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The Bark of the Bog Owl

by Jonathan Rogers • 2004

They hunted for a warrior king. The prophecy was always about a boy who tended sheep.

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📖 Biblical Retellings 🔮 Allegorical Fantasy 🐑 Unlikely Heroes ⭐ Prophecy And Destiny 🤝 Unlikely Friendship

The Bark of the Bog Owl

They hunted for a warrior king. The prophecy was always about a boy who tended sheep.

by Jonathan Rogers 2004 240 pages

4.29

5k+ ratings

📖 Biblical Retellings 🔮 Allegorical Fantasy 🐑 Unlikely Heroes ⭐ Prophecy And Destiny 🤝 Unlikely Friendship

Naming the Spirit

by W. David O. Taylor • 2025

Art, music, and breath reveal the Spirit far more than doctrine ever could.

4.60

🕊️ Pneumatology 🎨 Theological Aesthetics 👁️ Visual Exegesis 🎵 Theology Of Music ✊ Liberation Theology

Naming the Spirit

Art, music, and breath reveal the Spirit far more than doctrine ever could.

by W. David O. Taylor 2025 239 pages

4.60

5 ratings

🕊️ Pneumatology 🎨 Theological Aesthetics 👁️ Visual Exegesis 🎵 Theology Of Music ✊ Liberation Theology

Shadow Work for Core Wounds

by Ora North • 2026

Shadow work without the spiritual clichés: reparent wounds, release body trauma, find home inside.

4.43

🧱 Shadow Work 👶 Inner Child Healing 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🌿 Somatic Healing 🎨 Expressive Arts

Shadow Work for Core Wounds

Shadow work without the spiritual clichés: reparent wounds, release body trauma, find home inside.

by Ora North 2026 192 pages

4.43

7 ratings

🧱 Shadow Work 👶 Inner Child Healing 🩹 Trauma Recovery 🌿 Somatic Healing 🎨 Expressive Arts

Rediscovering Catholicism

by Mathew kelly • 2010

Your faith is starved, not broken. The simple disciplines that bring it back to life.

4.13

🕊️ Catholic Renewal 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines 🛡️ Countercultural Faith ✨ Sacramental Living 🌿 Practical Spirituality

Rediscovering Catholicism

Your faith is starved, not broken. The simple disciplines that bring it back to life.

by Mathew kelly 2010

4.13

8 ratings

🕊️ Catholic Renewal 🙏 Spiritual Disciplines 🛡️ Countercultural Faith ✨ Sacramental Living 🌿 Practical Spirituality

The Word in the Wilderness

by Malcolm Guite • 2014

Speed has flattened our spiritual lives. Slow poetry restores depth to the wilderness of Lent.

4.58

1k+

🌿 Lenten Reflections ✍️ Poetry And Faith 📖 Lectio Divina 🐢 Slow Reading 👣 Spiritual Pilgrimage

The Word in the Wilderness

Speed has flattened our spiritual lives. Slow poetry restores depth to the wilderness of Lent.

by Malcolm Guite 2014 174 pages

4.58

1k+ ratings

🌿 Lenten Reflections ✍️ Poetry And Faith 📖 Lectio Divina 🐢 Slow Reading 👣 Spiritual Pilgrimage

Hello, Summer

by Mary Kay Andrews • 2020

Career in ruins, she returns to her Florida hometown and witnesses a congressman's fiery death.

3.87

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🔍 Small Town Secrets 💕 Friends To Lovers 🤫 Family Secrets 🏛️ Political Scandal 👯 Sibling Rivalry

Hello, Summer

Career in ruins, she returns to her Florida hometown and witnesses a congressman's fiery death.

by Mary Kay Andrews 2020 472 pages

3.87

36k+ ratings

🔍 Small Town Secrets 💕 Friends To Lovers 🤫 Family Secrets 🏛️ Political Scandal 👯 Sibling Rivalry

Heavily Meditated

by Dave Asprey • 2025

Your triggers are biological, not personal. The fast path to a nervous system that stops reacting.

3.48

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🧬 Biohacking 🧠 Meditation Science 🩹 Trauma Healing 🌬️ Breathwork Techniques 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Heavily Meditated

Your triggers are biological, not personal. The fast path to a nervous system that stops reacting.

by Dave Asprey 2025 352 pages

3.48

159 ratings

🧬 Biohacking 🧠 Meditation Science 🩹 Trauma Healing 🌬️ Breathwork Techniques 🔄 Neuroplasticity

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

by David Sedaris • 2013

Roadside trash, a stolen laptop, a 400-year-old head: essays from a life endlessly recorded.

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📝 Personal Essays 😂 Humor Essays 💔 Family Dysfunction ✈️ American Abroad 🪞 Confessional Memoir

Let's Explore Diabetes with Owls

Roadside trash, a stolen laptop, a 400-year-old head: essays from a life endlessly recorded.

by David Sedaris 2013 275 pages

3.85

100k+ ratings

📝 Personal Essays 😂 Humor Essays 💔 Family Dysfunction ✈️ American Abroad 🪞 Confessional Memoir

Hard Times

by Jeff Boyd • 2026

A Chicago cop buried a murder. Fifteen years later, two teenagers found the knife.

3.69

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🚔 Police Corruption 🧬 Generational Trauma ⚖️ Systemic Injustice 📚 African American Literature 🏙️ Social Realism

Hard Times

A Chicago cop buried a murder. Fifteen years later, two teenagers found the knife.

by Jeff Boyd 2026 352 pages

3.69

201 ratings

🚔 Police Corruption 🧬 Generational Trauma ⚖️ Systemic Injustice 📚 African American Literature 🏙️ Social Realism

Where Wolves Don't Die

by Anton Treuer • 2024

Accused of a fire he dreamed first, a Native teen escapes to his grandfather's trapline.

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4k+

🕵️ Indigenous Mystery 🧓 Elder Mentorship 💕 Friends To Lovers 🦅 Rites Of Passage 🌙 Spiritual Realism

Where Wolves Don't Die

Accused of a fire he dreamed first, a Native teen escapes to his grandfather's trapline.

by Anton Treuer 2024 320 pages

4.17

4k+ ratings

🕵️ Indigenous Mystery 🧓 Elder Mentorship 💕 Friends To Lovers 🦅 Rites Of Passage 🌙 Spiritual Realism

The Great Powers and Global Struggle, 1490-1990

by Karen Rasler • 2009

Five centuries of war follow one pattern: maritime innovators rise, then fall to land powers.

4.00

🌐 International Relations 🗺️ Geopolitics 💡 Technological Innovation ⚓ Naval Power 🔄 Long Cycle Theory

The Great Powers and Global Struggle, 1490-1990

Five centuries of war follow one pattern: maritime innovators rise, then fall to land powers.

by Karen Rasler 2009 296 pages

4.00

3 ratings

🌐 International Relations 🗺️ Geopolitics 💡 Technological Innovation ⚓ Naval Power 🔄 Long Cycle Theory

What To Do If...?

by Anne-Maartje Oud • 2026

Rise above workplace talk, read the signals others miss, and steer every outcome.

4.14

🏢 Workplace Communication 👁️ Body Language 💬 Difficult Conversations 📝 Giving Feedback 🧠 Emotional Intelligence

What To Do If...?

Rise above workplace talk, read the signals others miss, and steer every outcome.

by Anne-Maartje Oud 2026 288 pages

4.14

7 ratings

🏢 Workplace Communication 👁️ Body Language 💬 Difficult Conversations 📝 Giving Feedback 🧠 Emotional Intelligence

The Visual Story

by Bruce Block • 2021

How to align visual structure with story: seven components, one law, and a shot-by-shot system.

4.67

🎬 Visual Storytelling 📽️ Cinematography 🎥 Film Craft 🖼️ Framing And Composition 🎨 Color Theory

The Visual Story

How to align visual structure with story: seven components, one law, and a shot-by-shot system.

by Bruce Block 2021 47 pages

4.67

3 ratings

🎬 Visual Storytelling 📽️ Cinematography 🎥 Film Craft 🖼️ Framing And Composition 🎨 Color Theory

Remaking Modernity

by Julia Adams • 2004

Modernity was never a European solo act. Colonies, gender, and culture built it from the margins.

3.75

🏛️ Historical Sociology 📖 Social Theory 🏗️ State Formation 🌐 Multiple Modernities 🏴 Nationalism Studies

Remaking Modernity

Modernity was never a European solo act. Colonies, gender, and culture built it from the margins.

by Julia Adams 2004 632 pages

3.75

12 ratings

🏛️ Historical Sociology 📖 Social Theory 🏗️ State Formation 🌐 Multiple Modernities 🏴 Nationalism Studies

The King's Jewel

by Elizabeth Chadwick • 2023

A Welsh princess, stripped of home and name, survives a king's bed and a stranger's marriage.

4.35

1k+

🏰 Welsh Marches 💍 Political Marriage ⚔️ Norman Conquest 👑 Royal Mistress 📜 Medieval Saga

The King's Jewel

A Welsh princess, stripped of home and name, survives a king's bed and a stranger's marriage.

by Elizabeth Chadwick 2023 456 pages

4.35

1k+ ratings

🏰 Welsh Marches 💍 Political Marriage ⚔️ Norman Conquest 👑 Royal Mistress 📜 Medieval Saga

A Mouthful of Air

by Amy Koppelman • 2022

She stopped her medication to breastfeed. The silence that followed was fatal.

3.37

🤱 Postpartum Depression 🧠 Maternal Mental Health 🔗 Generational Trauma 🎭 Maternal Expectations 🤫 Societal Stigma

A Mouthful of Air

She stopped her medication to breastfeed. The silence that followed was fatal.

by Amy Koppelman 2022 1 pages

3.37

41 ratings

🤱 Postpartum Depression 🧠 Maternal Mental Health 🔗 Generational Trauma 🎭 Maternal Expectations 🤫 Societal Stigma

Fated Tides

by Sarah Faeth Sanders • 2024

Two souls across lifetimes: a pirate love story where death begins the next reunion.

4.40

🌊 Spiritual Romance 🔄 Reincarnation Stories 💫 Soul Connections 🤝 Chosen Family 🪞 Facing The Past

Fated Tides

Two souls across lifetimes: a pirate love story where death begins the next reunion.

by Sarah Faeth Sanders 2024 344 pages

4.40

25 ratings

🌊 Spiritual Romance 🔄 Reincarnation Stories 💫 Soul Connections 🤝 Chosen Family 🪞 Facing The Past

Never Seen the Stars

by Kate Korsh • 2025

Her eyes are failing. Her dead friend keeps appearing. He needs her to see one last thing.

3.69

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🖤 Teen Grief 👁️ Vision Loss 🦯 Hidden Disability 💔 Toxic First Love 🎭 High School Theater

Never Seen the Stars

Her eyes are failing. Her dead friend keeps appearing. He needs her to see one last thing.

by Kate Korsh 2025 288 pages

3.69

112 ratings

🖤 Teen Grief 👁️ Vision Loss 🦯 Hidden Disability 💔 Toxic First Love 🎭 High School Theater

No Man Is an Island

by Thomas Merton • 1955

True selfhood means giving yourself away, not asserting yourself. Merton on the relational soul.

4.16

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🧘 Monastic Spirituality 🕯️ Contemplative Life 🫀 Interior Life 🪽 Spiritual Detachment 🧭 Conscience Formation

No Man Is an Island

True selfhood means giving yourself away, not asserting yourself. Merton on the relational soul.

by Thomas Merton 1955 272 pages

4.16

5k+ ratings

🧘 Monastic Spirituality 🕯️ Contemplative Life 🫀 Interior Life 🪽 Spiritual Detachment 🧭 Conscience Formation

Stock Market Maestros

by Lee Freeman-Shor • 2026

Wrong half the time yet beating the market: the payoff math that renders stock picking a sideshow.

4.17

💼 Portfolio Management 🧠 Behavioral Investing 📊 Behavioral Economics ⚖️ Asymmetric Returns 🧹 Decision Hygiene

Stock Market Maestros

Wrong half the time yet beating the market: the payoff math that renders stock picking a sideshow.

by Lee Freeman-Shor 2026 366 pages

4.17

6 ratings

💼 Portfolio Management 🧠 Behavioral Investing 📊 Behavioral Economics ⚖️ Asymmetric Returns 🧹 Decision Hygiene

The Course

by Ed Miller • 2015

Profit in poker comes from one source: opponents who play too many hands. Here's the system.

4.40

259

♠️ Poker Strategy 🃏 No Limit Hold Em 💰 Cash Games 🎯 Exploitative Play 📏 Bet Sizing

The Course

Profit in poker comes from one source: opponents who play too many hands. Here's the system.

by Ed Miller 2015 306 pages

4.40

259 ratings

♠️ Poker Strategy 🃏 No Limit Hold Em 💰 Cash Games 🎯 Exploitative Play 📏 Bet Sizing

Science-Based Strategies to Harness Your Best Time and Get Your Most Important Work Done Two Awesome Hours (Hardback) - Common

by Josh Davis

Your best thinking fits into two hours. The biological conditions that make those hours possible.

3.50

🧠 Cognitive Science ⏰ Time Management 🎯 Attention Management 🔋 Energy Management 📊 Behavioral Economics

Science-Based Strategies to Harness Your Best Time and Get Your Most Important Work Done Two Awesome Hours (Hardback) - Common

Your best thinking fits into two hours. The biological conditions that make those hours possible.

by Josh Davis

3.50

2 ratings

🧠 Cognitive Science ⏰ Time Management 🎯 Attention Management 🔋 Energy Management 📊 Behavioral Economics

A Practical Guide to Mindfulness-Based Compassionate Living

by Erik van den Brink • 2018

Your brain is wired for survival, not happiness: a program for rewiring its soothing system.

4.11

🧘 Compassion Training ❤️‍🩹 Self Compassion Practice 🗣️ Inner Critic Work ⚖️ Emotional Regulation 🌊 Third Wave Cbt

A Practical Guide to Mindfulness-Based Compassionate Living

Your brain is wired for survival, not happiness: a program for rewiring its soothing system.

by Erik van den Brink 2018 180 pages

4.11

9 ratings

🧘 Compassion Training ❤️‍🩹 Self Compassion Practice 🗣️ Inner Critic Work ⚖️ Emotional Regulation 🌊 Third Wave Cbt

Emotional Intelligence For Conversation Skills

by Kevin Walker • 2018

80% of success is emotional. A playbook for using EQ in confrontations without freezing up.

3.33

🧠 Emotional Intelligence 💬 Conversation Skills ⚔️ Conflict Resolution 🛠️ Constructive Feedback 🪞 Self-Awareness

Emotional Intelligence For Conversation Skills

80% of success is emotional. A playbook for using EQ in confrontations without freezing up.

by Kevin Walker 2018 188 pages

3.33

3 ratings

🧠 Emotional Intelligence 💬 Conversation Skills ⚔️ Conflict Resolution 🛠️ Constructive Feedback 🪞 Self-Awareness

Conquering the maharajas

by Harrison Akins • 2023

Britain left India with 560 independent kingdoms. Absorbing them before the subcontinent fractured.

4.63

🏛️ South Asian History 🌍 Decolonization 👑 British Raj ✂️ Partition Of India 🏗️ State Formation

Conquering the maharajas

Britain left India with 560 independent kingdoms. Absorbing them before the subcontinent fractured.

by Harrison Akins 2023 281 pages

4.63

8 ratings

🏛️ South Asian History 🌍 Decolonization 👑 British Raj ✂️ Partition Of India 🏗️ State Formation

The Wrongs of the Right

by Matthew W. Hughey • 2014

Obama's presidency didn't end racial bias; it forced it to learn a more deceptive language.

3.71

🗳️ Racial Backlash 🧠 Implicit Bias 🇺🇸 Party Realignment 🐕 Coded Language 📰 Media Echo Chambers

The Wrongs of the Right

Obama's presidency didn't end racial bias; it forced it to learn a more deceptive language.

by Matthew W. Hughey 2014 232 pages

3.71

7 ratings

🗳️ Racial Backlash 🧠 Implicit Bias 🇺🇸 Party Realignment 🐕 Coded Language 📰 Media Echo Chambers

God's Help For Parents With Adult Children

by Gregory Grinstead • 2015

Trading control for prayer: a Christian guide to loving adult children without running their lives.

5.00

🪹 Empty Nest 👨‍👩‍👧 Adult Children 📖 Biblical Parenting 💔 Family Estrangement 🚧 Healthy Boundaries

God's Help For Parents With Adult Children

Trading control for prayer: a Christian guide to loving adult children without running their lives.

by Gregory Grinstead 2015 135 pages

5.00

2 ratings

🪹 Empty Nest 👨‍👩‍👧 Adult Children 📖 Biblical Parenting 💔 Family Estrangement 🚧 Healthy Boundaries

ADAPTED MIND

by Jerome H. Barkow • 1992

The mind is a Pleistocene toolkit. Culture is not what fills it but what it produces.

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265

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🧩 Modular Mind 💕 Mate Selection ⚧️ Sex Differences 🔄 Evolutionary Mismatch

ADAPTED MIND

The mind is a Pleistocene toolkit. Culture is not what fills it but what it produces.

by Jerome H. Barkow 1992 679 pages

4.20

265 ratings

🧠 Evolutionary Psychology 🧩 Modular Mind 💕 Mate Selection ⚧️ Sex Differences 🔄 Evolutionary Mismatch

Inside the U.S. Government Covert UFO Program

by James Lacatski • 2026

A covert Pentagon study linked UFOs to poltergeists and psychic contact. Then it went black.

4.13

🔎 Military Intelligence 🛰️ Aerospace Technology 🛸 Ufo Investigations 👻 Paranormal Research 🧠 Consciousness Studies

Inside the U.S. Government Covert UFO Program

A covert Pentagon study linked UFOs to poltergeists and psychic contact. Then it went black.

by James Lacatski 2026 343 pages

4.13

16 ratings

🔎 Military Intelligence 🛰️ Aerospace Technology 🛸 Ufo Investigations 👻 Paranormal Research 🧠 Consciousness Studies

On Hunger

by Dana Simmons • 2025

Hunger was manufactured. A tool of control from the reservation to the prison to Ozempic.

3.88

🍞 Food Politics 🕰️ History Of Hunger 🏹 Settler Colonialism ⛓️ Racial Capitalism 🧪 Food Engineering

On Hunger

Hunger was manufactured. A tool of control from the reservation to the prison to Ozempic.

by Dana Simmons 2025 346 pages

3.88

8 ratings

🍞 Food Politics 🕰️ History Of Hunger 🏹 Settler Colonialism ⛓️ Racial Capitalism 🧪 Food Engineering

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