Résultats pour "Stoner" dans Psychologie

William Stoner is born at the end of the 19th century into a dirt-poor Missouri farming family. Sent to the state university to study agronomy, he instead falls in love with English literature and embraces a scholar's life, far different from the hardscrabble existence he has known. And yet as the years pass, Stoner encounters a succession of disappointments.

Als ein brutaler Doppelmord die Stadt Sawmill, Oregon, erschüttert, benötigt das FBI Autumns Spezialkenntnisse. Die Tochter des getöteten Ehepaars, die gerade ihr eigenes Leben beginnen wollte, verschwand in der Tatnacht. Wird Autumn bald klar, welchen Plan der gesuchte Täter verfolgt: Er will Paare bestrafen, die ihr Ehegelübde brechen. Die Zahl der Opfer steigt, und der Killer geht immer größere Risiken ein. Was als Suche nach einem neunzehnjährigen Mädchen begann, wird zu einem Katz-und-Maus-Spiel.

A mysterious breakthrough brings Alison Shaw to the edge of her vanishing world. Everything she knows will soon be gone—everything except the memory of an unlikely friend. But is their bond strong enough for her to hold on to? And is a memory worth living for when nothing else is left?

“It is a privilege to read Crystal Hana Kim’s fiction, which both edifies and enlightens.” —Min Jin Lee A hauntingly poetic family drama and coming-of-age story that reveals a dark corner of South Korean history through the eyes of a small community living in a reformatory center—a...

Wanneer inspecteur Kim Stone naar het huis van Samantha Brown wordt gestuurd, vindt ze de jonge vrouw in haar bed met een doorgesneden keel en een mes in haar hand. Dan wordt het lichaam van een jonge man gevonden. Net als bij Samantha is zijn keel doorgesneden, maar dat is niet de enige overeenkomst: ze verbleven eerder allebei op Unity Farm, een toevluchtsoord voor mensen die een alternatieve manier van leven nastreven. Achter de knusse façade van het oord ontdekken Kim en haar team een sinistere gemeenschap. Kim zet haar carrière op het spel door er een undercover op af te sturen.

Matthew Stone has inherited a troubling legacy: a gangster grandfather and a distant father - who is also a disgraced judge. After his father's death, Matthew is a young man alone. He turns to his father's beloved books for comfort, perceiving within them guidance that leads him to connect with a group of religious extremists. As Matthew immerses himself in this unfamiliar world, the FBI seeks his assistance to foil the group's violent plot.

Giovanni and his widower father are all they have in this world. Giovanni idolizes his father and their love is unmistakable. However, through a tragic set of circumstances, young Giovanni's life is changed forever. He finds himself destined for the dreaded Stone Yards—a prison where men are tethered to a boulder many times their own size. They are left to chisel away aimlessly for days on end. The futility and meaningless nature of their work is their punishment. There, Giovanni has a decision to make. Is there still meaning to his life? If so, what could it possibly be?

When Demi's private life becomes public news, hope seems far out of reach. Christian college professor Demitria Costanas had vowed to end her affair with a colleague. But she gives into temptation one last time . . . and a lurking photographer captures her weakness for all to see. Quite...

The late Sheriff Alden Wallace has barely been laid to rest when another body is found on Shadow Island. Once again, former FBI agent turned interim sheriff Rebecca West’s vacation plans will have to wait. This time, the victim is the son of one of Shadow Island’s privileged elite. Found gruesomely posed at a picnic table in the park—suffocated, choked, and shot, with a cryptic note shoved in his pants—his death is as personal as it is disturbing.

Twelve hours earlier, Interim Sheriff Rebecca West was enjoying a casual lunchtime burger. Now she’s preparing for a hurricane headed straight for Shadow Island. While hauling sandbags and calming town officials, the last thing she needs is a stunned man stumbling into the sheriff’s department. Covered in blood.

Daphne Mayfield sought a moment of quiet in a park - a break from city life, a tense relationship, and chronic overwork - but then an elderly woman makes a desperate plea. Daphne is reluctant to get involved when she's not sure what's happening, but she wants to help the stranger. Is the rambling old lady the victim of a crime or a victim of dementia?

Despite her misgivings, child psychologist Lynn McLeod can't ignore the plea to help 10-year-old Jilly Asche, the daughter of her ex-husband, Stephen. But immediately upon her return to Virginia's Blue Ridge Mountains, Lynn is drawn subtly into the lives of everyone in the secluded household: Stephen, now an enigmatic stranger; Julian, a mesmerizing family friend who challenges Lynn's ideas of life and death; and Jilly, the beautiful lost child burdened by a terrifying and deadly secret.

In the quiet village of Meadcombe, three women are making wishes they don't for a moment believe will come true. By the next morning, Constance Law is dead, Melanie is missing and, in her manicured fingers, Sonia holds a cheque for a quarter of a million pounds. Coincidence of course. And so are the terrifying and macabre events that follow...or are they?

On his way back to Duluth, Stride stops to visit the grave of his mother in a small Wisconsin town. After a shocking occurrence in the cemetery, Stride becomes enmeshed in a gruesome and suspenseful search for a killer who knows things no one else alive should know.

A violent group has invaded the Adirondack Forest, and 11-year-old Chris has become the target of their affection. It will be a summer of terror, because they believe Chris is the key to opening the door to a new world order. And they will stop at nothing to bring their plans to fruition.

A wondrous and redemptive debut novel, set in a stark world where evil and magic coincide, The Enchanted combines the empathy and lyricism of Alice Sebold with the dark, imaginative power of Stephen King. "This is an enchanted place. Others don’t see it, but I do." The enchanted place is an...