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  The Robber Barons' Guide to...

  Stephen David

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  What if your greatest weakness was actually your best advantage? 
  We’re taught to idolize titans of industry as disciplined, rational masterminds. But history tells a far more interesting story. The architects of modern wealth didn’t rise above their flaws—they weaponized them. 
  The Robber Barons’ Guide to Getting Rich pulls back the curtain on icons like Andrew Carnegie, John D. Rockefeller, and Pierre Du Pont to decode the raw psychological fuel that powered empires. 
  Rockefeller’s dominance wasn’t just ambition; it was a response to instability, a lifelong attempt to impose order on a world that once felt uncontrollable. Carnegie didn’t simply chase success; he built it as armor against scarcity. Du Pont transformed anxiety into innovation, forging systems designed to prevent catastrophe before it could strike. 
  Through vivid storytelling and gripping character studies, this book reveals how deeply personal struggles can evolve into extraordinary strategic advantages (without shying away from the complicated and sometimes problematic reality of these men). But The Robber Barons’ Guide to Getting Rich isn’t really about them. It’s a challenge for you to examine the patterns you can’t ignore, the frustrations that linger, the questions that won’t go away. Because beneath them lies energy, direction, and potential waiting to be harnessed. After all, your edge isn’t something you’re missing. It’s something you’ve been overlooking.

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  (Un)lovable woman - Switch When...

  Sandra Vahle, Mary Green

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  (Un)lovable woman 
  Switch When You're Winning 
  Friends with benefits, sex without feelings, non-relationship - with today's understanding of love, the next heartbreak is just around the corner. True to the motto "switch when you're winning", it seems like the goal for the majority is moaning and fucking, preferably without any commitment or feelings. Has the time for love really run out? Are the romantic relationship models long outdated, while only our hearts haven't got the message yet? 
  We object to this notion, and we do so with this guidebook. Even in the 21st century, you can still hope for your happily ever after and real emotions. 
  If you are ready to fully enjoy your single life, experience a new love and celebrate your current situation with a little self-deprecation, then read - and swing when you're winning!

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  To Kneel and Kiss the Earth -...

  L.R. Heartsong

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  For nearly five years, the Soul Artist Journal, a weekly e-column/blog by healer, chef, and author L.R. Heartsong, explored the art of living a meaningfully connected existence, celebrating "a life for the senses." Though the posts were diverse, the underlying theme was always, how do we nourish the soul?TO KNEEL AND KISS THE EARTH is the first compilation volume in an anthology, a gathering of posts selected from the archives and twenty-plus categories, spanning the Journal's arc of existence. Easily accessible, these heart-full and eloquent writings – including recipes – deliver inspiration for one's daily journey.Fans and subscribers of the Soul Artist Journal, as well as new readers discovering Heartsong's award-winning work, will delight in this freshly updated, second edition (2024) and audiobook. Narrated by the author, here is a unique offering of lyrical prose in praise of nature, food, soul, and intimate relationship with Earth.

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  My Mother Only Had Me for the Check

  Crystal Bass

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  Prepare to embark on an unforgettable journey through the pages of "My Mother Only Had Me for the Check." From a childhood marred by abuse and neglect to the challenges of adulthood grappling with dyslexia and mental illness, the author's story is a testament to the resilience and power of a woman's spirit. 
  Growing up in a world where safety and love were scarce commodities, she learned to navigate a landscape fraught with pain and uncertainty. Yet, amidst the darkness, she clung to the flicker of hope, determined to carve out a better future for herself. 
  Through the ups and downs, rejections, and setbacks, she never lost sight of her dreams. With unwavering determination, she pursued her passion for writing, turning her pain into purpose and her struggles into stories. Each word is a testament to her resilience, a defiant declaration that her past or illness would not define her. 
  Today, her autobiography is a beacon of hope for women who have walked similar paths. Her journey serves as a reminder that no matter how daunting the obstacles may seem, there is always light at the end of the tunnel for those who refuse to give up.

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  Uncanny Valley Girls - Essays on...

  Zefyr Lisowski

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  FINALIST FOR THE 2026 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARD FOR TRANSGENDER NONFICTION 
  An Electric Literature Best Nonfiction Book of the Year • A them Best LGBTQ+ Book of the Year • A Literary Hub Most Anticipated Book of the Year • An Autostraddle Most Anticipated October Read • A BookRiot Most Anticipated Queer Book of the Year 
  "In these extraordinary essays, Lisowski reads the entrails of her life like a witch and invites you along for the ride. How could you say no?" —Carmen Maria Machado 
  From Lambda Award-winning poet Zefyr Lisowski, a sharply personal and expansive memoir-in-essays dedicated to the strange and absurd beauty of horror films, exploring the complications of gender, the insidiousness of class ascension, and the latent violence hidden in our own uncanny reflections. 
  This is how it worked: first I loved them, and then I loved myself. 
  At twenty-seven, poet Zefyr Lisowski found herself in the place she feared most: a locked psych ward. While inside, she turned to horror movies—her deepest, most constant comfort. 
  Rather than disturb, scary movies have always provided solace and connection for Lisowski, as they do many others—offering a vision of a world filled equally with beauty and pain, and a reason to reach out to others and hold them tight. After all, as Lisowski argues, what terrifies us most about these movies is our own uncanny reflection—and at the root of that fear, a desperate desire to love and be loved. 
  In these wide-ranging essays, Lisowski weaves theory and memoir into nuanced critiques of films such as The Texas Chain Saw Massacre and Saint Maud. From fears about sickness and disability, to trans narratives and the predator/victim complex, to the struggle to live in a world that wants you dead, she explores horror’s reciprocal impact on our culture and—by extension—our lives. Through it all, Lisowski lays bare her own complex biography—spanning from a trans childhood in the South to the sweaty dancefloors of Brooklyn—and the family, friends, and lovers that have bloomed with her into the present. 
  Deeply felt, blood-spattered, and brimming with care and wonder, Uncanny Valley Girls investigates the art of horror—and of the self—with brilliance and wit, blending the two topics seamlessly with essays such as: 
  “Ghost Face,” exploring the legacy of whiteness in Scream from the vantage point of the author’s childhood in coastal North Carolina.“War on Terror,” outlining how the violence of the Iraq War and its legacy of torture impacted the films of that era, such as Final Destination, House of Wax, and Turistas.  “Southern Fried,” an ode to the author’s beloved Texas Chain Saw Massacre and how the film’s simple beauty and cruelty shaped the author’s relationship with the South.“Preliminary Materials for a Theory of the Werewolf Girl,” a complication of the werewolf as an inherently masculine form—and of the uneasy distinctions of victim and perpetrator—through the lens of films like Ginger Snaps and Angela Carter’s “The Werewolf.”And more.

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  The Opium Queen

  Gabrielle Paluch

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  Olive Yang was a widely mythologized genderqueer lesbian opium-pioneer in the 1950s heyday of the Golden Triangle. After escaping an arranged marriage with a noble cousin, Olive felt that she had no choice but to lead a life of banditry with an anti-communist rebel army supported by the CIA. As her smuggling empire grew, she became so powerful and infamous that novelists were inspired to write about her evil ruthlessness and beauty. Yet, Olive’s real life and identity remained a mystery to many. Opium Queen is a journey to uncover the true story behind the propaganda and legends. Declassified intelligence documents portray Olive as a critical operator in one of the most important fronts of the clandestine Cold War against China. Through extensive interviews with the Yang family, Olive emerges as a complex anti-hero, searching for a way to live as an open homosexual in an era when such a lifestyle was considered deeply shameful in Burma. The great military alliances that facilitate narcotics traffic in Myanmar today are Olive’s lasting legacy in the Golden Triangle, as is the disenfranchisement of the people of Kokang. Through the story of Olive’s formidable life, Opium Queen examines historic events that underpinned critical diplomatic relationships between the U.S., Myanmar, and China and were at the root of Myanmar’s current political crisis.

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