Psychological

New to the job and with everything to prove, Crown Prosecution Service lawyer Eve Wren is working on the biggest UK trial in decades. Notorious cult leader Patrick Nye and his followers, known as The Seven, are pleading not guilty to detonating a bomb in a London theatre. Patrick might be charming on the stand, but Eve knows that the evidence never lies. The trial has already started when Eve discovers a piece of evidence that calls the whole case into question.

Teaching nine-year-olds on Zoom. A relationship interrupted by enforced distance. A teenaged son who cannot leave the house. Anna McCormick is already struggling to cope with the unwanted twists 2020 has served up. But when an unstamped envelope arrives overnight, her past begins to cast its own long shadow on the present. With an uncaring government compounding her woes and a hostile threat drawing closer, Anna must dig deep to keep hope alive for herself and those around her.

The phone rings. It's your daughter. She's been dead for four months. So begins East Texas police dispatcher Ian Hunt's fight to get his daughter back. The call is cut off by the man who snatched her from her bedroom seven years ago, and a basic description of the kidnapper is all Ian has to go on.

Haunted by a past trauma, Cathy yearns for sanctuary away from city life. She finds it with her boyfriend Alfie, at Blacksheep Farm, a haven in the Peaks of Derbyshire. But their peace is blighted by Bertha, the cold-hearted matriarch of Alfie’s family, who is hell-bent on keeping control of the farm—and her children. When a collection of hidden portraits is found by Alfie, Cathy is drawn to their mysterious beauty and embarks on a quest to return them to their owner. But her journey threatens to unearth long-buried secrets and tear her new life apart.

There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.

La vida no es fácil en un college de Nueva Inglaterra si eres un chico modesto y falto de afecto que llega de California, y Richard Papen lo sabe; por eso agradece que lo admitan en un pequeño grupo de cinco estudiantes capitaneados por un profesor de literatura clásica con mucho carisma y pocos escrúpulos.

Fabiola has spent her life being good. The perfect daughter to her single father. A supportive wife to her entrepreneurial husband, who’s throwing everything they have at launching his start-up. A devoted mother to her three beautiful children. And a loyal best friend to Liz, who's been by Fabiola's side since Liz married her oldest childhood friend, Peter. When Liz needs help starting her own family, Fabiola comes up with the perfect plan. She’s good at being pregnant, and she so badly wants to help her friend. It seems like the greatest gift one woman can give another.

There is something about the number 3. The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two. Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes. Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore themes and literary avenues that classic authors were so adept at creating.

Sul giovane Tarare se ne dicono tante. Pare che abbia divorato ogni sorta di creatura: oggetti, animali, perfino una bambina. Ma lasciamo a lui l’onere...

"Au moment où s’ouvre ce livre, je romps une promesse. Lorsque je l’ai faite, c’est idiot, j’étais sûre que je la tiendrais. Enfin, idiot, je ne sais pas. La moindre des choses, quand on fait une promesse, n’est-ce pas d’y croire ?" Que s’est-il passé avec son compagnon pour que la romancière Claire Lancel doive se défendre devant un tribunal ? Au fil du récit, elle raconte comment elle s’est peu à peu laissé entraîner dans une histoire faite de manipulations et de mensonges.

Tomás Nevinson, marito di Berta Isla, cede alla tentazione di tornare nei servizi segreti dopo esserne uscito: gli viene proposto di andare in una città del nord-ovest della Spagna per identificare una persona che dieci anni prima aveva preso parte ad alcuni attentati dell'Ira e dell'Eta. Siamo nel 1997. L'incarico reca la firma del suo ambiguo ex capo Bertram Tupra, che già in precedenza, grazie a un inganno, aveva condizionato la sua vita.

Literary forger Henry Slader, assaulted and presumed dead by his longtime nemesis, Will, awakens in a shallow grave, suffocating in dirt. Concussed and disoriented, Slader exhumes himself and sets out to exact revenge on his rival, orchestrate Will's downfall, and make a fortune along the way—armed with a devastating secret about Will's past. Slader quickly draws in Will's daughter, Nicole, wielding his threats against her father to blackmail her into forging inscriptions by such authors as Poe, Hemingway, James Joyce, and Gertrude Stein.

Trying to accept her mother's belief that the women of the Towne family are blessed, not cursed, with supernatural abilities, twenty-seven-year old Alice leaves a disapproving Boston husband to housesit for the summer in tiny Hawthorne, a historic village famous in the 1800s for its peppermint farms and the large, herbal-essence distilleries that flourished around the Massachusetts township. She settles into a beautiful old home with a tragic reputation.

Three Lives was written in 1905/06 and published in 1909 at the author’s expense. The work consists of three independent novellas: The Good Anna, Melanctha, and The Gentle Lena. Each of the titular characters lives in Bridgepoint, a fictional town based on Baltimore.

O potencial de todas as crianças é determinado por seu número Q. Uma pontuação alta dá acesso às melhores escolas e a um futuro brilhante. Aquelas que não obtêm a nota mínima são enviadas para um internato, sem muita perspectiva de vida. O objetivo é construir uma sociedade melhor: custos baixíssimos para o governo, professores dedicados a classes separadas por desempenho e pais felizes por verem os filhos convivendo com seus iguais.

Jake, once a rising star in the literary world, is now a man on the edge of madness. Now, the characters he created—once confined to the pages of his stories—are haunting his every waking moment. Victor Black, the cold-blooded villain. The Butcher, pure evil incarnate. Eliza Nightshade, deadly and seductive. The eerie Twins, laughing in the shadows. And Mr. Snuggles, the sarcastic talking cat, now a chilling figure of Jake's spiraling mind, stalking him with yellow eyes and a grin that promises terror.

Die wahre Freiheit steckt in dir Eine Frau, Ende 30, führt ein ganz normales Leben, als sie ganz plötzlich eine Panikattacke im Zug erleidet. Auf einmal ist die Angst allgegenwärtig: überfällt sie im Supermarkt, auf der Autobahn, während der Arbeit und im Restaurant. Mit Hilfe einer Therapie erkennt sie, dass sie viel zu lange wichtige Entscheidungen vermieden hat. Nach und nach lernt sie, ihre alten Muster zu durchbrechen, für sich und ihre Überzeugungen einzustehen.

Leadership is a skill that requires both knowledge and experience, and in "Building Your Leadership Toolbox...: Tools for Success", celebrated author John Wandolowski provides an invaluable resource for new and aspiring leaders. This audiobook, brought to life by the engaging narration of Sonny Swinhart and Allen Donnelly, is your step-by-step guide to mastering the art of leadership during the critical early stages of your career.

Tailor's sins are laid bare in a nightmarish prison of her own making. Once a woman of power and control, she now lies confined in a glass casket, buried alive and left to suffer a fate worse than death. But this is no accident. Her husband, Charlie, orchestrates her slow, torturous demise as punishment for the lies, betrayals, and murder that tore their lives apart. There is no escape, no mercy, only the endless terror of being consumed alive.

Desde el pensamiento de un niño de nueve años, pasando por las etapas de su adolescencia y adultez, en el libro se intercalan las narraciones que muestran parte de la transcripción que ese niño hizo de un cuaderno anónimo encontrado en un albergue para maestros en un lugar ficticio. "

A man discovers that the dead have awareness and are tethered to their body for a year after they die, so he begins a frantic activism to try and convince the world to stop burying their loved ones.

Gwen wants to see the beauty in the moment of death. For that, people have to die... It was an experiment, that was all. Kill one person to see how it felt. See the beauty that must be in the moment of death. See if it filled the void within her. The hollow. It didn't. Nor did it the next time. Or the next. Gwen is an ordinary person. Wife to Amanda. Mother to Grace and Alexandra. Suddenly, she is no longer ordinary as she finds herself battling her urges and demons before she hurts those closest to her. But is it already too late?

Pete Corbin sought escape on the open water, hoping to leave his troubles behind. But as the shores of St. Croix fade into the horizon, he finds himself trapped in a nightmare far more terrifying than anything he could have imagined. "Albatross" is a gripping psychological thriller that blurs the lines between sanity and delusion, guilt and innocence.

Matthew Liu sees his parents gunned down on a lonely Sydney backstreet. A young woman, the killer, stares him in the face before fleeing the scene. When the police arrive, all they find is the discarded gun. Detective Inspector Paul Harrigan's unit is pitched into a high-profile investigation with little to go on. Who is the young woman? How can she have vanished into thin air? When DC Grace Riordan follows up a connection between one of the victims and a termination clinic, pieces start to fall into place, but Grace is forced to confront some personal demons.

Meet Benji, Jeshiem, and Hunxie—three biracial young adults navigating a world that constantly questions their identity. Each character's journey of self-discovery and resilience highlights the complexities of being mixed race in a divided world. Through their struggles, triumphs, and the search for belonging, they challenge societal norms and redefine what it means to find a place where they truly belong.