Speeches
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Just Before Dark
$18.99 Add to cartJim Harrison’s essays and articles have been selected from twenty-five years of work, from venues as diverse as PLAYBOY, THE NATION, OUTSIDE, and the AMERICAN POETRY REVIEW. They explore the passions
- Author: Harrison, Jim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 01 1999
- ISBN10: 061800193X
- Language: English
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The World Is Waiting for You: Graduation Speeches to Live by from Activists, Writers, and Visionaries
$22.15 Read moreInspiring commencement speeches from Wynton Marsalis, Toni Morrison, Gloria Steinem, and others: “The perfect gift for grads-to-be” (O, The Oprah Magazine).
“The voices of conformity speak so loudly.- Author: Grove, Tara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: April 01 2015
- ISBN10: 1620970902
- Language: English
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And Yet…: Essays
$19.99 Add to cartThe seminal, uncollected essays–lauded as “dazzling” (The New York Times Book Review)–by the late Christopher Hitchens, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller God Is Not Great, showcase the noto… [more below]
- Author: Hitchens, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: October 25 2016
- ISBN10: 147677207X
- Language: English
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Outwrite: The Speeches That Shaped LGBTQ Literary Culture
$29.95 Read moreThis collection gives readers a front-row seat to a pivotal moment in LGBTQ literary history with twenty-seven of the most memorable speeches from the 1990-1999 OutWrite conferences, including talks f… [more below]
- Author: Enszer, Julie R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 342
- Publish Date: March 18 2022
- ISBN10: 1978828039
- Language: English
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Selected Works (Cicero, Marcus Tullius)
$17.00 Add to cartCollecting the most incisive and influential writings of one of Rome’s finest orators, Cicero’s Selected Works is translated with an introduction by Michael Grant in Penguin Classics.
Lawyer, philosoph… [more below]- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Cicero, Marcus Tullius
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 30 1960
- ISBN10: 0140440992
- Language: English
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Ain’t I a Woman?
$13.00 Add to cartA collection of Sojourner Truth’s iconic words, including her famous speech at the 1851 Women’s Rights Convention in Akron, Ohio
A former slave and one of the most powerful orators of her time, Sojour- Series: Penguin Great Ideas
- Author: Truth, Sojourner
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 112
- Publish Date: June 08 2021
- ISBN10: 0241472369
- Language: English
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New Weathers: Poetics from the Naropa Archive: Lectures from the Naropa Archive
$27.95 Add to cartA collection of lectures transcribed from the audio archives of Naropa University’s Summer Writing Program that represent a continuing lineage of experimental literary movements.
New Weathers asks us … [more below]
- Author: Waldman, Anne
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1643621475
- Language: English
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Selected Writings and Speeches of Marcus Garvey
$6.00 Add to cartOne of the most important and controversial figures in the history of race relations in America and the world at large, Marcus Garvey was the first great black orator of the twentieth century. The Jam
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Garvey, Marcus
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 194
- Publish Date: January 11 2005
- ISBN10: 0486437876
- Language: English
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Great Speeches by Native Americans
$6.00 Read moreRemarkable for their eloquence, depth of feeling, and oratorical mastery, these 82 compelling speeches encompass five centuries of Indian encounters with nonindigenous people. Beginning with a 1540 re
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Blaisdell, Bob
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 20 2000
- ISBN10: 0486411222
- Language: English
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The View from the Cheap Seats: Selected Nonfiction
$22.99 Read moreAn enthralling collection of nonfiction essays on a myriad of topics–from art and artists to dreams, myths, and memories–observed in #1 New York Times bestselling author Neil Gaiman’s probing, amusi
- Author: Gaiman, Neil
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: May 16 2017
- ISBN10: 0062262270
- Language: English
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The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations
$30.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – Here is the Nobel Prize winner in her own words: a rich gathering of her most important essays and speeches, spanning four decades that “speaks to today’s social and political mo… [more below]
- Author: Morrison, Toni
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: February 12 2019
- ISBN10: 0525521038
- Language: English
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Self-Reliance, and Other Essays
$7.00 Add to cartSix essays and one address outline Emerson’s moral idealism and hint at later scepticism. In addition to title essay, this volume includes “History,” “Friendship,” “The Over-Soul,” “The Poet” and “Exp… [more below]
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Emerson, Ralph Waldo
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 13 1993
- ISBN10: 0486277909
- Language: English
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Great Speeches by African Americans: Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Barack Obama, and Others
$7.00 Add to cartTracing the struggle for freedom and civil rights across two centuries, this anthology comprises speeches by Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, W. E. B. Du Bois, Martin Luther King, Jr., and other i… [more below]
- Series: Dover Thrift Editions
- Author: Daley, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: April 28 2006
- ISBN10: 0486447618
- Language: English
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To Speak a Defiant Word: Sermons and Speeches on Justice and Transformation
$35.00 Read moreTwenty-five years of writings by the religious thinker and activist Pauli Murray
A Seminary Coop Notable Book of 2023 The religious thought and activism that shaped the late twentieth century is typ- Author: Murray, Pauli
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: August 01 2023
- ISBN10: 0300268068
- Language: English
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Blackbirds Singing: Inspiring Black Women’s Speeches from the Civil War to the Twenty-First Century
$27.99 Add to cartAn uplifting collection of speeches by African American women, curated by the civil and human rights activist, scholar, and author
When Mary Ann Shadd Cary–the first Black woman publisher in North Am
- Author: Bell, Janet Dewart
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 16, 2024
- ISBN10: 1620976285
- Language: English
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Create Dangerously: The Power and Responsibility of the Artist
$9.00 Read moreA call to arms for artists, in particular those who came from an immigrant background, like he did. – “To create today means to create dangerously. Every publication is a deliberate act, and that act … [more below]
- Author: Camus, Albert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 64
- Publish Date: October 29 2019
- ISBN10: 1984897381
- Language: English
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Words Are My Matter: Writings on Life and Books
$18.99 Add to cartA collection of essays on life and literature, from one of the most iconic authors and astute critics in contemporary letters.
Words Are My Matter is essential reading: a collection of talks, essays, … [more below]
- Author: Le Guin, Ursula K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: 22-Oct-19
- ISBN10: 0358212103
- Language: English
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The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations
$19.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – Here is the Nobel Prize winner in her own words: a rich gathering of her most important essays and speeches, spanning four decades that “speaks to today’s social and political mo… [more below]
- Series: Vintage International
- Author: Morrison, Toni
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: January 14 2020
- ISBN10: 0525562796
- Language: English
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The Constitution of the United States and Other Patriotic Documents
$35.00 Add to cartPRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA!
A collection of some of the most important documents and speeches that have shaped America, with commentary and insights from Fox News star and author of the #
- Author: Jarrett, Gregg
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 0063275384
- Language: English
