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Hoardicultural Studies
Scott McLemee reviews Rebecca R. Falkoff’s Possessed: A Cultural History of Hoarding.
The Urge
Scott McLemee reviews Carl Erik Fisher’s The Urge: Our History of Addiction.
Spring Action
Scott McLemee highlights more books upcoming in the new year, with a focus on the pandemic.
Avenge Charcot!
Scott McLemee reviews Subconsciousness: Automatic Behavior and the Brain by Yves Agid.
The Story Paradox
Scott McLemee reviews Jonathan Gottschall’s The Story Paradox: How Our Love of Storytelling Builds Societies and Tears Them Down.
Spring Forward
Scott McLemee offers a preview of next spring’s university press offerings.
Magickal Realism
Scott McLemee reviews The Last Witches of England: A Tragedy of Sorcery and Superstition by John Callow.
No Such Luck
Scott McLemee reviews Barbara Blatchley’s What Are the Chances? which explores how beliefs about winning streaks can be manifestations of a shaky grasp of the principles of probability.