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Mike thought he was living the American dream. Life was simple-a boring job, quiet nights, no sudden moves. But when Finster reappears, everything unravels fast.

Finster, his old friend and walking catastrophe, shows up high, frantic, and dragging a trail of gasoline and bodies behind him. And where Finster goes, trouble follows-this time in the form of The Mantis, a sadistic manipulator with cartel connections and a grudge.

Mike doesn't owe Finster anything. Not anymore. But loyalty's a hard habit to break-especially when the past comes roaring back with a baseball bat and a gas can.
Thrown into the fire:Bozo, a deranged clown with a bloodstained grinOfficer Tulber, a cop who's done looking the other wayAnd a woman who might be Mike's only shot at something sane--if she's not playing her own game

Brutally funny, ferociously violent, and dark as a gas station at 3 a.m., Gasoline and Bad Decisions is a high-octane plunge into the wreckage of friendship, redemption, and the stupid things we do for the people who once saved us.

Welcome to the burn.

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In a quiet village where everyone knows each other, one secret threatens to destroy everything. When her brother is arrested, a young village girl finds her world collapsing. With her father critically ill and time slipping away, she is left with an impossible choice-wait for justice or take matters into her own hands. As she digs deeper, she uncovers a web of corruption, hidden enemies, and truths far more dangerous than she imagined. What begins as a desperate attempt to save her brother turns into a high-stakes battle. With courage as her only weapon, she risks everything-her safety, her reputation, and her future-to pull off a daring plan that could either save her family... or destroy it forever. Gripping, emotional, and filled with suspense, this thriller is a story of courage, sacrifice, and the fight against injustice

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We all live in the plane created by Brahma and Vishnu, it is nothing but their dream where their cosmic laws govern-boons grant power, curses bind souls. Every being, from yogis to kings, exists in their dream plane, where curses & boons hold sway, but Tantra Van is different from the plane created by Brahma & Vishnu; it has its own laws that nullify the laws of Brahma's & Vishnu's world. The Book explores the Journey of more than 100 Nagas who have no option but to leave Brahma & Vishnu's world to evade the Akaal Mrityu Curse

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Mind in Fragments is a reflective collection of poems and thoughts that explore the complex emotions of the human heart-love, loneliness, healing, self-discovery, and resilience. Through simple yet deeply expressive writing, the book captures moments of vulnerability and strength, inviting readers to look inward and understand their own emotions. Each piece reflects fragments of life's experiences: the pain of broken relationships, the quiet power of solitude, the beauty of nature, and the importance of self-love and personal growth. The poems move between heartbreak and hope, reminding readers that even in the darkest moments, healing and transformation are possible. Honest and introspective, Mind in Fragments offers a comforting space for anyone who has ever felt lost, loved deeply, or searched for meaning within themselves.

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She Is the Night After I Never Slept is a dark, introspective novel about obsession, memory, and the quiet violence of love that refuses to leave. Through the voice of a man unraveling between desire and detachment, the story explores how certain people do not simply pass through our lives but alter our internal weather forever. Blurring the line between romance and ruin, the book is a haunting meditation on longing, masculinity, and the cost of emotional intensity in a world that demands numbness.

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This book is a deeply moving memoir that brings to life the journey of a woman who silently endured life's many hardships with unwavering strength and dignity. Through personal memories and lived experiences, the author portrays the complexities of family relationships, emotional struggles, and the often-unseen sacrifices that shape a woman's life.

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What does it really take to become a Product Manager - beyond frameworks and feature lists?

From Blueprints to Backlogs is a practical and deeply personal guide to product management, career growth, and leadership under uncertainty. Drawing from real-world experience, Harshita shares the mindset shifts that helped her transition from civil engineering into product leadership - navigating ambiguity, ownership without authority, user-first thinking, and the emotional weight of building meaningful products.

This is not a textbook on product management. It is a lived guide for aspiring and early-career Product Managers who want to build skills that go beyond tools and titles.

Inside, you'll learn how to:

Take ownership when roles are unclear

Build products users actually value

Lead without formal authority

Make decisions with clarity under pressure

If you're looking to grow in product management with intention - this book is your starting point.

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This book is a journey of emotions that begins with love, but often ends with discovering oneself. Within these shayaris live the feelings of love, separation, heartbreak, and the slow, quiet process of healing.

Every word is written for those hearts that feel deeply-those who can hear the loudest echoes even in silence. These are not just a story of a broken heart, but also of the happiness, hope, and new perspectives on life that follow.

Some words flowed straight from the heart, while others were taught by life itself. These shayaris reflect the colors of love, the silence of separation, and the journey of reconnecting with one's own soul.

This book is for those who know how to love even after breaking, for those who can still find peace within pain. Every poem and every verse whispers the same promise - that everything will be alright, slowly but surely.

And after this, a new journey will be written again. Until then, enjoy this one.

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Bhairava's Oath & The Hidden Rites of Time

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This is not a book you read. It is an initiation you remember.

Chronokinesis: Bhairava's Oath & The Hidden Rites of Time reveals the responsive field of time itself - a field that kneels only to coherent identity. Through the keeper of timelines and the womb from which all timelines are born, every chapter dissolves the Temporal Drag Effect, integrates the fractured self and activates the dormant memory of mastery already encoded in your cellular awareness. For those who were told to wait and instead became inevitable, this transmission collapses years into weeks, ends invisible contracts and opens doorways that only the sovereign identity may cross. Time does not rule you. It has been waiting to obey.

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The Hell Behind America's Indian Restaurants

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This is not a story about success.It's a record of what success costs.

In this unflinching memoir, restaurateur and filmmaker Asad Sheikh traces the journey of building award-winning Indian restaurant concepts-revealing what happens behind the heat, the flavor, and the applause. What begins as ambition slowly becomes endurance. What looks like leadership turns into rescue. And what survives is not always what was planned.

Through kitchens, partnerships, and systems under pressure, Sheikh examines the moment when momentum replaces intention-and the irreversible decision required to reclaim alignment. These pages do not offer shortcuts or spectacle. They offer clarity.

This book is for anyone building something that demands more than it should-and for those willing to ask whether carrying everything is the same as leading.

Because legacy isn't what grows the fastest.

It's what can stand when you step back.

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Poems from a Woman Who Survived Herself - From Wounds to Divinity

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Some wounds don't heal quietly. They demand to be named.

This poetry book for Black women is an unapologetic collection of healing poetry that traces one woman's journey through heartbreak, toxic relationships, systemic oppression, and generational trauma - and out the other side.

Written in a raw, unfiltered voice that moves between pain and power, F*ck All You H*es, I'm Just a Girl is a self-discovery poetry collection that doesn't ask for permission to feel, to speak, or to heal.

What's inside this healing poetry collection:

Divided into three powerful sections - F*ck N*ggas, F*ck The System, and F*ck Trauma - this Black women's empowerment poetry book covers:

Toxic relationships, emotional unavailability, and setting boundaries

Corporate microaggressions and the pressures of being a Black woman in America

Generational trauma, ancestral healing, and spiritual awakening

Self-discovery, divine femininity, and choosing yourself unapologetically

Forgiveness, restoration, and rebirth

Woven throughout are Notes to Self - raw, honest prose reflections on cycles worth breaking, lessons worth keeping, and the love you owe yourself.

This trauma recovery poetry book is for you if:

You've ever been told you were too much

You're on a healing journey and need to feel less alone in it

You love poetry that sounds like real life - unfiltered, spiritual, and free

You're a Black woman who has survived herself and is still becoming

For every woman who has ever been told she was too much. You are not too much. You are just a girl. And that is everything.

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Bubbles: Beware!

A concerned bubble meanders throughout the house, warning the rest to watch out for kids. While searching for a safe spot to hide, he bumps into bubbles that believe being popped is an honor. They explain how their lives become shorter the dryer they get, so why not spread joy while they pop? Now he needs to consider if he will hide or dive in with the rest, although a last-minute twist changes everything. This story offers kids a new perspective, looking at life from another's shoes, even if those shoes happen to be made of soap.

Bubbles are powerful teaching tools as they are simple, playful, and familiar-perfect for engaging young students. A list of activities in the last few pages, tie this book in with important STEM topics such as surface tension, air pressure, light, rainbows and so much more.

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The war begins.

The Centurian Empire, guided by the ruthless hand of Cipher, has played its final move. With the Alliance still stunned, an all-out assault threatens to reshape the balance of power forever. Captain Jonathan Pierce and his crew aboard the crippled Specter are stranded, cut off from command, with no reinforcements in sight. Outgunned and outmaneuvered, Pierce must rally his fractured crew and face an enemy that has spent years planning the downfall of the Alliance.

But war does not only consume soldiers.

Amy and Samantha, two ordinary citizens, find themselves swept into the chaos, their lives entangled with the galaxy's deadliest players. As battle lines are drawn and empires collide, they are forced to navigate a world of espionage, betrayal, and impossible choices-where a single misstep could shift the tide of war.

As Cipher's plans unfold and the Alliance teeters on the brink of collapse, the fate of the stars will be decided by those willing to risk everything.

In the path of a charging knight, no one is safe.

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John Steinbeck remains a key figure in world literature, winner of the 1962 Nobel Prize, and author of timeless human sagas. H.H. Soltan, a specialist in American literature, has produced with Steinbeck a reference work that goes beyond the traditional biography to offer an in-depth critical analysis of the author's entire body of work - from the Dust Bowl novels to travelogues, from plays to autobiographical writings.
The author highlights Steinbeck's moral consistency: his commitment to the underprivileged, his ahead-of-his-time ecological vision, and his ability to turn literature into an act of social resistance. By combining textual analysis, historical context and contemporary relevance (precariousness, migration, environmental crises), Soltan demonstrates that the writer from Salinas does not merely belong to the past, but directly illuminates the challenges of the 21st century.
Each section of the book is devoted to a particular creative period in the writer's career, allowing readers to trace the evolution of his thinking and his art. Soltan demonstrates how Steinbeck successively explored different genres and themes, whilst maintaining a remarkable thematic consistency centred on social justice and the human condition.
What sets this study apart is its ability to make sophisticated literary analyses accessible without ever oversimplifying the complexity of the work. The reader benefits from an educational approach that sheds light on every key passage and every significant character.
This book is aimed at libraries, universities, independent bookshops and discerning readers seeking a serious yet lively study, capable of nourishing both academic reflection and the curiosity of the keen reader. The quality of the research, the clarity of the analysis and the author's sensitivity make this a valuable educational resource and a fascinating read.

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In the dim light of a Parisian chapel, a woman who has come to confess the failure of her marriage shakes the convictions of the priest listening to her. A novel of rare intensity about the healing of souls, love and the weight of secrets.

Marie repairs the ravages of time. A conservator at the Cluny Museum, she works on a portrait of Mary Magdalene, patiently removing layers of yellowed varnish. But when faced with her own past, she is helpless. Plagued by guilt for having cheated on and left her husband, she stops one evening at a confessional to lay her sins before God, with no religious expectations, simply to break the silence.
The man listening to her, Father Matthieu Savon, a former philosophy professor, is struck by the truth and pain in her words. What was meant to be a one-off exchange becomes a necessity. Week after week, the priest and the penitent meet on either side of the grille. Their voices grow familiar, anticipate one another, then long for one another.
For Matthieu, this unprecedented relationship becomes a dizzying fault line. Must he remain the guardian of the sanctuary, or accept the man of flesh he feels reawakening within him? For Marie, this impossible love could be the redemption she no longer dared to hope for, or her final downfall.
Written in prose as delicate as a brushstroke, Isabelle Richard's The Confessional is an ode to human imperfection. The author presents us with an unforgettable encounter where art, faith and carnal passions converge with unsettling accuracy. A great contemporary novel.

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Le travail, la terre et la dignite humaine

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John Steinbeck demeure une figure incontournable de la litterature mondiale, prix Nobel 1962, auteur de sagas humaines qui ont traverse les epoques. H.H. Soltan, specialiste des lettres americaines, signe avec Steinbeck un ouvrage de reference qui depasse la biographie traditionnelle pour offrir une analyse critique approfondie de l'ensemble de l'uvre - des romans de la Dust Bowl aux recits de voyage, des pieces de theatre aux textes autobiographiques.
L'auteur met en lumiere la coherence morale de Steinbeck : son engagement envers les desherites, sa vision ecologique avant l'heure, et sa capacite a faire de la litterature un acte de resistance sociale. En croisant approche textuelle, contexte historique et resonance contemporaine (precariat, migrations, crises environnementales), Soltan demontre que l'ecrivain de Salinas n'appartient pas seulement au passe, mais eclaire directement les defis du XXIe siecle.
Le lecteur decouvrira comment Steinbeck a developpe une voix unique, melant naturalisme et poesie, pour decrire la realite des classes laborieuses americaines. L'analyse detaillee de Les Raisins de la colere revele les mecanismes narratifs et les choix stylistiques qui ont fait de ce roman un classique imperissable. L'etude de L'Attrape-curs explore les nuances du portrait adolescent et sa portee universelle.
Chaque section du livre est consacree a une periode creative de l'ecrivain, permettant de suivre l'evolution de sa pensee et de son art. Soltan montre comment Steinbeck a successivement explore differents genres et themes, tout en maintenant une coherence thematique remarquable autour de la justice sociale et de la condition humaine.
Ce livre s'adresse aux bibliotheques, universites, librairies independantes et lecteurs avertis a la recherche d'une etude serieuse mais vivante, capable de nourrir a la fois la reflexion academique et la passion du lecteur curieux. La qualite de la documentation, la clarte de l'analyse et la sensibilite de l'auteur en font un outil pedagogique precieux et une lecture passionnante.

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Avec Le Confessionnal, Isabelle Richard livre un drame intime et psychologique d'une rare elegance.

Marie vit entouree des chefs-d'uvre du passe. Restauratrice d'art passionnee au musee de Cluny a Paris, elle travaille minutieusement sur un tableau du XVe siecle. Cependant, son present est marque par le sceau de la culpabilite : elle a detruit son mariage. Poussee par le besoin visceral d'etre ecoutee, elle se rend dans une chapelle de fortune.

L'oreille qui recueille ses mots est celle de Matthieu, un pretre dont la vocation est ebranlee par cette voix de femme qui refuse les absolutions faciles. La grille du confessionnal, censee les separer et les proteger, devient paradoxalement le lieu d'une intimite fulgurante. Leurs echanges philosophiques et personnels tissent un lien indefectible qui pousse bientot Matthieu a remettre en cause son sacerdoce, et Marie a affronter son reflet sans artifice.

Tissant un parallele brillant entre l'art de restaurer une toile - ou l'on accepte de laisser visible la craquelure - et la maniere dont les etres humains survivent a leurs propres brisures, ce roman interroge : comment continue-t-on de vivre apres l'incendie ?

A travers la metaphore de la restauration (dorure, craquelures, repentirs), Le Confessionnal explore la zone fragile ou se rencontrent culpabilite et desir, foi et liberte, vocation et vie. Un roman contemporain, sensuel et introspectif, sur ce que la grace traverse sans l'effacer, et sur le prix de la sincerite.

Un roman profondement atmospherique, ancre dans un Paris melancolique, qui seduira les lecteurs a la recherche d'une fiction litteraire exigeante, emouvante, et portee par des personnages d'une humanite bouleversante.

NOTE POUR LES LIBRAIRES

Roman litteraire francophone, tonalite introspective, ancrage parisien, thematiques : culpabilite, pardon, desir, foi, limites ethiques, reconstruction apres une chute. Le texte mele scenes de confession, travail d'atelier et marche le long de la Seine, avec une attention fine aux objets (cire, poussiere, feuille d'or) et aux silences. Ideal pour clubs de lecture et lecteurs de fiction psychologique.

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Un royaume de papier
De Hamon de Quillan: Un thriller contemporain, entre finance, pouvoir et conscience.
Une enquete journalistique devoile un systeme fiscal opaque impliquant multinationales et institutions europeennes, mettant en peril la vie personnelle du protagoniste.
Karim Belkacem, journaliste d'investigation, recoit un dossier explosif revelant comment des multinationales utilisent le Luxembourg pour payer moins d'impots que la caissiere du supermarche. Sa quete de verite va l'opposer a des lobbies, des cabinets d'avocats, et meme a son ex-femme Naomi, elle-meme brillante fiscaliste. A chaque etape, le prix a payer s'alourdit : menaces, proces, conflits familiaux.
Dans ce roman, l'auteur - dont c'est le 10 eme thriller - propose une plongee saisissante dans les mecanismes invisibles de l'economie mondiale. A travers le regard de Karim Belkacem, journaliste experimente mais desabuse, le lecteur decouvre une realite troublante : celle d'un systeme parfaitement legal permettant d'echapper a l'impot.
L'enquete mene Karim de Londres a Bruxelles, puis au Luxembourg, revelant un reseau complexe de decisions fiscales secretes et d'ingenierie financiere sophistiquee. Mais a mesure que les pieces du puzzle s'assemblent, les enjeux deviennent personnels. Les frontieres entre verite professionnelle et loyaute familiale s'effondrent. Hamon de Quillan livre ici un recit haletant, inspire des grands scandales du XXIe siecle, ou l'Europe devient un echiquier de pouvoirs invisibles, et ou l'engagement individuel est la derniere ligne de defense contre le cynisme institutionnel.
Ce roman allie tension narrative, rigueur documentaire et profondeur psychologique. Il interroge les fondements memes de nos societes modernes : justice, equite, responsabilite.
Un royaume de papier s'adresse aux lecteurs de thrillers intelligents, ancres dans le reel, et aux amateurs de recits engages.

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Islam's 1,300-Year Journey Across the Sahel

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An essential acquisition for academic libraries, historians, and students of global affairs, Caravans of Faith: Islam's 1,300-Year Journey Across the Sahel delivers a rigorous, multi-disciplinary analysis of West African history. Produced by the GEW Social Sciences Group and edited by Hichem Karoui, this volume provides a comprehensive overview of how Islam interacted with the unique geographic and social realities of the Sahelian corridor.
This meticulously structured text moves beyond Eurocentric historical narratives to present the Sahel as a dynamic center of global exchange. The book investigates the pre-Islamic foundations of the region before detailing the gradual integration of Islamic law, literacy, and commerce. Through detailed case studies of the Ghana, Mali, and Songhai Empires, the authors demonstrate how African rulers utilized Islamic jurisprudence and administrative practices to build vast, cosmopolitan states, culminating in the intellectual golden age of cities like Timbuktu.
The text also provides a critical analysis of later historical shifts, including the influence of the Qadiriyya and Tijaniyya Sufi orders, the Fulani revolts, and the varied policies of French and British colonial administrations. For scholars of contemporary political science, the final chapters are particularly valuable. They analyze the post-independence era, the devastating ecological and economic impacts of late 20th-century droughts, and the socio-political vacuums that gave rise to modern militant factions. The volume concludes with a powerful look at the preservation of Sahelian manuscripts, highlighting the intersection of heritage conservation and peace-building.
Thoroughly researched and deeply analytical, Caravans of Faith is a definitive text on the religious, political, and environmental history of the Sahel.

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GEW Social Sciences Group, Hichem Karoui

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L'influence de l'islam sur la Route de la soie

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L'ouvrage L'influence de l'islam sur la Route de la soie propose une analyse exhaustive et approfondie de la maniere dont la civilisation islamique a redessine les liens entre les differentes regions d'Eurasie entre le VIIe et le XIVe siecle.
Depassant les recits traditionnels centres sur les marchandises ou les conquetes, cet ouvrage soutient que l'islam a profondement reorganise la Route de la soie en transformant ses institutions sous-jacentes. Grace a la consolidation politique, a la standardisation des monnaies, aux cadres juridiques et aux investissements dans les infrastructures, les entites politiques islamiques ont reduit les couts de transaction et renforce la fiabilite des echanges a longue distance.
Cette etude s'articule autour de trois grandes phases historiques : la periode califale primitive, l'ere abbasside et le monde turco-mongol ulterieur. Chaque phase illustre comment la continuite et l'adaptation ont concouru a redefinir le reseau. Plutot que de creer de nouvelles routes, les systemes islamiques ont remodele les incitations, la gouvernance et la confiance au sein des routes existantes.
Parmi les themes cles figurent le role de la monnaie et de la metrologie dans l'integration des prix, le developpement des contrats de partenariat et des instruments de credit, ainsi que l'expansion de centres urbains tels que Bagdad, Boukhara et Samarcande en tant que poles commerciaux et intellectuels. L'ouvrage integre egalement la culture materielle - papier, textiles, ceramiques - aux changements institutionnels, montrant comment la production et les echanges ont evolue de concert.
S'appuyant sur un large eventail de sources, notamment des donnees numismatiques, des textes arabes et chinois, ainsi que des archives documentaires telles que la Geniza du Caire, cet ouvrage allie synthese narrative et rigueur methodologique.
Ideal pour les chercheurs, les etudiants et le grand public interesses par l'histoire mondiale, les systemes economiques et les echanges interculturels, cet ouvrage propose une interpretation nuancee du fonctionnement et de la perennite des reseaux a grande echelle.