Psychological Science

Una particular mirada a la Historia reciente de la humanidad desde el desacostumbrado punto de vista de los perdedores, las víctimas y los testigos de atrocidades. Nuestro personaje principal, cuya memoria se va transmitiendo a través de generaciones, aparecerá en varios momentos de la historia para presenciar directamente las peores manifestaciones del mal. Quince puntos fijos en el tiempo, quince atrocidades históricas, quince cuentos cortos unidos por el mismo hilo conductor; un hilo que se hilvana con ambición, celos y venganza.

How can life continue when the desire to live is ripped away? That’s the question William McConnelly grapples with every day. He is frozen in time on the night his wife and son die in a house fire. Although his body goes through the motions of living, his reality resides in the past. By the time his father-in-law asks him to scatter Cara’s and Sam’s ashes in the Irish hills, Will has lost all ties to America and life. After all, he can rejoin his lost family in the hills of Drumkeeran as easily as he can in Fort Worth, Texas. So, out of respect, Will flies to Ireland.

Gabriel Schist is spending his remaining years at Bright New Day, a nursing home. He once won the Nobel Prize for inventing a vaccine for AIDS. But now, he has Alzheimer’s, and his mind is slowly slipping away. When one of the residents comes down with a horrific virus, Gabriel realizes that he is the only one who can find a cure. Encouraged by Victor, an odd stranger, he convinces the administrator to allow him to study the virus. Soon, Gabriel’s hallucinations interfere with his work. Can he find a cure before his brain deteriorates past the point of no return?

Este libro es la historia de una sombra que mató a un hombre de una puñalada, fue condenado a veinte años de prisión y huyó antes de entrar en la cárcel. En vez de ocultarse en un pueblo remoto o marcharse a otro país, se camufló entre la multitud de su ciudad, Barcelona, donde pasó los siguientes treinta años perfeccionando el arte de la invisibilidad a la vista de todos: detrás de la barra de un bar, recogiendo a su hija del colegio, yendo de excursión los fines de semana.

Amanda y Clay se dirigen a un rincón remoto de Long Island con la idea de tomarse un descanso de su ajetreada vida en Nueva York: un respiro de fin de semana en una casa de lujo en compañía de su hijo y su hija. Sin embargo, el hechizo se rompe de madrugada, cuando Ruth y G. H., una pareja mayor, llama a la puerta: son los propietarios de la casa y se han presentado allí en estado de pánico con la noticia de que un apagón repentino ha barrido la ciudad.

Quentin Coldwater es un chico brillante pero desdichado que vive obsesionado con las novelas de fantasía que leyó en su infancia y que transcurrían en un país mágico llamado Fillory. Cuál no será su sorpresa cuando inesperadamente es admitido en una muy secreta y exclusiva universidad de magia en Nueva York, donde recibirá una rigurosa educación sobre los arcanos de la moderna hechicería y descubrirá la amistad, el amor, el sexo, la bebida y el aburrimiento.

A lovecraftian tale of a man lost in a jungle and suffering amnesia. That Miami cityscape is mankind’s primal script, and beneath the meaning we ascribe to the city is something more complex—possibly an alien in our brain, a schizophrenic’s idea of an unknown face in a crowded room—as the unknown is always salted with malevolence.

With the promise of divorcing Pavia, the Council of Lords elects Alric as King of Gambria. But promises are often broken and Pavia finally realizes her life’s ambition - she is now Queen of Gambria. Viewing Duncan as a threat, she demands Duncan disband the Templars. When Duncan refuses, she enlists other commanderie Lords to punish him. While her forces assemble to deal with Duncan, Pavia turns her attention to Alexis, for she has not forgotten the public embarrassment the Berserker gave her as well as the theft of the Kingdom’s tarrac.

It's all gone. The Kingdom of Mitsol has died in nuclear fire. Barely surviving, Dan Harrison, a self-hating workaholic, is left without food or water. With the help of a handsome stranger, a once-wealthy financier who has lost everything he ever loved, Dan must flee to the coast, fighting for every meal along the way. But what happens when an ordinary man with a long-dormant mental disorder is driven into a dead world? And what happens when that sickness bubbles up, threatening to detach him from reality?

The Epiphany has brought the three adventurers to the doorstep of La Tulipan, the mystic time traveler. He in turn has provided an explanation of some sort to help the three understand what has happened, what is happening, and what is going to happen as they step onto the ledge of the time portal. Gustavo, the undercover agent has followed the three courageous investigators to Trenton, NJ, on the south side of town where his surveillance vehicle has recorded everything that has transpired between Sarah, Deb, Matt, and La Tulipan.

The year is 2024, and the residents of the Tower, a virus-proof apartment building, live in a state of permanent lockdown. The building is controlled by James, who keeps the residents safe but incarcerated. Behind bricked-up front doors, their every need is serviced; they are pampered but remain prisoners. This suits Eugene just fine. Ravaged by the traumas of his past, the agoraphobic ex-detective has no intention of ever setting foot outside again.

Wealthy family man William Rudned was not as happy or satisfied with his life as he appeared. No amount of money, privilege, or popularity was enough to extinguish the fire of anger and misery inside him. In the midst of a profound depression and thoughts of suicide, he was relentlessly questioning the meaning of existence and the way of the world we live in. It was getting harder and harder for him to get out of bed every single day only to go through the same aimless vicious cycle all over again.

It’s a day like any other for Eloise Montgomery - until tragedy strikes. While she is recovering from a horrible accident that takes the lives of her husband and oldest daughter, and as she works to help her younger daughter move forward, Eloise experiences her first psychic vision. Though she struggles to understand her newfound gifts, Eloise finds a way use them to save lost women and girls - for whom her help may be the only way out...

A la verdad. Siempre, tarde o temprano, sale a la superficie. Porque una luz, por muy pequeña que sea, siempre brilla en la oscuridad. Kokoro, una Diadre, hada de los árboles, perteneciente al elemento tierra del mundo feérico, que es donde habitan los seres mágicos y elementales, infringen la regla más importante de su mundo, interferir en el destino de humano.

Gia Acquaviva struggles to maintain her freedom and hold on to her business empire. A Sicilian mob boss nips at her tail, hoping to lure her into his sick fantasies. Meanwhile, the global media hunts Gia, attempting to hold her accountable for a string of murders. Can the world’s most famous mermaid escape their net, or will she be caught?

Once again, Arnold Fitzgerald stars as the main character (at least for the time being). He and Orthopox have been trapped on a prison planet within the system of corrections. Undoubtedly, the sinister Malcolm forces him to get married, and afterward releases him back to Planet Earth (with the proper medication, of course). Once he reunites with his alien friend Muhammad, who cleverly disguises himself as an Arab person—all bets are off! Many new characters, such as Zeke and Queen Nubia, are introduced, and they are in no mood to bargain!

The Wayfarer stands on the rim of insanity. Forgetting everything. Everyone. He doesn’t know when the forgetting began, but the Shadow does. A doppelganger wreathed in darkness; a figure only he can see; it claims to know both why he is losing his mind, and the way to restore it. Wary, desperate, with what seems no other way open to him, the Wayfarer submits himself to the Shadow, its warning compelling him forward:

Corrupt heroes, twisted serial killers, and monsters from his childhood are starting to reveal themselves as the mystery of Setalite Citys unavoidable destruction slowly unravels. The problem is that Loren Parker is starting to unravel as well. The stress, violence, and inevitability of a doomed city are crushing him, and it's only a matter of time until he breaks.

Enhanced Memory changed everything. By sharing someone else’s memory, you can experience anything and everything with no risk at all: Learn any skill instantly, travel the world from home, and safeguard all your most treasured secrets forever. Nova’s parents invented this technology, and it’s slowly taking over their lives. That’s where Nova comes in.

The Dictation is a puzzling, controversial story. The separate, yet connected lives of a young girl, Adrianne, and an elderly, unnamed man converge, revealing complex questions and dark secrets. Presenting philosophical conundrums and unique solutions, The Dictation can easily coax one into deep thought. Upon finishing the book, one may discover they misunderstood everything all along. After reading again, more is yet to be discovered... Prepare to be swept into a futuristic world, watch it burn, and sift through its ashes.