• Making the Best Man's Speech: Know What To Say and When To Say It - Add Wit, Sparkle and Humour - Deliver The Perfect Speech (Essentials Series)

    This is a guide for prospective "best men" which aims to answer the anxieties about making the speech. It offers advice on speech-making essentials, great openings, strong middles, big finishes, plus putting it all together and delivering the speech itself.CONTENTS: Learning the essentialsSaying it with humourBeing congratulatory and optimisticFinding the ideal beginning and endingPutting it togetherDelivering your speechStories, jokes and one-liners for your speechSample speeches.

    • ASIN: 185703659X
    • ASIN: 185703659X
    • ISBN: 185703659X
    • Brand: Brand: How To Books
    • Manufacturer: How To Books

  • The World's Great Speeches: Fourth Enlarged (1999) Edition

    This outstanding compendium of 292 great speeches contains addresses from nearly every historical era and nation, from the formal orations of ancient Greece and the speeches of Julius Caesar, to modern-day addresses by Nelson Mandela, Ronald Regan and Václav Havel.Among the memorable speeches included here are Pericles' funeral oration, St. Bernard's advocacy of the Second Crusade, William Jennings Bryan's "Cross of Gold" speech, Winston Churchill's "Blood, Sweat and Tears" address, Richard Nixon's speech to the astronauts on the moon, Malcolm X's address on the Black Revolution, and many mor... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0486409031
    • UPC: 800759409037
    • ASIN: 0486409031
    • ISBN: 9780486409030
    • Brand: Dover Publications
    • Manufacturer: Dover Publications

  • The Pioneers: The Heroic Story of the Settlers Who Brought the American Ideal West

    #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Pulitzer Prize–winning historian David McCullough rediscovers an important and dramatic chapter in the American story—the settling of the Northwest Territory by dauntless pioneers who overcame incredible hardships to build a community based on ideals that would come to define our country.As part of the Treaty of Paris, in which Great Britain recognized the new United States of America, Britain ceded the land that comprised the immense Northwest Territory, a wilderness empire northwest of the Ohio River containing the future states of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Mi... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 1501168681
    • ASIN: 1501168681
    • ISBN: 1501168681
    • Brand: Simon & Schuster
    • Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

  • 399 Games, Puzzles & Trivia Challenges Specially Designed to Keep Your Brain Young.

    Cross-train your brain. All it takes is ten to fifteen minutes a day of playing the right games. (It’s fun.) Exercising your brain is like exercising your body—with the right program, you can keep your brain young, strong, agile, and adaptable. Organized on an increasing scale of difficulty from “Warm-up” to “Merciless,” here are 399 puzzles, trivia quizzes, brainteasers, and word game that are both fun and engaging to play, and are expertly designed to give your brain the kind of workout that stimulates neurogenesis, the process of rejuvenating the brain by growing new brain cells... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0761168257
    • UPC: 884867826573
    • ASIN: 0761168257
    • ISBN: 0761168257
    • Brand: Workman Publishing Company
    • Manufacturer: Workman Publishing Company

  • The Great Triumvirate (Webster, Clay, and Calhoun)

    Enormously powerful, intensely ambitious, the very personifications of their respective regions--Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, and John C. Calhoun represented the foremost statemen of their age. In the decades preceding the Civil War, they dominated American congressional politics as no other figures have. Now Merrill D. Peterson, one of our most gifted historians, brilliantly re-creates the lives and times of these great men in this monumental collective biography. Arriving on the national scene at the onset of the War of 1812 and departing political life during the ordeal of the Union in 1850-... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0195056868
    • ASIN: 0195056868
    • ISBN: 0195056868
    • Manufacturer: Oxford University Press

  • Churchill: Walking with Destiny

    NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLEROne of The Wall Street Journal’s Ten Best Books of 2018One of The Economist’s Best Books of 2018One of The New York Times’s Notable Books of 2018“Unarguably the best single-volume biography of Churchill . . . A brilliant feat of storytelling, monumental in scope, yet put together with tenderness for a man who had always believed that he would be Britain’s savior.” —Wall Street JournalIn this landmark biography of Winston Churchill based on extensive new material, the true genius of the man, statesman and leader can finally be fully seen and understood--b... [Read More]

    • ASIN: B079R3VH13
    • ASIN: B079R3VH13
    • Manufacturer: Viking

  • Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

    Former slave, impassioned abolitionist, brilliant writer, newspaper editor and eloquent orator whose speeches fired the abolitionist cause, Frederick Douglass (1818–1895) led an astounding life. Physical abuse, deprivation and tragedy plagued his early years, yet through sheer force of character he was able to overcome these obstacles to become a leading spokesman for his people.In this, the first and most frequently read of his three autobiographies, Douglass provides graphic descriptions of his childhood and horrifying experiences as a slave as well as a harrowing record of his dramatic es... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0486284999
    • UPC: 800759284993
    • ASIN: 0486284999
    • ISBN: 9780486284996
    • Brand: Dover Publications
    • Manufacturer: Dover Publications

  • Common Sense (Dover Thrift Editions)


    • ASIN: 0486296024
    • UPC: 800759296026
    • ASIN: 0486296024
    • ISBN: 9780486296029
    • Brand: Paine, Thomas
    • Manufacturer: Dover Publications, Incorporated

  • A Testament of Hope: The Essential Writings and Speeches

    "We've got some difficult days ahead," civil rights activist Martin Luther King, Jr., told a crowd gathered at Memphis's Clayborn Temple on April 3, 1968. "But it really doesn't matter to me now because I've been to the mountaintop. . . . And I've seen the promised land. I may not get there with you. But I want you to know tonight that we as a people will get to the promised land."These prophetic words, uttered the day before his assassination, challenged those he left behind to see that his "promised land" of racial equality became a reality; a reality to which King devoted the last twelve ye... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 0060646918
    • ASIN: 0060646918
    • ISBN: 0060646918
    • Brand: HarperOne
    • Manufacturer: HarperOne

  • Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger, Expanded Third Edition

    EXPANDED THIRD EDITION includes Charlie's 2007 USC Law School Commencement address. Edited by Peter D. Kaufman. Brand New.

    • ASIN: 1578645018
    • ASIN: 1578645018
    • ISBN: 1578645018
    • Manufacturer: Walsworth Publishing Company

  • The Great Game: Memoirs of the Spy Hitler Couldn't Silence

    This well-loved book has a slightly worn binding and some wear around the edges.

    • ASIN: 0070651469
    • ASIN: 0070651469
    • ISBN: 0070651469
    • Brand: McGraw-Hill
    • Manufacturer: McGraw-Hill

  • The Great Train Massacre (Matt Jensen, The Last Mountain Man Book 10)

    A train full of killers. Two passengers marked for death. And one legendary mountain man. Matt Jensen is in for the ride of his life. And it may be his last…Rich Man, Dead Man After surviving a brilliantly plotted murder attempt, the richest man in San Francisco is looking to hire the best protection money can buy. Enter Matt Jensen, who, for the princely sum of $5000, agrees to escort millionaire John Gillespie and his very fetching daughter on a railway journey from Frisco to Chicago. There’s just one catch: the world’s deadliest killers are coming along for the ride… In Provo, Utah,... [Read More]

    • ASIN: B00X2ELI0M
    • ASIN: B00X2ELI0M
    • Manufacturer: Pinnacle Books

  • American Moonshot: John F. Kennedy and the Great Space Race

    Instant New York Times BestsellerAs the fiftieth anniversary of the first lunar landing approaches, the award winning historian and perennial New York Times bestselling author takes a fresh look at the space program, President John F. Kennedy’s inspiring challenge, and America’s race to the moon.“We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard; because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to... [Read More]

    • ASIN: 006265506X
    • ASIN: 006265506X
    • ISBN: 006265506X
    • Manufacturer: Harper

  • Dracula (AmazonClassics Edition)


    • ASIN: B073QS9M8M
    • ASIN: B073QS9M8M
    • Manufacturer: AmazonClassics

  • Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom


    • ASIN: 1416590315
    • ASIN: 1416590315
    • ISBN: 1416590315
    • Brand: Simon & Schuster
    • Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster

  • Writing Road to Reading 6th REV Ed. : The Spalding Method for Teaching Speech, Spelling, Writing, and Reading

    Originally published in 1957, this introduction to the Spalding Method has been received more and more enthusiastically in recent years as it has been shown to work--swiftly, inexpensively and

    • UPC: 16938936
    • Rating: 5.0

  • Writing Radar : Using Your Journal to Snoop Out and Craft Great Stories

    Acclaimed author Jack Gantos's guide to becoming the best brilliant

    • UPC: 55601059
    • Rating: 5.0

  • Writing Great Speeches : Professional Techniques You Can Use (Part of the Essence of Public Speaking Series)

    A guide to writing an outstanding speech offers tips on communicating effectively, including how to build credibility, organize a speech, use rhythm and style, and create a powerful

    • UPC: 500190

  • Sequoyah: The Cherokee Man Who Gave His People Writing (Hardcover)

    The story of Sequoyah and his successful effort to create a writing system for the Cherokee Indians is rendered into a poem celebrating literacy and the accomplishments of the Cherokee

    • UPC: 2675439
    • Rating: 4.389

  • Common Sense, a Summary View of the Rights of British America, Thoughts on Government and the Speeches of Washington : Important Early American Political Writing, Including the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution

    The American Revolution stands as a major turning point in world history. Most prominently, it resulted in the creation of the United States of America, a nation that has played a dominate role in world

    • UPC: 398841385
    • Rating: 4.0

  • How To Make a Brilliant Best Man's Speech - eBook

    How to make a great, best man's speech - and a guide to being a great best man.In this book Phillip Khan-Panni uses his expertise as a champion professional speaker to help the best man

    • UPC: 887742985

  • Art Panels, Bam! Speech Bubbles, Pow! : Writing Your Own Graphic Novel

    Ready to build a graphic novel? First, youll need the right tools. Open this title in the Writers Toolbox series and discover plenty of tips and tools to get you started. Soon youll be filling

    • UPC: 14095253

  • Conflict of Northern and Southern Theories of Man and Society: Great Speech Delivered in New York City - eBook

    Mr. Beecher, on presenting himself, was received with loud and hearty applause. He spoke as follows: The questions which have provoked discussion among us for fifty years past have not been questions of fundamental principles,

    • UPC: 580886127

  • Be the Best, Best Man & Make a Stunning Speech! - eBook

    The focus of this book is on that brief but terrifying prospect: the Best Man's speech. The book includes techniques for using stories, jokes and quotations that will lift your speech well above the bare

    • UPC: 841495827

  • Conflict of Northern and Southern Theories of Man and Society Great Speech, Delivered in New York City - eBook

    The Eighth Lecture of the Course before the Anti-Slavery Society, was delivered, January 14, 1855, at the Tabernacle, New York, by the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher. The subject, at the present time, is one of

    • UPC: 169465101

  • How to Give The Absolute Perfect Best Man Speech (5 Easy Steps)

    How to Give an Awesome Best Man Speech With Ideas For A Funny & Emotional Wedding Toast

    Greatest and Funniest Best Man Speech at a Wedding