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662) Smutek i rozkosz
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Polish
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Pushing away her devoted husband, a once-successful writer moves back into her bohemian childhood home, where she struggles to come to terms with the mental illness that has overshadowed her life.
"To jest opowieść o Marcie. Ale mogłaby być o każdym z nas. Odkąd sięga pamięcią, Martha czuła, że coś jest z nią nie w porządku. Wszyscy mówili jej: „Weź się w garść". Próbowała. Naprawdę wolałaby żyć tak jak inni. Ale przez...
663) Jane Eyre
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English
Description
Jane Eyre is the orphan girl who secures a position as a governess to the ward of Edward Rochester, lord of an English manor house call Thornfield, whose halls hide a dark and sinister secret.
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English
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"What sort of person kills, then cannibalizes his victim? Or stalks and terrorizes his prey? And what separates him from the rest of us? Dr. Robert I. Simon illuminates our shadowy world and that of violent criminals - a difference more of degree than of kind." "Mental health professionals will find this updated version helpful reading. Its narrative, graphic case studies, and conclusions will interest lay readers and amateur sleuths as well."--Jacket....
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English
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"When psychiatrist David Manne is asked by a police detective to consult on an unusual case, he finds himself in a seedy apartment on New York's Lower East Side, evaluating a suspect who insists he's not who the police say he is. Unable to control his curiosity, David surreptitiously follows the case to an eerie uptown hospital staffed by military doctors returned from World War II. Is the man caught up in a top secret medical testing program? The...
669) The girl who wasn't
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English
Description
Jeanette's life currently revolves around caring for her agoraphobic and hoarder mother, all while dreaming of attending university for a musical theater course. When her mother's illness worsens, she finds solace in a new friendship, but there's one problem: the friendship started with a lie after she created a fake profile under the name of Marcia. Jack seems to have it all together, but his home life is anything but perfect. His mother is violent...
670) Saint Jude
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Language
English
Description
When committed to an upscale group home outside Asheville, North Carolina, eighteen-year-old Taylor Drysdale pretends that her bipolar disorder is under control and that she will leave soon, but relationships with her fellow residents may hold the key to real recovery.
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English
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"Bedlam is a crackling, satirical debut based on a horrifying true story about what happens when an asylum owner becomes a patient. Bedlam details the frustrating life of Earl Sedgwick, owner and operator of a mental institute. Earl grew up in the business and subsequently took it over despite his avowed hatred of how the business robbed him of his childhood. He runs on empty until he's triggered by a visit from his more successful friends, realizing...
675) Nobody is crazy
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Español
Description
After agreeing to visit a self-help group, a teenage boy with OCD sets out to learn the truth about a masked man that he meets who claims to be a time traveler.
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English
Description
From ADHD to schizophrenia and everything in between, what you need to know about how kids' mental health impacts them in school. Chances are that every classroom in America will have at least one student who has a mental health disorder, possibly even in the severe range. These students often have symptoms that interfere with their ability to learn. By understanding child and adolescent mental health issues, you will have additional tools to provide...
677) Gray matter
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English
Description
This documentary follows filmmaker Joe Berlinger on his quest to find Vienna's Dr. Heinrich Gross, the alleged murderer of hundreds of children under the Nazi euthanasia program.
680) El rostro del mal
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Language
Español
Description
Good and evil collide in the story of John Felton, an ordinary real-estate salesman who comes to the aid of a stranger with a stalled vehicle, and who finds himself involved in a crime spree of kidnapping, arson, and murder.