The Book of Phobias and Manias
Kate Summerscale
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Geisteswissenschaften, Kunst, Musik / Geschichte
Beschreibung
THE PERFECT GIFT FOR ALL BIBLIOMANIACS
A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, SPECTATOR AND DAILY MAIL
A WATERSTONES BEST POPULAR SCIENCE BOOK
Plunge into this rich and thought-provoking A-Z compendium to discover how our fixations have taken shape, from the Middle Ages to the present day, as bestselling author Kate Summerscale deftly traces the threads between the past and present, the psychological and social, the personal and the political.
'Fascinating' Malcolm Gaskill, author of the No. 1 bestseller The Ruin of All Witches
'Fascinating' Observer
'An endlessly intriguing book ... All the bibliomanes (book nutters) I know will love it' Daily Mail
Rezensionen
<b>Endlessly fascinating. It'
<b>Informative, witty, and unique </b>... Summerscale, author of <i> The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher </i>and other well-regarded books, lists 99 fears and compulsions, and the result is <b> a peculiarly engaging book</b>
<b>Fascinating </b>... Phobias and manias create a magical space between us and the world
<b>This fascinating compendium traces phobias and manias through their rich social, cultural and medical history</b>
<b>Magnificent</b>
<b>Fascinating </b>... Summerscale uses the same talent for elaborating on psychological tics that made her non-fiction thriller <i>The Suspicions Of Mr. Whicher</i> a top bestseller
<b>A fascinating book</b>
A new book from Summerscale is always <b> a treat.</b> She does vast amounts of research, and then manages to let go of it, and take flight in prose that is both forensic and conversational ... Her sub-title - 'A History of the World in 99 Obsessions'
<b>Amusing and oddly unsettling </b>
<b>Fascinating... Exquisitely detailed and consistently insightful</b>, this is an entertaining guide to humanity'
<b>Thought-provoking, eloquent and entertaining</b>
<b>Thought-provoking and such fun</b>
We are all, in some way or other, plagued by fears and desires beyond our control ... <b>Fascinating, beautifully written and thoroughly researched</b>
<b>99 hard-to-stop-reading histories </b>... from the familiar (homophobia) to surprising fears of eggs, hair, silence and <i>everything</i> (pantophobia)
<b>An intriguing guide to human fixations</b>
<b>An endlessly intriguing book</b>
Kundenbewertungen
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