In Melbourne a one-time research student with interests in philosophy and psychology is diagnosed with her third episode of psychosis. As she is moved from her family home to a community house and then to hospital, she questions the diagnosis of her sanity or insanity, as determined and defined by a medical model which seems less than convincing to her. Indeed questioning seems to be at the heart of her psychosis, in her over-active interpretations of signs and gestures, thoughts and emotions – and one understands these to be an expression of her intelligence, even if they seem illusory. She tells her story in a calm, rational voice, with an acute sense of detail and an objective air, as she wonders when the next psychotic episode will materialise, or if it hasn't arrived already.Based on real-life events, translated from Bengali by the award-winning Indian translator Arunava Sinha, Hospital is an extraordinary novel that portrays the experience of psychosis and its...

A bestseller and award-winner in Veronica Raimo's native Italy, Lost on Me is an irreverent and hilariously inverted bildungsroman from one of the most celebrated young writers working today.Born into a family with an omnipresent mother who is devoted to her own anxiety, a father ruled by hygienic and architectural obsessions, and a precocious genius brother at the center of their attention, our heroine Vero languishes in boredom in her childhood home. Peering through tiny windows while cramped in her family coven, Vero periodically attempts to strike out but is no match for her mother's relentless tracking methods and masterful guilt trips. Vero's every venture outside their Rome apartment ends in her being unceremoniously returned home. It's no wonder that she becomes a writer – and a liar – inventing stories in a bid for her own sanity.Spikey and clever, Vero delights in her own devious schemes. As she guides us through her failed attempts at...

Defeated and on the run, he's the only one standing between his ancient enemy and the end of the world. After the fall of the city of Gilgin, Finn flees from the evil race of the Ochloroc carrying only his trusted axe. The nightmarish creatures pursue him with all their might. As the leader of the resistance against their invasion, they want him dead. At the same time, they embarked on a dark project to enhance their evil magic to god-like strength. Finn sees only one way to save himself and the people he loves; he needs to find a way to end their threat once and for all. Hunted, Finn goes on a quest through enemy infested lands, searching for ancient knowledge to aid him. He finds vague hints and long lost legends about a weapon crafted by the gods themselves. As his enemies pursue him, he discovers that they are searching for the same knowledge. And they have a year's head-start on him.

Van Turner found fame as part of the Carolina Cold Fury, helping the team bring home a championship. He also found love and married his teammate's little sister, eventually retiring from the game to enjoy a quiet life in the verdant hills of Vermont. Now, Van's dark past threatens to unravel his future. I never once regretted my decision to walk away from hockey. I attained what so few in the league are able and retired at the top of my game. Besides, I had the ultimate prize by my side—my gorgeous wife, Simone. We settled into married life in Vermont and were ready to expand our family when I was blindsided by my sociopath of a parent, this time from the grave. Before dying from cancer while in prison, my serial killer father left his private diaries to a journalist. From that one bequest came a tell-all biography detailing his deranged crimes along with a litany of lies meant to ruin my life. Knowing first-hand the horrors of...

The original and terrifying start to a supernatural horror series from the master of horror himself, Graham Masterton.IT CAN FIND YOU ANYWHERE... EVEN IN YOUR DREAMS.Henry was the first to reach the girl, found sleeping on the beach, with his friends Gil and Susan. When they learn what has happened to her, they are thrown into a mystery that nightmares are made of.The young girl has been forced to host a hideous malevolence that insinuates itself into the bodies and minds of thousands of unsuspecting people.The only hope of saving them is to become Night Warriors, an ancient Order with the power to infiltrate the dream world, and destroy the original source. Together, they enter the unknown but one thing is certain – if they fail to find it, the beast will certainly find them...Praise for Graham Masterton:'One of the most original and frightening storytellers of our time' Peter James'Suspenseful and...

Following a heartbreaking loss, Brynn Gilbert left behind death and danger. Now, she focuses on creating and sharing beauty and peace through gardening and landscaping. But a deadly plan is in the works in Maple Valley, and Brynn is standing in the way. When she becomes a target, one man appoints himself as her protector. Caleb Montgomery, Fortress Security operative and Morgan County deputy, answers a late-night emergency call and prevents a kidnapping. To his shock, the victim is the woman he’s falling for. Caleb races to unmask the identity of the man targeting Brynn. But when he falls into a deadly trap, only Brynn can save him.

Sometimes, I wish I weren't a Hawke...especially because I'm in love with one.Years of living on the streets taught me one hard lesson...Don't trust anyone.People are inherently bad and will do bad things any chance they get.So, when the Hawkes took me under their wings...I put up walls so high that no one could ever climb over them.Most stopped trying.It was the way I liked it.Locked away in my own little world.Protected from anything that could hurt me.But the very person I try so hard to keep out is the only one I want to let in.I dream about her touch.Crave her in a way I have no right to.She's my best friend's older sister.No matter what...I have to keep my hands off Angelina...Because she's a Hawke. Reticent Hawke is the second book in The Hawke Family Second Generation Series from USA Today Bestselling Author Gwyn McNamee. Grab...

'You're a politician, a public figure. What on earth were you thinking?'Up-and-coming junior minister Gregory Buchanan has had a portrait painted of himself by the acclaimed artist Sophie White — a painting she intends to enter in this year's Archibald Prize. Until then, Gregory has hung it in pride of place on his dining-room wall. It's a life-sized standing portrait, practically photographic in nature. And it's a nude.His wife will be home soon and he thinks the painting will be a pleasant surprise. Even more surprising will be an unexpected accumulation of guests: his sardonic mother, his fundamentalist mother-in-law, his lycra-clad cycling-enthusiast sister, and the state premier, Louisa Wetherly — a senior minister has just resigned in scandalous circumstances, and she needs Gregory to step into the spotlight ahead of the coming election.It's going to be a wild afternoon, and an even wilder campaign — to do...