An urgent, enlightening and empowering guide to disavowing diet culture and learning to make peace with our bodies, from body confidence and anti-diet advocate, Alex Light.When we look in the mirror, so many of us see a ‘before’ picture: the miserable person in the side-by-side shot waiting for the ‘glow-up’ (read: weight loss) that will bring true happiness. But it’s not our fault that we see our bodies as projects in need of constant work: this is just one of the...

A fun, flirty teen debut from Wattpad phenom Alex Light about a fake relationship and real love.It’s been years since seventeen-year-old Becca Hart believed in true love. But when her former best friend teases her for not having had a boyfriend, Becca impulsively pretends she’s been secretly seeing someone.Brett Wells has it all. As captain of the football team and one of the most popular guys in his school, he should have no problem finding someone to date...

The snark and instant chemistry of Better Than the Movies meets the indulgent summer fun and family hijinks of The Summer of Broken Rules in this compulsively readable rom-com from Alex Light, author of The Upside of Falling.Jackie Myers is a fraud. Or she might be a genius—the jury’s still out.The thing is, she secretly runs pleasebreakmyheart, a gone-viral account aimed at breaking hearts and ending relationships…. And ...

The Bhagavad Gita is one of the world's central spiritual and philosophical texts, presenting a profound dialogue on duty, inner conflict, and the search for truth. Set on the battlefield of Kurukshetra, the story begins with the warrior Arjuna collapsing in despair as he faces a war he cannot bring himself to fight. In this moment of crisis, his charioteer Krishna reveals that he is far more than a guide on the battlefield. Through calm, patient instruction, Krishna leads Arjuna into a sw...

This foundational political and economic work by Karl Marx examines the hidden mechanics of capitalism by exposing the unequal relationship between workers and those who own production. It reveals how labor is turned into a commodity, bought at its lowest possible cost while the value it creates is taken as profit by others. What appears on the surface as a fair exchange of wages is shown instead as a system built on imbalance, dependence, and quiet exploitation.Ma...

This foundational political work by Vladimir Lenin examines the true nature of the state and its role as an instrument of class power rather than a neutral force serving all people equally. Challenging comforting ideas about government, law, and democracy, it argues that the state exists primarily to protect the interests of the ruling class and to suppress those beneath it. What appears as order and stability is revealed as controlled force shaped by economic domination.Lenin trac...

In the quiet farming country of Victorian England, a strong-minded young woman inherits a large farm and resolves to manage it herself, determined to prove that she needs no man to control her future. Intelligent, proud, and fiercely independent, she quickly becomes the center of attention in a close rural community where reputation, tradition, and desire carry immense weight. Three very different men are drawn into her life: a loyal shepherd whose devotion is steady and silent, a bold and...

This powerful social novel by Charles Dickens follows the life of a gentle orphan born into poverty and cruelty in the harsh underworld of nineteenth-century London. Raised in workhouses where hunger, neglect, and injustice are everyday realities, the boy clings to innocence and quiet courage in a world determined to harden him. His simple request for kindness becomes an act of rebellion in a system built on punishment and indifference.Cast into the shadows of the city, he is drawn...

This deeply moving coming-of-age novel by Charles Dickens follows the life of a sensitive boy born into hardship and shaped by loss, cruelty, and neglect. Torn from childhood security and forced into harsh schools and grueling labor, he learns early about betrayal, injustice, and loneliness. Yet beneath the suffering grows a steady resilience and a longing for a life guided by kindness, purpose, and self-respect.As he matures, his journey unfolds through a vivid wo...

This heartwarming novel by Eleanor H. Porter follows the arrival of a spirited young orphan who enters a gloomy household and quietly begins to change every life she touches. Armed with unwavering optimism and a simple belief that there is always something to be glad about, she meets cold discipline, rigid rules, and emotional distance with kindness, humor, and unshakable hope. What first appears to be naïve cheerfulness slowly reveals itself as a powerful force for transformation....

This chilling science-fiction masterpiece by H. G. Wells begins with strange flashes in the night sky and the quiet arrival of mysterious objects from beyond Earth. What first seems like a scientific curiosity quickly turns into a nightmare as towering machines emerge and unleash unimaginable destruction upon the helpless population. Cities burn, civilizations crumble, and the familiar world collapses under the weight of an intelligence far beyond human power.As panic spreads and s...

This chilling science-fiction masterpiece by H. G. Wells begins with strange flashes in the night sky and the quiet arrival of mysterious objects from beyond Earth. What first seems like a scientific curiosity quickly turns into a nightmare as towering machines emerge and unleash unimaginable destruction upon the helpless population. Cities burn, civilizations crumble, and the familiar world collapses under the weight of an intelligence far beyond human power.As pa...