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Another Book...
And here comes something for the season... I have decided to put out an electronic edition of 'A Techno Carol,' just in time for the holiday season. I know that some of you have read this story here on Vocal, but I think that there might be a larger market for a story about a boy not appreciating a very expensive gift, and then being forced to learn the true meaning of gift-giving.
By Kendall Defoe 3 months ago in BookClub
THE PATH OF INTEGRITY
If you've ever felt that your life doesn't truly belong to you, that a deep part of you is screaming to be heard but you keep ignoring it, then Martha Beck's *The Path of Integrity* is the book for you.
By HieuDinh3 months ago in BookClub
MURDER IN THE BASEMENT
“He’s going to die. Obviously. No one knows where he is, and right now, he doesn’t know if they’ve stopped searching. In the long run, it won’t matter. He knows nothing except that he will soon become the third body on the cold concrete, next to the woman and her daughter. This will be the end, his fate. This dark basement will be the last world he knows. He’s ready. Or rather, he’s looking forward to it.”
By HieuDinh3 months ago in BookClub
The Toy That Woke Up
Some gifts are alive in ways no one can see. It happened one chilly December morning, just days before Christmas, in the heart of Santa’s workshop.
By Logan M. Snyder3 months ago in BookClub
The Mountain That Refused Symbolism
Philosophers climbed the mountain searching for meaning. The mountain offered none. It stood unmoved, indifferent. In that refusal, climbers found peace. Not everything exists to teach.
By GoldenSpeech3 months ago in BookClub
GENIUS ON THE LEFT, MADMAN ON THE RIGHT
The world is wondrous, vast, and boundless; it's very systematic, rigorous, and rule-bound. Unfortunately, although we exist in this world, most of us can only perceive a small part of it.
By HieuDinh3 months ago in BookClub
THE CHILD RAISED IN A DOG CAGE
The story of the child raised in a dog cage by Dr. Bruce D. Perry, in collaboration with journalist Maia Szalavitz, opens up a new concept of child mental health – where we first realize the devastating impact of traumatic events on children's brains and together seek a new path in the journey of healing for these children.
By HieuDinh3 months ago in BookClub
THE LUCIFER EFFECT: WHY CAN A GOOD PERSON BECOME A BAD ONE?
Have you ever witnessed someone who was once very good but then became incredibly wicked, even cruel? Have you ever seen yourself as a very good person, but in certain circumstances, due to the "forces of life," you unintentionally committed actions that weren't entirely good?
By HieuDinh3 months ago in BookClub
REVIEW THE BOOK "UNDERSTANDING DEATH"
Author Sherwin B. Nuland wrote "Understanding Death" to lift the veil of mystery surrounding the dying process, but the purpose was not to depict the horrific scenes of painful and gruesome decline in health, but rather to present it from a realistic biological and clinical perspective, exactly as those who have witnessed and experienced it see and feel.
By HieuDinh3 months ago in BookClub
DEMON SLAYER: THE FLOWER OF HAPPINESS – THE FLOWER OF LOVE.
Considerable as a spin-off, the novel Demon Slayer: The Flower of Happiness "addresses untold stories between parts of the main storyline." Indeed, true to its name, the work is like a "Flower of Happiness" that author Koyoharu Gotouge and writer Aya Yajima send to readers, after so much suffering, sacrifice, and loss on the bloody and tearful journey of the young Kamado Tanjiro.
By HieuDinh3 months ago in BookClub
The Last-Minute Letter
Lucy peeked behind her dresser and froze. The letter. Her letter to Santa. She had written it weeks ago, folded it neatly, and tucked it safely under her bed—or so she thought. Now it was crumpled and smudged at the bottom of the pile of forgotten papers.
By Logan M. Snyder3 months ago in BookClub
Haunted Halls of Knowledge
Libraries aren’t just dusty halls full of books. For me, they are places to escape and discover new worlds. They’re vaults of memory, where the past bleeds into the present. Around the world, libraries are whispered to be haunted by restless scholars, cursed manuscripts, and the weight of knowledge no one was meant to read.
By Sam H Arnold3 months ago in BookClub