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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 individuals including two presidents, two first ladies, and other accomplished public figures.

Michael Texs was raised beneath Friday night lights with one dream—to become the greatest quarterback the Duskland Republic had ever seen. Armed with a cannon arm, dangerous confidence, and a relentless drive to win, Michael and superstar receiver Jett Mercier lead the Black Hollow Wranglers into the brutal world of elite high school football. But in the War for the Adamite Throne universe, football is more than a game—it is fame, violence, power, and legacy.

The frontier is burning. Set in 1999 AC during the brutal civil war between the Anglion Union and the fractured Duskland Republic territories, Where the River Runs Red follows Elias Crowe — a hardened rider deeply inspired by the old frontier legends, a man whose life was destroyed by war and imperial expansion.

A former cop turned minister is forced to bring back his old skills when his church is rocked by a murder within its hallowed walls. Asa Carter was once one of Chicago’s best homicide detectives. But he left that world behind to go into the ministry. When he’s offered a pastorate position in his wife’s hometown of Glen Pines—a small, quaint, and quiet town that is a far cry from Chicago—he accepts, hoping the slower pace will bring him much-needed rest.

In The Aztec Drumbeat: Echoes Before the Conquest, history pulses through the streets of the great city, where emperors dream of omens and eagle warriors stand watch over ancient bloodlines. But far across the sea, sails have caught the wind—bringing steel, faith, and fire to a world unprepared for what’s coming.

The Great Presidential Debates features five pivotal debates in the race for the White House: John F. Kennedy versus Richard Nixon in 1960, Jimmy Carter versus Ronald Reagan in 1980, Bill Clinton versus George H. W. Bush versus Ross Perot in 1992, George W. Bush versus Al Gore in 2000, and Barack Obama versus Mitt Romney in 2012.

Michael Texs was built for Friday nights. Raised from childhood by his hardened father to become the perfect quarterback, Michael enters his second season at Black Hollow carrying the weight of the entire Duskland Republic on his shoulders. Under the blinding lights of packed stadiums, national broadcasts, sponsorship pressure, social media obsession, and brutal rivalries, he must evolve from talented gunslinger into true field commander.

When an ordinary teenager stumbles upon an abandoned house at the end of his street, he awakens a malevolent force that has been dormant for centuries. Hash Blink was just like any other teen until the day he found the diary. Now, marked by a vengeful spirit known as the Alpha Spirit, Hash finds himself drawn into a terrifying world of dark secrets, shadowy corridors, and ghostly whispers that threaten not only his sanity but the fate of his entire town.

This third installment of the groundbreaking Inside Metal series takes the listener on a journey into the evolution of thrash metal, or “speed metal” as it was originally labeled. Appropriately titled, The Rise of LA Thrash Metal explores the '80s metal counterculture with firsthand insight from the bands and artists that ruled the LA metal underground, as well as journalists, scenesters, and insiders from a time in history when metal music was becoming more and more creative, experiential, uncompromising, and extreme - a time when thrash metal was thriving in LA.

The Diseases of Money is not a guide about getting rich fast, beating the market, or memorizing financial formulas. It's a quiet but honest examination of how money shapes our thoughts, habits, fears, attention, and daily decisions—often without us noticing.