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The penguin book of twentiethcentury speeches is the perfect source book for those engaged in making speeches themselves, for students and for anyone wishing to read precisely what was said during a halfremembered speech. Brian macarthur was founding editor of today and the times higher education supplement, editor of the western morning news, deputy editor of the sunday times and executive editor of the times. May 03, 2012 from moses to nelson mandela, speeches have changed the way we see the world and the way the world is shaped. Buy the penguin book of modern speeches book online at low. Buy the penguin book of historic speeches by brian macarthur from waterstones today. The penguin book of modern speeches brian macarthur. Fantastic offers on quality books, collections, audio cds and more exclusive to book people. Jun, 2016 penguin modern poets series gets 21stcentury relaunch.
The mood has also been buoyed by the resurgence of waterstones, which reported a 5% rise in physical sales in december. This is a lovely collection of penguin clothbound classics i dont have nearly this many. The series is a revival of the 1960s series that ran to 27 titles under the. This definitive collection gathers the most significant speeches of the modern era, from theodore roosevelt and martin luther king jr. Some are well known, others less so, but all helped form the world we now inhabit. The penguin book of historic speeches brian macarthur. This update by macarthur executive editor, the times, previously published as the penguin book of modern speeches, takes an international approach, selecting speeches ranging from theodore roosevelts 1899 doctrine of the strenuous life to president barack obamas 2008 yes we can first inaugural speech. Publication date 1994 topics history, modern, speeches, addresses, etc. The series was begun in 1962 and published an average of two volumes per year throughout the 1960s. Brian macarthur lives in norfolk and london and has two daughters. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. Lots of main players from the 20th century including lloyd george, roosevelt, lenin, trotsky,ghandi,churchill, chamberlain, bevan, thatcher, reagan, benn, and many many more right up to may and trump, a great collection of speeches right across the spectrum. Ghost in the machine living under a rock modern metropolis penguin books book images secret life hand coloring watercolor paintings watercolour.
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