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Baccalaureate addresses Campaign speeches United States Political oratory Political oratory United States Presidents United States Messages Speeches, addresses, etc., American United States United States History Sources United States Politics and government 2009- United States Politics and government SourcesMorrison, Toni
Summary: Arguably the most celebrated and revered writer of our time now gives us a new nonfiction collection--a rich gathering of her essays, speeches, and meditations on society, culture, and art, spanning four decades.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2019
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 814 MORCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 MORCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 MORCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Essay MorrisonCorey, Shana
Summary: "Acclaimed author Shana Corey and New York Times Best Illustrated artist R. Gregory Christie deliver a fresh look at Kennedy, underscoring the greatness and fallibility of our leaders and how each one of us, no matter who we are, have the power to make adifference. With quotes from JFK's speeches, detailed back matter, and a thought- provoking author's note, this biography offers a sensitive...
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Publisher / Publication Date: NorthSouth 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 KENDouglass, Frederick
Summary: Edited by Pulitzer Prize–winning biographer David W. Blight, this Library of America edition is the largest single-volume selection of Frederick Douglass’s writings ever published, presenting the full texts of thirty-four speeches and sixty-seven pieces of journalism. (A companion Library of America volume, Frederick Douglass: Autobiographies, gathers his three memoirs.) With startling...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.8 DOUDouglass, Frederick
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lawrence Hill Books 1999
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.8 DOUSummary: The rich and sometimes discordant strains of American self-scrutiny fill this wide-ranging anthology. Kennedy (The Best-Loved Poems of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis) arranges the more than 200 selections according to themes like "The Flag," "Freedom of Speech," "Work, Opportunity and Invention" and "The Individual," and devotes equal space to the official, the devotional and the oppositional. ...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 810.8 PATScalia, Antonin
Summary: "By any measure, Antonin Scalia lived an extraordinary life. A Supreme Court justice for three decades, he transformed the way that judges and lawyers think about the law. Married to his beloved Wife, Maureen, for more than fifty years, a father to nine children, and a grandfather to dozens, he was devoted to his family and his faith. He was gregarious, energetic, and a friend to people of all...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Crown Forum 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 815 SCAKennedy, Robert F.
Summary: Highlights of 9 major speeches given by Robert F. Kennedy, plus eulogy by Sen. Edward Kennedy.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jerden Records 1995
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COMEDY/SPOKEN KENMcCullough, David G
Summary: "This timely collection of speeches by David McCullough, the most honored historian in the United States--winner of two Pulitzer Prizes, two National Book Awards, and the Presidential Medal of Freedom, among many other honors--reminds us of fundamental American principles. Over the course of his distinguished career, David McCullough has spoken before Congress, the White House, colleges and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 MCCSummary: "Graduation Moments is a collection of the best commencement speeches ever given and the best advice you'll ever hear on living life well, achieving your dream, guarding your integrity, serving your country, and finding true success. In addition, this collection features the wise insights of people like C. S. Lewis, Abraham Lincoln, Oswald Chambers, Charles H. Spurgeon, Thomas Merton, Evelyn...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Honor Books 2004
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 814 PRITwain, Mark
Contents: [1] 1852-1890 --[2] 1891-1910.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Library of America 1992
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814.4 TWAContents: How to be hopeful / Barbara Kingsolver -- The love of learning / David McCullough -- Go forth unafraid / Molly Ivans -- The reach / Anna Deavere Smith -- Listen to your heart / Thomas L. Friedman -- "Be naked as often as possible": anthropological advice / Genevieve Bell -- You are not alone / Karen Tse -- The approach of danger / Ken Burns -- What the future will bring / Ray Kurzweil -- The...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sellers Publishing 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Word Speech CreatingFrost, Robert
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Publisher / Publication Date: W.W. Norton & Co. 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 815.52 FRORoosevelt, Theodore
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.911 ROOContents: On the future of women in flying (1931) / Amelia Earhart -- Farewell to baseball (1939) / Lou Gehrig -- Address to the nation on the R.A.F. (1940) / Prime Minister Winston Churchill -- Farewell to baseball (1947) / Babe Ruth -- Address to the Chicago Irish Fellowship Club (1954) / Senator Joseph McCarthy -- Farewell to fans (The Payola scandal) (1959) / Alan Freed -- Farewell address (1961) /...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino/Word Beat 1994
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COMEDY/SPOKEN GREContents: Inaugural address (1933) / President Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Inaugural address (1949) / President Harry S. Truman -- "Checkers" speech (1952) / Senator Richard M. Nixon -- Presidential campaign address (1952) / Governor Adlai Stevenson -- Presidential campaign address (1964) / Senator Barry Goldwater -- Address to the nation (1968) / President Lyndon B. Johnson -- Presidential campaign address...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino/Word Beat 1994
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COMEDY/SPOKEN GREObama, Barack.
Contents: "What I am opposed to is a dumb war" : Speech Against the Iraq War, Chicago, IL, October 2, 2002 -- "The Audacity of Hope" : Speech at the 2004 Democratic National Convention, Boston, MA, July 27, 2004 -- "How Far We've Come" : Remarks at John Lewis's 65th Birthday Gala, February 21, 2005 -- "We cannot abandon the field of religious discourse" : Keynote Address at the Call to Renewal...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 973.932 WEContents: Declaration of war against Japan (1941) / President Franklin D. Roosevelt -- Address to Congress (1951) / General Douglas MacArthur -- Announcement of the launching of Sputnik (1957) / Radio Moscow -- Confrontation over presence of Russian missiles in Cuba (1962) / U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Adlai Stevenson -- On signing of the Civil Rights Bill (1964) / President Lyndon B. Johnson...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rhino/Word Beat 1994
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1 available in Compact Audio Disc, Call number: CD COMEDY/SPOKEN GREObama, Barack
Summary: The final speeches of the 44th President of the United States, Barack Obama, and First Lady Michelle Obama. Both speeches were instant and moving landmarks, as well as stirring testaments to the time this inspiring and beloved couple spent in the White House.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Melville House 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 815 OBASummary: Public oratory has profoundly shaped American history and culture-- not only our politics but our language and our sense of national identity. Here is the complete text of forty-seven of the greatest speeches in American history.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Library of America Paperback Classics 2011
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 815 AMEHurd, Charles
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hawthorn Books 1970