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Book of Phobias and Manias
A History of the World in 99 Obsessions
«Fascinating... Exquisitely detailed and consistently insightful, this is an entertaining guide to humanity's compulsions»
Publishers Weekly
THE PERFECT GIFT FOR ALL BIBLIOMANES
A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, SPECTATOR AND DAILY MAIL
AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 WOMAN'S HOUR AND START THE WEEK
Plunge into this rich, surprising and stunningly designed 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.
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THE PERFECT GIFT FOR ALL BIBLIOMANES
A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, SPECTATOR AND DAILY MAIL
AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 WOMAN'S HOUR AND START THE WEEK
Plunge into this rich, surprising and stunningly designed 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 ... Phobias and manias create a magical space between us and the world' 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
A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, SPECTATOR AND DAILY MAIL
AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 WOMAN'S HOUR AND START THE WEEK
Plunge into this rich, surprising and stunningly designed 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 ... Phobias and manias create a magical space between us and the world' 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
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Wellcome Collection
- Innbinding
- Paperback
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 256
- ISBN
- 9781800813359
- Utgivelsesår
- 2022
- Format
- 21 x 14 cm
Anmeldelser
«Fascinating... Exquisitely detailed and consistently insightful, this is an entertaining guide to humanity's compulsions»
Publishers Weekly
«99 hard-to-stop-reading histories ... from the familiar (homophobia) to surprising fears of eggs, hair, silence and everything (pantophobia)»
Chicago Tribune
«Informative, witty, and unique ... Summerscale, author of The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher and other well-regarded books, lists 99 fears and compulsions, and the result is a peculiarly engaging book»
Kirkus
«Magnificent»
Marcus Berkmann
«A WATERSTONES BEST POPULAR SCIENCE BOOK 2022»
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«This fascinating compendium traces phobias and manias through their rich social, cultural and medical history»
Hannah Beckerman, Observer
«Thought-provoking and such fun»
Ian Mortimer, bestselling author of The Time Traveller's Guides
«A fascinating book»
David Crystal
«An intriguing guide to human fixations»
Guardian
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