| Author | : John Karter |
| Publisher | : eBook Partnership |
| Total Pages | : 197 |
| Release | : 2013-04-08 |
| Genre | : Self-Help |
| ISBN | : 178301105X |
Are you one of the millions duped into believing there is one person determined by the fates for you, a soul mate you will love forever and a day? Prepare to throw away all your beliefs as psychotherapist John Karter exposes the Hollywood myth of eternal bliss as delusional and dangerous, and contrasts it with genuine love and how to achieve it.
| Author | : Shankar Vedantam |
| Publisher | : W. W. Norton & Company |
| Total Pages | : 198 |
| Release | : 2021-03-02 |
| Genre | : Psychology |
| ISBN | : 0393652211 |
A Behavioral Scientist Notable Book of 2021 A Next Big Idea Club Best Nonfiction of 2021 From the New York Times best-selling author and host of Hidden Brain comes a thought-provoking look at the role of self-deception in human flourishing. Self-deception does terrible harm to us, to our communities, and to the planet. But if it is so bad for us, why is it ubiquitous? In Useful Delusions, Shankar Vedantam and Bill Mesler argue that, paradoxically, self-deception can also play a vital role in our success and well-being. The lies we tell ourselves sustain our daily interactions with friends, lovers, and coworkers. They can explain why some people live longer than others, why some couples remain in love and others don’t, why some nations hold together while others splinter. Filled with powerful personal stories and drawing on new insights in psychology, neuroscience, and philosophy, Useful Delusions offers a fascinating tour of what it really means to be human.
| Author | : Wendy Langford |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 200 |
| Release | : 2013-01-11 |
| Genre | : Social Science |
| ISBN | : 1134714661 |
This book looks at how heterosexual relationships really work. Author?? argues that the process of falling in love is just a brief holiday from the gender roles which quickly reassert themselves in their old forms. Topics covered include romantic love, the problem of desire and the trouble with love.
| Author | : Nan Pemberton |
| Publisher | : South Yarmouth, Mass. : Curley Pub. |
| Total Pages | : 276 |
| Release | : 1990 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9780792705963 |
Beautiful heiress, Jocelyn Franklin, was in London on behalf of her widowed sister, Maria. Maria was rejoining society and Jocelyn wished to ensure that her sweet natured sister would not be bullied into a hasty marriage her imperious guardian, Viscount Ashburton.
| Author | : Kym Whitley |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 304 |
| Release | : 2018-06-26 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9781732365988 |
Raised by emotionally unavailable mothers, best friends Jade and Monica struggle to understand love on their own terms placing a strain on their friendship. Jade succumbs to her first lover Dre, a deeply sensual man who tantalizes and teaser her mind, body, and soul. Monica is blinded by the material lifestyle of an emotional and physical abuser lover Shawn provides. A family tragedy reconnects the estranged friends but will they sink deeper into their toxic relationships or learn that true friendship can overcome the depths of lust.
| Author | : J. D. Robb |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 384 |
| Release | : 2012-09-11 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 1101600209 |
Lieutenant Eve Dallas must foil a terrorist plot in this explosive thriller in the #1 New York Times bestselling In Death series. It was just another after-work happy hour at a bar downtown—until the madness descended. And after twelve minutes of chaos and violence, more than eighty people lay dead. Lieutenant Eve Dallas is trying to sort out the inexplicable events. Surviving witnesses talk about seeing things—monsters and swarms of bees. They describe sudden, overwhelming feelings of fear and rage and paranoia. When forensics makes its report, the mass delusions make more sense: it appears the bar patrons were exposed to a cocktail of chemicals and illegal drugs that could drive anyone into temporary insanity—if not kill them outright. But that doesn’t explain who would unleash such horror—or why. Eve’s husband, Roarke, happens to own the bar, but he’s convinced the attack wasn’t directed at him. It’s bigger than that. And if Eve can’t figure it out fast, it could happen again, anytime, anywhere. Because it’s airborne…
| Author | : Mary Gaitskill |
| Publisher | : Pantheon |
| Total Pages | : 465 |
| Release | : 2015 |
| Genre | : Dominican Americans |
| ISBN | : 0307379744 |
Taken in by a near-alcoholic artist and a jaded academic, a young Dominican girl in Brooklyn's Fresh Air Fund program explores the contrasts between her inner-city life and her hosts' privileged world and finds her realities powerfully shaped by her relationship with a horse.
| Author | : Jesse Armstrong |
| Publisher | : Penguin |
| Total Pages | : 371 |
| Release | : 2016 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0399184201 |
"First published in the United Kingdom in 2015 by Jonathan Cape, an imprint of Vintage Publishing."
| Author | : Ian McEwan |
| Publisher | : Vintage Canada |
| Total Pages | : 280 |
| Release | : 2010-07-20 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0307366995 |
In one of the most striking opening scenes ever written, a bizarre ballooning accident and a chance meeting give birth to an obsession so powerful that an ordinary man is driven to the brink of madness and murder by another's delusions. Ian McEwan brings us an unforgettable story—dark, gripping, and brilliantly crafted—of how life can change in an instant.
