The Penguin Book of Modern Speeches
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- $18.99
Publisher Description
From 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 on Selma and the meaning of America, speeches have profoundly influenced the way we see ourselves and society.
Gathered here are some of the most extraordinary and memorable speeches of the last century - from Lenin to Reagan, Thatcher to Malala. Some are well known, others less so, but all helped form the world we now inhabit.
Great Speeches of the 20th Century
2014
The American crisis, and a letter to Sir Guy Carleton, on the murder of Captain Huddy, and the intended retaliation on Captain Asgill, of the Guards. By Thomas Paine,
1796
Great Speeches by African Americans
2012
The Complete Writings of Bhagat Singh (Indian Masterpieces)
2019
What to the Slave is the 4th of July? - Unabridged
2020
Great Speeches by Frederick Douglass
2013