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  Born on the Bayou - A Memoir

  Blaine Lourd

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  In the tradition of the modern classics The Tender Bar by J. R. Moehringer and The Liars' Club by Mary Karr, Blaine Lourd's meaningful debut, Born on the Bayou, is a powerful gothic memoir set in the bayous and oil towns of 1970s Louisiana. In honest, confessional prose, Born on the Bayou - a roller-coaster rags-to-riches story - transports us to a pocket of the South where Lourd learns how to be a man from the two people he looks up to the most: his larger-than-life father, "Puffer", a prominent figure in the oil business; and his successful older brother, Bryan. 
  With an eye turned perpetually toward the gruff and distant Puffer, Lourd illustrates how those closest to us can cause the most hurt, even as we seek their approval. Whether he's learning how to skin a duck at age 10, enjoying his first beer at 13, or detailing the finer points of ride-on lawn mowing, Lourd gets to the heart of being a Southerner with rawness and grace. From his early childhood through his eventual pilgrimage to the West Coast, he beautifully details what it means to have tangible roots to a place so ingrained, it is a part of your own being.  
  From barreling down the low-country roads in a shiny Thunderbird to chasing women and learning to be a gentleman, Born on the Bayou is one man's struggle against the forces of family love, loyalty, and obligation and the ties that keep us tethered to our roots no matter how far we run.

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  Lessons From the Bench -...

  Gillian Hussey

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  When Gillian Hussey started out in Bridewell District Court in 1984, little did she realise that she would deal with some of the most notorious criminals in Ireland, including the Kinahans, the Cahills, 'The Monk' and John Gilligan.
  As one of Ireland's first female judges, Gillian was very much a woman in a man's world. Unafraid to look beyond the courtroom, she always sought to better understand the human – not just the criminal – who stood before her in the dock. Through her work, Gillian spent a lifetime learning about people, society and herself.
  This fascinating insight into the career of a trailblazing woman reveals the inner workings of Ireland's criminal courts, explores the changes in Irish society and shares some timeless truths learned from almost twenty years on the bench.

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  And Life Lights Up - Moments...

  Alice Taylor

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  Let Alice Taylor encourage you to live in the now, to really live your experiences and to treasure the special moments in your life.
  With Alice as a guide, explore the steps and ways to live a conscious life and focus on the goodness of the world around us. Alice's beautiful and captivating writing is an act of mindfulness in itself, and she shares her favourite moments in life, encouraging us to ponder our own. Alice also inspires the reader to be attentive to the here and now and embrace moments as they arise.
  A beautiful and enchanting book by a bestselling and celebrated author.

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  Amazing Mathematicians: A2-B1...

  Anna Trewin, Fiona MacKenzie

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  The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history. 
  Contents: 
  Galileo who wanted to show that the earth went around the sun 
  René Descartes, the Frenchman who famously said ‘I think, therefore I am’ 
  Sir Isaac Newton who proved how gravity works 
  Carl Friedrich Gauss, ‘the Prince of Mathematicians’ 
  Charles Babbage who invented computers 
  Ada Lovelace who wrote the first computer program 
  BRITISH ENGLISH 
  Word count: 8,351 
  Headword count: 790 
  PLUS: visit www.collinselt.com/readers for videos, teacher resources and self-study materials. 
  This book is Level 2 in the Collins ELT Readers series. 
  Level 2 is equivalent to CEF level A2-B1. 
  About the Amazing People series: 
  A unique opportunity for learners of English to read about the exceptional lives and incredible abilities of some of the most insightful people the world has seen. 
  Each book contains six short stories, told by the characters themselves, as if in their own words. The stories explain the most significant parts of each character’s life, giving an insight into how they came to be such an important historic figure. 
  After each story, a timeline presents the most major events in their life in a clear and succinct fashion. The timeline is ideal for checking comprehension or as a basis for project work or further research. 
  Created in association with The Amazing People Club. 
  About Collins ELT Readers: 
  Collins ELT Readers are divided into four levels: 
  Level 1 – elementary (A2) 
  Level 2 – pre-intermediate (A2–B1) 
  Level 3 – intermediate (B1) 
  Level 4 – upper intermediate (B2) 
  Each level is carefully graded to ensure that the learner both enjoys and benefits from their reading experience.

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  Napoleon - A Concise Biography

  David A. Bell

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  This book provides a concise, accurate, and lively portrait of Napoleon Bonaparte's character and career, situating him firmly in historical context. 
  David Bell emphasizes the astonishing sense of human possibility—for both good and ill—that Napoleon represented. By his late twenties, Napoleon was already one of the greatest generals in European history. At thirty, he had become absolute master of Europe's most powerful country. In his early forties, he ruled a European empire more powerful than any since Rome, fighting wars that changed the shape of the continent and brought death to millions. Then everything collapsed, leading him to spend his last years in miserable exile in the South Atlantic. 
  Bell emphasizes the importance of the French Revolution in understanding Napoleon's career. The revolution made possible the unprecedented concentration of political authority that Napoleon accrued, and his success in mobilizing human and material resources. Without the political changes brought about by the revolution, Napoleon could not have fought his wars. Without the wars, he could not have seized and held onto power. Though his virtual dictatorship betrayed the ideals of liberty and equality, his life and career were revolutionary.

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  The Last Punisher - A SEAL Team...

  Kevin Lacz, Ethan E. Rocke,...

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  The Last Punisher is a bold, no-holds-barred first-person account of the Iraq War. With wry humor and moving testimony, Kevin Lacz tells the story of his tour in Iraq with SEAL Team Three, the warrior elite of the Navy. This legendary unit, known as "The Punishers," included Chris Kyle (American Sniper), Mike Monsoor, Ryan Job, and Marc Lee. These brave men were instrumental in securing the key locations in the pivotal 2006 Battle of Ramadi, told with stunning detail in this book.Minute by minute, Lacz relays the edge-of-your-seat details of his team's missions in Ramadi, offering a firsthand glimpse into the heated combat, extreme conditions, and harrowing experiences they faced every day. Through it all, Lacz and his teammates formed unbreakable bonds and never lost sight of the cause: protecting America with their fight.The Last Punisher brings the listener into the life and mind of a SEAL, demonstrating the tough realities of war. At the same time, Lacz shares how these experiences made him a better man and how proud he is of his contributions to one of this country's most difficult military campaigns.

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