Nonfiction

Overview: Outliers
What Success Looks Like Beneath the Surface Some stories about success are designed to comfort us: If you’re talented, if you hustle hard enough, you’ll rise. That story sells, because it flatters us into thinking we’re in control of every outcome. Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell strikes a different chord. It’s the book that pulls apart the myth of the lone genius, exposing the complex tangle of luck, legacy, absurd timing, hidden advantage, and (yes) work is always more intertwined than we ever want to admit.
By C. Ryan Shelton3 months ago in BookClub
The two books that helped me develop my spiritual side
My spiritual experience started in Seaside, Oregon, in October 2023. I walked into Beach Books. Extremely hungover, reconsidering my life as I walked around the store. Now I am sober, with this trip being the start of the turning point for me. Two books called to me that put me on my spiritual path. The first one, Shadow Magic: Unlocking the Whole Witch Within, by Nikki Van De Car. It had beautiful art that I couldn’t stop looking at. Then I saw one that strongly spoke to me, even though it had a plain cover. Proof of Heaven: A Neurosurgeon’s Journey into the Afterlife by Eben Alexander, M.D. Both of these books launched my growth.
By Kristine Franklin4 months ago in BookClub
Robert Downey Jr was once arrested after he was caught driving naked in his Porsche with cocaine, heroin, and a .357 magnum.
Robert Downey Jr.'s Infamous 2001 Arrest: The Porsche, Cocaine, and .357 Magnum Scandal Imagine a Hollywood star zooming down a dark road, naked behind the wheel of a sleek Porsche. That's the scene police faced in 2001 when they pulled over Robert Downey Jr. This arrest shocked fans and marked a deep low in his battle with addiction. It wasn't just drugs or a gun—it was a mix that screamed chaos.
By Story silver book 4 months ago in BookClub
The feel of the Unknown
As I prepare myself physically, spiritually and mentally for Epilpsy Awareness month this year, this month November 2025, for my book to press that button to self publish "Ease into Epilepsy part 1"
By Cryptic Edwards4 months ago in BookClub
You Don’t Need More Time — You Need AI Leverage
Introduction The Lie You’ve Been Telling Yourself Everybody says the same thing: > “I just need more time.” No, you don’t. You don’t need more time. You need more leverage.
By Keli Chris4 months ago in BookClub
AI Isn’t Coming for Your Job — It’s Coming for Your Speed
Introduction The Fear That Started It All Every few years, the world meets a new “threat” that’s supposedly going to take everyone’s jobs. It was automation in factories. Then it was computers. Then the internet. Now, it’s Artificial Intelligence.
By Keli Chris4 months ago in BookClub
The Kingdom of the Golden Veins
In an obscure medieval chronicle titled De Flamma Vitae, monks describe a northern realm where sunlight flowed like water — Corona.
By GoldenSpeech4 months ago in BookClub
Pocahontas
The Jamestown colony’s records mention her real name: Amonute, daughter of Chief Powhatan. She was known for speaking to the river as if it were alive. Settlers mocked it — until the river began changing course overnight, drowning their camps and uncovering bones they hadn’t buried properly.
By GoldenSpeech4 months ago in BookClub
Elsa
In the deep forests of Norway, there is an old legend whispered by hunters and priests alike — the story of Ingrid Eilertsen, known in church records from 1846 as “The Widow of Nordmarka.”
By GoldenSpeech4 months ago in BookClub
being twenty-something. Top Story - October 2025. Content Warning.
Before reading, please read the story linked below since it explains how I came across Dan Whitlam and his debut poetry collection.
By Alexandria Stanwyck4 months ago in BookClub
7 Impactful Nonfiction Books to Help You Live with More Peace and Purpose
Every year on October 10, World Mental Health Day reminds us that our minds deserve as much care as our bodies. Over the past few years, the global conversation around mental health has undergone a dramatic change, and for good reason. The World Health Organization reports that mental health conditions affect roughly one in seven people worldwide, with rates of stress, burnout, and anxiety continuing to jump up amid rapid change, economic uncertainty, constant digital noise, and societal pressure to “keep up.”
By Ana Chur4 months ago in BookClub
Wake up!. Content Warning.
You start opening your eyes, it's hard they seem stuck like your brain and body are not awkening together, but you know the day is starting, you have to get out of the bed, body is hurting from all the seizure activity happening in your sleep, nocturnal epileptic seizures and taking that Emgency medication last night because of the clustered seizures you really did not want to do but knew if you did not things could go very bad..
By Cryptic Edwards4 months ago in BookClub