Sixteen-year-old Aza never intended to pursue the mystery of fugitive billionaire Russell Pickett, but there's a hundred-thousand-dollar reward at stake and her best and most fearless friend, Daisy, is eager to investigate. So together...
Obsessive-compulsive disorder
- Author:Green, JohnSummary:
- Author:Green, JohnSummary:
"This novel is by far [Green's] most difficult to read. It's also his most astonishing. So surprising and moving and true that I became completely unstrung." - The New York Times "A tender story about learning to cope when the world...
- Author:Bennett, JeremySummary:
“Jeremy Bennett’s remarkable story is familiar to me since I too suffered from an early bout with a difficult mental/physical disorder. In my case it was stammering and I found that by practicing magic in front of a mirror and doing...
- Author:Adam, DavidSummary:
David has suffered from OCD for twenty years, and The Man Who Couldn't Stop is his unflinchingly honest attempt to understand the condition and his experiences. What might lead an Ethiopian schoolgirl to eat a wall of her house, piece...
- Author:Malarchuk, ClintSummary:
"No job in the world of sports is as intimidating, exhilarating and as stress-ridden as that of a hockey goaltender. Standing in the crease facing one-hundred-mile-an-hour slapshots, the entire game riding on your glove hand, standing...
- Author:Proust, MarcelSummary:
The taste of a madeleine dipped in tea transports a man into a reverie about his old family friend Charles Swann and launches the world’s the most introspective literary masterpiece. The first of the seven-volume Remembrance of Things...
- Author:Dickner, NicolasSummary:
Où l'on raconte l'histoire d'une jeune fille qui désire repousser les limites de l'expérience humaine, d'un hacker qui veut optimiser la circulation mondiale des bananes et des coussins, d'une employée de...
- Author:McEwan, Ian.Summary:
After a chance meeting, Jed Perry begins to stalk author Joe Rose. Driven by religious zeal and misdirected love, the strange young man will slowly unravel each strand of Joe's life.