Elizabeth I, the pious yet ruthless queen, was also an immensely gifted writer who received one of the finest humanist educations of her day. This volume is the first to bring together her many letters, speeches, prayers, and poems, revealing her brilliance as both a monarch and a dazzling writer of the English Renaissance.
Selected Historical Documents to Accompany America's History: To 1877 by David L. Carlton, ISBN 0312193882
Designed to accompany Henretta et al.'s America's History, Fourth Edition, this inclusive two-volume collection of class-tested primary sources--including speeches, letters, legislation, poems, and political cartoons--can be used in any American history survey course to bring a rich array of voices, and outlooks into the classroom. Representing American and foregin perspectives, accounts from famous individuals and lesser-known historical actors, this collection teaches students about our political, social, economic, and cultural history, while helping them understand the historical context for America's global prominence. Headnotes and critical reading questions aid students in connecting the individual source to broader themes and topics in the survey course.
Selected Historical Documents to Accompany America's History: To 1877 by David L. Carlton, ISBN 0312193882
EPA Speeches > Selected Historical Documents to Accompany America's History: To 1877 by David L. Carlton, ISBN 0312193882
Representative American Speeches 2005-2006
Representative American Speeches 2005-2006
EPA Speeches > Representative American Speeches 2005-2006
Nobel Lectures in Literature, 1968-1980 by S. Allen, ISBN 9810211759
Equally important to our understanding of history and humanity are the great works of literature. The Nobel Prize for literature recognises modern classics and the efforts of authors to bridge gaps between different cultures, time-periods and styles; the prizewinners between 1968 and 1995 are from four continents.
These volumes are collections of the Nobel lectures delivered by the prizewinners, together with their biographies, portraits and presentation speeches for the period 1968 - 1995. Each Nobel lecture is based on the work that won the laureate his prize. New biographical data of the laureates, since they were awarded the Nobel prize, are also included. These volumes of inspiring lectures by outstanding individuals should be on everyone's bookshelf.
Nobel Lectures in Literature, 1968-1980 by S. Allen, ISBN 9810211759
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Companion: Quotations from the Speeches, Essays, and Books of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Coretta Scott King, ISBN 0312199902
Let freedom ring from every hill
and molehill of Mississippi. From
every mountaintop, let freedom
ring. --Martin Luther King, Jr.
From the dusty back roads of Montgomery, Alabama, to the legendary March on Washington, D.C., Martin Luther King, Jr., brought a stirring message of peace, equality, and justice to a divided people. He aspired only to be a Baptist minister, but by the time he was tragically assassinated in 1968 at the age of thirty-nine, he had led a movement that destroyed segregation in the South, and he had won the Nobel Prize for Peace.
Now, a quarter century after his death, his words are as significant and moving as they were in the 1960s. Watts burns today as it did then; issues of race, justice and human dignity are still the most critical problems facing our nation. This handsome quotation book represents the finest of the Reverend King's words; it is a classic volume compiled from his essays, lectures, and speeches by his wife, Coretta Scott King. Excerpts...
The Martin Luther King, Jr. Companion: Quotations from the Speeches, Essays, and Books of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Coretta Scott King, ISBN 0312199902
EPA Speeches > The Martin Luther King, Jr. Companion: Quotations from the Speeches, Essays, and Books of Martin Luther King, Jr. by Coretta Scott King, ISBN 0312199902
1000 Years of English Royalty: William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II by Richard Hampton, ISBN 1572702621
This look at the public and private lives of British royal families brings the English monarchs to life through their diaries and speeches and through observations by their contemporaries. Abridged.
1000 Years of English Royalty: William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II by Richard Hampton, ISBN 1572702621
EPA Speeches > 1000 Years of English Royalty: William the Conqueror to Elizabeth II by Richard Hampton, ISBN 1572702621
In Our Own Words: Extraordinary Speeches of the American Century by Robert Torricelli, ISBN 1568362919
In Our Own Words: Extraordinary Speeches of the American Century by Robert Torricelli, ISBN 1568362919
EPA Speeches > In Our Own Words: Extraordinary Speeches of the American Century by Robert Torricelli, ISBN 1568362919