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Ever wanted to sound unbearably pretentious at dinner parties? Wondered how one French philosopher managed to make an entire career out of writing sentences no human being could understand? Curious why your literature professor keeps muttering about "the death of the author" while staring vacantly into space?

Standing Tall on the Inside is the biography of Rachel Marie, an at-risk teenager with multi-generational trauma who pendulums between a future destined for life on the streets and her secret heart-filled wish of someday finding true happiness.

Are you tired of pretending to understand Hegel? Do you feel personally attacked by German idealism? Have you ever wondered if “sublation” is just a fancy word for “I have no idea what I’m saying”? Congratulations. You’ve found your people. In Hegel’s Dialectic: Making Simple Ideas Complicated Since 1807, philosophy finally gets the sarcasm-drenched takedown it deserves.

You find out your childhood friend might just be a serial killer. What would you do? Try to kill him? Or report him to the police that you know won't be able to contain him? Gabriel Connolly struggles with what’s right. Then, when he’s faced with pure evil, and realizes he has no choice, he tries to drown his soul-less friend in a river. But evil doesn't die. And that’s just the start of Gabriel's new nightmare. You can’t cheat death, that’s the catch. Even worse, Gabriel realizes he may have passed on supernatural gifts to a heartless killer.

Selene "Angel" Matthews and Vasileios "Cage" Georgiou are members of the Via Daemonia Motorcycle Club. Through sheer grit and determination, Angel clawed her way up through the Army as a top-rated sniper. After serving on the front lines of numerous deployments, she finally found her place and some peace with the Via Daemonia MC. Now, as the owner of a tattoo shop and the proud mother of her beautiful daughter, Bree, Angel once again has brothers who respect her, watch her back, and give her the support she always craved.

If you’ve ever found yourself in a conversation thinking, “I have no idea what I’m talking about”—this book is your salvation. In The Bullsht Artist’s Handbook*, self-proclaimed overthinker and professional nonsense generator Dicholas Chad Pansy offers a brutally honest, wildly practical guide to dominating conversations, debates, meetings, and social events with zero actual knowledge. No degrees, facts, or preparation required—just the audacity to sound like you know what you’re doing.

Packed with toxic affirmations, unnecessary rants, and advice so bad it circles back to genius, Ruin Your Life Now is like a car crash you can’t stop watching—except the car is your life and you’re the one behind the wheel, blindfolded.

Are you tired of being emotionally stable? Do you wish you could turn every minor interaction into a full-blown existential crisis? Look no further than Maybe I'm the Problem? – the ultimate guide to professional self-gaslighting and strategic overthinking. From the brilliantly neurotic mind of Dicholas Chad Pansy comes a self-help book that will definitely not help you at all. Inside, you’ll learn essential skills like: Turning a simple "Hey" text into a three-day analysis of your entire life. Convincing yourself that your perfectly fine presentation was actually a career-ending disaster.

From birth, twins Cath and Rob are inseparable. When their mother dies, their bond deepens as their father hastily remarries a woman with a volatile temper whose sole focus is her own baby – Oliver – who arrives nine months later. When, aged 48, Rob tragically dies, Cath’s world begins to crumble. Her grief compounded further by Oliver’s out-of-the-blue decision to attend Rob’s funeral, opening old wounds after three decades of estrangement.

This is not a self-help book. This is a self-detachment book. If you’re ready to become an unshakable force of calm indifference, to stop letting life stress you out, and to fully embrace the Stoic art of not giving a single damn, this is the book for you.

ATTENTION, WALKING RED FLAG: Do you panic when someone texts, “I miss you”? Have you ghosted someone while still liking all their Instagram posts? Does the idea of an actual healthy relationship make you want to jump out of a moving vehicle? CONGRATULATIONS. YOU MAY BE ENTIRELY INCAPABLE OF LOVE. But don’t worry—this book is not here to fix you. Instead, it will celebrate your terrible dating habits with: A step-by-step guide to self-sabotaging any relationship before it gets serious. The “Should I Text Them Back?” flowchart (spoiler: you won’t).

Ravenna Garnett's heart is torn between duty and desire in a world where love defies the laws of the vampire court. Her forbidden love for a human has led her to a harrowing trial, but they make a daring escape with her loyal men at her side. Yet freedom is fleeting as they are ambushed by a ruthless alliance of witches and werewolves, hell-bent on eradicating the vampire race. As war erupts around them, tragedy strikes—Alexander, her newfound human love is fatally wounded, leaving Ravenna with an agonizing choice: save her kind or protect the heart that ignited her rebellion.

From the chaotically overwhelmed mind of bestselling author Dicholas Chad Pansy comes the first-ever survival guide for empaths who have absolutely no idea how to stop absorbing other people’s problems like an unpaid emotional support sponge.

For generations, whispers of an ancient manuscript—the Codex Vitae—have lingered in the shadows, a book said to hold the key to knowledge beyond human understanding. But when young Samuel stumbles upon a long-buried secret on his family’s farm, he unknowingly reignites a centuries-old hunt for forbidden truths. Alongside his uncle Ulises, Samuel embarks on a perilous journey to uncover the truth behind his great-great-grandfather’s disappearance, a forgotten cave, and a book that was never meant to be found. But they are not the only ones searching.

The roots of the Agent J universe were established in the first book, The Shadows of Agent J in what seemed to be a confusing, clinking, clanking, clattering collection of caliginous vignettes (tiny storyettes). That anthology was in fact, a collection of puzzle pieces that will appear in future Agent J books . . . including this one. Ultimately, this will lead to an explanation of the stratospheric Holy Sequence and the Holy Darkness that is metastasizing, bringing chaos to mankind.

I thought my fiancé was a good guy. Not the greatest in the sack, but decent marriage material. Too bad it took finding him in a compromising position—with his mother—to figure out how wrong I’d been. When they told me they’d kill me if I ran away, I believed them. I didn’t, however, believe them when they said the magical Ash tree in the woods would eat me alive. Wrong again. Lucky for me, Ash didn’t kill me. Turns out he likes my stories. And my, um, sap. So, I’m sure I can convince him to let me go once he’s been properly…satiated.

Even if you're just earning an allowance now, you can leap into a prosperous financial future—No Wall Street experience required. Are you a teenager overwhelmed by financial jargon? Or a parent eager to instill good money habits in your child but don't know where to start? Financial wisdom isn't taught in schools , leaving many young adults unequipped for the real world. Statistics show more than 74% of teenagers lack practical knowledge about managing money. As unsettling as it sounds, there's hope.

In the sun-drenched Greek Islands, Elena and Alex’s idyllic engagement is thrown into turmoil when Elena’s estranged twin sister, Sophia, unexpectedly returns. Sophia’s arrival brings buried family secrets and old rivalries to the surface, unraveling the bond between the sisters and testing Elena and Alex’s love. As jealousy and betrayal threaten their future, Elena must confront painful truths about her family’s past while navigating Sophia’s manipulative intentions.

Agent J seems to be everywhere and at every point in time. And who really is Natasha? A series of seemingly unconnected clues, that are found in what appear to be disjointed cliff-hanger vignettes, lead you deeper in a world where science, religion, peculiarities, absurd humor, historical twists, and conundrums collide and blend into a strange porridge. This collection of short, noir detective-ish stories builds the foundation of the Agent J universe. As author JT Dwyer puts it, "You are holding in your hands what may be the most extraordinary and unorthodox book I have ever encountered."

The COVID-19 pandemic touched every corner of our lives, leaving scars and questions that still linger. In A Marriage Broken by COVID Produced Diamonds for You, I invite you into an intimate journey of how my family was reshaped by this global crisis—a journey that will resonate with anyone who has faced uncertainty, loss, or the fight to endure. This audiobook is a tapestry of love stretched to its limits, tragedy endured with unshakable faith, and a relentless hope that refused to be extinguished.