Europe

Image of The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia
Author(s):
Michael Booth
Genre(s):
Swedish, Greenland, Norwegian, Sweden, Norway, Europe

The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian Utopia

March 28, 2016
Reviewed by: 
Michelle Martinez

“Booth writes with humor and intelligence while exploring serious ideas in this charming narrative.”

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Image of The Man Who Couldn't Stop: OCD and the True Story of a Life Lost in Thought
Author(s):
David Adam
Genre(s):
Psychology, Neuropsychology, Compulsive Disorders, Therapists

The Man Who Couldn't Stop: OCD and the True Story of a Life Lost in Thought

February 5, 2016
Reviewed by: 
Laura Schultz

The Man Who Couldn’t Stop: OCD and the True Story of a Life Lost in Thought is a gripping memoir that blends personal experience with history and complex empirical research.

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Image of Family Secrets: Shame and Privacy in Modern Britain
Author(s):
Deborah Cohen
Genre(s):
Cultural Affairs, Europe, History, European, British, History, Cultural Affairs, European, Europe, British

Family Secrets: Shame and Privacy in Modern Britain

August 23, 2013
Reviewed by: 
Stephen Roulac

“. . . a richly researched, carefully crafted, balanced history of personal privacy . . .”

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Image of Ash
Author(s):
James Herbert
Genre(s):
Ghosts, United Kingdom

Ash

October 1, 2012
Reviewed by: 
Steve Emmett

“. . . the editor either fell asleep during the first chapter or ran out of red ink.”

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Image of On an Irish Island
Author(s):
Robert Kanigel
Genre(s):
Biography, Autobiography & Memoir, Literature, Europe, Ireland, History, European, Irish, Literary Criticism, Historical, Biography, Autobiography & Memoir, Literature, Europe, Ireland, History, European, Irish, Literary Criticism, Historical, Literary Criticism, History, Biography, Autobiography & Memoir, Literature, Irish, Ireland, Historical, European, Europe

On an Irish Island

March 10, 2012
Reviewed by: 
John L. Murphy PhD

“Robert Kanigel knits together a handsome pattern as he traces the inherent drama within the destinies on the page—and in recollection by themselves and others—of the Blasket Islanders.

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Image of Gretel's Story: A Young Woman's Secret War Against The Nazis
Author(s):
Gretel Wachtel
Genre(s):
Holocaust & Other Genocide, Europe, World War II

Gretel's Story: A Young Woman's Secret War Against The Nazis

July 23, 2011
Reviewed by: 
Charles S. Weinblatt

“[Gretel Wachtel’s] defiance of the Gestapo and her willingness to serve time in a concentration camp gives Ms.

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