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"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"--Provided by the publisher.
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English
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An exploration of infamous, controversial figures and how they exert control.
Amos Barshad has long been fascinated by the powerful. But not by elected officials or natural leaders-he's interested in their scheming advisors, the dark figures who wield power in the shadows. And, as Barshad shows in No One Man Should Have All That Power, the natural habitat of these manipulators is not only political backrooms. It's anywhere power dynamics exist-from...
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Publisher
Parkhurst Brothers Publishers
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
Español
Description
Illustrates the true nature of disturbed characters, exposes the tactics the most manipulative characters use to pull the wool over the eyes of others, and outlines powerful, practical ways to deal more effectively with manipulative people.
6) Dogtooth
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
Greek
Description
2011 Academy Award nominee for best foreign language films and winner of the Un Certain Regard prize at the 2009 Cannes Film Festival, Yorgos Lanthimos' Dogtooth is a darkly funny look at three teenagers confined to their parents' isolated country estate and living in an absurdist, nightmarish experiment of manipulation and oppression.
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[Theresa Covert]
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Still struggling from the effects of an abusive relationship? Many people do and sadly there is very little information available to be found online or in the written research, or with counsellors and therapists that can help. The Gaslight Effect is not officially recognized, nor is it widely even known. Even when it is accepted, recognized and known not many people seem to know what to do about it to heal it.... The fact is being in a relationship...
Series
Criterion collection volume 970
Publisher
The Criterion Collection
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
An Arkansas hobo becomes an overnight media sensation. But as he becomes drunk with fame and power, will he ever be exposed as the fraud he has become?
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Series
Publisher
Zenith
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Español
Description
Las personas tóxicas existen. Te guste o no. Lo aceptes o no. Y su característica principal es, básicamente, que intoxican, invalidan, empequeñecen y destruyen. Pueden estar en cualquier área de tu vida: en la familia, en las amistades, en el trabajo o en la pareja. Pero lo más importante es que, si no te alejas de ellas, pueden acabar desequilibrando tu vida por completo.
Tal vez te estés preguntando ¿y cómo identificarlas? ¿Cómo alejarse...
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Distributed by Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
©2011
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English
Description
Jamaica Inn: based on Daphne du Maurier's novel Jamaica Inn. In Cornwall, around 1820, a young woman discovers that she's living near a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecks for profit.
Murder!: based on a novel and play called Enter Sir John by Clemence Dane and Helen Simpson. When a woman is convicted of murder, one of the men selected to serve on the murder trial jury believes the accused, an aspiring actress, is innocent of the crime and takes...
15) The good boss
Publisher
Cohen Media Group
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
Español
Description
Academy Award Winner Javier Bardem stars as Blanco, proprietor of Básculas Blanco, a Spanish company producing industrial scales in a provincial Spanish town, which awaits the imminent visit from a committee that will decide if they merit a local Business Excellence award: everything has to be perfect when the time comes. Working against the clock, Blanco pulls out all the stops to address and resolve issues with his employees, crossing every imaginable...
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English
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"Highly sensitive people (HSPs) and those who identify as empaths are natural targets for narcissists, emotional vampires, and other controlling people due to their giving nature. The Highly Sensitive Person's Guide to Dealing with Toxic People is a practical road map to help HSPs identify and deal effectively with toxic people-at work, in the family, in friendships, or in romantic relationships"--
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Inspired by actual events, Trust delves into the trials and triumphs of one of Americas wealthiest and unhappiest families, the Gettys. Equal parts family history, dynastic saga and an examination of the power of money, the show explores the complexities at the heart of every family, rich or poor. Told over multiple seasons and spanning the twentieth century, the series begins in 1973 with the kidnapping of John Paul Getty III, an heir to the Getty...
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