Speeches That Changed The 20th Century Dale Classics

Author : Bob Blaisdell
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486315568
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.60/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Speeches of the 20th Century written by Bob Blaisdell and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2014-08-18 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This stirring anthology features addresses by Winston Churchill, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Mohandas Gandhi, Martin Luther King, Malcolm X, Ronald Reagan, Barack Obama, the Dalai Lama, César Chávez, and many others.

Author : Abraham Lincoln
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101603704
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Lincoln Speeches written by Abraham Lincoln and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2012-08-28 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The defining rhetoric of Abraham Lincoln – politician, president, and emancipator Penguin presents a series of six portable, accessible, and—above all—essential reads from American political history, selected by leading scholars. Series editor Richard Beeman, author of The Penguin Guide to the U.S. Constitution, draws together the great texts of American civic life to create a timely and informative mini-library of perennially vital issues. Whether readers are encountering these classic writings for the first time, or brushing up in anticipation of the 50th anniversary of the Civil Rights Act, these slim volumes will serve as a powerful and illuminating resource for scholars, students, and civic-minded citizens. As president, Abraham Lincoln endowed the American language with a vigor and moral energy that have all but disappeared from today's public rhetoric. His words are testaments of our history, windows into his enigmatic personality, and resonant examples of the writer's art. Renowned Lincoln and Civil War scholar Allen C. Guelzo brings together this volume of Lincoln Speeches that span the classic and obscure, the lyrical and historical, the inspirational and intellectual. The book contains everything from classic speeches that any citizen would recognize—the first debate with Stephen Douglas, the "House Divided" Speech, the Gettysburg Address, the Second Inaugural Address—to the less known ones that professed Lincoln fans will come to enjoy and intellectuals and critics praise. These orations show the contours of the civic dilemmas Lincoln, and America itself, encountered: the slavery issue, state v. federal power, citizens and their duty, death and destruction, the coming of freedom, the meaning of the Constitution, and what it means to progress.

Author : Andrew Reekes
Publisher : History West Midlands
ISBN 13 : 1905036248
Total Pages : 148 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Speeches that Changed Britain written by Andrew Reekes and published by History West Midlands. This book was released on 2015-09-19 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A fascinating and richly illustrated book exploring speeches made in Birmingham that changed history. Meet some of Britain’s most famous orators. The book reflects the importance of oratory in making a political argument. It may in a sound-bite era be a dying art but these speeches fulfil the first requirement of successful rhetoric, that it be a reasoned argument to persuade its audience. ———— It is striking how many nationally significant speeches have been made in Birmingham over the past two hundred years. This book looks at ten episodes when a speech in Birmingham challenged the rest of the country to embrace change and reform. More than any other city it represents Britain’s provincial voice across the period. The book reflects the importance of oratory in making a political argument. It may in a sound-bite era be a dying art but these speeches fulfil the first requirement of successful rhetoric, that it be a reasoned argument to persuade its audience. ———— On 27th October 1857, MP John Bright addressed a crowded Birmingham Town Hall. Already a famous politician and orator, expectations were high that he would deliver a newsworthy speech. So much so, The Times chartered a special night train to deliver his text in time for the morning editions. And Bright didn’t disappoint. The speech, a passionate call for universal suffrage, marked a fundamental turning point in 19th century electoral reform, and forms a powerful illustration of the impact a great speech- and speaker- can have on the history of a nation. Speeches that Changed Britain: Oratory in Birmingham takes a number of speeches, all made in Birmingham in the last two hundred years, and explores their impact on local and national stages. From the charismatic speakers themselves, to the words they used, the causes they fought for, and the mercurial relationship between orator and audience, author Andrew Reekes examines the factors that make a great speech. Many of the speakers considered were the most famous orators of their time, and their speeches illustrate contemporary concerns: from Thomas Attwood advocating Parliamentary reform in 1832 to crowds of 200,000; Feargus O’Connor addressing Chartist rallies; the Chamberlain dynasty, Joseph and Neville, opposing Home Rule and confronting Hitler; to controversial characters Oswald Mosley and Enoch Powell outlining their personal visions. The book closes with a very recent speech by David Cameron which continues the tradition of powerful speeches made in the city. Reekes paints a clear picture of Birmingham itself as a stronghold of radical politics and social reform, one that generated and attracted famous orators. Their presence has meant that Birmingham has played a profound role in setting the national political mood and agenda. Resonating with the text of these great speeches, Reekes’ fascinating and important book captures vividly a lost age of political oratory and passionate public advocacy, and provides an extraordinary insight into the progress of political and social reform in Britain across the last two hundred years.

Author : Dale Carnegie
Publisher : Cosimo, Inc.
ISBN 13 : 1602060517
Total Pages : 529 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Art of Public Speaking written by Dale Carnegie and published by Cosimo, Inc.. This book was released on 2007-03-01 with total page 529 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published: Springfield, Mass.: Home Correspondence School, 1915.

Author : Simon Sebag-Montefiore
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781848660823
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Speeches that Changed the World written by Simon Sebag-Montefiore and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: See and hear the 20th century's greatest orators speak the very words that made history - from Winston Churchill and JFK to Kevin Rudd and Barack Obama. This gripping DVD pack provides genuine historical footage of 20 of the most significant speeches of the 20th and 21st centuries and is accompanied by a deluxe illustrated book.

Author : Mark Twain
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 12830 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book 150 Western Classics written by Mark Twain and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-12-28 with total page 12830 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of world's greatest western novels and stories include rip roarin' cowboy adventures, tales of the famous outcasts, the heroes of the Wild West, conniving villains and intriguing sagas:_x000D_ Introduction_x000D_ Story of the Cowboy_x000D_ Story of the Outlaw_x000D_ Novels & Stories_x000D_ Riders of the Purple Sage Saga (Zane Grey)_x000D_ Ohio River Trilogy_x000D_ Dan Barry Series (Max Brand)_x000D_ The Virginian (Owen Wister)_x000D_ Lin McLean_x000D_ Leatherstocking Series (James F. Cooper)_x000D_ Flying U Series (B. M. Bower)_x000D_ Cabin Fever_x000D_ Rimrock Trail (J. Allan Dunn)_x000D_ Breckinridge Elkins Series (Robert E. Howard)_x000D_ In a Hollow of the Hills (Bret Harte)_x000D_ Roughing It (Mark Twain)_x000D_ Outcasts of Poker Flat_x000D_ Call of the Wild (Jack London)_x000D_ Heart of the West (O. Henry)_x000D_ White Fang_x000D_ Wolf Hunters (James Oliver Curwood)_x000D_ Gold Hunters_x000D_ Last of the Plainsmen_x000D_ Border Legion_x000D_ Smoke Bellew_x000D_ Country Beyond_x000D_ Lone Star Ranger_x000D_ Ronicky Doone Trilogy_x000D_ Riders of the Silences_x000D_ Three Partners_x000D_ Man of the Forest_x000D_ Lure of the Dim Trails_x000D_ Tennessee's Partner_x000D_ Covered Wagon (Emerson Hough)_x000D_ Luck of Roaring Camp_x000D_ Rustlers of Pecos County_x000D_ Pike Bearfield Series_x000D_ O Pioneers! (Willa Cather)_x000D_ My Ántonia_x000D_ Log of a Cowboy (Andy Adams)_x000D_ Two-Gun Man (Charles Alden Seltzer)_x000D_ Short Cut (Jackson Gregory)_x000D_ Astoria (Washington Irving)_x000D_ Ungava (R.M. Ballantyne)_x000D_ Valley of Silent Men_x000D_ Black Jack_x000D_ Whispering Smith (Frank H. Spearman)_x000D_ A Texas Cow Boy (Charles Siringo)_x000D_ Trail Horde_x000D_ Golden Dream (Ballantyne)_x000D_ Blue Hotel (Stephen Crane)_x000D_ Long Shadow_x000D_ Girl from Montana (Grace Livingston Hill)_x000D_ Hidden Children (Robert W. Chambers)_x000D_ Where the Trail Divides_x000D_ Desert Trail (Dane Coolidge)_x000D_ Bride Comes to Yellow Sky_x000D_ Hidden Water...

Author : Lester Wells Boardman
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780484624220
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Modern American Speeches written by Lester Wells Boardman and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-12 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Modern American Speeches: Edited With Notes and Introductions Many times during his work as a teacher of English, the editor has felt that it would be desirable to pre sent to high school pupils some speeches by American authors on subjects of our own day. He does not believe that the older classics have no message for the coming generation, nor does he believe that the later writings are too new or too poor in quality for the instruction and inspiration of our youth. If a science text-book should present the principles of the gas engine and the aeroplane, why should not a literature text offer equally modern material? Such an innova tion has been made in poetry; and the effect of Poetry of the People on classes encourages the editor to attempt a similar innovation in prose. This book, therefore, presents four selections from authors who are living at the present time or who have died recently, on subjects of vital importance to Americans of to-day and to-morrow. Carl Schurz's True Americanism, although the speech was delivered in 1858, nevertheless has present interest because it was far in advance of its time and foreshadowed some principles of twentieth century government. The New South brings now the the same appeal that Henry W. Grady carried to the North in 1886 for a better understanding of the South. John Hay discusses the peace question in a practical way in America's Love of Peace. Although he feels strongly the obstacles in the way of international peace, yet he recites the advances made by the move ment and looks to its ultimate success. Elihu Root shows us in The pan-american Spirit a specific step toward international friendliness. The cumu lative effect of these four selections reveals an Ameri can ideal developed within our nation and reaching out to influence the world. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Author : Simon Sebag Montefiore
Publisher : Quercus Books
ISBN 13 : 9781847240873
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.79/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Speeches that Changed the World written by Simon Sebag Montefiore and published by Quercus Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This gripping audio pack provides genuine historical recordings of 20 of the most significant speeches of the 20th century and is accompanied by a deluxe illustrated book containing the transcripts of these and over 30 other momentous orations from throughout history. Complete with biographies of each speaker and the stories of why the world changed as a result, this is a fascinating history of humanity told through the speeches that shaped it. Includes the audio of: • Neville Chamberlain. 'Peace for our time'. • Winston Churchill. 'I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears and sweat'. • Winston Churchill. 'This was their finest hour'. • Winston Churchill. 'Never … was so much owed by so many to so few'. • Franklin D. Roosevelt. 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself'. • Franklin D. Roosevelt. 'A date which will live in infamy'. • General Douglas MacArthur. 'I have just left your fighting sons in Korea…They are splendid in every way'. • Jawaharlal Nehru. 'At the stroke of the midnight hour… India will awake to life and freedom'. • Nelson Mandela. 'I am the First Accused'. • Nelson Mandela. 'Free at last'. • John F. Kennedy. 'Ask not what our country can do for you'. • John F. Kennedy. 'Ich bin ein Berliner'. • Martin Luther King Jnr. 'I have a dream'. • Martin Luther King Jnr. 'I've seen the promised land'. • Richard M. Nixon. 'There can be no whitewash at the White House'. • Chaim Herzog. 'Hate, ignorance and evil'. • Mother Teresa. 'Love begins at home'. • Ronald Reagan. 'Mr Gorbachev, tear down this wall'. • F.W. de Klerk. 'The time for negotiation has arrived'. • George W. Bush. 'A great people has been moved to defend a great nation'.

Author : Tom Clark
Publisher : Preface Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781848090385
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.82/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Speeches of the 20th Century written by Tom Clark and published by Preface Publishing. This book was released on 2008 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What has happened to the 'art' of speech-writing and speech making? Where are the men and women whose words set the heart racing with passion, turn battles, inspire populations to extraordinary endeavour: 'Ask not what your country can do for you.' 'We shall fight on the beaches.' 'I have a dream.' 'The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.' Quote these words today and they still have the power to stop us in our tracks. This is a book that should be required reading, a book that should be on every bookshelf in the country. Here are fourteen key speeches of the 20th century introduced by prominent figures ranging from F.W. de Klerk and Mikhail Gorbachev to Antony Beevor and Gordon Brown. Winston Churchill: We shall fight on the beaches. Introduced by Simon Schama J.F. Kennedy: Ask not what your country can do for you. Introduced by Kennedy's speech writer Ted Sorensen Nelson Mandela: An ideal for which I am prepared to die. Introduced by F.W. de Klerk Harold Macmillan: No going back. Introduced by Douglas Hurd Franklin D. Roosevelt: The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. Introduced by Gordon Brown Nikita Khrushchev: The cult of the individual. Introduced by Mikhail Gorbachev Emmeline Pankhurst: Freedom or death. Introduced by Germaine Greer Martin Luther King: I have a dream. Introduced by Gary Younge Charles de Gaulle: The flame of French resistance. Introduced by Antony Beevor Margaret Thatcher: The lady's not for turning. Introduced by Simon Jenkins Jawaharlal Nehru: A tryst with destiny. Introduced by Ian Jack Aneurin Bevan: Weapons for squalid and trivial ends. Introduced by Tam Dalyell Earl Spencer: The most hunted person of the modern age. Introduced by Beryl Bainbridge Virginia Woolf: Shakespeare's sister. Introduced by Kate Mosse

Author : Zane Grey
Publisher : e-artnow
ISBN 13 : 8026879155
Total Pages : 20431 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book WILD WEST Boxed Set: 150+ Western Classics in One Volume written by Zane Grey and published by e-artnow. This book was released on 2017-07-30 with total page 20431 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of world's greatest western novels and stories include rip roarin' cowboy adventures, tales of the famous outcasts, the heroes of the Wild West, conniving villains and intriguing sagas: Introduction Story of the Cowboy Story of the Outlaw Novels & Stories Riders of the Purple Sage Saga (Zane Grey) Ohio River Trilogy Dan Barry Series (Max Brand) The Virginian (Owen Wister) Lin McLean Leatherstocking Series (James F. Cooper) Flying U Series (B. M. Bower) Cabin Fever Rimrock Trail (J. Allan Dunn) Breckinridge Elkins Series (Robert E. Howard) In a Hollow of the Hills (Bret Harte) Roughing It (Mark Twain) Outcasts of Poker Flat Call of the Wild (Jack London) Heart of the West (O. Henry) White Fang Wolf Hunters (James Oliver Curwood) Gold Hunters Last of the Plainsmen Border Legion Smoke Bellew Country Beyond Lone Star Ranger Ronicky Doone Trilogy Riders of the Silences Three Partners Man of the Forest Lure of the Dim Trails Tennessee's Partner Covered Wagon (Emerson Hough) Luck of Roaring Camp Rustlers of Pecos County Pike Bearfield Series O Pioneers! (Willa Cather) My Ántonia Log of a Cowboy (Andy Adams) Two-Gun Man (Charles Alden Seltzer) Short Cut (Jackson Gregory) Astoria (Washington Irving) Ungava (R.M. Ballantyne) Valley of Silent Men Black Jack Whispering Smith (Frank H. Spearman) A Texas Cow Boy (Charles Siringo) Trail Horde Golden Dream (Ballantyne) Blue Hotel (Stephen Crane) Long Shadow Girl from Montana (Grace Livingston Hill) Hidden Children (Robert W. Chambers) Where the Trail Divides Desert Trail (Dane Coolidge) Bride Comes to Yellow Sky Hidden Water…