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Council Ford Insurrection: The Second Amendment 2043-2063 by J.Thomas Bowne JD

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https://www.amazon.com/Council-Ford-Insurrection-Amendment-2043-2063/dp/1665773413

It is 2043 in rural America as thirty-three-year-old marine veteran and sheriff department sergeant, James Mulvaney, goes about his days, well aware of the stresses of rapid technological and other changes that are affecting those who choose a more isolated existence. “While on temporary loan to the Middlestate Police and patrolling highway S-93 Council Ford Sheriff Mulvaney stops a nervous Norman Galvan for speeding. While helping Galvan to secure a loose tarp on his truck Mulvaney observes a load of empty rifle crates in the bed of the truck. Although Galvan is seemingly nervous, Mulvaney sends him on his way, noting that follow-up was needed. Surrounding this stop a chain of events unfold showing how some Council Ford locals form a militia in the belief that their way of life is threatened and that their guns, not the voters’ ballots, are their final protection against the tyranny of a new state gun control law and invasion of technological change that will end their way of life. Finally, Mulvaney is called back to Council Ford in fear that violence was brewing. Little did anyone know that soon an insurrection would erupt at the Council Ford Courthouse and that gunfire, explosions and fire would result in the deaths of twenty-five Americans. In this exciting political thriller set in a future rural America, a group of extremists unfurl a plot to oppose gun regulation and stop government tyranny.

The Spooky Haunted House by Marian A Mattice

https://www.amazon.com/Spooky-Haunted-House-Marian-Mattice/dp/B0FCSHJXQD?

This book is a Halloween holiday themed story reminiscent of the motif in The House That Jack Built. It uses a repetitive sentence pattern and storyline pattern that is perfect for emergent and beginning readers to read and reread to develop their reading fluency skills. It’s storyline deals with searching for your own comfortable place in the world and finding lasting friendships with others. It is amusing and entertaining, with a child friendly, non-threatening level of seasonal spookiness!

Good Daughtering: The Work You’ve Always Done, the Credit You’ve Never Gotten, and How to Finally Feel Like Enough by Allison M. Alford PhD

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https://www.amazon.com/Good-Daughtering-Always-Credit-Finally/dp/0063436426

A transformative look at the hidden work of all adult daughters who share the invisible load, from the eldest to the youngest, offering a fresh perspective on care, emotional resilience, and the power daughters have to shape healthier, more fulfilling family connections. For readers of both Susan Cain’s Quiet and Eve Rodsky’s Fair Play.

Daughters grow up believing their role in the family is simple: love your parents, help out when you can, and carry on the traditions that bind families together. But adulthood reveals a more complicated reality—one where women take on the invisible labor of emotional support, crisis management, and unspoken expectations that leave them feeling stretched thin and unseen.

So, what is “daughtering”? It’s the unpaid, invisible work women do to hold a family together—checking in, stepping up, and smoothing over—without ever considering its cost. In Good Daughtering, Dr. Allison M. Alford—a leading researcher in family communication—unpacks the untold story of adult daughters and the quiet, essential work they do. Drawing on years of groundbreaking research and personal interviews, she explores how societal expectations, gender roles, and generational dynamics shape the experiences of daughters in ways that are often misunderstood or overlooked.

Whether navigating generational expectations or balancing their own lives with the needs of their parents, Good Daughtering reveals the complexities of a role too often taken for granted. Daughters are the ones who do the planning and saving for their futures and those of their families, and support parents emotionally and practically as they age. This book speaks directly to eldest daughters who become family anchors, and the middle and youngest daughters who take on different, but no less important, obligations and responsibilities of being a good daughter. Using sharp insights, relatable stories, and actionable tools, Dr. Alford invites women to reflect on their relationships, recalibrate their roles, and reclaim joy in their lives.

Whether you’re paying the price for Eldest Daughter Syndrome or find yourself doing the work of caring for parents without recognition, it’s time to make your efforts visible and valued. More than a prescriptive guide, Good Daughtering is the long-overdue recognition of daughters who carry the weight in a family. It’s a roadmap for creating relationships that are not just functional but flourishing. This is the book every daughter deserves: an invitation to be seen, valued, and empowered in her role while honoring her own needs and desires.

About the author

Dr. Allison Alford is a researcher and author whose work brings visibility to the often-overlooked experiences of women—especially the family and social roles that tend to go unnoticed or underappreciated. Her current focus is on daughtering, a term she uses to describe the invisible labor and emotional work adult daughters provide in support and care of their families. Through her writing and speaking engagements, Dr. Alford shines a light on this powerful role, encouraging audiences to rethink what it means to be a woman in today’s world.

With a warm, relatable approach, she blends personal stories, academic insight, and cultural critique into compelling talks and essays that invite meaningful reflection. Learn more about her work and explore resources for adult daughters on her socials.

Antifragile Emotions: Build a Life That Gains from Disorder by Sidney Anderson Ph.D.

https://www.amazon.com/Antifragile-Emotions-Build-Gains-Disorder/dp/1971262005

In Antifragile Emotions, Sidney Anderson, Ph.D. applies the concept of antifragility to emotional life, offering a transformative approach to building emotional systems that grow stronger through difficulty. Moving beyond resilience, the author shows how to develop emotional capacity that doesn’t just withstand life’s challenges but thrives on them.

Traditional wellness advice emphasizes managing stress, processing trauma, and returning to baseline. But this approach creates fragility when life inevitably delivers loss, rejection, uncertainty, and failure. The antifragile emotional system uses controlled exposure to stressors, multiple sources of meaning, and systematic capacity building to extract value from difficulty rather than merely survive it.

Drawing on research into how people respond to major life disruptions, Antifragile Emotions reveals why some people emerge from difficulty genuinely stronger while others remain fragile. It examines the emotional barbell strategy, building redundancy, “skin in the game,” hormesis, and optionality. Readers will discover how to use anger as calibration, extract information from anxiety, build life structures with no single points of failure, and develop emotional range.

How’s My Driving?: Why Every Other Driver Doesn’t Seem To Have A Clue by Steve Dziadik

https://www.amazon.com/Hows-My-Driving-Driver-Doesnt/dp/B0CT6BGRLV

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How do YOU see your driving safety?

The primarily goal of this book is to encourage an increase in the level of defensive driving awareness for the reader. The author utilizes some of his family’s unfortunate driving experiences, wherever possible, for added emphasis. The benefit to the reader is an opportunity to feel the pain his family felt and learn from it.

His chapter on “Automobile Insurance 101” will break coverages down in a way that is palatable, as well as useful. Finding out AFTER a crash what protection should have been in place is tragic.

“Driving safely is no accident”. Understanding and practicing that phrase will result in a safer and happier commuting life for everyone!

About the author

Steve Dziadik has driven automobiles since a young age of 8 years old. He served in the U.S. Navy for 8 years in Nuclear Powered Submarines. He operated a commercial Nuclear Powered Electrical Generation Plant for 10 years followed by 20 years of training all of its licensed operators. He has sold Allstate Insurance for Home and Automobile coverages. He owned and operated a successful commercial driving school providing in-car training for thousands of Teenagers and Adults in proper safe and defensive driving techniques.