Speeches

The Spirit of Japan (1916) is a speech by Rabindranath Tagore. Published after he received the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature, The Spirit of Japan ...

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR For all those who believe in the politics of principle and hope this a wond...

Cicero (106-43BC) was the most brilliant orator in Classical history. Even one of the men who authorized his assassination, the Emperor Octavian, a...

[Wolpert and Kapparis's] anthology . . . stands apart in a number of key ways. Virtually all of the translations, which are of very high quality, a...

Writers in Conversation compiles Christopher Bigsby's interviews with the world's greatest writers from a decade of the Arthur Miller Centre's Inte...

Writers in Conversation compiles Christopher Bigsbys interviews with the worlds greatest writers from over a decade of the Arthur Miller Centres In...

The first essay collection from one of the most acclaimed writers of our time. This trenchant, unrepentant collection remind...

Eulogy on King Philip (1836) is a speech by William Apes. An indentured servant, soldier, minister, and activist, Apes lived an uncommonly rich lif...

In these essays and speeches Michael Collins spelled out his vision for the future of Ireland, as well as his analysis of its past. Some of them ar...

In honor of the fiftieth anniversary of Robert Francis Kennedys death, an inspiring collection of his most famous speeches accompanied by commentar...

Selected from a diverse field of speakers and venues, this volume offers some of the most engaging American speeches of the year.Distinguished by i...