Dawn over the Arroyo Seco (the Rose Bowl) finds two homeless buddies starting their day with a boot kick in the ass and the security patrol order to "Move on!"Wiggie and Fargone take the reader on a day's and night's journey inside their meandering lives, filled with whimsy, humor, bravado, compassion and the daily rounds of surviving on the streets of the glass and steel canyons of the late 1970s.Their story ties in with a Bel Air entrepreneur club owner, an Afro-American ...

Tells how to choose the right breed for your personality and hunting and includes training tips for housebreaking and basic living commandsTechniques for introducing the gun, achieving staunchness on point, and advanced field quartering and retrievingPreventing problem behaviors of deer chasing, blinking, gun shyness, hardmouth, short stoppingTraining Your Pointing Dog for Hunting and Home tells how to develop an obedient gun dog that is also an aff...

"The Ethics of Rhetoric" by Richard M. Weaver is a profound exploration of the relationship between rhetoric and ethics. Weaver argues that rhetoric is not merely a tool for persuasion but a vital means of shaping human thought and culture. He emphasizes the importance of moral responsibility in communication, asserting that rhetoric should elevate truth and foster understanding rather than manipulate or deceive. Through his analysis, Weaver highlights the power of language in influencing ...

A foundational text of the modern conservative movement, this 1948 philosophical treatise argues the decline of Western civilization and offers a remedy.Originally published in 1948, at the height of post–World War II optimism and confidence in collective security, Ideas Have Consequences uses "words hard as cannonballs" to present an unsparing diagnosis of the ills of the modern age. Widely read and debated at the time of its first publication, the book is...

The Ethics of Rhetoric by Richard M. Weaver is a deeply insightful and intellectually stirring audiobook that explores the profound connection between language, truth, and moral responsibility. Weaver, one of the most influential thinkers in modern rhetoric, challenges listeners to look beyond persuasive technique and examine the ethical power behind the words we use. With precision, depth, and timeless relevance, this audiobook invites you to reflect on h...

While Richard M. Weaver is best known for the classic Ideas Have Consequences, the foundation of his career was this study of his native South. Calling the Southern tradition "the last non-materialist civilization in the Western world," he traced its roots to feudalism, chivalry, religiosity, and aristocratic conventions. The Old South, he concluded, "may indeed be a hall hung with splendid tapestries in which no one would care to live; but from them we can learn something of how ...

Regan Clery, working in obscurity at a major magazine, receives the opportunity of a lifetime. She is given a feature story on the famous billionaire Carter Thomas, head of an internationally known security firm. The catch: she must travel to Haiti and determine why he is there. What should have been a straightforward assignment quickly spirals into intrigue as Carter’s reasons for being in Haiti are buried in an incident occurring in Afghanistan a decade before. As Regan delves deeper int...

Help your children develop moral character with this updated, 30th anniversary edition of the perennial classic The Book of Virtues.Almost 3 million copies of the Book of Virtues have been sold since it was published in 1993. It is one of the most popular moral primers ever written, an inspiring anthology that helps children understand and develop character—and helps parents teach it to them. Thirty years ago, readers thought that the tim...

This book examines the theory and practice of broad-based community organizing, establishing a critical dialogue between this approach to social change and Baptist social justice theology, ethics, and practice with impoverished and marginalized people. Community organizing is an approach that originated in the US in the 1940s and which came to the UK in the late 1980s. It has been adopted by churches from many denominations, by other faith traditions, and by many civic society institutions...

The landmark work The Ethics of Rhetoric and a selection of essays on language, modernity, education, and cultural freedom by scholar and rhetorician Richard Weaver, a leading figure in the rise of the modern conservative intellectual movement."As man speaks," said Seneca, "so is he."In The Ethics of Rhetoric, Richard Weaver demonstrates that rhetoric, the language used to move men to action, expresses or betrays the ultimate values of its...

"ETHICS OF RHETORIC, THE", authored by RICHARD M. WEAVER. This edition delivers a compelling exploration of its central themes and offers readers an immersive and thought-provoking experience. It examines wide-ranging themes that will resonate with thoughtful readers. Readers can expect a clear structure: an engaging opening that establishes stakes, a sequence of scenes or essays that develop central ideas, and a concluding section that synthesizes insights and suggests practical or philos...

On Monday morning, October 2, 2006, a gunman entered a one-room Amish school in Nickel Mines, Pennsylvania. In front of twenty-five horrified pupils, thirty-two-year-old Charles Roberts ordered the boys and the teacher to leave. After tying the legs of the ten remaining girls, Roberts prepared to shoot them execution style with an automatic rifle and four hundred rounds of ammunition. The oldest hostage, a thirteen-year-old, begged Roberts to "shoot me first and let the little ones go." Re...