Stories
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The history of brainwashing
Is it possible to control what other people think? In this abridged extract from his book ‘Brainwashed’, psychoanalyst and historian Daniel Pick offers us a new history of thought control.
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The painter, the psychiatrist and a fashion for hysteria
A dramatic painting brings a famous event in medical history alive. But it also tells a tale about the health preoccupations of the time.
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Aphasia and drawing elephants
When Thomas Parkinson investigated the history of “speech science”, he discovered an unexpected link between empire, elephants and aphasia.
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Pain and the power of activism
Today, women with endometriosis have more access to better information than ever before. Jaipreet Virdi applauds the shared stories, online communities and self-help books empowering women in pain.
Catalogue
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History of the Arabic written tradition. Volume 2 / by Carl Brockelmann ; translated by Joep Lameer.
Brockelmann, Carl, 1868-1956Date: 2017- Books
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History of the Arabic written tradition. Volume 1 / by Carl Brockelmann ; translated by Joep Lameer ; with a preface by Jan Just Witkam.
Brockelmann, Carl, 1868-1956Date: 2017- Books
A history of Malayalam literature / Krishna Chaitanya.
Krishna Chaitanya, 1918-1994.Date: [1971]- E-journals
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English literature in transition, 1880-1920
Date: 1963-2020- Books
Die christlichen literaturen des Orients / von Anton Baumstark.
Baumstark, Anton, 1872-1948.Date: 1911