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Great LGBTQ+ Speeches: Empowering Voices That Engage And Inspire by Tea Uglow 9780711275010
RRP: $12.89$8.77Learn all about the fight for LGBTQ+ rights with this striking collection of impactful speeches. Discover the inspiring voices that have changed our world, and started a new conversation. Great LGBTQ+ Speeches is a pioneering collection of over 40... -
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference: Illustrated Edition Greta Thunberg 9780241453445
RRP: $19.34$14.13A new expanded and illustrated edition of the history-making speeches of Greta Thunberg, the young activist who has become the voice of a generation'We are the change and change is coming' In August 2018 a fifteen-year-old Swedish girl, Greta Thunberg,... -
The Dialectics of Liberation by Mr David Cooper
$20.87The now legendary Dialectics of Liberation congress, held in London in 1967, was a unique expression of the politics of dissent. Existential psychiatrists, Marxist intellectuals, anarchists, and political leaders met to discuss key social issues... -
Lost Time: Lectures On Proust In A Soviet Prison Camp by Eric Karpeles
RRP: $15.47$10.32Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681372587Author Eric KarpelesFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint The New York Review of Books, IncPublisher The New York Review of Books,... -
Selected Political Speeches by Cicero
RRP: $14.18$10.02Amid the corruption and power struggles of the collapse of the Roman Republic, Cicero (106-43BC) produced some of the most stirring and eloquent speeches in history. A statesman and lawyer, he was one of the only outsiders to penetrate the aristocratic... -
The Great British Speeches Simon Heffer 9780857383273
RRP: $16.76$11.0950 speeches from every period of British history from the medieval era to the present and a fascinating dip-in history title that will both inspire readers and give them a greater understanding of British history. The speechmakers are: King Henry V;... -
Essays Lydia Davis 9780241371473
RRP: $25.80$18.95From the International Man Booker Prize-winning author of Can't and Won't and The End of the Story - a crystalline collection of literary essays for fans of Susan Sontag and Joan Didion'She's a joy. There's no writer quite like her' Ali Smith 'Among my... -
Armageddon in Retrospect by Kurt Vonnegut
RRP: $14.18$4.53First published on the anniversary of Kurt Vonnegut's death, Armageddon in Retrospect is a collection of twelve new writings - a fitting tribute to the author, and an essential contribution to the discussion of war, peace and humanity's tendency towards... -
RFK: His Words for Our Times by Robert Francis Kennedy 9780062834140
RRP: $15.47$10.14In honor of the fiftieth anniversary of Robert Francis Kennedy's death, an inspiring collection of his most famous speeches accompanied by commentary from notable historians and public figures.Twenty-five years after Bobby Kennedy was assassinated, RFK:... -
If This Isn't Nice, What Is? by Kurt Vonnegut
RRP: $19.34$12.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781609806101Author Kurt VonnegutFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Seven Stories Press,U.S.Publisher Seven Stories Press,U.S. -
Selected Speeches by Demosthenes
RRP: $16.76$11.73'Even if everyone else succumbs to slavery, we must still fight for our freedom.' Admired by many in the ancient world as the greatest of the classic Athenian orators, Demosthenes was intimately involved in the political events of his day. As well as... -
Rules of Engagement Tim Collins 9780755313754
RRP: $14.18$9.55From the moment Tim Collins's speech to his men in Iraq was made public, this soldier and thinker became a hero and an inspiration to world leaders and infantrymen alike. To a public suspicious about the motives for war, he offered some explanation for... -
How to Apologise for Killing a Cat: Rhetoric and the Art of Persuasion by Guy Doza
RRP: $21.92$14.29'Most books on persuasion teach the few how to sway the many. With wit and vim, Guy has given us something else: an X-ray into the tactics of those trying to change our minds and behaviour.' - Stephen Krupin, former speechwriter for Barack Obama When... -
A Message from Ukraine by Volodymyr Zelensky 9781804943878
RRP: $10.31$7.47The words of a man. The message of a people.Bringing together a new introduction by Volodymyr Zelensky with his most powerful war speeches, this book recounts Ukraine's war through the words of its president. It is the story of a people valiantly... -
Pro Caecina, etc. by Marcus Tullius Cicero
RRP: $32.19$30.17The ascending statesman.Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106-43 BC), Roman lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era that saw the rise, dictatorship, and death of Julius... -
Pro Archia by Marcus Tullius Cicero
RRP: $32.19$30.17Defense of a poet, and five speeches from after exile.Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106-43 BC), Roman lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era that saw the rise,... -
Speeches That Changed Our Times: From 1945 to the Present by Carlo Batà 9788854420403
RRP: $32.25$23.19The history of humankind has always been marked by natural catastrophes, migrations, discoveries, revolutions, and wars. But there have also been speeches that marked an era; instilling hope in crucial moments, reawakening the collective conscience of a... -
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg 9780241514573
RRP: $10.31$7.47In twenty short books, Penguin brings you the classics of the environmental movement.No One is Too Small to Make a Difference collects Greta Thunberg's history-making speeches, from addresses at climate rallies around the world audiences at the UN, the... -
Speeches That Changed the World Quercus 9781529416053
RRP: $25.80$17.22From calls to arms to demands for peace, and from cries of freedom to words of inspiration, this stirring anthology captures the voices of prophets and politicians, rebels and tyrants, soldiers and statesman, placing them in historical context.With over... -
Women Hold Up Half the Sky: Selected Speeches of Nicola Sturgeon by Robert Davidson 9781913207601 [USED COPY]
RRP: $20.63$4.72The first woman to be elected First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon's impact on the future of Scotland and the United Kingdom makes her words essential reading. Independently selected by editor Robert Davidson, this collection of speeches... -
Women Hold Up Half the Sky: Selected Speeches of Nicola Sturgeon Robert Davidson 9781913207601
RRP: $20.63$14.98The first woman to be elected First Minister of Scotland, Nicola Sturgeon's impact on the future of Scotland and the United Kingdom makes her words essential reading. Independently selected by editor Robert Davidson, this collection of speeches... -
In Defence of the Republic by Cicero
RRP: $14.18$10.02Cicero (106-43BC) was the most brilliant orator in Classical history. Even one of the men who authorized his assassination, the Emperor Octavian, admitted to his grandson that Cicero was: 'an eloquent man, my boy, eloquent and a lover of his country'... -
Murder Trials by Cicero
RRP: $19.34$14.13Cicero's speeches "In Defence of Sextus Roscius of Amerina," "In Defence of Aulus Cluentius Habitus," "In Defence of Gaius Rabirius," "Note on the Speeches in Defence of Caelius and Milo," and "In Defence of King Deiotarus" provide insight into Roman... -
If Not Critical by Eric Griffiths
RRP: $48.36$48.25Eric Griffiths delivered hundreds of lectures at the Faculty of English in Cambridge, yet his lectures were never turned into books. If Not Critical brings together ten lectures, published here for the first time, that offer a representative selection of... -
Congratulations, by the way by George Saunders
RRP: $12.89$9.17'We're lucky to have him' Jonathan Franzen 'A morally passionate, serious writer' Zadie Smith 'Here's something I know to be true, although it's a little corny, and I don't quite know what to do with it: What I regret most in my life are failures of... -
Philippics 1-6 by Marcus Tullius Cicero
RRP: $32.19$30.17Invectives against Antony.Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106-43 BC), Roman advocate, orator, politician, poet, and philosopher, about whom we know more than we do of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era that saw the rise, dictatorship, and death of... -
Movie Quotes for All Occasions: Unforgettable Lines for Life's Biggest Moments by James Scheibli 9781633536630
RRP: $16.76$14.94Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent by Margaret Busby
RRP: $42.56$28.08Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062912985Author Margaret BusbyFormat HardbackPage Count 1056Imprint CollinsPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams) 1315gDimensions(mm) 234mm... -
We Will All Go Down Fighting to the End by Winston Churchill
RRP: $10.31$7.47'Wars are not won by evacuations''We can take it!''Westward look, the land is bright'This collection of speeches from one of the great modern orators includes Churchill's famous words on the declaration of war with Germany, as well as his rousing call to... -
In Catilinam: Bks. I-IV: Pro Murena: Pro Sulla: Pro Flacco by Marcus Tullius Cicero
RRP: $32.19$30.17The statesman at the height of his powers.Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106-43 BC), Roman lawyer, orator, politician and philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era that saw the rise,... -
Great TED Talks: Innovation: An unofficial guide with words of wisdom from 100 TED speakers by Neil C. Hughes
RRP: $12.89$8.57This unofficial compilation reviews the 100 best TED talks about innovation from great minds worldwide. With quirky graphics and memorable quotes, Great TED Talks: Innovation will challenge your thinking, open your mind to new perspectives,... -
Fragmentary Speeches Cicero 9780674997622
RRP: $32.19$30.17Incomplete but invaluable excerpts from otherwise lost orations.Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106–43 BC), Roman advocate, orator, politician, poet, and philosopher, about whom we know more than we do of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era that saw... -
We Are the Change We Seek by E.J. Dionne Jr.
RRP: $16.76$11.73'Change will not come if we wait for some other person or some other time. We are the ones we've been waiting for. We are the change we seek' In his speeches as president, Barack Obama had the power to move people from all over the world as few... -
Apologia. Florida. De Deo Socratis by Apuleius
RRP: $32.19$30.17Oratory and philosophy from a Latin novelist.Apuleius, one of the great stylists of Latin literature, was born ca. AD 125 in Madauros to a politically prominent family and received an elite education in the provincial capital Carthage and at Athens,... -
Great Scottish Speeches: Volume 2 by David Torrance 9781908373632
RRP: $21.92$16.09What makes a speech great? In this second volume of Great Scottish Speeches, more than 60 speeches made by Scots or by others in Scotland have been drawn together, not necessarily for their heart-stopping eloquence (although many have that), but as a... -
The Pocket Book of Great Irish Speeches: Inspiring and Provocative Speeches from 1782 - Today by Tony Potter 9780717172917
RRP: $9.02$6.62Some of the finest speeches ever made have been spoken in Ireland. This book highlights 45 eminent and influential speeches, from Robert Emmet's defiant speech from the dock on the eve of his execution, to Panti Bliss's passionate 21st century oratory in... -
I'm Not Here to Give a Speech by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
RRP: $12.89$9.17Penguin presents I'm Not Here to Give a Speech, the complete speeches of Nobel laureate and beloved novelist Gabriel Garcia Marquez collected and published in English for the first time.Gabriel Garcia Marquez has charmed generations of readers with his... -
Seeking the North Star: Selected Speeches by John Silber 9781567925074
RRP: $28.37$25.84Here are speeches, essays, and articles from them man who turned Boston University into a major educational institution. John Silber speaks as an educator, parent, philosophical leader, and political observer and participant (Ahead in the polls, he... -
Works: v. 5 by Demosthenes
RRP: $32.19$30.17The preeminent orator of ancient Athens.Demosthenes (384-322 BC), orator at Athens, was a pleader in law courts who later became also a statesman, champion of the past greatness of his city and the present resistance of Greece to Philip of Macedon's... -
100 Speeches That Changed the World by Colin Salter 9780789339973
RRP: $19.32$16.63The history of the world as witnessed through the most inspiring, rousing, and memorable speeches ever given.Throughout history, passionate orators have rallied nations, challenged accepted beliefs, and changed the course of history. Colin Salter has...