Jeffrey Walker: 13 books
The Genuine Teachers of This Art
Rhetorical Education in Antiquity
Language: English
Release Date: December 7, 2012
Genuine Teachers of This Art examines the technê, or "handbook," tradition—which it controversially suggests began with Isocrates—as the central tradition in ancient rhetoric and a potential model for contemporary rhetoric. From this innovative perspective, Jeffrey Walker offers reconsiderations...
The Black Hand
A Novel
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
Elliot Turner is in a bit of a rut. Hes spent years wallowing in the depths of an abysmal heroin addiction, and its cost him just about everything. Hes alienated himself from his entire family, with the exception of his Uncle Richard, who happens to be his last true friend. Long lost dreams of being...
Demosthenes' "On the Crown"
Rhetorical Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2016
Demosthenes’ speech On the Crown (330 B.C.E.), in which the master orator spectacularly defended his public career, has long been recognized as a masterpiece. The speech has been in continuous circulation from Demosthenes’ lifetime to the present day, and multiple generations have acclaimed it...
by Jeffrey K. Walker
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2017
2017 The Independent Author Network Book of the Year Awards Finalist
2017 B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree
2017 Wishing Shelf Book Awards Bronze Medal
2017 Discovering Diamonds Review
2018 Goethe Award for Historical Fiction Finalist & 1st Place Category Winner
Fiery Dublin...
Truly Are the Free
Rebuilding Lives Undone
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2017
2018 Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards Honorable Mention
2018 B.R.A.G. Medallion Honoree
2018 Independent Author Network Book of the Year Finalist
2018 Discovered Diamond
2018 Goethe Award for Historical Fiction Long-Listed
2017 Wishing Shelf Book Awards...
by Jeffrey K. Walker
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2019
The horrors of the First World War devastated many a Dublin family and the Brannigans weren’t spared. Struggling to get past their heartache, the family finds itself divided by both the rebellion against British rule and the wide Atlantic. Devoted matriarch Eda Brannigan witnesses her family unraveling....
by The Walker County Historical Commission, Jeffrey L. Littlejohn
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2017
Founded in 1846, Walker County is a scenic, sprawling territory of 800 square miles located in the southeastern region of Texas. Huntsville, the county seat, serves as home to Sam Houston State University, the Texas State Penitentiary, and Huntsville State Park. New Waverly, Riverside, and other smaller...
The Generosity Network
New Transformational Tools for Successful Fund-Raising
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2013
The Generosity Network is the essential guide to the art of activating resources of every kind behind any worthy cause.Philanthropist Jeff Walker and fund-raising expert Jennifer McCrea offer a fresh new perspective that can make the toughest challenges of nonprofit management and development less...
People are the Name of the Game
How to be More Successful in Your Career--and Life
Language: English
Release Date: March 22, 2013
Everyone knows that networking is important for business success, but few people do it adequately or effectively. That is because people sometimes see networking as an odious task, as something that they are not good at doing, and as not being authentic. So there is a dilemma--on the one hand, people...
The Supreme Court Compendium
Data, Decisions, and Developments
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2015
The Supreme Court Compendium provides historical and statistical information on the Supreme Court: its institutional development; caseload; decision trends; the background, nomination, and voting behavior of its justices; its relationship with public, governmental, and other judicial bodies; and...
Human Rights in Translation
Intercultural Pathways
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2018
This volume reflects on what happens when the idea and practice of universal human rights cross the cultural borders between different communities of knowledge. Although such rights are usually presumed to be founded on certain globally shared beliefs, the norms and values of many cultures are often...
Ancient Borinquen
Archaeology and Ethnohistory of Native Puerto Rico
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
Native American cultures of Puerto Rico prior to the arrival of the Spanish in 1493.
A book on the prehistory of a modern geopolitical entity is artificial. It is unlikely that prehistoric occupants recognized the same boundaries and responded to the same political forces that operated in...
Tibes
People, Power, and Ritual at the Center of the Cosmos
Language: English
Release Date: December 27, 2009
The first comprehensive analysis of a strategically located ceremonial center on the island of Puerto Rico.
The prehistoric civic-ceremonial center of Tibes is located on the southern coast of Puerto Rico, just north of the modern coastal city of Ponce. Protected on two sides by a river, and...