Book of Phobias and Manias

A History of the World in 99 Obsessions

AvKate Summerscale

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Engelska, 2022

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THE PERFECT GIFT FOR ALL BIBLIOMANIACSA BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, SPECTATOR AND DAILY MAILA 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

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Utgivningsdatum:2022-10-06
Språk:Engelska
Filformat:EPUB
Kopieringsskydd:LCP
ISBN:9781782835653
Förlag:Profile Books Ltd

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Kate Summerscale is the author of the number one bestselling The Suspicions of Mr Whicher, winner of the Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction 2008, winner of the Galaxy British Book of the Year Award, a Richard & Judy Book Club pick and adapted into a major ITV drama. Her debut, The Queen of Whale Cay, won a Somerset Maugham award and was shortlisted for the Whitbread biography award. The Wicked Boy, published in 2016, won the Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award for Best Fact Crime. Her latest book, The Haunting of Alma Fielding, was shortlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction. She lives in north London.

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Fascinating ... Summerscale uses the same talent for elaborating on psychological tics that made her non-fiction thriller The Suspicions Of Mr. Whicher a top bestseller