricby I.A. RichardsISBN 0195007158 (0-19-500715-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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Praise of Follyby Desiderius Erasmus, Clarence H. MillerISBN 0300023731 (0-300-02373-1)
Softcover, Yale Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Praise of Folly'Book summary:First published in Paris in 1511, "The Praise of Folly" has enjoyed enormous and highly controversial success from the author's lifetime down to our own day. "The Folly" has no rival, except perhaps Thomas More's "Utopia", as the most intense and lively presentation of the literary, social and theological aims and methods of Northern Humanism. Clarence H. Miller's translation of "The Praise of Folly", based on the definitive Latin text, seeks to echo Erasmus' own lively style while retaining the nuances of the original text. In his introduction, Miller places the work in the context of Erasmus as humanist and theologian. In the afterword, William H. Gass playfully considers the meaning, or meanings, of folly and offers fresh insights into one of the great books of Western literature. [via]
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Praise of Folly and Letter to Maarten Van Dorpby Betty Radice, Desiderius Erasmus, Erasmus of RotterdamISBN 0140446087 (0-14-044608-7)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Praise of Folly and Letter to Maarten Van Dorp'Book summary:Erasmus of Rotterdam (c. 1466 1536) is one of the greatest figures of the Renaissance humanist movement, which abandoned medieval pieties in favour of a rich new vision of the individual's potential. Praise of Folly, written to amuse his friend Sir Thomas More, is Erasmus's best-known work. Its dazzling mixture of fantasy and satire is narrated by a personification of Folly, dressed as a jester, who celebrates youth, pleasure, drunkenness and sexual desire, and goes on to lambast human pretensions, foibles and frailties, to mock theologians and monks and to praise the folly' of simple Christian piety. Erasmus's wit, wordplay and wisdom made the book an instant success, but it also attracted what may have been sales-boosting criticism. The Letter to Maarten van Dorp, which is a defence of his ideas and methods, is also included. [via]
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Praise of Folly: And, Letter to Martin Dorp, 1515by Desiderius ErasmusISBN 0140442405 (0-14-044240-5)
Softcover, Viking Pr
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The Prentice Hall Guide For College Writersby Stephen Reid, Christina MurphyISBN 0130861839 (0-13-086183-9)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Prentice Hall Guide For College Writers'Book summary:A comprehensive guide to writing for one- or two-semester freshman composition courses. This all-in-one text offers hallmark coverage of the purposes of writing, focusing on the importance of a writer's research, critical-reading skills, the ability to organize ideas, and a strategy to assess and develop rhetorical contexts. While the guide emphasizes traditional writing purpose and process, the author also considers the technological changes that influence and enhance contemporary writing, including expanded coverage of researching, evaluating, and documenting internet sources. [via]
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Hardcover, Prentice Hall - The Prentice Hall Guide For College Writers: ISBN 0130736694 (0-13-073669-4)
Hardcover, Prentice Hall - The Prentice Hall Guide For College Writers: ISBN 0130966398 (0-13-096639-8)
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Hardcover, Prentice Hall - The Prentice Hall Guide For College Writers: ISBN 0137219865 (0-13-721986-5)
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The Prentice Hall Guide for College Writers: 1998 Mla Update Editionby Stephen ReidISBN 013096638X (0-13-096638-X)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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The Prentice Hall Guide for College Writers/Brief Editionby Stephen ReidISBN 0137220421 (0-13-722042-1)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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Reading And Writing For Civic Literacy: The Critical Citizen's Guide To Argumentative Rhetoricby Donald LazereISBN 1594510857 (1-59451-085-7)
Softcover, Paradigm Pub
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The Republicby Plato, Benjamin JowettISBN 1406831700 (1-4068-3170-0)
Softcover, Echo Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Republic'Book summary:[via]Republic, by Plato, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:One of the greatest works of philosophy, political theory, and literature ever produced, Platos Republic has shaped Western thought for thousands of years, and remains as relevant today as when it was written during the fourth century B.C.
Republic begins by posing a central question: "What is justice, and why should we be just, especially when the wicked often seem happier and more successful?" For Plato, the answer lies with the ways people, groups, and institutions organize and behave. A brilliant inquiry into the problems of constructing the perfect state, and the roles education, the arts, family, and religion should play in our lives, Republic employs picturesque settings, sharply outlined characters, and conversational dialogue to drive home the philosophers often provocative arguments.
It has been said that the entire history of Western philosophy consists of nothing more than "a series of footnotes to Plato." Vastly entertaining, occasionally shocking, and always stimulating, Republic continues to enrich and expand the outlook of all who read it.Elizabeth Watson Scharffenberger holds degrees from the University of Chicago and Columbia University. A specialist in the culture and literature of Athens during the fifth and fourth centuries B.C., she teaches at Columbia University and New York Universitys Gallatin School.
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Republic of Platoby Thomas TaylorISBN 1564590240 (1-56459-024-0)
Softcover, Kessinger Pub Co
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Rhetoric and Human Consciousness: A Historyby Craig R. SmithISBN 1577661745 (1-57766-174-5)
Softcover, Waveland Pr Inc
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Rhetoric in Popular Cultureby BrummettISBN 141291437X (1-4129-1437-X)
Softcover, Sage Pubns
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Rhetorics, Poetics, and Cultures: Refiguring College English Studiesby James A. BerlinISBN 0972477284 (0-9724772-8-4)
Softcover, Parlor Pr
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Selected Essays of Robert J. Connorsby Robert J. Connors, Lisa S. Ede, Andrea A. LunsfordISBN 0312402791 (0-312-40279-1)
Softcover, Bedford/st Martins
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Sir Thomas More's Utopiaby Thomas MoreISBN 1406795216 (1-4067-9521-6)
Softcover, Read Books
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Speaking for the Polis: Isocrates' Rhetorical Educationby Takis PoulakosISBN 1570031770 (1-57003-177-0)
Hardcover, University of South Carolina Press
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The St. Martin's Guide to Writingby Rise B. AxelrodISBN 0312116403 (0-312-11640-3)
Softcover, Palgrave Macmillan
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The St. Martin's Guide to Writing'Book summary:The best-selling college rhetoric for nearly 25 years, The St. Martin's Guide has achieved an unparalleled record of success by providing practical innovations for the ever-changing composition course. Comprehensive yet flexible, The Guide's acclaimed step-by-step guides to each type of writing offer sure-fire invention strategies to get students started, combined with thorough advice on critical reading, working with sources, and careful revision. Axelrod and Cooper's class-tested guidance on visual rhetoric, online teaching and learning, and more is available for instructors who incorporate these topics into their courses - but not intrusive, for those who don't. The new edition has been re-engineered to reflect and build on the actual writing processes of students and does even more to prepare them for the writing they will do in other college courses. [via]
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The St. Martin's Guide to Writing: Shortby Rise B. Axelrod, Charles R. CooperISBN 0312400535 (0-312-40053-5)
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The St. Martin's Guide to Writing: Shorter Versionby Rise B. AxelrodISBN 0312103727 (0-312-10372-7)
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Structural Transformation of the Public Sphere: An Inquiry into a Category of Bourgeois Societyby Jurgen HabermasISBN 0262581086 (0-262-58108-6)
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A Synoptic History of Classical Rhetoricby Donovan J. Ochs, Richard A. Katula, Forbes I. Hill, James J. MurphyISBN 1880393352 (1-880393-35-2)
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Utopiaby Thomas More, Wayne A. Rebhorn, Ralph RobinsonISBN 1593082444 (1-59308-244-4)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Utopia'Book summary:[via]Utopia, by Sir Thomas More, is part of the Barnes & Noble Classics series, which offers quality editions at affordable prices to the student and the general reader, including new scholarship, thoughtful design, and pages of carefully crafted extras. Here are some of the remarkable features of Barnes & Noble Classics:New introductions commissioned from today's top writers and scholars Biographies of the authors Chronologies of contemporary historical, biographical, and cultural events Footnotes and endnotes Selective discussions of imitations, parodies, poems, books, plays, paintings, operas, statuary, and films inspired by the work Comments by other famous authors Study questions to challenge the reader's viewpoints and expectations Bibliographies for further reading Indices & Glossaries, when appropriateAll editions are beautifully designed and are printed to superior specifications; some include illustrations of historical interest. Barnes & Noble Classics pulls together a constellation of influencesbiographical, historical, and literaryto enrich each reader's understanding of these enduring works.
One of the most influential books in the Western philosophical and literary tradition, Sir Thomas Mores Utopia appeared in 1516. The formidable Henry VIII had recently assumed the throne in England, and conflicting ideas about religion were fueling the Reformation throughout Europe. A scathing satire, Utopia was hugely successful and vaulted More to the forefront of the growing humanist movement.
The story of Utopia is told by a mysterious sailor named Raphael Hythloday, who travels to the New World with the Italian explorer Vespucci and remains at a fort built at the farthest point reached. From there, he discovers a strange island kingdom named Utopia, a pagan and communist city-state in which language, social customs, dress, architecture, and education are identical throughout the countrys fifty-four cities. The Utopians have eliminated wealth, the nobility, and currency. Labor and goods are distributed equally and property is held in common. And there are no monasteries, alehouses, or academies to tempt a person to withdraw from society.
Given Mores satiric leanings and eventual execution, is Utopia simply an attack on Europes wickedness? Or is it a philosophical tract extolling the ideal way to live? Ultimately, Utopia navigates a course between the desire to create perfection and the pragmatic understanding that perfection, given the fallibility of mankind, is impossible.
Wayne A. Rebhorn is Celanese Centennial Professor of English at the University of Texas at Austin. He has written extensively on Renaissance literature in English, Italian, French, Spanish, and Latin, on authors from Boccaccio through More and Shakespeare down to Milton. 
Warrior Politics: Why Leadership Demands a Pagan Ethosby Robert D. KaplanISBN 1588360806 (1-58836-080-6)
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Writing on the Margins: Essays on Composition And Teachingby David BartholomaeISBN 0312258690 (0-312-25869-0)
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Historiasby Not AvailableISBN 8446002833 (84-460-0283-3)
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LA RepublicaISBN 8420636738 (84-206-3673-8)
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Retorik, Eller Konsten Att overtygaby Kurt JohannessonISBN 9118934528 (91-1-893452-8)
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L'Utopie De Thomas Moreby Thomas More, Andre PrevostISBN 2728900892 (2-7289-0089-2)
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