Ergebnis für "Red" in Psychologie

Eden ist eine der fähigsten FBI-Agentinnen, bevor sie bei einem Einsatz von drei Kugeln niedergestreckt wird. Das Leben der elfjährigen Ximi scheint besiegelt, nachdem schwer bewaffnete Männer ihr Dorf in Guatemala überfallen haben. Wie eng die Schicksale dieser ungleichen Menschen verknüpft sind und wie viele Grenzen und rote Linien in ihrer beider Leben überschritten werden, erzählt dieser Psychothriller, dem wahre Missstände in den USA zugrunde liegen.

Nicholas always strived for perfection, but he never could measure up to his mother’s unreasonable demands. His hopes of passing the prerequisites for the pre-med program at the prestigious Plankton University are dashed when he fails out. Until he encounters Professor Jackson. For an introductory class, her standards are way too high. Maybe Nicholas can reason with Professor Jackson. Maybe he can make her see his point of view. Maybe they can come to an agreement about his grades? Because the only other alternative is to kill her.

Kunstvolles Morden. Kommissar Stijn van der Rijns und sein Kollege Henk Peeters stehen vor einem Rätsel. Unterstützt von der scharfsinnigen Kunsthistorikerin Tessa van Eertvelt tauchen sie tief in die dunklen Abgründe der Kunstwelt ein. Doch der raffinierte Serienkiller ist ihnen immer einen Schritt voraus. Ein makabres Katz-und -Maus-Spiel beginnt, das die Ermittler an ihre Grenzen treibt. Der "Bibelkiller" will nicht nur morden - er will die Sünden der Vergangenheit in dramatischen Inszenierungen ans Licht bringen.

In the Shadow of the Red-Light is a hybrid literary work that blurs the boundary between documentary and fiction, cinema and novel, testimony and narrative. Set across the trafficking corridors of South Asia, from poverty-stricken villages in Bangladesh to the brothels of Mumbai, from Nepal’s theatre stage to the brutal sale of virgins in India’s red-light underworld, from Colombo's fragile dreams to Pakistan's underground pornography rings, the novel traces the interwoven fates of women and children lured, sold, and trapped within the global sex trade.

In 1997, Eve Foster’s daughter, Kelsey, runs away to New Mexico and vanishes without a trace. Eve is convinced that she’s the victim of a serial killer who’s been hunting women in the region, but Kelsey’s body is never found. Years later, Eve dies, leaving everything to her adopted twin daughters. The majority of the wealthy estate in Vermont goes to Lisa, the “good daughter,” while Connie inherits only a small stipend and a property in New Mexico. Connie arrives in New Mexico to find a small dilapidated red house in the desert and the home’s mysterious caretaker.

Set in a gritty, urban underbelly, Olive Green, Soaked in Red follows Joel and Daria, two young addicts scraping by in a rundown apartment, bound by shared despair and fleeting highs. Their fragile existence is disrupted by Phil, a volatile ex-con whose obsessive pursuit of his former lover, Claire, spirals into a dangerous game of vengeance. As Joel and Daria flee to a rural farm seeking refuge with a kind couple, the Saloans, they confront their demons—addiction, guilt, and the specter of Phil’s relentless stalking.

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Alex Morrow faces her toughest opponents yet in this brilliant thriller about criminals, consequences, and convictions. Police detective Alex Morrow has met plenty of unsavory characters in her line of work, but arms dealer Michael Brown ranks among the most brutal and damaged of the criminals...

1916. The Russian Empire is crumbling under the weight of defeat in the World War I and the imminent Revolution. Irina Yakovleva is a 17-year-old girl of noble birth living in Moscow. She falls in love with a young and ambitious lawyer Nikolai Rakelov. They marry in the middle of the tumultuous 1917 right before the Bolshevik Revolution. A few months later, Nikolai is murdered by a group of four Bolshevik soldiers while Irina is left alive to be raped and later executed.

A sixteen year old boy awakens in a dark forest with no memory of how he got there. When he finally begins to come to terms that he is no longer at home, he begins to realize that he is not only in a different environment, but he's in a different time period! To make matters more trivial, all the townspeople, also known as "Locksmiths," have these "Keys" that allows them to emit different colored energies or, "HUEs," at will. It just so happens the dark HUE that emits from him is the most powerful in this futuristic world of "Aether." Is it a simulation? Is it a dream?

When Dante brings his wife to his family’s remote cabin in Remington, Georgia, he hopes to rekindle what’s been lost. But the South remembers what it buries. And when a sudden winter storm traps them in, old grief and darker things rise to the surface. In the hush of falling snow, the past stirs. A figure from Dante’s nightmares walks again. And a deal struck in desperation threatens to claim everything he loves.

In Jos, Nigeria, Dareng Pamson is slowly winning back the trust of his pregnant wife after his infidelity shook their marriage. When a young Muslim woman comes in out of the rain looking for work in Dareng’s auto repair shop, Dareng cautiously agrees—against his better judgment. She’s passionate and willing to learn. Besides, it’s time he started doing things differently. After being back in her hometown for only a week, Murmula Denge finds who she’s looking for: Dareng, the Christian man whose coldhearted ambition and greed shattered her family.

A BBC Radio drama of Stendhal's masterpiece - plus bonus documentary Both a sweeping chronicle of 19th Century France and a coming-of-age story of a young, idealistic social climber, The Red and the Black is one of the great works in world literature, and widely considered to be the first...

Douglas Howard's career as a small-town physician is crumbling. Enraptured by Mrs. King, the calculating wife of a wealthy but dying patient, they settle behind closed doors, determined to stave off loneliness and save his career. Equally desperate is Dr. Howard's beguiling secretary, Miss Derringer, whose own troubles become their own. What follows is a fatal scandal and an exploration of human expression, desire and manipulation all in the name of love.

Set in the heart of Bridgeport, this story follows two people whose bond is as undeniable as it is impossible. Stephanie is searching for answers. Edward never offers any. Yet somehow, they always find their way back to each other—again and again. Through silence, distance, heartbreak, and time, they remain tethered by something deeper than words. As Stephanie struggles to balance the desire to be loved with the need to be whole, she begins to unravel beneath the weight of everything unsaid. And just when it feels like there’s nothing left to hold on to, fate steps in with one final twist.

Jane, a married teacher on maternity leave, has spent many long hours posing naked in the London studio of Vivian Young, the most famous and admired painter of his generation, notorious for his painstaking methods and turbulent love-life. Jane writes addressing her husband, Michael, trying, as much for herself as for him, to make some sense of all that has happened to her, of all she has done. Now, she reconsiders her entire history, coming to surprising and disturbing conclusions.

Young Lucy has been kidnapped - trapped in a place she can barely understand by an obsessed man. Her captor has created a twisted home that only he can navigate, for reasons only he can fathom. What follows will test her body, mind, and soul. Lucy is about to witness horrors that no one should ever experience. There are many secrets behind the curtain, and Lucy will discover them all.

Kathy thought she’d met her soulmate. But Police Inspector Michael Conner’s behavior changes on the day of their wedding. Showing his true colors for the first time, Conner becomes increasingly manipulative, controlling, and cruel as the months pass. When Kathy tries to escape, Connor does his best to convince everyone that she is mentally ill. But Anna, Kathy’s identical twin sister, doesn’t believe it. After a tragic event, Kathy decides enough is enough and elicits Anna’s help to rid herself of Connor for good.

When local children begin to vanish, Officer Alex Mercer is positive the cases are tied to recent threats against his family - especially since the first girl to go missing is his best friend's daughter. It all ties back to Alex. He's sure of it. The only solid link to the missing kids is a mysterious woman in a red dress. But that isn't enough to go on, and Alex has orders to focus on another case. As if that will stop him.

Nothing much happens in the small town of Red Paint, the "Friendliest Town in Maine." It's the kind of place where everyone knows your name, a romantic night out might include meatloaf, and carnivals still hold a kind of magical wonder. Simon Howe, once a promising reporter in Portland, Maine, is the last person anyone would have expected to move back to his childhood home to raise a family. He's owner and editor of the local paper, husband to a hard wife who can't help but play therapist to the family's problems, and father to a son who seems to be growing up far too quickly.