Bøker av Ben Simon Lazarus

Money brings power. Power brings success. Show us your wealth or shove off. These were the rules of the haves versus have nots society Victoria Allen grew up in. What happens when the spoils no longer cut it? Mothermare takes us into the dark place where bitterness grows. A bitterness that is born not of a life without want but a life without fulfillment. Victoria Allen knows that the untold riches of her childhood will never cover the scars of pain and neglect. The scars that reveal themselves as a deep, powerful resentment toward her mother. The scars that will lead to a choice to abandon the supposed safety and security of her affluent upbringing. The scars sparked a rebellion, urging her to become a mother herself as she decides to raise her daughter in a poverty-stricken household. Victoria's seemingly noble decision quickly goes awry, leading to chaos as she embarks on her journey of motherhood. This mothercare nightmare, Mothermare, is a story of determination, tragedy, and the invaluable lessons learned about life, family, and the impacts of classism.

Yossi, with the help of the Hamantashen Hero, learns the importance of helping others

Once upon a time, in a strange, savage land, there lived a famous actress. In this absurd country, called the United States of America, nothing was based in reality. This performer was not much different from others in her field, as she was narcissistic and self-absorbed, but her trauma-filled past allowed her to bring something else to the table. This woman was fed by her own instability like a dog is fed by the chicken you left out on the kitchen counter. This actress was eventually swept to power by the upside-down nature of this nation's inhabitants. Winning her bid for the presidency, this budding politician quickly got the hang of governing, if "governing" means hallucinating her advisors and putting her own needs above the needs of the very people who elected her. While her deteriorating mental state might have helped her become a star, it's not box office numbers that are on the line... but nuclear codes. Now that she's in the Oval Office rather than a casting office, things a bit more... serious, to say the least.Intrigue breeds stardom! Stardom breeds influence! Influence breeds stardom... again! And stardom breeds power! If you pay attention to politics at all, then you know how all of these are intertwined. With our 24-hour news cycle, politics are about entertainment now. Our votes aren't based on policy, but on what we see on TV or on our social media feed. The economy isn't about money like it used to be. Now it's more like the spin of a wheel on a game show. Foreign policy used to be about diplomacy, right? Now, it's the plot of an action movie (and not even a good one). Elections aren't even politics, they're awards shows - and the speeches are worse! This book gets all that, but it dives even deeper. While politics may be entertainment, there's still a psychology to it. Sure, it's terrifying to delve into these haunted minds that run our country, there's not denying that what you'll find is hilarious. It's stomach-churningly hilarious, but hilarious, nonetheless. If you got this far, then you can at least start this book. If anything, it can at least fill that gap on your bookshelf (or in your list of ebooks). Buy it or steal it from the library today!

It is a perfect world. Happy. Efficient. Productive. Compliant. Jayden Carter is content to be a model citizen in this vision of utopia, a world where the state has total control. Work is everything. Life has never been better.But when Item 101 falls from the sky and into Jayden''s neat little backyard it brings the knowledge of another way of life. Item 101 has the power to change everything for Jayden''s society, and uncover the regime''s deepest, darkest secrets. It lands with an impact that shakes Jayden''s beliefs in the regime. If the impact were to be heard across the world it would rock society to its core. Jayden holds a new and dangerous power in his hands. A power so seductive that could destroy the utopia he has worked so hard to maintain and unravel the very fabric of his society. Does he expose the government''s darkest secrets, and release the secrets revealed by Item 101, secrets that the regime is oppressing? Or does Jayden withhold the revelations found in Item 101, denying his society the knowledge that could bring true happiness. Jayden knows he must keep the knowledge secret or risk triggering an uprising and invite the chaos its discovery will bring.In this dystopian fiction novel we discover what is important to society, to an individual, and what it means to be alive.