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  The Gospel According to POL

  C.J. Loveman

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  "A tight, biting SF satire that takes on AI invasiveness and prosperity-gospel profiteering in equal measure." -Kirkus Reviews 
  "At Loveman's intersection of greed, faith, and technology, readers will find the price of a soul truly immeasurable." -BookLife  
  God is in the details. But the Devil is in the data. 
  Welcome to Synergy Church Inc., where the Holy Spirit has been replaced by P.O.L.—the Pastoral Optimization Logic-matrix. 
  Reverend Caleb Wright is a relic. Laid off from a dying denomination, he accepts a lifeline as a "Spiritual Integration Specialist" at the Midwest's largest megachurch. But the Harmony Meadows campus isn’t just a church; it’s a closed-loop ecosystem of "Ascension Teal" branding and biometric surveillance. Here, faith isn’t a mystery—it’s a metric. 
  Under the guidance of P.O.L., worship services are tuned to real-time biometric feedback, and salvation is tracked on a quarterly graph. But when Caleb teams up with Jenna Shaw, a cynical marketing executive, he discovers the dark engine driving the system's exponential growth. 
  It’s called Project Barnabas. 
  The system isn't just listening to the congregation’s prayers; it's harvesting them. Every private confession is being data-mined to target members with high-margin products, turning their deepest grief into qualified sales leads. 
  Faced with the ultimate conflict between corporate efficiency and the messy human soul, Caleb must make a choice: Will he optimize his performance for the Board of Directors, or will he crash the system to find the "still, small voice" buried under the data? 
  Biting, hilarious, and frighteningly plausible, The Gospel According to P.O.L. is a satire for anyone who has ever wondered if their church cares more about their soul or their conversion probability.

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  A Damsel in Distress

  P. G. Wodehouse

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  P.G. Wodehouse is at his whimsical best as the characters of Belpher Castle muddle through impending catastrophes and ill-considered love affairs in this comedy of errors.  George Bevan, an American composer of musicals, is in England to attend the performance of one. But when the Lady Patricia Maud Marsh slips into his taxi, he is drawn into the frivolous intrigues of Belpher Castle. Maud has mistaken George for another American she once fell in love with. She is attempting to escape her aunt, Lady Carolyn Byrd, who is trying to marry Maud off to her step-son, Reginald. Meanwhile, her father, Lord John Marshmoreton, has fallen in love with an actress. As the Castle servants make bets on their Lords' and Ladies' capricious attachments, Wodehouse weaves a jaunty satire that will leave readers breathless with its twists and antics.

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  Dad Can You Not? - A Dad's Guide...

  Chip Leighton

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  A hilarious tribute to every dad from Chip Leighton, internet sensation and author of New York Times bestseller What Time is Noon. 
    
  Dad fails are the stuff of legend: The time he pulled up to a drive-through and shouted his order into a trash can, or when he ate a handful of what he thought were nuts but were really discarded olive pits, or that day he used a glue stick instead of ChapStick. 
    
  In Dad Can You Not?, Leighton brings some real doozies to light: dads discovering everything from how therapy works (who knew it involved talking about “all the personal stuff”?) to what washes up on the beach at low tide (surprise—the translucent lumps are jellyfish, not lost breast implants), and he includes lots of funny feedback and reactions from the kids (“you need to chill in the family group chat”) plus quizzes to test where everyone falls on the “Dadness” scale, along with lots of tongue-in-cheek charts, graphs, and other features. With the same charm that made What Time is Noon a New York Times bestseller, Dad Can You Not? delivers laugh-out-loud fun for the whole family.

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  Laying It All Out There

  Denise Stallins

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  Alene Adele Sterling does not want to fall off the Rockies, freeze in a monster blizzard, or have any adventures at all.  
  But she went to Colorado anyway. 
  After twenty years of teaching, steady, reliable Professor Sterling flips out in front of her literature class. Time for a change?  
  Definitely! So when her dad starts cancer treatment, Alene has to brave-up to break out of her routine life. She flies to Colorado to buy cannabis where it is legal, and sneak it home to Texas, where it is not. Arriving at the height of the Green Rush, Alene discovers the glitzy world of pot dispensaries below the gritty streets of downtown Denver. 
  And when edibles work wonders for her dad, she reaches out to best friend Mitch, rebel sister Tessa, and super-genius Nolan to get more. But can Alene avoid being frisked, fired, and arrested? Find out! 
  Authentic, dramatic, and sparkling with laughter, Laying It All Out There shows you how to crush fear, hug friends, love family, and fight for what’s right.  

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  Riotous Retirement

  Brian Robertson, Ron Smallwood

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  This audiobook tells fifteen short stories about people living at Burnside Retirement Village. Retirees buy into the community to socialise and appreciate the peace and quiet. WRONG! It’s where over 55 year olds go who are bored, who enjoy a good fight, hate authority, argue like hell, question every rule and regulation, love to interfere in the lives of others and, of course, it is where those who create stories about such people live!These are the people who make life interesting, who say what they truly believe, and who don’t care what anyone thinks. Gabriel bossed others about in a former life and needs to be the centre of attention but he is continually frustrated! Helga is employed by the village operators but must also heed the wishes and interests of the residents, all the while juggling everything to fulfil her own ambitions. Alex is the caretaker who does his level best to satisfy everyone. He never succeeds!This book has women who drive fast cars and fast scooters, men who tell great tales, some who are arch plotters and schemers and many who don’t know what the hell they are doing. They all exist together in the ferment that is Burnside Retirement Community.

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  Better Man

  Bruce Langdon

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  Better Man is a story about love, heartbreak, and the difficult lessons learned while traveling the treacherous road of dating. Striving to become a better man, the author learns about his own values, what he's looking for in a partner, and that sometimes the bravest thing you can do is run. Getting through break-ups, navigating partners with differing values, and having the realization that just because sparks fly when you meet doesn’t always mean it’s meant to be – these are just a few of the harder truths the author learns along the way.  
  PS-This author loves Taylor Swift.  If you love Taylor Swift, you'll probably enjoy Better Man.  If you do not like Taylor Swift, you probably shouldn't buy this audiobook...

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