The Book of Phobias and Manias: A History of the World in 99 Obsessions by Kate Summerscale, Kate Summerscale
The Book of Phobias and Manias: A History of the World in 99 Obsessions

Kate Summerscale, Kate Summerscale

The Book of Phobias and Manias: A History of the World in 99 Obsessions

Kate Summerscale, Kate Summerscale

256 pages first pub 2022 (editions)

nonfiction history psychology informative reflective medium-paced
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The Book of Phobias and Manias is a thrilling compendium of 99 obsessions that have shaped us all, the rare and the familiar, from ablutophobia (a horror of washing) to syllogomania (a compulsion to hoard) to zoophobia (a fear of animals).Phobias ...

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