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  Childhood

  Leo Tolstoy

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  Childhood, published in 1852, is the first novel in Leo Tolstoy’s autobiographical trilogy, which also includes Boyhood, and Youth. Published when Tolstoy was twenty-three, the book gained immediate notice among Russian writers including Ivan Turgenev, and heralded the young Tolstoy as a major figure in Russian letters. Childhood is an expressionist exploration of the internal life of a young boy, Nikolenka, and was a new form in Russian writing, mixing fact, fiction and emotions to render the moods and reactions of the narrator. Childhood is Tolstoy’s first published work. Translated into English by C. J. Hogarth. (Summary by Hugh)

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  Duke - The Musical Life of Duke...

  Bill Gutman

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  Edward Kennedy “Duke” Ellington was one of jazz’s greatest innovators. Join Bill Gutman as he explores the fascinating life of this legend from his birth at the turn of the century to his death at the age of seventy‑five. Interviewing Duke’s friends, fans, and fellow musicians, Gutman documents the progress of a man who dedicated his life to crafting the ever‑changing sound of jazz. Gutman plunges into the history of jazz from its origin in the honky‑tonk sounds of the Ragtime Era to the forms that are widely enjoyed today. Jazz has evolved through the years to become one of the most popular forms of music, with Duke Ellington as chief composer, artist, and perfomer. Gutman’s account of Ellington’s life as it parallels the history of jazz provides a fascinating history for both jazz veterans and those new to the art form.

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  Living a Life of Greatness

  Sarah Grynberg

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  An insightful and affirming guide to resetting your life and finding purpose, meaning and fulfilment through simple everyday practices, from the host of the internationally successful podcast A Life of Greatness. 
   
  'A brilliant guide to mastering your inner world and finding true fulfilment and happiness.' DEEPAK CHOPRA 
   
  Have you ever felt like you're hurtling through life, unable to slow down or take a breath? Things might look good from the outside, but you're running on empty with no time to reflect on what it's all for. 
   
  Greatness is the antidote to this helpless, discontented feeling: it is about self-knowledge and taking control of your life; finding meaning and joy beyond the noise of the modern world. Greatness is within us all. But daily demands, the weight of expectations and the opinions of others can pull us away from who we truly are, leaving us feeling lost. This book is a guide to cutting through the chaos, reconnecting with yourself and reclaiming the greatness that was always yours. 
   
  Sarah Grynberg shares the steps she took to transform her life after experiencing burnout in a high-profile, high-pressure job—and realising how unfulfilled she truly was. Drawing from her own life stories, her work as a mindset coach and her in-depth interviews with global thought leaders, celebrities and authors on her podcast A Life of Greatness, Sarah candidly reveals the simple, everyday practices that can set us firmly back on our own paths to greatness. 
   
  'Sarah Grynberg is a wise and wonderful person, and this book is a gift that will touch countless lives.' JOHANN HARI 
   
  'A book for the soul. Sarah graciously shares her life to help you find yours.' LIZ HAYES 
   
  'I've never had a conversation with Sarah Grynberg when I haven't felt I was in the presence of someone bound for greatness. Her depth and wisdom are something we should all aspire to.' MARIANNE WILLIAMSON

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  Murder Mutiny & Mayhem - The...

  Joe O'Shea

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  The Blackest-Hearted Villains from Irish History
  The Irish are celebrated at home and abroad as explorers, freedom fighters and great writers and artists, but for every Tom Crean, Bernardo O'Higgins or James Joyce, there is a Hugh Gough, Antoine Walsh or Luke Ryan.
  This book is about the Irish slavers, grave-robbers, duellists, conmen, drug-lords and killers who wreaked havoc around the world …
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  - Beauchamp Bagenal from Carlow, an eighteenth-century duellist, hell-raiser, heart-breaker
  - Burke & Hare grave-robbers turned murderers who supplied cadavers to the medical schools of nineteenth-century Edinburgh
  - Antoine Walsh from Kilkenny who amassed huge fortunes in the French slave trade
  - Luke Ryan, a pirate & buccaneer born in Rush in 1750
  - Sir Hugh Gough, a Limerick man who commanded the British troops in the first Opium war against China
  - James 'Sligo' Jameson who was rumoured to have fallen into madness and cannibalism in the Congo in 1888 … and many more!

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  Deep into Yellowstone - A Year’s...

  Rick Lamplugh

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  After living and working for three winters in Yellowstone's Lamar Valley, Rick and his wife Mary long to go deeper into Yellowstone. Finally they trust Yellowstone's pull, leave the security of their Oregon life, and relocate to Gardiner, just outside the park's north gate. Their year of immersion begins. 
   
   
   
  Deep into Yellowstone takes you along as Rick and Mary cross-country ski, hike, bicycle, canoe, and backpack through four seasons of Yellowstone's grandeur. 
   
    
   
  Along the way, Rick explains important controversies: the outrage over the removal of grizzlies from the endangered species list; the dispute over hunting park wolves along Yellowstone's border; the debate about whether wolves help or harm the ecosystem and the economy; the fight to stop the slaughter of park bison; the overuse of the park; and their community's battle to prevent gold mining right on the park's border. 
   
   
   
  If you want to visit, learn about, or protect our nation's first national park, this book is for you. Deep into Yellowstone will give you a stronger love for the park's grandeur, a deeper knowledge of the controversies threatening the park, and a clearer picture of how to protect Yellowstone.

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  A Change of Affection - A Gay...

  Becket Cook, Francis Chan

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  The powerful, dramatic story of how a successful Hollywood set designer whose identity was deeply rooted in his homosexuality came to be suddenly and utterly transformed by the power of the gospel. 
  When Becket Cook moved from Dallas to Los Angeles after college, he discovered a socially progressive, liberal town that embraced not only his creative side but also his homosexuality. He devoted his time to growing his career as a successful set designer and to finding "the one" man who would fill his heart. His life centered around celebrity-filled Hollywood parties and he traveled to society hot-spots around the world--until a chance encounter with a pastor at an LA coffee shop one morning changed everything.         
  In A Change of Affection, Becket Cook shares his testimony as someone who was transformed by the power of the gospel. His dramatic conversion to Christianity and subsequent seminary training inform his views on homosexuality--personally, biblically, theologically, and culturally--and his compelling audiobook guides listeners through this complex and controversial issue while revealing how to lovingly engage with those who disagree. 
   Provocative, genuine, and deeply faithful, A Change of Affection is a timely and indispensable resource for anyone who desires to understand more fully one of the most common and difficult stumbling blocks to faithfully following Christ today.

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