You Are What You Read – Take Control of Your Media, Take Back Your Mind

Do you ever feel drained by the endless flood of negative news?

? You Are What You Read is your practical, empowering guide to breaking free from media-induced stress and creating a news and social media experience that fuels your mind instead of exhausting it.

What You’ll Discover Inside:

? The Hidden Impact of Media – How your daily media diet shapes your thoughts, emotions, and mental well-being.?? Escaping the Negativity Trap – Why fear-driven headlines dominate the news—and how to stop them from hijacking your mindset.? A New Way to See the World – The power of solutions-focused journalism to shift your perspective from helplessness to hope.? Practical Tools for Change – Simple, science-backed strategies to curate a media diet that informs, uplifts, and empowers—without the overwhelm.

Why This Book Matters:

? Eye-Opening & Empowering – Understand the psychological effects of news and social media like never before.? Actionable & Achievable – Step-by-step guidance to take back control of your attention and mental clarity.? A Balanced Perspective – Replace anxiety with a stronger, healthier mindset rooted in awareness and optimism.

? Your thoughts are shaped by what you consume. Choose wisely. Start mastering your media and your mind today—click "Add to Cart" now! ?

The fascinating stories behind what have been rightly called the "hottest books on the planet": The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo, The Girl Who Played with Fire, and The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's NestThrough insightful commentary and revealing interviews, you will enter the unique world of Lisbeth Salander, Mikael Blomkvist---and of Stieg Larsson himself---discovering the fascinating real-life experiences and incidents involving Swedish politics, violence against women, and neo-Nazis that are at the heart of Larsson's work.John-Henri Holmberg, a Swedish author and close friend of Larsson for more than three decades, provides a unique insider's look into the secrets of the author's imaginative universe, his life, and his ideas for future books---including the mysterious "fourth book" in the series, which Larsson had started but not finished at the time of his death.Included within are answers to compelling questions on every Larsson fan's mind: · What makes the Lisbeth Salander character so unique and memorable? Why have so many people from all backgrounds and with all kinds of tastes found The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo so riveting?· What are the speculations---and what is the truth---about Stieg Larsson's tragic death at age fifty, just before the publication of his novels, and the bitter battle over his legacy?· What changes were made in the plots and translations of the novels after Larsson's death---and why?· How did Larsson's early interest in science fiction and American and British crime writers feed into his creation of the Millennium trilogy? · What were Larsson's ideas for the fourth book, and are there any clues to the plots he imagined for his ten-book series? Will we meet Lisbeth's twin sister, Camilla, or any of her other seven siblings that Zalachenko tells her she has? · Does Lisbeth Salander give feminism a new definition? · What will happen in the contentious battle between Stieg Larsson's life partner, Eva Gabrielsson, and his father and brother over the future of the books, as well as the billion dollars at stake in his legacy?· Who are the emerging Swedish crime writers we should pay attention to now?· And much, much more!

A true Vietnam War saga based on 50 interviews with veterans who were there and relatives of those who didn’t come home.Winner of the 2023 PenCraft Book of the Year Award for Best Nonfiction2024 Amazon Bestseller- History2024 Amazon #1 Bestseller- Vietnam War History“I served in Vietnam and reading Swift Sword is as close as you can get to reliving the terror of personal combat without actually being there.”- Larry D., Vietnam VeteranMonday, September 4, 1967…Eyes peeled and moving quietly, Lance Corporal Jack Swan led 164 of his fellow US Marines from Mike Company, 3rd Battalion, Fifth Marines over the face of a bare, rocky knoll deep in the Que Son Valley of South Vietnam. The men knew every step could be booby-trapped and the enemy might be hiding behind any bush. Carrying unreliable M16 rifles that often malfunctioned, their job was to rescue an isolated company of fellow leathernecks besieged by the Communist North Vietnamese Army.The sight of a serene, shrub-covered rice paddy greeted the Americans as they crested the knoll. “Too serene,” Swan thought as a bush quivered in the corner of his eye. “I think that bush just moved," he whispered to his squad leader. "If it moves again, shoot it!" The shrub moved, Swan fired, and the bush went down.Then, all hell broke loose…A hailstorm of rocket-propelled grenades, thundering mortars, and AK-47 machine-gun fire strafed the exposed men from all directions. The Marines of Mike Company had walked into an ambush laid by over 2,500 well-camouflaged North Vietnamese warriors.It seemed as if the Angel of Death was swooping down upon the Americans like a swift sword.Instead of rescuing their fellow comrades, the Marines now faced complete annihilation. Outnumbered, out-gunned, and exposed, there was nowhere to hide. Would any of them survive to see the setting sun?Read Swift Sword, a true Vietnam War story of epic courage and brotherhood in the face of insurmountable odds that will leave you on the edge of your seat.They never gave up. We should never forget.