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Side Hustle Summer is all about using the slower, sunlit days of Q3 (summer) to build a simple side business ready to cash in on that Q4 holiday boom. Why start in the summer? First, you might have extra free time—whether it’s slower work months, school break, or long weekends—making it easier to work on a passion project. Second, starting now gives you a 90-day runway to brainstorm, launch, and refine your hustle before the holiday rush hits.

You already have what it takes. That is not motivation. It is an observation. And if it landed before you finished reading it, you already know what it means. There is a gap between what you are capable of and what you are currently producing. You have felt it for a while. You have been managing it instead of closing it.

Evan Calder took a government job because he believed he could make a difference. That was four years and fourteen failed project plans ago. Now he spends his mornings decoding contradictory emails from leadership ("Be bold. Also, don't do anything without approval."), his afternoons in meetings about meetings about meetings, and his evenings wondering why he still owns a leather portfolio his parents bought him when they thought he was going to change the world.

Most of us aren’t living. We are white knuckling our way through the week, waiting for a Friday that never quite delivers the peace we were promised. We treat our lives like a debt to be paid rather than a gift to be experienced. There was a Monday you should have loved. This book is about finding out why you didn’t. The Monday You Should Have Loved is not a productivity guide or a typical self help manual.

Christmas isn’t just about joy. It never was. Behind the carols, the candles, and the carefully wrapped lies hides a history soaked in blood and superstition.

The Golden Rule in Leadership: Aligning Purpose for Success by Dr. Ty H. Wenglar is a compelling guide to the transformative power of ethical leadership. Drawing on cultural wisdom and timeless spiritual principles, in a purely secular manner, it shows how the universal truth of the Golden Rule—treating others as you wish to be treated—can anchor modern leadership in compassion, integrity, and effectiveness.

Ever wondered what your dog walker, pet groomer, or shelter volunteer really means to your furry friend? In Careers with Claws & Paws: 100 Tiny Tales Told by Their Furriest Clients, the animals take the mic—and their stories might just steal your heart. From a subway-savvy coyote who redefines city life to a shy kitten who transforms a shelter worker’s purpose, these heartfelt, humorous, and inspiring mini-memoirs show how animal professionals change lives (and get changed in return).

In today’s relentlessly fast-paced world, brain fog isn’t a rarity — it’s an epidemic. If you feel scattered, forgetful, mentally exhausted, or simply “off,” this book is your lifeline back to sharp thinking and steady focus. Clearing the Mist is not another gimmicky self-help book. It’s a grounded, practical guide that reveals the real reasons your mind clouds over—and more importantly, what you can do about it. Drawing on neuroscience, nutrition, psychology, and timeless wisdom, A.J. Quinn offers a no-nonsense roadmap to reclaiming your mental edge.

What if we could communicate with the secret world of plants? What do you think they’d tell us about the planet they share with us? In this environmental thriller, biogenetics engineer Jason Woods finds that he’s able to do just that after he’s blasted with plant DNA in an accident involving a Gene Gun explosion in an R&D lab where genetically modified plants are created. One of the after-effects is that he’s able to plug into the vast network through which plants communicate. He enhances this communication through psychedelic mushrooms he buys at a Botanica.