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Dream Big

About Dream Big

In Dream Big, Roy Clay chronicles his extraordinary journey from the segregated town of Kinloch, Missouri, to the heart of Silicon Valley, where he became a groundbreaking force in the tech industry. More than just a memoir, this inspiring book is a powerful testament to resilience, vision, and unwavering determination in the face of adversity.

With clarity and heartfelt wisdom, Clay recounts how he navigated systemic racism, poverty, and exclusion to become one of the first African American computer scientists in America. From his early work at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory to leading the development of Hewlett-Packard’s first computers and founding his own company, ROD-L Electronics, Clay’s story is a blueprint for dreaming big and building boldly.

But Dream Big is not just about technological triumphs—it’s about leadership, character, and the responsibility to lift others as you rise. Clay shares life lessons on entrepreneurship, ethics, and community service, including his historic role as the first Black city councilman in Palo Alto. Throughout, his voice is both humble and powerful, offering motivation for aspiring innovators, changemakers, and leaders of all backgrounds.

Whether you’re a student, entrepreneur, or seasoned professional, Dream Big will challenge you to push boundaries, defy limitations, and create a legacy that matters. Roy Clay’s life is proof that dreams, no matter how bold, are achievable with courage, purpose, and hard work.

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The Twin Shadow Vampire: The Shadow Rises by Keniel Russell

About The Twin Shadow Vampire: The Shadow Rises by Keniel Russell

Eighteen years after the fall of the Umbra Clan, a lone survivor named Nacht awakens his forbidden powers at a deadly vampire academy. Five clans, brutal tournaments, and masked assassins stand between him and the truth about his lineage. As his shadows grow stronger, so does the darkness waiting to be unleashed. The Twin Shadow Vampire is an action-packed dark fantasy with betrayal, blood, and unbreakable bonds.

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Heat Wave by Eden Hollidae

About Heat Wave by Eden Hollidae

Cassie Monroe is burned out, broken down, and banished to a tropical paradise she never wanted to visit. All she needs is two weeks to recharge before diving back into the corporate chaos that defines her. What she doesn’t need is Rafael Delgado, her annoyingly perfect next-door neighbor with sun-kissed skin, an easy smile, and a maddening ability to see right through her carefully constructed walls.
Rafe has built his life around simple pleasures: morning surf sessions, sunset cocktails, and the kind of peace that can’t be scheduled or optimized. The last thing he’s looking for is a beautiful workaholic who treats relaxation like a hostile takeover. But when Cassie’s armor starts to crack, revealing glimpses of the woman she used to be, he can’t resist the challenge of showing her what she’s been missing.
Between stolen kisses under starlit skies and days that blur into passion-filled nights, Cassie discovers a version of herself she’d forgotten existed. But when the real world comes calling with the promotion she’s always wanted, she’ll have to choose between the life she fought so hard to build and the love that’s teaching her how to breathe again.
Sometimes paradise isn’t a place; it’s a person willing to catch you when you fall.
A steamy slow-burn romance about second chances, island magic, and finding your way back to yourself.

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You’re Not His Therapist: Your No-Nonsense Guide to Quitting Mansitting, Escaping Relationship Burnout, and Reclaiming Your Peace, Power, and Self-Respect from Emotionally Immature Men

About You’re Not His Therapist: Your No-Nonsense Guide to Quitting Mansitting, Escaping Relationship Burnout, and Reclaiming Your Peace, Power, and Self-Respect from Emotionally Immature Men

Read in 13 countries within the first 3 days of launch—and counting.
You’re Not His Therapist is the bold, no-BS guide emotionally exhausted women around the world are devouring.

If you feel like the emotional manager of your relationship—not an equal partner…
If you’re the one doing the reminding, soothing, planning, and apologizing—while he floats through life like a man-child on cruise control…

This isn’t love.
This is labor.
And you’re not in love—you’re in charge.

You’re Not His Therapist will help you finally name what’s been draining you—and show you how to stop:
Overfunctioning while he gets praised for doing the bare minimum

Carrying the mental and emotional load of two people

Mistaking “I’m trying” speeches for actual growth

Coaching him through basic communication like it’s a second job

Apologizing for being “too much” when really, you’ve just had enough

This isn’t about hating men.
It’s about loving yourself enough to stop parenting the one you sleep with.

Inside, you’ll learn how to:
✔ Stop rescuing and start observing
✔ Use silence as a truth serum—not a punishment
✔ Pull back without guilt, games, or drama
✔ Tell the difference between potential and progress
✔ Exit the role—even if you stay in the relationship

Because if the peace only lasts when you’re overextending,
that’s not love. That’s a hostage situation in emotional Spanx.

You’re not cold. You’re just done.
And this book will show you how to stop carrying the relationship—and start carrying yourself.

👉 Start your reset today and reclaim your energy, standards, and sanity.

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Our Journey Into Madness

About Our Journey Into Madness

What happens when God gets bored, a man started spiraling, and a cat gets caught in the middle of madness?

Our Journey Into Madness is an exploration of life, existence and emotional connection in moments of absurdism told through the alternating chapters of the point of view of God and a man losing his grip on reality.

As God descends to Earth after experiencing a philosophical crisis, a man begins to sense that his life is dull and filled with the same predictable routine. Their lives may appear to run separately but unbeknownst to them, there were fleeting moments where their lives collide in bizarre ways.

This short read is unhinged in the best way possible: weird cinema encounters, awkward conversations about love and friendship, cults, and cats

For readers who enjoy metafiction, philosophy, stories that explores ‘what if’ questions and spiraling in silence.

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THE COLD LAWS OF PSYCHOLOGY

About THE COLD LAWS OF PSYCHOLOGY

“Silence isn’t weakness. It’s a weapon.”

This book isn’t for the loud. It’s for the sharp.

Inside are the cold laws of mental power — the kind used by silent leaders, ruthless strategists, and quiet minds that move the world. Every line is a weapon. Every word is designed to shift your thinking, tighten your focus, and sharpen your presence.

You won’t just read — you’ll transform.

Learn how to disappear and gain value. Speak less and command more. Break their expectations without lifting a finger. This is psychological warfare for the modern mind.

Read it once — and watch how people start treating you differently.

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Shutter Seduction

About Shutter Seduction

Shutter Seduction is a steamy, strangers-to-lovers romance set in Hoi An, Vietnam – perfect for readers who crave intimacy, flirtation, deep connection with characters, and erotic escape in exotic places.

Photographer Matt has lost his spark, stuck in a soulless routine job. He hopes to rekindle his creative fire while on vacation, away from work. What he doesn’t expect is an instant infatuation with a stranger he meets in a bar – the beautiful Elise. She is friendly and flirty, but seems just out of reach.

A spontaneous skinny dipping session under the stars is only the beginning of their smouldering attraction. As they explore the vibrant streets and hidden corners of Hoi An, Matt and Elise find themselves tangled in an ever-growing emotional connection.

Will Matt find his inspiration and a muse in Elise? Will she bare her soul to his lens? Will she open up with her own story – and take what she wants?

Things come to a head on a secluded beach at golden hour – when sparks fly, barriers fall and their connection turns into something raw, primal and physical.

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The Flight of the Pegasus

About The Flight of the Pegasus

Year 4000. The Solarium Empire and the United Krakovian Federation are locked in a brutal war. The skies are a graveyard for bombers, their losses crippling both sides. The Empire unveils the Pegasus, a cutting-edge stealth bomber with a revolutionary AI copilot, promising to turn the tide.

But Captain Ivan Sanders and Lieutenant Joshua Kamov have a different mission in mind. Disillusioned by the endless conflict, they hatch a daring plan that could shatter the deadlock and change the course of the war. However, their choice lies between loyalty to their Empire and the terrifying prospect of betrayal.

Will they become heroes who usher in a new era, or traitors who plunge the galaxy deeper into chaos? The Flight of the Pegasus is a thrilling tale of courage, betrayal, and the true cost of war in a technologically advanced future.

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Science Joke Book for Kids by Tim Zak

About Science Joke Book for Kids by Tim Zak

When it comes to joke books about science, here’s the perfect birthday gift for kids who tell jokes because it is stuffed from cover to cover with humor about biology, chemistry, physics, earth science, microbiology, and astronomy. Create that special bonding experience through laughter that is ideal for little kids, bigger kids, silly grown ups, just about anybody who loves laughing at smart science puns or physics jokes.

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The Tao of Spock: How Vulcan Philosophy Intersects with Taoism In the Star Trek Universe by Joseph D. Di Lella

About The Tao of Spock: How Vulcan Philosophy Intersects with Taoism In the Star Trek Universe by Joseph D. Di Lella

The beloved character of Mr. Spock in the Star Trek franchise has earned respect not only for his heroism and principled way of life, but also for the philosophical path of existence of his people he from Vulcan. Spock, a half-human, half-Vulcan, tries to live his life through the teaching of Surak – a non-violent branch of both Stoicism and Humanism. Through this approach with others, the Trek character shows his logical side, and yet there is another philosophical stance that often intersects with Spock’s behavior – Taoism.

Lao Tzu, a composite character of Chinese origin, also taught his followers how to approach life. Tzu’s Tao Te Ching deals with the areas of nature, political power, social interactions, family, and peace, among the most important areas of life humans must find their way.

Spock, a character from Gene Roddenberry, displays both the collective knowledge of Surak the Vulcan and Tzu the Chinese philosopher, as he helps Captain James T. Kirk and his fellow crew mates about the USS Enterprise as they explore the galaxy.

This book attempts to show you, the devoted Star Trek fan, how one Vulcan helped changed his universe through the teachings of Surak and Tzu in his search for peaceful co-existence even with the most vile and aggressive aliens, and humans, in the Alpha Quadrant.. If not for his efforts, the Roddenberry Universe would be a much more violent, war-like place.

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Landon Falls

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When seventeen-year-old Chase Allen touches someone, he is inundated by every sin they’ve committed. To minimize human contact, Chase keeps to himself at home and school. But when his mother’s death abandons him to the cruel despotism of his abusive grandfather, he follows an inexorable calling by an unknown power to seek out his destiny in a world he doesn’t understand. Led to the seemingly bucolic small town of Landon Falls, he encounters an ancient evil that holds the town in its grasp and meets the town’s new preacher, Frank Williams, who is oddly immune to Chase’s sixth sense.
Addison Landon recently arrived in Landon Falls with her husband Turner, heir to the Landon Mining Company fortune. Pregnant with their first child, Addison is excited to make such a wealthy, powerful, benevolent family her own. But a price must be paid for the Landons to continue their powerful hold on the town, and Addison’s unborn child is the fee. Forced to choose between love of child and husband, Addison meets Chase, who causes her to doubt the narrative her new family has sold her. Little does she know the chilling secrets buried in this town’s history and deep beneath Landon Falls. If Chase, Frank, and Addison are to confront the true horror of Landon Falls, each must make a choice that could cost their lives.

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She Killed Him by Bob Cliffhanger

About She Killed Him by Bob Cliffhanger

(Free on Amazon Kindle: July 13–14, 2025)

In SHE KILLED HIM, the gripping second installment of HE WAS MURDERED, Prasad’s worst nightmare becomes reality. What began as an ambitious project to write a bestseller has now spiraled into a fight for survival. Accused of a brutal murder he didn’t commit, Prasad is plunged into a dark and twisted game of deception and death, where nothing is as it seems.

Joined by his closest friends, Akbar and Aditya, Prasad races against time to unravel the mystery, clear his name, and expose the real killer. But as the pressure mounts, trust crumbles, and deadly secrets surface, turning allies into enemies. With each step, the stakes rise, and Prasad realizes that escaping the clutches of this game may be impossible.

Will Prasad be able to outsmart the mastermind pulling the strings, or will this be his final chapter? Prepare for an edge-of-your-seat thriller packed with heart-pounding twists, shocking betrayals, and a game of survival where only the truth can set you free.

The third and final installment is coming soon, but the question remains—will Prasad live to see it?

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The Observer: Book #1 in the Spirit Saga by Brian Thompson

The Observer: Book #1 in the Spirit Saga by Brian Thompson

In Brian Thompson’s The Observer, the first book in the Spirit Saga, you’ll delve into a profound and thrilling exploration of the afterlife where your purpose is just beginning. Meet Frank, a man who discovers he’s now an Observer, a spirit tethered to the living world. With no memory of his past, he’s thrown into a bewildering reality where he can witness, but not yet directly intervene in, human lives.

Under the guidance of the mysterious Michael, Frank begins to unravel the intricate laws of the spirit world. You’ll discover how spirits operate, from those consumed by anger and misery (Demons), and learn about your own inherent drive to help humanity as an Observer. As Frank grapples with his new existence and the overwhelming pain of human suffering, he’s forced to confront the harsh truths of his post-life purpose and the immense power he unknowingly wields. You’ll follow him as he navigates this strange new reality, learning about his abilities like time travel and the unique challenges faced by Observers.

This gripping debut will pull you into a world unseen, where every choice has spiritual consequences and the fight for balance is eternal. What will you do when faced with the power to observe, but not yet interact?

For a limited time, experience the beginning of this epic journey! Get your copy of The Observer for FREE from July 7th to July 11th, 2025!

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The 9th Colony – Apacryphal

About The 9th Colony – Apacryphal

Book Two of The 9th Colony Series continues Simon Chambers’ epic journey through the stars—a voyage fuelled by love, strength, courage and honour.

In this exhilarating sequel, Simon navigates a treacherous cosmic expanse where formidable adversaries and ancient enigmas challenge every fibre of his being. As he unearths hidden truths about the 9 Colonies and the mysterious extinction-level event that has cast a shadow over humanity, Simon discovers depths of resilience and determination he never knew he possessed. Amidst the chaos, unexpected allies and kindred spirits emerge, forging bonds of friendship and love that transcend the bounds of space and time.

Simon must confront not only his own existence but the dark secrets of mankind’s origins, a revelation entwined with the emergence of a human-alien hybrid baby.

Question is, will the help of his new found family and the abilities of the hybrid child be enough to secure humanity’s future?

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Crypto Unlocked: The Modern Guide to Digital Wealth by Zeno Zokalj

About Crypto Unlocked: The Modern Guide to Digital Wealth by Zeno Zokalj

Crypto Unlocked is your practical guide to long-term success in the crypto world.
Learn to understand Bitcoin, market cycles, and secure investing without the hype. For curious beginners and thoughtful investors looking to build wealth steadily—not chase the next pump.

The book covers Bitcoin, altcoins, wallets, exchanges, DeFi, NFTs, and more, with clear takeaways and no-nonsense explanations.

Available for $0.99 from July 10–12 on Amazon.com and Amazon.co.uk

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La Guia Definitiva de Mystery Shopping: Como Ser Pagado Por Comer, Comprar y Divertirse By Dr Trina Boice

About La Guia Definitiva de Mystery Shopping: Como Ser Pagado Por Comer, Comprar y Divertirse By Dr Trina Boice

This fun and practical guide teaches readers how to earn money by becoming a mystery shopper—someone paid to pose as a regular customer and evaluate businesses like restaurants, stores, and service providers. Companies use mystery shoppers to gain honest feedback on customer experiences, and the key is that employees don’t know who the mystery shopper is or when they’ll show up.

The book covers everything you need to get started, including what mystery shopping is, how to tell if a job is legitimate, how to sign up with companies, tools for success, how to receive assignments, the importance of integrity, writing reports, getting paid, and more. It also includes a sample report, an A-to-Z list of mystery shopping companies, and bonus resources.

Perfect for anyone looking to earn extra income while enjoying everyday activities like dining, shopping, and having fun.

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The Last Ritual

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Humanity killed God and carved rituals from the corpse. The result? Healing, long life, weapons… and a few curses. Now, with the end looming, four immortals attempt another ritual. Surely this one will be different. Nothing goes to plan. The Last Ritual is a dark fantasy about sacrifice, legacy, and power—bleak, thoughtful, and darkly funny.

Launch discount at $0.99 until August 16th, 2025. It will also be free on Smashwords during their Summer promotion for the entirety of July 2025.

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Peppered Fruit: Stories from Bonnywood by Brian Lageose

Peppered Fruit: Stories from Bonnywood by Brian Lageose

Humor, nostalgia and whimsy converge in a collection of reflections and imaginings from 60 years of trying to find the good, however we could. This compendium of scribblings is mostly autobiographical, partly fantastical, decidedly progressive, and somewhat random, all of it infused with a firm belief that we should find the humor and heart whenever we can. Laughter and insistent hope may not solve all of our problems, but they certainly help us navigate the potholes in our personal and shared roads to wherever we are going.

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STRANGER DANGER, An Intense Mystery Thriller by Donna Huston Murray

STRANGER DANGER, An Intense Mystery Thriller by Donna Huston Murray

Finalist, National Indie Excellence Awards, Silver Medalist Global Book Awards
“You won’t be able to tear yourself away…I love this series!” Lisa Regan, international multi-million-copy bestselling author

Longing for the closeness she had with her father during her bout with Hodgkin’s disease, ex-cop Lauren Beck drives cross-country to visit him and his new wife, Ana. Getting mugged on their doorstep is disturbing. Learning that Ana is gone—devastating!

Several young girls have also gone missing, prompting the haunting memory of an abducted child Lauren was too late to save. For her father’s sake—and her own—the young ex-cop would love to help any way she can. Yet she has scarcely begun before an irate criminal strikes back.
This edgy third book in the Writer’s Digest-awarded Lauren Beck crime/thriller series can also stand alone. If you like scrappy heroines, nail-biting suspense, and twisted mysteries, you’ll love this white-knuckle manhunt.

Summer $3.99 SALE ends soon. Download STRANGER DANGER now to read this unputdownable thriller tonight.

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The Case of the Bakery Break-In by Saga Welles

About The Case of the Bakery Break-In by Saga Welles

A mysterious break-in. A trail of floury footprints. And four kid detectives on the case.

When someone sneaks into Sweetie’s Sweets bakery and steals trays of the town’s most famous doughnuts, Maya, Leo, Alice, and Sam spring into action. With puzzling clues, a secret trapdoor, and a few sticky suspects, the mystery quickly thickens—like lumpy batter.

But things really heat up when Ethan, the baker’s quiet son, shares his own secret: he’s been leaving behind doughnuts to attract a legendary secret society of bakers known as the Curious Confectioners Club.

Now the young sleuths must work together to crack the case, protect Oakwood’s cherished recipes, and maybe even bring a forgotten baking guild back to life.

A cozy, clever mystery for readers ages 8–12 filled with heart, humor, and a pinch of powdered sugar.

Join the young detectives, follow the crumbs, and crack the case—before the last doughnut disappears! Start reading today! Free on Amazon July 9 to 11.

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