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To avoid the traps of bias and irrationality and make better, productive decisions, we need to stop thinking in disciplines—and start thinking in graphs.Why do we feel confident as novices but question ourselves as experts? What makes some achievements feel more deserving than others? Do we really get happier the more wealth we accumulate? How do stress levels impact our productivity? Every day, we are overwhelmed by multitudes of choices and challenges—some clear and intuitive, while others are shaped beyond the scope of our awareness.

JD Duncan loved his family and preferred a quiet life. But when coordinated terrorist attacks cripple the nation’s infrastructure, he is twenty miles from home as the country begins to unravel. Power fails. Communication goes dark. Law enforcement vanishes. By the time JD reaches his family, civilization is already falling apart.

When a trucker gets stranded in the small, forgotten town of Eden, Missouri, he finds himself surrounded by deceit and danger even as he falls into a love like he’s never known. Who can he trust? And how far will he go to regain his faith in something bigger than himself? Brace yourself. This is an intensely dark tale that will rip your heart out and have you rethinking everything you thought you knew about faith, love and human depravity.

After the death of her mother and the loss of her love, almost a year ago, Viola isn’t really in the Halloween spirit. Which is odd, because it is her favorite holiday. Aleric is going to do his best to get her out of her moping ways and bring some fun back in her life.

What if you suddenly found yourself two years into the future? In an altered and terrifying world where you are the last hope for humanity? TV star Rob Gryffon is living this nightmare. Arriving from vacation, two years into the future, Rob’s fiancé is dead and an invading army of demon creatures, called the Wolt, rampage across the Canadian Northwest. Rob soon learns he is the center of an ancient alien prophecy where it is his destiny to turn back these demons and save the human race.

Boxer Shorts is my 10th short story compilation. It consists of 12 short stories.

Nazaire Poulin, a grain grower from Quebec, wants his old life back, but the sudden death of his spouse and the removal of his children have flipped his world upside down. He can’t afford seed money for his coming summer crop. He is a man lost. The Klondike Gold Rush has been over for a decade. Is it too late to find gold or a job rumored to pay six dollars a day? A spark of hope flashes in Nazaire’s body. Dare he go? Everything that Nazaire has is at risk as he ventures thousands of miles from home on a long shot. Many men have gone. Most returned broken. Some starved on the way.

Seasons of Suffering/Seasons of Joy is a reflective road-memoir about a young man who pedals alone from Louisiana to Missouri, using the miles as a “meditative cocoon” to wrestle with meaning, mortality, and faith. The journey “begins in New England,” then unfolds across eight vividly told days on the bike and a series of thematic chapters, Worldview, Death, Life, Sexuality/Gender Identity, Suffering, and more, blending travelogue with honest spiritual inquiry.

Go from Numb to Alive with this Step-By-Step Companion to Help Yourself or a Loved One Find a New Substance-Free Life of Freedom and Happiness! Are you tired of waking up sick, ashamed, and swearing “never again,” only to do it all over again by sunset? Is the substance the only thing that gives you relief and the very thing that’s slowly destroying everything you care about? What if recovery didn’t mean hitting rock bottom—but finally choosing yourself before everything else crashes?

United: Book 2 in the America Overrun series, continues the saga of the Duncan family struggling to survive in a collapsed world and fighting the evil forces that are surrounding them. After being forced out of their homes, the Duncan family and their group seek refuge in a quarry. They soon find out that they are in the path of a local criminal kingpin and his gangster army.

THE ELDRITCH ORDER HAS RETURNED! Phil has chosen to defy the Master Wizard Zarrick at great costs. Adam has been all but destroyed and any hope of restoring him to life seems impossible. Can Phil dive into the secrets of Haven’s Runic System and save his metal friend? Rekindling the light of the Eldritch Knights will not be an easy task, but Phil is determined and ready to give everything his all.

What if everything you've been told about desire, passion, and attachment has led you away from the essence of life rather than toward it? In Kill Buddha: And Drink from the Cup of Passion, the author dismantles the misunderstood teachings of non-attachment and the repression of desire, arguing instead that passion is not the enemy but the very lifeblood of a meaningful, fulfilled existence.