Barack Obama
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En La audacia de la esperanza, el senador demócrata Barack Obama reclama una política diferenteuna política para quienes están cansados del agrio partidismo, una política que se basa en la fe, la participación de todos y la nobleza de espíritu que es parte esencial de nuestro improbable proyecto de democracia. En el corazón de este libro está la visión del senador Obama de cómo podemos superar nuestras divisiones para enfrentar los...
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After years of courses, research papers, lectures, midterms, and finals, it's time for students to graduate. One of the last rites of passage for students before pursuing their careers is the graduation ceremony. But before receiving their diplomas, students have one last opportunity to bask in the wisdom and experience conveyed by those who deliver the commencement address. This compilation of commencement speeches features a variety of successful...
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More than 40 speeches - considered among the greatest of all time - comprise this marvelous collection. All the works are unabridged, and the most contemporary are live recordings, from political figures such as Winston Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and John F. Kennedy to Civil Rights activists Martin Luther King, Jr. and Malcolm X - from sports figures Babe Ruth and Lou Gehrig to cultural events including King Edward VIII's abdication speech...
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This is a compilation of presidential speeches that spans 75 years, from Franklin Delano Roosevelt's first inaugural speech in 1933 to Barack Obama's victory speech in 2008. All presidents from this period are featured here, including Harry S. Truman ("Inaugural Address"), Dwight Eisenhower ("Republican Convention Address"), John F. Kennedy ("Inaugural Address"), Lyndon Johnson ("Signing of the Civil Rights Act"), Richard Nixon ("Resignation Address"),...