{"id":12952,"date":"2025-12-30T20:27:08","date_gmt":"2025-12-30T09:57:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/?page_id=12952"},"modified":"2026-02-25T18:50:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-25T08:20:19","slug":"books-for-friends","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/vi\/books-for-friends\/","title":{"rendered":"Books for friends"},"content":{"rendered":"<style>\n\/* Books for friends \u2013 clean, readable, book-like, paper-toned *\/\n.qh-library{\n  max-width: 1100px;\n  margin: 0 auto;\n  padding: 12px 0;\n  color: inherit;\n  font-family: inherit;\n}\n\n\/* Intro text *\/\n.qh-intro{\n  max-width: 860px;\n  margin: 0 auto 24px;\n  font-size: 1.15rem;\n  line-height: 1.7;\n}\n\n\/* Section headings *\/\n.qh-section-title{\n  margin: 36px 0 16px;\n  font-size: 1.7rem;\n  line-height: 1.25;\n  letter-spacing: -0.01em;\n}\n\n\/* Grid layout *\/\n.qh-grid{\n  display: grid;\n  grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(260px, 1fr));\n  gap: 20px;\n}\n\n\/* Card container \u2013 subtle paper tone *\/\n.qh-card{\n  border: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.08);\n  border-radius: 16px;\n  padding: 18px;\n  background: linear-gradient(to bottom, #fbfaf7 0%, #f7f5f1 100%);\n  box-shadow:\n    0 8px 20px rgba(0,0,0,0.06),\n    inset 0 1px 0 rgba(255,255,255,0.6);\n}\n\n\/* Book cover *\/\n.qh-cover{\n  width: 100%;\n  max-width: 140px;\n  height: auto;\n  display: block;\n  margin: 8px auto 12px;\n  border-radius: 10px;\n  box-shadow: 0 10px 20px rgba(0,0,0,0.12);\n  object-fit: contain;\n}\n\n\/* Book title *\/\n.qh-title{\n  margin: 0 0 10px;\n  font-size: 1.22rem;\n  line-height: 1.25;\n}\n\n.qh-title a{\n  color: inherit;\n  text-decoration: none;\n}\n\n.qh-title a:hover{\n  text-decoration: underline;\n}\n\n\/* Main blurb *\/\n.qh-blurb{\n  margin: 0 0 14px;\n  font-size: 1.08rem;\n  line-height: 1.75;\n  opacity: 0.95;\n}\n\n\/* Best read if *\/\n.qh-best{\n  margin: 0 0 14px;\n  font-size: 0.98rem;\n  line-height: 1.6;\n  opacity: 0.75;\n}\n\n\/* Action buttons *\/\n.qh-actions{\n  display: flex;\n  flex-wrap: wrap;\n  gap: 10px;\n  margin-top: 8px;\n}\n\n.qh-btn{\n  display: inline-block;\n  padding: 12px 14px;\n  border-radius: 10px;\n  border: 1px solid rgba(0,0,0,0.16);\n  text-decoration: none;\n  font-size: 0.95rem;\n  line-height: 1;\n  background: rgba(0,0,0,0.03);\n  color: inherit;\n}\n\n.qh-btn:hover{\n  background: rgba(0,0,0,0.06);\n}\n\n\/* Large screen gentle scale *\/\n@media (min-width: 1200px){\n  .qh-library{\n    font-size: 1.05em;\n  }\n}\n\n\/* Mobile adjustments *\/\n@media (max-width: 480px){\n  .qh-intro{ font-size: 1.08rem; }\n  .qh-section-title{ font-size: 1.45rem; }\n  .qh-card{ padding: 16px; }\n  .qh-cover{ max-width: 125px; }\n}\n<\/style>\n\n<div class=\"qh-library\">\n\n  <div class=\"qh-intro\">\n    <p>\n      A small library of psychology (and a bit of fiction) for friends. Best read on a phone as EPUB. Take what helps, ignore what doesn\u2019t.\n    <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <h2 class=\"qh-section-title\">Non-fiction<\/h2>\n  <div class=\"qh-grid\">\n\n    <div class=\"qh-card\">\n      <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"qh-cover lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Colander-Principle-Kindle-2025-12-30-2.jpg?w=580&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Colander Principle cover\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\">\n      <h3 class=\"qh-title\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Colander-Principle-Kindle-2025-12-30-1.epub\">The Colander Principle<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n      <p class=\"qh-blurb\">\n        This is the opening chapter of a book currently being written. It introduces the central idea: new technology has eroded privacy whether you consent or not,\n        and being a boomer accelerates that in ways most people only notice after something important has slipped through.\n      <\/p>\n      <p class=\"qh-best\"><strong>Best read if\u2026<\/strong> you\u2019ve sensed that privacy ain&#8217;t what it used to be, but you haven\u2019t yet found language for it.<\/p>\n      <div class=\"qh-actions\">\n        <a class=\"qh-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-Colander-Principle-Kindle-2025-12-30-1.epub\" download>Download EPUB<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"qh-card\">\n      <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"qh-cover lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-collapse-of-knowledge-Kindle-2025-12-30-1.jpg?w=580&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The collapse of knowledge cover\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\">\n      <h3 class=\"qh-title\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-collapse-of-knowledge-Kindle-2025-12-30-2.epub\">The collapse of knowledge<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n      <p class=\"qh-blurb\">\n        We have more information than ever and less confidence in what to trust. A book for people who feel intelligent but increasingly unsure,\n        and want a way to think clearly without borrowing certainty from louder voices.\n      <\/p>\n      <p class=\"qh-best\"><strong>Best read if\u2026<\/strong> you\u2019re tired of hot takes, want your mind back, and would like a calmer relationship with what counts as \u201ctrue\u201d.<\/p>\n      <div class=\"qh-actions\">\n        <a class=\"qh-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-collapse-of-knowledge-Kindle-2025-12-30-2.epub\" download>Download EPUB<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"qh-card\">\n      <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"qh-cover lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Its-the-circumstances-Kindle-2025-10-22-1.jpg?w=580&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"It's the circumstances cover\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\">\n      <h3 class=\"qh-title\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Its-the-circumstances-Kindle-2025-10-22-1.epub\">It\u2019s the circumstances<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n      <p class=\"qh-blurb\">\n        Sometimes the problem isn\u2019t resilience, insight, or childhood, it\u2019s the situation you\u2019re trying to survive.\n        A grounded, slightly heretical take on depression that treats context as real and causal, not a footnote.\n      <\/p>\n      <p class=\"qh-best\"><strong>Best read if\u2026<\/strong> you suspect you\u2019re reacting normally to an abnormal set of demands, and you\u2019re done being blamed for it.<\/p>\n      <div class=\"qh-actions\">\n        <a class=\"qh-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Its-the-circumstances-Kindle-2025-10-22-1.epub\" download>Download EPUB<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"qh-card\">\n      <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"qh-cover lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Kindle-cover-via-Davo-04.jpg?w=580&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Misdiagnosed cover\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\">\n      <h3 class=\"qh-title\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Misdiagnosed-Kindle-2026-02-25.epub\">Misdiagnosed: When psychiatry mistakes neurodivergence for mental illness<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n      <p class=\"qh-blurb\">\n        Definitely not a putdown of the vast majority of psychiatrists, who are doing the best they can, but they are using candlelight tools in a neon world.\n      <\/p>\n      <p class=\"qh-best\"><strong>Best read if\u2026<\/strong> your psychiatrist is frustrated that you are not responding to treatment in the way the DSM expects you to.<\/p>\n      <div class=\"qh-actions\">\n        <a class=\"qh-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Misdiagnosed-Kindle-2026-02-25.epub\" download>Download EPUB<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"qh-card\">\n      <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"qh-cover lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-augmented-psychologist-Kindle-2025-12-03-1.jpg?w=580&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"The Augmented Psychologist cover\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\">\n      <h3 class=\"qh-title\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-augmented-psychologist-Kindle-2025-12-03-1.epub\">The Augmented Psychologist<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n      <p class=\"qh-blurb\">\n        Technology doesn\u2019t replace the human parts of psychology, it pressurises them.\n        For clinicians and thoughtful clients who want to work with AI without outsourcing judgment, ethics, or responsibility.\n      <\/p>\n      <p class=\"qh-best\"><strong>Best read if\u2026<\/strong> you\u2019re curious about AI, but you\u2019d like to stay human on purpose.<\/p>\n      <div class=\"qh-actions\">\n        <a class=\"qh-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/The-augmented-psychologist-Kindle-2025-12-03-1.epub\" download>Download EPUB<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"qh-card\">\n      <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"qh-cover lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Youre-not-imagining-it-it-IS-this-weird-Kindle-2025-10-22-1.jpg?w=580&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"You're not imagining it, it IS this weird cover\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\">\n      <h3 class=\"qh-title\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Youre-not-imagining-it-it-IS-this-weird-Kindle-2025-10-22-1.epub\">You\u2019re not imagining it, it IS this weird<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n      <p class=\"qh-blurb\">\n        If modern life feels subtly hostile to your nervous system, you\u2019re not alone, and you\u2019re not weak.\n        A grounded companion for people tired of being told to optimise themselves out of exhaustion.\n      <\/p>\n      <p class=\"qh-best\"><strong>Best read if\u2026<\/strong> you feel like a \u201cfunctional adult\u201d on paper but privately exhausted by the whole arrangement.<\/p>\n      <div class=\"qh-actions\">\n        <a class=\"qh-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Youre-not-imagining-it-it-IS-this-weird-Kindle-2025-10-22-1.epub\" download>Download EPUB<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"qh-card\">\n      <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"qh-cover lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Embracing-neurodiversity-Kindle-2025-02-11-2.jpg?w=580&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Embracing neurodiversity cover\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\">\n      <h3 class=\"qh-title\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Embracing-neurodiversity-Kindle-2025-02-11-2.epub\">Embracing neurodiversity<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n      <p class=\"qh-blurb\">\n        For people who have spent years adapting, masking, and self-correcting without knowing why it costs so much.\n        Relief from deficit thinking, without turning your personality into pathology.\n      <\/p>\n      <p class=\"qh-best\"><strong>Best read if\u2026<\/strong> you\u2019re tired of being treated like a problem to be fixed, and want a kinder, sharper framework.<\/p>\n      <div class=\"qh-actions\">\n        <a class=\"qh-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Embracing-neurodiversity-Kindle-2025-02-11-2.epub\" download>Download EPUB<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"qh-card\">\n      <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"qh-cover lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Understanding-AuDHD-Kindle-2025-08-11-2.jpg?w=580&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Understanding AuDHD cover\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\">\n      <h3 class=\"qh-title\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Understanding-AuDHD-Kindle-2025-08-11-2.epub\">Understanding AuDHD<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n      <p class=\"qh-blurb\">\n        Autism and ADHD together can look like contradiction: too much and not enough, all at once.\n        A clear map for adults who were missed, misread, or told for decades to try harder.\n      <\/p>\n      <p class=\"qh-best\"><strong>Best read if\u2026<\/strong> you relate to both autism and ADHD explanations, but neither has ever felt like the whole story.<\/p>\n      <div class=\"qh-actions\">\n        <a class=\"qh-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Understanding-AuDHD-Kindle-2025-08-11-2.epub\" download>Download EPUB<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"qh-card\">\n      <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"qh-cover lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Living-with-Bipolar-II-Kindle-2024-10-31-2.jpg?w=580&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Living with Bipolar II cover\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\">\n      <h3 class=\"qh-title\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Living-with-Bipolar-II-Kindle-2024-10-31-2.epub\">Living with Bipolar II<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n      <p class=\"qh-blurb\">\n        Bipolar II is often mistaken for temperament, personality, or poor self-control.\n        Clear, steady guidance for recognising patterns early and building stability without flattening your inner life.\n      <\/p>\n      <p class=\"qh-best\"><strong>Best read if\u2026<\/strong> your mood shifts are disruptive, but subtle enough that people dismiss them, including you.<\/p>\n      <div class=\"qh-actions\">\n        <a class=\"qh-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Living-with-Bipolar-II-Kindle-2024-10-31-2.epub\" download>Download EPUB<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"qh-card\">\n      <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"qh-cover lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/How-to-build-successful-relationships-Kindle-2025-02-03-2.jpg?w=580&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"How to build successful relationships cover\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\">\n      <h3 class=\"qh-title\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/How-to-build-successful-relationships-Kindle-2025-02-03-2.epub\">How to build successful relationships<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n      <p class=\"qh-blurb\">\n        Relationships don\u2019t collapse because people don\u2019t care, they collapse under unspoken pressure.\n        Practical psychology for real relationships, especially when stress, culture, and fatigue are already in the room.\n      <\/p>\n      <p class=\"qh-best\"><strong>Best read if\u2026<\/strong> you want closeness that survives real life, not just holidays and good intentions.<\/p>\n      <div class=\"qh-actions\">\n        <a class=\"qh-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/How-to-build-successful-relationships-Kindle-2025-02-03-2.epub\" download>Download EPUB<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n  <h2 class=\"qh-section-title\">The Expat Psychologist novels<\/h2>\n\n  <div class=\"qh-intro\">\n    <p>\n      These novels follow the mental unravelling of a sixty-something Australian expat psychologist living in \u0110\u00e0 L\u1ea1t.\n      They trace what happens when professional insight meets nervous system collapse, memory fracture, and the slow erosion of certainty.\n      Any resemblance to lived experience is, of course, entirely coincidental.\n      A third book, <em>Return<\/em>, is planned for the very near future.\n    <\/p>\n  <\/div>\n\n  <div class=\"qh-grid\">\n\n    <div class=\"qh-card\">\n      <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"qh-cover lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Memory-Kindle-2025-12-14-1.jpg?w=580&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Memory cover\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\">\n      <h3 class=\"qh-title\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Memory-Kindle-2025-12-14-1.epub\">Memory<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n      <p class=\"qh-blurb\">\n        After collapse, memory stops behaving politely. It loops, intrudes, vanishes at the wrong time, and returns without permission.\n        A psychological novel about what survives after rupture, and how the past keeps rewriting the present.\n      <\/p>\n      <p class=\"qh-best\"><strong>Best read if\u2026<\/strong> you\u2019re drawn to stories where the real antagonist is the mind trying to protect itself.<\/p>\n      <div class=\"qh-actions\">\n        <a class=\"qh-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Memory-Kindle-2025-12-14-1.epub\" download>Download EPUB<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n    <div class=\"qh-card\">\n      <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"qh-cover lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Fracture-Kindle-2025-12-14-1.jpg?w=580&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Fracture cover\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\">\n      <h3 class=\"qh-title\">\n        <a href=\"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Fracture-Kindle-2025-12-14-1.epub\">Fracture<\/a>\n      <\/h3>\n      <p class=\"qh-blurb\">\n        Fracture is what happens before anyone admits something is broken.\n        A psychological novel about slow collapse, professional identity, and the moment insight proves powerless against a body that has reached its limit.\n      <\/p>\n      <p class=\"qh-best\"><strong>Best read if\u2026<\/strong> you prefer your breakdowns gradual, believable, and quietly terrifying.<\/p>\n      <div class=\"qh-actions\">\n        <a class=\"qh-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/leehopkins.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Fracture-Kindle-2025-12-14-1.epub\" download>Download EPUB<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n  <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong>Paperbacks<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you want paperback copies of any of these books, you can find me on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/stores\/Lee-Hopkins\/author\/B085DDR844\/allbooks?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_3&amp;qid=1767135120&amp;sr=8-3&amp;shoppingPortalEnabled=true&amp;ccs_id=34aa0534-9ec5-4d4f-b86e-89c4dbe0c966\">Amazon<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am tracking down a POD (Print On Demand) supplier here in VN so you don\u2019t have hassles with VN Customs. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Translation apps have reportedly dramatically improved recently, but judging by Google Translate on my phone, Vietnamese is still a big stretch. I\u2019m going to ask Claude, Davo, and Gemini to have a crack at a chapter from one of the books and Huong will see how they deal with long-form writing. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A small library of psychology (and a bit of fiction) for friends. Best read on a phone as EPUB. Take what helps, ignore what doesn\u2019t. Non-fiction The Colander Principle This is the opening chapter of a book currently being written. 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