A thrilling compendium of our deepest fears and obsessions by the bestselling author of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher.
Kate Summerscale Books
January 1, 1965
Kate Summerscale is an English author celebrated for her meticulously researched and compelling historical narratives. She possesses a remarkable talent for unearthing fascinating, often overlooked stories and bringing them vividly to life through her keen literary sensibility. Summerscale's work delves into the complexities of the past, skillfully weaving together factual accounts with insightful explorations of human motivation and societal dynamics. Her distinctive narrative approach invites readers into intricate historical mysteries, revealing the deeper currents of human experience.
When the married Isabella Robinson was introduced to the dashing Edward Lane at a party in 1850, she was utterly enchanted. He was 'fascinating', she told her diary, before chastising herself for being so susceptible to a man's charms. But a wish had taken hold of her, and she was to find it hard to shake...In one of the most notorious divorce cases of the nineteenth century, Isabella Robinson's scandalous secrets were exposed to the world. Kate Summerscale brings vividly to life a frustrated Victorian wife's longing for passion and learning, companionship and love, in a society clinging to rigid ideas about marriage and female sexuality.
The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher
Or, The murder at Road Hill House
It is midnight on 30th June 1860 and all is quiet in the Kent family's elegant house in Road, Wiltshire. The next morning, however, they wake to find that their youngest son has been the victim of an unimaginably gruesome murder - the house was bolted from the inside. As Jack Whicher, the most celebrated detective of his day, arrives at Road to track down the killer, the murder provokes national hysteria at the thought of what might be festering behind the closed doors of respectable middle-class homes - scheming servants, rebellious children, insanity, jealously, loneliness and loathing.
From the bestselling, multi-award-winning author of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher comes a brand new true story of Victorian scandal
The extraordinary story of a 1930s ghost hunt, and the woman who confounded the world, from the bestselling, award-winning author of The Suspicions of Mr Whicher
The Peepshow
- 320 pages
- 12 hours of reading
'Once more, Kate Summerscale shatters our preconceptions of a classic crime' Val McDermid From Britain's top-selling true crime writer and author of Sunday Times #1 bestseller THE SUSPICIONS OF MR WHICHER... London, 1953. Police discover the bodies of three young women hidden in a wall at 10 Rillington Place, a dingy terrace house in Notting Hill. On searching the building, th[Bokinfo].
The Queen of Whale Cay - 4th
- 256 pages
- 9 hours of reading
Joe Carstairs was born in London in 1900, the daughter of a Scottish colonel and an American heiress. She was educated in Connecticut and returned to Europe in 1916, to drive ambulances for the Women's Legion in France. She deserted her husband at the church door (marriage having been a prerequisite of her coming into her $4 million inheritance) and settled in England, where she took up motor-boat racing, winning many trophies, and established a boatyard at Cowes.
Das Buch der Phobien und Manien
Eine Geschichte der Welt in 99 Obsessionen
Endlos fesselnd und außergewöhnlich, bietet dieses A-Z-Kompendium 99 fesselnde Geschichten über verschiedene Phobien und Manien, von Klaustrophobie bis Pantophobie. Es beleuchtet überraschende Ängste, wie die vor Eiern, Haaren und sogar dem Schweigen, und bietet Einblicke in deren Heilung. Ob Sie beim Anblick einer Spinne zurückschrecken oder unter Nomophobie leiden, wenn Ihr Handy verloren geht, jede Geschichte ist informativ und amüsant. Haben Sie jemals unter Glossophobie gelitten, wenn Sie in der Öffentlichkeit sprechen mussten? Oder vielleicht sind Ihre Bücherkaufgewohnheiten ein Zeichen von Bibliomanie? Unsere Phobien und Manien sind vielfältig und oft tief verwurzelt, geprägt von der Zeit, in der wir leben. Diese Ängste sind häufig die häufigste Form der Angststörung, die jedoch selten diagnostiziert wird. Das Kompendium lädt dazu ein, die Entwicklung unserer Fixierungen vom Mittelalter bis heute zu erkunden und zeigt, wie unsere inneren Kämpfe mit den sozialen Strömungen um uns herum verbunden sind. Die Autorin zieht geschickte Verbindungen zwischen Vergangenheit und Gegenwart sowie zwischen Psychologischem und Sozialem. Ein faszinierender Leitfaden für menschliche Fixierungen, der Leser in seinen Bann zieht.
Porywające, pouczające i dowcipnie napisane kompendium 99 obsesji, które prześladują nas wszystkich: ABLUTOFOBIA to irracjonalny strach przed kąpielą, SYLLOGOMANIA — patologiczne zbieractwo, a ZOOFOBIA to chorobliwy lęk przed zwierzętami. Podczas gdy fobia zmusza do unikania czegoś, mania zmusza, by coś robić. Fobie i manie to bardzo osobiste doświadczenia i najczęstszy rodzaj nerwic lękowych naszych czasów. Z badań przeprowadzonych przez Światową Organizację Zdrowia (WHO) w 22 krajach w 2017 roku wynika, że ok. 7,2% ludzi z dużym prawdopodobieństwem doświadczy w którymś momencie życia specyficznej fobii. Dowiedziono w nich również, że specyficzne fobie pojawiają się znacznie częściej u dzieci niż u dorosłych, że ich szacunkowy odsetek spada o połowę u osób starszych oraz że kobiety są dwukrotnie bardziej podatne na fobie niż mężczyźni. To fascynująca i wyjątkowo wciągająca książka dla ciekawych świata.
