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How the World Works by Noam Chomsky
RRP: $21.92$15.84The essential guide to Chomsky and his brilliant ideas on the global state of affairsAn extraordinary collection of Chomsky's speeches and his interviews with David Barsamian, edited by Arthur Naiman. With exceptional clarity and power of argument, Noam... -
Can the Monster Speak?: Report to an Academy of Psychoanalysts by Paul Preciado 9781913097585
RRP: $11.60$7.84In November 2019, Paul B. Preciado was invited to speak in front of 3,500 psychoanalysts at the Ecole de la Cause Freudienne's annual conference in Paris. Standing up in front of the profession for whom he is a 'mentally ill person' suffering from... -
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference: Illustrated Edition by Greta Thunberg
RRP: $5.15$4.05The history-making, ground-breaking speeches of Greta Thunberg, the young activist who has become the voice of a generation'Everything needs to change. And it has to start today' In August 2018 a fifteen-year-old Swedish girl, Greta Thunberg, decided not... -
The Penguin Book of Modern Speeches by Brian MacArthur
RRP: $19.34$14.13From Theodore Roosevelt to Barack Obama, discover the most significant speeches of the modern era!Whether it was Churchill rousing the British to take up arms or the dream of Martin Luther King, Fidel Castro inspiring the Cuban revolution or Barack Obama... -
Outspoken: 50 Speeches by Incredible Women from Boudicca to Michelle Obama by Deborah Coughlin
RRP: $24.50$17.56History didn't listen to women, but that never stopped them from speaking out ...A lot of history is made up of speeches. Speeches about big ideas, celebratory speeches, rousing speeches to inspire soldiers to fight to the death, comic speeches to help... -
She Speaks: Women's Speeches That Changed the World, from Boudica to Greta by Yvette Cooper
RRP: $11.60$7.84Fully updated with new preface and five new speeches for paperback edition.A Guardian Book of the Year.Looking at lists of the greatest speeches of all time, you might think that powerful oratory is the preserve of men. But the truth is very different -... -
The Lesser Declamations: v. 2 by Quintilian
RRP: $32.19$29.57Mock trial-Roman style.The Lesser Declamations, dating perhaps from the second century AD and attributed to Quintilian, might more accurately be described as emanating from "the school of Quintilian." The collection-here made available for the first... -
Speeches That Changed the World by Quercus
RRP: $14.18$9.55From 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... -
History's Greatest Speeches by James Daley 9780486497396
RRP: $10.95$5.60Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486497396Author James DaleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 178gDimensions(mm)... -
Warning to the West by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
RRP: $11.60$8.32'Can one part of humanity learn from the bitter experience of another or can it not? Is it possible or impossible to warn someone of danger...to assess soberly the worldwide menace that threatens to swallow the whole world?I was swallowed myself. I have... -
Socrates' Defence by Plato
RRP: $3.87$3.21'I'll stop doing it as soon as I understand what I'm doing.'Somewhere between a historical account and work of philosophy, Socrates' Defence details the final plea of Plato's beloved mentor.Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th... -
Annihilation Of Caste: With A Reply To Mahatma Gandhi by Dr Ambedkar 9789354206337
RRP: $11.61$10.26Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789354206337Author Dr AmbedkarFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Lector HousePublisher Lector HouseWeight(grams) 132gDimensions(mm) 234mm * 156mm * 5mm -
Art Matters by Neil Gaiman
RRP: $10.31$7.64Seize the day in the name of art. This creative call to arms from the mind of Neil Gaiman combines his extraordinary words with deft and striking illustrations by Chris Riddell. 'Like a bedtime story for the rest of your life, this is a book to live by... -
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... -
A Message from Ukraine by Volodymyr Zelensky
RRP: $12.89$9.17'Remarkable' The Times'Inspiring' Caroline Lucas 'Compelling' Observer'A masterpiece' Paul MasonPresident Volodymyr Zelensky's message to the world - a rallying cry for us all to stand up, support Ukraine and fight for democracyThe words of a man. The... -
WOLFPACK: How to Come Together, Unleash Our Power and Change the Game by Abby Wambach
RRP: $14.18$9.55THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Based on her inspiring, viral 2018 commencement speech to Barnard College's graduates in New York City, New York Times bestselling author, two-time Olympic gold medallist and FIFA World Cup champion Abby Wambach delivers... -
Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat: Winston Churchill's Famous Speeches by Winston Churchill
RRP: $16.76$11.73The most eloquent and expressive statesman of his time - phrases such as 'iron curtain', 'business as usual', 'the few', and 'summit meeting' passed quickly into everyday use - Winston Churchill used language as his most powerful weapon at a time when... -
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'... -
Speeches of Note: A celebration of the old, new and unspoken by Shaun Usher
RRP: $32.25$24.79______________________A richly illustrated and wonderfully eclectic collection of THE WORLD'S GREATEST SPEECHES - THE OLD, THE NEW AND THE UNSPOKEN - from the author of the international bestseller, Letters of Note. Discover speeches that altered the... -
Pro Caelio by Marcus Tullius Cicero
RRP: $32.19$29.57Three postconsular speeches.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 ... -
Art Matters by Neil Gaiman 9781472260086
RRP: $14.18$9.55A creative call to arms from the mind of Neil Gaiman, combining his extraordinary words with deft and striking illustrations by Chris Riddell. Art Matters will inspire its readers to seize the day in the name of art. 'Like a bedtime story for the rest of... -
Dare to be Different: Inspirational Words from People Who Changed the World by Ben Brooks
RRP: $25.80$15.54A new book that will inspire children, by the global bestselling author of Stories for Boys Who Dare to be Different.The words in Dare to be Different have great power.Ben Brooks has brought together 100 people who have all in some way or another used... -
The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction by Neil Gaiman
RRP: $19.34$12.64'Gaiman is god in the universe of story' Stephen Fry 'A perfect antidote to cynicism and a paean to the power of reading' Observer--- 'Literature does not occur in a vacuum. It cannot be a monologue. It has to be a conversation' This collection will draw... -
Very Good Lives: The Fringe Benefits of Failure and the Importance of Imagination by J. K. Rowling
RRP: $16.76$11.09In 2008, J.K. Rowling delivered a deeply affecting commencement speech at Harvard University. Now published for the first time in book form, Very Good Lives offers J.K. Rowling's words of wisdom for anyone at a turning point in life, asking the profound... -
Ain't I A Woman? by Sojourner Truth
RRP: $10.31$7.47'I am a woman's rights. I have plowed and reaped and husked and chopped and mowed, and can any man do more than that? I am as strong as any man that is now'A former slave and one of the most powerful orators of her time, Sojourner Truth fought for the... -
Speaking Out: Lectures and Speeches 1937-58 by Albert Camus
RRP: $14.18$10.02A new collection of Albert Camus' most brilliant speeches and lectures'Freedom is dangerous, as hard to live as it is exalting...'This definitive new collection of Albert Camus' public speeches and lectures gives a compelling insight into one of the... -
Voices of History: Speeches that Changed the World by Simon Sebag Montefiore
RRP: $12.89$8.77A new, updated edition including new speeches from Queen Elizabeth II and John Boyega in the year 2020.This collection of extraordinary speeches ranges from ancient times to the twenty-first century. Some are heroic and inspiring; some diabolical and... -
Wedding Readings and Poems by Becky Brown
RRP: $12.89$8.27Offering indispensable inspiration for wedding readings, this gorgeous compilation of writing on love and marriage is also the perfect gift for couples and wedding guests alike.Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library; a series of stunning, clothbound,... -
50 Speeches That Made the Modern World: Famous Speeches from Women's Rights to Human Rights by Chambers
RRP: $25.80$18.51Throughout history, great speeches have produced great change. From inciting violence and asserting control to restoring peace and securing freedom, nothing has the raw emotional power of a speech delivered at the right moment, in the right place, with... -
Great Queer Speeches: LGBTQ+ voices that inspire and empower by Tea Uglow
RRP: $16.76$12.29Discover the inspiring voices that have changed our world, and started a new conversation, with speeches from Olly Alexander, Sir Elton John, Alison Bechdel, and more. A sister title to Great Women's Speeches (2021), and the pocket edition of Loud and... -
Defence Speeches by Cicero
RRP: $14.18$10.02'But I must stop now. I can no longer speak for tears - and my client has ordered that tears are not to be used in his defence.' Cicero (106-43 BC) was the greatest orator of the ancient world: he dominated the Roman courts, usually appearing for the... -
The Great British Speeches by Simon Heffer
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;... -
The Penguin Book of Historic Speeches by Brian MacArthur
RRP: $19.34$14.13From Moses to Nelson Mandela, speeches have changed the way we see the world and the way the world is shaped.The Penguin Book of Historic Speeches gathers together the world's greatest speeches, bringing together the words of over one hundred men and... -
The Platinum Queen: Over 75 Speeches Given by Britain's Longest-Reigning Monarch by Jennie Bond
RRP: $25.80$17.88***Published in honour of our late Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee, The Platinum Queen presents seven decades of world history through the words of Britain's longest-reigning monarch: over 256 exquisitely designed pages, packed with 130 photos and... -
Remarkable Minds: A Celebration of the Reith Lectures by BBC Radio 4
RRP: $16.76$11.09IDEAS THAT HAVE THE POWER TO CHANGE THE WORLDThe best of an extraordinary 70 year archive, gathered in one volume for the first time. The prestigious BBC Reith Lectures have been enriching the world with new ideas since 1948. Every year, a world-leading... -
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference: Illustrated Edition by 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,... -
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... -
Pro Archia by Marcus Tullius Cicero
RRP: $32.19$29.57Defense 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,... -
The Dialectics of Liberation by Mr David Cooper
RRP: $20.63$17.69The 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$10.87Apologies 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,...