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Broke But Not Broken isn’t another bootstrapping fantasy or toxic positivity lecture. This is a battle-tested manual for surviving—and eventually thriving—when the economy leaves you behind. Whether you’re drowning in debt, jobless in a dying market, or simply trying to stretch your last twenty dollars through the week, this book gives you something the system never will: strategy without shame. Forget financial gurus selling six-figure dreams. This book is for people living in economic reality—where rent is due, food is expensive, and burnout is just another Tuesday. With 30 ...

Anthony Bourdain lived loud, fast, and brilliantly—until, abruptly, he didn’t. Burnt Ends: Anthony Bourdain and the Beautiful Despair of Living Loudly is a searing biography that dismantles the public image and reconstructs the private chaos of the world’s most unlikely philosopher-chef. This is not a sanitized celebration nor a voyeuristic exposé. It’s a meticulous, emotionally rigorous autopsy of a life devoted to the restless pursuit of sensation, meaning, and escape. From the privilege of his New Jersey childhood to the junk-sick nights behind kitchen doors, from the explosive ...

The Soft Edge is a deliberate, practical collection of 35 quietly defiant chapters designed for anyone who feels like they’re one thread away from unraveling. With clean, no-fluff prose and obsessively useful insight, this book meets you where you are: exhausted, overwhelmed, and maybe a little numb. Each chapter serves as a pause, not a pep talk. You won’t find motivational clichés or forced optimism. What you will find is methodical reassurance. A refusal to pathologize your pain. And a quiet insistence that softness is not weakness—it’s strategy. From the emotional cost of over-...

What began as a throwaway acronym on Wall Street is now a global force challenging the foundations of Western dominance. BRICS: The Rising Bloc Redefining Global Power is a searing, unsentimental look at how five wildly different nations—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—are leveraging economic scale, geopolitical friction, and institutional fatigue to rewrite the rules of the global order. This is not a motivational fable. It’s a forensic breakdown of a power shift in progress. Across 30 methodical chapters, this book tracks the BRICS journey from speculative concept to ...

You’re Not Poor—You’re Playing by the Rules is a sharp, unsparing examination of the modern financial myths that keep millions stuck in cycles of spending, debt, and scarcity—despite working harder, earning more, and following every piece of advice handed down by schools, parents, banks, and media. From the illusion of budgeting as control to the toxic grind of hustle culture, from the glamorization of gig work to the false promise of homeownership, this book dismantles the economic scripts we’ve been taught to perform. It doesn’t just critique the system—it reveals how the ...

What if your mood wasn’t something that just happened to you—but something you could control, calibrate, and flip, on demand? Positive Switch offers a no-fluff, science-backed framework for emotional regulation in real life. This book doesn’t sell inspiration—it teaches infrastructure. You’ll learn how to shift emotional tone through micro-adjustments that take seconds, not hours. No therapy speak. No storytelling. Just actionable rituals, nervous system tools, and cognitive reframes designed to help you reset—hourly, if needed. Inside, you’ll discover how to: Break mood ...

Step into a supermarket, and you're not just shopping—you’re being studied, steered, and subtly coerced. Don’t Buy the Cheese pulls back the curtain on the hidden architecture of modern grocery stores, revealing the psychological traps, sensory manipulation, and behavioral economics engineered into every aisle, scent, and shelf. From oversized carts that trick you into buying more, to scent machines that simulate fresh-baked bread, this forensic exposé shows how stores convert your attention into profit—without you ever noticing. This isn't about conspiracy. It's about design. ...

Forget massive overhauls. The Momentum Code reveals a smarter path to change—one built on system design, micro-adjustments, and invisible wins. If you've ever felt stuck, stalled, or obsessed with motivation that never arrives, this book reframes the entire process. It's not about pushing harder. It's about making momentum frictionless. The Author delivers a methodical, data-backed manual for change that actually sticks. Through 35 no-fluff chapters, you'll learn how to dismantle the myths of transformation—like the breakthrough moment, motivation as a prerequisite, or habits as ...

Are you spending more but being told inflation is "under control"? Does the official 3% CPI feel like a punchline when your rent, groceries, and healthcare say otherwise? The Inflation Myth dismantles the economic gaslighting embedded in every headline, policy statement, and financial forecast. This relentless, brutally clear-eyed exposé shows how the Consumer Price Index—a metric revered by economists and media alike—has become a politically manipulated tool designed to understate the true cost of modern life. Drawing on history, monetary policy, and lived experience, the book breaks ...

Most Agile teams claim they’re on track—until someone asks what that actually means. SCRUMvm is a blunt, practical system for measuring real progress in software and tech projects without falling into the traps of bloated reporting or hollow velocity metrics. It’s built for teams who need to answer three questions clearly and honestly: How far along are we? How much have we spent? And will we finish in time? Traditional Earned Value Management works—until your scope shifts. Agile works—until the CFO wants numbers. SCRUMvm merges both worlds with none of the overhead. No dashboards...

The Growth Fallacy is a clear-eyed examination of the world’s most dangerous economic illusion: that perpetual growth is possible on a finite planet. With scalpel-like precision, this book dissects the structural dependence of modern capitalism on constant expansion—and what happens when that expansion stalls. From GDP worship and corporate mandates to ecological ceilings and demographic contractions, each chapter reveals how growth isn't just a byproduct of capitalism—it's the engine. And when the engine fails, everything built around it begins to fracture: pensions, public services,...

For every strong woman who was told to tone it down, smile more, stay agreeable, and be less "difficult"—this book dismantles the silent rules that shaped you. Raised by Wolves, Tamed by Shame is not about healing through softness or waiting for permission. It’s about unlearning the deeply embedded scripts that trained capable women to disappear in plain sight. Through 35 ruthlessly clear chapters, this book exposes how shame was systemically used to tame smart, intense, outspoken girls into emotionally self-policing adults. It unpacks the generational transmission of silence, the ...

If you're a software project manager still clinging to Gantt charts, manual status reports, and legacy rituals, this book is your last warning. Artificial Intelligence has already taken over half the job—and the other half is under review. The Software Project Manager's AI Survival Guide is the unflinching roadmap to reinventing your role before someone else writes you out of the org chart. Forget the buzzwords. This book gets brutally honest about what AI can already do, what it’s coming for next, and how project managers can stay not just employed, but essential. It shows you how to ...

What if resilience wasn’t about staying positive—but staying intact? Unwritten Laws: The Secret Principles of People Who Don’t Fall Apart is a field manual for emotional endurance, written for people who are capable but exhausted—focused, but fraying at the edges. It dismantles the myth that stability is about having it all together and replaces it with something far more usable: quiet systems, daily discipline, and radically practical habits that work even when everything feels like it’s falling apart. This isn’t a book about mindset shifts or inspirational breakthroughs. ...

Modern life rewards people who can pivot. The Frugal Survivalist is the field guide for anyone who feels inflation nibbling away at every paycheck, sees supply chains hiccup after every storm, or simply wants more control over daily costs. In thirty concise, insight-packed chapters, this book dismantles the myth that preparedness is expensive and shows how strategic spending, skill fluency, and community reciprocity convert scarcity into opportunity. You will learn how to: Harden your budget so it bends—never breaks—under sudden bills. Turn bulk staples, balcony gardens, and zero-waste ...

Finance for the Fiercely Broke isn’t another pastel-toned budgeting workbook or personal finance sermon masquerading as empowerment. It’s a raw, radically pragmatic survival guide for those navigating capitalism with grit, rage, and a grocery receipt that won't stop unfurling. If you’ve ever had to calculate overdraft penalties before breakfast, declined plans without explaining your bank balance, or made a meal out of expired pantry chaos—this book is your people. Structured across 30 punch-in-the-gut chapters, this isn’t about how to get rich—it’s about how to stay standing....

Are brands really sorry—or just sorry enough to keep you shopping? The Apology Coupon is a blisteringly sharp exposé of how modern corporations have transformed failure into a monetized feedback loop. When companies screw up, they don’t fix the problem—they offer 15% off your next disappointment. Delayed deliveries, crashed apps, missing refunds, broken promises: the new default isn’t accountability, it’s a discount code. From fake empathy emails and store credit shams to parasocial apology campaigns and the weaponization of “free shipping,” this book reveals how businesses ...

In an age where possessions fail faster than they’re paid off and prices keep climbing, Everything Is Broken and Still Too Expensive exposes the paradox of modern consumer life—a relentless assault of products designed to disappoint, services that fragment rather than simplify, and costs that spiral beyond control. This incisive analysis dissects the demise of durability, the tyranny of subscriptions, and the erosion of trust that defines today’s dysfunctional affluence. From the kitchen appliances that quit early, to cars held hostage by software locks, to furniture that survives ...

Most self-help books sell motivation. The Inner Contract builds a system. It strips change down to its smallest unit: the promise you make to yourself—and whether you keep it. Because self-trust doesn’t come from positive thinking. It comes from structural integrity. The kind you build when no one’s watching, when you’re bored, tired, and uninspired—and still follow through. This book is not about morning routines, mindset hacks, or willpower. It’s about learning how to track behavior without ego, design rituals that survive emotional collapse, and repair breaches without ...