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Beyond the Costume: Finding Love and Emotional Healing Through Cosplay is a deeply moving LGBTQ coming-of-age story about identity, trauma, and the courage to become who you truly are. Mason, a bisexual young man and passionate cosplayer, grows up in the shadow of an abusive father and a home filled with silence and survival. His refuge comes from an unexpected place—classic film noir movies. In those flickering black-and-white worlds, broken heroes rise, truth prevails, and courage always finds its voice.

To Label, or Not to Label, That Is the Question! offers a thoughtful and compassionate exploration of sexual identity through the story of Ethan, a young man navigating the complex world of labels and attraction. As Ethan journeys from one metaphorical island to another, he encounters people who embody different sexual identities—heterosexual, gay, bisexual, asexual, and more. Each encounter challenges Ethan to reflect on his own feelings and the ways labels can both illuminate and complicate our understanding of ourselves. More than a story, this book is an invitation into self-discovery.

The Horror Writer covers how to connect with your market and carve out a sustainable niche in the independent horror genre, how to tackle the writer's ever-lurking nemesis of productivity, writing good horror stories with powerful, effective scenes, realistic, flowing dialogue and relatable characters without resorting to clichéd jump scares and well-worn gimmicks. Also covered is the delicate subject of handling rejection with good grace, and how to use those inevitable "not quite the right fit for us at this time" letters as an opportunity to hone your craft.

Bridging women's history, the history of the South, and African-American history, this audiobook makes a bold argument about the role of white women in American slavery. Historian Stephanie E. Jones-Rogers draws on a variety of sources to show that slave-owning women were sophisticated economic actors who directly engaged in and benefited from the South's slave market.  

Running to Catch Up: Winning in Spite of Myself is a captivating memoir by Stephanie “Steph” Jones. In her debut work, Jones takes listeners on a personal journey as she confronts the obstacles she faced in overcoming her fears in the workplace and in her personal life. As a successful executive, wife of over 30 years, and proud mother of two remarkable young men, Jones seemed to have it all. However, the transition to an empty nest triggered a temporary depression and exacerbated her fears even further.

Never more than now has it been clearer: We are a world longing for initiation. From fires to floods, droughts to disease, trauma to addiction, to violence in our schools, from backyard barbecues with family feuds, to the ongoing wars of the world, our uninitiated longing is everywhere.

A profound, sacred journey amid a raging pandemic, snowstorms, fires, and canceled flights, leading spiritual teachers, preachers, and healers from around the world came together. Over seven days, they lay their lives on the altar of the feathered serpent, Quetzalcoatl, and took a leap of faith in the pyramids of Teotihuacan.

Gabi loves giving. It has always been easy. That is, until she meets her match, Mr. Brink, while visiting her grandma. But Gabi is persistent. She refuses to give up until she has brought a smile to the faces of all she meets. And in the end, it’s Mr. Brink who gives her a gift she will never forget.

In The 4 Day Week, entrepreneur and business innovator Andrew Barnes makes the case for the four-day week as the answer to many of the ills of the 21st-century global economy. Barnes conducted an experiment in his own business, the New Zealand trust company Perpetual Guardian, and asked his staff to design a four-day week that would permit them to meet their existing productivity requirements on the same salary but with a 20 percent cut in work hours. The outcomes of this trial, which no business leader had previously attempted on these terms, were stunning.