Speaking for the Polis considers Isocrates' educational program from the perspective of rhetorical theory and explores its relation to sociopolitical practices. Illumining Isocrates' efforts to reformulate sophistic conceptions of rhetoric on the basis of the intellectual and political debates of his times, Takis Poulakos contends that the father of humanistic studies and rival educator of Plato crafted a version of rhetoric that gave the art an important...

Un puissant chef d'entreprise voit son groupe de sociétés gravement malmené par des fakenews. Une femme, qui n'a rien oublié de lointaines années vécues en compagnie du journaliste soupçonné d'être à l'origine des diffamations, va jouer de son pouvoir pour surchauffer l'ambiance. L'action se déroule au cours de l'été 2032, dans un monde marqué par les effets du réchauffement climatique. Faux-fuyants, doutes, ressentiments et mensonges...

In the debates about the UK’s future relationship with the European Union, all sorts of possible alternatives have been bandied about, from “Singapore on the Thames” to “Canada Plus”, from “Switzerland” to “Ukraine”, from “Norway” to “Australia”. But what do these alternative relationship models really consist of and would they be viable for the UK? Martin Westlake brings together distinguished contributors to examine these...

The negotiation of international trade agreements has become the issue of the moment. With Brexit, a change in administration in the United States, a fragile economic recovery in the Eurozone and China facing a slowdown in its growth, nothing is more critical to the future global economy than the terms of trade between its largest economic blocs. The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) is Europe's most controversial trade agreement...

El marqués de la Ensenada, pieza clave del Despotismo Ilustrado del siglo XVIII, fue mucho más que un ministro. Realizó un proyecto político integral junto a un grupo de valedores situados en puestos clave de la corte y del gobierno impulsando el desarrollo del Estado español al tiempo que desplegaba una formidable red de espionaje en media Europa. Fue el motor de numerosas reformas bajo el desempeño de los ministerios de Hacienda, Guerra, Marina...

Can one man undo a terrible criminal injustice?"Richly detailed, riveting storytelling brings alive Chicago politics in the 1980s as we follow a disgraced politician through a labyrinth of crime and punishment." ~ Mysti Berry, Editor, Low Down Dirty VoteDuncan Cochrane quit politics to escape the sins of his past, but two years later, he's pulled back in to protect his imprisoned son, and a death row inmate who just might be innocent.To do so, he...

Come the essential uprising, whose side will you be on? Outraged by the witness video, Cam Borlaug joins the swelling protest at a police station on Lake Street in Minneapolis. Amidst tear gas and rubber bullets, she struggles to stay on her feet after a flash grenade explodes nearby. A firm hand pulls her out of the miasma and splashes milk into burning eyes-another baptism under fire by BLM leader Maya Fortier. Fellow activists call her Cahmie-kaze...

A series of suspicious suicides draws Paul Decker and Washington Star reporter, Rebecca Novak together to investigate. What starts out as a local issue morphs into a conspiracy of such magnitude as to pit them against a group that wants nothing more than to establish a new world order: one government, one military, one currency, one education system. The group, known as "The Order", is headed by a man said to be 115 years old and involved in every...

Issue d'une famille bourgeoise de la prude Angleterre victorienne du XIXe siècle, Kessy assiste, encore innocemment, au tournant historique de la condition féminine. Le destin va lui faire vivre la frustration de ses pionnières autant que la souffrance de ses besogneuses, mais toutes sont magnifiquement empreintes de résilience. Au centre du kaléidoscope infernal de la société londonienne, son empathie la pousse à agir tant dans les milieux...

WHEN YOU COME FOR THE WRONG MANHoward Parker wants to be Secretary of Homeland Security. And he isn't going to let a bunch of Marines who were in the wrong place at the wrong time stand in his way - even if one of them is now a reporter in Seattle, his home town. What are the odds?Former Marine Mac Davis likes being a cop reporter. He gets a regular paycheck, and no one is shooting at him. What's not to like? So yeah, he has to hang out around cops,...