The Book of Phobias and Manias
- Author Kate Summerscale
- Narrator Stephanie Racine
- Publisher Little, Brown Book Group
- Run Time 8 hours and 7 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre General and world history, History of ideas, Psychology, Psychology: emotions.
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What to expect
Our fears and compulsions often feel like part of our deepest selves - yet they're bound up in the currents of the world around us. This thrilling compendium of 99 phobias and manias, rare and familiar, delves into the obsessions that shape us all. Award-winning author Kate Summerscale takes us from the Middle Ages to the present day, using rich and riveting case studies to trace the links between the private and the public, the
personal and the political.
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