Psychology books from Belgium
Recommended psychology books (7)
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If you are into psychology here are some psychology books from Belgium for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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Act of Passion by Georges Simenon EN
Description:
For forty years Charles Alavoine has sleepwalked through his life. Growing up as a good boy in the grip of a domineering mother, he trains as a doctor, marries, opens a medical practice in a quiet country town, and settles into an existence of impeccable bourgeois conformity. And yet at unguarded moments this model family man is haunted by a sense of emptiness and futility. Then, one night, laden with Christmas presents, he meets Martine. It is time for the sleeper to awake.
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Iemand moest het doen by Sanne Huysmans NL
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Terwijl de vooruitgang onverbiddelijk binnendringt, verkommert de kapel bij de ingang van het dorp, droomt een dochter van de verre stad, zet een oude notelaar zich schrap en probeert een gepensioneerde vuilnisman de wereld een beetje beter te maken. Met haar bewierookte stijl zet Sanne Huysmans een wereld neer die verontrustend bekend voorkomt. 00'Iemand moest het doen' is een urgente roman over de noodzaak van dienstbaarheid en de tragiek van verwachtingen, en vooral een portret van een gemeenschap die vasthoudt aan de waarden die ze dreigt te verliezen.000Sanne Huysmans (1988) studeerde pol... continue
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Kom hier dat ik u kus by Griet Op de Beeck NL
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De ontwikkeling van een jonge vrouw wordt sterk beinvloed door haar omgeving.
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Mating in Captivity: Reconciling the Erotic and the Domestic by Esther Perel EN
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Esther Perel takes on tough questions, grappling with the obstacles and anxieties that arise when our quest for secure love conflicts with our pursuit of passion. She invites us to explore the paradoxical union of domesticity and sexual desire, and explains what it takes to bring lust home. In her 20 years of clinical experience, Perel has treated hundreds of couples whose home lives are empty of passion. They describe relationships that are open and loving, yet sexually dull. What is going on? In this explosively original book, Perel explains that our cultural penchant for equality, togethern... continue
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Mrs. Stevens Hears the Mermaids Singing by May Sarton EN
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"The plot of this short novel is deceptively simple, the mood subtle, the feeling intense. And the music of Miss Sarton's prose leaves compelling echoes in one's mind." --New York Times Book Review
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Psychological novel of a husband and wife, both past 70, whose affection has turned to hate.
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The Hand by Georges Simenon EN
Description:
Dan said he would go back out into the snowstorm to look for Ray. Instead he has spent the last few hours on a red bench in the barn, smoking cigarette after cigarette. As he replays his memories of recent months, of the dinner party that evening in Connecticut and the journey home with their wives, his heroic search for his friend turns into a trial of their friendship - one that could leave Ray to perish in the snow.