On Obsession

Author : Lennard J. Davis
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226137791
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Obsession written by Lennard J. Davis and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2009-05-15 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We live in an age of obsession. Not only are we hopelessly devoted to our work, strangely addicted to our favorite television shows, and desperately impassioned about our cars, we admire obsession in others: we demand that lovers be infatuated with one another in films, we respond to the passion of single-minded musicians, we cheer on driven athletes. To be obsessive is to be American; to be obsessive is to be modern. But obsession is not only a phenomenon of modern existence: it is a medical category—both a pathology and a goal. Behind this paradox lies a fascinating history, which Lennard J. Davis tells in Obsession. Beginning with the roots of the disease in demonic possession and its secular successors, Davis traces the evolution of obsessive behavior from a social and religious fact of life into a medical and psychiatric problem. From obsessive aspects of professional specialization to obsessive compulsive disorder and nymphomania, no variety of obsession eludes Davis’s graceful analysis.

Author : Caitlin Barasch
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0593185595
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Novel Obsession written by Caitlin Barasch and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Good Morning America Buzz Pick, and A Most Anticipated Book of 2022 by BuzzFeed, The Millions, Goodreads, Bustle, BookRiot, and The Nerd Daily "If you’ve ever felt tempted to ‘keep tabs on’ a partner’s ex on Instagram and then found yourself down a rabbit hole of their vacation posts from three years ago, this debut novel—which follows a 24-year-old New Yorker named Naomi who becomes obsessed with her boyfriend’s former girlfriend—is for you."—Vogue, “Best New Beach Reads” Twenty-four-year-old New York bookseller Naomi Ackerman is desperate to write a novel, but struggles to find a story to tell. When, after countless disastrous dates, she meets Caleb—a perfectly nice guy with a Welsh accent and a unique patience for all her quirks—she thinks she's finally stumbled onto a time-honored subject: love. Then Caleb's ex-girlfriend, Rosemary, enters the scene. Upon learning that Rosemary is not safely tucked away in Caleb’s homeland overseas, but in fact lives in New York and also works in the literary world, Naomi is threatened and intrigued in equal measure. If they both fell for the same man, what else might they have in common? The more Naomi learns about Rosemary, the more her curiosity consumes her. Before she knows it, her casual Instagram stalking morphs into a friendship under false pretenses—and becomes the subject of her nascent novel. As her lies and half-truths spiral out of control, and fact and fiction become increasingly difficult to untangle, Naomi must decide what—and who—she’s willing to sacrifice to write the perfect ending.

Author : Helena Petrovna Blavatsky
Publisher : Philaletheians UK
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 8 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Madame Blavatsky on Obsession written by Helena Petrovna Blavatsky and published by Philaletheians UK. This book was released on 2018-04-23 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Eli Wilmot Sprague
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.19/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spirit Obsession written by Eli Wilmot Sprague and published by . This book was released on 1915 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Carol Ericson
Publisher : Harlequin
ISBN 13 : 0373601395
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.94/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Obsession and Eyewitness written by Carol Ericson and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2015-03-17 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Obsession: FBI Agent Colin Roarke vows to protect former crush Michelle Girard from the "Reunion Killer." Staying one step ahead is Colin's specialty, but as his frustration intensifies, so do the complications of long-buried feelings. When Michelle is kidnapped, clues lead Colin to an abandoned mansion where dark secrets are concealed--and dangerous desires hidden"--Page 4 of cover.

Author : Hereward Carrington
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Modern Psychical Phenomena written by Hereward Carrington and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Experimental Spiritism. Book on Mediums; Or, Guide for Mediums and Invocators ... Translated by Emma A. Wood. Second Thousand written by and published by . This book was released on 1874 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : American Society for Psychical Research
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 750 pages
Book Rating : 4.63/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Proceedings of the American Society for Psychical Research written by American Society for Psychical Research and published by . This book was released on 1918 with total page 750 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 744 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book British Medical Journal written by and published by . This book was released on 1905 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Erwin Walter Straus
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 110 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book On Obsession written by Erwin Walter Straus and published by . This book was released on 1948 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: