THE HANDMAID'S TALE


BY MARGARET ATWOOD

     A gripping vision of American society radically overturned by a theocratic revolution.
     Offred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead. She may leave the home of the Commander once a day to walk to markets whose signs are now pictures instead of words because women are no longer allowed to read. She must lie with the Commander once a month and pray she becomes pregnant, because Offred and the other Handmaids are only valued if they are fertile.
     She can remember the days before, when she lived and made love with her husband; when she played with her daughter; when she had a job, money of her own, and access to knowledge. But all of that is gone now....

COMMENCEMENT


SPEECHES

Two Great Leaders in Information Technology:

* Bill Gates (Microsoft)

* Steve Jobs (Apple)

Two Famous Comedians and Television Show Hosts

* Conan O'Brien

* Ellen Degeneres

The Renowned Writer of the Harry Potter Novels

* J.K. Rowling

THE FUTURE IS


BETTER THAN YOU THINK

* President Obama Supports Same-Sex Marriage

* The Earth is Full - Really Full

* 10 Things You Won't Hear When You Graduate

* Comedian Stephen Colbert's Graduation Speech

* Free After 25 Years in Prison: A Tale Of Murder And Injustice

* The 'Manhunt' To Capture Osama Bin Laden

* Sherlock Holmes - 'The Creeping Man'

AMERICANA II


THE BE GOOD TANYAS

A Canadian alternative folk/country group from Vancouver, British Columbia.

Birds
Momsong
Dogsong 2
Junkie Song
Don't You Fall
Sleep Dog Lullaby
It's Not Happening
Broken Telephone
In Spite of All The Damage
I Wish My Baby Were Born

An unlikely pair thrown together in German East Africa during the First World War: the gin drinking boat captain of "The African Queen" and a straitlaced Methodist missionary. After the burning of her village by Kaiser Wilhelm's troops, she determines that the Queen should be used to attack the Königin Luise, a large German gunboat patrolling a lake downriver.

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