Psychological Science

The revised and updated edition of Lt. Col. Dave Grossman's modern classic about the psychology of combat, hailed by the Washington Post as "an illuminating account of how soldiers learn to kill and how they live with the experiences of having killed." In World War II, only 15 to 20 percent of...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER Humanity is under assault by malevolent “antimemes”—ideas that attack memory, identity, and the fabric of reality itself—in this whip-smart tale of science-fiction horror, an entirely reimagined and expanded version of the beloved online novel. “Inventively...

Everyone says Lauren Tranter is exhausted, that she needs rest. And they're right; with newborn twins, Morgan and Riley, she's never been more tired in her life. But she knows what she saw: that night, in her hospital room, a woman tried to take her babies and replace them with her own...creatures. Yet when the police arrived, they saw no one. Everyone, from her doctor to her husband, thinks she's imagining things. A month passes. And one bright summer morning, the babies disappear from Lauren's side in a park. But when they're found, something is different about them.

Fresh out of high school and off to college, Cassie thought she had the world by its tail, and then she met Mike. Tall, handsome, and a police detective to boot, he swept her off her feet and into a whirlwind relationship that led to an engagement ring. But things aren't always as they seem, and Cassie comes to discover that Mike has a dark side. When she learns just how dark it can be, she comes face-to-face with the greatest forward she could imagine, and it leaves her burned and scarred for the rest of her life.

More than 20 years have passed since Ren and the rest of the faithful braved the starry abyss and established a colony at the base of an enigmatic alien structure where Suh-Mi has since resided alone. Ren has worked hard as the colony's 3-D printer engineer, creating the tools necessary for human survival in an alien environment - and harboring a devastating secret.

In the silence of space, the infection isn’t waiting—it’s already inside. In the silent corridors of deep space, something ancient awakens beneath the skin. When field engineer Rivers returns from a desolate exoplanet with his partner, Flores, what begins as a minor wound festers into a horrifying infection. The parasite spreads through flesh and circuitry alike, twisting the crew of a vast mining station into violent hosts driven by a single alien instinct—to survive. As containment fails and the cold metal decks run slick with contagion, Rivers and a handful of survivors fight not...

A near-catastrophic collision with a mysterious vessel… …and now the luxury liner Atlantica is cut off from the world. No satellites. No land in sight. Not a single plane in the sky. At first, passengers hope it’s just a temporary glitch. But signs quickly mount that they’re stranded somewhere—or perhaps nowhere at all. Elite soldier Jack Sullivan and officer Nia Evans fight to maintain control, but rising panic soon turns the ship into a boiling cauldron of fear, distrust, and violence. It's only a matter of time before complete chaos erupts. Then, the mysterious vessel reappears...

El submarino de investigación Atlantis II se adentra en la misteriosa brecha gravitacional Larsen 44 para investigar una anomalía que amenaza con desestabilizar el campo magnético terrestre. A bordo viaja Alicia, una enigmática polizón adolescente con habilidades extraordinarias que podrían ser clave para la misión. La tripulación enfrenta peligros mortales mientras descubren secretos que desafían su comprensión de la realidad. En una carrera contra el tiempo, la Comandante Regina debe elegir entre seguir órdenes o confiar en una adolescente que podría ser tanto su salvación como su perdición.

Humans call them Monument-Makers. An unknown race, they left stunning alien statues scattered on distant planets throughout the galaxy, encoded with strange inscriptions that defy translation. Searching for clues about the Monument-Makers, teams of 23rd century linguists, historians, engineers and archaeologists have been excavating the enigmatic alien ruins on a number of planets, uncovering strange, massive false cities made of solid rock. But their time is running out.

A city is hit by a sudden and strange epidemic of "white blindness", which spares no one. Authorities confine the blind to an empty mental hospital, but there social conventions quickly crumble and the struggle for survival brings out the worst in people.

The RATS were the first sign. If only they would listen. Maggie De Luca recently relocated to New York. Working as a medical detective in her new position, she is called in to investigate a mysterious death. The red rings on the lungs were alarming enough, but then she hears the word plague. Now, the clock is ticking. And the death count is rising. Maggie tries to trace the origin of the disease, but is always one step behind. Then she starts seeing things...the victims...reaching out from the grave. But ghosts aren’t real, right? Meanwhile... Microbiologist Michael Harbinger believes he ...

When a listless office employee (the narrator) meets Tyler Durden, his life begins to take on a strange new dimension. Together they form Fight Club - a secretive underground group sponsoring bloody bare-knuckle boxing matches staged in seedy alleys, vacant warehouses, and dive-bar basements. Fight Club lets ordinary men vent their suppressed rage, and it quickly develops a fanatical following.

100% scientific and proven ways to stop freezing, survive small talk, and finally feel confident in any social setting. Forget vague advice like “just be yourself.” This book turns decades of psychological research into practical, no-fluff strategies that anyone can use to become instantly more confident, approachable, and socially skilled. In Science-Based Social Skills, internationally bestselling author Patrick King distills over 25 studies on social perception, likability, and charisma into step-by-step tools you can apply right away.

High above the Haloth Desert floats Aerashar, a city sustained not by machines but by belief. Every whispered prayer, every confession, every lullaby for the dead becomes the breath that holds it aloft. Its streets hum with hymnstone and light, its people trade in words as though each syllable were an act of survival. When the first cracks appear beneath its golden avenues, Sefra, a young archivist with ink-scars on her wrists, is tasked to record every remaining prayer.

Before We Treat, We Must Understand Staying Sober Is Hard Millions of people suffer from alcoholism, and most of them don't even know it. Or perhaps, they just can't admit it. If you or somebody you know is suffering from alcoholism, it is important to act immediately. The effect of alcohol on the body and mind is significant. Alcohol abuse and alcohol addiction are serious, potentially lethal conditions. When it comes to overcoming alcoholism and alcohol dependence, the hardest part is understanding why. Maybe we've heard the personal drug stories, maybe we've read the personal memoirs, ...

"A classic sci-fi read that wears its influences on its sleeve, that is sure to please die hard fans of the genre." - Reedsy Discovery Must Read, ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Humanity's last hope comes down to a twisted, claustrophobic game of cat and mouse hundreds of light years away from home. After the fallout of an ill-advised space war leaves Earth teetering on the edge of doom, Commander Davis leads the first manned mission to recolonize our species on far away planet Nova. The mission is rushed and thrown together last minute, just like its crew. When it all suddenly goes horribly wrong hundreds...

Master Dark Psychology Before It Masters You Some people play nice. Others play to win. And in the shadows of everyday life—your workplace, your relationships, your social feeds—someone is already running psychological manipulation tactics you can’t see… yet. This book rips away the curtain. In these pages, you won’t get watered-down self-help or recycled positive thinking. You’ll get the exact dark psychology techniques used by manipulators, narcissists, cult leaders, and con artists—decoded—so you can spot them instantly, dismantle them in real time, and turn them to your ...

Unhinged: Sci-Fi Psychological Thriller They were explorers, heroes who touched the edge of the unknown. But when the crew returned from their mission, they brought something back with them—something no one could name. At first it came as visions: shadows at the corner of the eye, whispers in dreams, a suffocating presence that could not be explained. Each astronaut suffered in silence, afraid to speak for fear of being dismissed as unstable, unfit, or unhinged. When Jackson, one of the crew, took his own life, a diary was found among his belongings. Inside were pages of confession and ...

The Overstory unfolds in concentric rings of interlocking fable that range from antebellum New York to the late 20th-century Timber Wars of the Pacific Northwest and beyond. An air force loadmaster in the Vietnam War is shot out of the sky, then saved by falling into a banyan. An artist inherits 100 years of photographic portraits, all of the same doomed American chestnut. A hard-partying undergraduate in the late 1980s electrocutes herself, dies, and is sent back into life by creatures of air and light.

M.D. Selig's debut novel HUSH is a high-stakes psychological thriller of alien manipulation and Deep-State deceit, where every moment is a fight for survival. Prepare for a relentless, pulse-pounding journey as HUSH thrusts you into a world of historical authenticity where covert deeds sizzle with intensity...a cinematic, edge-of-your-seat experience that refuses to let go.