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The Philosopher’s Guild

About The Philosopher’s Guild

In The Philosopher’s Guild the greatest philosophers of all time are reimagined as characters in a fantasy city-state and given free reign to have adventures. Mina Beauvoir fights for women’s rights, the Buddha searches for enlightenment, Socrates and Plato try to figure out who would make a good philosopher-king, and Marx fights for the common man. They face off against Nietzsche, Hobbes, and even Nicky Machiavelli in this fantasy novel by Daniel Trump.

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The Waterstreet Button Factory

The Waterstreet Button FactoryAbout The Waterstreet Button Factory

This horror novella follows the journey’s of four individuals throughout their residency at The Waterstreet Button Factory. Read along as they face typical life struggles as well as the factory’s terror:

“The Waterstreet Button Factory, constructed in 1897 with a concrete base and four stories of solid bricks. Within its walls labored many Irish and German immigrants over the years, as well as housed the city’s heroin addicts. Yes, this building has seen it all. The Great Flood of 1924 which submerged just over one story of the factory, leaving buttons dispersed and scattered across a six-block radius. It saw the longest recorded power outage for the city, to date.

After being vacated in the 1960s, due to a declining economy, the open floor plan was divided in hopes of being used for an indoor farmer’s market. The renovations, however, were never completed after a City Councilman embezzled millions of dollars in tax-payer money through the project, and supposedly fled to Mexico before the arrest warrant was issued. The dividers from the failed project were not a complete waste, as they were used nearly four decades later when the property was converted into industrial apartments.

Now, within the factory’s walls in Apartment 41, is a woman in her late-twenties who has found herself calling this place home. Twinkling lights now encase the original steel windows. The windows were beautiful. Their enormous size and thin windows provide substantial lighting during the warmer months, but poor insulation during the colder ones. Penny hadn’t gotten to experience that yet. She has only resided in the housing for three months. The fall nights had her dreading the upcoming season. The low temperatures combined with insufficient indoor heating would prove less of an inconvenience and more of a nightmare. Unfortunately, that would not be the only nightmare Penny would face during her stay at The Waterstreet Button Factory.”

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Critical Thinking & Logic Mastery – 3 Books In 1: How To Make Smarter Decisions, Conquer Logical Fallacies And Sharpen Your Thinking

About Critical Thinking & Logic Mastery – 3 Books In 1: How To Make Smarter Decisions, Conquer Logical Fallacies And Sharpen Your Thinking

What skill can be more important than your college degree? According to 93% of CEOs, THIS skill, which also keeps self-doubt, wrong decisions, and beliefs at bay.

We’re talking about a basic skill that isn’t so basic – critical thinking.

Everyone thinks they have it, but most people are anxious, unhappy, doubt their decisions, and aren’t where they want to be in life.

Why do people smoke, drink to excess, and eat things they know are bad for them?

How come intelligent people wind up believing fake news stories?

Why do employers judge candidates on the first impression they make, even though they know it’s wrong and often misleading?

Poor reasoning, inability to tell facts from fiction, and flawed decision-making cause these kinds of fallacies.

A Nature.com study in 2015, “First results from psychology’s largest reproducibility test,” examined over 100 psychology studies to see if they could be reproduced.
Researchers found that only a third of the studies could be replicated. The other two-thirds had been skewed by errors or unconscious biases and couldn’t be trusted.

One of the reasons most of us fall short in thinking critically is that our educational system doesn’t teach critical thinking. They’re the reason most people never live up to their potential.

So, if you feel like you don’t have the right diploma or the right skill set to succeed at what you do, don’t worry.

You might be stunned by how many false biases you’re already carrying around. They bleed into your professional and personal life.

That’s why we’ve put together the needed resources to introduce you to what critical thinking is about, to build the habit of thinking critically, and to discern fact from fiction easily.

This book bundle includes:
1. Critical Thinking In A Nutshell: How To Become An Independent Thinker And Make Intelligent Decisions
2. Conquer Logical Fallacies: 28 Nuggets Of Knowledge To Nurture Your Reasoning Skills
3. The Habit Of Critical Thinking: Powerful Routines To Change Your Mind And Sharpen Your Thinking

Here’s just a fraction of what you’ll discover inside:
– The critical thinking framework developed by two of the most experienced critical thinking scientists of all time and how to make it your own
– The 8 critical thinking characteristics you already have, but you’re not using at their full potential
– How to identify fake news and misinformation – learn this, and you’ll have a MASSIVE leg up on almost everyone around you right now
– Why you should be skeptical of anyone quoting an authority figure
– How to make yourself “dumb” because smarter people are HARDER to teach
– 6 rules to turn your current routines into wholesome habits
– How to think like a scientist and make your decisions successful experiments
– Actionable, easy exercises to drill home every point covered. You won’t “”read and forget”” this book

This bundle isn’t a dry, theoretical textbook. It is a practical, easy to read and implement book dedicated to helping you build stronger arguments, make more confident decisions, and spot logical errors.

Critical thinking will elevate your personal and professional life. You’ll be better at assimilating information, noticing trends, and deciding on a plan of action. This one will be the last book you need to buy on thinking logically and building habits.

It’s time to stop second-guessing yourself – scroll up and click “”Add to Cart”” now.

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The Crypto Pursuit: Pursuing A Stolen Dark Net Fortune

About The Crypto Pursuit: Pursuing A Stolen Dark Net Fortune

As bitcoin’s meteoric rise minted millionaires overnight, one stolen fortune is pursued with a bloody passion.

After robbing a dark net marketplace for over $2.5 million worth of bitcoin in 2014, Aaron Aldridge sees an opportunity to uplift his family from poverty. He cashes out on part of the crypto hoard and then saves the rest by transcribing the wallet’s private key onto his favorite vinyl record in invisible ink.

Yet when the operator of the site retaliates, Aaron races home to find his mother killed and the FBI awaiting to arrest him for an unrelated crime. Sent off to federal prison, the record ultimately disappears, no one knowing it’s true value.

Trying to process the consequences of his greed while in prison, he almost forgets about the record until a surge of interest pushes bitcoin’s value to a record high, skyrocketing the wallet’s value above $100 million. Determined to do something positive with the money, Aaron is released from prison and embarks on a pursuit for the record—yet he’s far from alone.

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Don’t You Dare

About Don’t You Dare

He’s a playboy like no other…
The crown prince of New York City’s real estate industry. A pompous jerk who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and a camera in his face.
All of which makes him absolutely perfect.
Not for me, obviously, but for something much more important—to save the online fashion magazine I’m the editor of.
It’s too bad I can’t get within a mile of the guy.
Until I can.
Well, I can’t, but my best friend can and she’s willing to sneak me into her photo shoot so I can take my shot.
Honestly, I don’t have much hope. I’m no makeup artist and he pegs me as an imposter immediately.
As it turns out, however, I’m not the only one who needs something.
I might need a model with clout for the fashion show that could save my job, but hot stuff needs a little help too.
A lot, actually. He needs a fiancée, and he introduces me as her without warning.
As if I had a choice?
However, it’s only one date, and if I don’t do it, the magazine is as good as dead.
So, yes. Yes, of course, I’ll fake it with him for one night.
What could possibly go wrong?

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Nowhere Man (The story of Everyone) by James Gault

About Nowhere Man (The story of Everyone) by James Gault

A gentle canter along Mankind’s journey from origins to now, in an engaging and easy-to-read form. It addresses not only events and their dates but provides for an understanding of what caused them and their historical context. It is the type of book that, once acquired, may well find itself being readily and frequently referred to. World history packed into a Kindle!

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AMY IV: The Final Chapter by RW Duder

About AMY IV: The Final Chapter by RW Duder

Amy’s back!

After escaping the detention center, following her mother’s death, Amy’s only family connection is with her estranged sister. With that in mind, she sets off on a killing spree of unprecedented size.

Riley Walker has discovered that she is the illegitimate daughter of the mass killer, David James Walker, also known as The Deathmask Killer. This also means she is the only living relative to Amy Walker, the zombified, unstoppable, undead killer that has slashed her way through countless victims. Believing everyone from that family was dead, she thought she was safe to proceed with life as a University of Chicago student. But when she starts to receive strange messages that her sister Amy could still be alive, she can’t believe it’s all real. Those close to her want her to know that Amy is very much alive and killing everyone in a path straight towards her.

The proof starts to appear in the form of bodies on campus. Can they stop Amy before a reign of terror starts at the university? Or is it already too late?

With dark forces seeking to use her and a small band of reluctant heroes gathering to stop her, Amy feels the walls closing in. Her last stand is now. Death stalks the university as Riley Walker tries to come to terms with her unreal past in this final chapter of terror and mayhem.

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Anna and the Missing Child

About Anna and the Missing Child

“Ms. Novalis has her own unique voice that makes it feel fresh and exciting, and the cast of characters were terrific, … It had it all, seriously…adventure, drama, magic, danger, friends, powers of nature and life and love, good and evil… takes us on an unforgettable, and ultimately fulfilling journey.”
-Nikki Turnage
“It has mystery and intrigue, … and it is very easy to get and stay lost in this realistic-fantasy world.”
-Shahade Faizie
The day has arrived for ten-year-old Anna to start her studies at the Quentin Academy, but she doesn’t want to fly to school despite the insistence of her magical frog.
On her first day at the academy, Anna meets the enigmatic singer Ingrid Andersson and her daughter, Miriam. Something is odd about the girl with the intense blue eyes and long flowing blonde hair, but Anna can’t put her finger on it.
And soon her peaceful home is thrown into chaos.
The teachings of the academy are powerful. But is Anna powerful enough to find and rescue the missing child?

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I Like You, I Love Her

About I Like You, I Love Her

Severin

It feels like I’ve been in love with Bryan Winthrop my entire life.
Before he kissed me in front of the entire school.
As he danced with her the night of our senior prom.
After his younger brother, Ben, made me smile through my tears.

“It’ll never work with him. He will never leave her…”

It’s been more than ten years since I let myself fall
for the boy whose heart wasn’t mine.
And the Prom King’s lips are finally mine to kiss.

“When I came back here I wasn’t expecting to see you,
and when I did, I felt this tumble…”

But he’s still keeping me in the shadows.
As his younger brother breaks me open in the day.

Ben

You shouldn’t covet whom your brother desires.
Our pastor father would say he taught me better than that.
But I knew over ten years ago my brother didn’t deserve her.
And nothing’s changed since she came back into both our lives.

“You think what you felt for my brother back then was love,
but what I felt can’t be the same?”

I’m still the one who makes her laugh—
the one who challenges her.
And he’s still the one treating her like a dirty little secret.

“You really are a watercolor, Severin Thompson. I can read you…”

You shouldn’t covet whom your brother desires.
This summer, I’ll remind him of that.

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The Grump’s Girl Friday by Sofia T Summers

The Grump’s Girl Friday by Sofia T Summers

I needed to be only what he had hired me to be.
His assistant.

Not his savior.
Not his girlfriend.
And definitely not the mother of his child.

And yet… there I was.

Eric was a total nightmare.
Much older than me, rich AF, refused to settle down.
Despite his mother threatening to deny him his inheritance.
He didn’t care about things that didn’t serve him.
And for that, I hated him.
But I pretended to be his perfect employee.
Surely, I could beat him at his own game.

Coffee? He would have it right on time.
A new contract? I would land it for him.
But pregnancy? That was not what I hoped for.

It could backfire everything.
Cost me my job.
My heart.
Basically, my entire life.
But somehow, somewhere…
Mr. Grump made the destruction sound all worth it.

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The Bow of Destiny by P. H. Solomon

The Bow of Destiny by P. H. Solomon

Haunted by his past. Hunted in the present. Uncertain what is real.
Athson suffered hallucinations ever since he was orphaned, including a dog no one else sees. The will in his possession, bestowed in a dream, can’t be real. But the trolls now hunting him are. A destiny, both inconvenient and unavoidable, drags Athson into an unwanted quest that challenges all his assumptions.
Can he trust anyone?

Sworn to secrecy by his dead father about the bow, Athson wants nothing to do with it. A dragon and a wizard want the bow – and Athson dead. Running from the quest and his destiny are tempting options.

Then he finds something unexpected. Will his discovery destroy him before he recovers the bow?

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The Adventures of Kirk Rogers (Omnibus) by C. J. Boyle

The Adventures of Kirk Rogers (Omnibus) by C. J. Boyle

The Kirk Rogers Series Omnibus Books One Through Four Adventures Inside the Moon;
Book One – Strangers suddenly find themselves inside the moon and are tasked with fixing an alien device before the entire solar system is destroyed.

The Adventures of Kirk Rogers; Book Two – The continuing series finds Kirk and his friends stranded on an alien planet and tasked with rescuing a woman in stasis before a prince kills her and takes the crown.

The Adventures of Kirk Rogers and The Illuminati; Book Three – Captain Rogers and his band of heroes must save Robyn from the Illuminati and prevent them from getting a foothold in Atlantis.

The Adventures of Kirk Rogers and The Queen of Hades; Book four – Kirk and Steven risk life and limb in their quest to save Laura and Ripley from the king of darkness… Hades.

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Tapestry of My Mother’s Life by Malve von Hassell

Tapestry of My Mother’s Life by Malve von Hassell

Tapestry of My Mother’s Life is a biographical account of a woman coming of age in Germany during the 1930s. Malve von Hassell explores her mother’s life through the fragmented lens of transmitted memory, and its impact on the second generation.

Born at her grandfather’s house in Farther Pomerania, 1923, Christa von Hassell had to contend with the increasing and pervasive impact of the Nazi regime. As the child of a German army officer, she moved with her parents often. Through boarding school, university, marriage, the Second World War, life under Soviet occupation, and a new beginning in the West that eventually took her to America, the biography is an emotional journey of childhood, survival, and relationships.

The portrayal of Christa’s life also focuses on the role of memory: shaped, distorted, and realigned in the continual process of telling stories of the past in conjunction with silence about many aspects. Children of women who shared similar experiences and life trajectories struggled with the challenge of learning about their parents’ lives during extraordinary times, confounded by a wealth of stories on the one hand and a seemingly impenetrable veil of silence on the other.

Working through such memorabilia, as well as the tales of the past, can offer ways in which one can come to terms with the inherited detritus of thoughts and memories. As such, this account of the life of a unique and complex individual has also wider relevance in that it addresses age-old questions of the relationship between one generation and the next.

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Reclaim Your Hero: Transform Your Pain into Power and thrive. Numquam Deficio (Never Quit) by Mathew Grace

Reclaim Your Hero: Transform Your Pain into Power and thrive. Numquam Deficio (Never Quit) by Mathew Grace

As first responders and military we are the heroes for everyone else. We are first on the scene to emergencies at home and abroad.

So what then do we do when we are drowning and searching for breath?
What do we do when we can’t escape the shadow that follows us in the sun and the darkness?
What do we do when our world is spinning out of control and our world is falling apart?

I know this world. I lived under the rough seas and the shadow of PTS(D) for 10 years. As a Navy Rescue Swimmer with service in the special operations community and as a firefighter, I embraced the suck! It took me 10 years to discover what is embraced, embraces you back. I wrote this book to share my journey and show you it is possible to reclaim fun, fitness and fortitude. It is possible to come out from under the shadow and the depths.

It is possible to Reclaim Your Hero and transform your pain into power and thrive. Numquam Deficio! Never quit! Hooyah!

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The Suicide Society by William Brennan Knight

The Suicide Society by William Brennan Knight

Do you sometimes feel like we’re all being led down a one-way path to self-destruction?
It’s like we’re living in a tinder box, and someone or something keeps nudging us a little further towards a totalitarian dystopian future…

Just one match can send everything up in flames… Who or what is behind this nebulous sickness and hatred that infects the very soul of humanity? Every day we’re exposed to reports of increasingly horrific brutality even as we try and cope with our own personal anguish.

How did it come to this?

After an unsuccessful suicide attempt, Zach Randall, a self-absorbed accountant, experiences disturbing visions of tortured souls preparing to die by their own hand. Initially dismissing the dreams as mere hallucinations, Randall begins to suspect there is deeper meaning hidden within each vision. Could these people be real? And who is the dark, mysterious entity who competes for the loyalties of the despondent and tormented before they breathe their last breath?

The Suicide Society is a supernatural thriller that evolves as a story of evil and a carefully devised plan to infiltrate every aspect of society for the purpose of promoting hate, chaos and ultimate destruction. As the clocks continues to wind down, Randall races to uncover the apocalyptic plot and expose the gifted leader of a massive covert network that relentlessly drives the world closer to a global catastrophe.

If you like books by DJ Molles, Stephen King, Dean R. Koonce, Joe Hill, Robert Masello, Clifford D Simak, and Eloise J Knapp, you better clear some time in your calendar for The Suicide Society Series because you’ll want to read all the books from cover to cover.

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Caught Up In You (A Caught Up Novel Book 1)

About Caught Up In You (A Caught Up Novel Book 1)

Life has a way of shaping you into what it wants you to be, regardless of how much you fight it.

Brantley Prescott is damaged. Scarred by a past she can’t forget. Hiding secrets, she’s terrified to share. Searching for a future she doesn’t believe she’ll ever find.

Myles Franco is alone. Burdened by mistakes he’ll never live down. Fostering a deep resentment for the opposite sex. Unleashing his wrath on any girl who gets too close.

Brantley has worked behind the bar long enough to recognize Myles for what he is—a douchebag player with nothing on his mind but keeping a steady stream of girls flowing through his bed. With his messy dark hair, sapphire blue eyes, rock-solid body, and endless tattoos he’s impossible to ignore. But that’s exactly what she plans on doing.

After just one run-in with Brantley, Myles is even more determined to stick to the rules he lives by. She’s mouthy, blunt, and doesn’t back down—no matter how hard he pushes her. She could turn out be the one temptation that drags him down the path he’s been trying to avoid. He won’t let that happen.

Both are content living behind the solid walls they’ve built around themselves. Neither is prepared for what happens when their lives collide.

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These Dark Hearts by L A Cotton


About Featured Book: These Dark Hearts by L A Cotton

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Harleigh Wren Maguire has loved Phoenix Wilder for as long as she can remember.

He’s everything she isn’t.

Brave.
Reckless.
One-hundred percent unapologetic.

But it’s Halloween… the perfect excuse to dress up and be someone you’re not. To step out of your comfort zone and do things you wouldn’t usually do.

And Harleigh is determined to make her best friend notice her for once.

There’s only one problem.

Everyone knows monsters come out to play on All Hallows’ Eve…

She just didn’t ever think Nix would become her worst nightmare.

This Romance book is available in these Formats: eBook

Shake Down (First Coast Thriller Series Book 1) by Armand Rosamilia

Shake Down (First Coast Thriller Series Book 1) by Armand Rosamilia

Ex-cop Clayton Conway has made some mistakes.

He’s trying to work hard with a repo company, hooking cars and boats. Raise his daughter and stay friendly with his ex-wife. Make enough money to pay the rent on his tiny apartment over a bar in Jacksonville Beach.

But when one of the Orenato Cartel’s speedboats gets repossessed, they come looking for it.

Putting Clayton, his family and friends, in danger.

Can he protect them, or will the cartel get what they came for? And will his own weaknesses get the best of him… again?

From the author of the Award Winning crime thriller series, Dirty Deeds, comes a new series set in the same world!

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Triple Threat by K Webster

Triple Threat by K Webster

I’m a prisoner in a prestigious world.

A perfect princess locked in a tower.

Hope comes in the form of a devilishly handsome man with dark eyes and darker secrets.

Except there’s a new side of him every time we meet. A different danger each time we touch. It’s as if three different men want to devour me.

He’s not just one villain. He’s three.

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