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1	Great Speeches by African Americans: Frederick Douglass, Sojourner Truth, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Barack Obama, and Others more books like this by James Daley (Editor) This anthology comprises speeches by influential figures in the history of African-American culture and politics. Contents include the famous "Ain't I a Woman?" speech by Sojourner Truth, Frederick Douglass' immortal "What, to the Slave, Is the Fourth of July?" Martin Luther King, Jr., 's "I Have a Dream," Barack Obama, and many others. see all copies from $2.67! new only from $2.67!
2	Cicero: The Life and Times of Rome's Greatest Politician more books like this by Anthony Everitt This biography of the great Roman orator and politician examines his works and days, provides a look into the strong personalities who were his contemporaries, and evokes the grandeur of Rome at its height. The author notes Cicero's take on the baseness and folly of those around him. see all copies from $2.41! new only from $7.53! \| first editions \| SVS
3	America's Joan of Arc: The Life of Anna Elizabeth Dickinson more books like this by J Matthew Gallman One of the most celebrated women of her time, a spellbinding speaker dubbed the Queen of the Lyceum and America's Joan of Arc, Anna Elizabeth Dickinson was a charismatic orator, writer, and actress, who rose to fame during the Civil War and remained in the public eye for the next three decades. In America's Joan of Arc, J. Matthew Gallman offers ... see all copies from $2.05! new only from $2.95! \| first editions \| SVS
4	Essays from Select British eloquence. more books like this by Chauncey Allen Goodrich, Albert Craig Baird see all copies from $3.99! first editions
5	Indian biography, or, An historical account of those individuals who have been distinguished among the North American natives as orators, warriors, statesmen, and other remarkable characters more books like this by B. B. Thatcher see all copies from $11.56! new only from $23.44! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Athenian homicide law in the age of the orators. more books like this by D. M. MacDowell see all copies from $7.47! new only from $22.96!
7	Cicero, Classicism, and Popular Culture more books like this by Marshall William Fishwick, PH.D. see all copies from $7.96! new only from $29.94! \| SVS
8	The Rhetoric of Manhood: Masculinity in the Attic Orators more books like this by Joseph Roisman The concept of manhood was immensely important in ancient Athens, shaping its political, social, legal, and ethical systems. This book, a groundbreaking study of manhood in fourth-century Athens, is the first to provide a comprehensive examination of notions about masculinity found in the Attic orators, who represent one of the most important ... see all copies from $24.99! new only from $50.75! \| first editions
9	Oratory and Orators by William Mathews see all copies from $7.95! new only from $26.13! \| SVS
10	The orators; an English study more books like this by W. H. Auden see all copies from $10.00! first editions \| SVS
11	Among the great masters of oratory; scenes in the lives of famous orators more books like this by Walter Rowlands This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark ... see all copies from $8.00! new only from $21.97! \| SVS
12	Churchill, Speaker of the Century more books like this by James C Humes see all copies from $2.53! signed copies \| first editions
13	Attic Orators from Antiphon more books like this by Richard Claverhouse Jebb see all copies from $22.50! new only from $164.20! \| first editions
14	Well-Tempered Women: Nineteenth-Century Temperance Rhetoric more books like this by Carol Mattingly In this richly illustrated study, Carol Mattingly examines the rhetoric of the temperance movement, the largest political movement of women in the nineteenth century. Tapping previously unexplored sources, Mattingly uncovers new voices and different perspectives, thus greatly expanding our knowledge of temperance women in particular and of ... see all copies from $8.99! new only from $9.26! \| first editions \| SVS
15	Oratory and Orators by William Mathwes see all copies from $9.99! new only from $31.30! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Orators and Philosophers: A History of the Idea of Liberal Education more books like this by Bruce Kimball In this prize-winning book, Bruce Kimball provides a cogent study of the historical evolution of the idea of liberal education. Clearly and forcefully argued, the book portrays this evolution as a struggle between two contending points of view - one oratorical and the other philosophical - that have interacted, often controversially, from ... see all copies from $58.99!
17	Cicero and the Roman Republic more books like this by Manfred Magnus Fuhrmann, W E Yuill (Translator) This biography of Cicero is expressly designed for a general readership that includes those with no firsthand knowledge of classical languages. The sources for Cicero's life and work are abundant, but notoriously difficult to handle. Nevertheless, the author selects and arranges his material to present a coherent account, not only of Cicero's ... see all copies from $35.00!
18 view cover	Giotto and the Orators: Humanist Observers of Painting in Italy and the Discovery of Pictorial Composition more books like this by Professor Michael Baxandall 'This handsomely illustrated book is an original attempt to make clear how much the art of the orators and the painters in the Renaissance had in common ...Extremely important for the history of art.' Neo-Latin News see all copies from $50.32! new only from $68.01! \| SVS
19 view cover	American Voices: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary Orators more books like this by Bernard K Duffy (Editor), Richard W Leeman (Editor) Contemporary public speaking remains an important part of our national life and a substantial force in shaping current events. Many of America's most important moments and issues, such as wars, scandals, election campaigns, September 11, 2001, have been defined by oratory. Here, over 50 essays cover a substantial and interesting group of major ... see all copies from $34.00! new only from $74.77! \| SVS
20 view cover	Agricola, Germany, and Dialogue on Orators more books like this by Cornelius Tacitus This book is a reprint of the University of Oklahoma Press edition of 1991. Eminent scholar and translator, Herbert W. Benario, provides a faithful, readable translation of these works, introductory essays, chapter summaries, and notes. A bibliography, maps, and an index are included. see all copies from $6.18! new only from $9.97!
21 view cover	Orators of the American Revolution more books like this by Elias Lyman Magoon This scarce antiquarian book is included in our special Legacy Reprint Series. In the interest of creating a more extensive selection of rare historical book reprints, we have chosen to reproduce this title even though it may possibly have occasional imperfections such as missing and blurred pages, missing text, poor pictures, markings, dark ... see all copies from $28.58! new only from $28.58! \| SVS
22 view cover	Selections from the Attic Orators: Antiphon, Andocides, Lysias, Isocrates, Isaeus more books like this by R C Jebb (Editor), P E Easterling (Introduction by), M J Edwards (Introduction by) This edition was designed by R.C. Jebb - one of the greatest classical scholars Britain has ever produced - as a companion to his two-volume monograph Attic Orators from Antiphon to Isaeus (1876). The selection was meticulously made to illustrate the 'successive steps in the process by which a language of most elastic resource was gradually ... see all copies from $15.75! new only from $36.99!
23 view cover	Reclaiming Rhetorica: Women in the Rhetorical Tradition more books like this by Andrea A Lunsford These essays examine: how women have used language to reflect their vision of themselves and their age; how they have used traditional rhetoric and applied it to women's discourse; and how women have contributed to rhetorical theory. see all copies from $8.68! new only from $37.00!
24 view cover	Cicero on Oratory and Orators more books like this by J S Watson (Editor), Marcus Tullius Cicero Contains Cicero's "De Oratore "and "Brutus, "influential sources over the centuries for ideas on rhetoric and train-ing for public leadership. The "De Oratore, "written in 55 B.C., argues that rhetoric is socially significant because states are established and main-tained through the leadership of eloquent men. The three books of dialogues in ... see all copies from $6.07! new only from $27.03! \| first editions
25 view cover	Cato the Censor more books like this by Alan E Astin Oxford Scholarly Classics is a new series that makes available again great academic works from the archives of Oxford University Press. Reissued in uniform series design, the reissues will enable libraries, scholars, and students to gain fresh access to some of the finest scholarship of the last century. see all copies from $125.00! new only from $152.55! \| first editions \| SVS

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