Psychology books from Israel
Recommended psychology books (5)
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If you are into psychology here are some psychology books from Israel for the next part of the Read Around The World Challenge.
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21 Lessons for the 21st Century by Yuval Noah Harari EN
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In Sapiens, he explored our past. In Homo Deus, he looked to our future. Now, one of the most innovative thinkers on the planet turns to the present to make sense of today’s most pressing issues. “Fascinating . . . a crucial global conversation about how to take on the problems of the twenty-first century.”—Bill Gates, The New York Times Book Review NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY FINANCIAL TIMES AND PAMELA PAUL, KQED How do computers and robots change the meaning of being human? How do we deal with the epidemic of fake news? Are nations and religions ... continue
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Amor by Maayan Eitan ES
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A young prostitute walks through a nocturnal city with imprecise boundaries, perhaps Tel Aviv. She calls herself Libby, "my heart" in Hebrew. She gets in and out of cars with laconic drivers and shares moments of humor and sisterhood with other sex workers. Her life is like a dream that happens to another person, a sum of violence and a form of freedom in which one cannot be free. The narrative debut of Israeli Maayan Eitan, which caused a huge stir when it was published in her country, has been hailed as a rare masterpiece. In short and hallucinatory chapters of high literary voltage, Amor na... continue
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Pain by Zeruya Shalev EN
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“Zeruya Shalev is one of my favorite contemporary writers, her work always spiky and original, and Pain is a searing book, a wild and ravenous story of family entanglement and impossible yearning.” —Lauren Groff, author of Florida and Fates and Furies A powerful, astute novel that exposes how old passions can return, testing our capacity to make choices about what is most essential in life. Ten years after she was seriously injured in a terrorist attack, the pain comes back to torment Iris. But that is not all: Eitan, the love of her youth, also comes back into her life. Though their relations... continue
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The Coincidence Makers by Yoav Blum EN
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The first thing you should know is: there's no such thing as coincidence. There are beings that watch over you. Some of us were like you, once. Call us what you will, guardians, agents, sentinels or perhaps spirits, angels, demons. No matter how you think of us, we have one purpose. We are architects of chance, we make coincidences. Of course, a Coincidence Maker always has the choice: fulfil the coincidence, or refuse. So when an assignment of the highest level is slipped under the door one night, it's immediately obvious that the choice will have to be made. A choice that could change our un... continue
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The Memory Monster by Yishai Sarid EN
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A New York Times Book Review Notable Book of 2020 2020 National Jewish Book Awards Finalist "A brilliant short novel that serves as a brave, sharp-toothed brief against letting the past devour the present" (The New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice), Yishai Sarid's The Memory Monster is a harrowing parable of a young historian who becomes consumed by the memory of the Holocaust.