Títulos en Psicológica

The Jolly Corner by Henry James is a captivating tale that delves into the mysteries of identity and the echoes of a life left behind. Spencer Brydon returns to New York after decades abroad and begins to confront the strange and haunting presence lurking in his childhood home.

I thought moving to this quiet cul-de-sac was the fresh start my husband and I needed, escaping the noise of our cramped flat in Hounslow. I left India and all that was familiar for a new life with him in England. But my husband works all hours, leaving me alone in a house that doesn’t feel like a home. Our neighbours notice the bruises on my arms. They draw the obvious conclusions. They seem kind, but they’re hiding something. I just can’t shake the feeling that someone is always watching me . . . waiting. My husband’s working late. Again. That’s when I see it.

A philosophical short story that reviews the nature of the human soul and the necessity of its life on the problems of others, and how human opportunities depend primarily on the severity of their needs and problems.

"Thus Spoke Zarathustra" by Friedrich Nietzsche is a profound and influential philosophical work that follows the journey of Zarathustra, a sage who retreats into the mountains for solitude and enlightenment. After years of contemplation, Zarathustra returns to share his insights with humanity. Through a series of parables, discourses, and aphorisms, Zarathustra explores complex themes such as the death of God, the will to power, and the concept of the Übermensch, or superman.

When a woman is subjected to constant conflict—and this conflict enters her home, and she meets an opponent stronger than her, who breaks her, and she becomes alone to see the flows of society pressuring her with such cruelty—she chooses victory through defeat.

What If? is a short story about a government employee who sits alone and reviews all of his past, what he should have done and did not do, and why he did not do it.

Depicting the eternal struggle between the woman as a human being and the woman as a wife and mother, Rubble takes place inside many of our homes and takes place inside a few of the women inside those homes. So what happens when this conflict goes outside and who will win in the end?

A proud writer who has never written a book and who believes himself to be the greatest person to hold a pen is horrified at what he sees on television.

Some people can achieve their dreams, and for some people, achieving their dreams may be impossible. A social romance, The Impossible Dreams reveals the conflict between loved ones and their families in Egypt and how a person can kill his dream with his own hand.

When Polly signs up to an art retreat in the Lake District, it's an escape from the stress of recent months, when a stalker preyed on her and her friend. It's also an opportunity to find out more about her family history: Polly believes her biological mother once lived here, at Lakeside House. But things quickly turn sinister. The previous owners supposedly took their own lives here, years before – and the glamorous new owners are now receiving disturbing threats. Someone is sabotaging Polly's artwork. The five other guests on the retreat all seem to be hiding something.

Ex intelligence agent James Ryker thinks he knows why, and the answer lies at the corrupt heart of the SIS. Ryker isn’t one to let the bad guys get away with murder, even if it means taking matters into his own hands. But Karaman has many enemies, and one in particular will make all their lives much more complicated…They call her the Angel of Death – a former agent whose last encounter with Karaman cost her her family, and left her in a Lebanese prison cell. Now she’s free, and with nothing else to lose, she’s determined to get her revenge… whatever it takes.

She’s not ill. She’s not in imminent danger. But she is sure it’s going to happen. Because many years ago… she’d made a promise to a stranger, in the woods. Elena’s mother was in hospital, after a life-threatening accident. The promise would keep her mother safe, but put Elena’s own life at risk, instead, when she grew up and turned thirty. Elena put the promise to the back of her mind, over the years. But she’s twenty-nine now, and when something happens that puts her life in danger, she remembers. And she knows.

"Chess Story," also known as "The Royal Game," is Stefan Zweig's compelling novella that unfolds on a passenger steamer. It narrates the psychological duel between Mirko Czentovic, a chess champion with a mysterious past, and Dr. B, a reclusive genius. Set against the backdrop of World War II, the story explores themes of isolation, obsession, and the struggle for intellectual sanity.

"The Burning Secret" by Stefan Zweig is a captivating novella that delves into the complexities of human emotions and relationships. Set against the backdrop of an Austrian resort in the early 20th century, the story revolves around a young baron who, in his pursuit of an intriguing woman, unwittingly befriends her young son. This friendship becomes a strategic tool in his quest, leading to an intricate web of deceit, passion, and emotional turmoil.

"La Faim" de Knut Hamsun est une œuvre phare du modernisme littéraire qui plonge dans les profondeurs du désespoir humain et de la lutte acharnée pour la survie. Se déroulant à Christiania à la fin du XIXe siècle (aujourd'hui Oslo), le roman suit le protagoniste anonyme, un jeune écrivain affamé, alors qu'il erre dans les rues dans un état perpétuel de faim et de dénuement. Avec une honnêteté sans faille et une perspicacité psychologique remarquable, Hamsun dépeint la descente du protagoniste dans la folie, les hallucinations et la crise existentielle.

The combined efforts of Loren Parker, the Setalite City Hero HQ and the Peacekeepers are finally starting to make some progress in shifting the colossal weight of the Evergold Festival Conspiracy. But now, as each horrific layer is peeled back and the masterminds are dragged unwillingly out into the light, Loren Parker starts to realize that having all the time in the world might not be as big of a blessing as he first thought.

Haunted by the loss of her cousin, Delilah has curated a world of revenge—playing judge, jury and executioner while, you know, searching for love. Maybe murdering gives her the control she craves. Maybe it fills the gaping hole that Cedar left when she disappeared. Maybe this rage is ancestral, dating back to all of the Indigenous women before her whose cases were closed without much of a search.

England in the time of his boyhood was a cold and colourless country. They had seen to that, the Autumn Men. They who had been lifted high, the old men of his country and other countries, who in the autumn of their years, reflecting on the unfulfilled promise of their youth, and their failures as yet unredeemed, feeling as any old man adrift alone on a small boat, sails broken, oars lost, swept hopelessly onward towards the deafening roar of the approaching weir, might feel, decided that too few had sweetly and honourably been called.

As the new owners of the local village pub, Alex and Maggie Silva and their two children, are the picture of respectability…but looks can be deceptive. Because the Silva family is keeping deadly secrets. Alex Silva is a man with a dark past and a bounty on his head – one he knows will only be paid with his life. He’ll do anything to protect Maggie and the kids, but one wrong move could cost them everything…

Growing up, sisters Libby and Nicky never knew who they’d find at breakfast. Their parents fostered children of all ages, and although the girls loved playing their part in providing a safe haven, it meant that life was rarely peaceful. Now as a single mother of two, Libby’s life is still anything but peaceful.