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Ranging in age from six to 40, 38 sons and daughters of lesbians offer brief essays that could be valuable to like offspring, as well as to relatives and friends trying to understand the problems such children face. Homophobia, visited upon the children as well as their mothers, is the most commonly cited concern; some younger contributors feel isolated from their peers, and a couple of boys endure rejection from radical lesbian acquaintances.

In this riveting delivery to the National Association of Securities Professionals, Jesse Jackson makes an impassioned plea for forging new directions in minority access to assets. In the Rev. Jackson tradition, this keynote comes complete with evocative oratory mastery; layered with candor and humor, wit and style. His examples are transparent, provocative, and unyielding. This particular presentation, a seminal, momentous event, belongs among America's conceptual best.

A collection of the most famous historic speeches from the twentieth century, including Franklin D. Roosevelt's declaration of war against Japan and Geoge Bush's Bombing of Iraq Speech.