The Penguin Book of Modern Speeches
Editat de Brian MacArthuren Limba Engleză Paperback – 4 oct 2017
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.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0241982308
Pagini: 672
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 40 mm
Greutate: 0.47 kg
Editura: Penguin Books
Colecția Penguin
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Notă biografică
Brian MacArthur was founder editor of Today and The Times Higher Education Supplement, and editor of the Western Morning News. He was deputy editor of the Sunday Times and executive editor of The Times. He has written Surviving the Sword: Prisoners of the Japanese 1942-1945. He has been interested in the power of oratory since first hearing Aneurin Bevan on the hustings in 1956 and has edited The Penguin Book of Modern Speeches and The Penguin Book of Twentieth-Century Protest. Brian MacArthur lives in Norfolk and London and has two daughters.
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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.
Cuprins
Featuring speeches from figures including:
• Theodore Roosevelt• Mahatma Gandhi
• Winston Churchill
• Franklin Roosevelt
• Martin Luther King Jr.
• John F. Kennedy
• Nelson Mandela
• Ronald Reagan
• Betty Friedan
• Margaret Thatcher
• Queen Elizabeth II
• Bill Clinton
• Barack Obama
• Malala Yousafzai
• Michelle Obama
• Hillary Clinton