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23 Things They Don't Tell You about Capitalism
by Ha-Joon Chang
Genres: Economics, Nonfiction, Politics, Business, History, Finance, Philosophy
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.96

Thing 1: There is no such thing as free market. Thing 4: The washing machine has changed the world more than the Internet. Thing 5: Assume the worst about people, and you get the worst. Thing 13: Making rich people richer doesn't make the rest of us richer.If you've wondered how we did not see the economic collapse coming, Ha-Joon Chang knows the answer: We didn't ask what they didn't tell us about capitalism. This is a lighthearted book with a serious purpose: to question the assumptions behind the dogma and sheer hype that the dominant school of neoliberal economists-the apostles of the freemarket-have spun since the Age of Reagan.Chang, the author of the international bestseller Bad Samaritans, is one of the world's most respected economists, a voice of sanity-and wit-in the tradition of John Kenneth Galbraith and Joseph Stiglitz. 23 Things They Don't Tell You About Capitalism equips readers with an understanding of how global capitalism works-and doesn't. In his final chapter, "How to Rebuild the World," Chang offers a vision of how we can shape capitalism to humane ends, instead of becoming slaves of the market.Ha-Joon Chang teaches in the Faculty of Economics at the University of Cambridge. His books include the bestselling Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism. His Kicking Away the Ladder received the 2003 Myrdal Prize, and, in 2005, Chang was awarded the Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought.
The Immortality Game
by Ted Cross
Genres: Science Fiction, Cyberpunk, Fiction, Dystopia
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.69

Moscow, 2138. With the world only beginning to recover from the complete societal collapse of the late 21st Century, Zoya scrapes by prepping corpses for funerals and dreams of saving enough money to have a child. When her brother forces her to bring him a mysterious package, she witnesses his murder and finds herself on the run from ruthless mobsters. Frantically trying to stay alive and save her loved ones, Zoya opens the package and discovers two unusual data cards, one that allows her to fight back against the mafia and another which may hold the key to everlasting life.
Demon Singer I
by Benjamin J. Nichols
Genres: Urban Fantasy, Magic, Vampires, Fiction, Fantasy, Paranormal
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.06

Vampires, werewolves, shapeshifters, false goddesses, fairies, goblins; Soul Singer Lyric feared none of them. On the day he cast his Soul Song into the Verge to tie forever to one of the mysterious and powerful Vergers, something entirely unique occurred. For the first time in history, a Soul Singer cast so far through the Verge his Song landed in Hell itself and tied him to the very thing he'd pledged his life to fight. Now he has a year to find a way to sever a bond that is supposed to be eternal and unbreakable, if he doesn't, the Guild will consider him fallen and treat him like any other demon. As if this wasn't enough, Lyric, the demoness Acheron and the mysterious swordswoman, Cadence, learn of a prophecy that leads to them becoming inextricably tied up in the first supernatural war the earth has seen in centuries. From Boston to Louisiana to California, the Soul Singer and his companions are driven all the way to the second-sight city of Markhato, where free will kicks destiny in the teeth.
Following the Sun
by Alisa Mullen
Genres: Romance, New Adult
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.58

Nate Wilson lives his life with pride and heart. When his pops hands down the family bowling alley in Framingham, Massachusetts, he doesn't think twice about making it his own. Nate is a guy's guy. He is true to his old friends, his family, his dates, and his business. Sunny, a vivacious and mysterious woman frequents the alley all of a sudden. Somehow she catches Nate's attention and holds it. Nate becomes slightly obsessed with who she is and why she loves the bowling alley.He is not one to be easily distracted by a woman to the point of letting his priorities fall the wayside.However, after he follows his instinct, Nate finds himself entranced, enthralled, and in the worst predicament of his steady life.
Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain
by David Eagleman
Genres: Nonfiction, Psychology, Science, Neuroscience, Brain, Philosophy, Biology
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.08

If the conscious mind—the part you consider you—accounts for only a tiny fraction of the brain’s function, what is all the rest doing? This is the question that David Eagleman—renowned neuroscientist and acclaimed author of Sum—answers in a book as accessible and entertaining as it is deeply informed by startling, up-to-the-minute research.
End of Days (Penryn & the End of Days, #3)
by Susan Ee
Genres: Fantasy, Young Adult, Angels, Dystopia, Paranormal, Romance, Post Apocalyptic
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.07

End of Days is the explosive conclusion to Susan Ee’s bestselling Penryn & the End of Days trilogy. After a daring escape from the angels, Penryn and Raffe are on the run. They’re both desperate to find a doctor who can reverse the twisted changes inflicted by the angels on Raffe and Penryn’s sister. As they set off in search of answers, a startling revelation about Raffe’s past unleashes dark forces that threaten them all.When the angels release an apocalyptic nightmare onto humans, both sides are set on a path toward war. As unlikely alliances form and strategies shift, who will emerge victorious? Forced to pick sides in the fight for control of the earthly realm, Raffe and Penryn must choose: Their own kind, or each other?
Theodore Roosevelt: An Autobiography
by Theodore Roosevelt
Genres: Biography, History, Nonfiction, Autobiography, Politics, Presidents, Memoir
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.89

Book DescriptionPublication Date: March 24, 2011This book was converted from its physical edition to the digital format by a community of volunteers. You may find it for free on the web. Purchase of the Kindle edition includes wireless delivery.
Debbie Harry Sings in French
by Meagan Brothers
Genres: Young Adult, LGBT, Fiction, Teen, Music, Realistic Fiction, Queer
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.70

Johnny’s had kind of a tough life so far, and he’s always been a bit of a freak. His goth look usually includes black nail polish and a little mascara.When he discovers Debbie Harry, the lead singer of Blondie, he not only likes her music but realizes that he kind of, sort of, wants to BE her. He’d like to be cool and tough and beautiful like her. He’d like to dress like her. He’s not gay, at least he doesn’t think so. So what does it mean? And what should he tell his amazing new girlfriend?This wise, hip novel introduces shades of gray into the black-and-white ideas of sexuality and gender. Anyone who has ever wished they could be a little bit tough and a little bit glamorous will recognize themselves in Johnny.
Ripples Through Time
by Lincoln Cole
Genres: Fiction, Amazon, Family
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.19

 Winner of the 2015 Literary Classics Award for Inspirational/Visionary YA!  BOOK DESCRIPTION: A novel about overcoming our own weaknesses when it doesn't feel like there is anything left to live for, Ripples through Time tells the story of Calvin Greenwood. A family man in his eighties, Calvin is alone for the first time in over sixty years. His wife, Emily, recently passed away and he isn't taking her death well. He doesn't remember how to be alone, and he doesn't know if he can forgive himself for the mistakes he made.Edward, a long time family friend, comes to check on him during this time of need. Edward understands just how dangerous things are for Calvin, and he's hoping to talk him out of doing the unthinkable. He just hopes he isn't too late to help.Help, however, isn't the easiest thing to give, and it can be even more difficult to accept....Love, loss, and forgiveness weave inextricably into this tale of friendship and hope. Ripples Through Time is a contemporary novel set in Middle America about aging and euthanasia that examines the good and bad moments in life and shows us that it takes all of them to build a person; often it is our mistakes that define us, but we should always have hope.The novel begins with a quote by Anne Lamott: "Not forgiving is like drinking rat poison and waiting for the rat to die." Sometimes we need to ask, and grant, for forgiveness before it is too late.
Last Call
by Sam Parker  McLeod
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.00

September 27th, 2015: On the night of the full lunar eclipse, the Supermoon, and the Blood Moon, changes that began quietly on the Winter Solstice of December 21st, 2012 will start to manifest in the world. The so-called Mayan Calendar Doomsday passed without so much as a whimper, but big changes for the Earth and human race are lurking just below the calm surface. The fate of one man will decide whether this new 5,000 year cycle will be a Golden Age or Dark Age for the Earth and its peoples. Journey with Jean-Luc Chippewa Burns through this modern hero cycle story set in the unique mythology of the 21st century. Travel with him through time, space, heaven, and hell as he encounters government conspiracies, immortal masters, extraterrestrials, and even celebrities as he tries to save his beloved home planet from a mysterious looming catastrophe.
Double Trouble
by D.M. Wolfenden
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.43

Carly Her cousin, Lisa disappeared, her family murdered in front of her. Held in prison for her kidnapper’s murder, she has to try and find a way to save Lisa. The Box Fifteen years after their mother walked out on them and their father, twenty-seven-year-old Charlene, and her sister Stacy open The Box that their father keeps his secrets hidden away in. What they learn changes everything. Bernie and the Beast Bernie has started having visions, he sees what the beast with yellow eyes does. Can he stop it before it's too late? Bad Memories It only takes a second to destroy a life, to wipe the memory from this earth. And, who really cares when it’s gone?
Midwifing Death: Returning to the Arms of the Ancient Mother
by Leslene della Madre
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.31

"Because it rejects the cycle of life and death, violence and the threat of death have become the dominant grammar of international political relations. Patriarchy now threatens the world with terminal illness generated by nuclear weapons of mass destruction. A brilliant combination of scholarship, art, spirituality, and experience, Leslene della-Madre's book powerfully brings us back to ancient ways of honouring divinity both in our lives and deaths. I highly recommend it."Mary Condren, author of The Serpent and the Women, Religion and Power in Celtic Ireland.
The Yellow Wallpaper and Other Stories
by Charlotte Perkins Gilman
Genres: Classics, Short Stories
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.90

Nine Charming stories by Charlotte Perkins Gilman. The Yellow Wallpaper, a tale of a woman’s descent into madness and eight other stories, including;  The Cottagette – the romance of a young artist and a man who is too good to be true.  Turned – a husband seduces and impregnates a naïve servant.  Three Thanksgivings – as a woman ponders her financial situation, she realises that she has important choices to make.  As well as Her Housekeeper, Martha's Mother, An Offender, Mr. Robert Grey Sr. and If I Were a Man.  Nine thought-provoking stories that are humorous, inventive, and smart.
Blind Side
by Jennie Ensor
Genres: Thriller, Fiction, British Literature, Psychological Thriller
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.98

Can you ever truly know someone? And what if you suspect the unthinkable?  London, five months before 7/7. Georgie, a young woman wary of relationships after previous heartbreak, gives in and agrees to sleep with close friend Julian. She’s shocked when Julian reveals he’s loved her for a long time.  But Georgie can’t resist her attraction to Nikolai, a Russian former soldier she meets in a pub. While Julian struggles to deal with her rejection, Georgie realises how deeply war-time incidents in Chechnya have affected Nikolai. She begins to suspect that the Russian is hiding something terrible from her.  Then London is attacked...  Blind Side explores love and friendship, guilt and betrayal, secrets and obsession. An explosive, debate-provoking thriller that confronts urgent issues of our times and contemplates some of our deepest fears.
Scarlet Crosses: The Truth Lies Within
by J. Beckham Steele
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.60

…fears swarm inside Harris’ mind. He listens as they howl, deriding him with predictions of calamities to come. Tears well up in his eyes as one specter, standing dominant over the others, casts its judgment on his soul. Scarlet Crosses, Pg. 266  Deep within the shadows, secrets, veils, and masks of a spellbinding mystery, beckons a story of unconditional love and acceptance; of reconciliation and shifting dogmas. Scarlet Crosses, the gripping debut novel by J. Beckham Steele, reveals that sometimes the search for answers yields unexpected truths.  Judgement and justice turn the heart of New Orleans police detective Albert Harris inside out in Scarlet Crosses, a timely story of family, hidden identities, rejection, bullying—and poetic justice. Layered within the Crescent City's all-night bars, iconic cathedrals, cemeteries, and pastoral lands rising from the Mississippi valley are riveting mysteries of identity and consequences of actions—both innocent and criminal—ripped from today's headlines. For Harris, "just another case" in a long career of investigations will become a transformative journey, heartbreaking and inspiring, proving that sometimes the truth lies within.  Harris is a seasoned detective and a man of principle. Every dogma he has held clashes against the masks all around him on the streets of New Orleans. To him, there's no room in Heaven for the L, the G, the B, and the T. His Christian ideals have crashed against his own walls and separated him from his grandson Kyle, whose feminine behaviors Harris can no longer discipline away. Harris' probing has stopped, frozen in the fear of what he may discover.  Still mourning the senseless death of his daughter and angered by the travesty of justice that led to her killer's acquittal, Harris blames the system, he blames attorneys, but mostly-he blames himself. When the city's top criminal defense attorney, Megan Callahan-a woman Harris detests-becomes a victim herself, he is tasked with the investigation. The truth he seeks, and the truth that seeks him, is buried deep within her heart. With Megan trapped in a whirlpool of fear, compassion trumps bitterness as Harris becomes a lifeline of hope.  The lines between personal and professional lives blur for Harris and Megan as they navigate uncharted waters of the flip side of The Big Easy. Harris will become tangled in the cloaked, hide-and-seek lives of some in the LGBT community. The investigation becomes a harrowing journey for all. Demons long thought vanquished will reappear, and hidden fears will be uncovered. Megan ultimately holds the key to untangle the twisted lines of the investigation and to the biggest case of Harris' life-his own conflicted heart.
A Moonbow Night
by Laura Frantz
Genres: Historical Fiction, Christian Fiction, Historical, Romance, Christian, Fiction, Christian Historical Fiction
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.20

After fleeing Virginia, Temperance Tucker and her family established an inn along the Shawnee River. It's a welcome way station for settlers and frontiersmen traveling through the wild Cumberland region of Kentucke--men like Sion Morgan, a Virginia surveyor who arrives at the inn with his crew looking for an experienced guide. When his guide appears, Sion balks. He certainly didn't expect a woman. But it is not long before he must admit that Tempe's skill in the wilderness rivals his own. Still, the tenuous tie they are forming is put to the test as they encounter danger after danger and must rely on each other. With her signature sweeping style and ability to bring the distant past to vivid life, Laura Frantz beckons readers to join her in a land of Indian ambushes, conflicting loyalties, and a tentative love that meanders like a cool mountain stream.
Degeneration (Degeneration #1)
by Mark D.  Campbell
Genres: Horror, Zombies, Fiction, Action, Thriller, Science Fiction
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.67

The accidental release of a terrifying biological weapon creates a zombie epidemic and Richard, a mentally-ill man, is caught in the midst of the outbreak. To save his brother, Richard must make his way through the post-apocalyptic landscape of Raleigh, North Carolina.With the odds stacked against him and his psychiatric medication depleted, can he maintain his fragile sanity long enough to save himself and the brother he loves?
Introverts: Leverage Your Strengths for an Effective Job Search
by Gabriela Casineanu
Genres: Nonfiction, Business, Self Help
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.38

Do you find it difficult to “sell” yourself in job interviews?Does job hunting seem hard and drain your energy?Feel uncomfortable to connect with strangers and avoid small talk? You’re not alone. Gabriela Casineanu, an introvert herself, understands what the quiet types have to offer. And how to leverage their strengths to be more successful in finding a job and build a meaningful career. Using proven techniques fine tuned with thousands of clients, she shows you how to use your strengths to meet employers midway while staying true to your introverted nature. While most known job hunt advice works well with extroverts, this comprehensive guide offers practical strategies and tips that suit better the introversion innate traits. Gabriela Casineanu—an award-winning author, professional coach, and founder of Introverts Academy—has a decade of experience applying a coaching approach to employment and career counselling. In this book, she also brings a multidisciplinary perspective, based on her background in engineering, IT, quality assurance, business, management, adult training, an MBA, and even art. Through strategies, exercises, and real stories of introverted job seekers, you’ll learn: After reading Introverts: Leverage Your Strengths for an Effective Job Search , you’ll know more about your strengths and how to help employers understand the value of hiring you. This book won the Readers’ Favorite® International Book Award and is listed in BookAuthority's Best Job Hunting Books of all time , Best Interview Books of all time , and Best Introvert Books of all time.Bonus: Downloadable 7 Networking Tips for Introverts (list) • LinkedIn for Job Search (flowchart) • Job Search and Career Development Process (flowchart) • 30 Introvert Strengths (list) Ready to dive in? You’re a click away to learn job hunting secrets for introverts and why companies need more introverts like you on their team! ---- EDITORIAL REVIEWS
Echo
by Pam Muñoz Ryan
Genres: Historical Fiction, Middle Grade, Fantasy, Young Adult, Fiction, Audiobook, Magical Realism
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.36

An impassioned, uplifting, and virtuosic tour de force from a treasured storyteller!Lost and alone in a forbidden forest, Otto meets three mysterious sisters and suddenly finds himself entwined in a puzzling quest involving a prophecy, a promise, and a harmonica.Decades later, Friedrich in Germany, Mike in Pennsylvania, and Ivy in California each, in turn, become interwoven when the very same harmonica lands in their lives. All the children face daunting challenges: rescuing a father, protecting a brother, holding a family together. And ultimately, pulled by the invisible thread of destiny, their suspenseful solo stories converge in an orchestral crescendo.Richly imagined and masterfully crafted, Echo pushes the boundaries of genre, form, and storytelling innovation to create a wholly original novel that will resound in your heart long after the last note has been struck.
The Interludes: A Sexual Odyssey
by J.K. Duval
Genres: Fiction, Erotica, Contemporary, Adult, Love Story, Novels, Romance
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.22

The Interludes, A Sexual Odyssey, is the fun sexy erotic novel for mature audiences. All the characters have only one thing in common, they’re all named Jordan. Whether they are women or men they share the same first name, but that’s where the similarities end. Seven different Jordans will take you along for almost every conceivable match-up in some seriously sexy locales.  From a beach-side cottage along the warm moonlit waters of Jamaica to a shower stall in London’s famed Claridge’s Hotel, across the hills of Tuscany to a magnificent 18 room oceanfront shingle style home on the western shores of Martha’s Vineyard, these are just a few of the places that will spread out before you on this journey of erotic discovery.  If you blush easily, you might want to look elsewhere for your night-table reading. Then again you may wish to share what’s behind this cover with someone you love and create your own sexual odyssey.  Enjoy and here’s to la dolce vita.  J. K. Duval
The Feds' Folly: Who Stole $17 Trillion? (The Jones, #2)
by Bill   Brown
Genres: Adventure, Young Adult, Middle Grade, Fiction, Contemporary, Adult, Action
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.26

In the sequel, The Feds' Folly, Who Stole $17 Trillion?, Jones, surviving his jet's bomb related crash, along with his girlfriend Mary, are "on the lam" eluding "hit squads" in the US, Mexico, Costa Rica, and England. They leverage damaging inside information provided by a Treasury mole to formulate an elaborate, albeit illegal, plan. If successful, their plan will not only expose the Feds' $17 trillion heist to the world, but it will also bring down the corrupt Swamp Rats in DC, and may even possibly exonerate Jones and his associates.
Rhesus X: Blood Is Thicker Than Water
by Roger David Francis
Genres: Horror, Science Fiction
Average rating on Goodreads: 4.24

Mankind harboured a deadly secret. Scientists had suspected certain blood types must be of alien origin. And they were right!Richie was looking forward to a weekend away in a country cottage. He had received a blood transfusion whilst recovering from a motorbike accident and needed to recover.This was going to be the start of a terrifying journey into the unknown, threatening the very essence of his life.The aliens had a plan using virtual reality headsets to draw their victims into another world.Their cave held a deadly secret. Anyone carrying the Rhesus X gene was in danger.Why was the Rhesus X gene so important and could Richie escape from the aliens and save his family?
Ripperville
by Roger David Francis
Average rating on Goodreads: 3.92

Victorian London hides a deadly secret. Bloodshed stains the cobbled streets.An innocent boy born in poverty takes a path that will ultimately lead him to become one of the most notorious serial killers of the 19th century.One hundred and thirty years later Alice procures a painting. Little does she know the dark alleyway in the picture will take her on as journey through time revealing the truth about Jack the Ripper.Stalked by a strange man Alice discovers he has a connection to Whitechapel.Can she alter the events unfolding and prevent further murders?Will the past catch up with her?