Rhetoric

What makes good writing good? In his brilliant new book, Al Alvarez argues that it is the development of the voice - voice as distinct from style - that makes a writer great. A poet as well as a critic, Al Alvarez approaches his subject both as an...

Situating contemporary critical praxis at the intersection of the social, the political, and the rhetorical, this book is a provocative inquiry into the teaching philosophies of Plato's Socrates and Paulo Freire that has profound implications for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780837817897Author Johnson Caesar GibsonFormat HardbackPage Count 61Imprint C.R. Gibson CompanyPublisher C.R. Gibson CompanyWeight(grams) 304g

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Created by leading authors Sue Palmer, Pie Corbett and Ann Webley, Igniting Writing is specifically designed to engage your pupils and fire their imaginations in preparation for writing. This blended series comprises of 2 inspirational multi-media...

String index out of range: -2Book InformationISBN 9780330368582Author Helen PaibaFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Macmillan Children's BooksPublisher Pan MacmillanWeight(grams) 185g

Everyone in business has to write, and this book offers a tool to do it successfully, avoiding corporate waffle and management speak. The text aims to provide all of the tools necessary for really effective written communication, whether it be...

This is an extraordinary anthology of poems, chosen by well-known names from the worlds of theatre, literature and film in response to the Afghan crisis brought about by the events of September 11th 2001. A deeply moving collection of poems ranging from...

Completely revised and updated, this wise, witty and informed guide from one of the world's most stylishly written and edited newspapers is an indispensable guide to the use of good English. Spelled or spelt? Boudicca or Boadicea? Can you really give...

Pleasure Bound - Susan Swann: A pair of black kid evening gloves that breathe new fire into an illicit romance; a daring date to a different kind of peep-show; a music lesson with an inspirational teacher...Playing the Game - Selina Seymour: Kate has a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780140510386Author J. CohenFormat PaperbackPage Count 496Imprint Penguin Books LtdPublisher Penguin Books LtdWeight(grams) 296g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780517147276Author Sted MaysFormat HardbackPage Count 58Imprint Random House Value PublicationsPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 204g

Aimed at writers of all standards, this book presents practical guidance on how to create interesting pieces of writing. Sol Stein''s book includes advice on how to use techniques of fiction to enhance works of non-fiction.'Book InformationISBN...

Whether beguiling readers with glorious poetry or consoling them with prayers from fellow restless souls, Cousineau can relieve any insomniac's anxiety. From St. John of the Cross to Annie Dillard, Beethoven to The Song of Songs, this refreshingly...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781852520830Author Nick ThornelyFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Mercury Business BooksPublisher Management Books 2000 LtdWeight(grams) 205g

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'Mothers hold their children's hands for a moment, but their hearts forever.' Best friend, nurse, therapist, chauffeur, mentor, caretaker, cook, seamstress and champion. Across cultures, countries and continents, we all know that we would be nowhere...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786139417537Author Kwesi KumahFormat PaperbackPage Count 492Imprint GlobeeditPublisher GlobeeditWeight(grams) 717g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781532611377Author Stanley E PorterFormat HardbackPage Count 126Imprint Pickwick PublicationsPublisher Pickwick PublicationsWeight(grams) 340g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781556714412Author Richard C BlightFormat PaperbackPage Count 90Imprint Summer Institute of Linguistics, Academic PublicationsPublisher Summer Institute of...

Examining the layers of meaning encoded in software and the rhetoric surrounding it, this book offers a much-needed perspective on the intersections between software, morality, and politics. In software development culture, evangelism typically denotes a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781457684326Author Beth HewettFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Bedford BooksPublisher Bedford BooksWeight(grams) 340g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780325008424Author George Hillocks JrFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Heinemann Educational Books,U.S.Publisher Heinemann USA

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781498045148Author Richard WhatelyFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Literary Licensing, LLCPublisher Literary Licensing, LLCWeight(grams) 472g

Inviting Understanding: A Portrait of Invitational Rhetoric is an authoritative reference work designed to provide a comprehensive overview of the theory of invitational rhetoric, developed twenty-five years ago by Sonja K. Foss and Cindy L. Griffin...

A Rhetoric of Ruins contributes to an interdisciplinary conversation about the role of wrecked and abandoned places in modern life. Topics in this book stretch from retro- and post-human futures to a Jeremiadic analysis of the role of ruins in American...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9786206166641Author Mimoza AhmetiFormat PaperbackPage Count 80Imprint LAP Lambert Academic PublishingPublisher LAP Lambert Academic PublishingWeight(grams)...

In this book, Amos Kiewe explores the story of the 1824 Presidential election, when the House of Representatives elected the president after no candidate won outright the majority of the Electoral College. Though most in the nation assumed that Andrew...

Rhetoric of Masculinity: Male Body Image, Media, and Gender Role Stress/Conflict lends depth and global nuance to discourse associated with the masculinity concept as it brings to bear on males' self-image, role in society, media representations of them,...

Articulating Life's Memory offers a unique view of the history of abortion in early America. Nathan Stormer's work moves beyond general histories of medicine, science, and women; it provides specific insight into how the earliest medical writings on...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814258330Author Molly Margaret KesslerFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Ohio State University PressPublisher Ohio State University PressWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780814254653Author Dana L. CloudFormat PaperbackPage Count 226Imprint Ohio State University PressPublisher Ohio State University PressWeight(grams)...

Rhetoric, Race, Religion, and the Charleston Shootings: Was Blind but Now I See is a collection focusing on the Charleston shootings written by leading scholars in the field who consider the rhetoric surrounding the shootings. This book offers an...

Reverend Albert Cleage Jr. and the Black Prophetic Tradition: A Reintroduction of The Black Messiah considers how Albert Cleage Jr., in his groundbreaking book of sermons, The Black Messiah (1969), reconfigures the rules of the game as it relates to...

In this updated and significantly expanded edition of his The Rhetoric of Racism, Mark Lawrence McPhail responds to subsequent critiques and advances in scholarship. Like the earlier text, Revisited looks at the rhetorical dynamics of racism-how, in...

Rhetorics of Nepantla, Memory, and the Gloria Evangelina Anzaldúa Papers: Archival Impulses explores the intersection of Chicana/o/x studies, Latina/o/x studies, archival studies, and public memory by examining the archival homes of cultural critic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781947447240Author Les BelikianFormat PaperbackPage Count 206Imprint Punctum BooksPublisher Punctum BooksWeight(grams) 209g

A Critique of Anti-racism in Rhetoric and Composition: The Semblance of Empowerment critiques current antiracist ideology in rhetoric and composition, arguing that it inadvertently promotes a deficit-model of empowerment for both students and scholars...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781725286320Author Rodney Wallace KennedyFormat HardbackPage Count 232Imprint Cascade BooksPublisher Cascade BooksWeight(grams) 513g