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The Greatest Speeches of All Time

By: Joan of Arc, Winston Churchill, Susan B. Anthony, Amelia Earhart, John F. Kennedy, George Washington
Narrated by: David Birney, Loretta Swit
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Publisher's summary

The full list of authors includes: Susan B. Anthony, Joan of Arc, Winston Churchill, Jefferson Davis, Amelia Earhart, David Ben Gurion, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, John F. Kennedy, Nikolai Lenin, Martin Luther, Richard Nixon, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Robespierre, and George Washington.

More than 40 speeches - considered among the greatest of all time - comprise this marvelous collection. All the works you'll hear are unabridged, and the most contemporary are live recordings. Other historical speeches are read by professional actors David Birney, Juliet Mills, Loretta Swit, and Stephanie Beacham. Included are speeches by Susan B. Anthony, Joan of Arc, Winston Churchill, Jefferson Davis, Amelia Earhart, David Ben Gurion, Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, John F. Kennedy, Nikolai Lenin, Martin Luther, Richard Nixon, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Robespierre, George Washington, and others.

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The Greatest American Speeches of all time.

I was very disappointed with this title. Most of the speeches were from American oraters, and while I can appreciate that some of them would constitute inclusion, it was very one sided. Noticable missing was Chief Seattles speech, considered the greatest speech on the environment ever.

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Not 40 plus speeches!

Lies,............it has like 10 speeches. Not 40 plus as stated and all the speakers listed do not have speeches on it. Do not get, waste of money.

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false advertising

not what it claims. no joan, george or amelia.
instead you get mlk obama fdr.

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A Sampling of More Often Mediocre Speeches

The editor occasionally gets lucky with a great speach, but for the most part this collection is very poorly chosen. It does not come even remotely close to living up to the title. Many great speaches which do not agree with the editor's bias are severely abbridged while other selections of very dubious quality are allowed to drone on at length.

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  • 08-03-09

Some are the greatest

I don't think these are the greatest speaches. Some like Socrates, Winston Churchill & King are, but there are way too many American President speeches. It is difficult to understand why there are not great speeches from other politicians in other countries for example Nelson Mandela (if you had to throw in politician speeches at all!)

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Who picked these speeches?

The selection and editing of these speeches were sometimes disappointing. Some clearly great historical speeches are included -- but I was too frequently baffled by the inclusion of marginal speeches from "left-of-center" political figures. Why do we hear an extended, tiresome speech by Carter on energy policy, yet only a snippet from Reagan's compelling speech on the Cold War several years later? Why so much Clinton, Roosevelt, Lenin, and Robespierre? Also, there is a decidedly American bent to this that may disappoint listeners from other parts of the world.

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No matter how I listen to it I only have 13speechs

If you could play editor, what scene or scenes would you have cut from The Greatest Speeches of All Time?

R. Reagan. But then I didn't get to hear the full compliment of speeches!

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Yeah, I only got 13 speeches 1hr 41mins worth, not the 40+ as advertised. No Joan of Arc, no Earhart, no Washington. ETC.

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Not the greatest, maybe the most historical

Should have been titled "The most historical speeches". Many of them had great historical significance, but were not very moving as speeches.

Also many are narrated. Some of the narrators use good delivery - however others read like they are narrating a non fiction book. Much of a speech is the delivery, and the delivery is COMPLETELY lost on many if not most of the narrated ones.

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Where are the speeches?

This book of speeches only includes the full text of a few speeches. The rest are excerpts. Not what I was expecting. Wanted full speeches.

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Poor choices, awfully read

If these are the best speeches of all time then public speaking should be banned. Moreover, the readers here are so mellowdramatic and so overact the parts that is nearly comedic. Listen to the sample before buying and you will see.

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