Hard Trauma

Ty Stone never wanted to be anything but a soldier. While in Afghanistan, an operation under his command goes horribly wrong, ending his military career. Ty is thrust back into civilian life, stuck working as a security guard at a truck stop. To make matters worse, he struggles every day with the demons that followed him home from the war. His new job is routine, even boring, until a young girl is abducted while he’s on duty.

What does it mean to be a man in the modern world? Throughout history, being a man has meant different things. Maybe being a man was about being a good hunter, or a good soldier, a good businessman, or maybe good with women. Hard Times Create Strong Men examines what it means to be a man in the modern world relative to money, sex, religion, and politics. This audiobook examines what worked and what doesn’t work based on proven history instead of feelings.

This program is read by the author. Congressman and retired Green Beret Mike Waltz shares how the mindset he honed in military service can help anyone—in politics, in business or in life—conquer everyday challenges. Up in the mountains of Afghanistan, one of Mike Waltz's snipers watched...

From a beloved Grammy-nominated musician, a "heartbreaking and funny" memoir of a poverty-stricken childhood, obsessive desires, and indispensable friendships that reflects on the way art and music and a deep connection to nature guided her journey towards stardom (Maggie Smith, NYT bestselling...

“Overcoming the Wall of Awful is not only endlessly validating, but epically empowering. This book needs to be in the hands of everyone who has ever failed at anything.” —Jessica McCabe, New York Times bestselling author of How to ADHD A groundbreaking, practical guide to accomplishing...

AFTER YOU LEAVE Why Leaving Toxic People Doesn’t Feel Like Freedom — and How to Stop Getting Pulled Back Leaving is supposed to be the hard part. You have the conversation. You block the number. You walk out the door. That’s the story we’re told. But what no one prepares you for is what happens next. The silence that doesn’t feel peaceful. The guilt that arrives uninvited. The mental noise that keeps replaying old conversations. The sudden urge to check in “just once.” The strange sense that the relationship is still happening — even though it’s over. After You Leave is ...

Entangled No More is a collection of inspiring stories from women who have survived traumatising, toxic relationships throughout their lives - and are now thriving! Each woman discovered the power of innate wisdom and emotional intelligence and burst forth like a phoenix from the ashes. By creating boundaries and raising their standards, they were able to break free and help other women and men to do the same. They have built their own empires and refuse to settle for anything less than they deserve ever again. As a united force, they are consciously and courageously changing generational ...

From an Edgar award-winning author comes the gripping and unexpected tale of a lost town and the dark secrets that lie beneath the glittering waters of an East Texas lake. Daniel Russell was only thirteen years old when his father tried to kill them both by driving their car into Moon Lake...

Praying the Proverbs: A Battle Strategy for Parents in Hard Seasons with Adult Children — a devotional for parents and grandparents walking through hard seasons with their adult children. When love is costly, boundaries are blurry, and hope feels thin, this book guides you day by day to pray Scripture, set holy limits, and keep your heart steady. Rooted in Proverbs and threaded through the whole Bible, these readings speak to addiction, estrangement, manipulation, idleness, sexual confusion, incarceration, and the ache of grandparenting in the gap—without shaming you or your child. What...

Wise, visceral essays on navigating pain, sex, trauma, spirituality, addiction, recovery, and grief from queer, neurodivergent trauma-resolution guide Jessica Graham In an unapologetic look at living well with trauma and chronic illness, writer and meditation teacher Jessica Graham offers smart...

This devotional is not for the strong. It’s for the crushed. When life breaks you—when the tears won’t stop, the healing won’t come, and the shame won’t lift—where is God? Hope for the Broken is a 30-day journey through the truth that God does not turn away from the shattered. He draws near. Written for those who have failed, grieved, lost, or simply can’t hold it together anymore, this devotional offers daily gospel-saturated encouragement from Scripture—each page filled with raw honesty, deep theology, and the unwavering truth that Christ meets us in the wreckage, not just...

Poetry is not a puzzle for experts. It is a human skill. If you can breathe, you already have the first instrument. Poems That Breathe is a practical field guide for readers and writers who want poems that feel alive on the tongue and honest on the page. It treats poetry as presence, not performance. You will learn how breath shapes line breaks, how silence gives meaning, and how to build poems that stay clear without becoming flat. This book trains you to write with grounded images, clean sound, and purpose that holds up even when no one is watching. It also helps you avoid the common ...

Gaia was groomed, abused and enslaved – but then she fought back Gaia Cooper is just 14 years old when she is groomed by a criminal gang and forced to commit organised credit card fraud. Despite being placed in care – somewhere Gaia should feel safe – she is left even more vulnerable, and...

Talking with an emotionally immature parent can feel exhausting in ways that are hard to explain to people who haven’t lived it. You may go into a conversation hoping for understanding, clarity, or even a neutral exchange—and leave feeling confused, dismissed, or quietly guilty for having spoken at all. You might replay the interaction afterward, wondering what you could have said differently, whether you asked for too much, or why something so simple became so draining. Over time, these experiences add up. Many adult children begin avoiding certain topics, editing themselves, or ...

Finding Comfort is a book about easing grief and trauma after unimaginable horrors - mass shootings, catastrophic natural disasters, and terrorist acts. Through personal recollections of responding to tragedy, combined with a practical application, Earl Johnson offers listeners the tools they need to seek support and offer it to those in need. The book walks through the life cycle of disaster care from the first hours and days to the years that follow.

Silvariah Frandelle, the famed “Miner Girl” who escaped certain death on Mars, wants nothing more than a stable life on Earth, free from the trauma of the past. Lazarus Penn stands in her way. No device or tactic is beneath him as he fights to take possession of her and everything that belongs to her. From the courts of Guam City, the tourist haven floating in space, to the depths of the sea, to the streets of Old Seattle, he sets forces in pursuit, both human and otherwise, to regain his power over her and take possession of her as is - he believes - his right.

Sie sind Außenseiter und kämpfen gegen Dämonen – nicht zuletzt ihre eigenen. Der erste Fall für Dora und Rado, Kriminalpolizei Reykjavík. Vom Oscar-nominierten Autor Jón Atli Jónasson. Als im Thingvellir-Nationalpark ein Teenager verschwindet, wird Polizistin Dora mit den Ermittlungen betraut. Eigentlich soll sie nur Schreibtischarbeit leisten, da sie mit den Folgen einer Hirnverletzung aus einem Einsatz kämpft. Aber die Kollegen sind mit einer riskanten Razzia in der Unterwelt beschäftigt. Dora zur Seite steht Rado, Sohn serbischer Einwanderer.