This book provides a wealth of valuable examples of great oratory for writers, speakers, and history aficionados. All from 1.45 New Books from 16.80 Used Books from 1.45 Rare Books from 19. Safire gives an introduction to each speech and provides historical background and oratorical tactics. Editor William Safire has collected a diverse range of speeches from both ancient and modern times, from people of many different backgrounds and political affiliations, and from people on both sides of history's greatest battles and events. Here are more than 200 addresses by figures from Demosthenes to Salman Rushdie that have moved millions-and changed history. Gore decision that changed the landscape of American politics in our time. Reading LEND ME YOUR EARS will not make you a great speaker, but it can give clues as to how and why the power of the spoken word can shake societies to their core. Others generate the unmistakable cachet of greatness right away. Access for Bunker Hill Community College via Ebook Central. George Patton inspiring Allied troops on the eve of D-Day to Pericles's impassioned eulogy for fallen Greek soldiers during the Peloponnesian War and from Jesus of Nazareth's greatest sermons to Ruth Bader Ginsburg's fiery speech in response to the Bush vs. Lincoln felt that his speech at Gettysburg was a failure since it met only polite applause. Lend me your ears : great speeches in history / selected and introduced by William Safire. Speeches in Lend Me Your Ears span a broad stretch of history, from Gen. This third edition of the bestselling collection of classic and modern oratory offers numerous examples of the greatest speeches ever delivered-from the ancient world to the modern. Join us 716 October, 2022 for our upcoming virtual antiquarian book fair Preregister now for Biblio.live and get 10 to use at the fair. From a Pulitzer Prize-winning author, this collection of speeches is "the most valuable kind of book, the kind that benefits mind and heart" (Peggy Noonan). Lend Me Your Ears is a book by British politician Boris Johnson.
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