Vastralaya

Evan Shively (Perseus271)

Edgar Colt

Vitor Miguel

Prisma Soulstorm

Serena

Jordan

Bruna Guedes

Husain Kothari

FRNK

Uendi Prifti

Abdul Hasib

Îşi poate pierde un psihiatru minţile? Poate fi el păcălit, sedus, manipulat chiar în timpul şedinţelor în care ar trebui să deţină controlul asupra pacienţilor? Da, dacă o femeie dornică de răzbunare hotărăşte să joace rolul de pacientă neajutorată. Plin de revelaţii surprinzătoare, întocmai ca duelul unui psihanalist cu mintea omenească, romanul lui Yalom ne dezvăluie cât de vulnerabili suntem, fără excepţie, în faţa singurătăţii şi nevoii de iubire. Încrezător în propriile forţe, tânărul psihanalist Ernest Lash nu ia în seamă sfaturile mentorului său, Marshal Streider, ci re-curge, în timpul şedinţelor de terapie, la tehnici experimentale. Însă, în ciuda infa-tuării psihiatrilor, mintea omenească este un teritoriu încă necartografiat şi plin de primejdii: stabilind o relaţie sinceră - crede el - cu o nouă pacientă, Carolyne Leftman, Ernest îşi deschide tainiţele sufletului şi devine vulnerabil, neavând habar că femeia pe care îşi închipuie că o tra-tează doreşte de fapt să-l manipuleze şi să-l distrugă. Prins într-o paradoxală relaţie terapeutică, în care figura autoritară a medicului a cedat tentaţiei confesiunii şi i se supune pacientului dominator, Ernest va descoperi nebănuite adevăruri incomode despre sine şi despre natura umană, ale cărei taine credea că le cunoaşte.

Mihail Drumes – un caz? Fara indoiala ca da. Citit pe nerasuflate de largi categorii de public, de-a lungul a circa sapte decenii, Drumes nu s-a bucurat pana acum de o reala receptare critica. Una, se intelege, care sa tina cont ca majoritatea creatiilor sale apartin de drept paradigmei literaturii de consum si, prin urmare, nu pot fi judecate cu instrumente estetice. In interiorul acestui gen, Drumes e un autor respectabil, un profesionist cu bune intuitii si un scriitor caruia nu-i este interzis un anume fel de maiestrie. Formula sa este inimitabila, dupa cum o dovedeste si faptul ca, in plina economie libera, in care scriitorii de consum occidentali cunosc, in traducere romaneasca, succese remarcabile, intarzie sa apara un nou autor roman de profil, care sa domine scena literaturii populare scrise cu autoritatea cu care a facut-o Mihail Drumes. Razvan Voncu

Adela e romanul unui cazuist, însetat de certitudini şi înspăimântat de contradicţiile ce răsar la tot pasul, al unui intelectual cu acţiunea erotică paralizată de prea multă disociaţie. Emil Codrescu, cvadragenar îndrăgostit de mult mai tânăra Adela, e încurcat de mărunte cazuri de conştiinţă mărite cu lentila şi făcute aducătoare de anxietăţi, întoarce vorbele femeii pe toate părţile ca de pe o catedră scolastică, zădărnicind prin raţiocinări şi scrupule intimitatea, până ce femeia, agasată, pleacă. (G. Călinescu)

Chiamarsi Luce non è affatto semplice, specie se di carattere non sei sempre solare.Peggio ancora se di cognome fai Di Notte, uno dei tanti scherzi di quello scombinato di tuo padre, scappato di casa senza un perché.Se poi abiti a Napoli nei Quartieri Spagnoli e ogni giorno andare al lavoro in Vespa è un terno al lotto, se sei un avvocato con laurea a pieni voti ma in ufficio ti affidano solo scartoffie e se hai un rottame di famiglia, ci sta che ogni tanto ti arraggi un po’.Capelli corti alla maschiaccio, jeans e anfibi, Luce è una giovane onesta e combattiva, rimasta bloccata in una realtà composta da una madre bigotta e infelice, da un fratello fuggito al Nord, da un amore per un bastardo Peter Pan e da un lavoro insoddisfacente.Come conforto, solo le passeggiate con Alleria, il suo Cane Superiore, unico vero confidente, e le chiacchiere con l’anziano vicino don Vittorio, un musicista filosofo in sedia a rotelle.Finché, un giorno, a Luce viene assegnata una causa per l’affidamento di un minore. All’improvviso, nella sua vita entrano un bambino saggio e molto speciale, un artista di strada giramondo e una rondine che non ha nessuna intenzione di migrare.La causa di affidamento nasconde molte ombre, ma è forse l’occasione per sciogliere nodi del passato e mettere ordine nella capatosta di Luce. Risolvendo un dubbio: andarsene, come hanno fatto il padre, il fratello e chiunque abbia seguito l’impulso di prendere il volo, o magari restare, trovando la felicità nel suo piccolo pezzettino di mondo?Dopo l’esordio folgorante con La tentazione di essere felici e La tristezza ha il sonno leggero, la nuova, straordinaria prova narrativa di Lorenzo Marone.Con una piccola, grande femmena del Sud che proprio non ci sta a farsi mettere i piedi in testa.

Cesare is a seventy-seven-year-old widower and cynical troublemaker. He has lived his whole life by his own rules and has no intention of changing now. Aside from an intermittent fling with a nurse called Rossana, he spends his days avoiding the old cat lady next door and screening calls from his children.But when the enigmatic Emma moves in next door with her strange and sinister husband, Cesare suspects there is more to their relationship than meets the eye. He enlists the other residents to help him investigate and soon discovers a new and unexpected sense of purpose that leads him to risk everything for a future he had never thought possible.

Per un ipocondriaco che vuole smettere di tormentare chi gli sta accanto con le proprie ossessioni, trovare una valvola di sfogo è una questione vitale. Ma come si impara ad affrontare la paura da soli? Forse raccontandosi. È quello che fa Lorenzo Marone, senza timore di mostrarsi vulnerabile, con una voce che all’ansia preferisce lo stupore e il divertimento. Scorrendo l’inventario delle sue fobie ognuno può incontrare un pezzo di sé e partecipare all’affannosa, autoironica ricerca di una via di fuga in discipline e pratiche disparate: dalla medicina alla fisica all’astronomia, dalla psicologia alla religione, dai tarocchi all’astrologia. Alla fine, se esorcizzare del tutto l’angoscia resta un miraggio, possiamo comunque reagire alla fragilità ammettendola. E magari accogliere, con un po’ di leggerezza, le imperfezioni che ci rendono unici.«Quel che vale per l’umanità, non vale per l’ipocondriaco. La prima chiara e lampante norma che costui deve seguire, un principio sul quale, bene o male, le varie forme di psicoterapia concordano, è questa: se vuoi mettere a tacere l’ossessione, non devi appoggiarti ad altri, non devi sviscerare le tue paure, non devi, diciamola tutta, rompere i coglioni di continuo a chi ti è accanto».

This is an excellent guide to Haruki Murakami's extraordinary novel. It features a biography of the author (including an interview), a full-length analysis of the novel, and a great deal more. If you're studying this novel, reading it for your book club, or if you simply want to know more about it, you'll find this guide informative and helpful. This is part of a new series of guides to contemporary novels. The aim of the series is to give readers accessible and informative introductions to some of the most popular, most acclaimed and most influential novels of recent years - from ‘The Remains of the Day' to ‘White Teeth'. A team of contemporary fiction scholars from both sides of the Atlantic has been assembled to provide a thorough and readable analysis of each of the novels in question.

Typical Murakami. 3 seemingly diverse stories delicately and slowly being weaved into a whole large picture altogether. I could feel and breathe the forest that Kafka explored, feel Nakata's pain, and feel every single emotion running through the teacher's mind on the day of the incident. not halfway through yet, but really really love the book already.

Jumanji, one of the most unique--and dangerous--board games ever, falls into the hands of the curious teen, Alan Parrish, in 1969. Mysterious and magical, the game strands the unsuspecting boy in the lush, savage forests of a mythical realm. Nearly three decades later, the game releases him before the awed eyes of the young orphaned siblings, Judy and Peter Shepherd. Now, the wild and incessant beat of the jungle's tribal drums is calling for the now-adult Alan and the other hesitant players, as the one who rolls the dice must never leave undone what the roll has started. Has anyone ever escaped from the game and Jumanji's formidable foes?

On the night of an astronomical anomaly, eight friends at a dinner party experience a troubling chain of reality bending events.

Dan Brown's controversial best-selling novel about a powerful secret that's been kept under wraps for thousands of years comes to the screen in this suspense thriller from Director Ron Howard. The stately silence of Paris' Louvre museum is broken when one of the gallery's leading curators is found dead on the grounds, with strange symbols carved into his body and left around the spot where he died. Hoping to learn the significance of the symbols, police bring in Sophie Neveu (Audrey Tautou), a gifted cryptographer who is also the victim's granddaughter. Needing help, Sophie calls on Robert Langdon (Tom Hanks), a leading symbologist from the United States. As Sophie and Robert dig deeper into the case, they discover the victim's involvement in the Priory of Sion, a secret society whose members have been privy to forbidden knowledge dating back to the birth of Christianity. In their search, Sophie and Robert happen upon evidence that could lead to the final resting place of the Holy Grail, while members of the priory and an underground Catholic society known as Opus Dei give chase, determined to prevent them from sharing their greatest secrets with the world.

In a dystopian future, the totalitarian nation of Panem is divided into 12 districts and the Capitol. Each year two young representatives from each district are selected by lottery to participate in The Hunger Games. Part entertainment, part brutal retribution for a past rebellion, the televised games are broadcast throughout Panem. The 24 participants are forced to eliminate their competitors while the citizens of Panem are required to watch. When 16-year-old Katniss' young sister, Prim, is selected as District 12's female representative, Katniss volunteers to take her place. She and her male counterpart, Peeta, are pitted against bigger, stronger representatives, some of whom have trained for this their whole lives.

Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint), and Hermione (Emma Watson) continue their quest of finding and destroying Voldemort's (Ralph Fiennes') three remaining Horcruxes, the magical items responsible for his immortality. But as the mystical Deathly Hallows are uncovered, and Voldemort finds out about their mission, the biggest battle begins, and life as they know it will never be the same again.

2011 British-American fantasy film directed by David Yates

Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) crosses paths with a woman from his past, Angelica (Penélope Cruz), and he's not sure if it's love, or if she's a ruthless con artist who's using him to find the fabled Fountain of Youth. When she forces him aboard the Queen Anne's Revenge, the ship of the formidable pirate Blackbeard (Ian McShane), Jack finds himself on an unexpected adventure in which he doesn't know who to fear more: Blackbeard or the woman from his past.

After Elizabeth, Will, and Captain Barbossa rescue Captain Jack Sparrow from the land of the dead, they must face their foes, Davy Jones and Lord Cutler Beckett. Beckett, now with control of Jones' heart, forms a dark alliance with him in order to rule the seas and wipe out the last of the Pirates. Now, Jack, Barbossa, Will, Elizabeth, Tia Dalma, and crew must call the Pirate Lords from the four corners of the globe, including the infamous Sao Feng, to gathering. The Pirate Lords want to release the goddess Calypso, Davy Jones's damned lover, from the trap they sent her to out of fear, in which the Pirate Lords must combine the 9 pieces that bound her by ritual to undo it and release her in hopes that she will help them fight. With this, all pirates will stand together and will make their final stand for freedom against Beckett, Jones, Norrington, the Flying Dutchman, and the entire East India Trading Company.

Once again we're plunged into the world of sword fights and "savvy" pirates. Captain Jack Sparrow is reminded he owes a debt to Davy Jones, who captains the flying Dutchman, a ghostly ship, with a crew from hell. Facing the "locker" Jack must find the heart of Davy Jones but to save himself he must get the help of quick-witted Will Turner and Elizabeth Swan. If that's not complicated enough, Will and Elizabeth are sentenced to hang, unless Will can get Lord Cutler Beckett Jack's compass. Will is forced to join another crazy adventure with Jack.

Voldemort's (Ralph Fiennes') power is growing stronger. He now has control over the Ministry of Magic and Hogwarts. Harry (Daniel Radcliffe), Ron (Rupert Grint), and Hermione (Emma Watson) decide to finish Dumbledore's (Sir Michael Gambon's) work and find the rest of the Horcruxes to defeat the Dark Lord. But little hope remains for the trio and the rest of the Wizarding World, so everything they do must go as planned.

2010 British-American fantasy film directed by David Yates

This is the tale of Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe), an ordinary eleven-year-old boy serving as a sort of slave for his aunt and uncle who learns that he is actually a wizard and has been invited to attend the Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry. Harry is snatched away from his mundane existence by Rubeus Hagrid (Robbie Coltrane), the groundskeeper for Hogwarts, and quickly thrown into a world completely foreign to both him and the viewer. Famous for an incident that happened at his birth, Harry makes friends easily at his new school. He soon finds, however, that the wizarding world is far more dangerous for him than he would have imagined, and he quickly learns that not all wizards are ones to be trusted.

2001 British-American fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus

During Harry Potter's sixth year at Hogwarts, he finds a book that once belonged to the mysterious Half-Blood Prince that earns him the respect of his new Potions professor Horace Slughorn. In addition, Dumbledore must prepare Harry for the ultimate final confrontation by finding out the secret behind Voldemort's power. Meanwhile, a hidden enemy waits in the shadows to carry out a mission given to him by the Dark Lord.

2009 British-American fantasy film directed by David Yates

After a lonely summer on Privet Drive, Harry (Daniel Radcliffe) returns to a Hogwarts full of ill-fortune. Few of students and parents believe him or Dumbledore (Sir Michael Gambon) that Voldemort (Ralph Fiennes) is really back. The ministry had decided to step in by appointing a new Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher, Professor Dolores Umbridge (Imelda Staunton), who proves to be the nastiest person Harry has ever encountered. Harry also can't help stealing glances with the beautiful Cho Chang (Katie Leung). To top it off are dreams that Harry can't explain, and a mystery behind something for which Voldemort is searching. With these many things, Harry begins one of his toughest years at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry.

2007 fantasy film directed by David Yates

Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) is having a tough time with his relatives (yet again). He runs away after using magic to inflate Uncle Vernon's (Richard Griffiths') sister Marge (Pam Ferris), who was being offensive towards Harry's parents. Initially scared for using magic outside the school, he is pleasantly surprised that he won't be penalized after all. However, he soon learns that a dangerous criminal and Voldemort's trusted aide Sirius Black (Gary Oldman) has escaped from Azkaban Prison and wants to kill Harry to avenge the Dark Lord. To worsen the conditions for Harry, vile creatures called Dementors are appointed to guard the school gates and inexplicably happen to have the most horrible effect on him. Little does Harry know that by the end of this year, many holes in his past (whatever he knows of it) will be filled up and he will have a clearer vision of what the future has in store.

2004 British-American fantasy film directed by Alfonso Cuarón

Harry's (Daniel Radcliffe's) fourth year at Hogwarts is about to start and he is enjoying the summer vacation with his friends. They get the tickets to The Quidditch World Cup Final, but after the match is over, people dressed like Lord Voldemort's (Ralph Fiennes') "Death Eaters" set a fire to all of the visitors' tents, coupled with the appearance of Voldemort's symbol, the "Dark Mark" in the sky, which causes a frenzy across the magical community. That same year, Hogwarts is hosting "The Triwizard Tournament", a magical tournament between three well-known schools of magic : Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, and Durmstrang. The contestants have to be above the age of seventeen, and are chosen by a magical object called "The Goblet of Fire". On the night of selection, however, the Goblet spews out four names instead of the usual three, with Harry unwittingly being selected as the Fourth Champion. Since the magic cannot be reversed, Harry is forced to go with it and brave three exceedingly difficult tasks.

2005 British-American fantasy film directed by Mike Newell

Forced to spend his summer holidays with his muggle relations, Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) gets a real shock when he gets a surprise visitor: Dobby (Toby Jones) the house-elf, who warns Harry against returning to Hogwarts, for terrible things are going to happen. Harry decides to ignore Dobby's warning and continues with his pre-arranged schedule. But at Hogwarts, strange and terrible things are indeed happening. Harry is suddenly hearing mysterious voices from inside the walls, muggle-born students are being attacked, and a message scrawled on the wall in blood puts everyone on his or her guard, "The Chamber Of Secrets Has Been Opened. Enemies Of The Heir, Beware".

2002 British-American fantasy film directed by Chris Columbus

In the winter of 1820, the New England whaling ship Essex was assaulted by something no one could believe: a whale of mammoth size and will, and an almost human sense of vengeance. The real-life maritime disaster would inspire Herman Melville's Moby-Dick. But that told only half the story. "In the Heart of the Sea" reveals the encounter's harrowing aftermath, as the ship's surviving crew is pushed to their limits and forced to do the unthinkable to stay alive. Braving storms, starvation, panic and despair, the men will call into question their deepest beliefs, from the value of their lives to the morality of their trade, as their captain searches for direction on the open sea and his first mate still seeks to bring the great whale down.

Alice returns to the magical world of Underland, only to find the Hatter in a horrible state. With the help of her friends, Alice must travel through time to save the Mad Hatter and Underland's fate from the evil clutches of the Red Queen and a clock like creature, known as Time.

Evil sorceress Queen Ravenna's powers allow her to know that her younger sister Freya, whose powers have not yet emerged, is not only involved in an illicit affair with an already elsewhere engaged nobleman Andrew, but is also pregnant with his child. Sometime after Freya gives birth to a baby girl, Freya discovers that Andrew not only reneged on his promise of elopement with her but also murdered their child. In a grief-fueled rage, her broken heart freezes over and she kills him with her sudden emergence of powers - the elemental control of ice..

Captain Jack Sparrow (Johnny Depp) finds the winds of ill-fortune blowing even more strongly when deadly ghost pirates led by his old nemesis, the terrifying Captain Salazar (Javier Bardem), escape from the Devil's Triangle, determined to kill every pirate at sea...including him. Captain Jack's only hope of survival lies in seeking out the legendary Trident of Poseidon, a powerful artifact that bestows upon its possessor total control over the seas.

2017 film directed by Espen Sandberg and Joachim Rønning

An alternative version of the King Arthur legend. As a boy, Arthur is left orphaned after his father, King Uther Pendragon, and mother are killed in a war waged against them by Vortigern, who then assumes the throne. Arthur flees and is raised in a brothel, knowing very little of his birthright. Vortigern wants Arthur dead, to ensure there is no claimant to the throne. The legends foretell that only the next king will be able to draw Excalibur, Uther's sword, from the rock where it is lodged. So, in an effort to identify Arthur, Vortigern forces all the young men of Arthur's age to attempt to draw out the sword. Now it is Arthur's turn.

A reunion of childhood friends at a remote chalet in the French Alps soon turns into a desperate struggle for survival as they get cut off from rest of the world and a shocking dark secret from the past surfaces.

To carry out the biggest heist in history, a mysterious man called The Professor recruits a band of eight robbers who have a single characteristic: none of them has anything to lose. Five months of seclusion memorizing every step, every detail, every probability culminate in eleven days locked up in the National Coinage and Stamp Factory of Spain, surrounded by police forces and with dozens of hostages in their power, to find out whether their suicide wager will lead to everything or nothing.

The first German production from the world's leading Internet TV Network is set in a present-day German town where the disappearance of two young children exposes the double lives and fractured relationships among four families. In 10 hour-long episodes, the story takes on a surprising twist that ties back to the same town in 1986.

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