Ergebnis für "Nick" in Psychologie

Barbara hat die Nase voll. Nur raus aus dem verschlafenen Blackpool. Statt ihre Wahl zur Miss Blackpool anzunehmen, nimmt sie Reißaus und zieht nach London. Aber das ist die reine Enttäuschung: London ist langweilig und teuer. Als sie zufällig dem Agenten Brian in die Arme läuft, wendet sich das Blatt: Bei einem Casting sind schlagartig alle hin und weg von ihr. Mit ihrer provinziellen, aber dreist offenen Art erobert sie die Herzen der Crew. Und die macht sie zum Star einer neuen Comedy-Serie.

Bunny Munro verkauft einsamen Frauen Kosmetikartikel und den Traum vom Glück. Nach dem plötzlichen Tod seiner Frau tut er das einzig Sinnvolle, das ihm einfällt...

Was machen vier schräge Vögel in der Silvesternacht zusammen auf dem Dach eines Londoner Hochhauses? Party? Weit gefehlt! Zufällig wollen sie sich alle gleichzeitig vom Dach stürzen. Doch, dass andere zusehen, macht die Sache nicht leichter. Also erstmal eine Runde plaudern - und sich dann...

Katie Carr, Mutter zweier Kinder und frustrierte Ehefrau des zynischen Kolumnisten David, tut ihr Bestes. Doch das reicht nicht.

Es ist die Sensation! Tucker Crowe, ein in die Jahre gekommener, gescheiterter US-Rockstar, der nach einem Gig Mitte der 80er plötzlich verschwand, bringt ein neues Album auf den Markt...

Morgravia Sanctus is being hunted. Something terrible has happened to her, a profound trauma that has left behind ‘red dreams’ and a physical agony that can strike at any moment. Her life in danger and her memory fragmented, she arrives in the low-hive of Blackgheist to escape her pursuers and search for ‘the Broker’ – a trafficker in memories and psychic mind manipulation. Soon after, a plague sweeps the city, turning its citizens into blood-hungry monsters. Order collapses, death and slaughter are rampant.

Angie is awakened by a midnight call from an officer with the Boise Police Department and thinks there must be a misunderstanding. The officer tells her that her husband was involved in a shooting at a local bar, but how can that be when her husband is sleeping right next to her? But when she turns to wake him, he isn’t there. Tessa is the 23-year-old bartender who escapes to a backroom storage closet during the shooting. When it comes to light that five people were killed, she is burdened with the question of why she survived. 

A psychological thriller before its time, James Hogg’s Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner, published in 1824, takes us back to the world of 18th-century Scotland, into a mind haunted by religious obsession, and driven to commit murder. The events are told from several different viewpoints, so that truth and reality appear to dissolve in this disturbing story of the dark legacy of Calvinist doctrine, and how it led one man to madness.

The Migrant is the story of the boy who walked over the mountains with only his violin. It is an odyssey across borders and into the heart of what it means to belong.

Bloomsbury presents Fives and Twenty-Fives by Michael Pitre, read by Kevin T. Collins, Nick Sullivan, Jay Snyder and Fajer Al-Kaisi. It's the rule—always watch your fives and twenty-fives. When a convoy halts to investigate a possible roadside bomb, stay in the vehicle and scan five meters in...

Failed New York screenwriter Darcy Mattews is already frustrated with life, but it gets worse when his girlfriend breaks up with him and he hangs up the phone on his cancer-stricken father. Out of desperation, he agrees to visit the men's group his best friend, Pat, has been pestering him to join, even though it sounds suspiciously like a cult. What begins as reluctant participation becomes a confrontation with shame, avoidance, and the stories men tell themselves to survive.

Even the darkest journey must come to an end... Three years ago, Lelle's daughter went missing in a remote part of Northern Sweden. Lelle has spent the intervening summers driving the Silver Road under the midnight sun, frantically searching for his lost daughter, for himself and for redemption...

New York Times-bestselling author Nick Hornby mines the hearts and psyches of four lost souls who connect just when they've reached the end of the line. A Long Way Down is now a major motion picture from Magnolia Pictures starring Pierce Brosnan, Toni Collette, Aaron Paul, and Imogen Poots. Meet...

'A compelling, creepy tale' The Independent ‘A chilling exploration of power, love and grief' Julia Armfield, author of Our Wives Under the Sea 'I am in awe of this wonderful book' Edward Carey, author of Little Wilhelm von Tore is dying. As he looks back on his life he reflects on his...

When Paul enters university in early 1970s Pittsburgh, it’s with the hope of moving past the recent death of his father. Sensitive, insecure and like a stranger to his family, Paul feels isolated and alone. When he meets the worldly Julian in his freshman ethics class, Paul is immediately drawn to his classmate’s effortless charm. Paul will stop at nothing to prove himself worthy of their friendship. But Julian is as volatile and cruel as he is charismatic, and Paul begins to suspect that he can never live up to what Julian expects of him.

“A morally complex and life-affirming exploration of what it means to be alive, and of the enduring power of love to transform, reanimate, and redeem.” —Celeste Ng, New York Times-bestselling author of Our Missing Hearts “The novel’s immersive quality and intricate structure is...

The prequel to the critically-acclaimed novel, The Conjurer, has arrived. The paths of three boys intertwine at an unlikely junction in this fantastic tale of treachery, hope, and power. When opportunity knocks for Mikalla to become The Conjurer’s assistant, he is quickly rivaled by Gobi, the jealous and talented apprentice. Gobi will do anything for a chance to rid Mikalla of his position. Meanwhile, the second prince of Idaza is a pudgy royal with not much to do and even less to be proud of.

An aging New Yorker, a writer named Nick, feels life ebbing out of him. The world has gone to hell and Nick is so sick of it all that he can't even have a glass of champagne. Then one night he meets a tantalizing young woman who agrees to come back to his apartment. Their encounter is the most...

In the thriving kingdom of Idaza, Mikalla is the adored Conjurer, the nation’s chief storyteller. Using the shadows cast by the city’s glorious ceremonial flame, he weaves the history and tales of Idaza for all to see, threading the people together through common goals and ideals.

Graphic designer Emerson Rabette is forced to use the London Underground to get to a meeting with his employers. There's a problem, as he's terrified of the tube. He is no ordinary commuter, and this is no ordinary journey.