Speech category: 462 books
My Twentieth Century Evening and Other Small Breakthroughs
The Nobel Lecture
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2017
The Nobel Lecture in Literature, delivered by Kazuo Ishiguro (The Remains of the Day and When We Were Orphans) at the Swedish Academy in Stockholm, Sweden, on December 7, 2017, in an elegant, clothbound edition.
In their announcement of the 2017 Nobel Prize in Literature, the Swedish Academy...
Informal English
Puncture Ladies, Egg Harbors, Mississippi Marbles, and Other Curious Words and Phrases of North America
Language: English
Release Date: April 25, 2005
Gleaned from antiquated dictionaries, dialect glossaries, studies of folklore, nautical lexicons, historical writings, letters, novels, and miscellaneous sources, Informal English offers a captivating treasure trove of linguistic oddities that will not only entertain but also shed light on America's...
The Inaugural Address, 2009
Together with Abraham Lincoln's First and Second Inaugural Addresses and The Gettysburg Address and Ralph Waldo Emerson's Self-Reliance
Language: English
Release Date: February 4, 2009
Celebrate the inauguration of America's 44th president with this New York Times bestseller
Tying into the official theme for the 2009 inaugural ceremony, "A New Birth of Freedom" from Lincoln's Gettysburg Address, Penguin presents a keepsake edition commemorating the inauguration...
by Suzanne Romaine
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1998
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1998
Taking a cross-disciplinary approach, Suzanne Romaine's main concern is to show how language and discourse play key roles in understanding and communicating gender and culture. In addition to linguistics--which provides the starting point and central focus of the book--she draws on the fields of anthropology,...
by Charles Dickens
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2012
As well as being one of the greatest authors of all time, Charles Dickens was also a prolific orator. This is a collection of some of his most famous speeches, given from 1841 to 1870.
by Hiten Vyas
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
Mindfulness Meditation for People Who Stammer by Dr Hiten Vyas is a quick and easy guide (2627 words) that will help you to learn the following:
* Why mindfulness meditation is good if you stammer.
* How it can help people who stammer reduce anxiety and other unhelpful emotions.
*...
Hazlitt on English Literature
An Introduction the Appreciation of Literature
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2016
The present selection of Hazlitt's critical essays has been planned to serve two important purposes. In the first place it provides the materials for an estimate of the character and scope of Hazlitt's contributions to criticism and so acquaints students with one of the greatest of English critics. And...
by Hiten Vyas
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: March 26, 2013
Are you a person who stammers who suffers from unhelpful thoughts and emotions such as anxiety and worry?
Do you find it hard to relax and still your mind?
If so, Vipassana Meditation For People Who Stammer by Dr Hiten Vyas is the eBook (4605 words) for you.
It will:
*...
by Pablo Devís Márquez
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Language: Spanish
Release Date: May 15, 2017
Aborda este trabajo el estudio de las denominadas comparativas de desigualdad cuya coda se encuentra introducida por la preposición «de» en español actual. La vinculación que muchos han establecido entre estas construcciones y la llamada pseudocomparación exige posicionarse con respecto a este...
Gems from the Top 100 Speeches
A Handy Source of Inspiration for Your Thoughts and Language
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2004
Public speaking is one of the things many fear the most. This fear is justified-Many eyes to look into and many minds to contend with. Thoughts are elusive. The catcher of powerful thoughts-the apt words-are even more elusive. Yet, you do not need to despair. By standing on the shoulders of great...
Speechwriting in the Institutionalized Presidency
Whose Line Is It?
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2018
This book traces the evolution of the speechwriting process for presidents in the White House from the administration of Franklin Roosevelt to the present. While institutionalization of the speechwriting process has often been blamed for bland presidential rhetoric, this book draws out the many varied...
The Serious Business of Small Talk
Becoming Fluent, Comfortable, and Charming
Language: English
Release Date: March 20, 2018
**Small Talk Is the Single Most Important Communication Skill You Can Develop
Carol Fleming wants to show you that small talk is not as “small” as you might think. It's the foundation of every relationship, professional and personal. It is the sound of people reaching out to each other,...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1999
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 1999
In this volume, which simultaneously honors the career contributions of Jean Berko Gleason and provides an overview of a broad and increasingly important research area, a panel of highly productive language researchers share and evaluate methods of eliciting and analyzing language production across...
So Old So Quick
The Memoirs of a New Zealand Medical Pioneer
Language: English
Release Date: May 9, 2014
SO OLD SO QUICK is the story of a remarkable life, told with charm, honesty and insight. It is a book about children, war, Pakeha, Maori, medicine, murder, hunting and horses by someone who first wanted to write and draw but was convinced to become a surgeon. Born in 1918, son of Alice and...