Showing results for "Das Institut" in Literary Fiction

Saqqara, Egypt, 1888. Rom, a young Egyptologist, makes the discovery of a lifetime: five coffins and an eerie, oversized sarcophagus. But the expedition seems cursed; after unearthing the mummies, all but Rom die horribly. He faithfully returns to America with his disturbing cargo, continuing by train to his reclusive sponsor. When the train is hijacked in the Arizona desert by murderous banditos, who steal his cargo and flee to Mexico, Rom - his benefactor’s rebellious daughter, an orphaned Chinese busboy, and a cold-blooded gunslinger - must go to Mexico to retrieve the mummies.

Bienvenue à l'Institut. Quand les enfants y entrent, ils n'en sortent plus. Au cœur de la nuit, à Minneapolis, des intrus pénètrent dans la maison de Luke Ellis, jeune surdoué de 12 ans, tuent ses parents et le kidnappent. Luke se réveille à l'Institut, dans une chambre semblable à la sienne, sauf qu'elle n'a pas de fenêtre.

Instituttet er navnet på en velanskreven og gammel institution, der tilbyder uddannelse i psykoterapi i Berlin, og er omdrejningspunktet for romanen. Instituttet er grundlagt af Dick og Dahlia, som også er daglige ledere. Vi følger en gruppe på 9 medlemmer under deres 2-årige uddannelse.

Dr. Morgan Snow is a well-known sex therapist who is treating Cleo Thane, a beautiful business owner...and prostitute. Cleo caters to the wealthy and powerful and after delivering a tell-all manuscript to Dr. Snow, she disappears. A serial killer is murdering street hookers and using the book, Morgan desperately searches for clues to stop the killer before Cleo becomes his next victim.

The year is 2055. Earth's natural resources have been ravaged and the planet is slowly dying. MERIC, the mining company owned by Samuel Jensen that employs new recruit engineer Kyron, is now mining a newly discovered planet known as Terra Iota when an explosion rocks their operations and brings them to a screeching halt. A strangely powerful blue crystal they will come to know as Xytrinium is cause of the explosion and Kyron is sent to Terra Iota to investigate.

In Practical Fairy Tales for Everyday Living, fanciful characters that one can identify with battle personal problems, mishaps, and mayhem. None of them are guaranteed a happily-ever-after, but by applying the fundamentals of general semantics - a communication-based self-help system - they are better able to evaluate and understand everyday conundrums to successfully vanquish challenging situations.