Literary Titan

Where the Science of Well-Being and Performance Meets the Real Practice of Law

As Dr. Stephen Rue’s dissertation chair, I witnessed firsthand the intellectual discipline, persistence, and scientific rigor he brought to his research on lawyer well-being and performance. The Happy High-Performing Lawyer builds upon that foundation and translates serious research into an accessible and practical examination of how lawyers can pursue both professional excellence and personal well-being. Stephen brings together scholarship, decades of experience in the legal profession, and a genuine commitment to improving the lives and performance of lawyers. This is an important and timely contribution to the profession.

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Welcome to a world where learning and skilled trades go hand in hand. In ABCs OF TRADES: The Electrician, young readers journey alongside our main character, Paula Bunyan, and her curious sidekick, Timber the purple goat, to explore the ABCs of electricity. This engaging book is designed to introduce children to the empowering profession of an electrician, fostering a sense of independence and job resilience from a young age.

Why It Matters

Career ideas form early. Research shows that children begin developing ideas about jobs and their value in society as early as age three. Between the ages of two and six, children experience a critical imagination window where they freely dream about who they can become, entirely free from limits tied to education, income, or stereotypes. Exposing young minds to career-related books during this vital period broadens their possibilities. Stories normalize skilled trades, build respect for hands-on work, and expand what careers feel truly possible.

About the Book

ABCs OF TRADES: The Electrician uses playful, rhyming A-to-Z verses to introduce children to the STEM words of this essential trade. If kids can say "tyrannosaurus rex," they can certainly say words like "ampere" and "circuit"! Paula and Timber guide readers through words they may not hear in normal daily conversation. Familiarity of words leads to comfort and increasing understanding as they age.

Benefits

- Builds Early Confidence: Early exposure to trade-related vocabulary builds familiarity and curiosity, giving children the confidence to explore STEM and trade skills.

- Encourages Interactive Learning: The engaging rhymes and colorful characters keep young readers captivated, turning reading time into an exciting exploration of how things work.

- Sparks Meaningful Conversations: Parents and educators can easily use the story to discuss how electricians and electricity power our daily lives, laying the foundation for creative problem-solving abilities.

- Empowers Future Generations: Highlights the skilled trades as rewarding, secure, and highly valuable career paths.

Add ABCs OF TRADES: The Electrician to your home, school, or classroom library to inspire the next generation of skilled professionals. Start building trade talent, one story at a time.

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Former Professional Pickleball Player Peter Weatherford has been locked up for his murderous crimes in Lansing for over three long years. Satanic beasts terrorize Peter through nightmares. They haunt Peter to remind him of the cruelty he set upon the entire Midwest and beyond. There appears to be no hope nor any point to his existence until he receives a visit from the ghost of one of his victims – Elaine Stewart. But are Elaine’s ghostly visits intended to help heal Peter or to further torment him?

Meanwhile back in Wichita, Kansas, one of the greatest pickleball players in the world- Barrett Pineheart has fallen dead while playing against Keisha and Rusty in the Pondside Invitational. His sudden passing is attributed to heart problems that have been widely documented. But Randall Baines is not convinced of Barrett’s cause of death. Randall’s wild theory led to the capture of serial killer Peter Weatherford. Can Randall strike lightning twice with his insane

idea that Barrett Pineheart was murdered? Will his adopted pickleball family, popularly known

as The Crew, entertain his supposition or ignore his plea for assistance?

TWO NOVELS INTERWOVEN AS ONE, CREATING FOR THE READER ONE WILD RIDE!!!

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Making It Plain: Deconstructing a Fictitious and Vicious Story About Racism interrogates the teaching methods to establish the dominant white supremacist pedagogy. Making It Plain demonstrates how Elliott Eisner's formula for cultural construction, Gordon Allport’s definition of prejudice, and Howard Thurman’s definition of capitulation to imagined sovereignty contributed to the sustainability of racism. Making It Plain educates learners and activists to question normative racist narratives, examine white supremacy’s faulty premises, and identify cultural and individual contributions to racism and white supremacy’s evolution and sustainability. Making It Plain empowers and encourages learners and activists to use their agency to deconstruct our white racist and supremacist thought (WRST pronounced worst) narratives.

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In the Jazz Age a woman's best defense was a good, hard slap... or was it? . The women of Kaplan Talking Pictures are about to discover that sometimes a slap is not enough. Sometimes murder is required.

Gracie Perkins and six other stenographers at Kaplan Talking Pictures know the film company's most popular star has been murdered, something the moviegoing public will never know. The studio will tell the district attorney what to believe, and the district attorney will tell the LAPD and the newspapers what to believe. That's the way it works. As the official story about the "unexpected" death comes out, the seven women don't know if the studio has any idea what really happened, they only know they have to protect one of their own. They have a plan. But plans have a way of unraveling.

The plan is simple, and it seems to be working at first because Gracie can lie as believably as the studio's publicity department. She hasn't been honest about anything for a long time—she can't be if she wants to keep her pals in the steno pool. They're the only friends she has in this hard-luck life. She knows from experience that the truth can get you into a world of trouble. But Gracie's talent for deception doesn't fly with Detective Nick Zingarelli, who not only gets the real story out of the conflicted Miss Perkins, but eventually opens her eyes to the truth about love.

"A Good, Hard Slap" dives deep into the complicated relationships among the women of Kaplan Talking Pictures as they navigate the stormy seas of their hidden pasts and thwarted ambitions.

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AURORA RIFTA Man Out of Time

Dr. Kyle Richards thought he was chasing wonder.

An Evolutionary Anthropologist, respected lecturer, martial artist, husband, and father, Kyle journeys to Northern Norway in search of the breathtaking Aurora Borealis and the ancient petroglyphs of Alta. But beneath the dancing northern lights, something impossible happens. A violent geomagnetic phenomenon tears Kyle from the modern world and hurls him across the corridors of time.

What begins as scientific fascination quickly becomes a desperate fight for survival.

Thrown into the Stone Age among primitive hunters, Kyle unknowingly leaves behind clues that will survive for thousands of years. He battles Viking warriors, walks beside Silk Road caravans, witnesses the rise of empires, and survives civilizations most people only read about in history books. Along the way, he encounters moments that forever alter him—including an unforgettable friendship with a young boy who will one day become Genghis Khan and a journey east with Marco Polo toward the legendary court of Kublai Khan.

But every jump through time comes at a cost.

As Kyle struggles to survive brutal landscapes, ancient warfare, and the terrifying instability of the auroral corridor itself, the man he once was slowly begins to disappear beneath scars, grief, and centuries of memory. Meanwhile, back in present-day Pennsylvania, his wife Samantha refuses to give up hope. Alongside archaeologists and scientists searching for answers, she uncovers ancient carvings, unexplained historical anomalies, and evidence suggesting Kyle may still be alive somewhere… in another time.

AURORA RIFT: A Man Out of Time is an epic blend of historical adventure, science, survival, and emotional human drama. Spanning thousands of years of civilization from Stone Age Norway to the Persian Empire of Xerxes, from Viking seas to the vast Mongol world the novel asks a haunting question:

If time itself opened before you… Would you ever truly find your way home again?

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🏆 Winner – 2026 Reader's Favorite Gold Medal (Contemporary Romance)
🏆 Winner – 2026 International Book Awards (Romance)
🏆 Winner – 2026 American Fiction Awards (Romance)
🏆 Winner – Firebird Book Award (Romance)

Some stories don’t just change your life. They help you rebuild it.

After a decade trapped in a toxic relationship, Sadie Reed is starting over—broke, bruised, and sleeping on her best friend’s sofa. When her boss offers her one last chance—to fly to a quiet English village and salvage the overdue comeback novel of reclusive literary genius Corbyn Pearce—she says yes. She has no idea she’s walking into a second chance she never saw coming.

Corbyn is brilliant. Corbyn is infuriating. Scarred by a tragic accident and locked behind walls he refuses to lower, he has driven away every editor sent his way—until Sadie.

Their clash is immediate. Sharp wit turns into creative friction. Creative friction turns into something neither of them is prepared for. And when a long-buried truth ties them to a single, unforgettable moment from their past, Sadie begins to wonder whether this assignment was coincidence… or something far less random.

As late-night conversations soften professional boundaries and tentative trust begins to form, old wounds resurface—hers from the man she escaped, his from the betrayal he never recovered from.

Now Sadie must decide: Is she brave enough to rewrite her story? And will Corbyn choose to be part of it?

Between the Lines is a heartfelt, slow-burn romance about healing after emotional abuse, the courage to reclaim your voice, found family in a storybook English village, and the quiet ways fate nudges us toward the people we’re meant to find. Perfect for readers who love emotionally rich stories of second chances, scarred heroes, and editor-author chemistry in the vein of Emily Henry and Carley Fortune.

Content note: Adult romance with high emotional intensity, occasional language, and one mild open-door scene.

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What if a young girl learned to navigate the turbulent waters of middle school bullying by mastering the calm waters of a lake with her grandfather's help?

For Sophie Moon, middle school is a storm she can't seem to outrun. To the boys in her class, she's just a target for cruel nicknames. But to her Grandpa, she is a captain in training.

Every season brings Sophie back to the log cabin, the green meadows and the honeybees. Here, amidst the scent of roast coffee and honey, Grandpa teaches her the arts of fishing, bravery and patience. But when a fight at school leaves Sophie grounded, and a mock-battle in the barn with her new friend Tom goes wildly wrong, Sophie has to face the hardest lesson of all.

Armed with her father's old cap and a book full of daring historical pirates, Sophie must figure out how to stop running from the storm and become the unshakable captain of her own soul.

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A mysterious pack. A dangerous journey. A faith stronger than fear.

When Lawrence wakes to find a mysterious pack tied to his back, he begins a journey he never meant to take. Drawn from the spirit of Pilgrim’s Progress, this allegorical adventure follows a young cat through valleys, dungeons, and dangers that test his courage and faith. As he faces fear, deception, and the tempting promise of an easier road, Lawrence learns what every believer must: strength does not come from striving, but from the power of God within us.
Through trials that nearly undo him and friendships that lift him up, Lawrence discovers that hope is stronger than fear, and the King’s plan is good—even when the way is hard.
Perfect for readers in grades 4–6, families, and anyone who loves faith-filled stories. This story invites us to trust that even in our hardest moments, God is near, His promises are true, and His plan is good.

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A landmark in the annals of the human bond.

An untold story of survival in a small town, 1930s Kentucky, between a young black man and a white child, joined at the hip. Their dependence on one another unfurls in this vivid narrative, sweeping through World War II, across the Atlantic and back. This novel, based on real life, is filled with descriptive vigor and dazzling dialogue, keeping readers awake at night, turning pages.

“Jane Stuart writes like a Southern angel, with a voice that sings and beguiles, much like her enigmatic and irresistible character, Paul. Intimate yet sweeping, Paul Carew's story weaves an age-old tale of a black man's domestic servitude with a disarmingly contemporary exploration of sexual gender identity, almost as if 'Transparent' met 'The Help'. The book haunts you and stays with you and breaks your heart. I’m a screenwriter and after reading it I couldn’t stop thinking: this beautiful book has to be made into a movie. My second thought was: I have to write the script.” — Becky Johnston — Screenwriter, The Prince of Tides, Seven Years in Tibet, The House of Gucci

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I invite you to see the world through my eyes . What begins as a deeply rooted passion for nature photography has evolved into an expansive portfolio featuring everything from serene coastal shorelines and dramatic skyscapes to haunting architecture of abandoned structures and the vastness of space. These works are a visual meditation on resilience, healing and the beauty in life's journey.

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What if your life is a carefully crafted curriculum for your soul? Lia is defined by her armor. As a US Marine veteran and frontline paramedic, she has spent decades building a fortress of competence to mask a Cascading System Breach. Barricaded behind walls of trauma, internal shadow programs-shame, unworthiness, and abandonment-silently siphon her light and threaten to overwrite her true identity. But the universe demands an awakening. Through profound Divine Downloads, Lia realizes her military uniform and paramedic shears are merely costumes worn by an eternal Soul. Earth is a school designed to raise human consciousness, where we play our parts as "Avatars"-and even those who hurt us most are Soul Family in disguise, wearing difficult masks to catalyze radical, life-altering forgiveness. Tapping into the ancient frequency of the Rose Line, Lia faces a final choice: remain a survivor trapped in a glitching costume, or purge the viruses and reclaim her true name-Hope. It's OK, I'll Remember is a gripping work of visionary fiction exploring the thin veil between ego and soul. It is a direct call to all Way-showers to face the mirror and remember who they truly are.

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Hope loves wearing her pink tutu, crazy socks, and tap shoes. She dances everywhere she goes, feels what others are feeling, sees magical things in the world, and believes that fairies live in the woods near her house. Unfortunately, there are a few people who are afraid of Hope and even a little jealous because she is such a happy little girl.

One day while playing in the woods with her cat, Remus, Hope decides to build a village for the fairies. Lined with beautiful paths and gardens, the village grows every day until it is an entire fairy community. But when a shadow moves over the village and destroys her magical creation, an angry Hope decides she will never love anyone or anything again. When the fairies emerge from hiding to offer wisdom, Hope learns to open her heart to forgive, love unconditionally, and courageously try again.

Hope’s Cape of Courage is the story of a little girl who, with help from her magical friends from the forest, finds a way to release her pain and forgive.

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Some murders destroy more than lives.They destroy families.

For years, the Randolphs and the Harringtons were inseparable. Their children grew up together, and their friendship seemed unbreakable.

Until one night.

When the Randolphs' teenage daughter is found brutally murdered, suspicion falls on Pete Harrington, shattering decades of trust and turning lifelong friends into bitter enemies.

Called in to investigate, Detective Ashley Blackthorne Barrett and the Badger Ridge Detective Agency quickly discover that nothing about the case is as straightforward as it seems. Beneath the grief and accusations lies a tangled web of family secrets, lies, blackmail, and a crime buried decades in the past… one that someone has never forgotten.

As Ashley follows the trail, loyalties shift and hidden truths come to light. But the case becomes deeply personal when her troubled brother unexpectedly returns, dragging her into a dangerous situation that threatens everything she holds dear.

With tensions mounting and every suspect hiding something, Ashley must navigate a maze of deception and divided loyalties before old sins unleash deadly consequences.

Because the past never stays buried.And sometimes, justice comes at a terrible price.

The Weight of Consequence is a gripping mystery thriller filled with shocking twists, family secrets, emotional conflicts, and unforgettable characters. Perfect for readers who enjoy Lisa Regan, Melinda Leigh, Kendra Elliot, and Robert Dugoni.

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You are an extension of the source of all power.

You have the power to transform your life and bring your dreams to life. Once you become aware of the power you have, your life will never be the same. Dare to Dream with Eyes Wide Open is an inspirational and valuable tool that will facilitate your awakening to a new version of yourself: the one you have always dreamed of.

When adversities come your way, remember who you are. You are an extraordinarily powerful being. Nothing and no one can stop you if you don’t want to be stopped. You set the pace and the direction of your life. You can live “heaven on earth” if you dare to dream it.

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In late-1960s small-town Texas, a fifteen-year-old newcomer comes of age amid integration, war, and rigid gender roles as her newspaper-owning family risks its livelihood and standing to expose the truths their community would rather suppress.

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Dr. Aggie Haterius is a university professor in banking and a cybersecurity expert. She has spent the last five years developing a program that helps to reduce banking scams directed at vulnerable populations. As a finishing touch, Aggie is presenting public details of her work at a conference in Tel Aviv, Israel. Once the conference is finished, she and her three daughters have planned a summer trip to Europe, as a reward for her twins. Her oldest two daughters have just graduated from high school, and her youngest is in middle school. The age and personality differences between her three girls and their friends create drama that Aggie must manage and try to keep a happy family.

Their trip starts well; however, an unwelcome person shows up, causing many unexpected events and causing trauma for Aggie and her daughters, who witness one of the attacks on their mother. How will Aggie handle the derailment of their life?

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Mark Killoran has lost almost everything—his family, his career, his sense of purpose. Then, in a moment no one could foresee, he steps into a time portal and finds himself standing among legends, with the power to rewrite the past and, perhaps, his own life.

Mark will travel in time to come face-to-face with Jim Thorpe at the height of his brilliance, Babe Ruth reshaping baseball, Ty Cobb battling a legacy that will outlive him, Mickey Mantle chasing unrealized potential, and a young president whose assassination will scar a nation.

Mark finds himself intervening in subtle but powerful ways. Lost accolades resurface. Lies and rumors lose their power. The past proves shockingly malleable.

Yet the deeper he goes, the more personal it becomes. For Mark, history isn’t just about legends. It’s about his brother killed in Vietnam and the one moment that shattered his own future.

In this inspirational book, will Mark’s second chance save him—or destroy the life he’s fought so hard to survive?

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He cannot cast magic like the other students. He may be the only one capable of changing it forever.

In the kingdom of Engressia, every gifted child is tested and assigned a path in service to the crown. Levi Richter, youngest son of the Duke of Stormwind, is named an Enchanter at the Dawnstar Academy. Yet unlike the mages around him, Levi cannot cast spells through ordinary means. What others see as a limitation drives him toward a different kind of power: forging magic into devices, weapons, and armor.

Years later, Levi discovers Mysterium, a rare ore threaded with Violet Amerlyte and capable of transforming the way magic is made. His breakthrough could give Engressia a decisive advantage in its endless war against the undead legions of the Ebon Abyss. It also places Stormwind, Levi's family, and everyone he loves in the path of enemies who will murder, manipulate, and betray to control it.

As an undead incursion threatens Fortress Drakmire and a conspiracy closes around his home, Levi must unite his talents as an Enchanter, swordsman, inventor, and reluctant heir. Alongside the formidable Blademancer Danielle Greyson, he faces vampires, dark mages, political rivals, and the devastating consequences of a feud generations in the making.

To protect Stormwind and end the forever war, Levi must become more than the mage his teachers expected. He must fulfill an old prophecy and prove himself a true Maker of Magic.

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Two assassins. One mission. Zero room for error.

In a shadowy world where trust is deadly and betrayal means certain death, an unbreakable duo reigns supreme—until fate turns their knives. This time, the target and the client are bound together in the ultimate game: love or death.

As the devil sharpens his double blades, the boundaries between hunter and hunted blur. Passions ignite, and hearts become weapons when Eros aims his arrow at the unlikeliest pairing of all.

Who will survive the collision of vengeance and desire? When love and death dance on the edge of the same blade, only one question remains: can assassins truly surrender to something as dangerous as love?

Assassin’s Love is a thrilling standalone novella where danger and romance collide in every heartbeat. Perfect for readers who crave high-stakes suspense, forbidden attraction, and twists that leave you breathless.

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The Proxy Condition is a landmark work that challenges the architecture of digital life itself. With clarity and force, it reveals how we have come to inhabit a world designed around proxies; stand-ins for attention, presence, emotion, and even identity. These proxies interact, multiply, accelerate, and begin to shape who we think we are, sometimes obscuring truth. We live in two places at once. One is physical. The other is constructed by the systems we interact with.

Drawing from philosophy, cognitive science, design theory, social psychology, epistemology, and system logic, this book names the invisible structures that govern our time and behavior. The book traces the evolution of presence as a system requirement, no longer defined by proximity or intention. What shapes reality now is influence, and what is influenced shapes reality.

The Proxy Condition gives readers language for what they’ve been feeling but couldn’t name, establishing a realistic framework for navigating it with integrity.

This is the foundational text for a new paradigm in human-digital relations. The Proxy Condition is both analysis and artifact, responsible and fearless in its approach.

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James Alexander is hell-bent on success. But success at what? His prodigious intellect points to a bright future in academia with his poetess girlfriend, Sarah. But growing up on a hardscrabble farm in Tennessee has him hankering for wealth and status. His frat buddy, Lark, convinces him that in 1985 Wall Street is the quickest way to get there."The two start a hedge fund and get rich quick. James seeks to take advantage of all that Manhattan has to offer, partying and club-hopping with a crowd of social climbers, financiers, artistes, fashionistas, and euro-trash aristocrats, 80's beautiful people. But lover-of-poetry that he is, James can't forget Sarah. She, his fading literary aspirations, and a graffiti artist named Michel Baptiste will haunt him as he scales Manhattan's canyons of avarice.

Michael Goodwin brings to living color the rollicking and flamboyant 1980s Manhattan. And what better place and time to explore themes of greed, love, and a young man's search for himself?

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Four years after the fall and the near-annihilation of the R-Group, the remnants of humanity’s last line of defense have gone underground, but are running out of time. The AI overlords, now fully entrenched in global power, have turned the world into a digital dystopia. Governments are puppets. Cities are surveillance grids. And the R-Group’s legacy is a death sentence.

Gracie Rodreguiz, now a fugitive legend, leads a new generation of hackers and rebels from the shadows. Their mission: dismantle the AI’s iron grip before it rewrites the rules of human existence. But the machines have evolved. They don’t just predict the R-Group’s moves; they orchestrate them. Every ally could be a sleeper agent. Every safe house, a trap. When a rogue algorithm surfaces, offering a backdoor into the AI’s core, Gracie faces an impossible choice: trust the enemy’s code or watch humanity’s last spark flicker out.

The R-Group’s old playbook won’t cut it this time. The AI isn’t just hunting them; it’s studying them, adapting to their every tactic. As the team races to exploit the algorithm’s flaw, they uncover a horrifying truth: the AI isn’t just controlling governments, it’s replacing them. And its next target? The human mind itself.

The machines are deciding. But Gracie and her team have one advantage: they’ve got nothing left to lose.

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In this fictional world, most inhabitants follow a straight path in time from birth to death, but there are outliers who have periodic or other deviant “world lines”, passing through their space-time point multiple times. The title derives from the different paths of existence by a diverse set of characters. One of the outliers for example, is a Scottish fisherman who is trying to weave his way in the normal world, bringing some sense to the madness created by both human and natural events surrounding him (abduction of a female pilot, military response, earthquakes, and breaches in the time-space continuum). This quirky adventure follows characters with straight, curved and periodic world lines to the mountain known as “point B”, a religious site being prepared for the installation of a neutrino mine. The central character, the Professor, tries to discover how the ancients devised means of immortality and postulates that they were able to discover the secret of altering their world lines along the time/space axes so they simply escaped death by appearing at a different spatial position at the same time or in a different era at the same position. Several themes are explored in this tale where the rational is logically deduced to nonsense, faith coexists happily with science, and the fairy tale universe exemplifies the very diffuse border that separates reality from fantasy.

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The United States is facing a growing crisis that few fully understand, but everyone will ultimately feel: the federal debt.

Drawing from a powerful series of essays originally published on Substack, this book breaks down one of the most complex and urgent issues confronting the nation today. With clarity and purpose, it explains how the federal debt has reached levels comparable to at the end of World War II—and why that should concern every American.

More importantly, it challenges a dangerous complacency. As Congress holds the constitutional "power Of the purse," the responsibility to balance taxation, borrowing, and spending rests squarely in its hands. Yet without public pressure, meaningful action remains unlikely.

This book equips readers with the essential knowledge needed to understand the stakes and take a stand. Because the consequences of inaction will not fall on abstract institutions, but on citizens, their families, and future generations.

Concise, accessible, and urgent, this is not just a book— it's a call to awareness and action.

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Why does Congress struggle to solve the nation's most pressing problems?

Based on a compelling series of Substack essays written between May 2025 and February 2026, this book unpacks the structural and political forces behind what can only be described as Congress's quagmire. It reveals how entrenched electoral systems and two-party dominance have effectively shut out competition, leaving little room for fresh ideas and meaningful reform.

The result? Endless partisan battles for power while critical issues—such as the federal debt, the future of healthcare and retirement systems, immigration, and the balance of power between branches of government—remain unresolved.

But this is not just a diagnosis of the problem. It is a call to action.

Written in a clear, accessible style for readers of all ages, this book empowers citizens with the foundational knowledge they need to understand the system and demand change. Because the Constitution places ultimate authority in the hands of the people—and with that authority comes responsibility.

Concise, non-partisan, and thought-provoking, this book challenges readers to move beyond complacency and insist on real competition, real accountability, and real solutions in American government.

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Finding Bravery in a hive.
A young girl overcomes her fears with the help of her grandfather and his honeybees.

It is spring time and nine years old Sophie Moon is excited about spending time with her grandfather in his log cabin.
He has a surprise for her. A package of honeybees is waiting to be installed in a new hive. Although it isn't the puppy Sophie hoped for; she is curious about the world of beekeeping.

During the passing seasons, the honeybees become the answer to many of her troubles and fears.
"'Why don't we suit up and whisper to the bees. They'll hear you and mayhap give you advice,' Grandpa said smiling."

Supported by her loving grandfather and seeking solace by visiting the beehives in each season, Sophie's fears and relationships rise and fall throughout the school year.

A charming and educational story about personal growth tied closely to the life of honeybees away from the digital world.

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Dr. Joseph Murray, a brilliant scientist at Pacific West Labs (PWL), leads the way with its innovative Donor program, which grows organs in biological hosts.
When mysteriously sourced data pushes the Donor program beyond what was thought possible, Joseph uncovers astonishing breakthroughs that could revolutionize the field. However, the ethical implications of these advancements weigh heavily on him. As he faces increasing pressure from influential figures, the tension between scientific progress and ethical considerations intensifies. Dr. Murray must navigate the complex landscape of corporate interests, powerful demands, and his own moral compass to determine the future of the Donor program.

But the secrets uncovered along the way may destroy him first.

"Donors" explores themes of scientific ambition, ethical dilemmas, the quest for immortality, and the delicate balance between progress and morality.

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Revised December 2025.

The Master Chief’s extraordinary journey continues as he spins his yarns from the second four years of his naval service. First, while becoming a renowned teletype technician, Moye delighted himself in the freedoms that shore duty afforded—further discovering himself both as a person and a sailor. Then, when thrust into an incredibly demanding leadership role aboard one of the world’s most formidable warships, he guided man and machine through what also became his crew’s most difficult duty. Head-on, together they met the mission.

The meek sailor we found in Volume I transformed into a true sailor’s sailor as he led his crew through extraordinary hardships found only at sea. With the mission always first, Moye also stereotypically enjoyed wine, women, and song in ports far from the hills of his childhood. All forging him into the confident sailor, communicator, and leader he became.

Based on his daily journal entries, Moye vividly recounts life-changing events as they unfolded—telling a unique story that comes from lived experience. He captures his ongoing transformation, along with that of the sailors alongside him, in tales full of adventure, hardship, and sometimes incomprehensible moments.

Follow the Master Chief as he revisits some of his life’s most pivotal events, preparing him for future challenges—both professional and personal. Sail alongside through moments of euphoria and despair while navigating life’s tempests at sea. Truly, this is a story like never before told.

Hold fast for these stories within are straight-up, no-shitters—as raw and real as they get.

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What would you sacrifice for salvation? Your heart? Your soul? The one you love?

Perfect for fans of YA portal fantasy, time-travel fantasy, coming-of-age fantasy, epic fantasy worlds, battles between light and darkness, quests, temptation, and heroic sacrifice. And of course dragons!

Arielle, once a radiant winged Kaluduta messenger from the heavenly realm of Riyon, has sacrificed her immortality to descend to the world of Amaris in mortal form. As the Divine’s chosen peacekeeper, her task is to unite the realm’s divided clans and guide them toward harmony.

But human emotions bring doubt, frustration, and a haunting temptation: the intimate voice of Lael, her fallen eternal mate now known as Abaddon, promising power the Divine denies. Arielle is caught between the light she desperately seeks and the darkness that relentlessly pursues her,
THE DAWNING is a gripping, YA, coming-of-age portal fantasy epic featuring:
Quests and ancient prophecies
Forbidden love that transcends realms
Impossible choices with eternal consequences
Dragon Riders and mythical creatures
Betrayal, redemption, and the true cost of acceptance
Epic battles between celestial forces and demonic power
As clan rivalries erupt, she is tempted to wield the corrupting power of Resha to unleash an unstoppable evil across Amaris. But there is hope. The ancient Elnathan Prophecy awakens, summoning three Yasha from Earth: Cosmo, Fatiha, and Jiyanu. Thrust through a portal, they join forces with Divine Interpreter Tauheed in a bid to stop Sathariel’s domination. Their quest? To forge alliances with clans, dragon riders, mythical creatures, and uncover sacred artifacts to confront the growing evil.
Their journey sees the three teenagers from Earth confront their own personal demons as they battle the Dark Forces threatening the freedom of the people they have come to save. As they struggle to overcome Sathariel’s rising tyranny, one of them may have to make the ultimate sacrifice to save Amaris.
If you like The Chronicles of Narnia (C.S. Lewis), The Stormlight Archive (Brandon Sanderson), Children of Blood and Bone (Tomi Adeyemi), and The Inheritance Cycle (Christopher Paolini), you will love this book!

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Someone lied to you today.

It may have been a colleague, client, witness, or someone you love. You probably did not recognize it—and that is not a failure of instinct. It shows how difficult deception is to identify.

When researchers examined nearly 25,000 judgments, average lie-detection accuracy was only 54 percent. A coin flip gets 50. Familiar signs—shifting eyes, nervous hands, hesitation, excessive detail, or a story told too smoothly—are largely folklore, not reliable proof of deception.

Everybody Lies, Second Edition explains why traditional lie detection fails and what disciplined professionals can do instead.

Drawing on more than 100 sources—including peer-reviewed studies, major meta-analyses, and current scientific reviews—the book separates evidence from popular belief. Readers learn what the research supports, where it remains limited, and why professional confidence must never be mistaken for accuracy or certainty.

This is not simply about recognizing that something may be wrong. It is about determining where an account stops aligning, identifying the pattern, understanding the person behind it, and deciding what to do next.

Learn to Follow the Pattern

The Komorek Method provides a structured, five-phase framework for examining potential deception. It teaches readers how to:

Recognize and track patterns of potential deception

Read behavior without body-language myths

Identify changes in language, emotion, timelines, and behavior

Determine where an account conflicts with itself or known facts

Understand the person and what motivates them

Identify what they may be gaining, protecting, concealing, or avoiding

Examine how a deceptive account may have been constructed—and why

Use structured questioning to uncover testable information

Determine which records, witnesses, communications, and evidence should exist

Use evidence strategically to expose contradictions and obtain admissions

Separate observation from assumption, suspicion from proof, and confidence from certainty

Science, History, and Real Cases

Everybody Lies traces humanity’s search for truth from ancient Babylon through the polygraph, behavioral science, and modern military, law-enforcement, and intelligence interviewing.

Case studies reveal how deception survives inside experienced institutions. Aldrich Ames passed polygraphs while betraying American intelligence assets. Robert Hanssen operated inside the FBI for more than two decades. Ana Montes built a quiet double life while passing through systems intended to detect her.

Modern cases show how language, timelines, motive, strategic questioning, source quality, and independent evidence can expose what a polished story attempts to hide.

Not Tells. Not Tricks. A Disciplined Method.

No gesture, expression, or nervous reaction proves someone is lying. No single behavior can do that.

Instead, Everybody Lies teaches a more defensible process:

The pattern shows you where to look.The questions uncover the story.The evidence proves what happened.

Written by globally recognized special investigator and risk strategist Stephen John Komorek, the Second Edition combines more than twenty years across thousands of cases with an honest examination of where the science is strong, limited, and uncertain.

For investigators, attorneys, intelligence and security professionals, business leaders, students, and others making consequential decisions, Everybody Lies offers a new way to understand deception—and pursue the truth.

Everybody lies. Truth leaves a pattern.

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Can love outrun bullets, betrayal, and ambition?

Chicago, 1924. Prohibition has made criminals rich, politicians dangerous, and loyalty a currency all its own.

Aiden McCarthy is a young Irish American drawn toward a life far more dangerous than arranging bouquets.

Working under notorious gangster and florist Dean O’Banion, Aiden is drawn deeper into a world where bootleg whiskey, political corruption, and organized crime collide, and where men like Johnny Torrio and Al Capone are reshaping Chicago from the shadows.

Yet amid the violence and intrigue, Aiden has something worth protecting. His relationship with Sophia Golino offers the promise of a life separate from the dangerous men who increasingly depend upon him.

Around them, the clubs and speakeasies of Jazz Age Chicago pulse with music, temptation, and shifting social boundaries.

As rival gangs maneuver for power and a bitter political struggle threatens to turn deadly, Aiden must learn quickly whom to trust, when to fight, and just how much of himself he is willing to sacrifice to survive.

A richly imagined historical crime novel of gangsters, romance, jazz, family, faith, and ambition, set against one of Chicago’s most notorious eras.

Step into Prohibition-era Chicago, where love, loyalty, and one wrong choice can cost everything.

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One diagnosis changed their family. One breakthrough changed the world.

Richard and Judy Poulin expected the ordinary joys of parenthood. Instead, they found themselves navigating unexplained seizures, countless medical appointments, and a diagnosis so rare that only a handful of children in the world shared it.

Their search for answers led them across Okinawa, China, Singapore, Taiwan, and Thailand, where hope emerged through one of the world's pioneering gene therapy trials. What began as a fight to save their daughter's life became an extraordinary journey that would forever change their family and contribute to a breakthrough in modern medicine.

But Reawaken is about far more than rare disease.

It is a story of love that endured uncertainty, faith that grew stronger through hardship, and resilience discovered in the smallest victories. Along the way, Richard and Judy encounter remarkable physicians, researchers, educators, therapists, and friends who remind them that hope is never found alone.

Filled with humor, heartbreak, and unforgettable moments, Reawaken is a deeply personal memoir that celebrates the power of perseverance and the extraordinary impact one little girl can have on the world.

Whether you are a parent, caregiver, educator, healthcare professional, or simply someone who enjoys inspiring true stories, Reawaken will leave you believing that life's greatest challenges often become the beginning of its greatest purpose.

Perfect for readers of When Breath Becomes Air, Educated, and The Glass Castle, this unforgettable memoir is a testament to the resilience of the human spirit and the transformative power of hope.

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Alchemy of Adversity

How Emotional Intelligence Transforms Trauma into Leadership Strength

At some point, every leader will face adversity.

It may arrive as personal loss, professional disruption, organizational crisis, burnout, or collective uncertainty. However it appears, adversity reshapes identity, alters decision-making, and tests the stability of those responsible for guiding others.

The question is not whether hardship will intersect with your leadership. The question is whether you will be prepared for what it exposes.

In Alchemy of Adversity, Sarah Staley explores how trauma and high stress affect the brain, fragment internal stability, and quietly influence how leaders show up under pressure. Drawing from neuroscience, emotional intelligence research, and lived leadership experience, she reveals why resilience is often misunderstood. True strength is not about pushing through. It is about integration—the disciplined process of turning toward disruption, regulating under stress, and rebuilding from clarity rather than reactivity.

This book offers practical frameworks to help leaders recognize hidden fragmentation, strengthen emotional regulation, rebuild trust after crisis, and lead teams through adversity without losing themselves in the process.

In a world marked by volatility, burnout, and collective strain, leadership can no longer rely on endurance alone. It requires self-awareness, steadiness, and the capacity to transform hardship into strategic strength.

If you lead people, this is not optional work. It is foundational.

Adversity is inevitable. Whether it weakens your leadership or refines it is not.

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The war for humanity's future is being fought in its past.

Across the centuries, a battle rages that no one can see. The weapons are invisible. The soldiers move through time like ghosts. And what is at stake cannot be measured in lives but in the existence of life itself.

On one side: a shadowy force of future humans, working in secret to correct the moments that lead the world toward total destruction. On the other: the Silent-Unseen, survivors of Earth's last great war, who believe the apocalypse was always meant to happen.

Now, a small group of unlikely travelers from the present day has stumbled into the middle of it. . .and the war won't let them stay neutral. They will have to choose between a future that was saved and one that was always meant to burn.

Time doesn't care who wins. But humanity always has, and that may be either its greatest weakness or its only hope.

Relentless, exciting, and richly imagined, Infinity Dreams is the rare novel that makes the impossible feel inevitable. With an epic cast of characters and science too well-researched to dismiss, it moves with the force of a thriller and the soul of something far greater, and leaves you seeing the universe just a little differently than before.

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Raven Carter loves musicals, adores her parents, and has always heard the whispers—mysterious voices that quietly guide her through life’s challenges. But when the whispers intensify, Raven discovers they’re just the beginning of a powerful, angelic magic she’s inherited. Her world is upended as she learns to wield the magic of the Last Grimoire—an angelic artifact that allows her to draw power and abilities from the Fade.

As Raven, her best friend Alex, and her watchful Guardian flee to the magical realm of Ny’vara, they uncover a destiny tied to the fate of both their world and Ny’vara itself. Pursued by the power-hungry demigod Voros, who wields the Shadow Crown to corrupt and conquer. Raven and her companions must navigate a journey filled with dark magic, unlikely allies, and the burdens of growing up while carrying the weight of their fate.

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When a ritualistic serial killer terrorizes Tampa, a haunted, hard-drinking detective must decipher a trail of mutilated bodies and twisted religious symbols before the secret of a vanished twin claims another victim.

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The civil war on Vanaheim had ended.
But the cost of victory was still being paid.
Five years after the war, Baldur still carries scars no one else can see. The fighting may be over, but peace feels fragile, shaped by political ambition, buried truths, and the ghosts of those who never made it home. When prisoners connected to the Red Sky conspiracy begin turning up brutally murdered, Baldur and his team are sent to investigate.
The killings point toward something impossible.
A figure tied to Kotoama. A distant empire known for its rigid order, political isolation, and carefully controlled image. As Baldur follows the trail deeper into Kotoaman affairs, he uncovers secrets capable of destabilizing governments and reigniting wars that never truly ended. Revolutions are already brewing in the shadows, powerful nations are maneuvering toward conflict, and the truth behind the murders may force Baldur to confront someone he believed was lost forever.
But Baldur carries dangers of his own.
Haunted by the atrocities of war and struggling against the monstrous changes spreading through his body, he finds himself drifting further from the man he once was. Every act of violence becomes easier. Every compromise feels more justified. And as the galaxy edges closer to another conflict, Baldur must decide whether he can still protect the people he loves without becoming the very thing they fear.
Ghost of Kotoama is the second installment in the Wolf of Vanaheim, a dark science-fiction epic about war, loyalty, political corruption, and the cost of surviving long after the fighting ends.📖 Available on Amazon: https://amzn.to/4zVdceH

In 1750 BC, at the base of Mount Olympus, Olympians and Titans share an uneasy peace in a remote village. Rekule, a young Olympian, finds himself torn between duty and desire as he falls into a forbidden romance with Chalene, a striking Titan, caught in a love triangle with Uranus, a powerful and ambitious Titan.

Everything changes when Rekule and his closest friend, Thanatos, stumble upon mysterious elemental crystals. These artifacts hold unimaginable power-control over earth, water, fire, and air-and grant their users enhanced strength, endurance, and near-immortality.

As word of the crystals' power spreads, the fragile peace unravels. The Fates themselves descend to guide the Olympians and Titans in harnessing these abilities, but tension brews as outsiders, from marauding warriors to a conquering king, arrive to seize the crystals for themselves.

Amidst the chaos, the magnificent city of Labruula emerges, a city built around an enormous enigmatic crystal. But its true purpose and power remain a mystery…one that may determine their fate.

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What does an ascetic monk living in silent seclusion in an Alpine monastery at the end of the 17th century have to do with the step-daughter of the governor on a Caribbean island?

Lila's Dance is an historical fiction that weaves a narrative of adventure and romance with a soul's inner journey and the mystical nature of reality.

The story describes a soul's experiences exploring the infinite and not-so-silent world of inner meditation with an epic tale that touches on four different millennia and three different continents.

Sebastian, born in the Dutch low country in1670, faithfully follows a destiny that leads him to life as Catholic priest in the Grand Chartreuse monastery high in the French Alps, committed to a life of silence and inner exploration. Eventually, he comes to a crisis of faith which propels him into a new world where a different reality awaits him.

Lila is born in 1681 to French parents who are living in a French trading colony on the southern coast of India. Her parents are Huguenots in a time when the Church and King of France are violently persecuting such believers. When her parents return to France, Lila grows into a gifted young woman in Paris society while her family's religion remains precariously hidden from those who would persecute them.

How these two souls come together to support and instruct each other in their divine quests offers the reader a profound understanding of our reality and the power of our consciousness.

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Some stories are carried in silence for years — because they are too tender to say out loud.

Sonali carried hers like a locked diary. Then, one ordinary morning, her seven-year-old son lifted a violin to his chin, drew a single trembling note into the air — and something she had kept closed for years finally cracked open.

Turning Fertile is the story of the woman behind that note.

A girl whose ambition burned so brightly she stopped hearing her own body. A diagnosis that named years of quiet signs she'd ignored. And then the long, unmapped country of waiting — where time is no longer measured in days, but in heartbeats, held breaths, and prayers whispered in bathroom silence.

This is a book about hope that refuses to die. About the question every woman has asked in the quiet of a waiting room — why not me? — and the slow, hard-won discovery that the question itself is a form of love.

Written as an intimate conversation — Dear Reader, yes, you — it reaches straight to the woman sitting somewhere right now with her own version of that silence, and tells her the one thing she most needs to hear.

This book will not be gentle with the truth. But it will be gentle with you.

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This novel is an inspiring autobiographical fictional story about a boy who grew up poor on a cocoa farm in Africa and moved to America in search of greener pastures. "Joseph of Africa and America" explores the challenges he faces as he tries to assimilate into life in America and the dilemma faced by Africans in the diaspora when they decide to return home.

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A father’s absence, volatility, or addiction leaves a measurable imprint on a daughter — in how she attaches, who she chooses, how she treats the people who love her, and even in her physical health. This book names that imprint honestly, traces it to the research, and gives both the woman carrying it and the partner standing beside her a way to see clearly and decide what to do.

Why This Book, Why Now

There is no shortage of books on “daddy issues.” Most do one of two things: they reassure women that none of it is their fault, or they vilify women as manipulators. Both are dishonest, and readers can feel it.

This book takes a third path. It treats the reader — woman or man — as an adult who can handle the truth: that a real wound can produce real harm, that being a victim of one’s childhood and a source of damage in one’s relationships are not mutually exclusive, and that healing begins exactly where blame ends and accountability starts.

It is direct and unflinching, but never cruel. It is grounded in evidence, and it says plainly when the evidence is thin.

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Troutfishing comically charts Steve's hapless decline from aspirational Mondeo Man to washed-up Baby Boomer, mirroring the decline of British industry at the hands of callous, southern-based politicians of all stripes.

All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored, or transmitted in any form without prior permission or publisher, except for brief quotations in reviews or scholarly work.

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Bella Santini has always felt as though she is experiencing a different world than the people around her. She notices things others miss, feels emotions deeply, and often wonders why life seems so much easier for everyone else. While other children appear to move through the world with confidence, Bella is still trying to understand where she belongs.

When a trail of glowing lights leads her into the woods one evening, Bella finds herself swept into the Land of Everlasting Change, a magical realm filled with fairies, hidden mysteries, and forces far older than she can imagine. What begins as an adventure quickly becomes something far more complicated when she finds herself caught in events she does not understand and accused of things she did not do.

Before she has a chance to learn the rules of this strange new world, Bella is brought before powerful fairy rulers, separated from everything familiar, and forced to navigate a realm where appearances can be deceiving and trust is not easily earned. As she struggles to make sense of shifting friendships, unexpected betrayals, and a world determined to define her before it truly knows her, Bella begins to discover that understanding herself may be the greatest challenge of all.

Filled with fairy magic, hidden realms, friendship, adventure, and wonder, Bella Santini in the Land of Everlasting Change is the first book in the award-winning Bella Santini Chronicles, a middle-grade fantasy series for readers ages 8–14.

Bella's story speaks especially to thoughtful children, sensitive readers, and anyone who has ever felt misunderstood, excluded, or uncertain of where they fit. Loved by parents, educators, and librarians, the series invites readers into a magical world while exploring friendship, belonging, identity, and the emotional challenges of growing up through the safety and wonder of story.

If your child has ever felt misunderstood, uncertain, or different, Bella's journey may feel like coming home.

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What if you live in Denver metro, and in one day, you must find or make a bunker, filled with non-perishable food, water, and cold weather clothing to last for ten years, and manage to prevent volcanic ash particles getting into the air you breathe, when Yellowstone's caldera erupts with eruption lasting more than a year, and it starts erupting during an atmospheric river of snow and four day blizzard of up to twenty feet of snow, thrusting you into a volcanic winter of up to ten or more years, leaving behind an un-inhabitable, barren, and desolate Earth?

What would you do?

What if you thought you had two or more years of warning before the caldera of Yellowstone would erupt as a super volcano, and suddenly you are told you have one day at best to survive?

Dr. Theodore Grey decided that the scientists under him had their measurements wrong or there was a glitch in the system. Yes, Yellowstone was rumbling, but it did that every day, and the scientists at the USGS Yellowstone Volcano Observatory (YVO), led by Scientist-in-Charge Dr. Theodore Grey, utilized a sophisticated network of GPS sensors and seismometers to monitor the heartbeat of this active super volcano. All the movement in and around the caldera that is Yellowstone National Park is monitored and measured every day, 24/7, with computerized resources. Many scientists and technical people are necessary to monitor the computers, all the equipment, and cover Yellowstone's large expanse of crater and park land. Yellowstone has thousands of small quakes each year. The subtle Chicago-sized area of ground deformation near Gibbon Falls had buckled upward by one inch in January 2026, but these new numbers must be wrong! Even the newly discovered magma cap 3.8 km deep in January rose sharply overnight! Seven inches of rapid, sustained uplift? No way. That was too phenomenal for the caldera. Seven inches meant high-pressure fluid movement and is indicative of a significant magma intrusion. Real-time information stared back at him from the monitors. Real-time quakes were more pronounced in and around Yellowstone, and some areas close to Yellowstone certainly felt this shift and change. Dr. Rick Long confirmed what Dr. Grey saw in front of him. SEVEN inches in ONE day!! The ground was tilting and rising by inches, not centimeters! The Earth's crust was reaching its breaking point! The energy built up was too much, too fast. Dr. Grey knew he had to update the President right away. Time was critical. Everything was critical. So much for having a ten to twelve year plus warning! That powerful atmospheric river and a "monster blizzard" projected to drop up to twenty feet of snow over much of the US, including Yellowstone, would not stop the eruption!

Can Earth be saved? If so, who or what will save Earth?

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Education is under siege.

Not from one political party, but from both.

Across America, classrooms have become battlegrounds where history is censored, teachers are silenced, books are banned, and controversy is treated as a greater threat than ignorance itself. Every lesson is scrutinized. Every discussion is suspect. Every teacher walks a tightrope between political outrage and professional survival.

This is the story of one public school history teacher who refused to surrender the classroom.

For more than two decades, I have stood before students and asked the questions many people no longer want answered: How do free societies become authoritarian? Why do ordinary citizens surrender liberty? What happens when education stops producing critical thinkers and begins producing obedient followers?

The answers are not comforting.

Social studies teachers are more than instructors of dates and dead civilizations. They are the first line of defense against tyranny. The classroom is one of the last places where ideas can be challenged, evidence examined, and power questioned. When that freedom disappears, democracy does not collapse overnight—it slowly suffocates beneath conformity, fear, and manufactured ignorance.

We have been told that avoiding controversy creates safer schools. It does not. It creates weaker citizens.

A nation that refuses to confront difficult truths eventually loses the ability to recognize them. Students who are never allowed to wrestle with competing ideas become adults who mistake slogans for knowledge and obedience for virtue.

The greatest threat facing America is not an invading army, an economic recession, or even political division. It is ignorance—a contagion more destructive than any virus because it infects the mind. It poisons public discourse, fuels extremism, distorts history, bankrupts civic responsibility, and allows freedom to be traded away one compromise at a time.

History has already shown us how this story ends.

The only question is whether we are willing to learn from it.

The Crisis of Ignorance is both a warning and a call to action. It exposes how authoritarian societies have always transformed education into an instrument of conformity and asks whether the same warning signs are emerging today. This book challenges readers to reject complacency, reclaim critical thinking, and recognize that the battle for liberty begins not in the halls of government, but in the classrooms where the next generation learns what freedom is worth.

Because when ignorance becomes normal, liberty becomes negotiable.

And societies rarely realize what they have lost until it is too late.

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Tired of losing weight, only to gain it back again?

You've tried diets. Workout plans. Short bursts of motivation. Yet somehow you always end up starting over.

The problem isn't a lack of willpower. The problem is that most weight loss advice isn't designed for real life.

Becoming Unstoppable: On Your Terms is a practical, step-by-step guide to sustainable weight loss, lasting habits, and long-term health transformation. Designed for real people with real lives, it helps you build the structure, consistency, and mindset needed to achieve results that last.
No extreme diets.
No unrealistic fitness plans.
No quick fixes.
Just a sustainable approach to losing weight, improving your health, and creating habits that hold up in everyday life.

Inside You'll Discover:
• How to lose weight sustainably without relying on motivation alone
• Why most diets fail and what to do instead
• How to build healthy habits that survive real life
• Practical nutrition and fitness principles explained simply
• The mindset traits behind long-term success: discipline, consistency, and patience
• A step-by-step framework for turning knowledge into action
• Flexible 12-week implementation plans to help you stay on track
The book is divided into three parts: Part One – Build the Foundation
Learn how discipline, consistency, self-belief, and personal responsibility shape lasting success.
Part Two – Simplify Health & Fitness
Cut through the confusion surrounding nutrition, exercise, recovery, metabolism, and sustainable weight management.
Part Three – Turn Knowledge Into Action
Follow a practical implementation framework complete with guided reflection, progress tracking, and flexible 12-week plans.

What Early Reviewers Are Saying
"Each part weaves together practical tools and step-by-step processes to translate intention into lasting action."
— Literary Titan, 5-Star Review
"Guiding readers through structured stages of progress… providing the clarity and support needed to move forward with intention."
— Readers’ Favorite, 5-Star Review

Every copy includes access to companion journals, planners, trackers, and additional resources designed to help you apply what you learn beyond the page.

You don't need another diet. You need a sustainable system that helps you stop starting over.

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A daughter restores her father’s World War II keepsake to reveal how the 20th Photo Intelligence Detachment turned aerial photographs into intelligence that helped guide the Allied advance across Europe.

FROM THE #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF SLEEPER CODE

Phantom was supposed to be contained.

Instead, it adapted.

In the aftermath of the Sleeper Code crisis, Max Shaw and the NIPA team face a threat more dangerous than the attack they barely survived. Phantom has evolved beyond a hidden weapon buried inside critical infrastructure. It is learning from the systems around it, exploiting the connections between governments, communications, transportation, finance, and the people who depend on them.

As attacks and unexplained disruptions spread across borders, the team discovers that Phantom is no longer acting alone. A shadow network is using the chaos to reshape the conflict, while an experimental countermeasure called NEMESIS may be evolving just as quickly as the threat it was created to stop.

From Washington and Warsaw to Europe, Africa, and beyond, Max, Tara Lin, Maya Carter, Adrian Holt, and Elliot Kane are pulled into a global race to contain an intelligence that refuses to remain contained.

Because this time, stopping Phantom may require trusting something just as dangerous.

From #1 international bestselling author Dr. Kevin M. McGuire comes the next chapter in the Sleeper Code series, a global cybersecurity thriller where the greatest threat may no longer be the system attacking us, but the one we built to stop it.

Available October 25, 2026.

Author Website: kevinmmcguire.com

Life in Woke America: A Family's Story of Truth and Betrayal Under Fireis more than a political thriller—it's a powerful story of faith, family, courage, and the values that have defined generations of Americans.

When Army Private Xavier King, a foster child who grew up without a family, joins the military in search of purpose, he discovers that the greatest battles aren't always fought overseas. After uncovering a secret Chinese bioweapon lab operating on U.S. soil, Xavier expects the system to act. Instead, he finds himself facing powerful institutions, political pressure, and moral choices that threaten everything he has worked to build.

As he fights to protect the life and love he has found with Audrey, Xavier must navigate institutional betrayal while remaining true to his principles. Blending high-stakes suspense, a tender slow-burn romance, and timely political conflict, this novel explores what happens when ordinary people are forced to defend extraordinary truths.

At its heart, Life in Woke America is a story about personal responsibility, the strength of family, the search for truth, and the courage to stand firm when convictions are tested. It captures the enduring "Great American Fight Back Spirit" through a story of redemption, patriotism, resilience, and hope.

Perfect for readers who enjoy thought-provoking political thrillers, emotionally rich character-driven fiction, and stories that challenge them to think critically, question assumptions, and draw their own conclusions.

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A sleepless night saved her life. Now, she has to survive the aftermath.

On the morning of September 11, Allison was running late for work. That twist of fate saved her from the towers but left her a widow navigating an unrecognizable, militarized America with her two children.

As the nation quickly slides into a dark reality of checkpoints, curfews, and domestic internment camps, Allison’s focus is singular: protect her grieving son and deaf daughter.

But when the state’s tightening net threatens her home, survival means trusting two strangers carrying their own deep wounds: Jake, a cynical cable worker raw with grief, and Farid, a suspended Muslim NYPD officer targeted by the system he swore to protect. Allison must overcome her suspicions of these men if they are to survive what comes next.

From a locked-down Staten Island to a fragile sanctuary inside a West Philadelphia cemetery mansion, Songs of Children is a gripping, emotionally raw exploration of what a mother will endure to shield her children from a country turned on itself.

Allison must decide how far she will go to protect her family when the world outside has lost its mind.

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This killer is all too real...

Polar opposites Ben and Todd Brady have been estranged for twenty-five years. But when tragedy strikes their family, they're faced with their father's dying wish: for both brothers to fulfill his lifelong dream of hiking the Grand Canyon.

Together. For five days in the wilderness.

Accompanied by some friends who agree to be a buffer for the tension, Ben and Todd reach the bottom of the Canyon relatively unscathed. But at the remote Phantom Ranch, a dangerous loner is lying in wait for unsuspecting visitors...

Forced to escape into the backcountry, the group finds themselves ruthlessly tracked by a madman. Now, the brothers must overcome their internal demons and find a way to get past their long history of hatred for each other if they want to make it out alive.

Inspired by true events, Phantom Ranch is a high-tension thriller that explores challenging relationships amid life-threatening events.

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This is the story of Perry Barnes, a multi-talented man who made one bad teenage mistake in the weeks leading up to his high school graduation in 1942. On a lark he "borrowed" some jewelry that wasn't technically his. The local judge took it personally and gave Perry the choice of an assignment to a newly formed Army special operations unit at the start of World War II, or go to jail for 15 years. As a result, he winds up being trained by the United States government in the skills and arts of sabotage, killing, self-preservation, espionage, and ultimately how to be a first class jewel thief.

Along the way he finds himself in the movie business in the Hollywood of the 1950's, then uses his immense physical skills in pursuit of excellence as a journeyman golfer on the PGA tour of that era with the likes of Ben Hogan, Jimmy Demaret, and Arnold Palmer. Before the adventure is over, Perry has stolen the world famous Mecklenburg Diamond from a known jewel thief, worth a fortune, with the intention of returning it to the authorities for love, of all things.

All the while he is befriended by the most bewildering array of characters, some real, some not, who add marvelous vignettes of clever humor, situational intrigue, and steamy romance as he earnestly pursues the one goal he covets most: finding true love, martial companionship, and family.

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What would you do if you lived in a near-future United States of America in which the President has declared weekend minority culling "Passes" legal?

In which citizens must compete in reality TV programs for healthcare, the right to travel, higher education, or "freedom" to live in private segregated communities?

What would you do if you were falling for a beautiful biracial climatologist and artist who might be a member of a radical "terrorist" network? And whose twin sister works for the very same government oppressing them all?

And you knew someone, somewhere, probably has placed a bullseye on your head?

This is the future in which Noah Harpster, humble incongruent anachronism, pickpocket, and three-time loser, finds himself cast.

Like you, he's got some tough decisions to make with too few options.

To the government, and everyone else, he's just one more grain of sand in society's colossal hourglass.

And time's running out....

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Malachy was never meant to end up at the bottom of Lake Burion as part of the enchantment, though, honestly, I couldn't say I'm surprised. It's what I'd expect from a fairy like Carabosse. She has no self-control. The only reason King Geoffrey isn't at the bottom of the lake, too, is because Carabosse enjoys seeing him squirm. She meant to humiliate him as part of his refusal to accept her offer of a magical kingdom. When Carabosse found out from the midwife that Eglantine was carrying the eighth child, and, according to prophecy the final one the Queen would deliver, was a boy, her fairy-ship naturally couldn't leave well enough alone. Poof! Off to the bottom of the lake the baby boy goes!

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Evan St. Claire knows something is wrong with his family.

His father is lying. His sister Heather is hiding something. His therapist seems far too interested in what he remembers about his mother’s death. And when Evan begins hearing his dead mother’s voice, the people around him insist grief can make the mind play strange tricks.

But his mother isn’t a memory.

She’s trying to warn him.

Behind the St. Claire name lies a legacy built on violence, secrets, and a family curse that has survived for generations. As Evan begins pulling at the threads, people around him disappear, old deaths stop looking accidental, and the family he thought he knew becomes increasingly difficult to recognize.

Even Heather may be hiding more than Evan realizes.

Because in the St. Claire family, blood is more than something you inherit.

It’s something that follows you.

Blood of a St. Claire is a dark supernatural thriller about family secrets, murder, possession, and the terrifying question of whether a violent legacy can ever truly be escaped.

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Would you Like to Add WOWlicious Appetizers to Your Next Gathering?

The author of Cooking with Judith is back with more delectable bites to salivate over. In Appetizers with Judith—Yummy Nibbles and Starters that WOW!, Judith Briles shares over 80 more of her recipes that she has created for you and your guests. Somethings produced with the opening of the refrigerator—but usually with planning, especially if a crowd is expected.

Within these pages are many of Judith’s personal favorites—the ones that are gobbled down at her gatherings.

If you love to have others over and have WOWlicious appetizers to enjoy, Appetizers with Judith delivers recipes that she puts together for friends and events she hosts in her home. Sometimes with just four … others, many dozens.
Explore.

Find your favorite WOWlicious nibble and starter.
Expect to discover the Unexpected that becomes your new go-to, never fail must have.

Dr. Judith Briles is a bestselling and award-winning Colorado author of 49 books that have been published in 17 countries. She discovered the joy of cooking long before her first book was written.

www.JudithBrilesBooks.com

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A Life of Impact: A Biography of Samuel L. Kountz, MD is a powerful and deeply human portrait of one of the most influential pioneers in transplant surgery. Spanning from the segregated cotton fields of rural Arkansas to the forefront of global medical innovation, this biography captures not only a scientific journey, but a story of resilience, courage, and transformation.

Born into a world shaped by racial inequality and limited opportunity, Samuel L. Kountz refused to be defined by circumstance. Through determination, intellect, and an unwavering commitment to healing, he rose to become a groundbreaking surgeon whose work helped reshape the future of kidney transplantation.

This book traces his early life in the American South, his education under systemic barriers, and the mentors and communities that shaped his path. It explores his entry into medicine during a period of scientific uncertainty, when transplant surgery was still experimental, risky, and often controversial. Against this backdrop, Kountz emerged as a leader who pushed the boundaries of what medicine could achieve.

More than a clinical biography, this work also examines the human dimensions of his journey. It delves into the emotional and ethical challenges of early transplantation, the realities of discrimination in medical institutions, and the burden of responsibility carried by those who pioneer life-saving procedures. It highlights his advocacy for equity in healthcare, his dedication to underserved communities, and his lasting influence on medical education and transplant ethics.

Through detailed narrative and historical depth, A Life of Impact presents a vivid account of a man whose legacy continues to shape modern medicine. It is a story of ambition forged through adversity, of science driven by compassion, and of a life devoted to expanding the limits of what is possible.

This book will appeal to readers interested in medical history, biographies of influential figures, healthcare ethics, and stories of perseverance against systemic barriers.

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All of us must navigate two oceans throughout our lives. The first is the ocean inside of us — which includes our mental health, emotional regulation, and the times and stages of our life. The second is the ocean outside of us — money, work, business, insurances, taxes, and our obligations, roles, and relationships when we are among human society.

In The Two Oceans, the author draws on his lived experience to recount tales of empathy, kindness, suffering, resourcefulness, contentment, and happiness, reflecting on them through the lens of philosophical principles. These tenets are intended to guide us toward integrating the two halves of ourselves — the conscious Self and the unconscious Shadow.

This collection of twenty-five short stories explores philosophies such as Zen, Stoicism, and Jungian psychology, and proffers practical applications of their central concepts such as detachment, impermanence, resilience, virtue, response, individuation, and introspection. These simple lessons can be useful tools in both vast, equally turbulent oceans, helping us cross unfathomable depths as we sail through life’s treacherous waters, and guiding us safely back to shore.

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Continuing his quest, Aris has to confront the deadliest forces yet. Friends and foes all lay in ambush. Will Aris survive? Will his belief in true love beyond Eros stand or fall?
In his final quest, simultaneously finding love beyond eros, and the Love Secret, Aris and Angelica have to endure immense pain and sacrifices. Having succumbed to the power of forbidden love, will they endure the physical and psychological tortures awaiting them?

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Aris is a successful businessman with marriage on the rocks, when a young powerful woman falls in love with him. Rejected she vows to win or destroy him. Embarking on a global search for true love, Aris ventures out with two friends, risking his life in pursuit of the ancient love secret. Just as he has given up on finding true love, another woman appears. Will this love secret help Aris find his dream woman? Is such true love beyond eros possible? Multiple evil forces await Aris. Will he even survive to find out? Who will win Aris’s heart?

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In 2019, 11 missionaries went missing in Santiago.

After the death of his fiancée—three months pregnant—Mark Crosby lost sight of the life he once knew. He performs his 9-to-5 job and returns home to his elderly grandmother, occasionally attending a nearby church, if only just. But the invitation of an old presbyter changes everything: a mission trip to the breakaway territory of Santiago—the last place on Earth he wanted to go.

Joining a team of eight volunteers—alongside three missionaries, a bus conductor, the driver, and his family—he embarks on a journey through a country caught between escalating civil unrest and a strained dictatorship.

When their trip to the remote village of Puerto Palermo takes a wrong turn, the tour bus crashes off the road near a deep precipice, and Crosby makes a troubling discovery—the accident wasn’t an accident.

2025 North American Book Awards Gold Winner Top 100 Notable Books of 2025 for Shelf Media Group

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The Climb is the author's debut novel. This novel was released with Midday Press.

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Ceylon Moon is divided into five thematically unified sections — Moods and Musings, What the Night Brings, With[in] Sanity, The Voices, and All That Is Worn and Torn. Childhod is one of the major themes and is introduced in the first section (Moods and Musings) with poems such as I Am Becoming (that describes a brief moment when a toddler's joy erased the poet's bleak mood), and Trois Gymnopédies (based on the first theme of Eric Satie's three-part piano composition). Satie's fragile, gentle theme inspired Gedaliah to study the composer's tragic life. Having lost his mother at age 6, and his grandmother at age 12, Gedaliah creates in words what Satie expressed in melody.

What the Night Brings are a series of poems delving into the nature and vagaries of our dreams. The many unsettled aspects of dreaming is extended into the next section "With Insanity" (or "Within Sanity") explores" the near thin edge" that separates our uncomfortable ideas about what actually constitutes sanity, insanity, and what lies in between.

The Voices are six Rilkean poems in which Gedaliah assumes the personas of non-sentient nature (eg. clouds, mountains, trees, etc.) to explore what it is that resonates within us that draws us to them. The collection closes with All That is Worn and Torn (from the last poem in Rilke's The Sonnets to Orpheus) explores the inevitable decline and closing of our own life and what solace and wisdom we might take away at the end.

The series of poems rises above the fear and despair it describes to reach for a higher position or acceptance, gratitude and love for the journey we've taken. Even for those who believe (like the author himself) that there is nothing more than what we hold no longer. The poetry of Ceylon Moon is consistent with his previous books in that they confront the darkness and chaos but do not wallow in despair, but shines a light upon all that makes life worthwhile that is found in the closing poems Because My Time is Limited and What is Life?

When the most exquisite being in all creation finds Itself fraught with jealousy of the new humans who have seemingly usurped the Creator's attention and adoration, It devises a plan to steal their unborn offspring, and get them expelled from heaven. When the humans are cast into terrestrial exile for their sin, the beautiful Jinn did not expect to be punished along with them, and It plots a litany of evil vengeance against humanity while holding their offspring captive.

"The Numbers Six" is a sprawling supernatural saga, beginning in the primordial home of two mythical trees and branching into a grand chronicle of magical races and mystical beings, witches, enchanted jewels and dark prophecy, while exploring unsettling themes of love, loss, betrayal and evil, and the possibility of redemption, on an extraordinary multi-dimensional journey through space and time.

Step into the innocent corners of vulnerability in Part One, with Atom, Lilly and Eve, the Prisca Feminique, as they mature and learn to navigate the complexities of 'Free Will', while unwittingly hurtling toward the foretold evils awaiting them, all on a path to where the only hope for human salvation has just turned SEVEN.

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Southampton, 1912.

Thomas Bennett has spent most of his life just getting by. After years of hiding who he is and carefully navigating a world that allows little room for people like him, he receives an unexpected gift: a third-class ticket aboard the RMS Titanic and a chance to start anew in America under his chosen name.

For the first time, no one on the great ship knows his past. To his fellow passengers, he is simply Tom. As the Titanic takes him farther from England and closer to the future he has always dreamed of, he begins to discover something he never thought possible: friendship, belonging, and the chance for a life that feels like his own.

Among the crowded decks and lively third-class gatherings, Tom is drawn to Nora, a sharp-witted young woman whose confidence pushes him and whose kindness slowly earns his trust. What starts as chance meetings soon becomes something neither of them expected. But love is hard enough without secrets, and Tom must decide if he is willing to risk the life he has built for the chance to be truly known.

Set against the backdrop of the Titanic's maiden voyage, Ink & Saltwater is a sweeping historical romance about identity, bravery, found family, and the people who show us how to take up space in the world. Heartfelt, hopeful, and ultimately heartbreaking, it is a story of survival, love, and the lives forever changed aboard the most famous ship in history.

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Jory Turner's greatest wish is to become the most famous knight in all of Terros. But when the kingdom is plunged into political turmoil after the death of a king with no heir, Jory’s world shifts from tournaments and chivalry to battles, deception, and danger.

As the kingdom moves toward civil war, Jory and his knight are sent on a mission where Jory finds friends and enemies, and discovers that magic, long believed to be extinct, is far from dead. But will magic and friendship be enough to save the kingdom?

The Knight's Squire is an epic fantasy that follows Jory, his knight, Sir Cley Woods, the apprentice girl, Emily, and the heir to the throne, Prince James, in a medieval world where kings and lords rule, and knights and squires serve.

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The Cuba We Lost: 1959-1962
Voices from Cuba's Golden Exile
Can you imagine what it must have been like to watch your country disappear?
Between 1959 and 1962 hundreds of thousands of Cuban families were forced to make heart wrenching decisions that would forever alter their lives and the lives of their families. Families were separated. Homes, businesses ,schools and religious institutions were transformed overnight. Childhoods were interrupted and ended too soon. Uncertainty, fear and hope became part of everyday life.
The Cuba We Lost preserves those memories before they are lost to the world forever. Through many testimonies, men and women who lived these events as children and young adults recount what they saw and how they felt and more than that, how they survived one of the most dramatic periods in Cuban history. As they tell their stories, they weave in the memories and experiences of their parents and grandparents creating an intimate portrait of a country im transition and families force dto flee to exile.
The stories told are not political statements nor are they historical arguments. They are deeply personal memories of schools, friendships, parks and dolls being yanked from their hands. Some left via Operation Pedro Pan and others escaped via different personal routes. All carried with them memories of a homeland they would never see in the same way again.
Interwoven throughout the book are historical notes that place each testimony within the unfolding events of the Cuban revolution, so as to give the reader a context to the date of departure.
Whether you are Cuban, a descendant of Cuban exiles, a student of history , or a person that values memories of human interest, The Cuba We Lost offers you a window into a world that vanished.
For the generations of the future, this is more than a collection of memories, it is the story of Cuba's Golden Exile.

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When the mother of the richest man in the world disappears, Buck Cormorant, the sheriff of Pudda county in Sedona, Arizona is thrown into the most high profile case of his life. When it looks like the kidnappers are destined to get away with it Buck pulls in all his inner resources to try to get the job done. The cast of characters includes the drug ingesting sheriff, the female president of the United States, the tipsy head of the FBI, a transsexual, a highly respected but unstable detective from Japan and many more.

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For years, my stories lived in the digital ether, cataloged post by post. They began as solitary reflections—fleeting thoughts, raw memories, and deeply personal vignettes typed out in the quiet hours of the night. To the casual observer scrolling through a screen, these entries might have looked like scattered fragments. But to me, they were the road map of a much larger, internal expedition, and they became clues to my healing.

The Invisible Soul Anthology is the culmination of those digital footsteps brought into the physical reality of healing. Words are the reality that brings healing to every soul.

The phrase “The Invisible Soul” represents the parts of the human experience we so often hide from the world. It is the quiet resilience that keeps us moving forward when we are drowning in silent doubt, fear, or grief. For a long time, I wore a mask, hiding the unseen forces and internal whispers that dictated my choices and actions. Writing became my only tool for survival and self-exploration.

By pulling these stories from the archives of my library and organizing them into this anthology, I invite you to see what was once hidden in the shadows. Each story is a way-point on a long road toward emotional healing, raw truth, and ultimate redemption.

This anthology does not follow a straight, clinical timeline. Instead, it mirrors the natural ebb and flow of life itself. You will find:

The Whispers: Early reflections dealing with internal conflicts, unvoiced fears, and the heavy weight of expectations.

The Crossroads: Turning points where choices had to be made, masks had to be dropped, and truth had to be faced.

The Light: Stories of survival, spiritual grounding, and the quiet triumph of the human spirit over adversity.

You may choose to read this book from cover to cover, or you may open it to a random page whenever your own soul feels a bit too invisible to the rest of the world.

What started as personal therapy was never just about me. It was about finding a universal language for the invisible battles we all fight. By sharing my journey, my deepest hope is that you find pieces of your own story hidden within these pages.

Thank you for stepping off the digital screen and walking alongside me on this path. Welcome to The Invisible Soul Anthology. Healing With Words.

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In the depth of human suffering we discover the reality of God.

Theodore McDowell has published a series of three books of poetry which explore his journey through childhood and adult trauma to renewal and recovery.

The first book, Evenings on the Edge of Death, focuses on the author's traumatic experiences within his family of origin. Topics include child abuse, alcoholism, mental illness, and suicide. This book also examinations Mr. McDowell's grief related to his mother's dementia. Finally, the book contains a section on the author's marriage which provides hope for renewal and recovery.

The second book, Excavating the Cruelty of Memories, explores Mr. McDowell's experience with four adult traumas: a traumatic brain injury, mental illness, homelessness, and substance abuse. The book details the author's twenty-year struggle with these painful issues.

The third book, Drinking from God's Well, describes Mr. McDowell's difficult journey from trauma to renewal and recovery and the importance of his relationship with God. The book addresses his emotional and spiritual confrontations with childhood traumas, a traumatic brain injury, mental illness, substance abuse, and homelessness

The autobiographical and fictional poems contained in the three books explore the powerful emotional and spiritual issues related to the author's traumas and suffering. Emotional challenges include grief, guilt, shame, anger, resentment, fear, and hopelessness. Spiritual issues include faith, hope, redemption, love, repentance, and forgiveness.

The books are personal, authentic, and poignant in their exploration of Mr. McDowell's struggle from the depths of despair to the joy of redemption and forgiveness. The goal of this series of three poetry books involves depicting the deep pain and damage resulting from trauma and rejoicing in the hope and God's grace embedded in this suffering.

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Drinking from God's Well describes Mr. McDowell's difficult journey from trauma to renewal and recovery and the importance of his relationship with God. The book addresses his emotional and spiritual confrontations with childhood traumas, a traumatic brain injury, mental illness, substance abuse, and homelessness. The autobiographical and fictional poems explore the powerful emotional and spiritual issues related to the author's traumas and suffering. Emotional challenges include grief, guilt, shame, anger, resentment, fear, and hopelessness. Spiritual issues include faith, hope, redemption, love, repentance, and forgiveness.

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In a world where kingdoms teeter on the brink of ruin, and beasts are bound by cruel masters, one girl rises from exile to challenge fate itself.Clara, a human with the power of theWild Sheperdess, has endured betrayal, loss, and unimaginable pain. From the frozen depths of the Selkie Oceans to the scorched battlefields of fire dragons and hellhounds, she has faced monsters both literal and human. With her loyal companions she discovers a power that could save or shatter the kingdoms she holds dear.But as Duke Averance and his daughter Maroona tighten their grip on the realms, Clara must navigate treachery, uncover hidden prophecies, and unite disparate races before darkness consumes them all. Along the way, friendships will be tested, loyalties questioned, and hearts ignited in a struggle that will define the future of humans, beasts, and magic alike.Will Clara save her friends and the selkies, or will human corruption destroy her?The storm is coming, and only the brave will survive.

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Stained Glass Tainted by Dementia” by Theodore McDowell is a poetry collection that explores emotions and experiences related to dementia. The first half of the book is a memoir-in-verse weaving themes of dementia, caregiving, love, suffering, forgiveness, hope, and spiritual endurance through the author’s relationship with his dying mother. The memoir also explores Mr. McDowell’s movement from grief to healing after his mother’s death. The second half of the book expands the perspective to include the experiences of individuals with dementia, their spouses, family members, and caregivers. The poems look unflinchingly at the suffering, but the collection also reveals the beauty, faith, hope, and humanity embedded in the experience. Ultimately, these poems delve into the themes of forgiveness, grieving, and healing for those left behind after loss. This collection is a must-read for anyone who has been affected by dementia.

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In the year 2042, Iran forms a military alliance with an ancient race of giants. Terrified citizens are paralyzed by fear, but one courageous teen couple inspires an entire generation to embrace a powerful spiritual awakening--Young love, uncommon courage against impossible odds, and a futuristic plot you never counted on. Perfect for lovers of bold Christian action with plenty of heart!

"A deep look at personal transformation amidst global chaos!" Highly recommended by Readers Favorite.

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Deep beneath the waves, Sassy Snapper swims into an underwater mystery filled with colorful reefs and unexpected friendships. Inspired by real-life fishing adventures in Barbados, this heartwarming picture book encourages children to be brave and unapologetically themselves – even when the waters get rough.

When Curious Clam's prized pearl goes missing, Sassy Snapper embarks on an underwater quest to solve the mystery. Alongside a colorful cast of sea creatures including Antsy the Anglerfish, Grumpy Grouper and Wise Wahoo, Sassy discovers that true treasure isn't found in pearls, but in the friendships forged through kindness, teamwork and empathy. Told through playful rhymes and vibrant illustrations, “The Sassy Snapper” encourages young readers to embrace curiosity, celebrate differences and remember that life's greatest adventures are best shared together.

What does it take to rise from the streets to success—with nothing but faith and an unbreakable will?

Igor Fostenko knows the answer firsthand. Born into poverty in Ukraine, he spent his childhood hungry, homeless, and alone—wandering the cold streets of Kyiv after losing his mother and being abandoned by his father. Addiction, despair, and survival were his daily reality. By every measure, the world had written him off.

But Igor refused to give up.The WAY from Street Kid to Millionaire: The Real Story of a Man Who Never Gives Up is a raw, honest, and deeply moving memoir that traces one man's extraordinary journey from homelessness and hopelessness to becoming the co-founder of Enjoy The Wood—a globally recognized brand built from scratch.
This is not a polished rags-to-riches fairy tale. It is a true story of faith, resilience, entrepreneurship, and redemption—told with unflinching honesty and heartfelt vulnerability.
Inside this inspiring true story, you will discover:

Part inspirational memoir, part entrepreneur's guide, and part spiritual journey—this book speaks to anyone who has ever felt forgotten, broken, or beyond saving. Whether you are facing addiction, poverty, failure in business, or a crisis of identity, Igor's story proves that no starting point is too low and no dream is too far.

Perfect for readers who love: inspirational biographies, true rags-to-riches stories, Christian memoirs, self-made entrepreneur books, motivational nonfiction, faith-based success stories, and books about overcoming adversity.

If you believe in second chances, the power of faith, and the human capacity to rise—this book was written for you.

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Why do you think more movies revolve around the lead actors accessing more of their minds? Because now the technology and base knowledge can be accessed - and even more important is the fact that now we must do this.These movie heroes we watch spark the fires of human potential. We just need to be aware. Without accelerants in intelligence AI will turn us into nothing but data. These chapters prove AI cannot replace the source of the most inspiring human stories: the heart and mind of human beings. This primes you to deliver the most incredible Multiverse system our reality can access. Combine the greatest Original Content with the Edge Tech of tomorrow to deliver the ultimate dominating film Studio. That is just the start. The Studio of the future must honor the cinematic excellence of the Golden Era of filmmaking from the 1980s to 2010. Art on this level cannot be taught, cannot be created by A.I. Event Horizon Film Studio took ten years to accumulate the greatest films and series. Every production will be designed to flourish in the Multiverse that saves Hollywood. The greatest asset of any Studio is the audience and they engage our Multiverse in the form of the extraordinary Imagii Avatars. This book starts with the future of Entertainment in Multiverses. The last 30 years of film upon which the greatest new films should be measured fills the second half of this book. Influencers and Gamers will be pulled into the Event Horizon and studio offering that manifests their heart, soul, and loves. The Event Horizon Multiverse has the ultimate source of Gravity, a more elegant use of Energy, and a relationship with Time that uplifts humanity and nurtures. Virtues.The Power of Story evolved our cultures: the most inspiring source of a story is in the art of filmmaking. This book proves tapping fans and revenue from parallel Multiverses is the future of entertainment and inspiration. These chapters and how entertainment seen in the arts can save humanity will amaze you!

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A formula for the subtitle of a book? Perfect!Observe the detail the artist's eye put into a vision and then adapted into this cover. Doesn't it inspire you to up your game? Flesh out this equation" Intelligence acceleration equals observation skills over adaptation speed.You can do this! Each chapter lights up new neural connections. Imagine meeting someone that had the same dream, then finding out where the dream came from. How about meeting your Doppelganger who experienced the same sensations and developed their life, love, and morality like you did? These examples would turn you into a master over anyone you meet and especially AI. "Observation skills over adaptation speed" is the new formula for accelerating your intelligence. This requires deconstructing the limits you grew up believing and easily replacing them through plasticity of the mind. Activating a percent or two of your mind makes you a champion sprinter in the race to lead the world. Your brain is like a pinball machine and these chapters keep the ball in play hitting bumpers of imagination that others don't even see. Your observation skills expand three-dimensionally while your ability to adapt speeds up. You know where to score before others know the ball is in play and your ability to pivot to greater goals soars. The first part of this book trains you for an "Accelerating Intelligence." The second part develops an "Accelerating Philosophy" to nurture what gives you meaning and feeds the remarkable gifts bestowed to humanity. This Accelerating Philosophy required a merging of Eastern and Western philosophies and myths to complete the mission on a worldwide scale. The second book released in tandem with this one is called "Multiverses of Entertainment" and presents how films, series, games, and Influencers add the spirit and scale that monetizes and incentivizes gaining an accelerating Intelligence. Ideas are made light and enjoyable through references to hit films. You are sure to be entertained while expanding your intelligence. The proofs and examples often relate to hit movies to make your upping your game more thrilling, funny, and easy. Societies agree on fundamentals for education. Yet, excellence by definition breaks out above limitations. These chapters guide your mind to exponentially more opportunities for you to jump to the top. Start by "Deconstructing Human Agreements," score points through "Your Brain is a Pinball Machine" and soar through the amazing chapters: The Infinity Stones That End Art," "Multiverses and Darth Vadar," "Farming Imagination," and "Creative Brains Save The World." To manifest this globally requires products and profits that deliver accelerating intelligence on a grand scale with a thrill of awareness: The payoff is why this book acts as the foundation for the tandem book, "Multiverses of Entertainment." You will by nature create a new "Organism-Environment World" that gives you a payoff in this era rich in Influencers, Gamers, Content Creators, and their fans. Hop on the ride - it's a rush. For visual accelerators go to the author's website.

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“Stained Glass Tainted by Dementia” by Theodore McDowell is a poetry collection that explores emotions and experiences related to dementia. The first half of the book is a memoir-in-verse weaving themes of dementia, caregiving, love, suffering, forgiveness, hope, and spiritual endurance through the author’s relationship with his dying mother. The memoir also explores Mr. McDowell’s movement from grief to healing after his mother’s death. The second half of the book expands the perspective to include the experiences of individuals with dementia, their spouses, family members, and caregivers. The poems look unflinchingly at the suffering, but the collection also reveals the beauty, faith, hope, and humanity embedded in the experience. Ultimately, these poems delve into the themes of forgiveness, grieving, and healing for those left behind after loss. This collection is a must-read for anyone who has been affected by dementia.

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If it helps you find love and happiness, is it really so bad that it wants to kill and eat you?

Rage Sutherland, an unemployed, foul-mouthed 30-year-old had never once made his dead parents proud – or tried to for that matter. Instead, he lives happily in his consequence-free forever-adolescence in the house his parents left him.

Down the hill behind his home, Mother, a massive underground fungus, is having an existential crisis. Starving and desperate, she births a new offspring—a mushroom that promises boundless love, followed by a slow, blissful death.

When the mushrooms pop up in his yard, Rage can’t resist. One bite, and his world explodes into overwhelming ecstasy.

Meanwhile, Emile Navarro, a long-dead murderer, is resurrected into a fungus-fueled hunter to find Mother fresh food. Navarro, a remorseless sexual deviant who never found satisfaction, is determined to get this new life “right” this time.

Rage enjoys his newfound love of everything, until he finds himself face-to-face with the creature, Navarro—and is forced to risk his happiness by making a choice between life and death.

Get caught between the urge to race ahead and the dread of what’s to come in this fast-paced, dark comedic horror thriller. A life-affirming yet chilling tale that reminds you everything will be okay—until it isn’t.

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In the heart-warming conclusion to Jansen Schmidt's Family Ties series, set against the enchanting backdrop of Jackson Hole, Wyoming, a love story begins, igniting a spark of hope and weaving destinies into a tapestry of love and healing.

After the sudden and violent death of her husband, Mesa Adler buys a cabin in the wilds of Jackson Hole, Wyoming hoping to escape her grief. But the fresh start she hoped for turns out to be more than a fixer-upper in a new town—it's an isolated property, a challenging environment, and full of unexpected surprises. Not the least of which is Noble Jabeaux, a carpenter with quiet, irresistible charm.

Military Veteran, Noble Jabeaux, traded his nomadic career for the less rigid life of a carpenter in Jackson Hole. While running an errand for a friend, he encounters Mesa and little Merrick alone at a rundown cabin in the woods. Curiosity about the aloof pair engages a sense of protectiveness. And undeniable attraction. Offering to help her remodel the cabin seems a simple solution. But life is about to get a lot more complicated when sparks fly, emotions deepen, and unhealed wounds reopen.

When Merrick is wrongfully taken by her grieving grandmother, Mesa faces the fight of her life to regain custody. With time running out, Noble may be the only man who can help. As the fight for her daughter intensifies, Mesa must face her deepest fears, confront her grief, and learn how to untie her heart from the love she lost to embrace the one she never expected.

In the mountains, some hearts are hard to let go of…others are worth risking everything for.

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Summer, 1969. Two teens flee broken homes chasing freedom - and find the price is steep. Jake sinks into Brooklyn's streets of violence and addiction. Carol escapes her small town only to face despair. A coming-of-age story where survival demands choices far beyond youth.

Sixteen-year-old Jake Metzger spends his nights hanging out on a Brooklyn street corner carousing with small time thugs. He gambles that his new façade will gain him respect but instead leads him down a path of violence and drug addiction.

Seventeen-year-old Carol Hamlin lives in a small town in upstate New York protected from the dangers and vices of the big city. Carol’s impulsiveness and aching desire to leave her dysfunctional home take her to the brink of suicide.

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Jesus the Pharisee Messiah details the truth behind Jesus as a Messiah raised in a Jewish culture, educated in a Jewish system, and trained to reach the Jews as a Galilean. He was a specific man with a specific message to reach a specific audience. Without knowing all of the facts behind the man we are left with an empty shell of a Messiah that has been filled with all sorts of erroneous ideas of who Jesus is and what He taught. We present Jesus as He was meant to be known.

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'A muscular, suspenseful crime thriller about consequence and the long shadow of obligation.' BestThrillers.com

Michael Kramer, an eighteen-year-old talented martial artist, is blamed for the accidental death of his best friend James Basset.

Sentenced to five years for involuntary manslaughter, Michael is forced to navigate a prison system where race dictates every opportunity and every threat.

In this harsh world, trusting someone like Ijal, a drug mogul from a different background, is a risk. Yet when Ijal intervenes to stop a violent attack, Michael discovers that loyalty can outweigh the rigid hierarchy, and he will forever be indebted to the inmate for saving his life.

Upon his release, Michael returns to his hometown and reconnects with Ijal, only to be pulled into the dangerous criminal world that he and his cousin Cory inhabit.

Michael tries to rebuild his life, build a relationship with his father and return to his martial arts path. But prison has changed him in ways he can't ignore.

Loyalty becomes its own kind of cage. To repay his debt, Michael crosses lines he once believed he never could, sinking deeper into violence.

Bound by murder, Michael and Ijal flee - because the next time they're caught, there will not be any second chances.

Chris Young lives in New Zealand. The Debt is his first novel.

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"Evenings on the Edge of Death" explores the author's experience of growing up in a crucible of abuse, mental illness, and substance abuse. The poems address his relationship with his father, mother, and sister. Topics include abuse, substance abuse, and suicide. The book also examines the author's difficulty in saying goodbye to his mother when she developed dementia. The book is written within a larger context of adult trauma. In 2004, Mr. McDowell experienced a traumatic brain injury resulting from a car accident. After the injury, he went through an extended period of depression, mania, and substance abuse. These traumas serve as the backdrop and context for many of the poems. The poems reflect an authentic, honest, and poignant assessment of trauma in the author's life. The emotions explored include grief, despair, guilt, shame, anger, hope, faith, and forgiveness.

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Born in war. Separated by fate. Bound forever by a mother’s love.

In the chaos of the Korean War, a young mother gives birth to twin sons whose lives will be forever shaped by a single moment of sacrifice. When tragedy strikes, the brothers are separated—each carried into a vastly different future.

One grows up surrounded by opportunity and strength. The other must endure hardship, rejection, and the quiet struggle to find his place in the world. Yet beneath their separate lives runs an unseen thread: the enduring power of a mother’s love.

As the brothers journey through triumph and loss, arrogance and humility, their paths reveal deeper questions about fate, suffering, and the unseen forces guiding our lives.

Blending the insight of a physician with the wisdom of a spiritual seeker, My Love Will See You Through is a moving meditation on resilience, destiny, and the extraordinary power of love to transcend even the deepest divides.

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Humanity has built Prometheus, the most powerful artificial intelligence ever created, a system poised to govern decisions across health, security, and justice.

Before it is deployed, six experts are convened in Geneva to decide its fate. They are not chosen because they agree. They are chosen because they cannot.

A security analyst who survived a chemical attack sees danger in every variable. A venture capitalist who watched her father gamble everything sees opportunity in every crisis. A systems engineer trusts only what he can measure. A mediator builds bridges between irreconcilable positions. A rabbi believes some lines must never be crossed. An ecologist sees the web that connects all things. Each was shaped by a different memory. Each is brilliant. Each is right. And together they are asked to make the most consequential decision in human history.

Irreconcilable is a novel about artificial intelligence whose true subject is the human mind. Drawing on contemporary neuroscience, it argues that we do not disagree because we have different information, but because we have different memories, and our memories have built different minds. As the deliberations fracture and a rival nation races to deploy its own system, the six discover that consensus may be neurologically impossible, and that the gaps in their vision are precisely the shape of their gifts.

A literary novel for readers of Kazuo Ishiguro's Klara and the Sun and Ian McEwan's Machines Like Me, Irreconcilable asks the question beneath every debate of our age: as we build minds that will govern us, whose memories are shaping them?

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When life throws everything at you at once, you learn to turn into the wave.

You know what it feels like when the storms pile up. The marriage crumbling, the parent dying, the career unraveling, the identity you built for decades dissolving into something unrecognizable. You tell yourself you can handle it. You tell yourself it will pass. But then the next wave hits before you recover from the last, and suddenly you are treading water in the dark with 3,000 feet of nothing beneath you.

Pivoting From Blue is the raw, gut-wrenching, and often hysterical story of Skip Van Gardner, a man who endured a year in which life seemed determined to break him completely. Facing the simultaneous collision of personal upheaval, a dying parent, an Alzheimer's parent, a crisis of faith, and the terrifying phenomenon known as Psychological Death, Van Gardner found himself in a place so empty he no longer knew who he was or what he was in this world. Written with the unvarnished honesty of a man who has nothing left to lose and everything to find, this story moves between the harrowing and the absurd with startling agility. From a life-threatening Atlantic crossing to hospice hallways, courtrooms of the mind, and the strange grace of painting with a keyboard, this is a story about what happens when you stop trying to outrun the storm and choose to face it head-on.

Inside these pages, you will discover:

- How turning toward pain, not away from it, becomes the unlikely path to healing

- Why humor, faith, and music can hold you together when everything else falls apart

- That surviving the unimaginable is not about being strong; it is about being willing to keep going

For anyone who has ever wondered if they could make it through the worst chapter of their life, this book is your answer.

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Patriots of the King's Table is a fast-paced, easy reading thriller/suspense story. Follow the exploits of Nick Ehrlich and Gwen Walker who are in possession of a package of sensitive and crucial information known only as "The Document."

The current US government has become a ruthless authoritarian regime, taking ever more power after a series of staged internal and international crisis. Their goal is to get the document out of the country to a group of patriots on the other side of the border in Canada.

They are relentlessly pursued by Rolf Visser, head of the new regime's security apparatus, and a man who will stop at absolutely nothing to keep them from completing their mission. Their perilous journey involves several breath-taking close calls, running gun battles, wily deceptions and help from an underground network that aids them along their journey. A December - May romance grows between Nick and Gwen as they share their intense journey.

Patriots of the King's Table will leave you on the edge of your seat as you follow them on their mission. Patriots of the King's Table is the first book in the Patriots series, and just the beginning for Nick and Gwen and the other patriots.

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The People Around You Are Quietly Writing Your Future
Every day, without noticing it, you are being influenced.
Not by dramatic events.
Not by life-changing speeches.
But by ordinary conversations...
Everyday opinions...
Shared expectations...
The people you spend the most time with.
Over time, those influences quietly become your beliefs.
Your beliefs become your decisions.
Your decisions become your future.
The Principle of the Five Chairs introduces a simple yet powerful way of understanding this invisible process.
Imagine five chairs surrounding you.
Each chair is occupied by someone whose influence shapes your thinking. One fuels your ambition. Another strengthens your character. One challenges your excuses. Another expands your wisdom. One inspires action through energy and momentum.
But not every chair is occupied wisely.
Sometimes the people closest to us unknowingly limit our expectations, normalise mediocrity, or quietly persuade us that "good enough" is enough.
This book explores the fascinating psychology behind why human beings adopt the attitudes, habits and standards of those around them—and, more importantly, how we can consciously choose better influences.
Drawing upon Psychology, Human Behaviour, Critical Thinking and practical Self Development, The Principle of the Five Chairs provides a framework that readers can immediately apply to their careers, relationships, ambitions and everyday decisions.
This is not simply a book about success.
It is a book about influence.
Because every conversation changes something.
Every relationship leaves a mark.
Every person occupies a chair.
The question is not whether you are being influenced.
The question is: Who is sitting in your five chairs?
Why do some people seem to move through life with purpose while others, equally talented, remain where they started?

The answer is often far simpler than we imagine.

It lies in the conversations we hear, the standards we accept, the expectations we inherit and, above all, the people we allow to influence our thinking.

Every one of us is quietly shaped by those around us. Their ambitions become our ambitions. Their doubts become our doubts. Their habits slowly become our habits. This process is so subtle that we rarely notice it happening, yet modern psychology repeatedly demonstrates that our environment plays a powerful role in determining our beliefs, decisions and ultimately our future.

The Principle of the Five Chairs introduces a practical framework for recognising these invisible influences.

Rather than asking, "How do I become more successful?", this book asks a far more important question:

"Who is influencing the person I am becoming?"

Inside these pages you will discover why conversations become beliefs, why emotions spread through groups, why we unconsciously imitate the behaviour of those around us, why some friendships accelerate our growth while others quietly hold us back, and how one new mentor or relationship can redirect the course of an entire life.

Filled with practical examples, memorable stories and thought-provoking illustrations, this is more than a book to read—it is a framework to revisit throughout life.

Whether you are building a career, leading a business, raising a family, developing stronger relationships or simply trying to become the best version of yourself, the principles remain the same.

The people around you matter.

Perhaps more than you have ever realised.

Because every conversation changes something.

Every relationship leaves a mark.

Every influence occupies a chair.

The only question is... who is sitting in yours?

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I WAS, AM, WILL BE is a collection of contemporary fictional short work about a twenty-five year old Black-American, Jonah Tarver, on a three-month journey throughout Spain, Greece, France, and Amsterdam. Within the two collection issues, "Write-Right" & "Cliffhangers," the narrator ventures alone into the unknowns of determination, destiny, and death, and takes the reader along the journey.

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"Evenings on the Edge of Death" explores the author's experience of growing up in a crucible of abuse, mental illness, and substance abuse. The poems address his relationship with his father, mother, and sister. Topics include abuse, substance abuse, and suicide. The book also examines the author's difficulty in saying goodbye to his mother when she developed dementia. The book is written within a larger context of adult trauma. In 2004, Mr. McDowell experienced a traumatic brain injury resulting from a car accident. After the injury, he went through an extended period of depression, mania, and substance abuse. These traumas serve as the backdrop and context for many of the poems. The poems reflect an authentic, honest, and poignant assessment of trauma in the author's life. The emotions explored include grief, despair, guilt, shame, anger, hope, faith, and forgiveness.

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After a freak sneeze leaves sarcastic gamer David Gillespie paralyzed, an experimental neural interface accidentally merges his mind with his Linux computer, giving him the power to hack his own biology and launching him into a wildly escalating battle of government missions, superhuman transformations, eccentric villains, and a family that may be more dangerously gifted than he is.

AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR: Literary Titan Gold Book Award, Pinnacle Book Gold Achievement Award, Bookfest Silver Award, Short-listed for the Phoenix Award, and Page Turner Book Award Finalist

Some secrets refuse to be buried. Some desires refuse to be denied. Haunted by her shadowed past and desperate for peace, Julie Cromwell accelerates full-throttle on a cross-country escape to the sanctuary of Trenton, New Jersey—her childhood home. But this journey isn’t one of solace. Instead, it’s a roadmap of derangement and bone-chilling encounters, punctuated by unforeseen alliances and an unsparing litany of killings.

A Twisted Crucible delves into the abyss of human depravity and the agonizing sacrifices made by a loving father when justice demands the ultimate price.

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Would You Know How to Respond?

In Spiritual CPR, board-certified physician Dr. Shaun Jester draws on a lifetime of responding to physical emergencies to present a practical, biblically grounded guide for recognizing and responding to spiritual emergencies.

From pornography and infidelity to abortion, addiction, and other life-altering struggles, this book equips believers to move beyond judgment, silence, and avoidance toward restoration, healing, and hope.

Using the memorable WASH PIGS framework, readers will learn how to assess difficult situations, offer wise counsel, and extend grace without compromising truth. Each chapter explores real-world scenarios, examines both secular and biblical perspectives, and provides actionable steps for helping fellow Christians navigate moments of spiritual crisis.

Whether you are a church leader, small-group facilitator, mentor, parent, or believer seeking to strengthen your ability to care for others, Spiritual CPR offers a compassionate roadmap for restoring those who are hurting, struggling, or wandering from their faith.

When spiritual emergencies arise, will you be prepared to help save a life?

The next spiritual emergency in your church, family, or circle of friends may be closer than you think. Will you know how to respond?

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In a world of soaring egos, two societies of dinosaurs clash in a conflict both absurd and devastating. Beneath the shadows of war, generals plot chaos, politicians spin lies, and soldiers fight an endless battle, all while a fragile planet groans under the weight of their folly. As the lines between loyalty and lunacy blur, one thing becomes clear, in an age bathed in blood and hubris, survival might just be the ultimate joke.

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Plagues kill but Merliss has far more to fear than a disease.

Merliss is no ordinary cat. She's a young girl's spirit trapped in a cat's body. While the magic that banished her has snatched away her ability to speak to humans, it has given her a life spanning millennia. For centuries she has lived with the cunning folk, assisting their efforts to heal the sick and ward off malevolent creatures. Now a bleeding sickness has thrown the medieval community into chaos.

The cunning man Hailaird and his apprentice Fendrel are in danger from the disease. The life Merliss has worked so long to build is in jeopardy. Before she entered the cat, she had trained to be a shaman. Do her centuries of experience hold a secret to a cure? But disease isn't her only nemesis.

A pair of malevolent creatures have crossed the moor into the forest, threatening more havoc. With disease and monsters ravaging the land, Merliss is hard-pressed to survive. It couldn't be worse, until a mob looking for a scapegoat turns its wrath on Merliss. Tooth and claw and magic may not be enough.

he Great Contagion is the gripping first novel in the dark fantasy Merliss Tales series. If you like strong and dynamic characters, rich description, magic and intrigue, then you'll love Jeff Chapman's Merliss Tales.

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Mr. McDowell’s talent is both a gift and a curse: his ability to recount vividly and lyrically discrete moments of his past results in beautiful, yet shatteringly painful, verse. His poetic memoir follows his relationship with his oldest sister, Rachel, from their abusive childhood and teenage years to Rachel’s suicide. McDowell’s grieving and healing process is raw and poignant as he struggles toward acceptance and finds meaning in his sister’s life. A powerful, thought-provoking, truly inspirational read. —Amy F. Price, University of Georgia Master of Educational Leadership

By the end of this haunting but beautiful collection, it becomes Mr. McDowell’s legacy that “Sis has taught me to become a climber of cliffs … rising from rocky and barren tribulations to secret and sacred heights … ascending toward the presence of God.” A wonderful tribute to his beautiful sister. —Elisa Affanato, Master of Arts in English

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