The 9th Edition of Speak with Confidence gives students the skills they need to communicate quickly, confidently, and effectively. Filled with engaging anecdotes, cartoons, and examples, this text is a practical and approachable public speaking text that not only engages students in the material but also teaches them important speech lessons. Using a down-to-earth, conversational style, Speak with Confidence contributes to building students' speechmaking confidence and offers students all of the necessary skills for communicating effectively in the 21st century.
I'm reading this one for a speech class. My copy is the 10th. edition. It is a little lighter reading than one expects from most textbooks which is refreshing.