You'll be inspired to be the change you wish to see in the world as you read through this collection of speeches delivered by Barack Obama. These messages of hope for a more perfect union in America will appeal to readers across the political spectrum. From pre-presidential oratory to his farewell address, the former president covers issues of race, unemployment, natural disasters, public tragedies, and his legacy of health care reform. This beautiful leather-bound volume with a foil-stamped cover design will become one of your most treasured library volumes.

Barack Obama Speeches

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Jim Towey had been a high-flying Congressional staffer and lawyer in the 1980s until a brief meeting with Mother Teresa illuminated the emptiness of his life. Soon, he had given up his job and possessions and had become a full-time volunteer for Mother Teresa. He shares 5 lessons he learned during his time with her. Learn more about Mother Teresa in To Love and Be Loved: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/To-Love-and-Be-Loved/Jim-Towey/9781982195625

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5 Life Lessons from Mother Teresa

As a historian, Buck resurrects the flatboat era's adventurous spirit, but he also challenges familiar myths about American expansion, confronting the bloody truth behind settlers' push for land and wealth.

LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI and the Flatboat Era

The role of the flatboat in our country's evolution is far more significant than most Americans realize. Like the Nile or the Seine before them, the western rivers in America became a floating supply chain that fueled national growth.

LIFE ON THE MISSISSIPPI by Rinker Buck

Historian and World War II expert Andrew Nagorski discusses the daring mission to exfiltrate Sigmund Freud to London from an Austria under siege by Hitler's German forces.

Saving Sigmund Freud

Master American storyteller Rinker Buck returns with Life on the Mississippi, an epic, enchanting blend of history and adventure in which Buck builds a wooden flatboat from the grand “flatboat era” of the 1800s and sails it down the Mississippi River, illuminating the forgotten past of America's first western frontier.

Barack Obama Speeches

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