Brian MacArthur

*FULLY REVISED AND UPDATED* 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.

The Penguin Book of Modern Speeches

The Penguin Book of Historic Speeches

Gathers speeches by modern leaders and writers, including Theodore Roosevelt, Mahatma Gandhi, Joseph Stalin, Winston Churchill, Fidel Castro, John F. Kennedy, Nelson Mandela, Mario Cuomo, and Salman Rushdie.

The Penguin Book of Twentieth-century Speeches

Collects essays, reflections, poems, and funerary tributes to Diana, Princess of Wales, by commentators, writers, and those who knew her

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