This epic novel is set in Afghanistan, beginning in the days of the monarchy and reaching to the early 21st century. Amir is the son of a wealthy man; his best friend is Hassan, the son of his father's servant. Growing up in Kabul, the two share an idyllic childhood until a traumatic event--and Amir's act of cowardly betrayal--changes the nature ...
With her keen insight, biting wit, and generous heart, Keyes captures the realities of contemporary women's lives with this novel of four women who fall for the (same) wrong man.
Running from terrors both recent and remembered, Noelle flees her New York mansion for the Rocky Mountains, seeking a place to hide from the men who betrayed her. Her sanctuary is a horse ranch, where she discovers solace in the breathtaking scenery she paints. But as the attentions of two brothers slowly soften the wall she hides behind, the past ...
"America's best true-crime writer" ("Kirkus Reviews") presents an all-new collection of crime stories drawn from her private files. Featured is the story of cosmetic surgeon Anthony Pignataro, a surgical sociopath who carved a deadly swath across western New York State, perceiving himself as a medical genius being persecuted by a cruel and jealous ...
The author of the bestselling "Men Who Hate Women and the Women Who Love Them" offers a powerful guide to help women deal with deception in a relationship.
Divorce, incest, child abuse, domestic violence, kidnapping . . . are situations of incredible intensity where there is an exploitation of trust or power. Dr. Patrick Carnes presents an in-depth study of such relationships, how to recognize when traumatic bonding has occurred, and the steps to take to extricate oneself or a loved one from the ...
A sheltered teenager's naiveté leads her into a seemingly endless web of blackmail in this debut thriller. Studious, unpopular Carole is easy prey for her outgoing, amoral schoolmate Naomi and Naomi's slick friend Eddie, who persuade the virginal teenager to accompany them to a remote Vermont cabin. During a sexual threesome with Eddie, Carole, ...
Renowned lecturer, author, and trainer Claudia Black offers a comprehensive guide to healing and recovery for women whose partners are acting out sexually.
Ostensibly written by Judass son, Benjamin, and following the style of the Gospels, this re-creation is a provocative, riveting, plausible, and controversial collaboration between Jeffrey Archer and Francis J. Moloney. Their brilliant work is a compelling story for 21st-century readers, while maintaining an authenticity that is credible to a 1st ...
Meyer's brilliant first novel for adults: a gripping story of love and betrayal in a future with the fate of humanity at stake. Melanie Stryder refuses to fade away. The earth has been invaded by a species that take over the minds of their human hosts while leaving their bodies intact, and most of humanity has succumbed. Wanderer, the invading ' ...
AMONG THE BETRAYED is the third in a series of books about life in a futuristic society in which each family is allowed to have only two children. This entry focuses on Nina, an illegal, third-born child who has been imprisoned by the Population Police.
Written with shining honesty and compassion, "The Birdcage" is a multi-generational story of a bittersweet love affair with far-flung repercussions. Martin's Press.
A Spanish sailor named Coy becomes intrigued by a beautiful woman he encounters at a maritime auction. Her name is Tánger, and she is in search of a lost treasure that she believes lies at the bottom of the ocean off the coast. She draws Coy into her obsessive scheme to find it--and he, of course, falls in love with her.
This book is about trust and betrayal in relationships at home, the workplace, in the family, and with oneself. It gives practical advice on how to rebuild trust and self-esteem after betrayal.
Conrad's second novel (1896) is set at an isolated trading post in the town of Macassar, on an island in Indonesia, where a fairly lowly Dutch clerk named Peter Willems finds himself lost and bewildered in an alien world. As he tries to find a way to survive there, his own intrigues prove to be his undoing, and in the end he essentially loses his ...
This collection of stories explores the late-20th-century world of downsizing, anxiety and sexual confusion. An office worker discovers his lover's betrayal via e-mail, and a woman hires a private detective and trawls through the underworld for her brother.
This classic of spiritual writing transforms readers' understanding of the experiences of illness, or of being out of work, or feeling inactive and powerless.
With biblical wisdom and compassion born of experience, Stoeker and Allen guide women who have been hurt by their husband's sexual infidelities toward genuine spiritual and emotional restoration.
Lita Morales may be an Hispanic girl from the poor end of the Bronx but she has two major assets: she's utterly gorgeous, with her smooth skin and fantastic figure, and she also has a brain like a steel trap. Her ambition burns so brightly it's almost overwhelming. Life is going to give her exactly what she wants - success, power and money. Then ...
Freddie, Tamsin, Reagan, and Sarah met in college in the heady days of the '80s: four women with little in common but an eagerness to live life to its fullest. Over romantic crises, long gossipy nights, and too many bottles of wine, they swore they'd always be there for each other. Twenty years later, that promise is put to the test.
In her latest romance, the author of "The Safe-Keepers Secret" has created a story with an epic sweep, piquant humor, social commentary, and love to spare--just the thing for young women who want to lose themselves in another world.
A nautical chart can be much more than an indispensable instrument to navigate from one place to another; it is an etching, a page from history, and sometimes even an adventure novel.
This intense and compact novel crackles with obsession, betrayal, and madness, and is an Oregon Book Award Finalist for fiction 2005. As the narrator becomes fixated on his best friend's girlfriend his precarious hold on sanity rapidly deteriorates into delusion and violence. This story can be read as the classic myth of Hades and Persephone (Core ...
How can someone forget an event as traumatic as sexual abuse in childhood? This book examines the logic of forgotten abuse. Psychologist Jennifer Freyd's breakthrough theory explaining this phenomenon shows how psychogenic amnesia not only happens but, if the abuse occurred at the hands of a parent or caregiver, is often necessary for survival. ...
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