Titoli in Psicologico

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Katie Connelly has lived in San Francisco all her life. Her late father made his career as an ironworker on the Golden Gate Bridge, and the many stories of him trying to save jumpers still haunt her. When she's asked to write a history about the bridge, her research uncovers a secret journal hidden in her father's desk, pages of familiar advice penned by the hand of a stranger. The scribbled words tell of a promise ring and a distant love, clues that Katie hopes may answer her own unresolved sorrow.

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Der Schriftsteller Tonio Kröger ist zwischen der Verachtung für die Banalität des bürgerlichen Lebens und der Sehnsucht nach dem gewöhnlichen menschlichen Glück hin- und hergerissen. Schon als Schüler sucht er beständig die Anerkennung seines Freundes Hans Hansen, der, als Sohn aus reichem Hause, ein Ideal verkörpert, das das genaue Gegenteil seiner selbst ist. Später findet er in der russischen Künstlerin Lisaweta Iwanowna eine Freundin und Vertraute.

"A veces ignorar la verdad es la única manera de sobrevivir." Gabriel Rolón. Hace poco menos de un año que Pablo Rouviot, un reconocido psicoanalista, terminó una turbulenta historia de amor; desde entonces, se ha transformado en un hombre taciturno y solitario. Una noche, una joven de veintisiete años llega a su consultorio y le formula un pedido bastante particular. El cuerpo de su padre, un poderoso empresario, fue encontrado acuchillado en un descampado, y su hermano, un joven con graves problemas psicológicos, está acusado de haber sido el responsable del crimen.

Set in the turbulent time right before World War I, this novel chronicles the tragedy of Edward Ashburnham, his seemingly perfect marriage, and his two American friends. Told through disjointed flashbacks, lies, infidelity, and acts of betrayal are revealed that eviscerate the ties that pull the friends and couples together.

Howard Roark es un arquitecto joven y osado. Es individualista, inconforme, y está dispuesto a enfrentarse al establishment de la vieja profesión, los arquitectos que prefieren la resignación a la integridad, que rechazan las innovaciones y cuya única ambición es rendirse al gusto de las masas.

El doctor Templeton había viajado mucho en sus tiempos juveniles, y en París se convirtió, en gran medida, a las doctrinas de Mesmer. Por medio de curas magnéticas había logrado aliviar los agudos dolores de su paciente, que, movido por este éxito, sentía cierto grado natural de confianza en las opiniones en las cuales se fundaba el tratamiento.

Terror stalks the streets of Bayou Breaux, Louisiana. A suspected murderer is free on a technicality, and the cop accused of planting evidence against him is ordered off the case. But Detective Nick Fourcade refuses to walk away. He’s stepped over the line before. This case threatens to push him over the edge. He’s not the only one. Deputy Annie Broussard found the woman’s mutilated body. She still hears the phantom echoes of dying screams. She wants justice.

In Sodom and Gomorrah (Cities of the Plain), Part I, the fourth volume of Marcel Proust's monumental, seven volume Remembrance of Things Past, Marcel continues his voyage of discovery through the homosexual world, where the affairs of the ageing Baron de Charlus lead to unexpected and hilarious adventures.

Raymundo Betancourt es el ciudadano modelo: profesionista honesto y responsable, solidario y comprometido con el bienestar de su comunidad. Pero como la vida no sólo es trabajo, también se permite dos sencillos placeres cotidianos: los chicles de canela y las niñas que mantiene secuestradas en su sótano. El monstruo pentápodo nos enfrenta sin ambages ni eufemismos con la mente oscura del asesino, del psicópata adorable y manipulador ante cuyos encantos sucumbió Aimeé - otra “pequeña”, pero a su modo - hasta el punto de volverse cómplice a cambio de un poco de amor.

As a wealthy, young real-estate developer in Los Angeles, T. lives an isolated life. He has always kept his distance from people - from his doting mother to his crass fraternity brothers - but remains unaware of his loneliness until one night, while driving to Las Vegas, he hits a coyote on the highway. The experience unnerves him and inspires a transformation that leads him to question his business pursuits for the first time in his life, to take a chance at falling in love, and to begin breaking into zoos across the country....

Wittenmoos, ein kleines Dorf im Schwarzwald, ist die Heimat dreier Frauen, alle groß und dünn, sie überragen die meisten Dorfbewohner und wollen so gar nicht in die Gemeinschaft passen. Und doch sind sie hier verwurzelt und müssen ihren eigenen Weg in den engen Grenzen des Dorfes finden. Liese, die in den 60er Jahren still und unerbittlich die Metzgerei führt. Cora, ihre Tochter, die Wütende, die ausbrechen wird und lernen muss, dass Heimkehr keine Niederlage ist. Und Eva, Coras Tochter, die den Wald liebt und als Försterin in und mit ihm lebt.

Saru Argentu, inteso Tararà, appena introdotto nella gabbia della squallida Corte d’Assise, per prima cosa cavò di tasca un ampio fazzoletto rosso di cotone a fiorami gialli, e lo stese accuratamente su uno dei gradini della panca, per non sporcarsi, sedendo, l’abito delle feste, di greve panno turchino. Nuovo l’abito, e nuovo il fazzoletto. Inizia così "La verità" di Pirandello.

Una joven llamada Amanda yace agonizando en el hospital de un pequeño pueblo rural de Argentina. Un niño llamado David se sienta a su lado. Ella no es su madre. Él no es su hijo. Juntos cuentan una historia inquietante de almas rotas, campos envenenados y una familia desesperada. Distancia de rescate es una pesadilla hecha realidad, una historia de fantasmas instalada en el mundo real y una advertencia.

Un uomo, al rientro dalle vacanze d'agosto, è prigioniero del suo stanco rapporto matrimoniale. La moglie Sandra è ancora bella, ma lui non riesce più a provare desiderio per lei. Durante una passeggiata solitaria in un mercatino di Roma, l'uomo viene attratto da un vecchio volume sugli artisti di Montmartre, e rimane stregato dall'immagine di Jeanne Hébuterne, la compagna di Amedeo Modigliani. Scocca un particolare colpo di fulmine e Jeanne diventa per il narratore un'ossessione.

Può succedere anche una sola volta nell'arco di tutta una vita: un istante di improvvisa lucidità in cui il flusso delle cose si interrompe e la realtà si mostra senza veli. A Luca, che ha alle spalle un matrimonio fallito e vive una relazione ormai appiattitasi nella consuetudine, succede dopo una caduta da cavallo, che lo lascia smarrito e dolorosamente consapevole della propria infelicità. Da quel punto in poi niente sarà più come prima.

Augie is a poor but exuberant boy growing up in Chicago during the Depression. While his friends all settle into chosen professions, Augie demands a special destiny. He tests out a wild succession of occupations, proudly rejecting each as too limiting - until he tangles with the glamorous perfectionist Thea.

Gertrude Stein’s pioneering triptych Three Lives portrays the lives of three working-class women in the fictional American town of Bridgepoint (Baltimore). A progenitor of the "stream of consciousness" technique later adopted by Joyce and Woolf, Stein takes us into the minds of three distinct women, who are each trapped in their societal positions. "The Good Anna" follows a stern but kind German immigrant, "Melanctha" the tragic life of an African-American woman of the same name, and "The Gentle Lena" a dreamy and unopinionated servant whose passiveness becomes her undoing.

It was supposed to be the perfect reunion: six university friends together again after twenty years. Host Ali finally has the life she always wanted, a career she can be proud of and a wonderful family with her college boyfriend, now husband. But that night her best friend makes an accusation so shocking that nothing will ever be the same again.