EPA Speeches > John Paul II in the Holy Land: Christian and Jewish Perspectives

John Paul II in the Holy Land: Christian and Jewish Perspectives

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Addressing the doubts and suspicions among Jewish, Christian, and Muslim residents of the Middle East aroused by a visit by Pope John Paul II in March 2000, this account documents the Pope's itinerary and records the speeches that the Pope gave at each stop along his journey.

Ken Burns' America: The Congress

In this elegant, penetrating and moving portrait of the United States Congress, filmmaker Ken Burns profiles an American institution whose ideals and actions affect us all. Narrated by David McCullough, the program employs historic film footage and interviews with "insiders" including David Broker, Alistair Cooke and Cokie Roberts to detail the personalities, events and issues that have animated Congress' first 200 years. The program chronicles the extraordinary careers of some of Congress' most notable members. It also charts the continuing growth of the Capitol building and features readings from diary entries, letters and famous speeches that have shaped Congressional history and reinvent the way America did business. Ken Burns' America: The Congress
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Ken Burns' America: The Congress

The Words of Peace: Selections from the Speeches of the Winners of the Noble Peace Prize by Irwin Abrams, ISBN 1557042500

This acclaimed, inspirational book represents the collective voice of the 52 Nobel Peace Prize laureates since 1901. Selections are by the world's foremost historian of the Nobel Peace Prize from winners' acceptance speeches and lectures. Included are Mother Teresa, Lech Walesa, Mikhail Gorbachev, F.W. de Klerk and Nelson Mandela, Yasir Arafat and Yitzhak Rabin, and others. The Words of Peace: Selections from the Speeches of the Winners of the Noble Peace Prize by Irwin Abrams, ISBN 1557042500
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A Strange Likeness: Becoming Red and White in Eighteenth-Century North America

The relationship between American Indians and Europeans on America's frontiers is typically characterized as a series of cultural conflicts and misunderstandings based on a vast gulf of difference. Nancy Shoemaker turns this notion on its head, showing that Indians and Europeans shared common beliefs about their most fundamental realities--government, record-keeping, international alliances, gender, and the human body. Focusing on eastern North American up through the end of the Seven Years War, Shoemaker closely reads incidents, letters, and recorded speeches from the Iroquois and Creek confederacies, the Cherokee nation, and other Native groups alongside British, French, and Spanish sources, paying particular attention to the language used in cross-cultural conversation. Paradoxically, the more American Indians and Europeans came to know each other, the more they came to see each other as different. By the end of the 18th century, Shoemaker argues, they abandoned an initial willingness... A Strange Likeness: Becoming Red and White in Eighteenth-Century North America
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Words That Shook the World: Twenty Epic Speeches from the Most Pwerful Leaders by Richard Greene, ISBN 0735202966

History comes alive through the voices of the great leaders and newsmakers and in the photos of the biggest events of the past 100 years. From Winston Churchill and John F. Kennedy to Martin Luther King, Jr. and General Douglas MacArthur, "Words That Shook the World" is a collection of history-shaping speeches by some of the world's most exceptional orators. Words That Shook the World: Twenty Epic Speeches from the Most Pwerful Leaders by Richard Greene, ISBN 0735202966
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