A contemporary age-gap romance featuring forbidden attraction and the fake engagement trope with a messy, modern twist—for fans of Elsie Silver and Tessa Bailey.Next month, Sloane Holbrook is marrying her best friend. Last night, she slept with his father.It was an accident though—and her engagement to Rob Murphy is completely fake. The plan was to get married and keep up appearances just long enough for Rob to obtain his inheritance. Rob isn’t out to his f...

The Field Care ChainA Practical Guide to Tactical Combat Casualty Care, MARCH Assessment, Hemorrhage Control, Evacuation, and HandoffBy Manalo DuboisTrauma care under pressure is rarely lost because someone forgot that bleeding matters. It is lost in the gaps: the wound that was never reassessed after movement, the change in breathing nobody said out loud, the tourniquet time that vanished during handoff, the casualty who became cold while everyone focused on the dra...

The Stress MarginA Practical System for Managing Pressure, Protecting Recovery, and Preventing BurnoutBy Manalo DuboisYou can have a normal workday and still feel completely used up by 6 p.m.Nothing catastrophic happened. The deadlines were ordinary. The meetings were ordinary. Yet your shoulders are tight, your attention is gone, and the evening you meant to enjoy has turned into two hours of scrolling, half-finished chores, and one last email answered from ...

Reconnaissance Without Blind SpotsMilitary Scouting, Surveillance, Sensors, Human Intelligence, Analysis, Reporting, and Counter-ReconnaissanceBy Manalo DuboisA map can be accurate and still be wrong for today.A satellite image can be sharp and already be stale.A trusted human source can tell the truth about what they saw and still be wrong about what it means.That is the central problem of reconnaissance: the world keeps moving while people a...

Counterintelligence at WorkA Practical Guide to Espionage Detection, Insider Risk, Operational Security, Cyber Defense, and Incident ResponseBy Manalo DuboisA sensitive file rarely walks out the door wearing a black hat.It leaves through ordinary work: a contractor with access nobody reviewed, an old vendor account, a shared folder that never expired, a conference conversation that reveals one detail too many, a calendar that quietly advertises a confidential...

Close Quarters, Clear ExitA Civilian Guide to Self-Protection in Hallways, Stairwells, Elevators, Vehicles, and Crowded RoomsMost self-defense advice quietly assumes you have room.Room to step back. Room to reset. Room to see what is coming. Room to choose a stance and think through your next move.Real life is often less polite.A tense encounter may unfold in a stairwell, a bus aisle, an elevator, a restaurant entrance, a narrow hallway, or beside a c...

The Information Resilience Field GuidePractical Defensive Cybersecurity, Verification, Incident Response, and Narrative DefenseClearer judgment starts here.A practical, human-centered guide for people who need to recognize information threats, verify what matters, and respond without feeding panic.Written for team leads, small organizations, civic groups, and thoughtful readers who need usable defensive habits, The Information Resilience Field Guide replaces v...

Basic Accounting: Service Business Study Guide is designed as a reference material in introductory accounting that can be used by readers, especially students, taking basic accounting for service business.Presentations and discussions of various accounting concepts and frameworks are simplified to provide the reader with an initial working knowledge on the different steps of the accounting cycle for a service business.Emphasis is given to various accounting concepts, at the...

On the historic occasion of the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) in 2007, the leaders of the ten-member countries signed the ASEAN Charter. This is an important milestone for the regional group as the Charter will make ASEAN stronger, more united and more effective. The Charter embodies the ASEAN community's purposes and principles, organs and decision-making process; a new legal personality; a system for the settlement of disputes; and...

RAVES ABOUT THE BOOK ONE ACCORD AN INSPIRATIONAL BOOK OF BIBLE PROMISES BY PROFESSIONAL EDUCATORSONE ACCORD is practical but steeped on spiritual strength that should keep us going penned by Ronald Jay Blassingame Ph.D., Terrence Vaughn, Cristina Manalo Vaughn and Felipe Cofreros holds us in accord to loop up when the going gets rough and tough. Amidst the cares and vicissitudes of earthly life, we need a book that reminds us to transcend what is here and now. We need a book that s...

Counting My Blessingsby Pons B. ManaloWhen Pons B. Manalo was attending a retreat or any session, everyone was always asking for him to share his life. On these occasions, oftentimes attendees and other relatives of Helen were pushing him to write a book about himself. He had no intention of summarizing his life story, however an Arabian student who was boarding in his house pushed him hard, saying that many people will benefit from it.Manalo then realized that mayb...

Everyday worship practices—from praying the rosary to moments of recognizing the beauty of God's creation, from being moved by the power of music to praying Vespers on an iPad—not only take place at different locations and during different days of the week but also dynamically interact with one another. The Liturgy of Life examines the interrelationship between the practice of Sunday Eucharist and the many nonofficial worship practices that mark the everyday lives of Christians who continu...