LES MISERABLES: AMERICAN DREAM

What if Victor Hugo wrote Les Misérables today — and set it in America?John Valjean steals $214 worth of baby formula from a Walgreens. Under Ohio's repeat offender statute, he gets ten years. When he walks out of federal prison, the felony record follows him everywhere — every job application, every apartment, every background check. No one will hire him. No one will house him. The system released him, but the system never lets go.Then a pastor in a dying Ohio town leaves his front door open.Les Misérables: American Dream is the first contemporary American adaptation of Hugo's masterpiece.

Every element has been rebuilt with American materials: the bagne de Toulon becomes the federal prison system and three-strikes sentencing. Fantine is a single mother crushed by the gig economy, medical debt, and a foster care system that took her daughter. The Thénardiers run a fraudulent foster home collecting state checks. The barricade of June 1832 becomes the summer of 2020 — rubber bullets, armored vehicles, and an insurrection that fails.

The sewer becomes the storm drains of Chicago.And Javert — not a villain, never a villain — is a U.S. Marshal and former Military Police officer whose tragedy is not that he's wrong, but that he's right according to a system too small to contain the truth.Americans have loved Les Misérables for decades. They've cried for Fantine and cheered for Valjean on Broadway. Then they've gone home — to a country with the highest incarceration rate on earth, where a felony record is a life sentence administered by everyone and no one. 

This novel holds up a mirror. No invention was required. Only the willingness to look.A dense, literary prose adaptation in 24 chapters, Les Misérables: American Dream follows Hugo's architecture from mercy to barricade to sewer to death — with two brass candlesticks traveling from Alabama to Chicago, carried by hands that believed they were worth carrying.

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AMERIGASM: Your Agony Is Their Aphrodisiac

 

AMERIGASM:

Your Agony Is Their Aphrodisiac

Amerigasm doesn't kill you. It makes you pay for the privilege of suffering. High above the smog-choked streets of a dying city, seven elite predators known as The Foxes operate from the 101st floor of Eden Spire. They have achieved the ultimate corporate dream: the Elderly Optimization Program, a systematic "cleanup" of the population that dresses up murder as a clinical exit. To the Foxes, people are just biomass to be processed. To Axel Monroe, they are the men who liquidated his mother and called it a suicide. Axel was once a corporate rat, a man drowning in a soul-crushing 9-to-5 loop. He also carries a heavy, near-impossible promise made to his dying father: To find true love. It is a quest that feels like a glitch in the system. Axel is operating in a world designed for sinners, where "Intimacy" is a curated subscription service and "Connection" is a chemical state manufactured by corporate algorithms. The system squeezed him until he disappeared. He went to "school" in the wilderness, trading his spreadsheet for a tactical vest and his compliance for the predatory instincts of a Wolf. Will Axel be able to get his revenge against the Foxes who dismantled his life? Can a man built for war keep a promise of peace and find real love in a city of algorithms?

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Lessons from the People Who Paid me (and the Ones Who Didn't)

  

Lessons from the People Who Paid me

(and the Ones Who Didn't):

A Field Guide to People Who Will Make or Break Your Brand

Lessons from the People Who Paid Me (and the Ones Who Didn't): A Field Guide to People Who Will Make or Break Your Brand by Ricka Raga is a 2026 best-selling guide focusing on the hidden dynamics of client management, brand strategy, and the realities of running a creative or service-based business.Raga, a brand strategist with over 13 years of experience, shares raw, actionable insights on, recognizing patterns, setting boundaries, and building a sustainable business.

The book is aimed at creatives, freelancers, consultants, and founders looking to move beyond surface-level business advice and build a sustainable brand.

What if the biggest lessons in your business did not come from your best clients, but from the ones who tested your limits?

In Lessons from the People Who Paid Me (and the Ones Who Didn’t), brand strategist Ricka Raga reveals what really happens behind client work. This is a direct look at patterns, mistakes, and hard earned clarity that no course or certification can teach.

This is not a book about getting more clients.
It is about understanding them.

Through real world experience working with businesses across industries, Ricka breaks down the hidden dynamics that shape every project. Some clients move your business forward. Others quietly drain your time, energy, and margins. The difference is not luck. It is pattern recognition and structure.

You will learn how to recognize recurring client archetypes, build systems that protect your business, and shift from reactive execution to strategic authority.

This book challenges the traditional narrative of freelancing and creative work. It moves beyond aesthetics, beyond hustle, and beyond surface level advice. It focuses on what actually builds a sustainable and scalable business.

Inside, you will discover:

• Why experience is about pattern recognition, not time
• How weak boundaries quietly destroy your business
• The real reason beautiful brands fail to generate revenue
• How to filter clients before they cost you time and money
• Why systems, not talent, drive long term growth
• The mindset shift required to move from service provider to authority

Written with clarity and conviction, this book is for creatives, freelancers, consultants, and founders who are ready to stop guessing and start operating with intention.

If you have ever been underpaid, overworked, or stuck in projects that never should have started, this book will change how you see your business and the people you choose to build it with.

Because in the end, your success is not just defined by what you do.
It is defined by who you allow in.

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Whisper: UTC

 

Whisper: UTC

Read it, learn it and play it! Whisper: Urban Tactical Combat is a robust tabletop game system that features over sixty-seven playable classes, alongside heaps of weapons, gadgets and incredibly easy-to-learn combat mechanics. The lightweight rules of Whisper: UTC allow players to focus on their character development, while the game master has all of the tools necessary to create detailed and interactive settings to explore. Use the core rulebook to create vivid stories of spies, operatives, soldiers and rebels or test your imagination and homebrew unique sci-fi settings. Whisper: UTC has everything needed to make your own playable characters, stories and adventures.

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MIND CRIMES

  

MIND CRIMES

How to Investigate Your Patterns and Break the Loop

In Mind Crimes, psychotherapist Daria Coulombe invites readers to examine the hidden patterns behind emotional pain, self-sabotage, overthinking, disconnection, and repeating cycles that seem impossible to break. With the mind of an investigator and the compassion of a therapist, this book helps you gather the evidence, question old assumptions, and uncover what is really driving your thoughts, feelings, and behaviors.

What if your patterns were not random—just uninvestigated?

MIND CRIMES is a psychological casefile on human behavior that helps you uncover the hidden patterns behind overthinking, panic, shame, emotional shutdown, people-pleasing, avoidance, and repeated relationship loops.

Written in a bold investigation style, this book invites you to become a detective of your own mind. Each chapter is structured like a casefile, guiding you through the “crime scene,” the pattern’s modus operandi, the deeper interrogation, and the steps needed to close the loop.

Inside, you will uncover patterns such as:

• overthinking spirals
• panic responses
• numbness and shutdown
• the inner critic
• shame loops
• people-pleasing
• avoidance
• chase-withdraw dynamics
• repeated attraction to the "wrong" partner

But this book does more than explain behavior. It helps you see the logic behind your reactions, identify the emotional evidence you have been missing, and approach yourself with more clarity, insight, and power.
This book is for readers who want more than comfort. It is for those who want understanding.

You cannot change a pattern you cannot see.
But once you learn how to read the evidence, the loop begins to lose its power.

It is time to reopen the case.

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Dracula: A Victorian Gothic Horror Novel 

Complete Edition with Introduction, Historical Context, Character Insights, and Author Biography

Enter the world of one of the most enduring works of gothic horror ever written.

Dracula by Bram Stoker remains a defining novel of Victorian gothic horror—a story that has shaped the modern image of the vampire and continues to captivate readers more than a century after its publication.

But for many readers, Dracula can feel unfamiliar at first. Its shifting perspectives, diary entries, and gradual pacing are very different from modern storytelling. This edition has been carefully designed to make that experience clearer, more engaging, and ultimately more rewarding.

Whether you are discovering Dracula for the first time or returning to it with fresh perspective, this volume offers a complete and accessible way to experience one of the great works of classic horror fiction.

What makes Dracula so compelling?

Set between the remote landscapes of Transylvania and the ordered world of Victorian England, the novel follows a group of individuals drawn into a growing and increasingly unsettling mystery. As fragments of information begin to connect, a hidden threat emerges—one that challenges not only their understanding of the world, but their sense of control within it.

Told through letters, journals, and recorded accounts, Dracula builds tension gradually, drawing the reader into a narrative that is as much about atmosphere and uncertainty as it is about events. It stands as one of the most influential works of classic vampire literature, blending gothic horror with psychological depth and enduring themes.

A thoughtfully prepared edition for today’s reader

This is not simply a reprint of a public domain text. This edition has been carefully developed to provide both clarity and depth, helping modern readers fully engage with the novel.

Included in this volume:

• A concise Introduction that sets the tone and prepares the reader for the experience ahead
• A brief guide to how the story is told, helping you navigate its distinctive epistolary structure
• A dedicated “How to Read Dracula Today” section to enhance understanding and enjoyment
• A detailed exploration of the novel’s narrative structure and how its perspectives work together
• Historical context to illuminate the world in which Dracula was written
• Expanded character insights that bring greater clarity to the roles and relationships within the story
• A full discussion of key themes and ideas, revealing the deeper meaning behind the narrative
• A reflection on why Dracula continues to matter in modern literature and culture
• A complete author biography offering insight into Bram Stoker’s life and influences

Why this edition stands apart

Many editions of Dracula present the text alone. This one is designed to offer a richer experience—one that helps you not only read the novel, but understand and appreciate it as a work of classic gothic horror.

By combining a clean, readable text with carefully developed editorial content, this edition provides a balanced approach: the story remains at the centre, while the added material enhances your engagement without interrupting the flow.

Discover Dracula as it was meant to be experienced

More than just a famous title, Dracula is a carefully constructed and deeply atmospheric novel—one that rewards patience, attention, and reflection. Its influence can still be felt across modern horror and beyond, making it as relevant today as it was when it was first published.

If you are looking for a complete Victorian gothic horror novel presented with clarity, insight, and care, this edition offers the ideal place to begin.

Step into the story, piece it together, and experience Dracula in a way that reveals its full depth—page by page.

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Asylum Earth: Age of the Apocalypse

  

Asylum Earth: Age of the Apocalypse

When the world finally ended, it wasn’t the fire or the famine that broke humanity—it was the silence that followed. In the ruins of a dying Earth, survivors claw at meaning amid the wreckage of memory and guilt. Governments have vanished, faith has fractured, and every shadow hides the ghosts of choices no one wanted to make. The planet has become an asylum for what remains of the human mind—a sanctuary for the broken, the remorseful, and the damned. Among the desperate few stands one woman, Andrea Estrella, literally scarred by trauma and now haunted by what she saved and what she sacrificed. As fractured alliances unravel and truth becomes a weapon, her greatest enemy may not be the wasteland outside—but the conscience she cannot silence within. Asylum Earth: Age of the Apocalypse is a haunting journey into the collapse of morality, where survival demands betrayal, redemption demands pain, and the line between savior and monster fades with every heartbeat.

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