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Chennai from an American'S Perspective
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In late December 2016, Paul Bouchard and his wife boarded British Airways and headed to Chennai, India, for a five-day visit of her family. After the plane landed in Indias fourth-largest city on Christmas morning, Paul was immediately swept up into a friendly culture where taxis gracefully manuever within heavy traffic, every home has a prayer room, and goats, cows, and dogs roam the streets freely. In a fascinating narrative, Paul chronicles his experiences and observations about life in Chennai including periodic power outages, streets filled with motorcycles and motorscooters, roads without demarcated lanes, and churches dedicated to St. Thomas. From Chennais perfectly timed sunrises and sunsets along the shores of the Bay of Bengal, to a memorable road trip that led from the immense city to green pastures and eventually to the historical sites at Mahabalipuram, Paul vividly describes each experience from a Western point of view, providing readers with an unforgettable glimpse into another country and its way of life. Chennai from an Americans Perspective shares a firsthand account of an American lawyers trip to a major Indian city during late 2016.

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Catholic Marries a Hindu
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Two people -- Paul, an American, and Latika, an Indian -- fall in love and get married in this true East meets-West story entitled A Catholic Marries a Hindu. From language and attitudes to cuisine and hobbies, and from college experiences and career choices to social structure and work settings, this short, matter-of-fact read sheds light on the many cultural differences between the United States and India as seen through Pauls perspective -- as seen through American eyes. The true story culminates in the weddings (both Catholic and Hindu) of Latika and Paul -- tuxedos, Mass, and a wedding cake on day one are replaced by saris, Sanskrit chants, and coconuts on day two. Educational and informative, A Catholic Marries a Hindu shows us that differences, at times, can unite.

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Lessons Learned
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Paul Bouchard's books includeEnlistment, A Package at Gitmo, The Boy Who Wanted to Be a Man, and the nonfiction workA Catholic Marries a Hindu. Note: The views expressed in Paul Bouchard's books are solely his own and are not affiliated with the United States Army.

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Last Interview
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It is June 2016 as Professor Roger Johnson of George Mason University sits in the C-SPAN studio in Washington, DC, with executive producer Peter Slen across from him. As the live, three-hour In Depth session begins, the eighty-year-old professor reveals that he has been diagnosed with throat cancer. Still, he delves into the interview with enthusiasm, knowing this may be his last chance to impart his wisdom and life experiences onto the world. As Professor Johnson begins answering questions from Slen and numerous callers, he reflects on his career as a scholar; his experiences as a presidential consultant to Jimmy Carter, Gerald Ford, and others; and his latest book, Politics and Government in the Age of Social Media. While providing his insights and predictions on the 2016 presidential election, Johnson leads his audience on a fascinating journey that reveals how data analytics can help bring efficiency in government, how technological advances will improve future societies, and why Americans have so many reasons to be optimistic about the future of their great country. The Last Interview shares a seasoned professors opinions and reflections as he looks back on his career, assesses the current political environment, and provides hope for the future.

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Priya's Choice
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Nine thousand miles separate Chennai, India, from Las Cruces, New Mexico, the distance Priya Kumar, 25, travels to join two of her sisters for a one year graduate program at New Mexico State University. Busy with school work and learning all she can about the United States, it's in Professor Martin's year-long Independent Studies course where her comparison-culture learning is put to the forefront, for she must write a 50-page paper about Alexis de Tocqueville's classic Democracy in America and whether it still rings true nearly two centuries after its first publication. The American Story is often best told from a foreigner's perspective, and it's in writing this paper that Priya not only learns about her host country, but more so about herself and the choices she's faced with. One choice stands above all the others, and it changes her life forever.

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Enlistment
av Paul Bouchard
It wasnt supposed to be this way. Twenty-six-year-old Jack Boudreau is a struggling stringer reporter out of Bangor, Maine, who suddenly finds himself standing inside a cattle truck with forty other members of his platoon. Forced to enlist in the Army due to financial pressures, Jack heads to basic training in Missouri, with only two duffle bags to keep him company.After completing training as an Army journalist at the Defense Information School, Jack receives orders to report to Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. His new roommate is Specialist Dustin Boros, who has all the qualities of a successful entrepreneurcharisma and ambition, endless patience, a willingness to take risks, an eye for talent, and an uncanny knack to schmooze. The only problem is that Boros business is managing an illegal cash crop of marijuana. When Jack discovers Boros and his cohorts are operating a drug ring, he has no idea that his roommate is creating an elaborate plan to get him kicked out of the Army.In this gripping military thriller, one man must fight to defend his honor amidst corruption and evil and hes under the gun to solve the puzzle before it is too late.

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True Believer
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Army JAG lawyer Captain Mark Sanders cannot get over the harsh twenty-five year prison sentence levied against his client, Sergeant Keyshawn Adams, for one simple reason: he believes Adams did not brutally rape his ex-girlfriend.Determined to prove his gut instincts and reverse the conviction of Adams, Sanders seeks the assistance of a DNA expert, reinterviews every possible witness, and hires private investigator Dale Owens to track down potential witnesses who were unavailable for the trial. But when a strong suspicion points to the guilt of someone resembling the young sergeant, Sanders and Owens learn two valuable lessons: the toughest cases are when you believe your client, and what matters are not ones beliefs, but what can be proven in a court of law.In this fast-paced legal thriller, an army JAG lawyer must confront doubts, fears, and risks in an effort to find the truth and hopefully right a wrong.

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Agency in Language Policy and Planning:
av Jeremie Bouchard, Gregory Paul Glasgow
This collection brings together theory and ethnographic research from a range of national contexts to offer unique insights into the nature of agency in language policy and planning. Situated within a broader sociological framework, the book explores agentive processes at work in case studies from around the world, engaging in discussions of such key themes as language and identity, language ideologies, linguistic diversity in education, and language revitalization. Each chapter examines the ways in which decisions made at both the local and national level impact language use and in turn, the dynamic relationship between language use, policy, and practice in these contexts. Taken together, this volume advances our understanding of agency in language policy and planning and directions for future research, making this key reading for students and scholars in language and education, critical sociolinguistics, and applied linguistics.

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Package at Gitmo
av Paul Bouchard
Jerome Brown, twenty-two, is on his last tower guard duty at Camp Delta, the detention facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Like the other members of his Texas Army National Guard unit, Brown is looking forward to the end of his shift, especially since in less than twelve hours, his unit is slated to board a chartered plane and head back to Texas for their deactivation.To kill time on an otherwise boring and mundane tower guard shift, Brown thinks about what he calls his Big Four: Should he leave the Army when his enlistment term ends in a couple of months? Should he convert to Islam like so many young African-American men do? Should he pop the question to his girlfriend, Tywanna?And most important of all, what is in that package Tywanna said she sent to him, by DHL so that it would get there in time? Tywanna is his one and only; he loves her and her daughter, Danielle, more than anything. Hecan envision their life and their future together. And then Brown receives the package, and it changes everything. Theres no turning back,theres no do-over, and his life will never be the same.

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2084
av Paul Bouchard
After Sergeant Bill Miller is injured while serving his country in southern Afganistan, he is flown to Germany where he undergoes surgery to repair his spine. While military doctors are operating on him, Bill has an out-of-body experience where he meets Mr. Wonderful, Kevin O'Leary, and obtains tips on how to pitch his idea on Shark Tank. Three years after the strange event, Bill, his brother, and Bill's wife appear on the popular show to pitch their company and idea. When the trio fails to obtain investors, Bill is helped by Steve Ballmer, a former Microsoft executive and current owner of the LA Clippers. Six decades later, Bill appears on a television show to explain how he has transformed into the world's wealthiest person amid an ever-changing world where robots, AI, and machine learning have replaced humans in the workforce, sports betting has exploded, cyborgs have increased, Las Vegas is the second largest city, and Mark Cuban has somehow become the gold standard for America's presidents. 2084 is the enlightening tale of one man's journey to become the world's wealthiest man after a failed attempt on Shark Tank leads him in a new direction.

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Having It Good Downrange
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Incoming! Incoming! Incoming! That was the all-too-familiar signal causing US Army JAG lawyer Paul Bouchard to drop everything and seek cover in a concrete bunker, under a table, or beneath a palm tree during his one-year military tour in Iraq. As Bouchard patiently waited for the all-clear signal, he understood each uncertain moment was just part of living and working in a combat zone. In this true account of his experiences and those of his fellow JAG corps buddies deployed in Iraq during 2010 and 2011, Bouchard shares his observations about a country where temperatures reached 125 degrees Fahrenheit, and where everyone faced a variety of dangers, to include nighttime kidnapping attempts. Detailing how he and other JAG officers coped and stayed safe while defending soldiers, Bouchard provides insights on Saddam Hussein and his brutal regime, military base comforts, the horror induced by a troubled American soldier, and the ways some soldiers cleverly circumvented the prohibitions behind General Order Number 1. Having It Good Downrange shares a JAG officers fascinating narrative of his one-year deployment in Iraq as he carried out the rewarding work of defending Americas soldiers.

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Ashes to Ashes
av Paul Bouchard
Like his hero, Pat Tillman, Eric Holzer deploys to Afghanistan right after signing an NFL contract, but when an IED hits his convoy, he becomes a double amputee and must find purpose in his life. His founding of a wheelchair-basketball league in his native Bangor, Maine, is one such purpose, but so is President Trump's 2020 re-election efforts. When the incumbent president is defeated, Holzer takes part in the January 6, 2021, Trump Rally and storming of the Capitol Building, only to meet his demise there when a stray bullet proves fatal. Narrated by his best friend, Dean Leonard, this story recounts the ups and downs of a short life well lived.

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Researching Agency in Language Policy and Planning

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Researching Agency in Language Policy and Planning
av Gregory Paul Glasgow, Jeremie Bouchard
This concise collection features seven studies on agency in language policy and planning across five different national contexts. Building on themes explored in Agency in Language Policy and Planning, this volume highlights the complex relationship between agency and broader ideological discourses, integrating social theory toward contributing to and enhancing growing scholarship on language policy and planning. This book will be of particular interest to students and scholars in language policy and planning, language and education, critical sociolinguistics, and applied linguistics.

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Researching Agency in Language Policy and Planning
av Gregory Paul Glasgow, Jeremie Bouchard
This concise collection features seven studies on agency in language policy and planning across five different national contexts. Building on themes explored in Agency in Language Policy and Planning, this volume highlights the complex relationship between agency and broader ideological discourses, integrating social theory toward contributing to and enhancing growing scholarship on language policy and planning. This book will be of particular interest to students and scholars in language policy and planning, language and education, critical sociolinguistics, and applied linguistics.

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Best Interests of the Child
av Paul Bouchard
It's 2016 when San Antonio criminal defense attorney Jim Andrews agrees to defend twenty-one-year-old army specialist, Cory Keller. The defendant, who suffers from PTSD related to an IED event and subsequent traumatic brain injury, is accused of raping sixteen-year-old Bethany, the daughter of his thirty-one-year-old, soon-to-be ex-wife, Lori Babson. While Keller maintains his innocence, Andrews plots his defense strategy. When a key witness goes missing and the court martial results in a turn of events, Andrews must create a plan to defend his client against a new set of charges. Keller, however, is nowhere to be found, and Andrews is battling marriage and child issues of his own. As a courtroom drama ensues, both Babson and Keller meet unanticipated fates. In this fast-paced thriller, readers are left wondering what exactly are the best interests of the child?

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Boy Who Wanted to Be a Man
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Little Roger, an eleven-year-old boygrowing up in northern Maine nearthe Canadian border, must write ahistory paper about his small town ofFrenchville. As his mother is tellinghim about growing up in nearby NewBrunswick, Canada, she tells him thatWhere Im from, a boy is not a manuntil he kills a deer.At that point Little Roger sets anew goal for himself, not only doeshe want to get an A on his historypaper about Frenchville but now healso wants to kill a deer and becomea man! He knows what he must dobut it is something very new to himand he must find a way to reconcilethe task with the outcome. With onlya couple of days left in the huntingseason, will Little Roger kill a deerand become a man?

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Last Rites
av Paul Bouchard
Two days ago, forty-seven-year-old Glenn Greenwood was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer and given six months left to live. While reflecting on his short life and twenty-year army career, Glenn often ponders what exactly Father LaBrie meant when he recently said, Ill administer your last rites tomorrow, Glenn, Saturday, but before I do, I want to take you for a short ride, a short trip. I can also administer the sacrament of confession when you want. A short ride? A short trip? Glenns not sure what thats all about, but when Saturday arrives, and Father LaBrie, as promised, takes Glenn for that short ride in his Ford Explorer on that crisp autumn morning, a destination is reached, and it is there that an event of some three decades past is revisited, an event Glenn buried deep in his mind a long time ago, hoping it would never resurface. Now the incident has resurfaced and it affects his last rites andfinal confession.

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Agency in Language Policy and Planning:
av Jeremie Bouchard, Gregory Paul Glasgow
This collection brings together theory and ethnographic research from a range of national contexts to offer unique insights into the nature of agency in language policy and planning. Situated within a broader sociological framework, the book explores agentive processes at work in case studies from around the world, engaging in discussions of such key themes as language and identity, language ideologies, linguistic diversity in education, and language revitalization. Each chapter examines the ways in which decisions made at both the local and national level impact language use and in turn, the dynamic relationship between language use, policy, and practice in these contexts. Taken together, this volume advances our understanding of agency in language policy and planning and directions for future research, making this key reading for students and scholars in language and education, critical sociolinguistics, and applied linguistics.

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Who Killed Joe Daigle?
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The New Yorker's David Nichols is assigned to find out who killed Joe Daigle, a prominent potato farmer in northern Maine's St. John Valley. Teaming up with local reporter Bob Dube, the pair explore various theories circulated by townsfolk and discover the complexities of not only the victim, but The Valley he resided in.

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