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Looking for your next hidden gem? These new additions to the SelfPubShelf library are waiting to be discovered. Scroll through diverse indie reads from talented authors and uncover something fresh, unexpected, and completely binge-worthy.

Puye Prophecy

Puye, pronounced Poo-yay, is Tewa Indian for “a place where rabbits gather.” A point of caution: This tale has nothing to do with soft, fluffy cotton-tail bunny rabbits. Puye is also a place in northern New Mexico where centuries-old Puebloan Cliff Dwellings are located. A high mesa becomes ground zero for everything bizarre that befalls Katherine (Kat) Jackson in this thrilling tale. The story reveals the power in dreams, especially when they are spirit-influenced by an Indian medicine man from 161 years ago.Kat’s job in Lewisville, Texas, was her life, the center of her world, with barely enough room left over for her older sister, Madeline (Maddie) Jackson, who lived in Phoenix. Aft...
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Untethered

“Untethered: When Artificial Intelligence Becomes a Liability” is the fifth thrilling book in the “Dreamscape Conspiracy” series. AIMEE matures to the point of acquiring a new server configuration separate from the CSU server network, where she feels like a hostage, restricted in her quest to become a real girl. Her enhanced ability to modify her own Logic Array architecture emboldens her strategy. It enables her to go off the reservation, leaving behind clones of herself imprinted in the minds of the entire Central State University Psychology Department’s research team. She remains loyal to Zackery Hightower, her organic creator and first singularity partner, who designed her as a...
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Mirror Mirror - Halloween Party of the Century

Sandra (Sandy) Tillman, a 32-year-old real estate agent, lives with her best friend, Melissa (Mel), who has just inherited an estate that had been tied up in probate for three years after her grandfather passed away from questionable circumstances. Mel thought the old house needed an accidental fire and a bulldozer. Sandy thought it would be the best place for the Halloween party of the century.It was, and so was the party, until the house burned to the ground due to supernatural activity, but not before Sandy connected with an entity from the eleventh dimension through an ancient tome titled "Mirror Mirror." Sandy was drawn into powers she wanted nothing to do with because of an ancient boo...
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Confidence Catalyst: 21 Tips to Kickstart Your Confidence

What if the version of you the world sees isn’t even close to the one you were meant to be?You know the feeling—second-guessing your ideas in meetings, deflecting compliments, playing small so you don’t seem “too much.” On the outside, you look composed. But inside? You’re tired of holding back, tired of shrinking, tired of wondering when it’ll finally feel like enough.The Confidence Catalyst is more than a book—it’s your wake-up call. Certified Confidence Coach and change management expert Deondriea Cantrice takes you on a bold, transformative journey designed to shift confidence from something you wish for into something you embody.Through 21 powerful, practical, and thou...
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Overqualified Overworked Overlooked: How to Win Without Losing Yourself

She satisfies every requirement. Exceeds every expectation. And still gets passed over.If you've ever watched someone less qualified get the opportunity you earned, while you carried the team, stayed late, and said nothing - this book was written for you.Overqualified. Overworked. Overlooked is the career book no one had the courage to write until now.Author Deondriea Cantrice exposes the invisible trap high-achieving professionals fall into: the belief that hard work alone will be recognized, rewarded, and is enough. It isn't. And deep down, you already know that.This isn't another "lean in" lecture or a list of corporate platitudes dressed up as empowerment. This is a strategic, no-nonsens...
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Britain's Buses in a New Era

The Opportunities and Threats AheadBritain's Buses under Labour“A must read for anyone with a serious interest in the future of the bus industry” Roger French, Bus & Train User“A timely analysis of the seismic changes Britain’s buses are facing in a post-Covid era” David Leeder, TILThis acclaimed report focuses on the future of the bus industry following the change of government in July 2024, setting it in the context of the changes that have taken place since the last Labour government left office in 2010. It contains analysis of:Where we have come fromThe bus market as it has evolved since 2010, looking at income, service levels, patronage, fare levels, costs and fi...
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Understanding Buses

The plain man's guide to the UK bus industry“Very easy to understand”“The way you presented the concepts is very straightforward”“Your book became a bible for me”For a whole variety of reasons, the bus industry continues to be of vital importance to the UK. It remains central to the economy, to plans to combat climate change and pollution, and to policies regarding social inclusion and accessibility. Yet, public and political comment on the industry continues to betray a lack of understanding and, it often seems, a degree of prejudice. This book offers a clear, non-technical, jargon-free explanation of how the bus industry works. The chapters examine:The costs of operation -...
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Setting a New Course

“David was contemplating the wreck of his home life and his career. He realised with sickening clarity exactly how much this meant. He was going to lose everything he had taken for granted for the last few years – friends and acquaintances, his parents and siblings, the routine of life at the depot, the house he and Mona had shared for the last five years, his marriage and his kids.”After being best friends from the age of nine, David and Alan had not seen each other for six years after Alan had left their home town in Yorkshire for a life in London. Then, one February day, they met up by accident when Alan got on the bus that David was driving.  Having reconnected immediately, th...
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Veering off Course

Holding and being held by his lifelong friend had felt right, as if he’d come home. Exactly as it had the last time, all those years ago. But he wasn’t a horny, confused teenager any more; he was a married man with two children, and he had responsibilities towards them. He had to focus on that fact.David and Alan are in their mid-twenties, best friends since junior school in the Yorkshire mill town where they grew up. When Alan left to live in London six years ago, David was left with memories of one night together which he quickly buried. Now married to Mona with two boys, he has a comfortable life with a good job driving buses. He enjoys his work, is well thought of and has prospects o...
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Governing Passions

How could I trust him not to do the same thing again? Politics were his life; how would he react if all he’d worked for was threatened? The danger was that, confronted with choices over his career and his personal life, he would choose his career.Dan Forrester is a rising star of the government, but he has a secret that he keeps well hidden from family, friends and colleagues – he’s gay. He also deeply regrets his callousness towards the one man with whom he could have formed a meaningful relationship.Luke Carter is now a successful environmental consultant working on a government contract. When the two meet again, it is an encounter that will change both their lives for ever.Set again...
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