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by Jennifer Reed/ bookjunkiez | June 12, 2025 · 5:00 am

To Wash or Not to Wash Blitz

Clean, Dirty, or Just Confused?

The Hygiene & Beauty Dilemma You Didn’t Know You Had

Health & Beauty, Non-Fiction

Date Published: May 24, 2025

Are we too clean, not clean enough… or just making it all up as
we go?

You brush, rinse, scrub, shave, exfoliate, moisturize, pluck, dab, blot, and
maybe—just maybe—wonder if it’s all a bit much. Spoiler: It
might be.

In “To Wash or Not to Wash” – Clean, Dirty, or Just Confused? The Hygiene
& Beauty Dilemma You Didn’t Know You Had, author Andreas Baku takes
a hilariously honest, sometimes uncomfortable, and oddly enlightening journey
through modern hygiene and beauty habits. With entertaining humor and sharp
insight, he unpacks everything from deodorant dilemmas to skin-care
scams—and asks the ultimate question: Are we doing all this for health,
hygiene, and our beauty… or just for show?

What to Expect Inside:

– The truth about how often you should shower (and what you’re doing to
your poor skin)

– The razor reality: shaving myths, routines, and eco-friendly alternatives

– A breakdown of what we’re spending (and overspending) in the name of
“freshness”

– Deep dives into deodorant, face wash, anal hygiene (yes, we go there), and
beauty marketing madness

– Quizzes, checklists, cultural insights, and a whole lot of myth-busting

Smart, funny, and unfiltered, this book will make you laugh, cringe, question
your habits, and maybe rethink that 12-step “clean girl” routine.

Whether you’re hygiene-obsessed, beautifully indifferent, or somewhere
in between—this book is your permission to clean up smarter, not harder.

About the Author

Andreas Baku is a humor-driven, credit-card-surviving author who turns
everyday chaos into clever commentary. Best known for his entertaining yet
insightful takes on health, hygiene, and life’s messier corners, Andreas
believes personal care should come with fewer rules and a lot more laughter.

His latest book, To Wash or Not to Wash, was born from years of following his
daughter—and his wife—through beauty aisles like a lost puppy.
Watching them shop in a trance, testing serums like they were on a reality
game show, and casually racking up receipts longer than a CVS coupon list,
Andreas had a realization: it was time to write a book. Not just for the
overwashed or underwashed, but for the utterly confused.

Before this, Andreas tackled fast food culture with Fast Food Made Healthy and
Comida Rápida Hecha Saludable, empowering readers to enjoy their guilty
pleasures without the guilt. His writing blends smart research, practical
advice, and just the right amount of sarcasm—whether he’s debunking
skincare myths or helping you survive a drive-thru with your dignity intact.

Now in his early 50s, Andreas has embraced his second act as an author, using
his voice to demystify modern wellness, clean living, and the illusion of
perfection we’ve all been sold.

Follow his misadventures and musings on Facebook at andreas.baku.9, and
YouTube @andreasbaku891.

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Dancing with Darkness Blitz

Non Fiction, Healing

Date Published: April 26, 2025

DANCING WITH DARKNESS is a guide for healers, practitioners, leaders and
professionals who have been successfully supporting their clients finding
light whilst struggling with their own darkness. Too often, we forget our
own needs whilst helping others. This book, which combines personal
experiences, channeling and practical work, is a useful tool to help you
find the light, while dancing with your darkness.

About the Author

Taniya Hussain qualified as a Social Worker in 1991. She has been working
for Wandsworth Youth Justice Service Team since 1997. She also runs Taniya
Hussain Consulting offering Rapid Transformational Coaching to individuals
and Training and Consultancy to Public Sector Service Providers and Private
Sector Companies in identifying, preventing and overcoming onset of early
burnout.

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by Jennifer Reed/ bookjunkiez | March 25, 2025 · 5:00 am

The Bipolar Code Blitz

A Memoir of Unraveling, Navigating, and Empowering the Bipolar Mind

Personal Memoirs, Mental Health, Non Fiction

Date Published: March 25, 2025

Publisher: Elite Online Publishing

The Bipolar Code is a captivating memoir that invites readers to journey
through the highs and lows of living with bipolar disorder. With unflinching
authenticity, author Bob Stavnitski shares his triumphs and challenges,
offering a powerful exploration of resilience, family bonds, and personal
growth. Through his story, readers will find inspiration to embrace their
own vulnerabilities, navigate relationships, and discover the transformative
beauty within adversity. Join this expedition and uncover the strength of
the human spirit in the face of life’s complexities.

This book is dedicated to all of Bob’s family, loved ones, friends,
and caregivers, all the people whose lives time and again have been
interrupted by the calamities resulting from our bipolar disorder. Witnesses
to events they find hard to fathom happening right before their eyes in
their own homes. Those who find themselves repeatedly heartbroken, losing
sleep, and lost in a quandary over what to do and how to help their very
sick child, partner, sister, brother, or friend find their way through the
self-destructive and complicated web woven in their bipolar brains.

Buy the book today, experience the journey, and learn all about Bipolar
Bob.

About the Author

Bob Stavnitski experienced a seemingly idyllic childhood and enjoyed a
successful, frequently stand-out high school experience, anticipating a
career in government or diplomacy. Then suddenly, his string of successes
ended abruptly, and for a very long time. Unbeknownst to Bob, he would
experience major unchecked deepening bipolar depression for fifteen years.
He expressed his immediate reaction, “I’m not going to allow
mental illness to take the rest of my life away from me.”

Bob spares a little, candidly sharing the story. He is convinced there is
beauty, even brilliance, in the bipolar brain and soul that can enhance our
understanding of the world around us and allows bipolar individuals to
experience truth and beauty in the human condition that others with
“normal” brains miss out on. Bob believes that it is possible to
accomplish a sustainable comeback and make left-behind dreams become new
realities.

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by Jennifer Reed/ bookjunkiez | November 11, 2024 · 5:00 am

The Code Virtual Book Tour

The Secret Code Hidden In the English Language

Non-Fiction, Historical Biography

Date Published: October 2024

The Code is a fascinating exploration of history, linguistics, numerology
and philosophy that endeavors to explain the discovery of a secret code that
is hidden in the English language. After conducting extensive research and
hiring a statistician to independently test all of his work, the Codebreaker
came to the conclusion that the Code is not accidental, but intentional and
irrefutable. The existence of the Code is nothing short of life-changing and
the implications are monumental.

The Code tells the story of the discovery of the Code and presents
overwhelming evidence showing that there is a force at work – a force
that many call God. The ongoing narrative of the discovery is supplemented
with tables that demonstrate how particular historical events are related to
central historical figures. The book also contains brief histories of the
events and brief biographies of the people to give the reader some
historical background. Pictures highlight each section, bringing the
discovery of the Code to life. There are also statistics for significance,
for the probability of the results occurring randomly, and for tests of four
claims regarding the incredible propositions that the Codebreaker
makes.

The Code teaser

About the Author

David is The Codebreaker who has been cracking codes, ciphers and number
theories all his life. From writing the book, “The Mentalist
Code” which details his discovery of the identity of Red John in the
TV series The Mentalist to revealing the identity of real-life serial
killers, David has devoted his life to studying secret codes.

In addition, as an educator for the past twenty-four years, David continues
to develop theories about personal growth and development, which has led to
him writing parenting literature with his wife.

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by Jennifer Reed/ bookjunkiez | July 21, 2023 · 5:00 am

Sidelined No More Virtual Book Tour

Non-fiction

Date Published: 5/9/2023

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Are you the wife of a professional athlete or high-profile figure ? Are
your dreams on hold while you watch your husband live out his?

Sidelined No More discusses one of the greatest struggles of a wife married
to a high-profile professional athlete: losing her identity. When
she’s thrust into a world of fame, fortune, stress, and pressure, few
can relate to or comprehend it. A woman who was once strong, confident, and
sure of herself doesn’t even recognize who she sees in the mirror. Who
understands? Who can sympathize? Who even sees that there’s a woman
behind the shadows of her husband longing to be seen, uncertain of her
purpose, and doubtful of her worth? As a former NFL wife herself, author
Eileen Noyes will walk with you on a journey to get you out of the shadows
and truly living again.

“I see her. I can sympathize. I understand because I was her.”
—Eileen

• Find your true identity outside of being just “the wife
of…”

• Understand and live out the God-given purpose for which you are
destined.

• Find hope in the midst of your storm.

• Walk confidently with clarity, wisdom and strength in all seasons
that come with the game of professional sports.

EXCERPT

Yet, all that changed in one day when I bought my one-way ticket to Green Bay, Wisconsin. I left everything I knew to marry my NFL husband. Needless to say, this wasn’t easy for me. I went from sunny California to cold Wisconsin, from having my established community to knowing no one but my spouse, from 40-hour work weeks with daily interaction with hundreds of athletes to no work and no regular contact with anyone. This was not slowly or progressively, rather, all at once.
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Where do I fit in? Who do I hang out with? What do I do with my time? What is an NFL wife supposed to look like? Was I supposed to dress a certain way? Act a certain way? Who am I now? Was I supposed to be in the public eye like he was, or was I supposed to stay behind the scenes as his support system? Was I just along for his ride? Was I supposed to hide in his shadow as he lives out his calling? Was my identity only “the wife of…”?

About the Author

Author Eileen Noyes resides in California with her husband Michael and
eight of their 15 combined children. Eileen, formerly a part of the NFL
world for over nine years, has experienced the ups and downs of the
professional sports from entering in as a wife of an NFL high-profile figure
to exiting out of the game, prior to her public divorce and cult
involvement.

Through her first book, Sidelined No More, Eileen shares how she navigates
through her unique circumstances while in the public eye. God’s
powerful presence, healing and restoration throughout her journey is
displayed in her writing as well as contributes to her passion to help other
wives in professional sport and other high-profile relationships.

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