Great Speeches. Educational Video Group.

Table of Contents: “…John McCain: Background and Accomplishments (2:17) -- Senator John McCain: Commencement Speech (17:18) -- Barack Obama: Background, Educational Accomplishments (2:00) -- Barack Obama: 2004 Convention Speech (16:09) -- Margaret Thatcher: Political Background (2:28) -- Margaret Thatcher: Eulogy for Ronald Reagan (9:31) -- Senator Byrd: Old-Style Orator (2:04) -- Robert Byrd: "On the Brink of War" (35:16) -- Carol Moseley Braun: Personal and Political Background (1:37) -- Carol Moseley Braun's Speech on Healthcare (13:45) -- Lyndon Johnson's Address to a Divided Nation (7:39)…”
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Pathways through the Bible : classic selections from the Tanakh / by Mortimer J. Cohen ; updated and revised by David E.S. Stein ; illustrations by Arthur Szyk.

Table of Contents: “…The Next Leader -- Deuteronomy -- Introduction -- 1. First Oration: Obedience to the Covenant -- 2. Second Oration: Loveâ€?…”
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Augustine for the Philosophers : the Rhetor of Hippo, the Confessions, and the Continentals. by Troup, Calvin L.

Table of Contents: “…Augustine and Heidegger on acknowledging the importance of acknowledgment and the orator's art / Michael J. Hyde -- 3. Arndt and Saint Augustine: identity otherwise than convention / Ronald C. …”
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Indian Tribes of North America. by Mckenney, Thomas

Table of Contents: “…Keeshewaa, a Fox Warrior -- A Winnebago, an Orator -- Waatopenot, a Chippeway Chief -- Peechekir, a Chippeway Chief -- Ohyawamincekee, a Chippeway Chief -- John Ross, a Cherokee Chief -- Apauly Tustennuggee, a Creek Chief -- THE GENUINENESS OF THE PORTRAIT OF POCOHONTAS -- INTRODUCTORY NOTE. …”
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Polarization Fortuna, Alan. by Fortuna, Alan

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A companion to Julius Caesar / edited by Miriam Griffin.

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Gerald Vizenor Radiotelevisione della Svizzera italiana.

Table of Contents: “…Indian Renaissance in Writing (4:08) -- Gerald Vizenor: First Autographical Novel (4:13) -- Gerald Vizenor: Second Autobiographical Novel (3:37) -- American Guilt About Native Americans (2:21) -- Gerald Vizenor on Language and Words (3:17) -- Social Work in the Penitentiary (3:43) -- Oral Tradition and Literature: The Trickster (4:22) -- Violence in Gerald Vizenor's Work (3:55) -- Haiku Poetry (3:30) -- Indian Identity (1:39) -- Great Indian Orators (3:28) -- Tribal Wealth and Tribal Conscience (3:09) -- Gerald Vizenor: Subversive Writer (2:37) -- Gerald Vizenor: Writer's Writer (1:53)…”
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Lincoln and the election of 1860 / Michael S. Green. by Green, Michael S.

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Presentation Skills for Quivering Wrecks. by Etherington, Bob

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Truly beyond wonders : Aelius Aristides and the cult of Asklepios / by Alexia Petsalis-Diomidis. by Petsalis-Diomidis, Alexia

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Emperors and Bishops in Late Roman Invective. by Flower, Richard

Table of Contents: “…Virtues and vicesThe emperor's new past; Making an entrance; Chapter Three Writing auto-hagiography; Invective and the orator; Reliving without dying; The heirs of the martyrs; Lucifer and martyrdom; Chapter Four Living up to the past; The eternal heretic; Chain of continuity; Fides tradita per beatos apostolos; Hilary and Auxentius; Epilogue; Appendix 1: Altercatio Heracliani cum Germinio; Appendix 2: Epistula Liberii papae ad Eusebium, Dionysiumet Luciferum in exsilio constitutos; Appendix 3: Epistula Luciferi, Pancratii et Hilarii; Appendix 4: Letters of Eusebius of Vercelli.…”
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Cicero Refused to Die : Ciceronian Influence through the Centuries. by Deusen, Nancy van

Table of Contents: “…Cicero Refused to Die -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Contributors -- Introduction: Cicero Refused to Die: Ciceronian Influence through the Centuries -- Coluccio Salutati's View of the History of the Latin Language -- Reading the Classics in the Twelfth-Century Renaissance: New Manuscript Discoveries -- Cicero Redivivus Apud Scurras: Some Early Medieval Treatments of the Great Orator -- Cicero through Quintilian's Eyes in the Middle Ages -- Dreaming the Dream of Scipio -- "For I Hadde Red of Affrycan Byforn:" Cicero's Somnium Scipionis and Chaucer's Early Dream Visions -- Colloquia Familiaria: An Aspect of Ciceronianism Reconsidered -- Ciceronian Echoes in Marsilio Ficino -- Ciceronian Rhetoric and Oratory from St. …”
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Zachary Macaulay 1768-1838 : the Steadfast Scot in the British Anti-Slavery Movement. by Whyte, Iain

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How to run a country : an ancient guide for modern leaders / Marcus Tullius Cicero ; selected, translated, and with an introduction by Philip Freeman. by Cicero, Marcus Tullius

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The Scribe.

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Gregory of Nazianzus's letter collection the complete translation translated by Bradley K. Storin by Gregory, of Nazianzus, Saint

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Submerged literature in ancient Greek culture : the comparative perspective / edited by Andrea Ercolani and Manuela Giordano

Table of Contents: “…Fowler -- The emergence of Athens / Manuela Giordano -- The purification of Orestes at Troezen / Luca Pucci -- Literacy and orality in the attic orators / Andrea Taddei -- With Pausanias (and others) in the Agora of Sparta / Emanuele Greco -- Beyond the boundary of the poetic language: Enigmas and riddles in Greek and Roman culture / Salvatore Monda -- Cantare cantilenae / Maurizio Bettini -- Modes of scriptural and personal authority in late antique religion / Guy G. …”
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Augustine and the cure of souls : revising a classical ideal / Paul R. Kolbet. by Kolbet, Paul R.

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Rhetoric and Christian identity in the Roman Empire : sources and method -- A classical ideal -- Classical therapy : its origins, tasks, and methods -- Psychagogy as a cultural ideal -- Psychagogy in its classical form -- Hellenistic refinements -- Cures for the Roman soul -- The psychagogic value of ancient texts -- Revising and recontextualizing classical therapy -- Augustine's early formation -- An ambitious young orator -- Being healed by beautiful words -- Christianizing classical therapy -- Christian philosophy and the cure of soul -- Christ's inner and outer rhetoric -- A new context for classical therapy -- Ordination crisis -- Controversies over the cure of soul -- Signs eliciting love -- Exegetical integration -- Teaching the uninstructed -- Augustine's homiletical practice -- The Christian rhetor -- Continuity amid discontinuity -- Critical skills -- Constructive guidance -- Therapy and society -- The incarnate word and community.…”
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Malaria, poems / Cameron Conaway. by Conaway, Cameron

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Quotable Quotes Of Mwalimu Julius K Nyerere : Collected from Speeches and Writings. by Liundi, Christopher C.

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