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Brash Boys Club is one-night of stand-up, gay comedy featuring three diverse comedians each doing a half-hour set.

In #DoinWhatIDo, Gary Owen hilariously bridges the “lanes” of black and white cultures as only he can, both in his home and on social media. From Black Twitter, his daughter’s homecoming date, to the rules of when we can and cannot use the N-word, no one does it better!

Shel Henka is a cinema-loving teenager studying at the University of California, Berkeley, whose dream is to screen her own film at the San Francisco International Film Festival. In her freshman year at college, she enters into her first intimate relationship with a young man named Jeremy. But the abrupt end of the relationship sends Shel into a depressive spiral, alienating her from her friends and family and affecting her grades in class.

Night Tales Poetry from Beyond. From the minds of Steven Plant and Gail Noble. A great book if you like poetry.

Golden girl Cindy Villanueva left home for UCLA, full of promise - and one year later was an unwed teen mom and college dropout. After suffering domestic abuse and two divorces, she was on the ropes. Don’t Fight Mad describes her journey back to the joy-filled life she enjoyed as a child. Through deeply personal stories, Cindy shares how martial arts became a metaphor for recapturing her strength, identity, and joy. She offers a candid and authentic blueprint for those who long to rekindle the wonder of a well-lived existence.

Kyle Ahrens has faced death before. Wrongly accused of killing his girlfriend, he barely escaped jail time. Now that he’s back in his small hometown, the gruesome murders have returned, and the eyeless bodies are more than he can handle. Haunted by memories of his dead girlfriend, Kyle determines to track down the killer and clear his name. Can Kyle end the torment, or will the killer run free and terrorize the town?

Finding Purpose and Meaning: Sally Survives Her Brief, Nasty Dance with Psychiatry is the third book of four in the Freedom from Addiction series. The character Sally is an addict who struggles with substance abuse. Her story delves into the dark realm of how addicts struggling with abstinence are inadvertently intoxicated when a psychiatrist prescribed drugs to help her cope with the underlying problems her substance abuse hid by using.

It's harder than ever being a teenager today. You acquire so many labels from home, school, and especially social media. At the touch of a button, you have access to hundreds of voices trying to influence the way you shape your Identity. The temptation to buy into brands and use those images as an identity is real. The fact remains: We all have only one, God-given Identity, and it is our personal responsibility to nurture it into a positive Identity in Jesus Christ.

Back from Athens with a goal in mind, Crystal finds herself facing more struggles. She vows to destroy the vortex and stop anyone from entering that world again. Strange events start to occur, and Crystal soon finds herself in the middle of them all. Deaths mount up, and when she figures out the reason why, she is more determined than ever to blow up the vortex once and for all. Crystal rebels against her mother to save her father’s soul. But this time has she gone too far?

Discover an addict's story of substance abuse through the voice of the character Sally, who could be anyone's daughter, sister, or friend. Sally tells her story of the challenging journey to get and stay abstinent from all intoxicants. The message is that the journey is tough, and there are landmines along the way.

A treacherous game of cat-and-mouse ensues for psychologists Jilly Maddox and Ray Welton as they desperately try to protect a terrified young girl from a sociopathic stalker, while simultaneously trying to prove the innocence of an accused drug dealer. Jilly and Ray must decide if the risks are worth uncertain rewards.

John Stone was a prolific American serial killer who was found dead from a shotgun wound in Houston Texas in early 2021. In the typewriter next to his corpse, the police found this confession. Stone committed some of the most horrific and disgusting crimes in US history during his 40-year reign of terror.

The number of addicts who become addicted is a global crisis that can touch any family. Two, the first book in a series of four books about understanding addiction, accomplishes this by providing an evidence-based psychosocial explanation of how addicts are created and how this can be avoided. The addiction scourge needs an explanation on which prevention and intervention strategies can be based.

On October 12, 1967, British European Airlines Flight 284 left Athens, bound for Cyprus - it never arrived. Mysteriously destroyed, the British government did not explain why, only saying it was due to sabotage. Despite pleas from family members of the victims for more information, the British government sealed the records until 2040.

Trigger, the Chihuahua private detective, needs a little R&R. But, no sooner does his retreat begin before he’s pulled into a new case - one with an eerie connection to his last one. This time, though, things take a disturbing turn - the would-be client is murdered! Now, Trigger is hot on the trail of the most dangerous foe he’s ever faced. If he doesn’t unravel the mystery quickly, he may find himself the next target of the brazen killer. Can he solve the case before the murderer strikes again?

In order to tap into the amazing abilities of our brains, it can help to first understand how they work. This guide will aid you in your journey to comprehension. Some things that will be discussed are how our subconscious mind procrastinates things, mind wandering and its significance, daily escapes, predispositions that shape our thoughts, creative skills, and free choice as a gift of nature.

The power of our minds stretches far beyond our current comprehension. No matter how much science keeps progressing, they still find new wonders of the human brain. One of the reasons for this is that the subconscious mind suppresses and exposes many impulses and neural pathways that we don’t generally notice in our daily lives.

Many people worry about their finances, their lost opportunities, their health, and age at a certain time in life. But many of these worries can be turned into positive changes and adaptations. In this book, golden tips will be given to you to look at life in an optimistic light to beat the downsides of a midlife crisis. Factors that can contribute to your mindset are finding new opportunities, digging into philosophy, reassessing your finances, reverse aging, dealing with grief, seeing the good in this important life stage, etc.

Some people in their midlife time period get trapped into what has been referred to as a “midlife crisis”. Others argue that such a phase does not exist, or if it does, then not everyone goes through it. Despite the fact that life circumstances may vary between individuals, the truth remains that some people experience extreme sadness, losses, envy, depression, decreased libido, longing for youth or missed opportunities, and so much more.

This book is focused on the many aspects that pertain to a midlife crisis, including the definition, the despair, the drama, and the effects of it. For example, in this guide, you will find more information about what you should do if you are in a midlife crisis to minimize negative impacts on your life. Another hot topic is what happens specifically to many women if they are in a midlife crisis.