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Rhetorical theory, the core of Roman education, taught rules of public speaking that are still influential today. But Roman rhetoric has long been regarded as having little important to say about political ideas. The State of Speech presents a forceful challenge to this view. The first book to read...

"The Other Side of Silence", collection contains everything from beautiful soulful poetry, to the humorous and heart rending.This experienced writer has distilled her life experiences into little works of art.

In November 1944, the U.S. Navy fleet lay at anchor deep in the Pacific Ocean, when the oiler USS Mississinewa exploded. Japan’s secret weapon, the Kaiten—a manned suicide submarine—had succeeded in its first mission. The Kaiten was so secret that even Japanese naval commanders didn’t...

In this 5,000-word erotic short story, Ivy Rose is an idealistic young woman who has joined the political campaign of would-be mayor Ms. Sinclair. Quickly proving herself, Ivy finds herself in the vaunted position of Ms. Sinclair's personal assistant. Ivy discovers, however, that being Ms. Sinclair's...

In this 3,500 word short story, a young woman named Hallie wakes up to find herself tied up in a strange hotel room. The mysterious and handsome man who greets her introduces himself as Joseph, and explains to her the new life she'll be living - as his beautiful sex slave. Though she hesitates, she...

Once Kerri had submitted her book to a publisher, she anxiously waited to see if this would be the book that would eventually be published. Her idea to write a story about a writer that discovered some government secrets and then exposed them had been well researched, so she felt hopeful.The publisher...

From the bestselling author of Mallawindy and the Woody Creek series "Dettman ... is brilliant at depicting the seemingly inconsequential murmurs of small-town life" Sun-Herald For forty-four years Stella Templeton has been a dutiful daughter and a good citizen, living in Maidenville,...

Lulu did not intentionally seek out the old Sangoma, but when she and her niece and nephew came across the old woman in the midst of a forest of trees and dangling roots, she thought it might be interesting to at least listen to what she had to say.With this they all sat on the ground while the old...

In 1905, with her marriage dissolved and desperate to find a way to feed her children, Angela Hutchinson Hammer bought a handpress, some ink, and a few fonts of type, and began printing a little tabloid called the Wickenburg Miner. In her naïveté, Angela never dreamed this purchase would place her...

I hope children and adults alike enjoy this book first of a set about Scrappy the Echidna and his friends and all the adventures they will have in the Australian out-back. The excitement of leaving home, the danger of bush fires in the out-back the laughter and tears at what his friends and his face...

Joanne Hunter's secure suburban world is falling apart. Her husband's desertion after twenty years of marriage leaves her stunned. Eve, her best friend, is strangely distant. Her grandfather, who's been a pillar of strength and support, lies ill and helpless in a nursing home. Lana and Robin, her...

Donna Cressy has no way of knowing that the goodbye kisses she receives from her children when ex-husband Victor picks them up for a day's outing are for all time. For Victor does not return. Instead, this handsome, twisted man, who destroyed their marriage and almost destroyed Donna's sanity, vanishes...

Lynn Schuster didn't expect the phone call from Marc Cameron, the husband of the woman her own husband has recently left her for. She certainly never expected to feel such a strong attraction to him when they met and he offered her the perfect way to get even with her cheating husband. Savvy divorce...

When Georgia May's car breaks down on a long stretch of desert road, she worries she'll never get picked up when she hitchhikes as a last resort. When a beautiful biker babe named Violet finally stops to help her, though, she finds herself suddenly lost in a haze of lustful desires and intensely erotic...