Do you feel like you’re walking on eggshells around someone who never seems abusive but leaves you constantly anxious, confused, and drained? You’re not crazy. You’re not too sensitive.And you’re definitely not overreacting. This is covert narcissistic abuse, and it’s more common, more damaging, and more invisible than most people realize. 101 Weird Behaviors of Covert Narcissists breaks down the subtle, unsettling behaviors covert narcissists use to control, manipulate, and destabilize you without ever raising their voice or looking like the bad guy. Inside, you’ll 101 specific behaviors that expose the hidden patterns of psychological abuse—like emotional stonewalling, guilt-wrapped manipulation, backhanded compliments, future faking, and “jokes” that cut deepStraightforward, compassionate explanations that validate your experience and help you name what’s really going onA trauma-informed, survivor-centered format that’s easy to read, even when you’re overwhelmed or still in the fogPowerful insights into how covert narcissism shows up in romantic relationships, families, friendships, and workplacesActionable guidance to help you regain your voice, rebuild your boundaries, and start trusting yourself againWhether you’re still stuck in the cycle, finally breaking free, or years out and still trying to make sense of what happened, this book is your guide to clarity, validation, and recovery.Book II in The Covert Narcissist Recovery ProjectThis handbook follows Unmasking the Covert Narcissist and continues the mission to expose hidden abuse, empower survivors, and promote healing from toxic relationships rooted in emotional manipulation.You don’t need more self-doubt. You need answers.Read this book, and finally name the abuse you were never meant to see.

Updated Better formatting for an enjoyable reading experienceGreat Collection Of the Hawaiian Legends and Polynesian Myths with Geological Facts at the time.Unique to this title A Historical Introduction To the Author, his life and his worksA study of themes in Hawaiian MythologyBe ready to immerse yourself into the Myths and Long forgotten Stories of The Hawaiian people.The traditional name of the Hawaiian people is Kānaka Maoli. Hawaii was settled at least 800 years ago with the voyage of Polynesians from the Society Islands.They have a rich and colorful culture as well as vibrant stories which emerged from the volcanoes and planted their roots to inspire their descendants for generations.This book will cover some of the most interesting legends as well as geological facts about the volcanoes which give an interesting perspective as to how those stories were formed.In Hawaiian religion, Pele, goddess of volcanoes, is credited with controlling the lava flows of Kilauea. Known for her strength and enviousness, Pele was descended from Papa and Wakea, the ancient Earth Mother and Sky Father. To illustrate her importance, the author includes stories from history and notes on geology.Sneak Peek of Chapters PART 1. LEGENDS1. Ai Laau, The Forest Eater2. How Pele Came To Hawaii3. Pele And The Owl Ghost-God4. The Hills Of Pele5. Pele And The Chiefs Of Puna6. Pele's Tree7. Pele And Kaha-Wali8. Pele And Kama-Puaa9. Pele And The Snow-Goddess10. Genealogy Of The Pele Family11. Pele's Long Sleep12. Hopoe, The Dancing Stone13. Hiiaka's Battle With Demons14. How Hiiaka Found Wahine-Omao15. Hiiaka Catching A Ghost16. Hiiaka And The Seacoast Kupuas17. Lohiau18. The Annihilation Of Keoua's Army19. Destruction Of Kamehameha's Fish-Ponds20. Kapiolani And PelePART 2. GEOLOGICAL FACTS1. The Crack In The Floor Of The Pacific2. Hawaiian Volcanoes3. Volcanic Activity4. Changes In Kilauea Crater5. Foundation Of The ObservatoryAbout the William Drake Westervelt has written many books as well as magazines covering the history, legends and mythology of Hawaii. Rev. William D. Westervelt was born on the 26th of December of 1849 in Oberlin, Ohio. His interest in Hawaiian mythology was an avocation that led to numerous magazine and newspaper articles, many reprinted in his several collections. A century after its publication this book is still a great reference to Hawaiian mythology. Indulge yourself and give this audiobook a listen! Close your eyes while the narrator guides you through a time of erupting volcanoes and the birth of Pele and her great legends as the creator of the Hawaiian islands!

From international bestseller Thomas Olde Heuvelt comes Oracle, a supernatural thriller where an omen from our past threatens the return of ancient forces that will change the world forever. On a foggy winter morning Luca Wolf and Emma Reich discover an eighteenth-century sailing ship stranded on a barren flower field, its name written on its side: Oracle. Emma, unable to resist, enters the hatch on the tilted deck. The ship's bell begins to toll and no one sees her again. Not much later, eleven people have disappeared, Luca and his mother have been absconded by a clandestine government agency which has questions, no answers, and are determined to uncover the ship’s secrets before a media storm erupts. But as they force Robert Grim, a retired specialist of the occult with a strange history and a healthy dislike of authority, to unravel the mystery, the Oracle is revealed to be a harbinger of an ancient doom awakened underneath the sea. What follows is a maelstrom of international intrigue, history, young love, humanity’s relationship with climate and disease, and pure terror as they come face to face with an open doorway to apocalypse.

Welkom in Lock Haven, Washington, thuisplaats van de gelukkigste straat ter wereld. Een wandeling door Bird Street zal niet merkwaardig aanvoelen, behalve dat je zou zien dat het alle bewoners voor de wind gaat. Er staan kasten van huizen, en onder sommige carports zie je mooie auto’s. Als je de bewoners zou ontmoeten, dan valt het op dat ze allemaal oprecht gelukkig zijn. Ze hebben succesvolle carrières of doen precies de dingen die ze altijd al wilden doen. Maar er is meer: ze zijn allemaal gezond. Fysiek, mentaal én spiritueel: het zijn stuk voor stuk vitale, weldenkende, ontwikkelde en – de meeste van hen althans – ruimhartige mensen. En hun kinderen? Die zijn perfect. Ieder van hen is een talent. Een belofte. Ja... je zou kunnen zeggen dat het met de bewoners van Bird Street iets té goed gaat. Tot het november wordt. Dan breekt de Zwarte Winter aan. Luana en Ralph weten het, en hun kinderen Kayla en Django ook. Zij wonen in het meest bescheiden van de vijf huizen. November is ieder jaar het moment dat hun geluk omslaat en ze worden overvallen door pech. Daar zijn de pijntjes, de ongelukjes, de financiële tegenvallers. Periodes van ziekte, mentale verwarring en depressie. Meestal niets onoverkomelijks, maar de Zwarte Winter kunnen ze elk jaar maar beter uitzitten. Na een week of vier trekt het voorbij en zal het geluk terugkeren... maar alleen tegen een prijs. En elk jaar vragen Luana en Ralph zich af of die prijs niet veel te hoog is. Hoeveel is een mensenleven waard voor een leven lang geluk?

NATURE IS CALLING—but they shouldn't have answered. Travel journalist and mountaineer Nick Grevers awakes from a coma to find that his climbing buddy, Augustin, is missing and presumed dead. Nick’s own injuries are as extensive as they are horrifying. His face wrapped in bandages and unable to speak, Nick claims amnesia—but he remembers everything. He remembers how he and Augustin were mysteriously drawn to the Maudit, a remote and scarcely documented peak in the Swiss Alps. He remembers how the slopes of Maudit were eerily quiet, and how, when they entered its valley, they got the ominous sense that they were not alone. He remembers: something was waiting for them... But it isn’t just the memory of the accident that haunts Nick. Something has awakened inside of him, something that endangers the lives of everyone around him… It’s one thing to lose your life. It’s another to lose your soul. FROM THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING SENSATION THOMAS OLDE HEUVELT comes a thrilling descent into madness and obsession as one man confronts nature—and something even more ancient and evil answers back.

Brought to you by Penguin.When the darker days fall, the debt must be paid, . . . get ready for the chilling new folk horror from the Hugo Award-winning, bestselling author of HEX - from the publisher of The Exorcist and perfect for fans of Shirley Jackson and Stephen King.In Lock Haven, a quiet little town in Washington State, there is a very special street.Bird Street. The residents of Bird Street are all successful, wealthy, healthy and happy. And their children are all well-mannered and smart and high achievers.At least they are for eleven months of the year.In November, however, the ‘Darker Days’ begin. For November’s the month when things take a turn for the accidents, bad luck, familial conflict and illness take hold. And it is in November that a stranger comes to Bird Street to collect the debt owed by the residents.Because, you see, there is a price that must be paid for all the happiness and good fortune they enjoy for the other eleven months of year. And that price is one human life. Every November. Without fail.And so it has been for over a hundred years. To ease their guilt, the residents of Bird Street seek out individuals – usually the elderly or the terminally ill – who wish to die with dignity and are content to be helped on their way.But this year, things don’t go to plan. This year events take a terrifying turn . . .Propulsive and haunting, Darker Days is a devastating modern take on the Faustian pact, and begs the how far would you go for your own happiness?‘One of the most vital and exciting voices in modern horror.’ Mike Flanagan, award-winning director of ‘Doctor Sleep’ and ‘The Haunting of Hill House’'No one builds agonizing tension like Thomas Olde Heuvelt. Darker Days is his best yet.' Catriona Ward, bestselling author of The Last House on Needless Street Thomas Olde Heuvelt 2025 (P) Penguin Audio 2025

The Zombie War came unthinkably close to eradicating humanity. Max Brooks, driven by the urgency of preserving the acid-etched first-hand experiences of the survivors from those apocalyptic years, traveled across the United States of America and throughout the world, from decimated cities that once teemed with upwards of thirty million souls to the most remote and inhospitable areas of the planet. He recorded the testimony of men, women, and sometimes children who came face-to-face with the living, or at least the undead, hell of that dreadful time. World War Z is the result. Never before have we had access to a document that so powerfully conveys the depth of fear and horror, and also the ineradicable spirit of resistance, that gripped human society through the plague years. Ranging from the now infamous village of New Dachang in the United Federation of China, where the epidemiological trail began with the twelve-year-old Patient Zero, to the unnamed northern forests where untold numbers sought a terrible and temporary refuge in the cold, to the United States of Southern Africa, where the Redeker Plan provided hope for humanity at an unspeakable price, to the west-of-the-Rockies redoubt where the North American tide finally started to turn, this invaluable chronicle reflects the full scope and duration of the Zombie War. Most of all, the book captures with haunting immediacy the human dimension of this epochal event. Facing the often raw and vivid nature of these personal accounts requires a degree of courage on the part of the reader, but the effort is invaluable because, as Mr. Brooks says in his introduction, "By excluding the human factor, aren't we risking the kind of personal detachment from history that may, heaven forbid, lead us one day to repeat it? And in the end, isn't the human factor the only true difference between us and the enemy we now refer to as 'the living dead'?" Note: Some of the numerical and factual material contained in this edition was previously published under the auspices of the United Nations Postwar Commission.

The English language debut of the bestselling Dutch novel, Hex, from Thomas Olde Heuvelt--a Hugo and World Fantasy award nominated talent to watchWhoever is born here, is doomed to stay 'til death. Whoever settles, never leaves. Welcome to Black Spring, the seemingly picturesque Hudson Valley town haunted by the Black Rock Witch, a seventeenth century woman whose eyes and mouth are sewn shut. Muzzled, she walks the streets and enters homes at will. She stands next to children's bed for nights on end. Everybody knows that her eyes may never be opened or the consequences will be too terrible to bear. The elders of Black Spring have virtually quarantined the town by using high-tech surveillance to prevent their curse from spreading. Frustrated with being kept in lockdown, the town's teenagers decide to break their strict regulations and go viral with the haunting. But, in so doing, they send the town spiraling into dark, medieval practices of the distant past. This chilling novel heralds the arrival of an exciting new voice in mainstream horror and dark fantasy.

Meet the Milanis: fast-food heiresses, L.A. royalty, and your newest reality TV obsession. Iranian-American multimillionaires Ali and Homa Milani have it all—a McMansion in the hills of Los Angeles, a microwaveable snack empire, and four spirited daughters. There’s Violet, the big-hearted aspiring model; Roxanna, the chaotic influencer; Mina, the chronically online overachiever; and impressionable health fanatic Haylee. On the verge of landing their own reality TV show, the Milanis realize their deepest secrets are about to be dragged out into the open before the cameras even roll. Each of the Milanis—even their aloof Persian cat Pari—has something to hide, but the looming scrutiny of fame also threatens to bring the family closer than ever. Dramatic and biting yet full of heart, Tehrangeles is a tragicomic saga about high-functioning family dysfunction and the ever-present struggle to accept one’s true self.

At the elite Catenan Academy, a young fugitive uncovers layered mysteries and world-changing secrets in this new fantasy series by internationally bestselling author of The Licanius Trilogy, James Islington. AUDI. VIDE. TACE. The Catenan Republic – the Hierarchy – may rule the world now, but they do not know everything. I tell them my name is Vis Telimus. I tell them I was orphaned after a tragic accident three years ago, and that good fortune alone has led to my acceptance into their most prestigious school. I tell them that once I graduate, I will gladly join the rest of civilised society in allowing my strength, my drive and my focus – what they call Will – to be leeched away and added to the power of those above me, as millions already do. As all must eventually do. I tell them that I belong, and they believe me. But the truth is that I have been sent to the Academy to find answers. To solve a murder. To search for an ancient weapon. To uncover secrets that may tear the Republic apart. And that I will never, ever cede my Will to the empire that executed my family. To survive, though, I will still have to rise through the Academy’s ranks. I will have to smile, and make friends, and pretend to be one of them and win. Because if I cannot, then those who want to control me, who know my real name, will no longer have any use for me. And if the Hierarchy finds out who I truly am, they will kill me.