Psychological Science

Adam Brandt is used to dealing with all kinds of people - as a consulting psychologist with the Chicago Police Department he has faced his share of criminals. But Kassie Wojcek is like no one else he's encountered - 15 years old and burdened, she says, with a terrible gift: she knows how and when you will die. After claiming to 'feel' the horrific murder of the first victim, Kassie is caught up in the hunt for a sadistic serial killer terrorising Chicago, frightened that people will die without her help.

Auf dem Planeten Solaris scheinen die Gesetze der Physik keine Geltung zu besitzen. Eine geheimnisvolle Kraft beeinflusst die Bewegungen des geheimnisvollen Ozeans, der die gesamte Oberfläche bedeckt. Als der Wissenschaftler Kelvin auf der Raumstation von Solaris eintrifft, stößt er auf seltsame Anzeichen von Chaos und Auflösung. Die zwei Besatzungsmitglieder verhalten sich merkwürdig, als würden sie von einer unaussprechlichen Furcht beherrscht.

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.

This gripping tale of the future anticipates Ayn Rand's later masterpieces, The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged. In the dark ages of the future, individuals have no name, no independence, and no values. In this faceless world, one man dares to love the woman of his choice and to seek and find knowledge.

1786, Jerusalem College, Cambridge. The ghost of Sylvia Whichcote is rumoured to be haunting Jerusalem, since disturbed fellow-commoner, Frank Oldershaw, claims to have seen the dead woman prowling the grounds. Desperate to salvage her son’s reputation, Lady Anne Oldershaw employs John Holdsworth, author of The Anatomy of Ghosts a stinging account of why ghosts are mere delusion to investigate.

Was wenn unsere letzte Hoffnung ausstirbt? Ein packender, dystopischer Politthriller mit Spannung bis zur letzten Seite. Das Klima wird extremer, Bienen und andere Insekten sind in der freien Wildbahn naehezu ausgestorben. Lebensmittel sind knapp und die Menschen des Planeten leiden unter immer schlimmer werdenden Hungersnöten. Die Zukunft sieht düster aus, das Leben auf der Erde ist vielerorts unmöglich. Doch endlich kommt Hoffnung auf: die Molekularbiologin Sophie Bergmann hat nach Jahren der Forschung ein Bienenvolk entwickelt, das gegenüber allen Umwelteinflüssen resistent ist.

Dr. Teagan McKenna's groundbreaking technology promises a poignant solution to the inevitability of death-an opportunity to transition the consciousness of dying loved ones into ageless, AI-powered android shells. However, the benefits of eternal companionship darken when a NeuroNet android seemingly chooses to commit suicide. Searching for answers, Dr. McKenna grapples with an agonizing decision. Should she risk everything she and her friends have meticulously built or shroud themselves in the comfort of the status quo?

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.

Lily—a bored, beautiful twenty-something—wakes up on a remote desert compound, alongside nineteen other contestants competing on a massively popular reality show. To win, she must outlast her housemates to stay in the Compound the longest, while competing in challenges for luxury rewards like champagne and lipstick, plus communal necessities to outfit their new home, like food, appliances, and a front door. Cameras are catching all her angles, good and bad, but Lily has no desire to leave: why would she, when the world outside is falling apart?

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.

Since the publication of Le Bons’ book, The Crowd, little has been added to our knowledge of the mechanisms of crowd behavior. As a practical problem, the habit of crowd-making is daily becoming a more serious menace to civilization. Events are making it more and more clear that, pressing as are certain economic questions, the forces which threaten society are really psychological.

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?

Jodi McDonald and her family have escaped from the Helios cult. But their freedom has come at a heavy price. Now, grief-stricken and fractured, they are once again on the road. As they search for a new sanctuary, Jodi is driven by one need above all others: to protect her family at all costs. Every person has their breaking point, and Owen McDonald has reached his. To cope with unbearable loss, he fixates on finding a new home—a fresh start. But his obsession with reaching the coast could have deadly consequences.

Ben has no qualms about signing up for the Evergreens project, a controversial new trial. But are the promises of life without aging too good to be true? Sophie has no doubt that they are. And sixty-five years down the line, she gets the chance to find out. With Ben in hospital, unresponsive and aging rapidly before her very eyes, can Sophie uncover the dark secret at the heart of the Evergreens project—and save Ben's life in the process?

Brent, the hired-gun from London, and Claude, a currier for a local delivery company, are on their way to freedom. With the help of the senior armed guard, Mr. Thompson, the two are nearing the end of the tunnel leading out into the parameter of the Pandora Project. No one has ever escaped from the Project. Mr. Thompson promised Claude he'd assist him in getting out, but that promise didn't include the assassin.

A virus nearly wiped out the human race. In order to survive, people are segregated into three tiers. Those with the best genetic viability get the most resources, and Kate and Eric are lucky enough to end up in Tier One.

The story of Edgar Phirst is an interplanetary psychodrama shadowing the unfortunate events of a young homeless man. Edgar is trying to understand his identity while navigating his pending legal charges. Set in a time when the nation is growing tired of religion, billionaire mogul Frank Monarch is a beacon to society. Monarch, who has his hand in pharmaceuticals, politics, the military and galactic governance, prides himself in having built the most efficient prison system known to man. It just happens to be stationed on Mars.

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.

Barry Sutton é policial em Nova York e convive com a tristeza da morte da filha. Ao ser acionado para intervir em uma tentativa de suicídio, ele se depara com uma mulher que sofre da Síndrome da Falsa Memória, uma doença misteriosa que planta na cabeça de suas vítimas lembranças de vidas que elas nunca tiveram.