Saturday, August 11, 2007
Words That Shook The World
I bought this book a while back.
Words that Shook the World celebrates over 40 of the most extraordinary speeches of the last 100 years. Speeches include "I have a dream" by Martin Luther King Jr. Other orators incude Ronald Reagan, Winston Churchill, Albert Einstein, J.F Kennedy, Yizhak Rabin, Anwar Sadat, Robert F Kennedy, etc. Illustrated with dramatic black-and-white photographs, the book sets each of the speeches and speakers within a historical context that includes timelines and contemporary press commentary.
In addition, readers are brought inside every paragraph of 20 of these magical speeches to discover what has made these words so powerful.
And, best of all, two audio CDs reveal the passion of many of these extraordinary individuals as they faced their audiences, opened their hearts, and spoke Words that Shook the World.
I listen to the CDs in my car regularly.