Resultados para "anita" en Psicológica

From the last time Linda and Thomas meet, at a charmless hotel in a distant city, to the moment, thirty-five years earlier, when a chance encounter on a rocky beach binds them fatefully together, this hypnotically compelling novel unfolds a tale of intense passion, drama, and suspense. The Last...

At a New England boarding school, a sex scandal is about to break. Even more shocking than the sexual acts themselves is the fact that they were caught on videotape. A Pandora's box of revelations, the tape triggers a chorus of voices -- those of the men, women, teenagers, and parents involved...

Autunno 1985, New York City. Anita de Monte, giovane artista cubana, sta vivendo il suo momento di gloria: ha appena vinto un premio importante che la porterà a Roma, e le sue opere verranno esposte al Metropolitan Museum. Finché, una notte, Anita muore precipitando da una finestra. Nel 1998 il nome di Anita è stato quasi dimenticato. Raquel, studentessa di Storia dell'arte in un college prestigioso, sta preparando la sua tesi. Mentre cerca di destreggiarsi tra due mondi, Raquel si imbatte nella storia di Anita de Monte e inizia a rendersi conto che qualcosa non torna.

Winner of the Booker Prize, the beautiful, romantic and gorgeously philosophical Hotel du Lac by Anita Brookner is part of our Penguin Essential series which spotlights the very best of our modern classics 'The Hotel du Lac was a dignified building, a house of repute, a traditional establishment...

London, 1903: Glamour thrives, but so do deadly secrets.Amid the dazzling theatres and opulent restaurants of fashionable Knightsbridge, Flora Maguire is drawn into a web of intrigue that stretches far beyond London’s polished facade.When the body of a prominent socialite and leader of the women’s suffrage movement is discovered, Flora’s curiosity leads her to uncover mysterious letters, cryptic ties to the Foreign Office, and a chilling connection to the assassination of a Baltic king.As she pieces together the clues, Flora realises this is no ordinary murder.

Even the most glamorous stately homes hide secrets and lies from the past... When Flora receives a shocking telegram about her father’s sudden death in a riding accident, she rushes back to her childhood home, Cleeve Abbey. Once a governess to young Eddy, Viscount Trent, and daughter of the Earl’s trusted butler, Flora finds the house steeped in unease. Her plans to lay her father to rest beside her mother, Lily, are upended when mystery surrounds Lily’s final resting place.

They call it the ‘flash point’ – where the fire ignites and it becomes a blaze that can’t be stopped. When you see that flash, you’d better hope nobody is nearby... When their neighbour’s shed goes up in flames, the residents of the housing estate all gather around. They don’t want...

Murder is no game... When an intruder ends John and Caroline Coates hopes and dreams, John turns to the Connection Agency seeking justice for what happened five years ago. In the past, Tessa's pursuit of the truth had been abruptly halted by the cold case division. Reunited with Luke and assisted by DI Eileen Haughton, an old colleague from Tessa's police years, they delve deep into the sinister world of the unseen enemy.

Anita Shreve's hauntingly beautiful #1 bestseller and Oprah's Book Club selection about tragedy, grief, betrayal, and the 'impossibility of knowing another person.' As a pilot's wife, Kathryn has learned to expect both intense exhilaration and long periods alone, but nothing has prepared her for...

Best-selling author Anita Waller is back with a twisting, fast-paced listen, perfect for fans of domestic noir. When a gang of six children playing in their den in the woods spot a man burying drugs nearby, it marks the beginning of the end of their childhoods. Unsure what to do, the children...

Liz Chambers is a devoted mother who works for a successful law firm. She has two children, a husband and a blossoming career. But behind closed doors, Liz is harbouring a secret that could destroy her life. Then the unthinkable happens, and in a frenzied attack, her young son is snatched from...

Would you risk everything to protect your family? Carla Andrews and Lorraine West are work colleagues and best friends. They socialise together, they work in the same bookmakers and they support each other as only best friends can. Then they are murdered together. When DI Tom Fowler is handed...

Wendy and Nell have been best friends since childhood but when someone threatens to ruin their relationship, tough decisions must be made. Nell leaves for France while Wendy embarks on marriage and motherhood. Both keep in touch, sending letters baring all, or are they? They hide the truth that homesickness, violence, loneliness, and murder form the backdrop of their lives. When a twisted, deceitful face from the past turns up, obsession and heartbreak wreak havoc on their lives. Someone is seeking revenge and recompense. And someone is a killer.

"Hon står och vrider händerna i sin hjälplöshet. Och det är allt hennes skuld, därför att hon har anklagat honom! Men hon var ju utan arbete, hon svalt och frös. Barnet höll på att dö. Till vem annan skulle hon vända sig för att erhålla hjälp?" Den här boken öppnar med "En saga om en saga", en inblick i Selma Lagerlöfs kreativa tankeprocess och strävan att förverkliga sin hyllade debutroman, "Gösta Berlings saga". Här beskrivs den omfattande processen från idé till färdigt verk, och hur boken slutligen fördes ut till läsare världen över.

Campi di segale sotto il sole abbacinante dell'Arkansas. Le mani strappano i frutti dalla terra, la terra prude e si mangia le mani. I braccianti arrancano nel meriggio insieme ai cavalli e il sogno americano è un abbaglio nell'afa, una zacchera di fango sulla schiena, un canto di nostalgia e speranza spezzato dalle spighe del grano. Clara è la figlia di due contadini e trascorre l'adolescenza a correre tra gli odori aspri ed erbosi delle piantagioni, e a rubacchiare oggetti insignificanti nei negozi per divertimento e noia.

Nine-year-old Meena can’t wait to grow up and break free from her parents. But, as the daughter of the only Punjabi family in the mining village of Tollington, her struggle for independence is different from most. Meena wants fishfingers and chips, not chapati and dhal; she wants an English...

Nine-year-old Meena can’t wait to grow up and break free from her parents. But, as the daughter of the only Punjabi family in the mining village of Tollington, her struggle for independence is different from most. Meena wants fishfingers and chips, not chapati and dhal; she wants an English...

This program is read by a full cast of Stacy Gonzalez, Jonathan Gregg, and Jessica Pimentel, best known for her role on Orange Is the New Black. "The book is clever and original, but what’s more, Jessica Pimentel, a star of Orange Is the New Black, reads Anita as if she’s in a fever dream...

THE MESMERISING FINAL NOVEL BY THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF HOTEL DU LAC, NOW WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY TESSA HADLEY ‘He was haunted by a feeling of invisibility, as if he were a mere spectator of his own life, with no one to identify him in the barren circumstances of the here and...

The BRAND NEW unputdownable psychological crime thriller by Penny Batchelor! I should have known it was too good to be true. I have everything I ever wanted. The perfect husband. The perfect family. The perfect home. And now someone is hell bent on destroying it all. It was so long ago and we...