Since the beginning of time, great leaders have used their power of oratory to win and inspire followers. Included here are the speeches of Moses, Jesus, George Washington, Queen Elizabeth I, Oliver Cromwell, Abraham Lincoln, Napoleon Bonaparte, Mahatma Gandhi, Clarence Darrow, Emmeline Pankhurst, Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Adolf Hitler, George S. Patton, Stalin, Martin Luther Ki…
Since June 1964, Nelson Mandela has been imprisoned in South Africa. His speeches and writings have been banned, his words and voice cut off from his people. A whole generation has been born and grown up while he has been in jail, yet, in the words of Nadine Gordimer, "there is no black child in whose face, at the mention of his name, there is not instant recognition." For Nelson Mandela is a l…
Buku ini merupakan sebuah memoar yang ditulis dalam bahasa belanda pada pertengahan tahun 30'an dari seorang Bupati: Pangeran Aria Achmad Djajadiningrat .Di dalam memoar ini beliau berkisah mengenai seluruh pengelamannya selama menjadi Bupati Serang pada permulaan abad ke-20, selama kurang lebih 25 tahun. Kemudian beliau diangkat menjadi Bupati Batavia dan pangkat terakhir beliau adlah Voolksra…
Rajiv Gandhi: The years of power is the culmination of nine years of study of democracy and three years of intense research and writing on Rajiv Gandhi as prime minister of India.
This book is a compilation of the speeches which Sheikh Mujib delivered in the constituent assembly and national assembly of Pakistan of which he was an elected member.
On October 1, 1982, the German Bundestag elected Helmut Kohl Federal Chancellor. Of the 495 votes cast, 256 were cast for the leader of the Opposition and chairman of the CDU/CSU parliamentary group, who thereupon replaced Helmut Schmidt (SPD) as head of government. After the results of the vote were announced by the Vice President of the Bun- destag, Richard Stucklen, the supporters of the new…
Dit deel draag ik op aan mijn beste vriend op het Baarns Lyceum(1938-1945), Jonkheer W. M. de Marees van Swinderen. Hij wilde na de oorlog, net als ik, naar Amerika en toen ik er zelf reeds was gearriveerd en colleges liep op Yale University (1948-1950) kon ik hem via een zakenman in Wall Street, Vladimir Archawski, aan de voor Amerika benodigde papieren helpen.
Vijayaraje Scindia grew up in a world of feudal privilage and married one of the richest men in India, a high-ranking Maharaja who ruled Gwalior, a kingdom the size of Portugal with over four million subjects. As his wife she played hostess to kings, viceroys and fellow princes, entertaining them to cocktails in the gliterring durbar hall and to banquets that ended with a silver train of brandy…
This book contains a wealth of knowledge and experience of Dr. Jose Paciano Laurel as a teacher, lawyer, member of parliament, jurist, political leader and statesman, he took lessons that are very relevant to current African national problems so that more people should know about them
Joesoef Isak adalah editor naskah-naskah Pramoedya Ananta Toer juga otak di balik respons politis yang diberikan Hasta Mitra terhadap tindakan rezim yang merepresi usaha penerbitan mereka. Sebelum ditahan, ia menjabat Sekretaris Jenderal Persatuan Wartawan Asia-Afrika (PWAA) dan pernah menjadi Pemimpin Redaksi Koran Merdeka. Sebagai wartawan, ia bukan kategori wartawan kuli yang hanya bekerja u…