This novel explores the devastating impact of coercive control and narcissistic abuse, particularly how predators exploit grieving families. While the Mitchell family's story is fictional, the tactics used by Valerie—love bombing, isolation, gaslighting, triangulation, and DARVO (Deny, Attack, Reverse Victim and Offender)—are real techniques used by manipulative individuals

"The God Head" plunges into a sprawling, dystopian galaxy where life is cheap and fate is determined in the brutal arenas of Mortis. At its heart is Jaeger, a formidable but amnesiac gladiator known only by his fighting moniker. Scarred and perpetually weary, Jaeger exists in a state of primal survival, his memories erased by an unknown trauma, his only identity forged in the merciless crucible of combat. He is a warrior driven by instinct, haunted by a past he cannot reca...

It was just supposed to be a vacation.It’s been over a year since Sara’s husband died. The one thing she doesn’t want is another Christmas at home without him. So, budget be damned, she books a ski trip to the Rockies. A change in scenery, she figures, would do her and her two sons a world of good.After another fight with his on-again off-again girlfriend, Ty hops a flight out of LA. Destination: the mountains. Plan: ski as much as pos...

Lexi did not want to move and nothing is going to make her happy about it. Except maybe that cute guy on the bus.It's 1983 and Lexi has more than gotten over her parent's divorce. Having to move to New Jersey, however, is simply unacceptable. Lexi plans to go back to Brooklyn and stay with her dad, every weekend, whether her mom likes it or not. How else is Lexi going to see her friends? She never imagined she’d change her mind. But then she saw Jack....

After a childhood marked by loss and grief, Hölderlin studied theology in the illustrious company of Hegel and Schelling, before concentrating on poetry and writing his most famous work, Hyperion. But, afflicted by the pressures of life and a doomed love affair, he gradually went mad, and spent the final thirty-six years of his life in a solitary tower in Tübingen, cared for by a kindly carpenter. The younger poet Wilhelm Waiblinger (1804–30) was one of the few people to gain Hölderlin's c...

You're hungry to get this win for your business, but you're not sure where to turn next. It can be extremely frustrating to feel that your business could be helping more people— should be helping more people—but you're not reaching as many prospects as you think you should. You know that marketing is the key to unlocking the full potential of your business, but you have yet to find a resource that makes this complex category easy to understand and implement. Or, you hired an agency that pr...

Wilhelm Worringer's landmark study in the interpretation of modern art, first published in 1908, has seldom been out of print. Its profound impact not only on art historians and theorists but also for generations of creative writers and intellectuals is almost unprecedented. Starting from the notion that beauty derives from our sense of being able to identify with an object, Worringer argues that representational art produces satisfaction from our “objectified delight in the self,” reflect...

This is a human, not a scientific document. It was written in the summer of 1946 for the Archives of the Orgone Institute, although there are indications in the Archives that the manuscript evolved between 1943 and 1946. At the time Reich had no intention of publishing it. This work reflects the inner turmoil of a research physician and scientist who had observed the little man for many years and seen, first with astonishment and then with horror, what he does to himself.Reich's appeal to ...

Instead of memorizing vocabulary words, work your way through an actual well-written novel. Even novices can follow along as each individual English paragraph is paired with the corresponding German paragraph. It won't be an easy project, but you'll learn a lot.

Chaos has descended on the Valducci family. Gina Valducci’s grandmother, mentor, and founder of the family’s thriving nursery business, has died. Her death sets off a string of seemingly unrelated events, including two horrific murders. Gina’s colleague, Jeff, stands out as an obvious suspect, with plenty of motivation, opportunity, and means. In her most unusual and complex case yet, Barbara Holloway accepts Jeff as her reluctant client. But, to defend him, she must first discover how a s...

Oregon lawyer Barbara Holloway has a reputation for taking on the most difficult cases--and winning them. But even she can't begin to anticipate the bizarre twists waiting ahead.The large retainer offered by a client who asks for complete anonymity is not the only thing that intrigues Barbara Holloway. The defendant, Carol Fredricks, is a gifted young pianist charged with killing the manager of a piano bar. But Carol is as much of a mystery as the details of the murder for which sh...

An Appalachian community attempts to survive after the apocalypse in this award-winning classic, "the best novel about cloning written to date" ( Locus ).Before becoming one of today's most intriguing and innovative mystery writers, Kate Wilhelm was a leading writer of science fiction, acclaimed for classics like The Infinity Box and The Clewiston Test.Now one of her most famous novels returns to ...