Spread Game: The Federal Prison Cookbook:

100+ Microwave Masterpieces from the Commissary List

The realest cookbook ever written — because it had to be.

In 2013, Justin Smith was indicted on a federal drug conspiracy charge. He served five years. This book is what he built with them.

Inside a federal housing unit, the chow hall keeps you alive — but the microwave keeps you human. SPREAD GAME is the complete cuisine of the American federal prison system: 103 tested recipes made entirely from commissary items and a single microwave, compiled with real BOP commissary lists and organized the way a cook thinks, not the way the order form prints.

Inside you'll find:

• The master commissary list, decoded — the federal pantry by category with real prices, plus the $60 starter pantry

• Technique that changes everything — hot-water-bath cooking, the chip-bag cooker, micro-frying, the cookie-tray bakery, the mayo sear

• The Spread — the communal build-out meal, from The Standard to the eight-man Birthday Spread

• The legendary Mackerel Patty Sandwich — the exact recipe that fed all of B Unit, and the sandwich-business playbook that came with it

• No-oven desserts that defy belief — two full cheesecake builds, cookie-tray brownies, two-minute fudge, and the Visitation Cake

• A full-page photo for every single recipe — 103 dishes shot in the gritty, mouthwatering style of the yard

Written in a voice as real as the yard and clean enough to gift, SPREAD GAME is for currently and formerly incarcerated cooks, the families who fill their commissary accounts, true-crime readers, dorm-room chefs, and anyone who's ever had to make something from nothing.

You don't need an oven. You need a microwave, a list, and the game.

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Spread Game: The Federal Prison Cookbook

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ELARA: Based on True Events How Losing Herself Became the Road Back Home

 “A haunting story of rescue, survival, and the moment a woman begins to remember who she was before the world renamed her.” Based on true events, Elara is the story of a woman rescued in Miami Beach after years of losing herself to survival, duty, and the belief that sacrifice was the only way to love her family. Told through the voice of Michael Evans, Elara follows one unforgettable night of rescue and the long road that follows, from Dr. Chen’s office in Florida to a safe house in Washington, D.C. Along the way, Elara begins to tell the truth about North Korea, China, America, and the quiet ways a person can disappear long before anyone notices. Created as part of a mother-daughter healing project for women and girls, Elara is accompanied by a 90-minute cinematic story experience featuring narration by Michael Evans, voices and music from Asian performing artists, and the emotional figure skating of Polina Korobova. Featuring voices and music by: Dia (Performing Artist, South Korea); Seunghee (Performing Artist, South Korea); Kim’s Note Family (Performing Artist, South Korea); Ruby (Performing Artist, Vietnam); and the emotional figure skating of Polina Korobova (Figure Skater, Ukraine). With contributions by Brian Fitzgibbons, a nationally renowned missing person investigator who has dedicated his life to finding and rescuing missing girls alongside Michael Evans through Kingsman, their charitable private security and intelligence contracting organization. With real-world guidance from Eunhee Park, North Korean defector and author of The Courage to Die, and Zhang Miaomiao, Voice Artist, China, this project grows from the mission that built a community of more than 3 million female subscribers through The REAL Matrix Reloaded: A Map for Escaping the Prison You Can’t See. FOR EVERY WOMAN WHO BECAME WHAT OTHERS NEEDED AND FORGOT WHO SHE WAS, ELARA IS THE ROAD BACK HOME.

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She Pirate's GOLD - The Vision

    

She Pirate's GOLD - The Vision

She Pirate’s GOLD – The Vision is a powerful true story that blends emotional transformation, real-world treasure hunting, and spiritual mystery into a cinematic journey unlike anything else in the market. After losing everything dear to her and watching her life collapse under the weight of heartbreak and psychological strain, Diana Patterson experiences a vivid vision of a ship at sea so real it refuses to let her go. With no plan, little money, and nothing left to lose, she follows an invisible thread of intuition from Michigan to the Caribbean, where a series of uncanny clues pulls her into the dangerous world of sailboat deliveries, shipwreck diving, and ultimately the historic discovery of Mel Fisher’s Spanish galleon treasure, the Nuestra Señora de Atocha. But beneath the maritime adventure lies a far deeper story. This is not simply about finding gold—it is about proving that the visions we carry inside us may be guiding us toward a destiny larger than ourselves. Combining the emotional awakening of Wild and Eat Pray Love with the cinematic scope of a true treasure-hunting epic, She Pirate’s GOLD – The Vision explores intuition, identity, survival, feminine transformation, and the hidden forces that shape our lives. Visually rich, emotionally raw, and spiritually provocative, it reads like a memoir written at the intersection of The Alchemist, National Treasure, and a real-life Caribbean odyssey.

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She Pirate's GOLD - The Vision

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The Ego Wears a Safety Vest : A Dialogue Between Fear and Peace

    

The Ego Wears a Safety Vest :

A Dialogue Between Fear and Peace

What if the loudest voice in your head is not your enemy — but an old protector who has never learned that the war is over?

The Ego Wears a Safety Vest – A Dialogue Between Fear and Peace is a warm, honest, and deeply human book about the inner voice that judges, defends, worries, compares, and keeps careful records of every hurt we have ever experienced. Written as a dialogue between the part of us that is tired, skeptical, wounded, and afraid — and a quieter voice of peace — this book gently explores why we suffer, why guilt feels so convincing, why criticism hurts so much, why conflicts repeat themselves, and why forgiveness is often misunderstood. With humor, clarity, and emotional depth, Jürgen Rosenthal invites readers to look at the Ego not as an enemy, but as a protection system that once made sense — and may now be ready to soften. This is not a book of quick fixes or spiritual clichés. It does not ask you to deny pain, excuse harmful behavior, or force forgiveness before you are ready. Instead, it offers a compassionate path toward greater self-understanding, inner freedom, and a different way of seeing yourself, others, and the world. For anyone who has ever felt trapped in old patterns, exhausted by inner conflict, or ready to stop fighting with themselves, this book offers a quiet but powerful invitation: You do not have to silence the noise in your mind. But you can begin to understand who is making it. And that changes everything.

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God Exists! 50 Profound Proofs

  

God Exists! 50 Profound Proofs

By Matthew Armstrong

Is God real? Was the world created with purpose? And can faith be supported by what can be seen, studied, and understood?

For anyone who has ever looked at the world and wondered how it all came to be, Matthew Armstrong’s - God Exists! 50 Profound Proofs offers a thoughtful and faith-filled place to begin. This is not simply a book about arguments or religious claims. It is an invitation to pause, look closer, and consider whether creation, Scripture, human life, history, and eternity may be pointing toward a greater truth that has been present all along.

Who would have wondered how the world came into existence, whether life has a divine purpose, and whether God’s presence can be recognized through the patterns of creation and Scripture? With fifty focused chapters, the book guides readers through a wide range of reflections, from the creation of the world and the prophetic nature of the Bible to the life of Yeshua, the survival of Israel, the wonder of the human body, and the promise of eternity.

The appeal of personal conviction where Matthew approaches each topic with the belief that faith is not separate from observation. The world itself becomes part of the conversation. The movement of the universe, the complexity of the human body, the endurance of biblical prophecy, and the message of Christ are presented as reasons for readers to pause, think, and consider what these signs may reveal.

For seekers, skeptics, and believers alike, God Exists! 50 Profound Proofs may feel like a strengthening companion in a noisy world where faith is often questioned. For seekers, it may serve as a door into deeper reflection. For readers who enjoy theology and Christian apologetics, the book offers a structured journey through ideas that connect belief with evidence, history, and spiritual meaning.

The heart of the book is not only proof, but awakening. It encourages readers to look beyond daily distractions and ask whether creation, Scripture, and life itself are pointing toward something eternal. That makes Armstrong’s work especially fitting for anyone drawn to books that challenge the mind while speaking to the soul.

For anyone standing at the edge of doubt, curiosity, or quiet spiritual questioning, God Exists! 50 Profound Proofs offers more than a list of arguments. It opens a path toward reflection, inviting readers to look at creation, Scripture, history, and life itself with renewed attention—and perhaps find their hearts stirred by the possibility that God has been present all along.

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Resolution in the Fog

  

 

Resolution in the Fog

Resolution in the Fog is a novel set in Japan and Taiwan, following a narrator and two companions named Mariko through Zen, Tai Chi, music, cities, relationships, and loss shaped by attention and timing.

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