21 Speeches That Shaped Our World

Author : Chris Abbott
Publisher : Random House
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2010-08-05
Category : History
ISBN : 9781407063232

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21 Speeches That Shaped Our World by Chris Abbott Pdf

In this fascinating book, Chris Abbott, a leading political analyst, takes a close look at 21 key speeches which have shaped the world today. He examines the power of the arguments embedded in these speeches to inspire people to achieve great things, or do great harm. Abbott draws upon his political expertise to explain how our current understanding of the world is rooted in pivotal moments of history. These moments are captured in the words of a range of influential speakers including: Emmeline Pankhurst, Martin Luther King, Jr, Enoch Powell, Napoleon Beazley, Kevin Rudd, Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Ronald Reagan, George W. Bush, Osama bin Laden, Margaret Beckett, Winston Churchill, Salvador Allende, Margaret Thatcher, Tony Blair, Tim Collins, Mohandas Gandhi, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Robin Cook and Barack Obama. The speeches in this book are arranged thematically, linked by concepts such as 'might is right', 'with us or against us' and 'give peace a chance'. Each transcript is accompanied by an insightful commentary that analyses how the words relate to our modern society. Fresh and relevant, this is a book that will make you stop in your tracks and think about what is really happening in the world today.

Author : Malcolm MacLachlan,Joanne McVeigh
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 340 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-03-29
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9783030501761

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Macropsychology by Malcolm MacLachlan,Joanne McVeigh Pdf

This volume argues for the development of a macro perspective within psychology that more effectively incorporates social structures, systems, policies, and institutions. The book emphasizes how social structures and systems can ultimately promote, or erode, psychological wellbeing. Macropsychology is concerned with “understanding up,” or how we can influence the settings and conditions of the society in which we live. Psychology has traditionally been more interested in “understanding down,” that is, with the behaviour of individuals and groups; in inter-psychic and intra-psychic and in neurological and biological processes. This volume argues that psychology can more effectively contribute at the macro or societa level, by addressing grand challenges and global goals, using big data, and intervening at the population level.Bringing together social, organizational, cultural, and health psychology research, the book demonstrates a broad range of areas benefitting from a macropsychology perspective, particularly areas integral to the realization of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Contributors address the value of macropsychological perspectives in addressing sub-topics such as: Mental health Personality traits and social structure Disability rights Food systems Humanitarian work psychology Macropsychology: A Population Science for Sustainable Development Goals aims to recognise and give impetus to a neglected perspective within psychology, and to inspire a paradigm-widening within the field of psychology, facilitating greater involvement with social justice and human rights.

Author : IFEANYI ENOCH ONUOHA
Publisher : AuthorHouse
Page : 133 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 2011-12-09
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9781467041256

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Overcoming the Challenges of Life by IFEANYI ENOCH ONUOHA Pdf

In life, there is a summons that is often threatening, provocative, and stimulating; a hard nut to crack that tries to dash our hope and defeat our expectation at fulfilling our purposes for living. Great people like Abraham Lincoln, Martin Luther King Jr., Mother Teresa, George Washington, Maya Angelou, Marie Curie, Nelson Mandela, David Livingstone, Christopher Columbus, Thomas Jefferson, John Glenn, Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Neil Armstrong, Bill Gates, Anyaele Sam Chiyson and even President Barack Obama overcame the challenges of life to crown themselves with success. You too can be flushed with succeeding in accordance with your desires and perfect your purpose for living. In this exceptionally well-informed and thriving book, Ifeanyi Enoch Onuoha gives you what it takes to keep yourself on the right footing to be upstanding and outstanding, and bring all you want to achieve to a happy issue. In this day and age, there is a greater call to build your self-assurance, overcome anything that upset your applecart, develop understanding of who you really are, develop what it takes to be at the top line and on top of things, develop persistence and an expectant winning attitude, take charge, develop the quality of mind to do what it takes and a mindset that is loaded with state of well-being. No matter where you are at the moment, you have a life; make a success of your life. This book will fill you with immediate and immeasurable apprehension to be on the systems and be significant through out the system that drives the progress of human race. It will also fill you with what it takes to bring your desires to a happy issue. You are a SUCCESS! You are living at the best time of life. Overcome as much as you can; make the principles in this life-changing book the light that enlighten your intelligence as you become a shining and burning light that lighten places.

Author : Chris Castaldo
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2023-05-19
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433584947

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The Upside Down Kingdom by Chris Castaldo Pdf

An Examination of the Beatitudes and Jesus's Counterintuitive Promises In our sinful world, we often struggle with anxiety, loneliness, and heartache. Everywhere we look, we see broken families and divided communities. How can we truly cultivate God's kingdom "on earth as it is in heaven" in such a broken place? In the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:2–12), Jesus urges us to set ourselves apart from the world, living in a counterculture with a new identity rooted in him. The Upside Down Kingdom examines this counterintuitive wisdom and explores its relevance for today. Drawing on insights from the biblical story of redemption, church fathers, Reformation scholars throughout history, and contemporary life, this book equips and encourages readers to get their spiritual bearings in an upside-down world. Author Chris Castaldo ultimately points readers to the kingdom of Christ—not as a set of rules, but as a means of bringing peace and blessing here and now. Written for Laypersons and Teachers of the Word: Perfect for those interested in issues confronting the church Thorough Study of the Beatitudes: Each chapter explores a core teaching in Christ's Sermon on the Mount Appeals to Pastors and Disciple Makers: A historically informed, biblically rich, and countercultural vision of Christian life Download Study Guide

Author : Anthony E. Clark
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2020-07-13
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9789811561825

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China’s Catholics in an Era of Transformation by Anthony E. Clark Pdf

This book features a collection of essays on China’s modern Catholic Church by a scholar of China-West intellectual and religious exchange. The essays and reflections were mostly written in China while the author was traveling by train, or staying in villages or large cities near to Roman Catholic cathedrals or other important historical sites during research trips to the country. It is clear that Clark’s understanding of Catholicism in China evolved from the first entry to the final ones in 2019. The essays included in this compendium were written in disparate contexts and in response to different events. As such, there is no obvious theme or order to the content. However, despite this, the book provides valuable insights for readers wishing to gain a better understanding of the complex topography of Catholic history in China, the contours of which have undergone stark transformations with each dynastic, political, and ecclesial transition. The information presented serves to highlight and explain the lives of Catholic people and the events that have punctuated one of the most significant dimensions of China’s long history of friendship, conflict and exchange with the West.

Author : Philip Collins
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 382 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2018-07-17
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781468316179

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When They Go Low, We Go High by Philip Collins Pdf

Can a good speech save democracy? “Anyone interested in the past, present and future of speeches and speechwriting will find [this] a fascinating read.” —The Spectator When First Lady Michelle Obama approached the podium at the 2016 Democratic National Convention, nobody could have predicted that her rousing line “When they go low, we go high” would become the motto for the political left and an anthem for opponents of oppression worldwide. It was a speech with the kind of emotional pull rarely heard these days, joining a long list of addresses that have made history. But what was it that made this speech so great? When They Go Low, We Go High explores the most notable speeches in history, analyzing the rhetorical techniques to uncover how the right speech at the right time can profoundly shape the world. Traveling across continents and centuries, political speechwriter Philip Collins reveals what Thomas Jefferson owes to Cicero and Pericles; who really gave the Gettysburg Address; and what Elizabeth I shares with Winston Churchill. In telling the stories of famous and sometimes infamous speeches—including those from Lincoln, Woodrow Wilson, JFK, Martin Luther King, Jr., Disraeli, Hitler, Elie Wiesel, Margaret Thatcher, and Barack and Michelle Obama—Collins breathes new life into words you thought you knew well, telling the story of democracy. Whether it’s the inaugural addresses of presidents or the revolutionary writings of Castro, Pankhurst, and Mandela, Collins illuminates and contextualizes these moments with sensitivity and humor. When They Go Low, We Go High examines the power of public speaking and serves as an urgent reminder that words can change the world. “Hits on three unassailable truths: rhetoric and democracy must go hand-in-hand; democracy, for all of its flaws, is superior to tyranny; and democracy is currently under assault.” —Paste “Collins . . . understands intimately the mechanics of rhetoric. He believes that we, as human beings, possess the capacity to extract ourselves from the swamp in which we have sunk.” —The Times

Author : Eddie Chambers
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2016-12-18
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781786730749

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Roots & Culture by Eddie Chambers Pdf

How did a distinct and powerful Black British identity emerge? In the 1950s, when many Caribbean migrants came to Britain, there was no such recognised entity as "Black Britain." Yet by the 1980s, the cultural landscape had radically changed, and a remarkable array of creative practices such as theatre, poetry, literature, music and the visual arts gave voice to striking new articulations of Black-British identity. This new book chronicles the extraordinary blend of social, political and cultural influences from the mid-1950s to late 1970s that gave rise to new heights of Black-British artistic expression in the 1980s. Eddie Chambers relates how and why during these decades "West Indians" became "Afro-Caribbeans," and how in turn "Afro-Caribbeans" became "Black-British" - and the centrality of the arts to this important narrative. The British Empire, migration, Rastafari, the Anti-Apartheid struggle, reggae music, dub poetry, the ascendance of the West Indies cricket team and the coming of Margaret Thatcher - all of these factors, and others, have had a part to play in the compelling story of how the African Diaspora transformed itself to give rise to Black Britain.

Author : Martin Luther King (Jr.)
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : African Americans
ISBN : 1417759399

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I Have a Dream by Martin Luther King (Jr.) Pdf

For use in schools and libraries only. Fifteen Coretta Scott King Award and Honor Book artists illustrate Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "I Have a Dream" speech. Foreword by Coretta Scott King.

Author : Edward Humphreys
Publisher : Arcturus Publishing
Page : 297 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2023-07-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9781398827875

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Great Speeches by Edward Humphreys Pdf

Great Speeches collects over 40 of the most powerful and stirring addresses delivered in history. It captures significant historical events of the past 400 years in the words of their participants, from speeches given in times of war and sorrow to those delivered in moments of hope. This classic collection includes such famous speeches as: • Susan B. Anthony - 'On a Woman's Right to Vote' • Winston Churchill - 'Their Finest Hour' • John F. Kennedy - 'Ich bin ein Berliner' • Nelson Mandela - 'Inaugural Address' • Greta Thunberg - 'You have stolen my dreams and my childhood.'

Author : Simon Sebag Montefiore
Publisher : Quercus
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2015-05-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781623650995

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Speeches that Changed the World by Simon Sebag Montefiore Pdf

Comprehensively updated with many new speeches including Earl Spencer's lament to "The extraordinary and irreplaceable Diana", Nikita Khrushchev's secret speech of 1956 signalling the beginning of the end of Stalinist Russia, Patrick Pearse's rousing funeral oration that fanned the flames of the Easter Rising, Kevin Rudd's historic apology to Australia's mistreated Aborigines and Barack Obama's momentous US election night victory speech. Alongside these are the finest war cries of Winston Churchill, Martin Luther King's prophetic "I have a dream" and "I've seen the promised land" speeches, the inspiring words of JFK and impassioned pleas from Nelson Mandela-the first at his trial in 1964 and the second on his election as president of South Africa in 1994. In addition are historic speeches from Elizabeth I, Charles I, Oliver Cromwell, George Washington, Napoleon Bonaparte, Abraham Lincoln, Emmeline Pankhurst, Mahatma Gandhi, Vladimir Lenin, Neville Chamberlain, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Charles de Gaulle, General George S. Patton, J Robert Oppenheimer, Mao Zedong, Malcolm X, Richard M. Nixon, Pope John Paul II, Vaclav Havel, Elie Wiesel, Mikhail Gorbachev and many other great historical figures. Speeches that Changed the World presents over 50 momentous and thought-provoking speeches from throughout history. Complete with a potted biography of each speaker, and telling the story of why each oration was significant and what happened as a result, this is a gripping history of the world told through its greatest and most impassioned speeches.

Author : Hywel Williams
Publisher : Quercus
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2014-08-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781623655990

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Great Speeches Of Our Time by Hywel Williams Pdf

"Let each know that for each the body, the mind and the soul have been freed to fulfill themselves." These powerful words, spoken by Nelson Mandela in his inaugural address as the new president of South Africa, are taken from just one of the forty important and thought-provoking speeches in this collection. Ranging from 1945 to the present day, they provide an important insight into the modern world. Inspirational speeches by Winston Churchill, Mikhail Gorbachev, Martin Luther King, Barack Obama and many others are supplemented with biographies of each speaker, as well an exploration of their words' significance and an historical account of the consequences of their oratory. This is a history of the recent and contemporary world told through the speeches that shaped it.

Author : Ben F. Meyer
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 140 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781725233928

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Five Speeches that Changed the World by Ben F. Meyer Pdf

Scratch the surface of Western culture and you will find signs of its Christian foundation. In laying these foundations, argues Ben F. Meyer, no ancient texts contributed more than the Gospel of Matthew, thanks to its primacy in the liturgy. The hallmark of his Gospel is its discourses: the Sermon on the Mount, the Missionary Discourse, the Parable Discourse, the Ecclesial Discourse, and the Eschatological Discourse--five speeches that changed the world.

Author : Alan J. Whiticker
Publisher : New Holland Publishers (AU)
Page : 406 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781921655623

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Speeches that Shaped the Modern World by Alan J. Whiticker Pdf

Author : Simon Sebag Montefiore
Publisher : Quercus Books
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : History
ISBN : 1847246060

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Speeches that Changed the World by Simon Sebag Montefiore Pdf

Over 50 momentous and thought-provoking speeches from a wide range of historical eras and nations. Complete with biographies of each speaker, the history of why each speech was significant and what happened as a result, this is a fascinating history of the world told through the speeches that shaped it.

Author : Colin Salter
Publisher : Rizzoli Publications
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2021-03-16
Category : History
ISBN : 9780789339973

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100 Speeches That Changed the World by Colin Salter Pdf

The history of the world as witnessed through the most inspiring, rousing, and memorable speeches ever given. Throughout history, passionate orators have rallied nations, challenged accepted beliefs, and changed the course of history. Colin Salter has identified one-hundred of history's most inspirational, momentous, and thought-provoking speeches from ancient Rome and Athens to the 21st century and puts them into context, telling the stories behind the words that made history. A celebration of the power of spoken rhetoric at its finest, this book profiles the words of the world's greatest public speakers. The speeches covered span the spectrum from stirring calls to arms to impassioned pleas for peace, along with speeches that marked major historical events such as the abolition of slavery, women achieving the right to vote, and the expansion of civil rights. Each speech features a concise introduction along with detailed analysis accompanied by key illustrations and photographs. Highlighted speeches include: Elizabeth I's speech in preparation of the Spanish Armada (1588), Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman" (1851), Lincoln's Gettysburg Address (1863), Franklin D. Roosevelt, "Only thing we have to fear is fear itself" (1933), Winston Churchill, "Blood, Sweat and Tears" (1940), Martin Luther King, "I Have a Dream" (1963), Harvey Milk's "Hope Speech" (1978), Margaret Thatcher's "The Lady's not for Turning" (1980), Nelson Mandela on his release from prison (1990), among many more.