What Libraries Mean To The Nation

Celebrate librarianship and the love of libraries with this charming collection of quotes! Tatyana Eckstrand has compiled nearly three hundred of the most insightful, thought-provoking, and inspiring aphorisms about the library profession.Writers from Shakespeare to Ray Bradbury and librarians from John Cotton Dana to Nancy Pearl are gathered together to sing the praises of librarians' skills, values, and the amazing institutions they support. Citations are provided to the original source material, and a handy biographical dictionary provides background on individuals who may not be household names. With its broad selection of sayings that pay honor to their work and commitment, The Librarian's Book of Quotes is a perfect gift for information professionals and lovers of libraries.

What are the greatest speeches of all time? Who are the greatest communicators and orators and what made them so successful? And, significantly, what lessons can you learn from the world’s greatest influencers and communicators? This book individually profiles 100 powerful speakers and analyses the success factors behind their greatest ever speeches. Bill Clinton, Winston Churchill, Nelson Mandela, Benazir Bhutto, Rudy Giuliani, Jack Welch, Lee Kuan Yew, JF Kennedy, Steve Jobs, Barack Obama – these are some of the great communicators featured in this fascinating book. Even in today’s high-tech world, words are as powerful as they have always been, and the way they are used and the results that they achieve remain vital for progress and success at all levels. This book provides unique insights into becoming a skilled orator for today’s age.But first Eddie has to survive the jagged netherworld of modern-day Thailand – a corkscrewed realm where big-time drug dealers tango with small-time hustlers, criminals on the 1 am mingle with bureaucrats on the take, and the merely raffish jostle with the downright scary for centre stage in the big leagues of weird. If Eddie can weather all that, maybe he really can find out what happened back in Saigon so long ago, and where those ten tons of money are.

Speeches, if presented properly and supported with strength and conviction, still hold the sway as they did when they were delivered. It is all the more important if they were given by some great persons. They not only provide deep insight into their life and personality, but also shed substantial light on the contemporary socio-political and economic conditions. This book compiles together speeches of 20 prominent women leaders of the world. They include Mother Teresa, Annie Besant, Sarojini Naidu, Indira Gandhi, Benazir Bhutto, Margaret Thatcher, Queen Elizabeth-I, Sister Nivedita, Vijay Lakshmi Pandit, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Florence Nightingale, Maria Montessori, Marie Curie, Irene Joliot-Curie, Pearl S. Buck, Helen Keller, Shirley Chisholm, Sojourner Truth and Eleanor Roosevelt.