Books

What if surviving Big Tech’s power imbalance requires the same mindset as surviving a blizzard on Mount Rainier, or resisting indoctrination as a POW? Surviving Spring Break on the Mountain: The Power of Experiential Education weaves together SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape) lessons, software ethics, climbing expeditions, and centuries‑old navigation wisdom to show how you can stay principled, sharp, and intact when the system around you isn’t. Through gripping real‑world stories and hard‑earned insight, this book gives you a practical path to doing what’s right, and helping others do the same.

"Brooklyn Book" ➕ "Brooklyn Lynn"= "Brooklyn Book Lynn" ?Word Count: 8️⃣,5️⃣9️⃣3️⃣

My letters from 1️⃣9️⃣9️⃣6️⃣.A total of 4️⃣1️⃣3️⃣3️⃣ words.I loved New York City.? ?

A Cray Research veteran teaches you how pioneers handled overwhelming complexity: pattern recognition anticipating Midway, systems thinking inventing magnetic core memory. Experience from one domain, applied in a new way, shaped supercomputing. These same skills (pattern recognition, cross-domain connections, different perspectives) form the foundation of modern Artificial Intelligence.

These are my journal entries from 1️⃣9️⃣9️⃣5️⃣.This super-short piece has 4️⃣,3️⃣1️⃣6️⃣ words.Thank you for taking time to read my work! ?

¿Y si la familia que te sostiene no es de sangre, sino de risas y secretos? 'Mis amigas y yo' te sumerge en un viaje auténtico y 100% real por el universo de la amistad. Romina Barone comparte anécdotas desopilantes e inolvidables que te harán reír a carcajadas y reflexionar sobre esos lazos que curan, y también los que duelen.Descubre la lealtad extrema, los secretos compartidos y la complicidad que solo las verdaderas amigas entienden. Este libro es un homenaje genuino, honesto y lleno de corazón a esas mujeres poderosas y únicas que se convierten en tu apoyo y refugio emocional.Prepárate para reír, emocionarte y quizás… ¡soltar una lágrima! Porque la amistad es eso y mucho más: un vínculo inquebrantable que te transforma. ¿Estás lista para celebrar a tu propia tribu y descubrir el verdadero significado de la familia que se elige?"

20 years. 550+ blog posts. Countless lessons learned. This book distills two decades of writing into 20 short, lived-in reflections—each with a quote, a story, and a prompt to help you see how it might shape your own work and life.

“This old man, he played three 3️⃣He played knick-knack on my knee ?With a knick-knack, patty-whack,give your dog a bone ?This old man came rolling home.” ? Word Count: 2️⃣,3️⃣2️⃣3️⃣

What if your final shot was all you had left? Born in the tribal highlands of Pakistan, Qamar Abbas never had privilege — only persistence. From sipping chai under flickering hostel lights to fighting betrayal, debt, and jail time, The Last Pitch is not just a startup story. It’s a raw, fearless journey through the real battlefield of entrepreneurship. No Silicon Valley. No funding fairy tales. Just grit, blood, belief — and one last pitch that might change everything. This isn’t motivation.This is survival.And this is your front-row seat.

Make Showers Great Again!!! ? ? ?This short piece has 2️⃣,7️⃣9️⃣2️⃣ words.

#UmbreleDinKandahar 2012, Kandahar — un teren unde viața și moartea dansează la un pas distanță.O floare ofilită, o explozie devastatoare, și umbrele celor care nu s-au mai întors.Dincolo de uniformă, o poveste despre frică, curaj și speranță.Ești gata să vezi ce rămâne după furtună?

The author documents his trip to the corners of his home country after a difficult period in his life. Besides the journal, the book provides useful travel tips and information about topics such as photography.

This is about a horrific hospital / medical experience that took place many years ago. This piece is personal to me, as it remembers and records a very painful time in my life. This title contains images (my own and those I found in the public domain where I added color and made other edits) and has 4️⃣,8️⃣8️⃣4️⃣ words. PLEASE SCROLL DOWN. I'VE GOT LOTS OF LINKS BELOW❗❗❗

These are journal entries from 1994. This piece has 4️⃣,5️⃣9️⃣5️⃣ words.

This is a combination piece and includes these previously self-published titles:Chapter 01: “My Arrival to New York City”Chapter 02: “My First Night in New York City”Chapter 03: “My Early Days in New York City”Chapter 04: “My Early Years in New York City”Chapter 05: “My Adjustment to Life in New York”This document is 51 typed pages in Microsoft Word ? and has 10,828 words.