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1) Emotional blackmail: when the people in your life use fear, obligation, and guilt to manipulate you
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[1997]
Language
English
Author
Series
Publisher
Da Capo Press
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
"Gaslighting is a technique of manipulating others to gain control, often practiced by those with personality disorders (including Narcissistic Personality Disorder, Antisocial Personality Disorder, and Borderline Personality Disorder). Whether it's a spouse, parent, coworker, or friend, gaslighters use a series of manipulation and distraction tactics to distort the truth--from lying, controlling, withholding, triangulation, and more--making their...
Author
Publisher
Crown Publishers
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
An analysis of the vast array of "bullshit" that is undermining twenty-first century life skewers everything from corporate communications to scripted political events, explaining the repercussions of continual exposure to phony discourse.
Author
Language
English
Description
"Some women get everything. Some women get everything they deserve. Amber Patterson is fed up. She's tired of being a nobody: a plain, invisible woman who blends into the background. She deserves more--a life of money and power like the one blond-haired, blue-eyed goddess Daphne Parrish takes for granted. To everyone in the exclusive town of Bishops Harbor, Connecticut, Daphne--a socialite and philanthropist--and her real-estate mogul husband, Jackson,...
Publisher
Artisan Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
An ex-boxer seems the perfect pawn to pull off a kidnapping planned by a sexy widow and a cop-turned-con man. When he realizes he's been manipulated, he turns the tables with a game of deceit and raw desire that can only end in death.
Author
Publisher
Ellen J. Cure
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Do you find yourself always exhausted because of consuming others' negative emotions? Do you know someone that always turns others against you, making you feel crazy and never right? Whether these things have been caused by a narcissistic partner, family member, friend, or colleague, one thing remains true: You deserve none of it. Psychologist and self-published author Ellen J. Cure knows this all too well. Once a victim of gaslighting and narcissistic...
11) The little liar
Author
Language
English
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Description
"Eleven-year-old Nico Krispis never told a lie. When the Nazi's invade his home in Salonika, Greece, the trustworthy boy is discovered by a German officer, who offers him a chance to save his family. All Nico has to do is convince his fellow Jewish residents to board trains heading to "new homes" where they are promised jobs and safety. Unaware that this is all a cruel ruse, the innocent boy goes to the station platform every day and reassures the...
Author
Language
English
Description
"When Jessica Farris signs up for a psychology study conducted by the mysterious Dr. Shields, she thinks all she'll have to do is answer a few questions, collect her money, and leave. But as the questions grow more and more intense and invasive and the sessions become outings where Jess is told what to wear and how to act, she begins to feel as though Dr. Shields may know what she's thinking...and what she's hiding."--
Author
Publisher
Hachette Go, an imprint of Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Surviving and escaping a toxic or abusive relationship can often only be part of the struggle. Long after, survivors often struggle to heal; your self-esteem may be damaged, you may feel rage and betrayal, and you may punish and/or blame yourself. The author of Gaslighting and specialist in toxic behavior, narcissistic abuse, and personality disorders, Dr. Stephanie Sarkis has seen it all -- and she is here to help you understand how to move forward....
18) The game
Series
Criterion collection volume 627
Publisher
Criterion Collection
Language
English
Description
"In this thriller, Nicholas Van Orton, a shrewd and successful businessman who is always in control, has been enrolled by his brother in "The Game"--"a profound life experience" with no rules, which begins quietly but soon erupts in a confusing maze of devastating events. Terrorized by forces who seem intent on dismantling all that he has built, Van Orton has to win this deadly game or lose control of everything in his life."
19) The photographer
Author
Language
English
Description
"Delta Dawn comes from humble beginnings, but in her work as a photographer for the children's parties of New York's elite she is used to moving, unnoticed, through their luxurious homes. As she observes their seemingly perfect lives, she adds to this veneer by transforming the images of their crying children, stiff hugs and unsmiling faces-editing the images to make sure the parents see the party they want. The party they may later, looking at the...