Person's 2022 Nonfiction Appreciation - hosted by apersonfromflorida

Speeches from Someone Important
Get a book of published speeches from someone. Bonus points if this person wasn't a politician!
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The Greatest Speeches of All-Time by SpeechWorks, Jerden Records

The Greatest Speeches of All-Time

SpeechWorks, Jerden Records

13 pages • first pub 1996 (editions)

nonfiction informative reflective medium-paced
Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement by Angela Y. Davis

Freedom Is a Constant Struggle: Ferguson, Palestine, and the Foundations of a Movement

Angela Y. Davis

5 hours, 47 minutes • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism politics race informative inspiring reflective medium-paced
The World Is Waiting for You: Graduation Speeches to Live by from Activists, Writers, and Visionaries by Tara Grove, Isabel Ostrer

The World Is Waiting for You: Graduation Speeches to Live by from Activists, Writers, and Visionaries

Tara Grove, Isabel Ostrer

192 pages • first pub 2015 (editions)

nonfiction self help challenging inspiring reflective slow-paced
No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference by Greta Thunberg

No One Is Too Small to Make a Difference

Greta Thunberg

1 hour, 15 minutes • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction politics science informative inspiring reflective fast-paced
A Call to Conscience: The Landmark Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. by Clayborne Carson, Martin Luther King Jr., Kris Shepard

A Call to Conscience: The Landmark Speeches of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

Clayborne Carson, Martin Luther King Jr., Kris Shepard

240 pages • first pub 1969 (editions)

nonfiction essays history politics emotional reflective medium-paced
The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations by Toni Morrison

The Source of Self-Regard: Selected Essays, Speeches, and Meditations

Toni Morrison

368 pages • first pub 2019 (editions)

nonfiction essays feminism challenging informative reflective slow-paced
We Are Heirs of the World's Revolutions: Speeches from the Burkina Faso Revolution 1983-87 by Thomas Sankara

We Are Heirs of the World's Revolutions: Speeches from the Burkina Faso Revolution 1983-87

Thomas Sankara

111 pages • first pub 2002 (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative reflective medium-paced
If This Isn't Nice, What Is? (Even More) Expanded Third Edition: The Graduation Speeches and Other Words to Live By by Dan Wakefield, Kurt Vonnegut

If This Isn't Nice, What Is? (Even More) Expanded Third Edition: The Graduation Speeches and Other Words to Live By

Dan Wakefield, Kurt Vonnegut

208 pages • first pub 2013 (editions)

nonfiction essays funny reflective slow-paced
Women, Equality, Power: Selected Speeches from a Life of Leadership by Helen Clark

Women, Equality, Power: Selected Speeches from a Life of Leadership

Helen Clark

432 pages • first pub 2018 (editions)

nonfiction biography feminism informative reflective medium-paced
Discours de guerre (1940-1946) by Winston Churchill

Discours de guerre (1940-1946)

Winston Churchill

239 pages • missing pub info (editions)

nonfiction history politics informative medium-paced