speeches, addresses, etc., american

Collects twenty-seven speeches of Barack Obama, including his 2002 speech opposing the Iraq War and his farewell speech in Chicago January 2017.

"Iconic photographs ... transport readers to the 1963 March on Washington, bringing that historic day vividly to life for a new generation"--Amazon.com.

A collection of essays on Americans.

"This is the story of JFK-from his childhood to the events that led to his game-changing speech and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Corey and Christie offer a deeply human look at our country's thirty-fifth president, underscoring how each one of us, no matter who we are, have the power to make a difference."--Amazon.

"The commencement speech is the most popular public address of our time, shared every spring and remembered for years. Here, in an anthology of some of the finest of the genre, brilliant creative minds in every sector offer their wisdom: David Foster Wallace on living a compassionate life, Debbie Millman on the importance of taking risks, Michael Lewis on the responsibility that good fortune merits--and so many other greats. Some of this advice is grand (believe in the impossible), and some of it is granular enough to check off a life list (donate five percent of your money or your time). All of it is universally uplifting. Handsomely packaged with a cloth spine and energetic typography throughout, this book is a smart, special gift for graduates and anyone embarking on a new adventure"--.

A two-volume set that contains more than 270 speeches, sketches, short stories, maxims, and other writings by Mark Twain.

Presents eighteen graduation speeches from journalist Anna Quindlen, jazz virtuoso and educator Wynton Marsalis, feminism of Gloria Steinem, and others who used the podium to champion for peace, justice, protest, and a better world.

A comprehensive resource that discusses various political and social Congressional debates throughout the history of the nation, covering issues including independence from British rule, slavery, the Bill of Rights, Nixon impeachment, and the Iraq War.

Presents a collection of speeches, addresses, and letters written by Abraham Lincoln including his message to a special session of Congress in July 1861, his First Inaugural Address in 1862, the Gettysburg Address, and blends history and biography of the sixteenth president.