Psychological

For 18 years, Jude Farraday has put her children’s needs above her own, and it shows - her twins, Mia and Zach, are bright and happy teenagers....

There are three rules Brooke Sullivan must follow as a new nurse practitioner at a men’s maximum-security prison: 1) Treat all prisoners with respect. 2) Never reveal any personal information. 3) Never EVER become too friendly with the inmates....

Eve has a good life. She wakes up each day, kisses her husband Nate, and heads off to teach math at the local high school. All is as it should be. Except… Last year, Caseham High was rocked by a scandal involving a student-teacher affair, with one student, Addie, at its center.

From Colleen Hoover, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of It Ends With Us, comes a moving and haunting novel of family, love, and the power of the truth....

Medical student Amy Brenner is spending the night on a locked psychiatric ward. Amy has been dreading her evening working on Ward D, the hospital’s inpatient mental health unit....

Once an aristocrat in the heady days of pre-revolutionary France, now Lestat is a rockstar in the demonic, shimmering 1980s....

Emma, Aiden and Gina stand on the brink of a new life. After the trauma of Aiden’s abduction and return, they are slowly healing and returning to a fragile normality....

Joanne knows how lucky she is—Richard is a wonderful husband, Evie is the most gorgeous baby girl, they live in a beautiful house—life couldn't be better....

Sir James Harrison was one of the greatest actors of his generation. But, when he passes away at the age of ninety-five, he leaves behind more than just a heartbroken family. He leaves a secret so shocking, so devastating that it could rock the English establishment to its very core . . .

Three years ago Toni's five-year-old daughter, Evie, disappeared after leaving school. The police have never been able to find her. There were no witnesses, no CCTV, no trace....

This is the day my life changes forever. It started so normally. The alarm went at 7am. My husband made bacon and pancakes for me and our seven-year-old daughter, the kitchen full of chatter and laughter. He gave me a quick kiss, told me he loved me, grabbed his wallet, and rushed off to work.

Seven years ago, six-year-old Maisie Earnshaw was found facedown in a duck pond, her body mutilated. Isabel - at age 14, found covered in Maisie's blood - was convicted of murder....

When single mother Darcy’s son falls from a rope bridge at a local playground, life stands still....

The first glimpse of the sea on Marine Drive filled my heart, if not my head. I turned away from the red shadow....

It was The Magic Mountain (Der Zauberberg) that confirmed Thomas Mann as a Nobel prizewinner for literature and rightly so, for it is undoubtedly one of the great novels of the 20th century....

You think you know the truth about the people you love. But one discovery can change everything....

Kate Bennett vanished from a parking lot eleven years ago, leaving behind her husband and young daughter. When she shows up at a Montana gas station, clutching an infant and screaming for help, investigators believe she may have been abducted by a cult....

All she wanted was the truth, but she'll wish she never found out....

Matt and Liz may have retired from the police, but that doesn't guarantee a quiet life. A deserted building. A face in the window. A face that shouldn't be there....

Suzi did a bad thing. She’s paying for it now, pregnant, scared, and living in an isolated cottage with her jealous husband, Nick. When Nora moves into the only house nearby, Suzi is delighted to have a friend. So much so that she’s almost tempted to tell Nora her terrible secret....

Tara Logan adores her perfect little family: husband, Noah, and two children, teenager Rosie and 11-year-old Spencer. But her happiness is shattered when she wakes in her neighbour Lee Jacobs' bed....

Christy Ward is the lead producer of Hindsight, a true crime podcast, and she has stumbled across an unresolved triple murder case that will make the perfect next feature....

No-one knows Holly's secret, or where she lives. She has left the past behind. So why does she feel as though she's in terrible danger? Find out....

Ulysses is regarded by many as the single most important novel of the 20th century....

At times stern, at other times patient, at times perceptive, at other times in sad denial, Olive Kitteridge, a retired schoolteacher, deplores the changes in her little town of Crosby, Maine, and in the world at large, but she doesn’t always recognize the changes in those around her....

When newly engaged Sidney is out on a date with her fiance, she runs into an old flame, Cole, and his girlfriend. Initially, Sidney resists when Cole invites them to join his table, but when the couples hit it off, she sets aside her reservations.

Sechs Astronauten schweben in einer Raumstation durchs All. Den Planeten Erde umkreisen sie in 90 Minuten, sechzehnmal in 24 Stunden. Die zwei Frauen und vier Männer aus ganz unterschiedlichen Nationen arbeiten, essen und schlafen auf engstem Raum – und doch ist alles losgelöst vom Alltag, Schwerkraft und Zeitempfinden sind außer Kraft gesetzt. Was passiert, wenn man seine Heimat nur aus weiter Ferne durch ein kleines Fenster sieht? Wie verändern sich Denken und Fühlen?

A dazzling novel about one young woman’s summer of infinite possibility . . .

Crime and Punishment tells the story of Rodion Raskolnikov, an ex-student who plans to murder a pawnbroker to test his theory of personality. Having accomplished the deed, Raskolnikov struggles with mental anguish while trying to both avoid the consequences and hide his guilt from his friends and family.

Overcome with grief at her husband’s death, Lady Franklin, an eligible young widow, unburdens herself to Leadbitter–a gallant, hard-bitten ex-soldier who has invested his savings in the car he drives for hire–as he takes her on a series of journeys. He in turn beguiles her with stories of his non-existent wife and children, drawing her out of her self-absorption and weaving a dream-life with Lady Franklin at its heart.

This is the day my life changes forever. It started so normally. The alarm went at 7am. My husband made bacon and pancakes for me and our seven-year-old daughter, the kitchen full of chatter and laughter. He gave me a quick kiss, told me he loved me, grabbed his wallet, and rushed off to work. Just an ordinary day. Until I get the call from the school. It was Tom’s turn to pick up our daughter. He must be held up for some reason. I find Tom’s phone under our bed. Now I know there’s something seriously wrong. I scroll through his messages. A text sent late last night: I KNOW EVERYTHING.

La historia se centra en un experimento macabro: la hipnosis aplicada a Valdemar, un hombre al borde de la muerte. En este estado, Valdemar queda suspendido entre la vida y la muerte, comunicándose en una voz espeluznante desde el umbral de la existencia. Este relato desafía los límites de la ciencia y lo sobrenatural, llevando al lector a un viaje por lo desconocido. La tensión crece hasta un clímax estremecedor, donde la realidad y lo inimaginable se entrecruzan con consecuencias aterradoras.

Serena Indigo has the perfect life. A handsome husband, a beautiful daughter, a gated home, and a rewarding career as a physician, specializing in obstetrics and gynecology. She's helped hundreds of people complete their families, which means all that more to her considering the lengths she went through for her own child. She even has a private practice with her best friend, Parker Sully, who is easy on the eyes and kinder on the soul.

"A Country Doctor" is a short story written in 1917 by Franz Kafka. It was first published in the collection of short stories of the same title. In the story, a country doctor makes an emergency visit to a sick patient on a winter night. The doctor faces absurd, surreal predicaments that pull him along and finally doom him. A Country Doctor is perhaps Kafka's most fantastical or surreal work. It takes its cue from Gothic literature – it has echoes of Edgar Allan Poe and Nathaniel Hawthorne – and analysing and identifying the core 'meaning' of the story has proved tricky

Eine magische Reise zu sich selbst Maëlle, die Finanzchefin eines Start-ups, hat keine Zeit für Träume. Doch ihr durchgetaktetes Leben wird jäh unterbrochen, als ihre beste Freundin sie um einen riesigen Gefallen bittet, eine Angelegenheit von Leben und Tod. Widerwillig nimmt Maëlle den Auftrag an. Die Reise führt sie nach Nepal, wo die Besteigung der Annapurna zu einer wahren Initiation wird. Angeleitet durch einen spirituellen Mentor, gelingt es Maëlle, sich auf die Situation einzulassen und ihre Perspektive zu verändern.

In a fusion of past and present, Catherine’s world spirals into chaos when a mysterious childhood memory unveils haunting recollections of a life she never lived. The mesmerising saga of Merwynn, a defiant 9th-century Saxon ensnared in Viking intrigue, beckons from deep within her psyche. Every revelation from Merwynn’s era sends ripples through Catherine’s existence as she grapples with the weight of their entwined destinies.

Nightmare on Elm Street meets Tuck Everlasting in this psychological thriller with a spicy and hauntingly romantic twist. A girl falls in love with the man in her nightmares.

Ci viene incontro come un io, e ci racconta di sé, di un'infanzia dentro le soffici spire di una famiglia agiata, della pratica della menzogna come sofisticata strategia di salvezza, di un'adolescenza che si riconosce nelle notti alcoliche, nel precipizio di sentimenti non governati, nel rabbioso esercizio della violenza.

En Seúl, una mujer asiste a clases de griego antiguo. Su profesor le pide que lea en voz alta pero ella permanece en silencio; ha perdido la capacidad del lenguaje, así como a su madre y la custodia de un hijo de ocho años. Su única esperanza de recuperar el habla es mediante el aprendizaje de una lengua muerta. Con una belleza inusitada, las voces íntimas de estos dos protagonistas se intercalan y se cruzan en un momento de desesperación. ¿Será posible que encuentren en el otro el modo de salvarse, que la oscuridad dé paso a la luz y el silencio a la palabra?

Tiene frente a su cámara fotográfica a la interna del manicomio Modesta Burgos, una mujer que le parece familiar. Sobre el banquillo de los locos, ella posa con sorpresiva altivez. Joaquín Buitrago no demora mucho en recordarla, es una de las mujeres del burdel La Modernidad a la que había retratado años antes. Ahora, desposeída de todo, aún conserva el imán que lo atrae.Obsesionado por su historia, busca hacerse de su expediente médico, «debe haber algo más en el silencio de su vida», se dice el fotógrafo.

Würdest du für deinen Mann alles riskieren? Auch wenn du wüsstest, dass er etwas Furchtbares getan hat?Lara hat scheinbar alles, was sie sich je wünschen könnte. Ihr Ehemann Massimo verehrt sie nachdem seine erste Ehe wegen seines Kinderwunsches in die Brüche ging.

Between repairing boat engines and caring for her teenage daughter, Irena Fishbone is always on the run. Still owed ten years child support by her ex-husband, she’s made her own way and built a thriving business. But when she and her ex join a shipboard celebration with a close-knit group of old high school friends, she’s furious when the stubborn man refuses to wear a lifejacket and the two of them are swept away by a rogue wave.

Aqui, temos dois contos de Insônia (1947), de Graciliano Ramos: o que dá origem ao nome do livro e versa sobre um homem que não consegue dormir à noite e divaga acerca de suas dúvidas sobre si e o mundo; e "Ciúmes", sobre Zulmira, uma dona de casa comum que descobre ser traída pelo marido, um tipo bonachão aparentemente inofensivo, mas o qual se entrega aos prazeres de uma prostituta de baixo meretrício. A vingança de Zulmira é descontar sua raiva no filho pequeno e "pecar" por pensamento.

"Mr. Perfectionist" is a compelling novel that explores the life of a man who has always strived to be the best in everything he does. From his academic pursuits to his professional career and personal relationships, he has always been driven by a need to excel and be perfect. As he faces his inner demons and struggles to find balance in his life, he discovers that perfection is not the key to happiness. Through his journey of self-discovery, he learns to embrace imperfection, accept his flaws, and live a more fulfilling life.

Konstanze, Ehefrau, Mutter, Angestellte und Tochter - in der Mitte des Lebens angekommen, unzufrieden, überlastet, ausgebrannt...verlorene Träume, vernachlässigtes inneres Kind. Die Suche nach der eigenen Identität einer Frau mittleren Alters beginnt. Mit der Unzufriedenheit als Motor und dem Wunsch tief im Inneren eine längst verlorene Leichtigkeit wieder zu finden. Eingespannt in ihre Aufgaben, erdrückt von Bedürftigkeiten ihrer Familie und ihres Chefs, dazu überfordert von ihren eigenen Erwartungen an sich selbst, hastet sie perfektionsgesteuert durch den Alltag.

En este breve relato, un hombre de negocios que viaja se instala en otra habitación de motel. Esta es igual a todas las demás. Las mismas cortinas opacas. El mismo papel pintado descolorido. El mismo olor rancio. Mientras el mundo avanza a toda velocidad fuera de la puerta del motel, él evalúa su carrera y su vida y se pregunta: "¿Dónde estoy?"

Paced and structured with the inevitable suspense of a countdown, Brigitte Giraud’s tense and haunting novel follows one woman’s quest to comprehend the motorcycle accident that took the life of her partner Claude at age 41. The narrator of Live Fast recounts the chain of events that led up to the fateful accident, tracing the tiny, madden twists of fate that might have prevented its tragic outcome. Each chapter asks the rhetorical question, “what if.”

COUNTERPUNCH – Maryl Morgan Marks jumps into the gritty pounding city of Philadelphia after a chance meeting leads her to a booming high-tech startup job far from her sleepy Seattle suburb. There she is shocked into the reality of power, greed, and start-up speed in the high-stakes world of the 1980s. Grappling with an inherited friend group, dubious business ethics, and the new definition of corporate success, her journey is a tug-of-war between her higher self and wanting retribution for the misogyny and narcissism engulfing her.

Im heißen Sommerwind steht Maggie auf einem Wasserturm und blickt hinunter auf die zahllosen Häuser, in denen sie ihr Leben verbracht hat. Die Kindheit in Pflegefamilien ein Abgrund, der sie immer wieder ins Taumeln bringt. Doch da sind auch die Momente von Glück und großer Güte: die Sonne mit Strahlen im O zum Lesenlernen, die Fahrten auf dem Gepäckträger, eine erste Liebe. Und da ist Judith, die ihr beibringt, an sich selbst zu glauben. Bis ein Verlust ihr Leben erneut ins Wanken bringt und sie tiefer und tiefer in den Strudel der Vergangenheit gezogen wird.

Ellie feels lost and alone after surviving the car accident that killed her seven-year-old son, Jake. She needs help to cope with her grief and survivor’s guilt, so her doctor prescribes her sleeping pills. These pills do more than help her sleep; they bring her son back. In her dreams, Jake lives on, her family is whole, and it’s as if the accident never happened. But seeing her son for a few hours at night is no longer enough. She wants more, but the more time she spends with Jake, the worse her health and relationships in the real world become.